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Bookblogger. Editor. Proofreader. Mum. MECFS. Spoonie. linktr.ee/bookshineblog
Short
#reviews
of
#LifeHacksForALittleAlien
#TheHiddenDead
#NeedyLittleThings
#OnlyMurdersInTheAbbey
#AHarvestOfHearts
#bookreview
#catchupquickies
#bookshine
#neurodivergence
#growingup
#Iceland
#folklore
#psychic
#psychologicalthriller
#comingofage
#murdermystery
#fantasy
#magic
#romance
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First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/catch-up-quickies-113/
about 20 hours ago
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#BlogTour
: The Secrets of Silver Edge by @shirstenshirts @LoveBooksTours @LBT.Crew
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#TheSecretsOfSilverEdge
#teen
#YA
#fairytale
#magic
#comingofage
#foundfamily
#buriedsecrets
#cliffhangerending
#TheMoonwellArchives
#Ad
#LBTCrew
#Bookstagram
#FreeBookReview
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Blog Tour: The Secrets of Silver Edge â Shirsten Shirts
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: The village of Silver Edge has a secret. But so does Autumn. For years, 18-year-old Autumn has hidden the curse marking her bodyâstrange, creeping magic no one in her very non-magical village could possibly explain.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/blog-tour-the-secrets-of-silver-edge-shirsten-shirts/
10 days ago
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March's
#YearOfTheBook
review is
#LieOfTheTiger
by John Martin
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#YOTB
#March
#tiger
#mystery
#TasmanianTiger
#humour
#Tasmania
#Tasmania
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Year of the Book: Lie of the Tiger â John Martin
Welcome to the third of my âYear of the Bookâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2025 book advent â each cover representing an animal from the Chinese Zodiac â and review them for you! March is the TIGER and the book is Lie of the Tiger by John Martin. Read on to find out moreâŚ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/year-of-the-book-lie-of-the-tiger-john-martin/
18 days ago
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#BlogTour
: World Running Down by @al_distortion @al-distortion.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#love
#romance
#80smusic
#synthpop
#ghosts
#trauma
#PTSD
#LGBTQIA
#ShakeOutTheGhosts
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Blog Tour: Shake Out the Ghosts â Al Hess
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Angry Robot. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A brutal assault nine months ago left eccentric portrait artist Micah with facial scars and PTSD. Heâs struggled to leave his apartment ever since, and he canât let anyone in. Then his only sanctuary is disrupted by signs of a haunting.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/blog-tour-shake-out-the-ghosts-al-hess/
19 days ago
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Short
#reviews
of
#AHappyBeginning
#HellesHounds
#TheStormborneVine
#TheBonesBeneathMySkin
#TheSpiritCollectionOfThorneHall
#NetGalley
#bookreviews
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#romance
#fantasy
#LGBTIA
#murdermystery
#magic
#dragons
#aliens
#spirits
#paranormal
#horror
#Gothic
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First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/catch-up-quickies-112/
22 days ago
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#BlogTour
: Nine Missing Girls by @steenaHolmes @ZooloosBT @joffebooks
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#mystery
#crimethriller
#psychological
#suspense
#missingchildren
#NineMissingGirls
#SteenaHolmes
#JoffeBooks
#ZooloosBookTours
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Blog Tour: Nine Missing Girls â Steena Holmes
*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the author, Joffe Books and ZoĂŠ of Zoolooâs Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: From two-million-selling author Steena Holmes, nine dark and gripping stories featuring Detective Meri Amber. Nine missing girls.Nine investigations that refuse to stay buried. Detective Meri Amber hunts the cases other people walk away from â the girls who vanish without a trace and the secrets no one wants uncovered.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/blog-tour-nine-missing-girls-steena-holmes/
26 days ago
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Sharing from
@betterdragons.bsky.social
Review: Shake Out The Ghosts, by Al Hess
everythingisbetterwithdragons.co.uk/2026/03/19/r...
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Review: Shake Out The Ghosts, by Al Hess
About the book A brutal assault nine months ago left eccentric portrait artist Micah with facial scars and PTSD. Heâs struggled to leave his apartment ever since, and he canât let anyone in. Then hâŚ
https://everythingisbetterwithdragons.co.uk/2026/03/19/review-shake-out-the-ghosts-by-al-hess/
29 days ago
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#BlogTour
: Key Lime Sky by @al_distortion
@al-distortion.bsky.social
@angryrobotbooks
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#love
#romance
#scifi
#aliens
#LGBTQIA
#pie
#KeyLimeSky
bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/b...
about 1 month ago
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#BlogTour
: World Running Down by @al_distortion @al-distortion.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#love
#romance
#scifi
#aliens
#LGBTQIA
#pie
#KeyLimeSky
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Blog Tour: Key Lime Sky â Al Hess
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Angry Robot. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: An alien invasion hits the town of Muddy Gap, but a disgruntled pie aficionado is the only one who seems to remember it⌠Denver Bryantâs passion for pie has sent him across Wyoming in search of the best slices.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/blog-tour-key-lime-sky-al-hess/
about 1 month ago
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Short
#reviews
of
#TheDarkLordsGuideToDating
#ADeadlyClue
#IntoTheMidnightWood
#TheViewFromDownHere
#ApparentlySirCameronNeedsToDie
#bookshine
#catchupquickies
#NetGalley
#fantasy
#romance
#villains
#humour
#mystery
#HunterAndClewe
#LGBTQIA
#nonfiction
#analysis
#memoir
#disability
#feminism
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First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/catch-up-quickies-111/
about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
DS Harriet March's latest investigation sees her spending the night in a 'haunted' manor house. But that's OK, Harriet doesn't believe in ghosts... UK:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GHZN9F1L
USA:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHZN9F1L
#CozyMystery
#Audiobook
#KindleUnlimited
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#BlogTour
: World Running Down by @al_distortion @al-distortion.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#postapocalyptic
#love
#romance
#scifi
#AI
#LGBTQIA
#bodydysphoria
#WorldRunningDown
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Blog Tour: World Running Down â Al Hess
*I am participating in this blog tour with thanks to the author and Angry Robot. I purchased the book myself and the decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A transgender salvager on the outskirts of a dystopian Utah gets the chance to earn the ultimate score and maybe even a dash of romance. But there's no such thing as a free lunchâŚ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/blog-tour-world-running-down-al-hess/
about 2 months ago
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February's
#YearOfTheBook
review is the
#OxTales
series of short story books by various authors in aid of
#Oxfam
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#YOTB
#February
#ox
#Earth
#agriculture
#Air
#climatechange
#Fire
#conflictaid
#Water
#waterprojects
#charity
#shortstories
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Year of the Book: Ox Tales â Various Authors
Welcome to the second of my âYear of the Bookâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2025 book advent â each cover representing an animal from the Chinese Zodiac â and review them for you! Up next in February is OX and the books are the Ox Tales series of short story collections, Ox Tales: Earth; Ox Tales: Air; Ox Tales: Fire and Ox Tales: Water…
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/year-of-the-book-ox-tales-various-authors/
about 2 months ago
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#BlogTour
: A Most Unsuitable Suitor by @emmaorchardbooks @BoldwoodEverAfter @BoldwoodBooks @LoveBooksTours @LBT.Crew
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#AMostUnsuitableSuitor
#romance
#RegencyRomance
#RegencySpice
#Ad
#LBTCrew
#Bookstagram
#FreeBookReview
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Blog Tour: A Most Unsuitable Suitor â Emma Orchard
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Boldwood Books and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: She must marry for her familyâs future. He must never marry at all. Spring, 1805. Nineteen-year-old Allegra Constantine is under pressure to choose a husband, but none of her suitors inspire her.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/blog-tour-a-most-unsuitable-suitor-emma-orchard/
about 2 months ago
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#BlogTour
: The Case of the Christie Curse by @KellyOliverBooks @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @theboldbookclub
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#TheCaseOfTheChristieCurse
#boldwoodbloggers
#AgathaChristie
#TheDetectionClub
#chess
#archaeology
#murdermystery
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Blog Tour: The Case of the Christie Conspiracy â Kelly Oliver
*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author, Boldwood Books and Rachel Gilbey at Rachelâs Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Mesopotamia, 1930: When Agatha Christie invites fellow members of the Detection Club to witness the famous excavations at the ruins of Ur, Dorothy L. Sayers, her quick-witted assistant Eliza Baker, and Theo Sharp expect ancient wonders â not fresh corpses.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/blog-tour-the-case-of-the-christie-conspiracy-kelly-oliver-2/
about 2 months ago
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Short
#reviews
of
#CleverLittleThing
#WaterMoon
#DeathInTheArctic
#TheVulpine
#MurderInBloom
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#NetGalley
#domesticthriller
#parenting
#neurodivergence
#Japan
#Isekai
#whimsicalfantasy
#mystery
#airship
#YAdystopian
#disability
#cosymystery
#gardening
#murder
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First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/catch-up-quickies-110/
about 2 months ago
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Alex Morrison
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Lovely to see a review of my book in this post by
@bookshineblog.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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#reviews
of
#YourBestFriend
#YouWillSpeakForTheDead
#Nettle
#BloodOverBrightHaven
#MysteryOnTheTracks
#bookreviews
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#NetGalley
#crimethriller
#friendship
#sporror
#bereavement
#fairytale
#darkfantasy
#magic
#puzzles
#murdermystery
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Catch-Up Quickies 109
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/catch-up-quickies-109/
2 months ago
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#reviews
of
#TheDaysOfOurBirth
#TheresSomeoneInReception
#HowToMurderYourDearWife
#ATraceOfDNA
#TheEndlessNight
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#catchupquickies
#romance
#localjournalism
#memoir
#mystery
#humour
#TiggyJones
#TheInnerLands
#epicfantasy
#indieauthors
#SupportIA
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Catch-Up Quickies 108
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/catch-up-quickies-108/
2 months ago
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Jerk Chicken Magic by Noel-Andrew Bennett & Roxanne Bennett @coconutmilk.co
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#minishine
#babybows
#family
#immigration
#multiculturalism
#cooking
#childrensbook
#picturebook
#JerkChickenMagic
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Jerk Chicken Magic â Noel-Andrew Bennett & Roxanne Bennett
*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the authors, Coconut Milk and Ashley Kurland - Entertainment PR. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A love letter to immigrant families everywhere! Jerk Chicken Magic is a heartwarming story of a multi-generational immigrant family (The Higgins), through the eyes of a charming 6-year-old girl named, Lizzy â as she explores the culinary magic of Jamaica's most famous cultural export, jerk chicken.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/jerk-chicken-magic-noel-andrew-bennett-roxanne-bennett/
2 months ago
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January's
#YearOfTheBook
review is
#KingRat
by China MiĂŠville
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#YOTB
#January
#rat
#darkhorror
#urbanhorror
#fantasyhorror
#London
#DrumAndBass
#PiedPiperOfHamelin
#oldgods
#anthropomorphism
#redintoothandclaw
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Year of the Book: King Rat â China MiĂŠville
Welcome to the first of my âYear of the Bookâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2025 book advent â each cover representing an animal from the Chinese Zodiac â and review them for you! Up first in January is RAT and the book is King Rat by China MiĂŠville. Read on to find out moreâŚ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/year-of-the-book-king-rat-china-mieville/
3 months ago
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#reviews
of
#WhatWeSacrificeForMagic
#TheUndeadComplex
#TheGreatWhen
#TheVillageDetectivesAndTheLittleBlackBookKiller
#MagicMapsAndMischief
#bookreviews
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#catchupquickies
#magic
#comingofage
#mystery
#paranormal
#fantasy
#cosy
#neurodivergence
#NetGalley
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Catch-Up Quickies 107
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/catch-up-quickies-107/
3 months ago
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Shared: Review: Healing In (Re)Verse, by B.S. Casey
everythingisbetterwithdragons.co.uk/2026/01/21/r...
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Review: Healing In (Re)Verse, by B.S. Casey
Release date: 28 January 2026Kindle eBookPaperbackHardback later in 2026Page count: 40Self-Published Blurb A short, mixed style poetry collection about not dying just yet â exploringchronic iâŚ
https://everythingisbetterwithdragons.co.uk/2026/01/21/review-healing-in-reverse-by-b-s-casey/
3 months ago
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#BlogTour
:
#TheLockedRoom
by @HollyH_Author @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @theboldbookclub
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#crime
#historicalfiction
#detective
#mystery
#BakerStreet
#Holmes
#BakerStreetMysteries
#boldwoodbloggers
#NetGalley
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Blog Tour: The Locked Room â Holly Hepburn
*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author, Boldwood Books and Rachel Gilbey at Rachelâs Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Join Harriet White in 1930's London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. After a very close call on the Norfolk Fens, Harriet White is about ready to hang up her deerstalker and settle back into her normal life, working in a bank on Baker Street.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/blog-tour-the-locked-room-holly-hepburn/
3 months ago
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#BlogTour
: Healing in (re)Verse by @on_bees_bookshelf @randomthingstours
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#poetry
#poems
#chronicillness
#depression
#trauma
#disability
#healing
#healinginreverse
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Blog Tour: Healing in (Re)Verse â BSÂ Casey
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A short, mixed style poetry collection about not dying just yet - exploring chronic illness, depression, trauma and finding moments of joy and love in a painful world.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/blog-tour-healing-in-reverse-bs-casey/
3 months ago
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#reviews
of
#TheExaminer
#SorryHumansEspeciallyGreg
#Gorse
#HemlockBay
#HexAndHexability
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#catchupquickies
#NetGalley
#mystery
#epistolary
#humour
#romance
#aliens
#folklore
#darkfantasy
#RachelSavernake
#romantasy
#witches
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First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/catch-up-quickies-106/
3 months ago
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#BlogTour
: The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting by @naomikuttner
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
@rararesources
#mystery
#NewZealand
#cosymystery
#foundfamily
#ghosts
#gardening
#exassassin
#orchids
#humour
#romance
#TheRetiredAssassinsGuideToOrchidHunting
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Blog Tour: The Retired Assassinâs Guide to Orchid Hunting â Naomi Kuttner
*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachelâs Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Assassin. Gardener. Reluctant cat adoptee. All Dante wants is to be left alone in the small New Zealand town no oneâs heard of. No drama. No bodies. No questions.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/blog-tour-the-retired-assassins-guide-to-orchid-hunting-naomi-kuttner/
3 months ago
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#bloggers
- the author's best friend. Many thanks for all your support and positive energy!
@keepreadingkristen.bsky.social
@alitescape.bsky.social
@bookshineblog.bsky.social
@shesreadingagain.bsky.social
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Ending the year's
#CalendarChaos
with
#AndSoThisIsChristmas
by Brian Bilston And wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#bookadvent
#Christmas
#poetry
#humour
#seasonal
#festive
#stockingfiller
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Calendar Chaos: And So This Is Christmas â Brian Bilston
Welcome! We have made it to the end of 2025 and to the twenty-fourth and final of my âCalendar Chaosâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent â each cover representing a different period of time â and review them for you! Closing the year and my calendar theme is Christmas and the book isÂ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/calendar-chaos-and-so-this-is-christmas-brian-bilston/
4 months ago
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The first of December's
#CalendarChaos
with
#OneDayInDecember
by Josie Silver
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#bookadvent
#December
#contemporaryromance
#romance
#Instalove
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Calendar Chaos: One Day in December â Josie Silver
Welcome to the twenty-third of my âCalendar Chaosâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent â each cover representing a different period of time â and review them for you! Up first in December is DECEMBER and the book is One Day in December by Josie Silver. Read on to find out moreâŚ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/calendar-chaos-one-day-in-december-josie-silver/
4 months ago
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***Christmas Hiatus*** Bookshine is taking a break (aside from pre-scheduled posts) but will be back to share more
#booklove
in the New Year!
#bookshine
#hiatus
#Christmas
#chronicillness
#MECFS
#spoonie
#bookblogger
#amreading
#stillreading
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***Christmas Hiatus***
Dear Readers, You may have noticed Bookshine blog has been a little quiet of late? Unsurprisingly for someone with a long-term chronic illness, I have been grappling with a bout of ill health and after weeks of chastising myself for the resulting lack of review activity, I have finally decided to (temporarily!) throw in the towel. In other words, I am clocking off early for Christmas this year to get some proper rest.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/christmas-hiatus/
4 months ago
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Rounding off November's
#CalendarChaos
with
#TheWinterSpirits
by various authors
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#bookadvent
#Winter
#shortstories
#Christmas
#horror
#ghosts
#paranormal
#ghoststories
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Calendar Chaos: The Winter Spirits â Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman
Welcome to the twenty-second of my âCalendar Chaosâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent â each cover representing a different period of time â and review them for you! Closing November (better late than never!) is WINTER and the book is The Winter Spirits by Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/calendar-chaos-the-winter-spirits-bridget-collins-imogen-hermes-gowar-natasha-pulley-jess-kidd-andrew-michael-hurley-elizabeth-macneal-laura-purcell-kiran/
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#BlogTour
: The Author's Guide to Murder by @authorbeatriz @laurenwillig & @karenwhitewrite @RandomTTours @harper360UK
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#bookshine
#mystery
#lockedroommystery
#humour
#literarysatire
#TheAuthorsGuideToMurder
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Blog Tour: The Authorâs Guide to Murder â Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig & Karen White
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Harper 360 UK and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Agatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of novelists: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/blog-tour-the-authors-guide-to-murder-beatriz-williams-lauren-willig-karen-white/
5 months ago
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Richard Parry (he/him)
5 months ago
Steph is a treasure - I don't know how I got lucky enough for someone like that to read my hack prose, but sometimes it happens đ She's got a review of my latest up!
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#BlogTour
: A Most Curious Christmas by @KJBlack71 @LoveBooksTours @Bloodhound.Books
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#Ad
#LBTCrew
#Bookstagram
#FreeBookReview
#AMostCuriousChristmas
#cosymystery
#humour
#Christmas
#LBTVirtualBookTour
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Blog Tour: A Most Curious Christmas â Katherine Black
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Bloodhound Books and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Christmas in Blackheath has never been bloodier⌠May Morrigan was hoping for mulled wine and minimal drama this festive season. But when your eccentric mother asks you to hide a bloody knife, your estranged twin sister moves in, and your housemate is staging a chaotic pantomime starring a washed-up TV actor with a stalker⌠a quiet Christmas is off the cards.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/blog-tour-a-most-curious-christmas-katherine-black/
5 months ago
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#reviews
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#OnTheEdge
#TheDeadFriendProject
#TheHouseWhereDeathLives
#WhereIsAnybody
#TheMurdersInGreatDiddling
#NetGalley
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#family
#romance
#murder
#addiction
#death
#shortstories
#horrorfantasy
#urbanfantasy
#GideonSable
#booksaboutbooks
#murdermystery
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Catch-Up Quickies 105
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/catch-up-quickies-105/
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The first of November's
#CalendarChaos
with
#November9
by Colleen Hoover
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#bookadvent
#November
#November
#family
#contemporaryfiction
#romance
#suspense
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Calendar Chaos: November 9 â Colleen Hoover
Welcome to the twenty-first of my âCalendar Chaosâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent â each cover representing a different period of time â and review them for you! Up first in November is NOVEMBER and the book is November 9 by Colleen Hoover (and can we all please just politely pretend that I got this review out for 9th November, like I planned?
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/calendar-chaos-november-9-colleen-hoover/
5 months ago
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#reviews
of
#IllustratedGirl
#LoveLettersToASerialKiller
#AShortWalkThroughAWideWorld
#CursedUnderLondon
#ACaseOfLifeAndLimb
#bookreviews
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#catchupquickies
#NetGalley
#fantasy
#romance
#humour
#crime
#mystery
#series
#booklove
#amreading
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Catch-Up Quickies 104
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/catch-up-quickies-104/
5 months ago
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#BlogTour
: Flora by @linobyrne @wonda36 @ZooloosBT
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#Flora
#TheCousinsOfPemberley
#series
#PrideAndPrejudice
#clean
#sweet
#romance
#LindaOByrne
#ZooloosBookTours
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Blog Tour: Flora â Linda OâByrne
*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the author and to ZoĂŠ of Zoolooâs Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: In 1837 it is not considered desirable for a young lady of good family to have views and opinions that are different to those of society. When scandal surrounds Flora McGregor, Mr Darcyâs niece is sent from her home in Scotland to Pemberley in order to learn refinement and ladylike behaviour.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/blog-tour-flora-linda-obyrne/
6 months ago
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#Review
: The Fury of the Betrayed by @parrydox.com
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#TheFuryOfTheBetrayed
#DawnsWarden
#fantasy
#urbanfantasy
#superheroes
#mythology
#action
#series
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The Fury of the Betrayed â Richard Parry
*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Isolde has fought monsters, gods, and her own past. But nothing has prepared her for thisâa city on the edge of collapse, its people turning against each other, and a war that threatens to swallow them all.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/the-fury-of-the-betrayed-richard-parry/
6 months ago
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6 months ago
This year I only came away from Bristolcon with one book đŽ Magic, Maps and Mishchief, by
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Stefania Hartley
6 months ago
Thank you, Steph, for reviewing Tales from the Parish!
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Oli Jacobs - Author
6 months ago
Quotes courtesy of
@bookshineblog.bsky.social
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@catmachine.com
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@markallardwill.bsky.social
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#OrdinaryWorld
#PacificOdyssey
#BusyThisEvening
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#TenCatsAndOneCrazyCatLady
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#shortstories
#speculativefiction
#surreal
#memoir
#taxidriving
#cats
#indieauthors
#SupportIA
bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/c...
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Catch-Up Quickies 103
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabâŚ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/catch-up-quickies-103/
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Concluding October's
#CalendarChaos
with
#SundayMorningAtTheCentreOfTheWorld
by Louis de Bernières
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#bookadvent
#Sunday
#Sunday
#playforvoices
#UnderMilkWood
#modernBritain
#Earlsfield
#humour
#communitylife
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Calendar Chaos: Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World â Louis de Bernières
Welcome to the twentieth of my âCalendar Chaosâ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent â each cover representing a different period of time â and review them for you! Closing October is SUNDAY and the book is Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World by Louis de Bernières. Read on to find out moreâŚ
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/calendar-chaos-sunday-morning-at-the-centre-of-the-world-louis-de-bernieres/
6 months ago
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#Review
: Returning Secrets by @Shawn_McGuire @shawn.mcguire1
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#cosymystery
#Wicca
#sheriff
#smallcommunity
#WhisperingPines
#ReturningSecrets
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Returning Secrets â Shawn McGuire
*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Deputy Jayne OâShea believes the Northwoods village of Whispering Pines to be a place of charm and serenity. This season, though, it feels like anything but. The rowdy tourists are disrespecting the villagersâ Wiccan ways and overwhelming local law enforcement.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/returning-secrets-shawn-mcguire/
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#BlogTour
: Darker Days by @thomasoldeheuvelt @RandomTTours @bantambooksuk @penguinukbooks
#bookreview
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#horror
#folkhorror
#Faustianpact
#occult
#monsters
#ghosts
#DarkerDays
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Blog Tour: Darker Days â Thomas Olde Heuvelt
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Bantam Books, Penguin Books UK and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street.Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/blog-tour-darker-days-thomas-olde-heuvelt/
6 months ago
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Catch-Up Quickies 103 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain someâŚ
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Catch-Up Quickies 103
First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/catch-up-quickies-103/
6 months ago
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#BlogTour
: Maximum Pressure by @sheila_lowe @sheilalowebooks @partnersincr1me
#bookreview
#giveaway
#bookblogger
#bookshine
#ClaudiaRoseForensicMystery
#murdermystery
#psychologicalmystery
#suspense
#thriller
#ForensicHandwritingExpert
#MaximumPressure
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Blog Tour: Maximum Pressure â Sheila Lowe
*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the author and Partners In Crime Virtual Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Old friendships turn deadly and the past comes back to haunt Claudia Rose in unexpected ways. Claudia never intended to confront her past at her 25-year high school class reunion in Edentown, California.
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/blog-tour-maximum-pressure-sheila-lowe/
6 months ago
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