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ShortBookandScribes Some Recommended Reads for Spooky Season

Posted on 31st October 2024 By Nicola

Since it’s Halloween I thought I’d share some books that would make good reads for spooky season. I’ve read all of these which feature witches, […]

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ShortBookandScribes Harper Collins Book Haul

Posted on 29th October 2024 By Nicola

Today I thought I’d show off the books I purchased using the recent 50% off flash sale offer from Harper Collins. If you aren’t signed […]

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ShortBookandScribes Showing Off Some New Books!

Posted on 16th September 2024 By Nicola

I don’t buy a huge amount of hardbacks. Honestly, I find them cumbersome and awkward – give me a nice paperback any day. However, sometimes […]

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ShortBookandScribes Reading for the 2023 Festive Season #FestiveReads #ChristmasReads

Posted on 18th December 2023 By Nicola

Christmas is now only one week away (what?!). I don’t always manage to find slots for festive reads but this year I’m hoping to read […]

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ShortBookandScribes – The Rosemary Goodacre Memorial Short Story Competition

Posted on 1st March 2022 By Nicola

Today I am delighted to share details of this lovely short story competition. My thanks to Elaine Roberts for asking me to help spread the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BuyOneGiveOne #PrelovedBooks from #AwesomeBooks #SustainableReading #DiscountCode

Posted on 6th December 2021 By Nicola

A few weeks ago Hayley Cox from Midas PR contacted me to ask if I would like to blog about AwesomeBooks. AwesomeBooks is a sustainable […]

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ShortBookandScribes – Celebrating the reissue of Learning to Swim and In A Good Light by Clare Chambers

Posted on 21st July 2021 By Nicola

I’m delighted to be celebrating the reissue of Learning to Swim and In A Good Light by Clare Chambers today. Many of you will be […]

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ShortBookandScribes Very Special Reads of 2019

Posted on 31st December 2019 By Nicola

It’s that time of the year again when I start to wrangle with my list of books read to try and narrow it down to […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BlurbReveal – Betray Her by Caroline England @CazEngland @PiaktusBooks

Posted on 29th January 2019 By Nicola

This is something a bit new for me today, a blurb reveal! In actual fact, you might have seen this on Twitter or other blogs […]

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ShortBookandScribes – The Ones That Got Away and The Ones I’m Looking Forward To

Posted on 1st January 2019 By Nicola

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory but this blog post looks at those pesky books that I was desperate to read in 2018 and […]

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Some Recommended Reads for Spooky Season
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Since it's Halloween I thought I'd share some books that would make good reads for spooky season. I've read all of these which feature witches, ghosts, or other eerie goings on.

🧙The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke - the mysterious and magical Book of Witching links two timelines.

👻Ghost Story by Elisa Lodato - a remote Scottish island with only one inhabitant gives this book quite a sinister feel.

🧙The King's Witches by Kate Foster - with the witch trials gathering pace, it was a dangerous time to be a 'cunning' woman.

👻The Whistling by Rebecca Netley - an insular and unwelcoming community, the strange sound of whistling, and elements of witchery create a creepy and ominous vibe.

👻The Small Hand by Susan Hill - an antiquarian bookseller feels a cold hand creeping into his own. Creepy!

👻Time's Prisoner by Linda Gillard - a book with a much friendlier ghost, one who resides at Wyngrave Hall. When Jane unexpectedly inherits the hall she finds it comes with a centuries old mystery.

🧙The Trial of Gwen Foley by Jane O'Connor - a historical murder mystery set in 1723 with a witchcraft sub-plot.

🔮The Fortunes of Olivia Richmond by Louise Davidson - a twisty and eerie story with a once grand but now faded country house and a young woman with a skill for the supernatural.

👻A Good House for Children by Kate Collins - an unnerving story with a sinister house that is a character in its own right.

🧙The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke - Luna's mother and two sisters vanished without trace twenty-three years ago on the island of Lòn Haven. Back in the 1600s, witch hunts took place on the island. There is a creeping sense of unease in this book which is gothic, unsettling and witchy.
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What are you reading this Halloween? Do you like spooky or witchy reads?
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