Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog)
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#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
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Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape
Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read
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#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape
Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read
www.swirlandthread.com/the-future-o...
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Excellent thread, so true gor say creative right now and the rise of AI
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Excellent thread, so true gor say creative right now and the rise of AI
Top Five Tuesday: Top 5 Books That I Am Thankful For In 2025 #Top5Tuesday #TuesdayBookBlog @MeeghanReads #TopFiveTuesday #BookLovers #Fictionophile fictionophile.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Top Five Tuesday: Top 5 Books That I Am Thankful For In 2025 #Top5Tuesday #TuesdayBookBlog @MeeghanReads #TopFiveTuesday #BookLovers #Fictionophile
Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog to get the details and the prompts for each week!…
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#BookReview: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry @titanbooks.bsky.social #ThePlaceWhereTheyBuriedYourHeart #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/11/25/b...
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#BookReview: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry @titanbooks.bsky.social #ThePlaceWhereTheyBuriedYourHeart #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
“On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their pare…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#BookReview: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry @titanbooks.bsky.social #ThePlaceWhereTheyBuriedYourHeart #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/11/25/b...
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'Has all the ingredients….the twists this reader didn’t see coming, suspense, drama and tension, that make a book hard to put down'
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Embedded (Dakota Judd book 1) by John Lansing #Thriller #CrimeFiction #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky
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Embedded (Dakota Judd book 1) by John Lansing #Thriller #CrimeFiction #TuesdayBookBlog #BookTwt
Author: John Lansing Published by White Street Press July 2025 Category: Thriller, Crime, Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Former Army Ranger Dakota Judd, unfairly jailed for injuring his commanding officer whil…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'Has all the ingredients….the twists this reader didn’t see coming, suspense, drama and tension, that make a book hard to put down'
writes @cat-ryan12.bsky.social
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Heart the Lover by Lily King @lilykingbooks #RebeccaLowman @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #HeartTheLover bluemoodcafe.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Heart the Lover by Lily King @lilykingbooks #RebeccaLowman @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #HeartTheLover
the setup… Our narrator begins her story when she was a senior in college where she meets two young men in her 17th Century Lit Class. Sam and Yash are house sitting in a grand home owned by a prof…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Top Ten Tuesday 25th November 2025: Thanksgiving Freebie | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Top Ten Tuesday 25th November 2025: Thanksgiving Freebie | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚
This week’s topic: Thanksgiving Freebie It’s Thanksgiving this Thursday in America so Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers! The topic this week is a thanksgiving/thankful freebie. I …
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November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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30 Day Book Challenge - Day 25 - A Book Longer Than 500 Pages #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/11/25/3...
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30 Day Book Challenge – Day 25 – A Book Longer Than 500 Pages #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 25 – A book longer than 500 pages I try and avoid big books, but I’m very glad that …
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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The Gold Beneath the Beeches, a Dacian Treasure of King Koson
The Gold Beneath the Beeches, a Dacian Treasure of a mysterious ruler, King Koson
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Literary Friendships #friendsgiving #literaryfriendships #blogger #bookblogger #bookx #booksky #amreading #TopTenTuesday #booklist readingladies.com/2025/11/25/l...
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Literary Friendships #friendsgiving #literaryfriendships #blogger #bookblogger #bookx #booksky #amreading #TopTenTuesday #booklist - Reading Ladies
Do you enjoy friendship themes in literature? So many literary friendships to recognize! What is your favorite book with a friendship theme?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#TopTenTuesday | 25th November 2025: Childhood Favourites #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/11/25/t...
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#TopTenTuesday | 25th November 2025: Childhood Favourites #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
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…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#TopTenTuesday | 25th November 2025: Childhood Favourites #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Murder under the Mistletoe by Reverend Richard Coles #TuesdayBlogs lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Murder under the Mistletoe by Reverend Richard Coles #TuesdayBlogs
Book Blurb It is Christmas Day and at Champton Rectory, Canon Daniel Clement and his mother Audrey are joined by the residents and guests of the big house to drink, eat and be merry. At the festive…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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#BookReview
#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape
Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read
www.swirlandthread.com/the-future-o...
#Booksky
#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape
Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read
www.swirlandthread.com/the-future-o...
#Booksky
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#BookReview
#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape
Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read
www.swirlandthread.com/the-future-o...
#Booksky
#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape
Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read
www.swirlandthread.com/the-future-o...
#Booksky
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#Bookreview of #MurderonaFrostyNight by @BrightVerity| @bookouture
'The cosy murder mystery element is well developed with a wonderful cast of characters' writes @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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'The cosy murder mystery element is well developed with a wonderful cast of characters' writes @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright | Review
Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright (Bookouture) is described as 'a totally unputdownable historical murder mystery' set in the 1920s.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#Bookreview of #MurderonaFrostyNight by @BrightVerity| @bookouture
'The cosy murder mystery element is well developed with a wonderful cast of characters' writes @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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'The cosy murder mystery element is well developed with a wonderful cast of characters' writes @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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“The cosy murder mystery element is well developed with a wonderful cast of characters that come alive as the pages turn”
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Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright | Review
Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright (Bookouture) is described as 'a totally unputdownable historical murder mystery' set in the 1920s.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“The cosy murder mystery element is well developed with a wonderful cast of characters that come alive as the pages turn”
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“With a real touch of the otherworldly, Andrea Carter has written a wonderfully creepy and atmospheric tale”
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There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter | Review
There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter (Constable) is described as 'a gripping, haunting thriller that will give you chills'.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“With a real touch of the otherworldly, Andrea Carter has written a wonderfully creepy and atmospheric tale”
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Watch Your Back by Emma Christie #bookreview
On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by Emma Christie, Watch Your Back. BLURB Your past is right behind you . . . Jo has always kept her head down and surrounded hers…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Helena Dixon #author of Murder at Midwinter Farm | @Bookouture @NellDixon portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/24/f...
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#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Helena Dixon #author of Murder at Midwinter Farm | @Bookouture @NellDixon
I’m delighted to be joined by Helena Dixon today, author of Murder at Midwinter Farm. Murder at Midwinter Farm is published today by Bookouture and available now in digital edition: full deta…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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30 Day Book Challenge - Day 24 - A Banned Book #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/11/24/3...
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30 Day Book Challenge – Day 24 – A Banned Book #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 24 – A banned book I loved The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas when I read it for the 20 Books…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 23/11/25 jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/11/24/r...
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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 23/11/25
I cannot believe November is nearly over. How is that possible? This past week has both been hellishly slow and passed by in a blur, largely because I was asleep most days when I wasn’t at wo…
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The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green @authorstacygreenwhisenand @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #NikkiHunt #TheGirlInTheGround bluemoodcafe.com/2025/11/24/t...
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The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green @authorstacygreenwhisenand @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #NikkiHunt #TheGirlInTheGround
the setup… It’s been a few months since FBI Agent Nikki Hunt almost lost her life capturing the Frost killer and suffered other tragic losses in the process. She’s returning to work when she’s call…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green @authorstacygreenwhisenand @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #NikkiHunt #TheGirlInTheGround bluemoodcafe.com/2025/11/24/t...
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There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social
Unsettling and tense with cinematic scenes
Set in a very dramatic Irish rural landscape
A psychological chiller that will play with your mind.
Read my full thoughts:
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There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social
Unsettling and tense with cinematic scenes
Set in a very dramatic Irish rural landscape
A psychological chiller that will play with your mind.
Read my full thoughts:
www.swirlandthread.com/there-came-a...
#booksky
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#BookReview
There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social
Unsettling and tense with cinematic scenes
Set in a very dramatic Irish rural landscape
A psychological chiller that will play with your mind.
Read my full thoughts:
www.swirlandthread.com/there-came-a...
#booksky
There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social
Unsettling and tense with cinematic scenes
Set in a very dramatic Irish rural landscape
A psychological chiller that will play with your mind.
Read my full thoughts:
www.swirlandthread.com/there-came-a...
#booksky
Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel: ’A story of impossible things made possible’ alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/ligh...
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Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel: ’A story of impossible things made possible’ - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel: ’A story of impossible things made possible’ alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/ligh...
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First Line Friday 21st November 2025: New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/21/f...
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First Line Friday 21st November 2025: New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚
Today I’m sharing the first lines from the prologue of my current audiobook, New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page. Sally is a favourite author of mine and I loved the book which this no…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
First Line Friday 21st November 2025: New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/21/f...
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