Chasing the Italian Dream by Jo Thomas | Blog Tour Extract #ChasingTheItalianDream
‘I wish I’d been here when you were in hospital,’ I say, looking back at how…
Don’t Turn Around by Jessica Barry – extract
About the Book Patrick watched as she unfastened the pearls. “He doesn’t mean anything by it,”…
#TenThings about author Alex Rosenberg – In the Shadows of Enigma – @JHPFiction
7. I lived in Britain for a while in the ‘90s and taught at Oxford. The…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – On Hampstead Heath by Marika Cobbold
The plot of this novel is inspired, focusing on how much truth there is in the…
Don’t Turn Around by Jessica Barry | Blog Tour Road Trip | Extract | #DontTurnAround
They worked silently, Cait gripping the fox’s hindquarters while she took the neck. Together, they gathered…
Eleni Kyriacou – Q&A
Eleni Kyriacou is the author of She Came to Stay, which was published by Hodder &…
Under the Reader’s Radar – celebrating the quiet novel
So in each post I’ll aim to highlight a couple of titles that may have been…
Paperback publication day for The Cabinet of Calm: Soothing Words for Troubled Times by Paul Anthony Jones #bookreview @paulanthjones @haggardhawks @EandTBooks
This book lists a collection of lesser known, very infrequently used words and provides a definition…
The Girls from Alexandria by Carol Cooper | Blog Tour Extract #GirlsFromAlex
Here, the sea was deep azure in colour. How could grown-ups not want to fling themselves…
A. J. Gnuse – Q&A
2. What inspired the book? Girl in the Walls was largely inspired by all those strange…
Moonlight Over Muddleford Cove by Kim Nash #bookreview @kimthebookworm @rararesources
Kim won the Romantic Novelists Association’s Media Star of the Year in 2016, which she still…
The Diary of Isabella M Smugge by Ruth Leigh | Author Guest Post @Ruthleighwrites @RhodaPR2013 @instantapostle #TheDiaryOfIsabellaMSmugge
However, I say #challengeaccepted #amwriting #lovewritingfiction #issysmuggesays #rollonbooktwo Me: “Can you show me how to work…
V. L. Valentine – Q&A
4. Is there anything about the process of publishing a book that surprised you? When I…
Coda, Fantaisie and an Intermezzo by Grahame CW Howard #bookreview @GrahameCWHoward @pegasuspublish
I really liked the author’s style of writing which put me in mind of Alexander McCall…
Balancing the Books – March 2021
Reading took a bit of a back burner this month as I discovered Unforgotten and had…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Best Things by Mel Giedroyc
This is one of those stories that focuses on what we should be grateful for in…
Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron #bookreview @PiatkusBooks
Now Reena’s parents have found her yet another potential Good Muslim Husband. He’s the perfect, mouth-watering…
The Drowned City by K J Maitland | Blog Tour Extract | #DrownedCity
For Bristol is a hotbed of Catholic spies, and where better for the lone conspirator who…
Only Mostly Devastated Book Review
The post Only Mostly Devastated Book Review appeared first on Amy’s Bookshelf. Title: Only Mostly DevastatedAuthor:…
My 6th Blogiversary – #Giveaway!
This Easter weekend sees the 6th anniversary of Portobello Book Blog – or as I like…
Backstories by Simon Van der Velde #bookreview @SimonVdVwriter
CAN YOU FIND THE FAMOUS PERSON HIDDEN IN EVERY STORY? Simon now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, England,…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Scent by Isabel Costello
When Clémentine and Édouard’s last child leaves home, the cracks in their marriage become impossible to…
Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane #bookreview @MhairiMcF @HarperFiction @FictionPubTeam
About the author This is one of these books that it’s hard to review without giving…
The Cosy Little Cupcake Van by Annette Hannah | Blog Tour Guest Post & Book Review #TheCosyLittleCupcakeVan @AnnetteHannah
Although some characters return from the previous book, this can easily be read on its own….
Carole Johnstone – Q&A
Probably the biggest inspiration for Mirrorland comes from my memories of my grandparents’ 200 year-old Georgian…
ShortBookandScribes #PublicationDay #QandA with Maggie Mason, Author of The Halfpenny Girls
3. You’re a prolific writer, delivering several books each year. I imagine that means you have…
The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs #16) by Jacqueline Winspear | Blog Tour Extract
Freddie looked up and saw a scar move. No. Two scars moved, one on each side…
The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear – extract
Today I have an extract to share. About the Book That’s when he saw two men…
#BloggerInTheSpotlight – Julie from A Little Book Problem – @book_problem
You can find the blog at https://alittlebookproblem.co.uk I am most active on Twitter as @book_problem and…
The Woman Novelist and other stories by Diana Gardner – review
I’ve come to appreciate the skill and beauty of a short story over the last few…