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Karen
@karendennise.bsky.social
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📚 UK book blogger at https://www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/
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loves crime/thrillers/historical fiction/contemporary/commc fiction
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Thanks to @michaeljbooks.bsky.social for a super proof (and biscuit) of the new thriller, out next April, of #CallerUnknown by @gillianmauthor.bsky.social

“They took her daughter. Now she’ll break every rule to get her back”

#booksky💙📚 #thriller #bookblogger
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October 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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My August reads - all very enjoyable, 4 or 5*

Ship of Dreams Donna Jones Alward
Never Tear Us Apart Rowan Coleman
The Emerald Shawl Louise Douglas
The Mourning Necklace Kate Foster
Silenced Girls Roger Stelljes
A Neighbour's Guide to Murder Louise Candlish
The Forest Hideaway Sharon Gosling
August 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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I’m delighted to join the cover reveal for #LetTheBellsRingOut, by
@themillyjohnson.bsky.social
out on 23/10/25.

Seven people, one snowdrift and a Christmas stuck on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season getting away from it all takes on a new meaning!

#booksky 💙📚
#bookbloggers
Cover shows a steam train against a snowy background with blue sky
July 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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I love sprayed edges & histfic and couldn’t resist buying this indie bookshop signed edition of The Art of a Lie with the 🍍edges -by @laurasrobinson.bsky.social and published by Mantle and @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Historical fiction involving murder and an ‘iced cream’ parlour 🍦

#booksky 💙📚
Cover shows a large pineapple on a green background with book title in gold lettering Side edging of book with red sprayed edges and a pineapple going down the edge Inside of book showing end papers with red background, pineapples and authors signature
July 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Fantastic show in Birmingham last night from #JeffLynnesELO as part of their final tour. A broken hand left him without his guitar but that didn’t stop him knocking it out the park

Farewell ELO ❤️
July 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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On the blog today, I am sharing an extract of #TheStandingStoneOTheMoor - historical fiction by Allie Cresswell

#booksky💙📚
#historicalfction
June 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I’m looking forward to reviewing this for the blog tour next month

Thanks to @libraryofchlo.bsky.social and @panmacmillan.bsky.social for #ACrimeThroughTime by Amelia Blackwell

The start of a series where crime, time travel and Jane Austen collide

Out 10 July

#booksky 💙📚
Book tagline is Miss Darcy Investigates. Red book cover with gold and black lettering
June 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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New book in the house - my order of #BeforeDorothy by @hazelgaynor.bsky.social

“Long before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt Emily Gale, sets off on her own unforgettable adventure much closer to home”

Out now with @harpercollins.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Thank you to publishers for sending these lovelies to review

@transworldbooks.bsky.social
@headlinebooks.bsky.social
@hqstories.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
@simonschusteruk.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚
#bookblogger #bookpost
June 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Currently reading

#TheBodies a thriller by Sam Lloyd

“How many would you bury to save your child?”

Publishing 19 June with @bantambooksuk.bsky.social

Reviewing for the blog tour next month with @zooloosbt.bsky.social

#BookSky 💙📚
June 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#TheTreasures 🍎 by #HarrietEvans is the first in a trilogy - a story of one house & family spanning the decades with an international setting - inc from London to New York

Thank you @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social for the ARC

Out 12 June

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#bookblogger
May 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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My current read

#TheDaughter, a thriller by TM Logan

Published by @zaffrebooks.bsky.social

I started this last night and intrigued already as to what has happen to the missing daughter
Book cover picture shows a girl standing on a riverside pathway. Book tagline is you thought she was safe, you were wrong
April 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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#bookpost

Hilary Kingsley is a features writer/lawyer and non-fiction author who has now published her debut novel, #TheWrongHusband

My thanks to Hilary for sending a copy to review

#booksky💙📚
April 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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#bookpost

Delighted to receive this giveaway win

#ourlastwilddays by #annabaikey and set in Southern Louisiana

Publishing 24 April with @doubledayuk.bsky.social

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April 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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#TheGreekHouse by #DinahJefferies will be published on 24 April

Such a delight to receive this gorgeous parcel from @harpercollins.bsky.social & Tandem Collective for the Tandem IG readalong starting next week 📚 😍

Dinah's books are always a pleasure and I'm looking forward to this

@booksky 💙📚
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April 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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My first of the 2025 #QuickReads series with @readingagency.bsky.social

#TheSurpriseVisitor a novella by #CathyBramley publishing with @orionbooks.bsky.social on 9 April

Best friends each with their own secrets - a lovely warm and uplifting story

#booksky 💙📚
April 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#Bookpost

Thank you to @bookouture.bsky.social

for a fab ARC pack

#WhereDoWeGoFromHere by @nick-alexander.bsky.social

Publishing 23 April

“…a life-affirming novel about love, loss and unlikely friendships”

#booksky 💙📚
#bookblogger
#books
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March 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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#bookpost

#WhateverItTakes by @rachel-abbott.bsky.social

The latest in the DCI Tom Douglas crime series and out now

I’m reviewing for the blog tour soon

#booksky 💙📚
#crimefiction
#bookblogger
#mysterylovers 🔍💀📚
March 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#Bookpost

#TheAmalfiCurse by #SarahPenner

Biggest thanks to @legendpress.bsky.social for the ARC to review

Publishing 1 May

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#bookblogger
#books
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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My blog tour review of #TheGrapevine, by bsky.app/profile/kate... A debut novel set in 1970s Australia. There has been a murder in the community and everyone is under suspicion

Published by #phoenixbooks @orionbooks.bsky.social

www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/2025/03/the-...

#booksky 💙📚 #bookreview
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March 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I love Jane’s books and very excited to receive an ARC of #TheStrangerInRoomSix a suspense thriller by @janecorryauthor.bsky.social

Thanks to Penguin UK Books - publishing 19 June

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#mysterylovers 🔍📚
February 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Thanks to #PhoenixBooks @orionbooks.bsky.social for #TheGrapevine by @katekemp.bsky.social

I’m reviewing for the blog tour next month and can’t wait to dive in

Set in Australia 1979

Out now in ebook, HB 13 March

#booksky💙📚
#mysterylovers 🔍💀📚
#debutnovel
February 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Another 📚 in the house

@jojomoyes.bsky.social has long been a fav author, I couldn’t resist buying this signed copy of #WeAllLiveHere published by @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

#booksky💙📚
#bookblogger
February 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I’m thrilled to receive an early copy to review of #RiverOfStars by @georginamoore1.bsky.social

Inspired by houseboat living on the River Thames, a multigenerational story of music, memory, inheritance and legacy

Publishing 3 July with @hqstories.bsky.social

#booksky💙📚
#bookbloggers
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social for a copy to review of #murderatgullsnest by Jess Kidd, the first in a new 1950s mystery series featuring Nora Breen, a former nun

Publishing 13 March

#booksky 💙📚
#mysterylovers 🔍💀📚
#bookbloggers
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February 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM