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#TopTenTuesday Books Featuring Storms #TuesdayBookBlog Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

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John Buchan Fact of the Day (279/365) Buchan was the first Governor-General of Canada who did not already have a title at the time of his appointment although he later became Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #Canada 🇨🇦 #books #booksky 💙📚

Front covers of Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby and The Other Side of Paradise by Vanessa Beaumont

The #HenleyLiteraryFestival 2025 book haul has begun... #books #bookhaul #booklove #booklover #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚

John Buchan Fact of the Day (278/365) A collection of Buchan's speeches during his time as Governor-General of Canada, entitled Canadian Occasions, was published posthumously in 1941 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #Canada 🇨🇦 #books #booksky 💙📚

My Week in Books – 5th October 2025 On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of The Two Roberts by Damian Barr. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books Covers With Autumn Vibes. Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I've just read, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next... and to take a peek at what others are reading.

My Week in Books - Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky

John Buchan Fact of the Day (277/365) Buchan's wife Susan was a childhood friend of Virginia Woolf (nee Stephen) and had a book published by the Hogarth Press, founded by Virginia and Leonard Woolf #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #VirginiaWoolf #booksky 💙📚

Six Degrees of Separation – I Want Everything to The Tempest - A life in books Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

Six Degrees of Separation – I Want Everything to The Tempest alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/six-... #BookSky

#6Degrees of Separation for October 2025: from I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena to Second Chance Summer by Phillipa Ashley #BookSky 💙📚 This month we're starting with Dominic Amerena’s novel about authors and publishing, I Want Everything. Well, one book came immediately to mind for my first degree of separation and that's Rebecca F Kuang's Yellowface which also focusses on the publishing world and an author who wants everything. It's a straightforward jump to my second degree of separation as I've gone for another book with a very yellow cover: …

#6Degrees of Separation for October 2025: from I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena to Second Chance Summer by Phillipa Ashley #BookSky 💙📚

This month we're starting with Dominic Amerena’s novel about authors and publishing, I Want Everything. Well, one book came immediately to mind for my first…

#6Degrees of Separation – A book chain from I Want Everything to Green Ink It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book.

#6Degrees of Separation - A book chain from I Want Everything to Green Ink #books #bookreviews #bookmemes #booksky

Hardback copy of Dominion of Dust by Matthew Harffy resting on a grey paving slab surrounded by gravel with a low growing plant. The pink-hued cover depicts a man carrying spear looking towards a group of ancient buildings

"She chose poorly." Loving Hunlaf's Indiana Jones style hunt for a sacred relic in Dominion of Dust the new book by @matthewharffy.bsky.social to be published on 9th October. Thanks to @headofzeus.bsky.social for my review copy #DominionOfDust #ATimeForSwords #book #historicalfiction #booksky 💙📚

Window of The John Buchan Story museum in Peebles, Scotland displaying a poster advertising the museum and referencing the film version of his novel The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan Fact of the Day (276/365) "I returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty much disgusted with life" is the opening line of Buchan's most famous novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #FirstLinesFriday #books #booksky 💙📚

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Over on #damppebbles today I'm sharing my September #wrapup post: #CaseClosed 🕵🏻

Find out what happened during September on the blog, along with my #BookoftheMonth!

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And you wouldn't even need to write it yourself. You'd get someone else to do it and hide their name away in the Acknowledgements between your grandma and your dog/cat

What a charming cover ❤️

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Album cover of John Buchan's Poetry in Song by Kevin Hutchings featuring an image of a mountain range against a cloudy sky

John Buchan Fact of the Day (275/365) Dr Kevin Hutchings, Professor of English at the University of Northern British Columbia, has set ten of Buchan's early poems to music. The album John Buchan's Poetry in Song was released in May 2024 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #poetry #music 🎼 #books #booksky 💙📚

*NEW BLOG POST*

Over on #damppebbles today I'm sharing my September #wrapup post: #CaseClosed 🕵🏻

Find out what happened during September on the blog, along with my #BookoftheMonth!

Check out my post here...
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#BookSky #skybrarians #books #NetGalleyCheckIn #R3COMM3ND3D2025

My Top 3 September 2025 Reads I read nine books in September, the same as last month. It was a mixed picture with some I absolutely loved and others . . . well, the less said the better. Read on to discover my top three. Links …

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John Buchan Fact of the Day (274/365) Tweedsmuir Place in Stratford, Ontario is named in honour of Buchan's visit to the city in 1936. In his role as Governor-General, he gave a speech on the steps of City Hall and declared a half-day school holiday 🇨🇦 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚

#WWWWednesday – 1st October 2025 Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Why not join in too? Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping! What I'm…

#WWWWednesday Check out the books I've just read, I'm reading now & I'll be reading next #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky

John Buchan Fact of the Day (273/365) Within the family Buchan was referred to as JB to distinguish him from his father, the Reverend John Buchan. Buchan's son John was known as Johnnie for the same reason #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚

Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby. Published 25th September 2025 by Northodox Press. From the cover of the book: In 18th century Whitehaven, Ki...

Welcome to my review of the sweeping historical adventure #Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby

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A wonderful @squadpod2021.bsky.social book club pick for September... I loved it! 💙📚

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#TopTenTuesday Book Covers With Autumn Vibes #TuesdayBookBlog Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun' Book Covers With Autumn Vibes #TopTenTuesday #books #bookreviews #TuesdayBookBlog #booksky

Book Review – The Two Roberts by Damian Barr About the Book He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty. Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he's off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls - and never leave his side.

'He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.' My review of The Two Roberts by Damian Barr #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

"I feel as if I’m an honorary resident of Meonbridge so invested have I become in the lives of the characters." @whatcathyreadnext.bsky.social

SQUIRE’S HAZARD, Bronze Medal, The Coffee Pot Book Club awards 2023, #Medieval #HistFic

#KU #Paperback

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John Buchan Fact of the Day (272/365) Buchan's eldest son John joined his parents in Canada in 1936, a year after Buchan's appointment as Governor-General of 🇨🇦. John Jr. went to work for the Hudson's Bay Company & on one occasion drove a dog team 3,000 miles #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #booksky 💙📚

Blue plaque with engraving commemorating the visit of Lord Tweedsmuir (the author John Buchan) to the Eldorado copper mine in 1937

John Buchan Fact of the Day (271/365) In August 1937 Buchan (by then Lord Tweedsmuir) flew to Port Radium, a mining area on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, where he visited the Eldorado copper mine #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #Canada 🇨🇦 #booksky 💙📚

My Week in Books – 28th September 2025 On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of The Predicament by William Boyd. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books on my Autumn 2025 To-Read List. Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I've just read, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next...

My Week in Books -Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky

Book Review – Venetian Vespers by John Banville About the Book Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . 1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst of a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, Evelyn's plans of a substantial inheritance are thrown into doubt.

'Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . .' My review of Venetian Vespers by John Banville #books #bookreviews #Venice #historicalfiction #booksky

Black and white photograph of a steamship at berth with the caption: The "Distributor" which took Lord Tweedsmuir's party down the Slav and Mackenzie Rivers to the Arctic

The S.S. Distributor became a temporary post office for the duration of the trip to enable the Governor-General to send and receive letters and cables (Photo: The John Buchan Story Archive)