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Nicola Smith-book blogger. Reviews and other bookish stuff. Just one person trying to read all the books. No eBooks. IG, FB, TT handle-@shortbookandscribes

 Sheffield, England
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Joined October 2016
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#BookReview - The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements An eerie gothic ghost story which makes an excellent addition to the spooky season/historical genre. @headlinepg #TheCoffinPath More here: shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald by A.J. West jenmedsbookreviews.com/2026/…

The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald by A.J. West

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the brand new novel from A.J. West, The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald. I loved the author’s last book, Thomas True, so was very intrigued to see wh…

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ICYMI - #Review - Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger The sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife that I didn't know I needed and now cannot imagine being without. Epic in every way. @JonathanCape @vintagebooks #LifeOutOfOrder More here: shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 25/10/2026 - The Theatre Edition jenmedsbookreviews.com/2026/…

Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 25/10/2026 – The Theatre Edition

Oh. My. Life. What a week. Honestly, one of the best I’ve had in a while. Sure, the first three days were pretty meh – work, obviously – and the last two were spent hibernating aw…

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Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 25/10/26 - The Bookish One jenmedsbookreviews.com/2026/…

Rewind Recap: Weekly Update W/E 25/10/26 – The Bookish One

What a week. What. A. Week. Mostly about theatre, and if you want to know more about that, there will be a post later this morning with the highlights, but let’s just say much merriment was h…

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Reflecting on the fourth Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival portobellobookblog.com/2026/… via @portybelle

Reflecting on the fourth Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival

The fourth Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival took place on Saturday 24th October. On a stormy day, it was wonderful to spend the day cosy and warm inside listening to ten amazing authors tal…

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Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth | #bookreview portobellobookblog.com/2026/… via @portybelle

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth | #bookreview

I seem to have been on a run of reading brilliant books recently and Sally Hepworth’s Mad Mabel certainly comes into that category. I bought myself a copy when I spotted it was on offer recen…

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The Girl in the Glass House by Anna Stothard lindasbookbag.com/2026/10/26… via @Lindahill50Hill

The Girl in the Glass House by Anna Stothard

My enormous thanks to Anna Stothard for having an early reading copy of The Girl in the Glass House sent to me. It’s my pleasure to share my review today.  Published by Lake Union on 16th November …

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ICYMI - Talking about the Morland Dynasty Series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles More here: shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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#BookReview - Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger The sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife that I didn't know I needed and now cannot imagine being without. Epic in every way. @JonathanCape @vintagebooks #LifeOutOfOrder More here: shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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#SundayStills ~ Animal of the Month, which animals scare you? #Animals #Birds of Prey betweenthelinesbookblog.com/… via @CathyRy

#SundayStills ~ Animal of the Month, which animals scare you? #Animals #Birds of Prey

Welcome to the Sunday Stills Animal of the Month Challenge hosted Terri at Second Wind Leisure. This month Terri’s prompt is ‘scary animals’ Harris’s Hawk is a magnificent b…

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Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger | #DNF portobellobookblog.com/2026/… via @portybelle

Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger | #DNF

I was very excited to hear that Audrey Niffenegger had written a sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife which I loved, and I was eagerly looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately, Life Out of …

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My Week in Books - 25th October 2026 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026… via @Cathy_A_J

My Week in Books – 25th October 2026

On the blog last week Tuesday – I went rogue for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday with Book Titles Featuring Royalty. Wednesday – As always #WWWWednesday is a weekly opportunity to share wha…

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The Man with the Golden Compass by Vaseem Khan | #bookreview #thriller portobellobookblog.com/2026/… via @portybelle

The Man with the Golden Compass by Vaseem Khan | #bookreview | @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @zaffreb...

Handing over to Mr Portobello Book Blog today who is sharing his review of The Man With The Golden Compass by Vaseem Khan, which was published by Zaffre on Thursday. Thanks to the publishers for th…

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#SixOnSaturday - Six things happening in my garden this week #gardens #gardening whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026… via @Cathy_A_J

#SixOnSaturday – Six things happening in my garden this week #gardens #gardening

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. It turns out we chose a good week for our holiday in Cornwall given the…

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'It's impossible to be sexy in brown' - is the opinion of Felicity in A MEETING OF A DIFFERENT KIND. And there's a lot of brown clothing around this autumn. What do you think? More thoughts of Felicity's FREE via KU and 1.99 kindle. #betrayal #bipolar amazon.co.uk/stores/Linda-Ma…
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ICYMI - find out what I thought about A Curious Ending by Sally Page A charming cosy mystery with a ghostly twist. More here: shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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FREE #KindleUnlimited 1.99 #Kindle Think David Nicholls' 'Us' for genre. #midlifestrife #emotionalabuse; #stalking #secondchances amazon.co.uk/stores/Linda-Ma…
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