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Five on Friday with Kirsten Mickelwait #FiveonFriday – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature Kirsten Mickelwait, who is a professional copywriter and editor by day and a writer of fiction/creative nonfiction by night. Her latest novel The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty is set against a Jazz Age backdrop of 1920s Paris and Antibes and features the bohemian elite of the…
Balancing the Books to 23rd May – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) Well, the fact that I haven't managed to read one book this week tells you all you need to know about my week. The rot set in last week and stayed. I've spent the majority of my time at…
Normal service will be resumed … eventually – Jill's Book Cafe
Many of you will already have noticed that I've been missing on social media and not sharing, and I appreciate that you still continue to share for me. Things have been spiralling downwards on several fronts over the past few weeks, though last week hit an all time low. Though I'm hoping the worst is…
Five on Friday with Tegan Phillips @HeraBooks @canelo_co #FiveonFriday – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature debut author Tegan Phillips. Tegan's book Melting for You was published yesterday. It's a steamy, second chance hockey romance. As anyone who knows my reading preferences, it will come as no surprise that this went straight on my reading list. I'm a sucker for a hockey player (despite never having…
Balancing the Books to 16th May – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) My write up will be short and sweet this week. Sadly, I'm coping with multiple family and friend issues that severely restrict my blogging time. So this week, it's just a basic listing. All I will say…
Five on Friday with Deborah Lawrenson @deb_lawrenson #FiveonFriday – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature author Deborah Lawrenson who first crossed my radar in 2016 with her fabulous novel 300 Days of Sun. The Women's National Book Association in the USA, thought it was pretty special too and it was selected as a Great Group Read. Her latest novel, The Secretary is based on her…
Balancing the Books to 9th May – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) I think I've done very well this week on the acquisitions front. If one hadn't been a boxed set I'd have been close to balancing which is a rarity. As I'm still on my Audible 99p a…
Five on Friday with Susan Buchanan @Susan_Buchanan #FiveonFriday – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature author Susan Buchanan who writes romantic comedy, contemporary romance and women’s fiction, usually featuring travel, food, family, friendship, community – also Christmas! Her latest book, You Can't Hurry Love was published this week. As a freelance developmental editor, copyeditor and proofreader, if she’s not reading, editing or writing, she’s thinking…
Balancing the Books to 2nd May and an April Reading Wrap-Up – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) Well it was always going to be a bad week for acquisitions as it straddled the end of the April Kindle deals and the start of May's. As that was a given I'm pretty impressed I kept…
Five on Friday with Orla Owen @orlaowenwriting #FiveonFriday – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature author Orla Owen. Her latest book, Christ On A Bike, published by the award winning Bluemoose Books, has been described as ‘strikingly original and utterly brilliant’. It was picked as a recommended read by Nina Pottell from Prima Magazine, who reviewed it as ‘Black Mirror meets Tales of The Unexpected…
Balancing the Books to 25th April – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) Well, considering I was missing in action for the greater part of the week (family issues) it didn't stop me adding to my reading mountain. A boxed set of 4 audio-books for a fantastic 99p courtesy of…
Publication day for A Fresh Start at Polkerran Point by Cass Grafton @canelo_co #Review – Jill's Book Cafe
I'm delighted to wish Cass Grafton 'Happy Publication Day' on the launch of her latest book A Fresh Start at Polkerran Point, the fourth book in her Little Cornish Cove series. Anybody who's a regular visitor to my blog will know that I'm a big fan of this series. They all feature the characteristics I…
Bargain Books Pt 2 – More Freebies and Discount Book Sites – Jill's Book Cafe
I'm aware that the previous post relied heavily on Amazon for accessing freebies. For those of you who'd rather not use the Amazon platform you can access more free eBooks from the following sources. Just click the link to go straight through. Google Play also offer free books but no easy way of honing in…
Balancing the Books to 18th April – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) I had an excellent bookish week this week, on both the acquisitions and reading front. Some fabulous freebies, in fact all bar one of this week's additions were free. In the week that I posted about obtaining…
Bargain Books Pt1 – Freebies : The Basics – Jill's Book Cafe
As anybody who reads my Balancing the Books posts will know, I do not spend a lot of money on books. Or rather, I do not spend a lot of money given the number of books I acquire each week. I realise that what I think is not much, might be somebody else's idea of…
Balancing the Books to 11th April – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read Well another busy week so only three books read again. For once though, much of the 'busyness' was pleasurable. Over the weekend I had my sister visiting as we went to see Michael Ball and Alfie Boe in Liverpool. On Wednesday it was my birthday so my OH and I went…
Five on Friday with Sam Lee #FiveonFriday – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature debut author Sam Lee. Her novel, A Trail of Blood on the Snow is a chilling exploration of masculinity, madness, and the harrowing legacy of abuse. It will be published on 15th April. Sam Lee is a 29-year-old writer from Canada, but she has called the Dominican Republic home since she…
Publication day for The Golden Hour by Kate Lord Brown @katelordbrown @TeamBATC – Jill's Book Cafe
I'm delighted to wish Kate Lord Brown 'Happy Publication Day' on the launch of her latest novel The Golden Hour. It's an epic dual timeline story which interweaves glory-seeking desert archaeologists, priceless treasures, Nefertiti’s tomb and the decadent cabarets of WW2 Cairo with restless expat lives in bohemian Beirut. If that doesn't whet your appetite to…
Balancing the Books to 4th April – Jill's Book Cafe
Books Added Books Read Oops a bit of a discrepancy between books added and books read this week. Although it was a poor week for reading (again) I'd still have been hard pushed to make much of an impact against all the the books in. But, in my defence, this week straddled the end of…
Five on Friday with TM Payne @Tinap66Payne – Jill's Book Cafe
Today I'm delighted to feature author TM Payne (Tina). Tina is the best-selling author of the D.I. Sheridan Holler series, set in Liverpool and the Wirral. Her debut novel, Long Time Dead was published in April 2024 and went to number one in Crime Fiction in both the UK and Germany. The second book in…