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Tell him to shove his plan where the sun don’t shine. #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

#sixonsaturday 22-11-25 with winter tasks: harvesting sweet potatoes, yacon and taro, overwintering red banana tree, raking leaves, hakonechloa and miscanthus, and a pretty pelargonium flower 🌱: fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/s...

#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Jean Fullerton #author of Winter Wishes for the East End Girls | @Bookouture I'm delighted to be joined by Jean Fullerton today, author of Winter Wishes for the East End Girls. Winter Wishes for the East End Girls was published yesterday by Bookouture and available now for e-readers: full details below. Over to Jean to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book. Firstly. Winter Wishes for the East End Girls…

#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Jean Fullerton #author of Winter Wishes for the East End Girls | @Bookouture

I'm delighted to be joined by Jean Fullerton today, author of Winter Wishes for the East End Girls. Winter Wishes for the East End Girls was published yesterday by Bookouture…

Scars Of Silence (Lidingö Mysteries Book Two) by Johana Gustawsson Scars Of Silence (Lidingö Mysteries Book Two) by Johana Gustawsson. Translated by David Warriner. Published 20th November 2025 by Orenda ...

Welcome to my stop on the @annerandomthings.bsky.social #BlogTour for the dark and chilling #ScarsOfSilence by Johana Gustawsson Tns by David Warriner - book two of the brilliant #LidingöMysteries 💙📚

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#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @HutchinsonBooks @najmafinlay #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles ‘So that was all it took,’ I thought. ‘That was all it took for me to feel like I had all the power in the world. One morning, one moment, one yellow-haired boy. It wasn’t s…

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#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
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I was surprised to find mine iced over as well this morning. It's the first year I've had a wildlife pond so you've reassured me there should still be things living in it.

Book Review – The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly @BloomsburyBooks @JollyAlice About the Book Adelheid Brunner does not speak. She writes and draws instead and her ambition is to own one thousand matchboxes. Her grandmother cannot make sense of this, but Adelheid will stop at nothing to achieve her dream. She makes herself invisible, hiding in cupboards with her pet rat, Franz Joseph, listening in on conversations she can't fully comprehend.

My review of the dark, thought-provoking The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly #TheMatchboxGirl #WW2 #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

John Buchan Fact of the Day (325/365) In his autobiography Memory Hold-The-Door, published posthumously in August 1940, Buchan writes, 'Wood, sea and hill were the intimacies of my childhood, and they have never lost their spell for me.' #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 📚💙

I've given 17 of the 87 books I've read so far this year 5⭐️ ratings and I think I'm picky. If you rate books you read, how many have earned 5⭐️? #books #bookreviews #booksky 📚💙

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My review of #TheAfterparty by Ruth Kelly is live on #damppebbles!

Interesting, intriguing characters, and a compelling, page-turning plot. Another stellar read from Ruth Kelly.

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On the Ramblings today - I'm pleased to kick off the blog tour for The Future of Travel from @melvillehouse.bsky.social - a thought-provoking read on the effects travel is having on our planet. More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/i...

Book Review – The Forgotten Daughter by Joshi #NovNov25 About the Book In the rain-slick alleys of Kamathipura, truth is a luxury few can afford. When Meher disappears, the city shrugs—but one man refuses to forget. Vishy, a solitary book seller with a past he won’t speak of, begins a quiet rebellion against apathy. As he searches for Meher, the shadows grow darker, and the cost of remembering becomes unbearable.

'Atmospheric, gritty, suspenseful' My review of noir thriller set in Mumbai, The Forgotten Daughter by Joshi #NovNov25 #books #bookreviews #thriller #booksky

John Buchan Fact Of the Day (324/365) In Memory Hold-The-Door, published posthumously in August 1940, Buchan recalls being expelled from a dame's school for upsetting a pot of broth on the kitchen fire. It was, however, where he learned to knit #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚

John Buchan Fact of the Day (323/365) Following his death in 1940, Buchan's widow Susan took on the task of negotiating the broadcast rights for radio dramas and television adaptations of his work #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚

It’s my very great pleasure to chat with Graeme Cumming all about his latest thriller Borderline lindasbookbag.com/2025/11/19/d...

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My review of #TheAutumnSpringsRetirementHomeMassacre by Philip Fracassi is live on #damppebbles!

A GREAT concept and I love how well-written the story is. An engaging, emotional and enjoyable horror mystery.

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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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#RingOfSalt by Betsy Cornwell

A tremendous read

Demanding. Insightful. Hopeful.

Bringing the Connemara coast alive in all its wildness & colour, Betsy Cornwell has written a truly remarkable memoir

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Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: A novel with some truth in it - 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 - Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: A novel with some truth in it alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/bad-... #BookSky

No 217 A Month in the Country by J.L.Carr #NovNov25 A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr is a slim but remarkably rich novel. Set during the summer of 1920, the story follows Tom Birkin, a shell-shocked World War I veteran who arrives in a quiet Yor…

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#WWWWednesday – 19th November 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 (322/365) #OnThisDay in 1908 Buchan's essay collection Some Eighteenth Century Byways was published. Dedicated to his mother, subjects included Charles II, John Bunyan and the Victorian Chancellors #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #history #nonfiction #booksky 💙📚

#TopTenTuesday Books I Think Will Be Future Classics #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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#BookReview - Small Acts of Resistance by Anita Frank

A heartbreaking and memorable story of loyalty and bravery in occupied France in WWI.

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Book Review – The Assassin of Verona by Benet Brandreth About the Book Venice, 1585. William Shakespeare is disguised as a steward to the English Ambassador. He and his friends Oldcastle and Hemminges possess a deadly secret: the names of the Catholic spies in England who seek to destroy Queen Elizabeth. Before long the Pope's agents will begin to close in and fleeing the city will be the players' only option.

"All the world’s a stage" My review of historical thriller The Assassin of Verona by Benet Brandreth #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

John Buchan Fact of the Day (321/365) Buchan's wife Susan, Lady Tweedsmuir wrote the foreword to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a souvenir book published in Canada to mark the Coronation in 1952 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #Canada 🇨🇦 #books #booksky 💙📚

John Buchan Fact of the Day (320/365) Buchan's wife Susan (as Lady Tweedsmuir) wrote a volume about Canada for The British Commonwealth in Pictures series, published in 1939 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #Canada 🇨🇦 #books #booksky 💙📚

My Week in Books – 16th November 2025 On the blog last week Tuesday - I went off-piste for this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic picking ten Random Books From My To-Read List. I also shared some book pairings as part of Nonfiction November. 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 #bookblogs #bookbloggers #booksky

My Top 3 October 2025 Reads I read eight books in October. Unfortunately there were also two DNFs, something that's rare for me. A little belatedly, here are my three favourites. Check out all the books I've read so far in 2025 here. If we’re not already friends on Goodreads, send me a friend request or follow my reviews. Dominion of Dust by Matthew Harffy (Head of Zeus) - Monk turned warrior Hunlaf and his comrades embark on an action-packed Indiana Jones-style quest to obtain a sacred relic…

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