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#BookReview: We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida @DoubledayUK @IndiesAbout @librofm #WellPrescribeYouACat #SyouIshida #TranslatedFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: For fans of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS and SHE AND HER CAT, discover the award-winning bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming celebration of the healing power of cats.A cat a day keeps the doctor away ...On the top floor of an…
#BookReview: The Secrets Of Flowers by Sally Page @SallyPageBooks @IndieThinking @HarperCollins #TheSecretOfFlowers #SallyPage – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: The Lost Bookshop meets The Keeper of Stories in this utterly heart-warming story about friendship, hope and a mystery hidden in the language of flowers… The smallest treasures can hold the biggest mysteries… One year after her husband’s death Emma has become a wallflower, hiding among the brighter blooms in the florist where she works. But…
#BlogTour: The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers @TessaBickers @HodderBooks @AlainnaGeorgiou #TheBookSwap #TessaBickers – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: REASON TO LIVE.Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea how. Then she loses her favourite book, a heavily annotated and containing her friend's final words to her.A REASON TO LOVE.When James finds Erin's note-filled book in his local community library,…
Two For Tuesday: Alexandria Warwick @simonschusterUK @SimonSaysBooks #TwoForTuesdays #TheFourWinds #TheNorthWind #TheWestWind #AlexandriaWarwick – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books from the fabulous Four Winds series by Alexandria Warwick. I absolutely loved The North Wind (review coming soon) so I was very excited to receive a copy of the next book in the series The West Wind. I can't wait to read it…
Book Spotlight: Growing Brave by Donna Ashworth @Donna_ashworth @bwpublishing @bonnier #GrowingBrave #DonnaAshwood #SelfHelp #Advice – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone I hope you're having a great Monday. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Growing Brave by Donna Ashworth this week. I absolutely love Donna's books which are always so inspiring and helpful that reading them just feels like being enveloped in a big hug . Filled with beautiful poems…
The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas @Dougieclaire @MichaelJBooks @IndiesAbout #TheWrongSister #ClaireDouglas #Thriller #BookReview – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: You’ve known her all your life . . . Or have you?Tasha and sister Alice look alike, but couldn’t be more different.Tasha’s married with kids, settled near their home town of Bristol.While Alice travels the world with her husband. Yet each trusts the other with her life.So when Tasha wants a break,Alice offers to stay in…
Two For Tuesday: Evie Wood @evgaughan @0neMoreChapter_ #TheStoryCollector #TheLostBookshop #EvieWoods #TwoForTuesday – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books by Evie Wood. I really loved The Lost Bookshop so I'm excited to read her new book The Story Collector. I'm especially intrigued by it as the story seems to involve a bit of magic and Irish Folklore which I…
Death At The Sign Of The Rook by Kate Atkinson @DoubledayUK @alisonbarrow @TransworldBooks #DeathAtTheSignOfTheRook #KateAtkinson #MurderMystery #JacksonBrodie – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Welcome to Rook Hall.The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed.Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town, and the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But one theft leads to…
Book Spotlight: Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi @kawaguchicoffee @picadorbooks @panmacmillan #BeforeWeForgetKindness #ToshikazuKawaguchi #NewBook – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good afternoon everyone I hope you're having a good day. I was lucky enough to receive this amazing book post this week. Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is the fifth book in the brilliant Before The Coffee Gets Cold series and is out on the 19th September 2024. I'm seriously so excited to…
Love Story by Lindsey Kelk @LindseyKelk @HarperFiction @IndieThinking @HarperCollins #LoveStory #LindseyKelk #BookReview #RomanceFic #RespectRomFic – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: She’s a small-town schoolteacher, he’s a hotshot creative director. Together, it’s hate at first sight. Sophie Taylor has a secret and Joe Walsh is the last person she'd tell. He’s devilishly handsome, incredibly hot – and far too sure of himself. But Sophie desperately needs his help. Because she's not just hiding something…
Two For Tuesday: Kate Mosse @panmacmillan #TheMapOfBones #KateMosse #TheGhostShip #TwoForTuesday – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone. Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books by Kate Mosse. I'm a huge fan of this author and have loved all of her previous books so I was so excited to receive a copy of The Map Of Bones especially as it's the next installment in one of my favourite…
#BookSpotlight: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins @DoubledayUK @alisonbarrow #TheBlueHours #PaulaHawkins – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone I hope you're having a good Monday. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this fabulous looking book last week. I've been a huge fan of this author's previous books so I'm very excited to read this! The Blue Hour is out on the 10th October 2024.Huge thanks to the…
The Last Life Of Lori Mills by Max Boucheraat @HarperCollinsCh @IndieThinking #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #MaxBoucheraat #BookReview – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone I hope you're having a good Sunday. I'm very excited today as I'm posting the first review that my 11 year old has written. He's always been an avid reader but since I started working at the bookshop he's started to enjoy giving me recommendations for kids his age which has gradually…
#BlogTour: The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla @rachelle_ata @AlainnaGeorgiou @HodderBooks #TheSaltFlats #RachelleAtalla #Thriller – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: THE PERFECT ESCAPE. THE PERFECT NIGHTMARE.Martha and Finn's marriage is hanging by a thread. Martha, crippled by paralyzing climate anxiety, finds herself at odds with Finn, who steadfastly refuses to confront the demons of his past.In a desperate attempt to repair their relationship, they join a group of privileged tourists on a pilgrimage…
Book Spotlight: The Sirens by Emilia Hart @EmiliaHartBooks @BoroughPress @IndieThinking #TheSirens #EmiliaHart – Over The Rainbow Blog
Eeek I'm so excited to have received this amazing book post today. I absolutely loved this author's previous book Weyward and as I have a bit of a fascination with stories involving Sirens I'm very intrigued to read this soon. Huge thanks to @indie_thinking and @boroughpress for kindly sending this to me it's really appreciated.…
#BlogTour: Close Knit by Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan @HodderBooks @AlainnaGeorgiou #CloseKnit #JennyColgan #CloseKnit – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Everyone knows her life story.But who will win her heart?Gertie has always had her head in the clouds, wondering what her life might be like if she could only pluck up the courage to leave the remote Scottish island where she was born.It's the only place she knows, but you can't do anything…
#BlogTour: Talking To Strangers by Fiona Barton @figbarton @TransworldBooks @soph_ransompr #TalkingToStrangers #FionaBarton #NewBook #BookReview #CrimeFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Three women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen…
#TwoForTuesday: Double Author Event with Rosanna Pike And Annie Garthwaite @anniegarthwaite @VikingBooksUK @FigTreePenguin #ALittleTrickerie #RosannaPike #TheKingsMother #AnnieGarthwaite #RossiterBooks #AuthorEvent – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone I have a special Two For Tuesday today as I was lucky enough to go to a fantastic double author event last night. The event was brilliant! It was great learning more about the books, the authors inspiration for the stories and how they did their research. I can't wait to read…
#BlogTour: I’ll Look For You Everywhere by Cameron Capello @chlodavies97 @panmacmillan #IllLookForYouEverywhere #CameronCapello – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Magdalen Savoy has just finished her first year of university at Oxford, where she has finally built a life for herself away from the demons she has done everything to try to forget. But, when she can no longer ignore the growing pile of invitations to her sister’s wedding she must leave her…
Book Spotlight : Costanza by Rachel Blackmore @rjblackmore1 @dialoguepub @millieseaward #Costanza #RachelBlackmore #HistoricalFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone I hope you're having a good day. I was lucky enough to receive a finished copy of this fabulous looking book recently. I'm a huge fan of historical fiction, especially if it's based on real life people or events, so this book really appeals to me. I've got a bit of a…
Book Review: Lifesize Ocean Animals by Sophy Henn @sophyhenn @FarshoreBooks #LifesizeBooks #OceanAnimals #ChildrensBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Ready for a LIFESIZE adventure? Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of the world's most incredible LIFESIZE OCEAN ANIMALS. Go face to face with a turtle, see how you’d look with megalodon teeth, dive down for a peek at an anglerfish and open the FOLD-OUT PAGES to…
Book Review: One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware @RuthWareWriter @simonschusterUK @SimonSaysBooks #OnePerfectCouple #RuthWare #DestinationThriller #BookReview #5Stars – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE meets THE TRAITORS Five beautiful couples.One deadly game.Who will escape alive? Lyla Santiago has spent months working on a research project that could be the key to getting a permanent job in her field.So, she can’t really drop everything to go to a desert island with her actor boyfriend Nico…
Two For Tuesday: Dead Ink Books @samanito @aniacard @DeadInkBooks #TwoForTuesday #AboveUsTheSea #Monstrilo – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books published by Dead Ink Books. These books were recommended to me by my fellow bookinstagrammers. They both sound really good and slightly different to what I normally read so I'm excited to get to them soon. Both books are out now, find out…
Book Review : Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead @TomMeadAuthor @HoZ_Books @soph_ransompr #CabaretMacabre #TomMead #BookReview – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Sleuth and illusionist Joseph Spector investigates his most complex case yet in this gripping new locked-room murder mystery, set in an English country house just before the Second World War.Hampshire, 1938. When prominent judge Sir Giles Drury starts receiving sinister letters, his wife suspects Victor Silvius, a man confined to a sanatorium after…
Six Books Soon! #NewBooks #Tbr – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Saturday. Here are six books I'm determined to try and read this month as I keep hearing great things about them. ❤️ Frank And Red by Matt Coyne🧡 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney💛Death At The Sign Of The Rook by Kate Atkinson💚 Redemption by Jack Jordan💙 Mongrel by Hanako Footman💜 When…
Two For Tuesday: CJ Cooke @CJessCooke @IndieThinking @HarperCollinsUK #TwoForTuesday #TheBookOfWitching #AHauntingInTheArctic #CJCooke – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books by CJ Cooke. I'm a huge fan of her books which are always gripping, gothic reads normally with a supernatural element to them. I think I've devoured all of her previous books so you can imagine my excitement at receiving an early copy…
Thriller Thursday: Destination Thrillers #NewBooks #Tbr #DestinstionThrillers – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Thursday. Today I thought I'd share some of the fantastic sounding destination thrillers I've got on my tbr! I'm a huge fan of destination thrillers, especially during the summer months so I'm excited to read these soon. I'm actually half way through One Perfect Couple and I'm really enjoying it…
Book Spotlight: The Coven by Harper L Woods @ChloeRose1702 @TransworldBooks #TheCoven #HarperLWoods #NewBook – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone! I hope you're having a great Friday. I was incredibly lucky to receive a copy of this fabulous sounding book The Coven by Harper L Woods. As I've probably said a few times I absolutely love a witchy book and I'm also very fond of romance books so this seems like a…
Two For Tuesday: New Fantasy Books @CJessCooke @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFireBooks @IndieThinking #TwoForTuesday #TheBookOfWitching #ALanguageOfDragons – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone . Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two of the new fantasy books I've received recently. Fantasy is fast becoming my favourite genre and I always look forward to exploring the wonderful worlds the author has created. The Book Of Witching is out on the 10th October & A Language Of…
Friday Flat Lay: My Son’s Summer Tbr #SummerReading #BookRecs #NewBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Friday. Today is going to be an emotional day for me as it's my eldest son's last day at primary school. I honestly can't believe it as it seems like yesterday it was his first day of school and a very nervous boy went on clutching his then best friend's…
Two For Tuesday: Romance Books Soon @chlodavies97 @panmacmillan #TwoForTuesday #IllLookForYouEverywhere #DishonestlyYours #RomanceBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone! Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two romance books I'm hoping to read soon. These both sound amazing and I'm looking forward to them, especially as they are both new authors for me. Huge thanks to the lovely @libraryofchlo for sending these to me. Dishonestly Yours is out now and I'll…
Euro 2024 Finals Book Stack #Euro2024Finals #BookStack – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. Unless you've been living under a rock you'll know it's an exciting day for sport today. Not only is it the Wimbledon's Men Final but England are in the final of Euro 2024! I'm working today but I'm hoping to watch the tennis on catch up when I get…
Book Spotlight: By Any Other Name by Jodie Picoult @jodipicoult @MichaelJBooks @ClareP42 @CiaraB_1 @IndiesAbout #ByAnyOtherName #JodiPicoult #OutOct24 #HistoricalFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good evening everyone I hope you've had a good day. I was very excited when a copy of this came into the bookshop this week. By Any Other Name by Jodie Picoult is one of my most anticipated books of this year and I honestly can't believe I've got a proof copy of it. (Yes…
Neglected Faithfuls Challenge Update #BookChallenge #Tbr – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Friday! At the beginning of this year I started a few challenges including a neglected faithfuls challenge. The idea of this challenge was to finally read those books that had been on your bookshelf for ages. ❤️A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles🧡 Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus💛The Seven…
Book Spotlight: The Spell Shop by Sarah Beth Durst @sarahbethdurst @panmacmillan #TheSpellShop #SarahBethDurst – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good afternoon everyone I hope you are having a great day. I'm starting a read-along for one of my most anticipated reads for this year today. I've been hearing lots about The Spell Shop so I'm very excited to start this finally. I'm going to be reading and listening along this week so do check…
Book Review: The Lifeline by Libby Page @LibbyPageWrites @orionbooks @eturns_112 #TheLifeline #LibbyPage #Uplit #BookReview – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Everybody needs saving sometimes...For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alone. But that doesn't mean she isn't lonely. The move from London to Somerset with her husband Jay was supposed be the start of an exciting new chapter. But sometimes she can't help but wonder if she turned the…
Two For Tuesday: Lindsey Kelk @LindseyKelk @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFiction @IndieThinking #TwoForTuesday #TheBellWitches #LoveStory #LindseyKelk – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books from the fantastic Lindsey Kelk. I first discovered Lindsey by accident when I was visiting our local library and her book Love Me Do was on the returns trolley. I loved the sound of the blurb so checked it out…
#BlogTour: The Betrayal Of Thomas True by AJ West @AJWestAuthor @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours #TheBetrayalOfThomasTrue #AJWest #TeamOrenda #RandomThingsTours – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: The only sin is betrayal… It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses. Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as…
#BookReview: The Silence In Between by Josie Ferguson @Inky_Josie @doubledaybooks @TransworldBooks @Millsreid11 #TheSilenceInBetween #JosieFerguson #HistoricalFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your child...Lisette is in hospital with her baby boy. The doctors tell her to go home and get some rest, that he’ll be fine.When she awakes, everything has changed. Because overnight, on 13 August…
Two For Tuesday: TJ Klune @UKTor @panmacmillan #TwoForTuesday #TJKlune #SomewhereBeyondTheSea #TheHouseInTheCeruleanSea #CosyFantasy – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. I was a huge fan of The House In The Cerulean Sea and rate it as one of my favourite books ever. So you can imagine my excitement when a copy of the sequel, Somewhere Beyond The Sea, was sent to the bookshop. I'm really excited to read it…