Nicola Smith
@shortbookandscribes.uk
Nicola Smith-UK book blogger.
Reviews and other bookish stuff.
Just one person trying to read all the books.
Reviews and other bookish stuff.
Just one person trying to read all the books.
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WWW Wednesday 3rd December 2025: what am I reading and a big thank you! | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/w...
WWW Wednesday 3rd December 2025: what am I reading and a big thank you! | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/w...
WWW Wednesday 3rd December 2025: what am I reading and a big thank you! | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚
I’m starting off today with a big thank you! At some point yesterday, my blog hit 100,000 views for this year! As you can see from the image above, this is already 20% higher than last year&#…
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WWW Wednesday 3rd December 2025: what am I reading and a big thank you! | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/w...
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Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview | portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/c...
Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview | portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/c...
Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview |
I’m a fairly recent convert to Lindsey Kelk’s writing (I know, where have I been?!) and I hadn’t actually read any of her Christmas books before. So I was pleased to have the chan…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview | portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/c...
Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview | portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/03/c...
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A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Three #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/03/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Three #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/03/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Three #Nature
Day three of Cathy’s Week of Flowers, created to bring some much needed colour into the dreary, dark days of December. Cosmos are always good value as bedding plants and another one that flow…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Three #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/03/a...
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#BookReview: The Whistler by S.W. Kane @AmazonPub #TheWhistler #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/03/b...
#BookReview: The Whistler by S.W. Kane @AmazonPub #TheWhistler #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/03/b...
#BookReview: The Whistler by S.W. Kane @AmazonPub #TheWhistler #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
“One is chasing justice. One is chasing the past. Both are being followed. Deep beneath London, urban explorer Connie Darke stumbles across a mutilated body in the city’s decaying sewer syste…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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#BookReview: The Whistler by S.W. Kane @AmazonPub #TheWhistler #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/03/b...
#BookReview: The Whistler by S.W. Kane @AmazonPub #TheWhistler #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/03/b...
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#BookReview of #BeingThere by Jerzy Kosinski | #Audiobook www.swirlandthread.com/being-there-...
#BookReview of #BeingThere by Jerzy Kosinski | #Audiobook www.swirlandthread.com/being-there-...
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski | Audiobook Review
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski (audiobook, 2012) is a fascinating exploration of modern society, a wonderful satirical study of human nature.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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#BookReview of #BeingThere by Jerzy Kosinski | #Audiobook www.swirlandthread.com/being-there-...
#BookReview of #BeingThere by Jerzy Kosinski | #Audiobook www.swirlandthread.com/being-there-...
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Top Ten Tuesday 2nd December: Ten Book group reads | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/02/t...
Top Ten Tuesday 2nd December: Ten Book group reads | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/02/t...
Top Ten Tuesday 2nd December: Ten Book group reads | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚
This week’s topic: Ten Book Group Reads This week we have a free choice of topics and I thought I’d share ten books I’ve read for my book group with you. I have a very exclusive b…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Top Ten Tuesday 2nd December: Ten Book group reads | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/02/t...
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#BookReview: The Drop by S.R. Masters #TheDrop #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/b...
#BookReview: The Drop by S.R. Masters #TheDrop #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/b...
#BookReview: The Drop by S.R. Masters #TheDrop #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
“Only the bravest dare to ride the highest roller coaster in the world, Hysteria… You’re a thrill seeker who loves an adrenaline rush. You’re offered the chance to ride a roller coaster. The …
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December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#BookReview: The Drop by S.R. Masters #TheDrop #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/b...
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A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Two #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/02/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Two #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/02/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Two #Nature
Day two of Cathy’s Week of Flowers, created to bring some much needed colour into the dreary, dark days of December. Also linking to Terri’s Flower Hour Calibrachoa is a pretty bedding …
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December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Two #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/02/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day Two #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/02/a...
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#TopTenTuesday | 2nd December 2025: Books I'd Like to Read That Are Outside My Comfort Zone #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/t...
#TopTenTuesday | 2nd December 2025: Books I'd Like to Read That Are Outside My Comfort Zone #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/t...
#TopTenTuesday | 2nd December 2025: Books I’d Like to Read That Are Outside My Comfort Zone #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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December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#TopTenTuesday | 2nd December 2025: Books I'd Like to Read That Are Outside My Comfort Zone #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/t...
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#BookReview of #Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell www.swirlandthread.com/sugartown-ca...
#BookReview of #Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell www.swirlandthread.com/sugartown-ca...
Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell | Review
Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell published September 18th with Oneworld and was Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2025.
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#BookReview of #Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell www.swirlandthread.com/sugartown-ca...
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And that's a wrap for ... November noveldeelights.com/2025/12/02/a...
And that's a wrap for ... November noveldeelights.com/2025/12/02/a...
And that’s a wrap for … November
What an odd month November was. I feel like we had three seasons in one month. New buds on trees, flowers where they hadn’t been flowers since May. Yet the leaves were falling, although not e…
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And that's a wrap for ... November noveldeelights.com/2025/12/02/a...
And that's a wrap for ... November noveldeelights.com/2025/12/02/a...
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A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day One #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/01/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day One #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/01/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day One #Nature
I’m joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. Centaurea Montana ‘Amethyst Dream̵…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day One #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/01/a...
A Week of #Flowers 2025: Day One #Nature betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/12/01/a...
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#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Clare Chase #author of Mystery at Mistletoe Place | @Bookouture portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/01/f...
#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Clare Chase #author of Mystery at Mistletoe Place | @Bookouture portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/01/f...
#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Clare Chase #author of Mystery at Mistletoe Place | @Bookouture
I’m delighted to be joined by Clare Chase today, author of Mystery at Mistletoe Place. Mystery at Mistletoe Place is published today by Bookouture and available now in: full details below. Ha…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Clare Chase #author of Mystery at Mistletoe Place | @Bookouture portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/01/f...
#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Clare Chase #author of Mystery at Mistletoe Place | @Bookouture portobellobookblog.com/2025/12/01/f...
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Dark Orchid Affair by Robert Whanslaw #blogtour #extract #darkorchidaffair #giveaway #publicationday aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Dark Orchid Affair by Robert Whanslaw #blogtour #extract #darkorchidaffair #giveaway #publicationday aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Dark Orchid Affair by Robert Whanslaw #blogtour #extract #darkorchidaffair #giveaway #publicationday
🎉🎉🎉 Happy Publication Day to Robert Whanslaw 🎉🎉🎉 Dark Orchid Affair out today! I’m helping kick off the blog tour with an extract and a giveaway for you – what more could you want?…
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Dark Orchid Affair by Robert Whanslaw #blogtour #extract #darkorchidaffair #giveaway #publicationday aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Dark Orchid Affair by Robert Whanslaw #blogtour #extract #darkorchidaffair #giveaway #publicationday aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/d...
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The #Bookvent Calendar 2025: Day One jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/t...
The #Bookvent Calendar 2025: Day One jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/t...
The #Bookvent Calendar 2025: Day One
#Bookvent – Celebrating my top reads of 2025 To quote Rafiki – It is time! Yep. It’s the first of December which means that Bookvent is back for another festive season and you luc…
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The #Bookvent Calendar 2025: Day One jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/t...
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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 30/11/25 jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 30/11/25 jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 30/11/25
Well … this has been an interesting week. I have been in a course of advanced colouring in (aka Power BI training). To be fair, it was a lot more than colouring in, and I have a lot to chew over wh…
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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 30/11/25 jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/r...
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The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger #publicationday #bookreview #thekillclause aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger #publicationday #bookreview #thekillclause aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger #publicationday #bookreview #thekillclause
🎉🎉🎉 Happy Publication Day to Lisa Unger 🎉🎉🎉 The Kill Clause is out today!
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The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger #publicationday #bookreview #thekillclause aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/t...
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The Children of Eve by John Connolly jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Children of Eve by John Connolly jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Children of Eve by John Connolly
Today I am sharing my long overdue review of The Children of Eve, the latest book in the Charlie Parker series from John Connolly. It’s long overdue because I was long overdue in reading, or …
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The Children of Eve by John Connolly jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/12/01/t...
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Not Another BLOODY Christmas by Jo Middleton lindasbookbag.com/2025/12/01/n...
Not Another BLOODY Christmas by Jo Middleton lindasbookbag.com/2025/12/01/n...
Not Another BLOODY Christmas by Jo Middleton
Having thoroughly enjoyed Jo Middleton’s Happy BLOODY Christmas (reviewed here), I was delighted when a copy of her latest book Not Another BLOODY Christmas arrived in surprise book mail. My huge t…
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Not Another BLOODY Christmas by Jo Middleton lindasbookbag.com/2025/12/01/n...
Not Another BLOODY Christmas by Jo Middleton lindasbookbag.com/2025/12/01/n...
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#SundayStills ~ All about #Texture #Photography betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/11/30/s...
#SundayStills ~ All about #Texture #Photography betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2025/11/30/s...
#SundayStills ~ All about #Texture #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri at This week’s theme is centred around texture. This is one of the stones in the circle known as the Duddo Stones. Situated in North Nort…
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November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Book Review - Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
Book Review - Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
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 potent…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Book Review - Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
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New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #BookReview #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #BookReview #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #BookReview #BookSky 💙📚
Today I’m sharing my review of New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page which I recently listened to as an audiobook. It seems appropriate to be reviewing this book at the very beginning of…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page | #BookReview #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/11/30/n...
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Alcatraz For The Rich by Abi Harvey #blogtour #authorinterview #alcatrazfortherich aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/a...
Alcatraz For The Rich by Abi Harvey #blogtour #authorinterview #alcatrazfortherich aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/a...
Alcatraz For The Rich by Abi Harvey #blogtour #authorinterview #alcatrazfortherich
Happy Sunday!! Today I’m interviewing Abi Harvey as part of the blog tour celebrating her debut novel Alcatraz For The Rich.
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Alcatraz For The Rich by Abi Harvey #blogtour #authorinterview #alcatrazfortherich aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/a...