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#RBRT’s End of Year #BookTag #BookX #LoveReading
Rosie devised this fun book tag for the review team members. 1) Most memorable book from the 2024 books submitted to #RBRT Salt of the Earth by JJ Marsh. Beautifully and sensitively written based on true events and how a doctor's persistence changed lives. ~~~~~~~ 2) An author whose books you always agree to review…
#Extract from December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg #MagicalRealism #Novella
Today I'm sharing an extract from December 5C4, courtesy of the author and Kristen Ludwigsen from Mindbuck Media “An intense novella of ideas that looks into the heart of faith and generosity.” — Kirkus Reviews "Thought-provoking and magical. Full of humor, pain, and insight." —Felicity Niven, author of Convergence of Desire. Firstly the book info... December on 5C4 is…
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn & Janie Chang #Historical #Mystery #TuesdayBookBlog
Authors: Kate Quinn & Janie Chang Released on Audible 15th February 2024 Category: Historical, Mystery, Based on Fact San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite…
A Week of Flowers 2024 ~ Day Seven #Nature #Flowers #Nature
I’m joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. Welcome to Day Seven - the final day of the challenge. It's been a pleasure looking back at some of the flowers I've enjoyed over the summer, so many…
A Week of Flowers 2024 ~ Day Six #Nature #Flowers #Photography
I’m joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. Welcome to Day Six The Rowan tree is covered in clusters of flowers in Spring A lovely Cosmos... Helianthemum (rock rose) and Cistus x purpureus (orchid rock rose)
A Week of Flowers 2024 ~ Day Four ~ #Nature #Flowers #Photography
I’m joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. The Hydrangea couldn't seem to decide what colour it wanted to be. I first saw one of these tiny spiders last year. This one seems to have made a…
A Week of Flowers 2024 ~ Day Three ~ Nature #Flowers #Photography
I’m joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. Another new shrub for me this year is Philadelphus or mock orange. I had no idea what to expect and loved the profusion of flowers. A pretty geranium
A Week of Flowers 2024 ~ Day Two ~ #Nature #Flowers #Photography
I’m joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. I love the colour of this Echinacea. If you have grey skies I hope this brightens your day... This rose bush put on a great show during the…
A Week of Flowers 2024 ~ Day One ~ #Nature #Flowers #Photography
I'm joining in again this year with Cathy at Words and Herbs for her week of flowers, bringing some much needed colour into the dreary days of December. This is Physocarpus opulus 'Diablo' - a deciduous shrub that flowers in late spring/early summer and has red seed heads in autumn.
#SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ Exploring Shades of #Brown in #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This month’s choice is brown or auburn. Although there isn't officially a Sunday Stills this week, I split last week's challenge into two. “The color brown, I realized, is anything but nondescript. It comes in as many hues as there are colors of earth,…
Spell the Month in #Books ~ November #Contemporary #HistFic #Thriller #booktwt
Spell The Month in Books was originally created by Reviews from the Stacks, and the idea is to spell the month using the first letter of book titles. Nothing More Dangerous After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He…
A Skye Full of Stars by Sue Moorcroft #BookReview #ContemporaryFiction #Romance @SueMoorcroft @rararesources #Giveaway
I'm delighted to share my review for A Skye Full of Stars for the blog tour organised by Rachel's Random Resources. My Thoughts The second book in the Skye Sisters Trilogy focuses on Esmerelda (Ezzie) Wynter, and it was lovely to be back at Rothach Hall on the beautiful Isle of Skye. Unusually, the…
#SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ #Brown and/or #Auburn Part One #Photography #Animals #Nature
Welcome to the Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This month's choice is brown or auburn. On a recent visit to Monmouth with my sister we visited Shire Hall Museum, a historical building built in 1724 which housed the Assizes Courts and Quarter sessions for Monmouthshire, which also had cells in…
#SundayStills ~ Finding Comfort: Embracing the #Cosy Vibes #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week's theme is 'cosy'. For me, cosy is curtains (or, at the moment, shutters) closed against dark nights, fire and candles lit. Someone knows how to make himself comfy and cosy A cosily wrapped up grandson. A cosy throw for chilly nights I…
#FirstLinesFriday ~ The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy #4) by Peter May #MurderMystery #Scotland
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower. This week I'm sharing the first lines from The Black Loch by Peter May. I'm listening to this at the moment and enjoying it very much so far. PROLOGUE The sun set some time ago. Although it is not yet…
#Extract from Istanbul Crossing by Timothy Jay Smith #Literary #Thriller
Today I'm sharing an extract from Instanbul Crossing by Timothy Jay Smith. Praise for Timothy Jay Smith...Istanbul Crossing draws you in with its protagonist, Syrian refugee Ahdaf, and a plot that never lets up." - Deborah Kalb, author of Off to Join the Circus. ISTANBUL CROSSING DAY 1 Ahdaf dropped a coin in the tip…
Safe Zone by Terry Tyler #Book Review #Dystopian #Thriller @TerryTyler4 #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Terry Tyler Published: August 2024 on Kindle Category: Dystopian, Post Apocalyptic, Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ten years after the SFV-1 rage virus devastated the world, the population of the UK is confined to one corner of the South East. The newly recognised state of the UK Safe Zone is protected by a vast wall around the…
#SundayStills ~ Bucket List Images #AI #Images
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature, hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week's prompt is bucket lists. I've always wanted to visit somewhere with cold, crisp weather and snow in winter, see the northern lights and have a sled dog ride. As I don't have actual photos these are AI generated images... I wouldn't say no…
First Lines Friday ~ 1st November 2024 ~ The Briar Club by Kate Quinn #HistoricalFiction #Mystery
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower. This week I'm sharing the first few lines from The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. I have this on audio and it's next in the queue. I haven't been disappointed in a Kate Quinn book yet so hopes are high. The…
The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope 11) by Ann Cleeves #CrimeFiction #Mystery #NetGalley #TheDarkWives #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Ann Cleeves Published: August 2024 by St Martin's Press Category: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Murder ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and on TV, this stunning eleventh book explores the web of secrets surrounding a young man's death. The man’s body is found in the…
First Lines Friday ~ 25th October 2025 Death At Lovers’ Leap by Catherine Coles #HistoricalFiction #MurderMystery
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower. I'm sharing the first few lines from Death At Lovers' Leap by Catherine Coles, the new instalment in the Martha Miller Mysteries Series, a cosy series of murder mysteries set in 1948. I didn't expect to receive a card, not really.…
The Ravenswood Witch by Jenni Keer #HistoricalFiction #NetGalley @BoldwoodBooks @JenniKeer #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Jenni Keer Published: September 30, 2024 by Boldwood Books Category: Historical Fiction, Witchcraft The year is 1885 and a young woman is on the run, knowing if she’s caught, she’ll be hanged for murder. Moments from a safe haven, she collides with a gruff stranger, falling and breaking her ankle. To her surprise, the…
#SundayStills ~ Exploring Black & White Subjects in Photography #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week's theme is black and white. Dreary day views of the Lake District. A pretty, historic cottage in a Cheshire village On the right a magnolia bloom and I think it's a variety of laurel on the left. A pied wagtail was happy…
Bella’s Country Christmas by Claire Huston ~ Book Review for #RBRT ~ A Festive #Romance #FeelGoodFiction @ClaraVal #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Claire Huston Published: September 2024 by Goldcrest Books Category: Contemporary Fiction, Feel Good Fiction, Festive Romance Fleeing her heartache and horrendous job, Bella stumbles upon a December wedding in the beautiful village of Haileybrook and the spirit of the season moves her to act as a fake date to handsome stranger Jack. Jack and…
#SundayStills ~ Leaves & Trees #Nature #Photography #Trees
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week is all about trees and leaves. "Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being." ― Victor Hugo Lots of leaves for the butterflies at the conservation centre. Sycamore Gap before…
#Extract ~ Out Of Ukraine by Emily Gallo #Contemporary #Ukraine #Conflict @TheEmilyGallo
Today I'm sharing an extract from Emily Gallo's new release, OUT OF UKRAINE. This is the blurb... Eric and Abby travel from California to Ukraine to pick up Jillian, born via surrogacy, when Russia attacks and they are forced to flee. It is the middle of the COVID pandemic in the frigid temperatures of winter…
Mr Pottermack’s Oversight by R. Austin Freeman #CrimeFiction @BL_Publishing #CrimeClassics #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: R. Austin Freeman Category: British Library Crime Classics, Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mr Pottermack is a law abiding, settled, homebody who has nothing to hide until the appearance of the shadowy Lewison, a gambler and blackmailer with an incredible story. It appears that Pottermack is in fact a runaway prisoner, convicted of fraud and Lewison is…
#SundayStills ~ #Spring & #Autumn ~ What’s Your Favourite Season? #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week we're celebrating Spring and Autumn. Beautiful spring colours round Ellesmere lake Late spring flowering marigold and rock rose Spring at The Heights of Abraham with blogging/author friends. Don't mention the cable cars *shudder*
Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy by Rachael English #ContemporaryFiction #DualTimeline #1980s @EnglishRachael #TuesdayBookBlog
Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? is a dual timeline story following the rise and fall of an all girls rock band in 1980’s Ireland. Birdy, Gail, Loretta and Yvonne were great friends and The Diamonds were gaining in popularity and destined for great things…until it all went horribly wrong and the band members slipped into…
#SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ #Orange and/or #Peach #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills Colour Challenge, hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This month the choice is orange and/or peach. Starting with some flowers ~ Chrysanthemums and Echinacea. Below is a beautiful Poppy found in one of the gardens I visited. Sunrise over the North Sea on the left and a sunset from the back…
A Sudden Death: A DI Fiona Williams Mystery by Diana J Febry #PoliceProcedural @DianaJFebry #BookReview for #RBRT #BookX
Author: Diana J. Febry Kindle Edition Category: Police Procedural, Crime Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A group of teenagers promise to never tell. Ten years later one of them feels compelled to reveal their closely guarded secret. DI Fiona Williams is pursuing an unusual house burglar who takes personal trinkets while leaving valuable items behind when she is…
A Single Act of Kindness by Samatha Tonge #ContemporaryFiction @SamTongeWriter @BoldwoodBooks #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Samantha Tonge Published: April 2024 by Boldwood Books Category: Contemporary/Womens Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meet Tilda Wright… Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No longer the girl who was scared of everything, whose family pushed her away, who hit rock bottom. Now she runs her life – as she…
#ThrowbackThursday ~ Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield #HistoricalFiction #Folklore #TLC’s #LinkParty 55
Welcome to ThrowbackThursday and I'm linking up again with TCL This month I've chosen Once Upon a River which was published in 2018 by Transorld Digital. The River Thames is at the heart of this story, along with those who live and work on or around it. The Swan, an ancient inn, sitting on the…
A Memory of Violets by @HazelGaynor #HistoricalFiction based on fact #FlowerGirls #TuesdayBookBlog
A Memory of Violets has been languishing on my kindle for a while but I’m glad I finally got to read it. The story spans just over forty years, from 1876 to 1912, with a dual timeline. Based on fact, the story centres around the blind and crippled flower sellers in London. Orphans Flora Flynn…
#Music on Monday ~ Disturbed’s cover of The Sound of Silence #video What do you think?
I haven't done a music post since Hugh hosted a Weekend Music Share. I only became aware of this particular track recently (It seems I'm lying 😉 see comments). Not really being a fan of heavy metal I didn't know anything the band (that's true). Of course, I knew the original by Simon and Garfunkel…
#SundayStills ~ A collection of #Insects and #Bugs #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week is all about creepy crawlies of one sort or another. I have no idea what this little creature is. These tiny beetles are frequent visitors to the garden. According to Google Lens the one on the left is an alder leaf beetle,…
One Midnight With You by Shari Low #BlogTour #BookReview #ContemporaryFiction @rararesources @sharilow #FeelGoodFiction @BoldwoodBooks
I'm delighted to share my review for One Midnight With You for the blog tour organised by Rachel's Random Resources. My Thoughts The story takes place over a twenty four hour period and is told from the perspectives of the four main characters…Ailish, Emmy, Dario and Minnie. It’s New Year’s Eve in Glasgow and Ailish…
#SundayStills ~ Capturing Moments Before and After #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature. Terri's prompt this week is Before and After. Before and after digital imaging After the rain This little Dunnock was happy to sunbathe before giving a wave before he flew off. An after dinner nap From bud to flower Resting in the shade after zoomies A glimpse of my…