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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Little Wing by Freya North

Posted on 12th January 2022 By Nicola

Today I’m sharing my thoughts on another wonderful January publication, Little Wing by Freya North. It will be published by Welbeck on 20th January and […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Queen Elizabeth II: The Oral History by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober

Posted on 10th January 2022 By Nicola

Today’s review is of the fascinating Queen Elizabeth II: The Oral History by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober. My thanks to September Publishing for […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

Posted on 7th January 2022 By Nicola

2022 is throwing some fabulous new publications my way. Today I’m sharing my thoughts about The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont which will be […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Fields of Grace by Wendy Waters

Posted on 6th January 2022 By Nicola

Today I’m sharing my thoughts about Fields of Grace by Wendy Waters. My thanks to the author for sending me a review copy all the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning-Wroe

Posted on 5th January 2022 By Nicola

Happy New Year! My first review of 2022 is for the last book I read in 2021 and one that would easily have been on […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Call the Midwife – A Labour of Love by Stephen McGann

Posted on 31st December 2021 By Nicola

I’m a huge fan of Call the Midwife so it was such a treat to look through this book and see all the memories of […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

Posted on 30th December 2021 By Nicola

I’m here with my thoughts about another big January 2022 publication, The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett. This is just as clever and original as […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Christmas Hope for the Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins

Posted on 22nd December 2021 By Nicola

My review today is of Christmas Hope for the Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins, the second instalment in the Steel Girls series. My thanks to […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Wahala by Nikki May

Posted on 20th December 2021 By Nicola

Today I’m sharing my thoughts about Wahala by Nikki May which will be published by Doubleday in hardback and eBook on 6th January 2022. I […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Arctic Curry Club by Dani Redd

Posted on 17th December 2021 By Nicola

Today I’m sharing my thoughts about The Arctic Curry Club by Dani Redd which is a lovely read. My thanks to Avon Books for the […]

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