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FranMcBookface
@franmcbookface.bsky.social
Book devourer & reviewer. Archivist. Occasional crafter. Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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📚Book mail quandary 📚

When book mail arrives so beautifully wrapped you almost can't bear to ruin it but you also know it's the new @franhill123.bsky.social so you also want to rip it open 😄

Huge thanks to Olivia @legendpress.bsky.social for sending

Home Bird is out now
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Shared my review for the utterly brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social over on IG today

I honestly enjoyed this one so much, and I devoured it in just a couple of sittings

Out May 1st. Link to buy and full review in bio
April 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping
Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍
April 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Posted my review for The incredible Our Last Wild Days over on my IG

"Though the locations & situations are often bleak, the writing is luminous

From the title to the last page, this book had me in its thrall."

Out April 24th

Full review www.instagram.com/p/DIizuU8Ce5...
April 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Absolutely delighted to be part of the cover reveal for River of Stars by @georginamoore1.bsky.social

Look at this absolutely stunning cover!

It sounds just as good as it looks too

It's out July 3rd and there's a preorder link in my bio ✨️
February 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Huge thanks to Eye books for this fabulous bookmail

Words Fail Me by Frances McKendrick sounds like a fantastic read and Val McDermid & Ian Rankin agree 👍

Out on Kindle on 19th March and in paperback on April 10th

#booksky
February 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Gorgeous train scenery on our way to Aviemore 🤩

#scotland
February 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Sharing my review of Human, Animal by @sethinsua.bsky.social over on IG

A beautifully written and compelling story of a family in crisis

www.instagram.com/p/DFp8fUJiIN...
February 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I'm ready for #BurnsNight with my haggis, whisky and stack of Scottish books 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hands up if you've never tried haggis 😋
January 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I've reviewed Blob by Maggie Su over on IG today

A story about a woman who finds a blob outside a nightclub and moulds him into the perfect man

Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed this one!

Out Feb 6th from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/p/DFHupYwCG2...
January 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I'm so thrilled to receive a copy of The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social

I've been impatient for this one since I first heard about it. A tale of a group of showwomen performing across Edwardian Scotland - yes please!

It's out May 1st and there's a link to pre-order in my bio

#booksky
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Had a fantastic trip to Munich

Such a gorgeous city!

Today was a mini tour of some bookshops in the snow 🥰

#Germany #munich #books
January 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨Amazing bookpost alert!🚨

A millions Thank yous to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending a copy of The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster

I loved The Maiden and The King's Witches, so I'm really looking forward to picking this up

It's out on 29 May. Preorder link in my bio

#booksky
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just started my current Netgalley read about 10 minutes ago and it's already so bloody good!

Cursing the fact I need to go back to work this afternoon 😭

Ordinary Saints by @niamhsquared.bsky.social is out in April from @bonnierbooks.bsky.social

#booksky
January 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I love it when my postie brings me bookish things 🤩

I've been reading Stephen King since I was 12 so I couldn't resist this t-shirt

Arrived with the rest of my Christmas book buying spree. Are there any here you've read?

#booksky
January 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Eurgh! Back to work for me 😭

On the bright side, I do get to work from the couch today, and I get to start my gorgeous new journal 🤩

Anyone else have an addiction to pretty notebooks they can hardly bear to write in? 😄
January 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Happy new year 🥳🥂and more importantly Happy Steak Pie day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😋

Final reading stats for 2024 are in! Not sure what the targets will be this year yet, but definitely planning on using Storygraph more

Do you have any reading targets set?

#booksky
January 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
✨️Top 12 of 2024✨️

I've read 162 books this year and finally whittled it down to 12 favourites

Every one of these books is a fantastic read, and I can't recommend them highly enough

Do we have any favourites in common?

#booksky
December 31, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I've been saving this one, but I can wait no longer!

This Bright Life by @writerkcampbell.bsky.social is out March 27th

More info & preorder
uk.bookshop.org/a/10984/9781...
December 30, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Arrived at the folks

Merry Christmas everyone!
December 24, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Finally! Works done!

It's been a long, busy old year but now it's time to relax and have fun with family and friends 🥳🥂
December 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Reading nook all freshened up for the holidays.

Planning on spending plenty of time here over the next couple of weeks 😊

#booksky #library #bookshelves
December 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM
One of my oldest friends had had the absolute toughest of years

These gorgeous flowers have just arrived from her to say thanks for my support

I'm in pieces 😭😭
December 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
I've been doing some Christmas themed book posts over on IG this week

Fun, but I have fresh respect for the properly creative bookstagrammers. How do they do it? It takes so much effort! 😆

📚💙 #booksky
December 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
I've just finished one cracking read from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social and another one has arrived!

So grateful to have received a copy of Rapture by Emily Maguire, a historical fiction tale inspired by the life of St Joan

Look at that clever cover 🤩

Out March 27th

uk.bookshop.org/a/10984/9781...
December 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM