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Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell | Review

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 6h

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Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell (Jan 2025, Scribner) is described as 'tense, beautiful...underpinned by an unassailable love, hope & resilience'

My review of The House of Lost Whispers by Jenny Keer #TuesdayBookBlog

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 6h

Review of The House of Lost Whispers by Jenny Keer #TuesdayBookBlog lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/m...
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What if another world existed… where the Titanic had never sunk? When the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic leaves Olivia Davenport orphaned, she’s sent to live with her guardians, the Fairchi…

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NickiMags @ Secret Library Book Blog @nickimags.bsky.social · 10h

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" am delighted to be joining in the publication celebrations today with an extract which I do hope whets your appetite for more!"

#Extract - A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black #riverstwriting #booksky

A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black | Extract

A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black is a described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'

A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black | Extract

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Eva @noveldeelights.bsky.social · 10h

“brings to life a story of forbidden love, abuse and murder”

#Extract - A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black www.swirlandthread.com/a-quilting-o... - via @maireadhearne.bsky.social 💙📚

A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black is a described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'

Spell The Month in Books ~ October #Crime #Literary #Fiction #TuesdayBookBlog

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 11h

Spell The Month in Books ~ October #Crime #Literary #Fiction #TuesdayBookBlog betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/10/07/s...
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Spell The Month in Books was originally created by Reviews from the Stacks, and the idea is to spell the month using the first letter of book titles. The Occupation by Deborah Swift One woman’s sec…

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 11h

Top Ten Tuesday 14th October 2025: Ten Film Quotations | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/14/t...
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Top Ten Tuesday 14th October 2025: Ten Film Quotations | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚

This week’s topic: Ten Film Quotations Photo by ClickerHappy on Pexels.com This week’s topic was going to be a non-bookish freebie but has been changed to ‘ten books you wish you …

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‘The Vanishing Place’ by Zoë Rankin

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'The Vanishing Place' by Zoë Rankin noveldeelights.com/2025/10/14/t...
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Author : Zoë RankinTitle : The Vanishing PlacePages : 380Publisher : Viper Books / Serpent’s TailPublication date : 2nd October, 2025Source : Netgalley One girl escaped. But the forest took a…

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Top Ten Tuesday – 14/10/25 – Books With Buildings in the Title – #BookList #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 11h

Top Ten Tuesday - 14/10/25 - Books With Buildings in the Title - #BookList #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/10/14/t...
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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to…

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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with AE Chandler #author of Knights of the Roundish Table

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 13h

#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with AE Chandler #author of Knights of the Roundish Table portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/14/t...
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I’m delighted to be joined by AE Chandler today, author of Knights of the Roundish Table. Knights of the Roundish Table is published today which just happens to be the anniversary of the Batt…

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#TopTenTuesday | 14th October 2025: Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 13h

#TopTenTuesday | 14th October 2025: Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/14/t...
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Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl&#8…

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 15h

#Extract

A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black
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Described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'

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Cover of A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

Popcorn at the ready!!

Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 1d

We're chomping at the bit here at Moose Towers to see the first couple of episodes.

Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social

Nationwide - BBC 2 Monday 20th October.

Date night.

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‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ : a cosy autumnal reading list

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' : a cosy autumnal reading list jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/10/13/s...
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In deciding what to call this post I went for a more cultured approach to my usual, and opted to quote the first line of John Keats poem ‘To Autumn’. It’s a poem that captures the…

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

ShortBookandScribes Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson - the Book and the TV Adaptation #BookReview shortbookandscribes.uk/reviews/shor...
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ShortBookandScribes Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson – the Book and the TV Adaptation #BookReview

Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson is published and Transworld/Bantam is is out now. My copy is actually a proof from *embarrassed blush* 2020. It was one of my most highly anticipated reads of that year b…

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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Michael Wendroff #author of What Goes Around | @rararesources @mwendroff

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Michael Wendroff #author of What Goes Around | @rararesources @mwendroff portobellobookblog.com/2025/10/13/t...
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I’m delighted to be joined by Michael Wendroff today, author of What Goes Around. What Goes Around was published by Head of Zeus in October 2024 and available now in all formats: full details…

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Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part Two - A life in books

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part Two alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/book...
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Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 12/10/25

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 12/10/25 jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/10/13/r...
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After the fabulous time at Chiltern Kills last weekend, this week has been somewhat of an anticlimax. Work, work and more work pretty much sums things up. Put what I hope are the finishing touches …

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You’ll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan @abwrites @hillaryoutloud @harlequinpublishing #AngelhartInvestigations #YoullNeverFindMe

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan @abwrites @hillaryoutloud @harlequinpublishing #AngelhartInvestigations #YoullNeverFindMe bluemoodcafe.com/2025/10/13/y...
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the setup… I learned in the prequel how important family is to Private Investigator Margo Angelhart but in the ensuing years, a lot has changed. She’s estranged from the family private investigatio…

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#AudiobookReview – Country Christie: Twelve Devonshire Mysteries by Agatha Christie #CountryChristie #AgathaChristie #ShortStories #MissMarple #ParkerPyne #Poirot #TommyAndTuppance #BookSky #BorrowBox...

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

#AudiobookReview - Country Christie: Twelve Devonshire Mysteries by Agatha Christie #CountryChristie #AgathaChristie #ShortStories #MissMarple #ParkerPyne #Poirot #TommyAndTuppance #BookSky #BorrowBox #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/10/13/a...
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Synopsis:”Murder and mystery lurk in the hills and on the shores of Devon and Cornwall in Agatha Christie’s finest countryside stories. Growing up in Torquay, Agatha Christie’s love of the We…

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A Slowly Dying Cause (Linley and Havers #22) by Elizabeth George

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

'asks for patience, but it rewards it with emotional resonance'
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A Slowly Dying Cause (Linley and Havers #22) by Elizabeth George

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 fromPP: 656ISBN-13: 978-1035074624 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for a review copyIn Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Amid the…

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 fromPP: 656ISBN-13: 978-1035074624 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for a review copyIn Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence. The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford is brought in to investigate.

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

The jungle watches, the dead remember: Rainforest by Michelle Paver #Rainforest #NetGalley frombelgiumwithbooklove.com/the-jungle-w...
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The jungle watches, the dead remember: Rainforest by Michelle Paver #Rainforest #NetGalley

The virgin rainforest seems a paradise to Englishman Simon Corbett. A last chance to salvage his career. A final refuge from a terrible secret.But the jungle is no Eden. It hides secrets of its own…

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TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · 1d

Coming 23 October 2025

Christmas on Fifth Avenue by Julie Caplin
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"A delightfully evocative romp through the festive city.." #NEWYORK
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Christmas romcom set in MANHATTAN - TripFiction

Christmas on Fifth Avenue by by Julie Caplin, romcom set in Manhattan. Welcome to Business Class. Evie Green is waiting for her flight to New York in the

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 1d

Books as Gifts - #BookRecommendations - Donal Skehan, Michael Harding & Shane Lehane

Books to be lingered over & returned to on multiple occasions as the evenings draw in from cooking to meditation to the nostalgia of tradition.

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Poster featuring three books - Donal's Real Time Recipes by Donal Skehan, Midwinter: A Journey Through a Seasons by Michael Harding, Old Ways to New Days: The Folklore, Traditions and Everyday Objects that Shaped Ireland by Shane Lehane

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 3d

Yay 😊

A day dedicated to books
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It's always great to escape into a good book, but especially today in celebration of #bookshopday

What's on your wishlist?

#shoplocal #choosebookshops
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