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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2h

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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Hil G Gibb #author of The Dying Realm portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/18/t...

#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Hil G Gibb #author of The Dying Realm

I’m delighted to be joined by Hil G Gibb today, author of The Dying Realms. The Dying Realms was published last year and available in paperback and digitals version: full details below. It&#8…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 18h

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First Line Friday 17th October 2025: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/17/f...

First Line Friday 17th October 2025: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚

I am very excited to be taking a copy of The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown away with me for the weekend. I’m away with my family for a few days – they won’t actually want me to t…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 18h

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The Hawk Is Dead by Peter James jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/10/17/t...

The Hawk Is Dead by Peter James

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the brand new Roy Grace thriller from Peter James. This book may be the 21st book in the series, but it packs a real (Royal) punch. My thanks to publisher Pan Macm…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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Book Review - Mrs Finnegan's Guide to Love, Life & Laxatives by Bridget Whelan whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/10/16/b...

Book Review – Mrs Finnegan’s Guide to Love, Life & Laxatives by Bridget Whelan

About the Book Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About History’s Housekeepers…Step into the extraordinary world of Mrs. Finnegan, Brighton’s sharp-witted housekeeper fro…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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#BookReview: The Captive by Kit Burgoyne @titanbooks.bsky.social #TheCaptive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/16/b...

#BookReview: The Captive by Kit Burgoyne @titanbooks.bsky.social #TheCaptive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

“A darkly comedic, cinematic horror about a revolutionary group who kidnap an heiress, only to discover she’s pregnant with the antichrist, and she’s about to give birth. Underground revoluti…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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And that's a wrap for ... September noveldeelights.com/2025/10/16/a...

And that’s a wrap for … September

Still fashionably late, right? 😬 You may have noticed there was no wrapping whatsoever over the summer months. Truth be told, I couldn’t be bothered. They take quite a lot of work and I consi…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor #HistoricalFiction AudioBook #Review #BookTwitter betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/10/16/b...

Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor #HistoricalFiction AudioBook #Review #BookTwitter

Author: Hazel Gaynor Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld Released on Audible June 2025 Category: Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love the way Hazel Gaynor has reimagined the characters of Auntie Em and D…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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Never Tear Us Apart by Rowan Coleman | #bookreview #romanticfiction #WW2 #Malta | @RandomTTours @rowancoleman @hodderfiction portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/16/n...

Never Tear Us Apart by Rowan Coleman | #bookreview #romanticfiction #WW2 #Malta | @RandomTTours @rowancoleman @hodderfiction

I am delighted to reshare my review of Rowan Coleman’s Never Tear Us Apart as part of the blogtour organised by Anne at Random Things Tours. I thoroughly enjoyed this book when I read it a fe…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson | #10yearsOfSnowblind #blogtour #Iceland | @ragnarjo @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/16/s...

Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson | #10yearsOfSnowblind #blogtour #Iceland | @ragnarjo @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours

I can’t believe that Ragnar Jonasson’s Snowblind is celebrating its tenth birthday. I didn’t read it until 2016 and, other than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it was the first S…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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Black As Death by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Lorenza Garcia jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/10/16/b...

Black As Death by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Lorenza Garcia

Today I am delighted to join the blog tour for Black As Death by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated into english by Lorenza Garcia. I love the Áróra Investigations series and it has been a bit of a b…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 1d

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#GuestPost by Mike Downey, Author of #IstriaBlack www.swirlandthread.com/istria-black...

#GuestPost by Mike Downey, Author of #IstriaBlack - Swirl and Thread

Istria Black by Mike Downey, publishes today 16th October with MPress and is described as ‘an ambitious and atmospheric historical thriller’. Set between modern day Istria and the period around and im...

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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Staying in with Lucy E. M. Black on A Quilting of Scars Publication Day lindasbookbag.com/2025/10/15/s...

Staying in with Lucy E. M. Black on A Quilting of Scars Publication Day

I am delighted to welcome Lucy M. Black to Linda’s Book Bag today to tell me all about her latest book. My huge thanks to Hollay at River Street Writing for putting us in touch with one another. Le…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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WWW Wednesday | 15th October 2025 #WWWWednesday #bookblogger #amreading #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/15/w...

WWW Wednesday | 15th October 2025 #WWWWednesday #bookblogger #amreading #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

Welcome to WWW Wednesday. This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your po…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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WWW Wednesday 15th October 2025: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/15/w...

WWW Wednesday 15th October 2025: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚

What am I currently reading? I’ve finally got around to starting Amanda Prowse’s This One Life! I’m taking a break again from The Mirror and The Light and have started listening t…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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WWW Wednesdays (15 October 2025)! What are you reading this week? #WWWWednesdays aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/w...

WWW Wednesdays (15 October 2025)! What are you reading this week? #WWWWednesdays

Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday!

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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An Eye For An Eye by Jeffrey Archer jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/10/15/a...

An Eye For An Eye by Jeffrey Archer

Today it is over to Mandie for her review of An Eye For An Eye by Jeffrey Archer, part of the William Warwick series. Mandie has been loving this series so is playing a touch of catch up to see wha…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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This Week in Books (15th October, 2025) noveldeelights.com/2025/10/15/t...

This Week in Books (15th October, 2025)

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. 📖 C.J. Cooke – The Last…

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 2d

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#BookReview of #ThePlantersDaughter by Susan Lanigan | @susanlanigan.bsky.social www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...

The Planter's Daughter by Susan Lanigan | Review

The Planter's Daughter by Susan Lanigan publishes October 19th and is described as 'an eco-crime murder mystery with a century-old feud'

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Nicola Smith @shortbookandscribes.uk · 3d

#BookReview - A Wedding for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin

A delightful addition to the series. I loved following the girls as they helped Lorna to plan her wedding.

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#AWeddingForTheHomeFrontGirls

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