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ShortBookandScribes ** Very Special Reads of 2019**
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview - You, Me and the Movies by Fiona Collins@FionaJaneBooks @TransworldBooks @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours #YouMeandtheMovies
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview - The 24 Hour Cafe by Libby Page @orionbooks #The24HourCafe
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview + #Extract - Million Eyes by C.R. Berry CRBerry1 @elsewhenpress @rararesources #BlogTour
ShortBookandScribes #BlogTour #Extract from The Mothers by Sarah J. Naughton @TrapezeBooks #TheMothers #CompulsiveReaders

ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Haunting of Strawberry Water by Tara Gould @MyriadEditions
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H G Parry @OrbitBooks #BlogTour
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The 24 Hour Cafe by Libby Page @orionbooks #The24HourCafe
ShortBookandScribes #BlogTour #GuestPost by John Kimbrey, Author of In Her Sights @fayerogerspr @authoright #InHerSights
ShortBookandScribes #BlogTour #GuestPost by James Lingard, Author of The Girl Who Disappeared @jamesbat @fayerogerspr @authoright #TheGirlWhoDisappeared

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ShortBookandScribes ** Very Special Reads of 2019**
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview - The 24 Hour Cafe by Libby Page @orionbooks #The24HourCafe
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview + #Extract - Million Eyes by C.R. Berry CRBerry1 @elsewhenpress @rararesources #BlogTour
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview - You, Me and the Movies by Fiona Collins@FionaJaneBooks @TransworldBooks @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours #YouMeandtheMovies
ShortBookandScribes #BlogTour #Extract and #Audio Sample from A Springtime to Remember by Lucy Coleman @BoldwoodBooks

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Today’s review is of a short story, The Haunting

Today’s review is of a short story, The Haunting of Strawberry Water by Tara Gould. This is one of a new series of Spotlight Books and it's published on 29th January.
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Spotlight Books is a collaboration between Creative Future, New Writing South and Myriad Editions to discover, guide and support writers who are under-represented due to mental or physical health issues, disability, race, class, gender identity or social circumstance.
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My review:
This is a fabulous little read. With just 48 small pages of text (the book is only 64 pages in total) you might think there’s not going to be much to it but you’d be wrong. It’s a really thought-provoking story.
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It’s a story of motherhood and abandonment with hidden depths that are still making me think. Our narrator’s mother left when she was very young. All she has is a Polaroid photo where just a small trace of her mother is visible. Despite that, she clings to it as she grows up. What’s particularly interesting is her own response to motherhood and how she deals with what we presume must be post-natal depression.
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Strawberry Water is her childhood home and is not necessarily the typical setting for a story such as this with a slight supernatural theme. That’s what I loved about it!
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The Haunting of Strawberry Water is a rather chilling story of a mental breakdown, of dealing with the trauma that comes with being a new mother particularly with a lack of support, how difficult it can be to cope. I thought it was fabulous.

@myriad_editions #bookreview #bookblogger #bookblog #shortstory #instabooks #instareads #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookworm #lovereading #shortbookandscribes

Thank you Jane Cable for #TheFaerieTree #bookpost.

Thank you Jane Cable for #TheFaerieTree #bookpost. I'm looking forward to reading it for the #rachelsrandomresources #blogtour.

New review: The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H

New review: The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H G Parry (As the book is all about fictional characters coming to life I've popped my sculpture of Narnia in the picture. This was made out of books by the author Ann Troup)
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I was drawn to this book by the obvious similarities to the Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde. Admittedly it’s a long time since I read any of those books but I just loved the idea of fictional characters jumping out of books and wreaking havoc on all around them.
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I have to be honest and say that despite the fact I enjoyed the Next books, this genre is still out of my comfort zone. However, I did think The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep was an entertaining romp through so many well known books and that was a hugely appealing concept for me.
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Rob is a lawyer, a completely ordinary man really, apart from his younger brother, Dr Charley Sutherland who, since he was a young boy, has been able to read characters out of books. As the book begins Rob is called on to help capture the escaped Uriah Heep from David Copperfield and pop him back into the book. All well and good but then more and more fictional characters invade the real world and cause all sorts of trouble.
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H G Parry clearly has a fantastic imagination and has created a most thrilling world for her characters. The people who read them out of the books bring them forth with their own slant on them, for instance, one person’s Darcy might not be the next person’s idea of them, and so there’s some fun to be had there as some of the characters mutate into exaggerated versions of themselves.
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I found myself smiling quite a lot at the turns the plot took, the comments the characters made and the whole fantasy world they live in right in the middle of reality. If you’ve ever wanted to dive into a book yourself and prefer the thought of a fictional world to the one we live in then look no further than this clever and innovative story.

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It's readalong time!! Thank you @tandemcollectiveu

It's readalong time!! Thank you @tandemcollectiveuk and @boroughpress for my copy of the book.
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Myself and lots of lovely people will be reading The Other Half of Augusta Hope by Joanna Glen. I've been wanting to read this one for ages.
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If you want to join in too then let me know and I can arrange for you to receive the question cards or if you just want to read at the same time as us then that's fine too.
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First up are pages 1 to 75. I'm going in.
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#AugustaHope #AugustaHopeReadalong #bookstoread #booklover #bookworm #lovereading #instagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookstagrammer #shortbookandscribes

New review: The 24 Hour Café by @libbypagewrites

New review: The 24 Hour Café by @libbypagewrites ☕
I was a huge fan of Libby Page’s debut, The Lido. In The 24 Hour Café she has returned to the kind of warmth in her writing and story that I enjoyed so much in that former book.
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This book is set around a café, one that opens 24 hours a day and it's a haven for people looking for refuge really. It's a place of safety, of calmness amongst storms. The two main characters are best friends, Hannah and Mona. Both work as waitresses in the café, both have ambitions to be performers, both are working a 12 hour shift on the one particular day the book is set over, Hannah doing midnight until 12 noon, Mona doing 12 noon until midnight. This is an important day for both of them and for many of the customers the café sees over the course of the 24 hours.
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This is a very engaging read. So much of life is between the 400 or so pages. Libby Page says that it came about because of her own love of people watching and I guess that’s probably what appealed to me too, as I also enjoy watching people and noticing little things about them. I enjoyed so much about the friendship between Hannah and Mona but it also had its sadnesses and difficulties. What comes across is the reality of all the situations in the book. No friendship or relationship is perfect and the author has portrayed beautifully the myriad ups and downs of life.
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I’d love to visit Stella’s Café. Right at the very beginning of the book we are given a mini tour and it comes across as such a welcoming and kind place. The story itself is constructed in such a charming way. Whilst Hannah and Mona’s stories take centre stage, around them, in the wings, are a series of vignettes: the customers’ stories. I really liked how the author mingled those in. She really brought that café to life for me.
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It's quite an introspective read and there’s a lot more narrative than dialogue. But it’s beautiful narrative that really tells a story and digs deep into the characters’ emotions and I'm glad I didn't have to rush it. The 24 Hour Café is a place I would like to visit but as I can't I shall content myself with the fact that I have spent happy hours reading it.

Thank you @headofzeus for #PeopleLikeUs by Louise

Thank you @headofzeus for #PeopleLikeUs by Louise Fein #bookpost. It came beautifully wrapped in a German map with German goodies. It's published in May and I'll be taking part in the #blogtour. It sounds wonderful.

Thank you so much @vintagebooks and @midaspublicre

Thank you so much @vintagebooks and @midaspublicrelations for #TheSnakes by @that_sadie_jones #bookpost. I'm so excited to read this for the upcoming #RandomThingsTours #blogtour.

Thank you Elliott and Thompson for #UnderTheStars

Thank you Elliott and Thompson for #UnderTheStars by @mattgaw #bookpost. It looks like a beautiful read about the effect of artificial light and reconnecting with the natural world.

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Thank you Helen Lewis @litpr2012 for #ThePhilosoph

Thank you Helen Lewis @litpr2012 for #ThePhilosophersDaughters by @alisonboothauthor9723 #bookpost. I really enjoyed A Perfect Marriage by this author so jumped at the chance to be part of the #blogtour for this one.

Hooray! Huge thanks to Martina Ticic @midaspublicr

Hooray! Huge thanks to Martina Ticic @midaspublicrelations for the copy of #TheSilentTreatment by @abbiegreavesauthor. I'm so looking forward to reading this #bookpost.

I am thrilled to have received a copy of #TheForgo

I am thrilled to have received a copy of #TheForgottenLettersOfEstherDurrant by @kaytenunn2. Thank you so much Virginia Woolstencroft @orionbooks!
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Thank you Ellie Hudson @vikingbooksuk for a finish

Thank you Ellie Hudson @vikingbooksuk for a finished copy of #TheHouseOnTheLake by @nualawrites. I'm excited for the upcoming #blogtour.
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