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Witch Trial by Harriet Tyce When 18-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in an Edinburgh park, the city reels – and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with her mu…

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Witch Trial by Harriet Tyce

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten Favourite Scenes From Classic Literature Cathy’s Ghost At The Window – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Those Brontë girls did like a haunting. I can’t join the debate on the latest Wuthering Heights adaptation as I’ve not bothered…

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#TenOnTuesday: Favourite Scenes From Classic Novels

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Best Reads February 2026 Hello all. Welcome to my February favourite reads. It’s been a busy reading month and thankfully I’ve been feeling less foggy and able to read a lot more. I’ve also found more balance in my reading…

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Best Reads February 2026

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Introducing Mrs Collins by Rachel Parris Charlotte Lucas has never been a romantic. Practical to a fault, she accepted Mr Collins’s proposal with clear eyes and a steady heart, trading passion for security. Life at Hunsford Parsonag…

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Introducing Mrs Collins by Rachel Parris

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The Witch Finder by Tracy Whitwell This is the fifth and final installment in the hilarious Accidental Medium series featuring Tanz, who with the help of the dead, has become an unwilling crime-solver. When Tanz returns to her homet…

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The Witch Finder by Tracy Whitwell

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My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into – Spyglass, an enchanting old house in the pr…

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My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney

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Paper Sisters by Rachel Canwell Lincolnshire, 1914. As the First World War approaches, three women are living, trapped between the unforgiving marsh, the wide, relentless river, and the isolation of the fen. Their lives are held …

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Paper Sisters by Rachel Canwell

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I’ll probably watch it on a streaming service when it’s available. It’s less disappointing when it’s not your cup of tea and you haven’t made the effort to go out. Xx

Ten on Tuesday: Ten From My Personal TBR Every bookblogger works differently and most are probably a lot more organised than I am. I have books I’m looking forward to for a given year, from series or authors I follow religiously or books …

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten From My TBR

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On Reading Widely and Weirdly In 2026, read as if your life depended on it.

Read often, read weird stuff, then cheerlead like hell for others to do the same. My latest post contains mentions to @backlisted.bsky.social, BookBub, and other savory morsels.
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Ten Books Inspired by Jane Eyre Like many English Literature students, Jane Eyre remains one of my favourite books and it has inspired writers ever since its publication in 1847. I first read it at ten years old and for me it was…

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten Books Inspired by Jane Eyre

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January 2026’s Favourite Reads We finally got here! The end of the twelve week month that is January and yes, I do still have mince pies in the freezer. I also had lots of books to read for January but gave myself a chance to re…

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January’s Favourite Reads

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The House of Fallen Sisters by Louise Hare A fantastic new novel from a writer who is now on my list of ‘must buy’ authors. She sets her novel in 18th Century Covent Garden, where bawdy houses are far from uncommon and while Mrs Macauley’s …

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The House of Fallen Sisters by Louise Hare

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Blank Canvas by Grace Murray

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It sure is! So sorry they’re suffering at the moment. Me too. X

The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead A band on the brink. A love worth playing for. When record executive Theo meets the Future Saints, they’re bombing at a dive bar in their hometown. Since the tragic death of their manager, th…

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The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead

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Ten on Tuesday: Books About Fathers Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies The story of a life built on sand. In the rain. In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Alan Davies recalls his boyhood with vivid insight and devastatin…

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TenOnTuesday: Books About Fathers

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Room 706 by Ellie Levenson Kate and Vic have been married for a few years after meeting when she was studying in Rome. After a normal morning rush at home she travels into London, on the pretext of doing an interview. Howeve…

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Room 706 by Ellie Levenson

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Into the Dark by Orjan Karlssen (Arctic Mysteries 2) In Norway’s far north, something unspeakable is surfacing… When a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringøy, it shocks the quiet coastal village – and stirs something dar…

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Into The Dark by Ørjan Karlssen

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Throwback Thursday: The Attic Child by Lola Jaye “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”                           …

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Throwback Thursday: The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten Books to Know Me I thought it was probably time to introduce myself to my new subscribers and what better way to do it than by sharing some of my all time favourite novels. First of all I’d like to say welcome to y…

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten Books To Know Me

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Sunday Spotlight: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

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Trespasses by Louise Kennedy One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. If Davy had remembered to put on a coat.If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street.If Michael Agnew had not wa…

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Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

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#BookReview: Last One Left Alive by Michael Wood @0neMoreChapter_ #LastOneLeftAlive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles “FIVE PERFECT MURDERS DCI Matilda Darke receives an anonymous email from someone claiming to have committed the perfect murder. Experience tells her this isn’t possible, but as she investigat…

My reviews 2026: A thread 📚🥰
Last One Left Alive by Michael Wood
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It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".

My Favourite Reads of 2025 Well it’s been a very interesting year and for my little community of friends and family, quite a tough one in a lot of ways. I’ve had my health struggles, including a cancer scare I could have don…

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My Favourite Reads of 2025

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Best Reads October 2025 October brought many several wonderful things, as birthday months so often do. As always we went away, this time for two weeks in Dumfries and Galloway for book shopping at Wigtown and fishing for …

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Best Reads October 2025

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A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem “I never could′ve told you anything I long for While I was in the water swimming ‘gainst tides we′re taught to Take it in our stride, laugh it off, take it on the chin just right Don’t …

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A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem

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It’s so hard to learn how to pace xx

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the second hand bookshops of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. I’ve filled some gaps in my collection, with a couple of surprises too. Can’t wait to go back.
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