ShortBookandScribes #GuestPost by Linda MacDonald – How Meeting Lydia Came to Be
A rare guest post on my blog today. Linda MacDonald got in touch and asked if I would like to post about How Meeting Lydia […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Hopeful Hearts at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas
My review today is of Hopeful Hearts at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas which is published by Boldwood and is available now. My thanks […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Room 706 by Ellie Levenson
Room 706 by Ellie Levenson will be published on 15th January by Headline Review. My thanks to the publishers for the proof copy. Oh, this […]
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ShortBookandScribes Some Favourite 2025 Reads
I was about to start this post by saying I haven’t done a favourites of the year post for a while and then looked back […]
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ShortBookandScribes December 2025 Reads, Book Post, Christmas Gifts and Stats
Hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. Despite choosing to read several novellas in December I still didn’t reach my Goodreads target of […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – What Happened that Summer by Laura Pearson
What Happened That Summer by Laura Pearson will be published tomorrow (3rd January 2026) by Boldwood. I was the lucky recipient of one of the […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Harbour Lights Mystery by Emylia Hall
The Harbour Lights Mystery by Emylia Hall is published by Thomas & Mercer and is out now. I purchased my own copy. As The Shell […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Christmas at Flora’s House by Freya North
Christmas at Flora’s House is independently published and is out now. I bought my own copy from Freya’s website. On the windswept dunes of the […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson
The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson is published by Faber & Faber and is out now. My thanks to the publishers who kindly sent me […]
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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – New Beginnings for Christmas by Sally Page
New Beginnings for Christmas by Sally Page is published by Harper Collins and the eBook is available now. I purchased my own copy. Although it […]
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