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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin

Book Review – Distant Stars by Kassandra Garrison

My Book Of The Week – Secrets of the Mummy Concierge by Tiffany Norris

Top Ten Tuesday – Books With a Unit of Time In the Title

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – Secrets of the Mummy Concierge by Tiffany Norris

One Word Reviews for Historical Fiction 5 Star Rated Books I Have Read So Far This Year (January to May)

Random Things Tours – Book Review – War Babies by Rachel Billingham

WWW Wednesday – Currently Reading, Finished Reading, Reading Next

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Endings

Happy Publication Day! Just For Today by Nell Hudson

One Word Reviews for Mystery 5 Star Rated Books I Have Read So Far This Year (January to May)

Book Review – Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Random Things Tours – Book Review – It Only Takes A Minute by Sasha Lane

Book Blogger Hop – Have you ever forgotten to post a review?

Friday 56 – Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

Let’s Talk Bookish – First or Third Person Narration?

Friday Musings – Inspired by Six For Sunday – Books and the Seaside!

Book Review – Secrets of the Mummy Concierge by Tiffany Norris

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – Join in with me and add your links in the comments – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

Weekend Reading – What I am planning on reading this weekend – #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext

Top 10 Tuesday post I participated in with links to other Bloggers Top 10 Tuesday posts:

WWW Wednesday post I participated in with links (in the comments section) to other Bloggers WWW Wednesday posts:

Friday 56 I participated in with links to other Bloggers Friday 56 posts:

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer – Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop I participated in with links to other Bloggers Book Blogger Hop posts:

Stacking The Shelves I participated in with links to other Bloggers Stacking The Shelves posts:

I hope that you have had a great week!

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Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! This week has been my busiest for posting yet! As it was the end of the month I had a load of posts to do for that, plus it was the Queen’s Jubilee Weekend so I wanted to do some special posts for that. I hope you have all enjoyed them!

My Posts:

Sunday Salon (last week)

Random Things Tours – Book Review – A Most Private Bank by Andreas Clenow

My Book Of The Week – War Babies by Rachel Billington

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Loveliest Chocolate Shop In Paris by Jenny Colgan

Top Ten Tuesday – Comfort Reads

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – War Babies by Rachel Billington

My Blog Tour Book Arrived! Vlad and the Roman Triumph by Kate Cunningham and Sam Cunningham

Reading Recommendations – May 2022 Reading List

My Favourite Book Of May 2022 – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Dare You To Try It

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! Retreat To The Spanish Sun by Jo Thomas

New Month New Goals! Reading Goals for June

Red, White and Blue Book Covers To Celebrate The Queen’s Jubilee Weekend!

Toddler Library Loot

May Monthly Round-Up

Book Review – Royal Valentine by Jenn McKinlay – #romance #royal #jubilee

Places My Books Have Taken Me This Month

A Moment On The Lips by J Taylor – Available now on Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited!

Friday 56 – War Babies by Rachel Billingham

Red, White and Blue Book Covers To Celebrate The Queen’s Jubilee Weekend!

Book Blogger Hop – How I write my reviews

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this May – May Wrap Up

Book Review – Little Elizabeth by Valerie Wilding and Pauline Reeves – #childrensbooks #jubilee

Red, White and Blue Book Covers To Celebrate The Queen’s Jubilee Weekend!

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – Join in with me and add your links in the comments – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

5 Star Spring Reads Part 2 (April to May)

Weekend Reading – What I am planning on reading this weekend – #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext

Top 10 Tuesday post I participated in with links to other Bloggers Top 10 Tuesday posts:

WWW Wednesday post I participated in with links (in the comments section) to other Bloggers WWW Wednesday posts:

Friday 56 I participated in with links to other Bloggers Friday 56 posts:

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer – Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop I participated in with links to other Bloggers Book Blogger Hop posts:

Stacking The Shelves I participated in with links to other Bloggers Stacking The Shelves posts:

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Book Of Cold Cases by Simone St James

I hope that you have had a great week!

Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! Another busy week and a bit too much enthusiasm for booking Blog Tours! For August I definitely plan to rein it in (July is already a lost cause!)…

My Posts:

Sunday Salon (Last Week)

Random Things Tours – Book Review – Monty and the Monster by Rhonda Smiley

My Book Of The Week – Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Top Ten Tuesday – Book Quote Freebie – Quotes that made me smile

What book should I read to my toddler? My toddler recommends…

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Spring Covers!

Book Review – Melmoth by Sarah Perry – #gothicfiction

Happy Publication Day! Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

Thursday Quotables – Melmoth by Sarah Perry – #gothicfiction

Friday 56 – Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Happy Publication Day! It Only Takes A Minute by Sasha Lane

Book Blogger Hop – Kindle App on your phone?

Friday Musings – Inspired by Top 10 Tuesday – Books I’d Want On a Desert Island

Friday Night Reading

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! Just for Today by Nell Hudson

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – Join in with me and add your links in the comments – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

Weekend Reading – What I am planning on reading this weekend – #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext

Top 10 Tuesday post I participated in with links to other Bloggers Top 10 Tuesday posts:

WWW Wednesday post I participated in with links (in the comments section) to other Bloggers WWW Wednesday posts:

Friday 56 I participated in with links to other Bloggers Friday 56 posts:

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer – Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop I participated in with links to other Bloggers Book Blogger Hop posts:

Stacking The Shelves I participated in with links to other Bloggers Stacking The Shelves posts:

Hope you have had a great week!

Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! Been busy again this week blogging wise, but without any sort of “special events” and late nights there have been slightly fewer posts!

Here is what I have been up to:

My Posts:

Sunday Salon (last week)

My Book Of The Week – Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy by Faye Brann

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Was SO EXCITED to Get, but Still Haven’t Read

Random Things Tours – Book Review – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Books that I am obsessed with!

Thursday Quotables – Book Lovers by Emily Henry – #popularbooks #romance

The Friday 56 – Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Book Blogger Hop – Tea or Coffee when reading?

Friday Musings – Inspired by Top 5 Tuesday – Recent 5 Star Books

Friday Night Reading

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – Join in with me and add your links in the comments – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

Weekend Reading – What I am planning on reading this weekend – #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext

Top 10 Tuesday post I participated in with links to other Bloggers Top 10 Tuesday posts:

WWW Wednesday post I participated in with links (in the comments section) to other Bloggers WWW Wednesday posts:

Friday 56 I participated in with links to other Bloggers Friday 56 posts:

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer – Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop I participated in with links to other Bloggers Book Blogger Hop posts:

Stacking The Shelves I participated in with links to other Bloggers Stacking The Shelves posts:

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hope you have had a great week!

Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! It’s been another busy blogging week and my birthday! We have had some lovely weather and done some nice things for my birthday (for the first time in two years!).

Anyway, here is my weekly wrap up:

My Posts:

Sunday Salon (Last week)

Happy Birthday To Me!

My Book Of The Week – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Characters

#Rejected Goddesses by Natalie Watson and Nina Holmes FREE ON KINDLE for a limited time!

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

Happy Publication Day! War Babies by Rachel Billington

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – Meet The Grubblers by Sarah Louise

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Mothers

JOIN ME IN TIME TRAVEL THURSDAY – BOOK MEME HOSTED EVERY THURSDAY

Thursday Quotables – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye – #historicalfiction

Book Review – A Binturong In My Bed by Chris Lois – #childrensbook #animalfacts

Library Book Review – Spring At Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin – #romcom #chicklit

Random Things Tours – Book Review – Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan

Book Blogger Hop – Negative Reviews

The Friday 56 – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Friday Musings – Inspired by Top 5 Wednesday – Books WITHOUT Romance

Friday Night Reading

Join Me In All Over Instagram Every Saturday!

Book Review – Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano – #popularbooksof2022 #mystery

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – Join in with me and add your links in the comments – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

Weekend Reading – What I am planning on reading this weekend – #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext

Top 10 Tuesday post I participated in with links to other Bloggers Top 10 Tuesday posts:

WWW Wednesday post I participated in with links (in the comments section) to other Bloggers WWW Wednesday posts:

Friday 56 I participated in with links to other Bloggers Friday 56 posts:

Stacking The Shelves I participated in with links to other Bloggers Stacking The Shelves posts:

Places my books have taken me this April

Hope you have had a great week!

Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! I’ve been fairly busy again both with and without books! The days have flown by and the evenings in particular seem to have gone in a flash which has meant that I haven’t had as much time to read in the evenings. Not that that is a bad thing! Here is how my week went:

My Posts:

Sunday Salon

April Monthly Round-Up

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk – #mystery

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this April – April Wrap Up

My Book Of The Week – Twelve Days in May by Niamh Hargan – #romance

Bank Holiday Monday Reading

Top Ten Tuesday – One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read (submitted by Susan @ Bloggin’ ’bout Books)

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan – #romance #chicklit

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – New To Me Books

JOIN ME IN TIME TRAVEL THURSDAY – BOOK MEME HOSTED EVERY THURSDAY

Thursday Quotables – Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan – #romance

Happy Publication Day! Behind The Olive Trees by Francesca Catlow

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – Behind The Olive Trees by Francesca Catlow – #contemporaryfiction

Book Blogger Hop – Book Tours

Friday Musings – Inspired by Six For Sunday

The Friday 56 – Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan – #romance #chicklit

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – Join in with me and add your links in the comments – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

Weekend Reading – What I am planning on reading this weekend – #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! War Babies by Rachel Billington

Saturday Night Reading

In honour of Mother’s Day – Books that ooze friendship and support…

A Court of Coffee and Books

This Week’s Goodreads Monday Participants – click to see their Goodreads Monday posts!:

Lady Book Dragon

The Geekish Brunette

One Book More

The Pine Scented Chronicles

Jordyn Reads

Confessions of a YA Reader

Top 10 Tuesday post I participated in with links to other Bloggers Top 10 Tuesday posts:

That Artsy Reader Girl – One-word reviews for the last 10 books I read

WWW Wednesday post I participated in with links (in the comments section) to other Bloggers WWW Wednesday posts:

Taking On A World Of Words – WWW Wednesday!

Book Bloggers post I participated in with links to other Blogger’s posts:

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer – Blog Tour participation

Friday 56 post I participated in with links to other Blogger’s posts:

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! Monty And The Monster by Rhonda Smiley

Hope you have had a great week! Here’s to next week and my 32nd birthday!

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Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! It has been a busy week this week, in particular as it has included the end of the month! I managed to squeeze Four Aunties and a Wedding into this month, which has meant an extra book review! I hope that you all had a great April!

My Posts:

Sunday Salon

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Liar by Steve Cavanagh -#thriller

My 5 Star Romance Novels Of The Year So Far – #romance #library #5starbooks #popularbooks

My Book Of The Week – Spring at Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin – #chicklit #romance #library

Top Ten Tuesday – Books With The Main Character On The Cover

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – Spring at Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin – #romance #chicklit

6 festivals from around the world that took place this Spring paired with books – #riocarnival #mardigras #holi #songkran #semanasanta #easter

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Books That Adults Love

Wednesday Night Reading #mystery #romcom #chicklit #family

Happy Publication Day! Twelve Days in May by Niamh Hargan

Happy Publication Day! The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen – #thriller #crime #mystery

Thursday Quotables – Spring at Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin – #chicklit #romance

Thursday Night Reading – What I Am Reading – #mystery #crime #romance #comedy

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

Book Blogger Hop – Which do you think is more likely – clean utopia or frenzied dystopia? (Julie @ Stepping Stone Book Reviews)

Let’s Talk Bookish – Freebie week so I have chosen a previous question – What Makes You Pick Up a Book? (suggested by Rafaela @ The Portuguese Bibliophile)

Friday Musings – Inspired by Top 10 Tuesday – Top 10 places mentioned in books that I’d like to visit

The Friday 56 – Spring at Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin – #romance #chicklit #spring

Friday Night Reading – #romcom #contemporaryfiction

Book Review – Four Aunties And A Wedding by Jesse Sutanto – #bookreview #romcom

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week – #bookstagram #popularbooksof2022 #popularonsocialmedia

Reading Recommendations – April 2022 Reading List

My Favourite Book Of April 2022 – Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Sutanto – #romance #romcom #mystery

New Month New Goals! Reading Goals for May

Saturday Night Reading

This Week’s Goodreads Monday Participants:

The Rantings of a Book Addict

Lady Book Dragon

A Court Of Coffee And Books

Heavenly Bookish

The Geekish Brunette

One Book More

The Pine Scented Chronicles

Jordyn Reads

Read With Me

One Thousand And One Book

Confessions of a YA Reader

Confessions of a Serial Reader

A Few Other Blogger’s Posts I have Enjoyed (in addition to the Top 10 Tuesday and WWW Wednesday blogs I visited!):

Read Between The Spines – May 2022 BOTM Selections

Your Book Friend – The Ideal Inspiration Blogger Award

Gwendalyn’s Books – The Carnival of Ash

Coffee Time Reviews – 3 Books I Absolutely Must Read In May

Here’s to next week and May!

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Sunday Post

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Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! Despite the fact that the Easter Holidays are over we have still been pretty busy seeing family. I have struggled to get reading time in (in a good way!), but I still seem to be on track with my Blog Tour books. We shall see if I end up panic reading by the end of next week! The aim of next week will be to finish both Blog Tour books and start on the Blog Tour books that are due in May. I also plan to read a library book in between – we shall see!

Hope you all had a great week!

My Posts:

Happy Easter! Easter Themed Books And Books That Contain Support And Hope For The Future

5 Star Spring Reads Part 1 (March to April)

Easter Reading – Book Review – The Great Eggscape by Jory John

Easter Reading – Free on Amazon Kindle – Book Review – The Clutch of Eggs by Debbie Young

Sunday Night Reading – The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen and Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – Four Aunties And A Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Merchandise I’d Love to Own

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen – #currentlyreading #whatshouldIreadnext

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! Meet the Grubblers by Sarah Louise

Tuesday Night Reading – Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey and Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday – Surprising Reads

Toddler Library Loot

Friday Musings – Inspired by Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 books with books

Thursday Quotables

Happy Earth Day! Invest In Our Planet #earthday2022

Book Blogger Hop – Do you finish reading every book that you have slotted for a review? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews) – #bookbloggerhop #coffeeramblings

Let’s Talk Bookish – To Annotate or Not to Annotate… (suggested by Aria @ Book Nook Bits)

The Friday 56 – The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

Friday Night Reading – The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen -#fridaynightreading #whatshouldIreadnext

Books that I have been seeing all over Instagram this week… #bookstagram #instabooks #popularbooksof2022

Weekend Reading (which includes World Book Night) – What I am planning on reading this weekend #weekendreading #whatshouldIreadnext #worldbooknight #romancenovel #thrillernovel

Happy World Book Night! #worldbooknight #readinghour

This Week’s Goodreads Monday Participants:

Lady Book Dragon

A Court Of Coffee And Books

One Book More

Confessions of a YA Reader

The Pine Scented Chronicles

Jordyn Reads

Read With Me

Chonky Books

Confessions of a Serial Reader

On The Book Page

A Few Other Blogger’s Posts I have Enjoyed (in addition to the Top 10 Tuesday and WWW Wednesday blogs I visited!):

Wicked Witches Blog – The Toll Gate 1954 Club

Bookworm Blogger – Book Review – Lessons In Chemistry

Books Are 42 – Coffee Book Tag

Becky Bookstore – The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag

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Sunday Post

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Happy Easter! Welcome to my Sunday post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer! It was the last week of the Easter Holidays this week so we have been out and about, plus my partner has been busy decking the garden (we were supposed to be decking it back in 2020 but we all know what happened next!). I hope that you all have a lovely Easter. Here is my wrap up:

My Posts:

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived (yesterday) – Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan

Goodreads Monday

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – Welcome To Your Life by Bethany Rutter

My Book Of The Week – The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

My Blog Tour Book Has Arrived! The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Top 10 Tuesday

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros – The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – Date With Betrayal by Julia Chapman