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JaffaReadsToo
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📚Book blogger, loves books, crochet, tea and cats 🐾🧡 🐾🧡
You can find me blogging about books over on my blog
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It’s nearly the end of January and I’m sharing my #bookreview of my favourite read of the month. #TheHillInTheDarkGrove by #LiamHigginson is published by @panmacmillan.bsky.social and is out now.
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📖 Favourite Read of the Month ~ The Hill in the Dark Grove by Liam Higginson
Pan MacMillan 6 January 2026 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book Carwyn and Rhian – the last in a long line of sheep farmers ...
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January 30, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I’m delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems about Fathers from @candlestickpress.bsky.social Press. It’s available now.
#poetry

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📖 Book Review ~ Ten Poems about Fathers from Candlestick Press
Candlestick Press November 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this poetry pamphlet  Dads, fathers, papas, daddies: the poems in ...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems about Mothers from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
#poetry
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📖Book Review ~ Ten Poems about Mothers from Candlestick Press
Candlestick Press November 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet  In this revised edition of our popular mini-antholo...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #BookReview of #TheArcticCruise by @carolinejames1.bsky.social @avonbooks.bsky.social
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#RomanticFiction
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📖 BlogTour ~ The Arctic Cruise by Caroline James
Avon 15 January 2026 My thanks to the publisher for the copy of the book And to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to the blog tou...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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Today on the blog I am delighted to share my #bookreview of #Whipster by #SusanGrossey #HistoricalFiction
Book 3 in the Hardiman Cambridge Mysteries, it’s available now
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📖 Book Review ~ Whipster by Susan Grossey
31 October 2025 Cambridge Hardiman Mysteries #3 Thank you to the author for the copy of this book   With the University preparing for Michae...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Today on the blog I am delighted to join the blog tour to share my review of A Fresh Start at the Cornish Country Hospital by Jo Bartlett. It’s published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social @rararesources.bsky.social

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📖 BlogTour ~ A Fresh Start at the Cornish Country Hospital by Jo Bartlett
Boldwood Books 11 January 2026 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of the book And to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to the bl...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Today on the blog I am sharing my review of #ADeathinGlasgow by #Eva Macrae. Published by Random House, Cornerstone, it’s out now.

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📖 Book Review ~ A Death in Glasgow by Eva Macrae
Random House UK Penguin Books UK Cornerstone 8 January 2025 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book She bought a return ticket. She...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Today on the #blogtour I am delighted to share my #bookreview of #TomorrowStartsToday by JessicaRedland
Published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social @rararesources.bsky.social #BoldwoodBloggers

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📖 Blog Tour ~ Tomorrow Starts Today by Jessica Redland
Boldwood Books 8 January 2026 Escape to the Lakes #5 Thanks to the publisher and Rachel's Random Resources for the book and invitation to th...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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#BookReview

#TheMatchboxGirl by Alice Jolly

Vienna - 1934 onwards

Challenging read
Heart-breaking, unsettling & compelling

A mix of fact & fiction feat. Dr Hans Asperger with frightening insights into the shocking medical research of that era

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January 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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*NEW BLOG POST*

Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #WWWWednesday post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next!

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January 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey #TheBarbecueatNo9 @jenniegauthor.bsky.social #BookReview

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The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey #TheBarbecueatNo9 @jenniegauthor.bsky.social @HutchHeinemann @PenguinUKBooks @charlottebush2  #BookReview
FROM THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS . . . It's the summer of 1985 and the residents of De...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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📚 OUT NOW 📚
The Fox of Kensal Green by Richard Tyrrell
ISBN 9781784633660

Available from all good bookshops in the UK & Ireland.
🎉 Congrats to Richard!

Launch: 15 Jan, 6.30–8.30pm
Queen’s Park Books, London

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January 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo and on its publication day I am delighted to share my #bookreview of #TheFoxofKensalGreen by #RichardTyrrell
Published by @saltpublishing.com it’s available now.

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📖 Publication Day review ~ The Fox of Kensal Green by Richard Tyrrell
7 January 2026 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book A quiet neighbourhood of London is about to be shattered. This is a story ab...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Delighted to join the #Blogathon today to share my #bookreview of #AWomanScorned by Jack Jordan. Published by @simonschusteruk.bsky.social it’s available now.

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📖 Blogathon ~ A Woman Scorned by Jack Jordan
Simon & Schuster 5 June 2025 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of the book and to Compulsive Readers for the opportunity to take part in t...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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I do this every end of year. Here are my 12 in 12 …

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📖 My 12 in 12 in 2025
It’s that time of year when I search my book lists  to bring you my 12 books in 12 categories over the last year 📖  Twelve authors who were...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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I’m taking a short break now until the end of the year when I’ll be back on the 31st December to share my favourite Books of the Year.
Thank you for your company this year #Jaffareadstoo wishes you all a very Merry Christmas
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I’m sharing my last #bookreview of the year and it’s such a lovely story, #TheoOfGolden by #AllenLevi is published by #Fontana @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social and is out now.

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📖 Book Review ~ Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Fontana  2025 One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why… His n...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Something off a tradition in the run up to #Christmas is my re-read of #AChristmasCarol by #CharlesDickens. So, this year I’ve listened to the 2006 audio version from Naxos, read by Anton Lesser.

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🎅🏻 Festive Read ~ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Naxos Audio Books 2006  Running time: 3hours 13minutes  Read by Anton Lesser A Christmas Carol in prose. Being a ghost story of Christmas. W...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Almanac : Twelve Poems for 2026 from @candlestickpress.bsky.social Press
It’s out now and a perfect gift for the New Year.

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🎅🏻 Festive Read ~ Almanac : Twelve Poems for 2026 from Candlestick Press
Candlestick Press September 2026 My thanks to the publisher form my copy of this pamphlet  Twelve beautiful poems for the months of the year...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Today on the blog I am delighted to join the #blogtour to share my #bookreview of #TheWidowsVow by Rachel Brimble. Published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction
It’s out now.

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📖 Blog Tour ~ The Widows Vow by Rachel Brimble
Boldwood 16 December 2025 My thanks to Boldwood for the invitation to read this book    1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her ...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Today on the blog I am delighted to share my review of Let The Bells Ring Out by Milly Johnson
Published by @simonschusteruk.bsky.social
#Christmas #FestiveRead

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🎅🏻 Festive Book Review ~ Let The Bells Rings Out by Milly Johnson
Simon and Schuster 23 October 2025 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book   The Yorkshire Belle is a glamorous steam train all dec...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Today on the blog I am delighted to share my #bookreview of #HisOtherWoman by Valerie Keogh. Published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social it’s out now
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📖 Featured Book of the Month ~ His Other Woman by Valerie Keogh
Boldwood Books November 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my invitation to read this book Fiona Carlton has never needed a man to make h...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am sharing my #bookreview of Cold Blooded Killer by Alex Pine @avonbooks.bsky.social

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🎅🏻 Festive Read ~ Cold Blooded Killer by Alex Pine
Avon Books October 2025 DI James Walker #6 Thank you to the publisher for my copy of this book Journalist Gordon Carver receives news that s...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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On today’s #blogtour stop I am delighted to share my #bookreview of #RipplesThroughTime by @christinacourtenay.bsky.social
Published by @headlinebooks.bsky.social
#timeslip #Vikings #historicalfiction #romance
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📖 Blog Tour ~ Ripples Through Time by Christina Courtenay
Headline Review  20 November 2025 Thanks to the publisher and Rachel’s Random Resources for the book and invitation to the tour A love that ...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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With just a month go until #Christmas I’m delighted to share my #bookreview of Christmas Tree: Ten Poems of Wishes and Lights from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
It’s out now.

#jaffareadstoo #poetry

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🎅🏻 Festive Read ~ Christmas Tree : Ten Poems of Wishes and Lights from Candlestick Press
Candlestick Press September 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet  Many of us still love the tradition of decorating ...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM