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#bookreview – Mine by Susi Fox @writerdrfox @PenguinUKbooks #BlogTour

Posted on 6th June 2018 By Nicola

I’m so pleased to be taking part in the blog tour today for Mine by Susi Fox and I’m sharing my review further down this […]

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#bookreview – Fred’s Funeral by Sandy Day @sandeetweets #novella #WW1

Posted on 4th June 2018 By Nicola

I’m so pleased to be able to review Fred’s Funeral by Sandy Day today. It’s a novella, so not a long read, and if you […]

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#bookreview – TH1RT3EN by Steve Cavanagh @sscav @orionbooks @orion_crime #BlogTour #thatbookthathook

Posted on 2nd June 2018 By Nicola

I’m excited to be a part of the blog tour for TH1RT3EN by Steve Cavanagh today. It’s such a unique and clever thriller and my […]

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#bookreview – Collecting Conversations by Sam Bunch @collectingconvs

Posted on 1st June 2018 By Nicola

I don’t read a lot of non-fiction but Collecting Conversations caught my attention straightaway. It’s a book of two parts, both of which are absolutely […]

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#bookreview – My Husband’s Lies by Caroline England @CazEngland @AvonBooksUK #BlogTour #Extract

Posted on 31st May 2018 By Nicola

Last year, I took part in the blog tour for Caroline England’s first book, Beneath the Skin. At the time, I was disappointed because I […]

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#bookreview – Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson

Posted on 29th May 2018 By Nicola

Thank you to the publishers for providing me with a copy of this book, via Netgalley. Sometimes it takes a stranger to really know who […]

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#bookreview – The Café at Seashell Cove by Karen Clarke @karenclarke123 @bookouture

Posted on 28th May 2018 By Nicola

When Cassie Maitland needs a holiday from her glamorous but stressful job in event management, she escapes home to gorgeous Seashell Cove, where her family’s cosy café sits […]

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#shortbookscribe #bookreview – Fault Lines by Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks #RandomThingsTours #BlogTour

Posted on 23rd May 2018 By Nicola

I’m so pleased today to be reviewing Fault Lines by Doug Johnstone as part of the blog tour organised by Anne Cater of Random Things […]

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#shortbookscribe #bookreview – As Good As Gold by Patricia Furstenberg @PatFurstenberg #poetry #BlogTour

Posted on 22nd May 2018 By Nicola

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for As Good As Gold, a new book of poems and haiku by Patricia Furstenberg. Thank you […]

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#shortbookscribe #bookreview – One Summer in Italy by Sue Moorcroft @SueMoorcroft @AvonBooksUK #BlogTour

Posted on 21st May 2018 By Nicola

I’m delighted to welcome you to my stop on the blog tour for One Summer in Italy by Sue Moorcroft today. She’s an author I’ve […]

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