Cathy J
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Gardener 🌱 | Avid reader | Historical fiction fan | Admirer of John Buchan | Book blogger always ready for the next chapter... 💙📚
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My Week in Books – 30th November 2025
On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of Agricola: Commander by Simon Turney. Tuesday - My take on this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Things You Might Be Thankful For. 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...
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My Week in Books - Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky
John Buchan Fact of the Day (334/365) Buchan's son William recalls, 'He had a writer's sympathy with other writers's aspirations, however feeble their achievement, and since they had thought to send him their books he would thoughtfully give them a place on his shelves.' #JBFactOfTheDay #booksky 💙📚
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (334/365) Buchan's son William recalls, 'He had a writer's sympathy with other writers's aspirations, however feeble their achievement, and since they had thought to send him their books he would thoughtfully give them a place on his shelves.' #JBFactOfTheDay #booksky 💙📚
My Week in Books - Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky
My Week in Books – 30th November 2025
On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of Agricola: Commander by Simon Turney. Tuesday - My take on this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Things You Might Be Thankful For. 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...
whatcathyreadnext.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My Week in Books - Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky
My review of historical mystery Divination: A Conspiracy of Blood by J. A. Downes set in the court of King Edward VI #books #bookreviews #historical fiction #NovNov2025 #booksky
Book Review – Divination: A Conspiracy of Blood by J. A. Downes #NovNov2025
About the Book Cambridge University, 1547. Young scholar John Dee's quiet academic life takes an unexpected turn when a visiting Polish astronomer is found dead just hours after sharing revolutionary astrological secrets. Suddenly thrust into a world of Tudor court intrigue, Dee must navigate the treacherous politics of Hampton Court Palace while unraveling the astronomer's cryptic final prediction about a Midsummer coup.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My review of historical mystery Divination: A Conspiracy of Blood by J. A. Downes set in the court of King Edward VI #books #bookreviews #historical fiction #NovNov2025 #booksky
My review of Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey, a beautifully written story about life in all its messiness #books #bookreviews #literaryfiction #booksky
Book Review – Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey
About the Book 1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another: Milly, a teenage runaway, and Pip, a young boxer full of anger and potential who is beginning to drink it all away. Over the decades their lives follow different paths, interweaving from time to time, often in one another's sight, always on one another's mind, yet rarely together.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My review of Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey, a beautifully written story about life in all its messiness #books #bookreviews #literaryfiction #booksky
John Buchan Fact of the Day (333/365) In his memoir of his father, William Buchan writes that Buchan, 'never in all his life wasted time or regrets on states of affairs he could not alter.' #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (333/365) In his memoir of his father, William Buchan writes that Buchan, 'never in all his life wasted time or regrets on states of affairs he could not alter.' #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
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“Once you dip your toe into the Meonbridge Chronicles, you’ll never want to leave” Brook Cottage Books
Have you read THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES?
For a taster, why not join Team Meonbridge and receive a free novella?
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Have you read THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES?
For a taster, why not join Team Meonbridge and receive a free novella?
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November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Once you dip your toe into the Meonbridge Chronicles, you’ll never want to leave” Brook Cottage Books
Have you read THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES?
For a taster, why not join Team Meonbridge and receive a free novella?
bit.ly/meonbridge
Have you read THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES?
For a taster, why not join Team Meonbridge and receive a free novella?
bit.ly/meonbridge
My review of 'genre-splicing rollercoaster' The Cracked Mirror by Christopher Brookmyre #books #bookreviews #TheCrackedMirror #crimefiction #booksky
Book Review – The Cracked Mirror by Christopher Brookmyre
About the Book FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW. THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAPD homicide detective. Always in trouble with his captain, always losing partners, but always battling for the truth, whatever it takes. You know Penny Coyne. The little old lady who has solved multiple murders in her otherwise sleepy village, despite bumbling local police.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My review of 'genre-splicing rollercoaster' The Cracked Mirror by Christopher Brookmyre #books #bookreviews #TheCrackedMirror #crimefiction #booksky
John Buchan Fact of the Day (332/365) #FirstLinesFriday 'The open windows, protected by wire blinds as fine-meshed as gauze, allowed the cool airs from the sea to slip in from the dusk.' From The Courts of the Morning, published in 1929 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (332/365) #FirstLinesFriday 'The open windows, protected by wire blinds as fine-meshed as gauze, allowed the cool airs from the sea to slip in from the dusk.' From The Courts of the Morning, published in 1929 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
John Buchan Fact of the Day (331/365) In his memoir of his father, William recalls that Buchan sent the draft of The Thirty-Nine Steps to his publishers Blackwood's with a note saying, 'It has amused me to write, but whether it will amuse you to read is another matter.' #JBFactOfTheDay #booksky 💙📚
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (331/365) In his memoir of his father, William recalls that Buchan sent the draft of The Thirty-Nine Steps to his publishers Blackwood's with a note saying, 'It has amused me to write, but whether it will amuse you to read is another matter.' #JBFactOfTheDay #booksky 💙📚
John Buchan Fact of the Day (330/365) According to Janet Adam Smith, Buchan's first biographer, by 1918 rations were so low that at the annual dinner of the London Burns Club, of which he was a member, polenta had to be substituted for haggis #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (330/365) According to Janet Adam Smith, Buchan's first biographer, by 1918 rations were so low that at the annual dinner of the London Burns Club, of which he was a member, polenta had to be substituted for haggis #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
I won a prize! And what a brilliant one it is - a signed copy of Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang. I remember loving Wild Swans when I read it so looking forward to diving into this follow-up.
Thank you for running the giveaway @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
#books #nonfiction #booksky 💙📚
Thank you for running the giveaway @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
#books #nonfiction #booksky 💙📚
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I won a prize! And what a brilliant one it is - a signed copy of Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang. I remember loving Wild Swans when I read it so looking forward to diving into this follow-up.
Thank you for running the giveaway @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
#books #nonfiction #booksky 💙📚
Thank you for running the giveaway @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
#books #nonfiction #booksky 💙📚
#WWWWednesday Check out the books I've just read, I'm reading now & I'll be reading next #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky
#WWWWednesday – 26th 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…
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#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 (329/365) #OnThisDay in 1911 Buchan's son John (known as Johnnie) was born. He became 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir on the death of his father in 1940 and saw action in Sicily during WW2 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (329/365) #OnThisDay in 1911 Buchan's son John (known as Johnnie) was born. He became 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir on the death of his father in 1940 and saw action in Sicily during WW2 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
#TopTenTuesday Things You Might Be Thankful For #TuesdayBookBlog #books #bookreviews #Thanksgiving #booksky
#TopTenTuesday Things You Might Be Thankful For #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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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#TopTenTuesday Things You Might Be Thankful For #TuesdayBookBlog #books #bookreviews #Thanksgiving #booksky
My review of the action-packed Commander (Agricola #3) by Simon Turney #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky
Book Review – Agricola: Commander by Simon Turney @HoZ_Books @AriesFiction
About the Book In the aftermath of Rome's civil war, Agricola returns to Britannia in command of his own legion. This is not the honour it seems at first. Agricola's new legion threatens mutiny and the frontier province has suffered under troublesome governors. And the Brigantes, a powerful Celtic tribe in Britannia, are ready to make war against Rome. To stabilise Roman rule and bring peace, Agricola must use all his political and military skills.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
My review of the action-packed Commander (Agricola #3) by Simon Turney #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky
John Buchan Fact of the Day (328/365) In a 1917 speech, 'It seems to me that America must keep constantly before her eyes the need of internationalism...She must make herself permanently responsible, as one of the world's greatest powers, for the world's good governance.' #JBFactOfTheDay #booksky 💙📚
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (328/365) In a 1917 speech, 'It seems to me that America must keep constantly before her eyes the need of internationalism...She must make herself permanently responsible, as one of the world's greatest powers, for the world's good governance.' #JBFactOfTheDay #booksky 💙📚
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New on my blog: Five Dutch Novels I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/five... #BookSky
Five Dutch Novels I’ve Read - 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 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New on my blog: Five Dutch Novels I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/five... #BookSky
John Buchan Fact of the Day (327/365) Buchan wrote, 'To me as a child, autumn meant the thick, close odour of rotting leaves, varied by scents from the harvested stubble; glimpses of uncanny scarlet toadstools... acres of spongy ground which miraculously dried up at the first frosts' #booksky 💙📚
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (327/365) Buchan wrote, 'To me as a child, autumn meant the thick, close odour of rotting leaves, varied by scents from the harvested stubble; glimpses of uncanny scarlet toadstools... acres of spongy ground which miraculously dried up at the first frosts' #booksky 💙📚
My Week in Books - Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky
My Week in Books – 23rd November 2025
On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of The Assassin of Verona by Benet Brandreth. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books I Think Will Be Future Classics. 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...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My Week in Books - Books read, reviewed & acquired this week #books #bookreviews #amreading #booksky
John Buchan Fact of the Day (326/365) In his memoir Memory Hold-The-Door, Buchan writes, 'My boyhood must have been one of the idlest on record. Except in the last year of my Glasgow grammar school, I do not think that I ever consciously did any work.' #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 📚💙
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (326/365) In his memoir Memory Hold-The-Door, Buchan writes, 'My boyhood must have been one of the idlest on record. Except in the last year of my Glasgow grammar school, I do not think that I ever consciously did any work.' #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 📚💙
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Tell him to shove his plan where the sun don’t shine. #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces most difficult moment as Trump pushes plan to end war
Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces most difficult moment as Trump pushes plan to end war
US president presses Kyiv to accept plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, as Donald Trump demanded Kyiv accepts within days a US-backed “peace plan” that would force it to give up territory to Russia and to make other painful concessions.
Trump confirmed on Friday morning that next Thursday – Thanksgiving in the US – would be an “acceptable” deadline for Zelenskyy to sign the deal, which European and Ukrainian officials have warned amounts to a “capitulation”. Continue reading...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tell him to shove his plan where the sun don’t shine. #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
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#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...
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#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...
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#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…
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…
#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…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#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…
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…
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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 💙📚
Out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social
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Out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social
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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 ...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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 💙📚
Out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social
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Out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social
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#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
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#whattoread #bookish #BookSky #skybrarians #bookrecs #bookrecommendation
#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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November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
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#whattoread #bookish #BookSky #skybrarians #bookrecs #bookrecommendation
#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
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#whattoread #bookish #BookSky #skybrarians #bookrecs #bookrecommendation