Gail H
@isthismutton.bsky.social
Janner. Colourful fashion and books blogger (crime, literary, history) at isthismutton.com, 400k page views per month. London, UK. Nominated for British Book Blogger of the Year 2025
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Gail's review of The Wives of Henry VIII
5/5: A new voice on the Tudor scene, bringing a fresh and welcome perspective. We all think we "know" the six wives of Henry VIII. But we know very little about their views, how they saw their regal ...
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📚💙 A new voice on the Tudor history scene with a fresh perspective on each of the six wives of Henry VIII.
Read my 5 star review on Goodreads. Published 30 January.
#Tudorhistory @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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Read my 5 star review on Goodreads. Published 30 January.
#Tudorhistory @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚 Current reads and new arrivals. And a grumble about digital ARCs....
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#booksky #ARCs
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#booksky #ARCs
Book Update with New Arrivals
Is This Mutton's latest books update including four new arrivals, Paul Gascoigne and more Tudor history
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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
💙📚 Current reads and new arrivals. And a grumble about digital ARCs....
www.isthismutton.com/2026/01/book...
#booksky #ARCs
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#booksky #ARCs
📚💙 A new voice on the Tudor history scene with a fresh perspective on each of the six wives of Henry VIII.
Read my 5 star review on Goodreads. Published 30 January.
#Tudorhistory @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Read my 5 star review on Goodreads. Published 30 January.
#Tudorhistory @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Gail's review of The Wives of Henry VIII
5/5: A new voice on the Tudor scene, bringing a fresh and welcome perspective. We all think we "know" the six wives of Henry VIII. But we know very little about their views, how they saw their regal ...
www.goodreads.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
📚💙 A new voice on the Tudor history scene with a fresh perspective on each of the six wives of Henry VIII.
Read my 5 star review on Goodreads. Published 30 January.
#Tudorhistory @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Read my 5 star review on Goodreads. Published 30 January.
#Tudorhistory @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
📚💙 Very impressed with this. Three different plans, 6 steps, delicious recipes.
My review: www.isthismutton.com/2026/01/tran...
#booksky #ReadNonFicChal @shelleyrae.bsky.social
My review: www.isthismutton.com/2026/01/tran...
#booksky #ReadNonFicChal @shelleyrae.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
📚💙 Very impressed with this. Three different plans, 6 steps, delicious recipes.
My review: www.isthismutton.com/2026/01/tran...
#booksky #ReadNonFicChal @shelleyrae.bsky.social
My review: www.isthismutton.com/2026/01/tran...
#booksky #ReadNonFicChal @shelleyrae.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
💙📚 What's on my Kindle: new arrivals and recent reads. Plus a free audio listen.
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#booksky @steverutt.bsky.social
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#booksky @steverutt.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
💙📚 What's on my Kindle: new arrivals and recent reads. Plus a free audio listen.
www.isthismutton.com/2026/01/book...
#booksky @steverutt.bsky.social
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#booksky @steverutt.bsky.social
What I've learned in 2025. Musings on life as a retiree and how best to maximise our energy and creative spark. Plus my two favourite books!
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December 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What I've learned in 2025. Musings on life as a retiree and how best to maximise our energy and creative spark. Plus my two favourite books!
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www.isthismutton.com/2025/12/favo...
Cheerful new display of cyclamen, planted by volunteers outside the local library (East London).
#plantsky #Chingford #bloomscrolling
#plantsky #Chingford #bloomscrolling
December 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Cheerful new display of cyclamen, planted by volunteers outside the local library (East London).
#plantsky #Chingford #bloomscrolling
#plantsky #Chingford #bloomscrolling
💙📚 Excited to sign up for four reading challenges in 2026, including one to read non-fiction from @shelleyrae.bsky.social.
#booksky #ReadNonFicChal
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#booksky #ReadNonFicChal
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My Book Challenges for 2026
Is This Mutton will be taking part in 4 book challenges in 2026.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
💙📚 Excited to sign up for four reading challenges in 2026, including one to read non-fiction from @shelleyrae.bsky.social.
#booksky #ReadNonFicChal
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#booksky #ReadNonFicChal
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💙📚 Need a gripping read? Check out my December reviews. Two literary, two crime thrillers and one historical.
#booksky
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#booksky
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December 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
💙📚 Need a gripping read? Check out my December reviews. Two literary, two crime thrillers and one historical.
#booksky
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#booksky
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The Wayne Thiebaud exhibition at @courtauld.bsky.social ends soon. I loved it - and also the imaginative Thiebaud gifts in the shop.
#art #artsky #thiebaud
#art #artsky #thiebaud
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Wayne Thiebaud exhibition at @courtauld.bsky.social ends soon. I loved it - and also the imaginative Thiebaud gifts in the shop.
#art #artsky #thiebaud
#art #artsky #thiebaud
Finding Holiday Joy Amid Grief watercresswords.com/2017/12/11/f...
Finding Holiday Joy Amid Grief
The holiday season can evoke sadness for those grieving loved ones, making joy elusive. Grief can linger from recent or past losses, affecting celebrations. Acknowledging feelings is crucial, as is…
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December 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Finding Holiday Joy Amid Grief watercresswords.com/2017/12/11/f...
💙📚 Join me on this blog tour for laughs and quirky facts as we explore the UK in a converted Belgian army expedition truck.
More Manchester than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert is lots of fun.
#booksky#comicmemoir @annerandomthings.bsky.social
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More Manchester than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert is lots of fun.
#booksky#comicmemoir @annerandomthings.bsky.social
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More Manchester than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert
Exploring the UK in the Beast, a converted Belgian army expedition truck is a new book by Jacqueline Lambert, reviewed by Is This Mutton.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
💙📚 Join me on this blog tour for laughs and quirky facts as we explore the UK in a converted Belgian army expedition truck.
More Manchester than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert is lots of fun.
#booksky#comicmemoir @annerandomthings.bsky.social
www.isthismutton.com/2025/12/more...
More Manchester than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert is lots of fun.
#booksky#comicmemoir @annerandomthings.bsky.social
www.isthismutton.com/2025/12/more...
💙📚 Blog tour review of One by One by Sam Frances.
"A zippy, breezy and droll read which will take a few of us back to the seminal girl bands of our youth. More red herrings than on Vladivostok 2000".
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@annerandomthings.bsky.social
#booksky #onebyone
"A zippy, breezy and droll read which will take a few of us back to the seminal girl bands of our youth. More red herrings than on Vladivostok 2000".
www.isthismutton.com/2025/12/one-...
@annerandomthings.bsky.social
#booksky #onebyone
One by One by Sam Frances
Witty and twisty crime thriller One by One by Sam Frances is under the spotlight at Is This Mutton.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
💙📚 Blog tour review of One by One by Sam Frances.
"A zippy, breezy and droll read which will take a few of us back to the seminal girl bands of our youth. More red herrings than on Vladivostok 2000".
www.isthismutton.com/2025/12/one-...
@annerandomthings.bsky.social
#booksky #onebyone
"A zippy, breezy and droll read which will take a few of us back to the seminal girl bands of our youth. More red herrings than on Vladivostok 2000".
www.isthismutton.com/2025/12/one-...
@annerandomthings.bsky.social
#booksky #onebyone
💙📚 I read over 100 books a year but it was this book from 2014 that has given me the most visceral and emotional reaction ever.
Why has @johnboynewriter.bsky.social not been nominated for a Booker prize?
There's no comparison between this book and Flesh, the 2025 winner.
#booksky #johnboyne
Why has @johnboynewriter.bsky.social not been nominated for a Booker prize?
There's no comparison between this book and Flesh, the 2025 winner.
#booksky #johnboyne
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
💙📚 I read over 100 books a year but it was this book from 2014 that has given me the most visceral and emotional reaction ever.
Why has @johnboynewriter.bsky.social not been nominated for a Booker prize?
There's no comparison between this book and Flesh, the 2025 winner.
#booksky #johnboyne
Why has @johnboynewriter.bsky.social not been nominated for a Booker prize?
There's no comparison between this book and Flesh, the 2025 winner.
#booksky #johnboyne
Invisible over 60?
It's hard to be invisible wearing purple in a sea of grey and black. But actually, is invisibility a bad thing? It tends to strike in bars and cafes when I'm waiting to be served. Younger people get preferential treatment. What do you think?
#womensky #ageism
It's hard to be invisible wearing purple in a sea of grey and black. But actually, is invisibility a bad thing? It tends to strike in bars and cafes when I'm waiting to be served. Younger people get preferential treatment. What do you think?
#womensky #ageism
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Your favourite Christmas pop song in a pic.
Mine is I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Sorry.....😅
#musicsky #music #Christmas
Mine is I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Sorry.....😅
#musicsky #music #Christmas
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Your favourite Christmas pop song in a pic.
Mine is I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Sorry.....😅
#musicsky #music #Christmas
Mine is I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Sorry.....😅
#musicsky #music #Christmas
💙📚 One of my my most recent reviews. What was yours?
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#booksky #thriller #Hermanyfaces
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#booksky #thriller #Hermanyfaces
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November 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💙📚 One of my my most recent reviews. What was yours?
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#booksky #thriller #Hermanyfaces
@annerandomthings.bsky.social
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#booksky #thriller #Hermanyfaces
@annerandomthings.bsky.social
💙📚 Thanks @panmacmillan.bsky.social for the invitation to read The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill. Just what I needed!
#booksky #TheIrishGoodbye
#booksky #TheIrishGoodbye
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
💙📚 Thanks @panmacmillan.bsky.social for the invitation to read The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill. Just what I needed!
#booksky #TheIrishGoodbye
#booksky #TheIrishGoodbye
November in Review.
My birthday. My mum's memorial. Sled pulling and more.
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#blogsky #Plymouth #londonlife
My birthday. My mum's memorial. Sled pulling and more.
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#blogsky #Plymouth #londonlife
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
November in Review.
My birthday. My mum's memorial. Sled pulling and more.
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/nove...
#blogsky #Plymouth #londonlife
My birthday. My mum's memorial. Sled pulling and more.
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/nove...
#blogsky #Plymouth #londonlife
💙📚 An intriguing title for my latest read from #NetGalley. Comes out tomorrow (I won't have read it by then....)
#booksky
#booksky
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💙📚 An intriguing title for my latest read from #NetGalley. Comes out tomorrow (I won't have read it by then....)
#booksky
#booksky
📚💙 On the blog tour today for Her Many Faces, a psychological thriller by Nicci Cloke.
It examines an accused killer - a cocktail waitress- from 5 different perspectives, with an amazing twist.
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#booksky #HerManyFaces @annerandomthings.bsky.social
It examines an accused killer - a cocktail waitress- from 5 different perspectives, with an amazing twist.
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/her-...
#booksky #HerManyFaces @annerandomthings.bsky.social
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke, an intriguing crime thriller, is under the books spotlight at Is This Mutton.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
📚💙 On the blog tour today for Her Many Faces, a psychological thriller by Nicci Cloke.
It examines an accused killer - a cocktail waitress- from 5 different perspectives, with an amazing twist.
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/her-...
#booksky #HerManyFaces @annerandomthings.bsky.social
It examines an accused killer - a cocktail waitress- from 5 different perspectives, with an amazing twist.
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/her-...
#booksky #HerManyFaces @annerandomthings.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📚💙 My three 5 star reads this month, and more:
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/im-s...
#booksky @penguinbooks.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social
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#booksky @penguinbooks.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📚💙 My three 5 star reads this month, and more:
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#booksky @penguinbooks.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social
www.isthismutton.com/2025/11/im-s...
#booksky @penguinbooks.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social