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The Singing Butler?

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My pleasure. That 'curated' made it sound posh didn't it? 😂

Stack of four hardcover books spines outward plus Kindle showing front cover of a fifth. All books shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Right, time to switch to judge mode and start rereading the five wonderful novels on the shortlist for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026. Winner announced on 12th March at the Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery in Truro #books #WinstonGrahamHistoricalPrize #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #SundayPost #SundaySalon Linking to: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at BookDate; Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer; and the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz Life… I haven’t had much going …

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Three Gifts by @markaradcliffe.bsky.social

Francis Broad, has negotiated the day of his death to save the life of a loved one.

If you could trade in years of your live to save another, how many years would you give up? How many lives would you save?

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They both look sad things didn't work out between them 😟

My Week in Books – 1st February 2026 On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World by Parmy Olson. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was New Authors I Discovered in 2025. 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

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The Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026 didn't - it's on the shortlist #booksky 💙📚

Book Review – Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet About the Book On 9 July 1857, Angus MacPhee, a labourer from Liniclate on the island of Benbecula, murdered his father, mother and aunt. At trial in Inverness he was found to be criminally insane and confined in the Criminal Lunatic Department of Perth Prison. Some years later, Angus’s older brother Malcolm recounts the events leading up to the murders while trying to keep a grip on his own sanity.

My review of the unsettling & atmospheric Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet based on a real life triple murder in 1857 #Benbecula #truecrime #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Alan Fisk #author of Cupid and the Silent Goddess I'm delighted to be joined by Alan Fisk today, author of Cupid and The Silent Goddess. Cupid and The Silent Goddess was published in May 2022: full book details are below. Over to Alan to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your latest book It is a fictional account of the creation of a famous, or notorious, Italian Renaissance painting: …

#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Alan Fisk #author of Cupid and the Silent Goddess

I'm delighted to be joined by Alan Fisk today, author of Cupid and The Silent Goddess. Cupid and The Silent Goddess was published in May 2022: full book details are below. Over to Alan to tell us more. Tell me…

A real mixture today for #SixOnSaturday with flowers, foliage and berries. We have Winter Berry, Crocus flower, Grass seed-heads, Clematis, Hellebore and Iris reticulata flowers.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the respite from the rain.

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

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Six on Saturday – My Gardening Week Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. Another week where I haven't been out in the garden much. I don't even have the excuse of the dreadful weather some parts of the UK have been getting. And it's still a challenge to find six things worthy of sharing.

Six on Saturday - My Gardening Week #gardens #gardening #nature #growyourown

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This is great Mairéad because I was thinking of doing something similar for recent new arrivals and you've saved me a job 😃

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The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers: Will they won't they? - A Life in Books Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

New on my blog - The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers: Will they won't they? alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/01/the-... #BookSky

Huge thanks @lilybirch.bsky.social for this fantastic sounding surprise copy of Kiss Marry Kill by Yemi Dipeolu coming from @faberbooks.bsky.social 23rd April

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This Week in Books (28th January, 2026) Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words.  Twelve-year-old Zach is cauti…

A look at what I'm reading this week. #WWW #TWIB

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Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #WWWWednesday post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next!

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WWW Wednesday 28th January 2026: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 What am I currently reading? I'm reading Jill Mansell's Just One Look at You for a blogtour near the beginning of February and I've enjoyed my virtual trip to Venice although she has certainly thrown in plenty of surprises! I've also just started reading Sons of Great Men by Edinburgh author Adrian Ross. This isn't due out till March but I was approached by the author and asked if I would like to read it and I promised to try to read it early.

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What am I currently reading? I'm reading Jill Mansell's Just One Look at You for a blogtour near the beginning of February and I've enjoyed my virtual trip to Venice although she has…

#WWWWednesday – 28th January 2026 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

Book Review – Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier About the Book She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country. In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape from her squalid surroundings in Bowling Inn Alley, she ventures first into the scurrilous world of the pamphleteers. Her personal charms are such, however, that before long she comes to the notice of the Duke of York.

'She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country.' My review of Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier, based on the life of her own great-great-grandmother #books #classics #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

Top Ten Tuesday 27th January 2026: Ten Books from my own bookshelf! | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog This week's topic: Ten from my book shelf This week's topic should be ten bookish discoveries I made in 2025 but I wasn't really coming up with anything. So I'm changing it to be ten books from my own book shelf that I have good intentions of reading this year. In other words, books I haven't agreed to read for a blogtour or books which are on my Netgalley shelf.

Top Ten Tuesday 27th January 2026: Ten Books from my own bookshelf! | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog

This week's topic: Ten from my book shelf This week's topic should be ten bookish discoveries I made in 2025 but I wasn't really coming up with anything. So I'm…

#TopTenTuesday : New Authors I Discovered in 2025 | #TuesdayBookBlog Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Cre…

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