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#BlogTour: Palisade by Lou Gilmond @FairlightLouise @FairlightBooks @midascampaigns #Palisade #LouGilmond – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis : When opposition Chief Whip Esme Kanha is handed a secret dossier containing evidence of government corruption, she suspects its original owner, a top journalist, was murdered for gathering it. Despite the danger, she feels she must investigate. Meanwhile, lowly backbencher Harry Colbey is working his own leads. A known campaigner against big…
Cold Weather Stack #BookStack #ColdWeatherStack #Tbr #NewBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Thursday. It's suddenly gotten a lot colder here so I thought it was time to share a cold weather stack as I think winter has arrived! 🩵 Goodbye Birdie Greenwing by Ericka Waller🤍The Unwilding by Marina Kemp💙Yule Island by Johanna Gustawsson🩶Babel by R.F Kuang🩵The Lantern Of Lost Memories by Sanaka…
#BookSpotlight: A Fate Forged In Fire by Hazel McBride @hmcbrideauthor @dialoguepub #AFateForgedInFire #HazelMcBride #Fantasy #Dragons #Folklore – Over The Rainbow Blog
📚Book Spotlight:A Fate Forged In Fire by Hazel McBride Good evening everyone I hope you've had a good day. I was lucky enough to be sent this beautiful looking proof recently. I absolutely love books that feature dragons so this book instantly appealed to me. I then found out that the story has some Scottish…
Hardback Tbr Pile #NewBooks #Tbr #BookStack – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday. I saw this on the lovely @nothing.beats.a.good.book 's page and knew I had to join in as I have quite a few hardbacks on my tbr pile. ❤️The City Of Stardust by Georgia Summers🧡How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley💛 Junction Of Earth And Sky by Susan Buttenwieser💚The Days…
Two For Tuesday: Christmas Books Soon @0neMoreChapter_ @AvonBooksUK @IndieThinking #TwoForTuesday #ChristmasReads #NewBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two Christmas reads I'm looking forward to reading soon. 🎄The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gillmore🍪 Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton I've been a huge fan of the Dream Harbour Series from the start so I'm very excited to read another…
#BlogTour: The Half King by Melissa Landers @Melissa_Landers @TransworldBooks @RandomTTours #TheHalfKing #MelissaLanders #RandomThingsTours – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: king by day. Shadow by night…Long ago, the kingdom’s noble houses rebelled against the goddess... and for their treachery, the firstborn of each noble family was cursed.One with perilous beauty.One with destructive knowledge.One with insatiable bloodlust.But the royal house Mortara received the worst affliction of all. For while the king exists during the day,…
Great British Bake Off Book Challenge! #BookStack #BookChallenge #BakeOff #Bookfun – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Saturday. I was tagged by the lovely @clairesbookobsession to take part in the Great British Bake Off Challenge. As a huge fan of the TV series I knew I had to join in! 🍰ON YOUR MARKS- A Book You Can't Wait To ReadThe Golden Hour by Kate Lord Brown &The…
Books Are My Bag Awards 2024: The Winners @midascampaigns @booksaremybag #BooksAreMyBagAwards #Winners #SupportIndieBookshops – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Friday . With all the hype about the Booker Prize winner you may have missed the winners of the 2024 Books Are My Bag Awards. These awards are the only book awards with a shortlist curated by bookshops and the winners chosen by readers. (In my best award show host…
Eights Thrillers Soon! #NewBooks #Tbr #Thrillers #highlyanticipated – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Thursday. Today I'm featuring 8 thrillers I'm hoping to read soon! ❤️Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi 🧡 Butter by Asako Yuzuki 💛The Ice Retreat by Ruth Kelly 💚Burn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard 💙The Cleaner by Mary Watson 🩵Death In The Arctic by Tom Hindle 💜 Beautiful People…
Two For Tuesday: Reading Next @HarvillSecker @IndiesAbout @HoZ_Books #ReadingNext #TheCityAndItsUncertainWalls #HarukiMurakami #PoorGirls #ClareWhitfield – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring the two books I'm hoping to read next. 💙The City And It's Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami 💚 Poor Girls by Clare Whitfield I've been a huge fan of Murakami for ages so I'm very excited to read his new book, especially…
#BlogTour: Ice Town by Will Dean @willrdean @HodderBooks @AlainnaGeorgiou #IceTown #WillDean #TuvaMoodyson – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.'When journalist Tuva Moodyson reads this news alert she knows she must join the search. If this teenager is found, she will…
#BlogTour: The Sea House by Louise Douglas @LouiseDouglas3 @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #TheSeaHouse #LouiseDouglas – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: A mysterious bequest and the legacy of a tragic love - only one person can unravel the hidden secrets of the past before it's too late... When Elisabeth Quemener dies she leaves a small parcel with the instructions that it must only be opened by Astrid Oake. The trouble is, no one knows…
#BookReview: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK @alisonbarrow #TheBlueHours #PaulaHawkins #HighlyRecommended – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: WELCOME TO ERIS - A TIDAL ISLAND WITH ONLY ONE HOUSE, ONE INHABITANT, ONE WAY OUT. . .A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day.Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose husband disappeared twenty years ago.Now home to Grace. A solitary creature of the tides,…
Three For Thursday: Currently Reading #CurrentlyReading #NewBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone today on Three For Thursday I thought I'd do a little reading update for you. I'm currently reading The Baby Dragon Cafe which is a really cute fantasy book involving dragons which I'm loving so far as well as Ice Town - a thriller set in Sweden featuring one of my favourite…
Sunday Book Stack: New Books #BookPost #NewBooks #Grateful – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. Here are some of the fantastic books I've been lucky enough to receive this week! 🍁The Ice Retreat by Ruth Kelly🍂The Baby Dragon Cafe by A T Qureshi🍁A Training School For Elephants by Sophy Roberts🍂 Burn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard🍁What Will People Think? By Vedashree Khambete-Sharma🍂 Patriot…
#BlogTour: The Village Killer by Ross Greenwood @greenwoodross @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources#TheVillageKiller #RossGreenwood #DCIBarton #CrimeFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: After three years behind a desk, Inspector John Barton wonders if he’s still got what it takes. An opportunity arises to return to Major Crimes, so he jumps at it, after all he’s been around the block a few times. When he and his team are called in to investigate an attempted murder…
Two For Tuesday: Currently Reading @alisonbarrow @DoubledayUK @headlinepg #TwoForTuesday #TheBlueHour #BlackWoodsBlueSky – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I thought I'd show you the two books I'm currently reading. 🤍The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins💙 Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey I'm a huge fan of both of these authors so you can imagine my tat receiving these two books. The…
Cover Reveal : The Sleepless by Jen Williams @sennydreadful @panmacmillan #TheSleepless #JenWilliams #CoverReveal #OutMay2025 – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone I hope you're having a great day. I'm excited to be on the cover reveal for The Sleepless by Jen Williams today. It sounds really good, especially as it looks like it's going to include dragons! I'm definitely in my dragon era when it comes to books ATM and that cover!! So…
Autumn Tag Challenge #Autumn #FavSeason – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Monday. I saw this on the lovely @mel_lovesbooks page and, as Autumn is my favourite season, I knew I had to join in. 🍁 Favourite Autumn TV/ movies 🍁 I don't tend to watch a lot of TV though I seem to have been watching more than normal recently. I'm…
Malvern Festival Of Stories with The Teddy Bear Ladies! @teddybearladies @WalkerBooksUK #BartieBristle #TheTeddyBearLadies #MalvernFestivalOfStories – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. I was lucky enough to briefly work at the Malvern Festival Of Stories yesterday.and met the lovely Teddy Bear Ladies from the Repair Shop on BBC One. The Malvern Festival Of Stories is an annual festival for children featuring lots of different author talks, shows and wonderful bookish activities…
#BlogTour: The Island Girls by Rachel Sweasey @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @theboldbookclub #The IslandGirls #RachelSweasey #WW2 #dualtimeline – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: 1941: For the townspeople of Poole on the Dorset coast, the war feels like it's right on their doorstep. And with more and more men leaving to fight, one fisherman’s daughter is determined to do whatever she can to help. Peggy volunteers to use her skills on the water to work with the flying…
#BookReview: Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney @alicewriterland @panmacmillan #BeautifulUgly #AliceFeeney #Thriller – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife as she’s driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by a cliff edge, the headlights are on,…
Two For Tuesday: Recent Book Post @JTrevelyan @panmacmillan @picadorbooks @MantleBooks #ABeautifulFamily #RoomsForVanishing #BookPost – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I'm featuring two books I've received from the lovely people at Book Break. A Beautiful Family is a story about dark family secrets which I always enjoy, while Rooms For Vanishing is a sweeping book following a family after the second world war ……
#BlogTour: The Witch’s Daughter by Imogen Edward-Jones @AriaFiction @HoZ_Books @RandomTTours #TheWitchsDaughter #ImogenEdwardJones #RandomThingsTours – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: A city burning. A revolution raging. A woman on the run.Nadezhda has never wanted to be a witch. But the occult is in her blood. Her mother, Militza, conjured Rasputin and introduced him into the Romanov court, releasing the devil himself. Now he is dead, but Militza still dreams of him - stalking…
#BlogTour: All I Want For Christmas by Karen Swan @chlodavies97 @panmacmillan @KarenSwan1 #AllIWantForChristmas #KarenSwan #FestiveRead – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Three first dates and an art-world mystery – it's going to be a busy Christmas for Darcy. All I Want for Christmas is a cosy winter romance from Karen Swan, author of Christmas By Candlelight.Can she find love this Christmas?Christmas in Copenhagen is a magical time of year but Darcy Cotterell isn’t feeling festive. Newly single,…
#BookSpotlight: The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce @DoubledayUK @alisonbarrow #TheHomemadeGod #RachelJoyce #OutApril2025 – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Saturday. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce this week. She's one of my favourite authors so you can imagine my squeals when I opened it at the shop- much to the amusement of our customers who immediately wanted to know what…
#BlogTour: The Rats by James Herbert @panmacmillan #TheRats #JamesHerbert #Horror #BookReview – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of these swarming black creatures with their razor sharp teeth and the taste for human blood began to be realized by a panic-stricken city. For millions of years man and rats had been natural…
Three For Tuesday: Dream Harbour Series by Laurie Gillmore @0neMoreChapter_ @IndieThinking #DreamHarbour #LaurieGilmore – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. I've been wanting to feature this series for a while and as there are now three books in the series, it's perfect for a Three For Tuesday Post! The series in order is:🎃The Pumpkin Spice Cafe🍪The Cinnamon Bun Bookshop🌲The Christmas Tree Farm I'm a huge fan of this series…
I Died At Fallow Hall by Bonnie Burke -Patel @bedsqpublishers #IDiedAtFallowHall #BonnieBurkePatel – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Anna Deerin moves to a remote Cotswold cottage to become a gardener, trying to strip away everything she’s spent all her life as a woman striving for, craving the anonymity and privacy her new off-grid life provides. But when she clears the last vegetable bed and digs up not twigs but bones, the…
#BookSpotlight: The Bells Of Westminster by Leonora Nattrass @LeonoraNattrass @ViperBooks #TheBellsOfWestminster #LeonoraNattras – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good evening everyone I hope had a great Wednesday. I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of this fabulous looking book. I've read and loved all of her previous books so I'm very excited to read this book. Huge thanks to @viper.books for sending me a copy of this book. I can't wait…
Book Loop: Life Hacks for A Little Alien by Alice Franklin @AnaBooks @QuercusBooks @QuercusBkshelf @riverrunbooks #LifeHacksForALittleAlien #AliceFranklin – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good afternoon everyone I hope you are having a good Saturday. I'm excited to be involved in a special book loop where the same book gets sent around different bloggers to annotate and write how they feel about the book. This book arrived today having already been annotated by the author and Sally who will…
New Books I’ve Received This Week! #NewBooks #Tbr – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. Here are some of the fantastic looking books I've received or bought this week! ❤️A Haunting In The Arctic by CJ Cooke🧡The Fisherman's Gift by Julia Kelly💛Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London💚The Witch's Daughter by Imogen Edward -Jones💙If We Were Villains by ML Rio *🩵The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie…
Holmes And Moriarty by Gareth Rubin @GarethRubin @simonschusterUK @SimonSaysBooks @likely_suspects #BookReview #HolmesAndMoriarty #GarethRubin – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Two adversaries. One deadly alliance. Together, can they unlock the truth? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds to help him solve a puzzle. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people,…
Halloween Fancy Dress Stack! #BookFun #SpookySeason #NewBooks #Tbr – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Thursday. I was tagged by the very inventive @nothing.beats.a.good.book to share a fancy dress stack. The idea is to share book titles which have Halloween costumes in their titles. 🎃 Apprentice To The VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer🧛🏻♀️A WEREWOLF's Guide To Seducing A VAMPIRE by Sarah Hawley🧼The CLEANER by Mary…
Book Spotlight: The Other People by CB Everett @MartynWaites @simonschusterUK @SimonSaysBooks @likely_suspects @AtriaBooks #TheOtherPeople #CBEverett #BookSpotlight – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good evening everyone I hope you've had a good day. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this fabulous looking book post today. I love books set in creepy houses and as it is described as a mix between Then There Was None, Shutter Island and Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hard castle (three…
Two For me: Currently Reading #TwoForTuesday #CurrentlyReading #NewBooks – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today on Two For Tuesday I thought I'd share the two books I'm currently reading! 💙 Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney🩷 Some Like It Cold by Elle McNicoll As you can see they're very different reads. I'm actually listening to Some Like It Cold on audiobook and I'm enjoying…
Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood @LucyJaneWood @panmacmillan @chlodavies97 @PanMacPinboard #Rewitched #LucyJaneWood #BookReview – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: It's time to rediscover her magic . . .With found family, a dash of romance and an uplifting message about self-love, Rewitched is a cosy autumnal fantasy that will leave readers spellbound.Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark, but she hasn’t seen it in a while either. Balancing work at her beloved London bookshop, Lunar…
BBC History Weekend: Mary-Ann Ochota #BookEvent #BookSigning #SecretBritain #MaryAnnOchota – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. I was lucky enough to attend day 1 of the BBC History Weekend at Homes Lacy yesterday. The building itself was stunning as you can see and we had a well placed stall next to the dining room. Our first event was Janina Ramirez which I wasn't involved in…
#BookReview: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier @Tracy_Chevalier @BoroughPress @IndieThinking #TheGlassmaker #TracyChevalier #HistoricalFiction – Over The Rainbow Blog
Book Synopsis: Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be…
September Wrap Up! #BooksRead #MonthWrapUp #BookRecs – Over The Rainbow Blog
Good morning everyone and happy Monday. I don't normally do a monthly wrap up as I'm never sure I'll remember what I've read but I thought I'd give it a go! This month I've read: 📕A Thousand Feasts by Nigel Slater📙 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney📒The Secrets Of Flowers by Sally Page📗The Cinnamon Bun Book Store…