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Cat Mama.
Reviewer, reader, crafter and writer. Lover of Horror, Fantasy, Video and Board Games.
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Book Tour Review Tolly Grimpen’s Tales of Grot and Horror by Ian Billings, Hunt Emerson (illustrator)

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Little Tree Books. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A collection of silly and scary stories for children illustrated by iconic cartoonist…
Book Tour Review Tolly Grimpen’s Tales of Grot and Horror by Ian Billings, Hunt Emerson (illustrator)
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Little Tree Books. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A collection of silly and scary stories for children illustrated by iconic cartoonist Hunt Emerson. These are Tolly Grimpen’s Tales of Grot and Horror. Come with me if you dare and delve into the pages of this collection of horrid and chilling tales from the maniacal mind of Ian Billings, illustrated by the equally mad genius of Hunt Emerson.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Book Tour Review Finding Ida by Marya Burgess

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours.  My review is honest and freely given. Blurb 1930s Warsaw. Two privileged Ida — glamorous and self-assured — and Luiza, the spirited tomboy striving to fulfil the ambitions their…
Book Tour Review Finding Ida by Marya Burgess
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours.  My review is honest and freely given. Blurb 1930s Warsaw. Two privileged Ida — glamorous and self-assured — and Luiza, the spirited tomboy striving to fulfil the ambitions their German-born father once held for the son he never had. At just seventeen, Luiza's world is upended when her Polish homeland is occupied.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Book Tour Review Mysteries Of The Other Side by George Begg

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Literally PR. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Once a staunch sceptic, former RAF fighter pilot George Begg experienced a life-changing encounter with God that transformed his…
Book Tour Review Mysteries Of The Other Side by George Begg
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Literally PR. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Once a staunch sceptic, former RAF fighter pilot George Begg experienced a life-changing encounter with God that transformed his understanding of existence. In Mysteries of The Other Book 1 – The Hidden Story, he explores the previously hidden divine truths and patterns woven through creation, Scripture, and human life.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
ARC Review The Wisdom of Ancient Japan by Saori Okada

Blurb Discover your sense of purpose, foster gratitude and learn to live in the moment. A beautiful celebration of ancient Japanese culture. Some of the most important mindsets in modern culture are derived from ancient Japanese times. From…
ARC Review The Wisdom of Ancient Japan by Saori Okada
Blurb Discover your sense of purpose, foster gratitude and learn to live in the moment. A beautiful celebration of ancient Japanese culture. Some of the most important mindsets in modern culture are derived from ancient Japanese times. From discovering your sense of purpose with Ikigai to fostering gratitude with Go-en, and from accepting what cannot be changed with Sho-ga-nai to embracing strength after you fall with Nana korobi ya oki, as well as the seven principles of the warrior code: these are timeless philosophies to live by.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Book Tour Review FREED: 5 Steps to Let Go of Negative Feelings: Stop Overthinking, Reduce Stress, and Find Emotional Freedom Using the FREED Method by Kate Delaney

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb truggling with negative…
Book Tour Review FREED: 5 Steps to Let Go of Negative Feelings: Stop Overthinking, Reduce Stress, and Find Emotional Freedom Using the FREED Method by Kate Delaney
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb truggling with negative thoughts and feelings that keep you trapped? FREED gives you a clear, step-by-step method to release what’s holding you back and reclaim your inner calm. Drawing on over 10 years as a hypnotherapist and mindfulness teacher and my personal journey of healing from chronic Lyme disease, this book shows you how to transform emotional pain into clarity, insight, and calm.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Book Tour Review Uncle Chris’s Third Collection of Crafty Short Stories by P Frost

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb “Such entertaining mystery stories for all ages” The Family Grapevine Magazine The author has been…
Book Tour Review Uncle Chris’s Third Collection of Crafty Short Stories by P Frost
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb “Such entertaining mystery stories for all ages” The Family Grapevine Magazine The author has been interviewed on radio to discuss his twisty ten-minute-read mystery short stories from his Uncle Chris series of books. The tales have also been featured in various magazines around the country.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Book Tour Review The Season of Secrets by D.E. McCluskey

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb To make sense of what was happening around you, could you believe? ‘This could be your mother’s last Christmas,' were not the words…
Book Tour Review The Season of Secrets by D.E. McCluskey
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb To make sense of what was happening around you, could you believe? ‘This could be your mother’s last Christmas,' were not the words Alison wanted to hear so close to the holidays. Determined to spend one last festive season with her ailing mother, Alison, her daughter Grace, and Anthony her brother, decide to make the journey back to the town where they grew up.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Book Tour Review Valhalla by Alan Meredith

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Death or glory? Dustin had never risked anything in his entire average life. After being hit by a car, death or glory is the ultimatum given to…
Book Tour Review Valhalla by Alan Meredith
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Death or glory? Dustin had never risked anything in his entire average life. After being hit by a car, death or glory is the ultimatum given to him by the Norse God Odin, “live the life of a warrior and bring fresh tales to Valhalla and, in return, I will grant you a second life on Midgard.”
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November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Book Tour Review HomeAdrift by Soheil Mirchi

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb How far can you go before the silence breaks you? Commander Solene Ellis has left Earth behind forever. Now she drifts through the void aboard…
Book Tour Review HomeAdrift by Soheil Mirchi
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb How far can you go before the silence breaks you? Commander Solene Ellis has left Earth behind forever. Now she drifts through the void aboard the colony ship Nia Kvara, watching over 100,000 colonists in hibernation. Only Ava, the ship’s AI, keeps her company.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Book Tour Review Choppiness on High Seas by Arvind Wadhera

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Literally PR. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Being born into poverty and hardship in 1930s London, Matthew’s life was one of relentless struggle. One inadvertent act in defence of…
Book Tour Review Choppiness on High Seas by Arvind Wadhera
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Literally PR. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Being born into poverty and hardship in 1930s London, Matthew’s life was one of relentless struggle. One inadvertent act in defence of his mother would haunt his conscience forever. Matthew’s journey takes him from the poverty of a cold stone granary to the opulence of Mayfair and Kensington Gardens, where he starts a family of his own.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Book Tour Review ELEVEN HOURS TO MURDER by D.B. Borton

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A cold case from the Swinging Sixties. A sassy senior sleuth. If Cat Caliban’s not your favorite crime-solving grandma, you just…
Book Tour Review ELEVEN HOURS TO MURDER by D.B. Borton
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A cold case from the Swinging Sixties. A sassy senior sleuth. If Cat Caliban’s not your favorite crime-solving grandma, you just haven’t met her yet. Meet Cat former housewife, widow, cat lady — and private eye in training. Who said fifty-something was too old to start again?
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November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Book Tour Review Angel Takes Off by Roger Silverwood

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Meet Detective Michael Angel. An old - school policeman who sometimes rubs his team up the wrong way. He’s got his flaws, but he never…
Book Tour Review Angel Takes Off by Roger Silverwood
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Meet Detective Michael Angel. An old - school policeman who sometimes rubs his team up the wrong way. He’s got his flaws, but he never gives up on a case. One dead actor, murdered on set while the cameras roll.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Book Tour Review Deathbed Confessionals by A.D. Jones

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Still reeling from the murder of his friend and colleague, a man receives a mysterious caller in the dead of night. A failing author's…
Book Tour Review Deathbed Confessionals by A.D. Jones
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Still reeling from the murder of his friend and colleague, a man receives a mysterious caller in the dead of night. A failing author's pact for fame and fortune slowly begins to unravel the world around him. Two women struggle as they find themselves wrapped up in a man's twisted, high-stakes version of The Bachelor.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Book Tour Review The Earth Weighs Heavy by Alison Joseph

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Hackney convent- home to Agnes and her sisters —may be a house of God. But what’s buried beneath is anything but saintly. After…
Book Tour Review The Earth Weighs Heavy by Alison Joseph
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Hackney convent- home to Agnes and her sisters —may be a house of God. But what’s buried beneath is anything but saintly. After days of brutal storms and lashing rains, the convent’s crumbling cellar gives up a terrible secret. The skeleton of a woman.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Book Tour Review Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A dark folk horror tale of a deadly family curse, crime and murder that is sure to turn your blood cold, from the award-winning, New…
Book Tour Review Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A dark folk horror tale of a deadly family curse, crime and murder that is sure to turn your blood cold, from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Netflix's The Silence. When Jodi, BB and Matt decide to burgle a derelict country home as a thrilling dare, they become embroiled in a twisted legacy of supernatural terror.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Book Tour Review Flora By Linda O’Byrne

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb In 1837 it is not considered desirable for a young lady of good family to have views and opinions that are different to those of society. When…
Book Tour Review Flora By Linda O’Byrne
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb In 1837 it is not considered desirable for a young lady of good family to have views and opinions that are different to those of society. When scandal surrounds Flora McGregor, Mr Darcy’s niece is sent from her home in Scotland to Pemberley in order to learn refinement and ladylike behaviour.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Book Tour Review The Epilogue Event by S G Bell

Introduction I was given a copy to review as part of a book tour by ZooLoos Book Tours and the Author. My reviews are always honest and all opinions are my own and freely given. Blurb 2010. The end of the world has begun, but no one is paying…
Book Tour Review The Epilogue Event by S G Bell
Introduction I was given a copy to review as part of a book tour by ZooLoos Book Tours and the Author. My reviews are always honest and all opinions are my own and freely given. Blurb 2010. The end of the world has begun, but no one is paying attention. People are unaware of the breaking pandemic, code name, The Epilogue Event.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Book Tour Review Cat Wumman: Tales o Nine Lives by Gerda Stevenson  

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Love Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb CAT WUMMAN, is Stevenson's second short story collection – nine different stories presenting contemporary Scottish life…
Book Tour Review Cat Wumman: Tales o Nine Lives by Gerda Stevenson  
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Love Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb CAT WUMMAN, is Stevenson's second short story collection – nine different stories presenting contemporary Scottish life inspired by folk tales from around the world, Scots ballads and the poetry of Coleridge and Hugh MacDiarmid. These dark tales (which include four weddings but no funeral!) will irresistibly draw the reader in.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Book Tour Review Tubelines: The Poetry of Motion by Kestral Gaian

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Literally PR. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Tubelines is a collection of poems by award-winning author, poet, and playwright Kestral Gaian, written in the tunnels,…
Book Tour Review Tubelines: The Poetry of Motion by Kestral Gaian
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Literally PR. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Tubelines is a collection of poems by award-winning author, poet, and playwright Kestral Gaian, written in the tunnels, carriages, and platforms of the London Underground. More than a love letter to London, this book captures the fragments of life that move through its trains every day: overheard sentences, fleeting strangers, sudden memories, and moments of sanctuary.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Book Tour Review Triumphs of Tenacity by Yusra Mariyam

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Triumphs of From Struggle to Success is an inspirational memoir of resilience, women’s empowerment, and immigrant success that will…
Book Tour Review Triumphs of Tenacity by Yusra Mariyam
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb Triumphs of From Struggle to Success is an inspirational memoir of resilience, women’s empowerment, and immigrant success that will uplift anyone facing challenges in life. Born in Bangladesh and moving to the UK at just seven years old, Yusra Mariyam faced enormous obstacles—adapting to a new culture, overcoming academic failures, and balancing the demands of motherhood.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Book Tour Review The Family Tree: A Heartwarming Tale Celebrating Kindness, Friendship and the Beauty of Differences by Yasmine Anane, Mark Beech(Illustrator)

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Little Tree Books. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb When Mole sets off in search of…
Book Tour Review The Family Tree: A Heartwarming Tale Celebrating Kindness, Friendship and the Beauty of Differences by Yasmine Anane, Mark Beech(Illustrator)
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Little Tree Books. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb When Mole sets off in search of his family tree, he dreams of finding others just like him. But as he journeys through the enchanted wood, he learns something even more true family isn’t about looking the same - it’s about the bonds we build and the love we share with those around us.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Book Tour Review The Dead Reckoning by Janey Clarke

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb In the shadow of Devil’s Mountain, vengeance is the only path for Cassidy. Her parents, among many others, were brutally murdered by the…
Book Tour Review The Dead Reckoning by Janey Clarke
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb In the shadow of Devil’s Mountain, vengeance is the only path for Cassidy. Her parents, among many others, were brutally murdered by the notorious outlaw Matt Dawson. Consumed by rage and grief, Cassidy’s mission is clear. She is to bring the baby-faced Dawson to justice and make him pay for his crimes.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Book Tour Review NightBorn: A Debut Novel by Theresa Cheung

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever? Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology…
Book Tour Review NightBorn: A Debut Novel by Theresa Cheung
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever? Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology professor, is about to find out. When thousands of people begin experiencing terrifying, vivid nightmares ... all centered around her, Alice’s quiet academic life is shattered.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Book Tour Review A Life Quite Ordinary by Campbell Johnston

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours.  My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A bundle of old, what appear to be recollections and witness statements, are discovered in an attic by a son following the…
Book Tour Review A Life Quite Ordinary by Campbell Johnston
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours.  My review is honest and freely given. Blurb A bundle of old, what appear to be recollections and witness statements, are discovered in an attic by a son following the death of his father. They tell the tale of three teenage school friends who are involved in a prank that almost costs the life of one of them.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Book Tour Review The Cornish Christmas Book Club by Angela Britnell 

Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb ❄️ Enemies-to-lovers ❄️ Christmas romance ❄️ Small town ❄️ Workplace romance ❄️ Forced proximity ❄️ Friend’s brother ❄️…
Book Tour Review The Cornish Christmas Book Club by Angela Britnell 
Introduction I was given a copy to review by Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is honest and freely given. Blurb ❄️ Enemies-to-lovers ❄️ Christmas romance ❄️ Small town ❄️ Workplace romance ❄️ Forced proximity ❄️ Friend’s brother ❄️ Single parent ’Tis the season for second chances — and unexpected chapters . . . Tamara Pascoe has spent years saving every penny and perfecting her baking in the hopes of opening her own café in the cosy Cornish village of Penworthal.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM