Pippa Elliott
@scrollingbooks.bsky.social
A reader/ reviewer with a fascination for 19th century women
By day I am a veterinarian, by night an author of Victorian mysteries
The Leonora Buss mysteries coming 2026.
By day I am a veterinarian, by night an author of Victorian mysteries
The Leonora Buss mysteries coming 2026.
I have a fascination with the history of smuggling, and I'm soon moving to Bembridge, a place mentioned in this book. I make no comment about my career intentions (ha ha ha) This is a really interesting book for anyone interested in social history or smuggling. #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I have a fascination with the history of smuggling, and I'm soon moving to Bembridge, a place mentioned in this book. I make no comment about my career intentions (ha ha ha) This is a really interesting book for anyone interested in social history or smuggling. #booksky
Book review: A retelling of Jekyll and Hyde (only I haven't read the original, so does that make it a 'telling' for me?) Visit my Booksta (also @scrollingbooks ) for the full review. #booksky #historicalfiction #historicalfiction+
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Book review: A retelling of Jekyll and Hyde (only I haven't read the original, so does that make it a 'telling' for me?) Visit my Booksta (also @scrollingbooks ) for the full review. #booksky #historicalfiction #historicalfiction+
If you love Agatha Christie and love true crime - then this book is a win for you. Full review on my Booksta (link in bio) #historybookchat #booksky
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you love Agatha Christie and love true crime - then this book is a win for you. Full review on my Booksta (link in bio) #historybookchat #booksky
Book Review: "Strange Ways to Die in the Tudor Ages" - a highly readable book for anyone interested in history, trivia, or the Tudor era #booksky #historybookchat #nonfiction
August 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Book Review: "Strange Ways to Die in the Tudor Ages" - a highly readable book for anyone interested in history, trivia, or the Tudor era #booksky #historybookchat #nonfiction
Is it wrong to chuckle over how people die? I've just reviewed this informative and readable book about unusual deaths in the Tudor ages...such as the man who shot himself with his own bow and arrow. Like history and partial to trivia? You should enjoy this. #historybookchat #booksky
August 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Is it wrong to chuckle over how people die? I've just reviewed this informative and readable book about unusual deaths in the Tudor ages...such as the man who shot himself with his own bow and arrow. Like history and partial to trivia? You should enjoy this. #historybookchat #booksky
The most popular dog breeds in the 1880s vs 2024
Does your dog appear?
Pop over to Booksta and @scrollingbooks to find out #dogs #19thcentury #victorian
Does your dog appear?
Pop over to Booksta and @scrollingbooks to find out #dogs #19thcentury #victorian
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The most popular dog breeds in the 1880s vs 2024
Does your dog appear?
Pop over to Booksta and @scrollingbooks to find out #dogs #19thcentury #victorian
Does your dog appear?
Pop over to Booksta and @scrollingbooks to find out #dogs #19thcentury #victorian
Interested in the mind of a serial killer? A new book about criminal profiling...and Conan Doyle trying to solve the Jack the Ripper murders. #booksky #historybookchat
July 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Interested in the mind of a serial killer? A new book about criminal profiling...and Conan Doyle trying to solve the Jack the Ripper murders. #booksky #historybookchat
A scholarly biography of an 'awkward woman' whose campaigns for suffrage, education, and social justice were well ahead of their times. #historybookchat #booksky #bookreview
July 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A scholarly biography of an 'awkward woman' whose campaigns for suffrage, education, and social justice were well ahead of their times. #historybookchat #booksky #bookreview
That moment when you finish a wonderful book and want to start all over again. Quite the most moving, enjoyable, unforgettable read of 2025 so far... #booksky #bookreview
July 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
That moment when you finish a wonderful book and want to start all over again. Quite the most moving, enjoyable, unforgettable read of 2025 so far... #booksky #bookreview
A solid 5-star read on the end of the Tudor dynasty.
Elizabeth I and the political machinations of survival whilst ensuring a stable country.
#booksky #historybookchat
Full review in my Booksta @Scrollingbooks
Elizabeth I and the political machinations of survival whilst ensuring a stable country.
#booksky #historybookchat
Full review in my Booksta @Scrollingbooks
July 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A solid 5-star read on the end of the Tudor dynasty.
Elizabeth I and the political machinations of survival whilst ensuring a stable country.
#booksky #historybookchat
Full review in my Booksta @Scrollingbooks
Elizabeth I and the political machinations of survival whilst ensuring a stable country.
#booksky #historybookchat
Full review in my Booksta @Scrollingbooks
A story that hints at the supernatural, but where the events have a haunting and poignant explanation. #booksky #historicalfiction+ Full review on my Booksta
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A story that hints at the supernatural, but where the events have a haunting and poignant explanation. #booksky #historicalfiction+ Full review on my Booksta
A fledgling author at the start of an adventure… please join me! #booksky #authors #readingcommunity
June 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A fledgling author at the start of an adventure… please join me! #booksky #authors #readingcommunity
A fabulous non-fiction read about a true-crime and miscarriage of justice. The author reconstructs events...but does he solve this century old mystery? Full review on my booksta. #historybookchat #booksky #bookreview
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A fabulous non-fiction read about a true-crime and miscarriage of justice. The author reconstructs events...but does he solve this century old mystery? Full review on my booksta. #historybookchat #booksky #bookreview
Obsessed with my new page markers.
What simple things make you absurdly happy? 😃
Let’s share and smile together .
#booksky #readers #bookaddict
What simple things make you absurdly happy? 😃
Let’s share and smile together .
#booksky #readers #bookaddict
June 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Obsessed with my new page markers.
What simple things make you absurdly happy? 😃
Let’s share and smile together .
#booksky #readers #bookaddict
What simple things make you absurdly happy? 😃
Let’s share and smile together .
#booksky #readers #bookaddict
Love reading about the Titanic but ready for a fresh take on it? Ship of Dreams is just that - character driven with the Titanic as a backdrop. (Full review on Booksta) #booksky #historicalfiction+ #bookreviwe
June 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Love reading about the Titanic but ready for a fresh take on it? Ship of Dreams is just that - character driven with the Titanic as a backdrop. (Full review on Booksta) #booksky #historicalfiction+ #bookreviwe
Is today my lucky 🍀 day?
Saw this beauty on the morning dog walk.
How should I take best advantage of this good luck? 🥰 #goodluck #dogwalk #happythoughts
Saw this beauty on the morning dog walk.
How should I take best advantage of this good luck? 🥰 #goodluck #dogwalk #happythoughts
June 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Is today my lucky 🍀 day?
Saw this beauty on the morning dog walk.
How should I take best advantage of this good luck? 🥰 #goodluck #dogwalk #happythoughts
Saw this beauty on the morning dog walk.
How should I take best advantage of this good luck? 🥰 #goodluck #dogwalk #happythoughts
5-stars for the true story of a woman tried for the same murder 3 times (told as a novel). An engrossing insight into what people will do to survive. #booksky #HistoricalFiction+ What book based on a true story last had you hooked?
June 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
5-stars for the true story of a woman tried for the same murder 3 times (told as a novel). An engrossing insight into what people will do to survive. #booksky #HistoricalFiction+ What book based on a true story last had you hooked?
The depth of information and knowledge in this book is staggering. A catalogue of some very un-British behaviour. (See my Booksta for full review.) #booksky #historybookchat #bookreview
June 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The depth of information and knowledge in this book is staggering. A catalogue of some very un-British behaviour. (See my Booksta for full review.) #booksky #historybookchat #bookreview
Have you read The Painter's Daughters?
What did you think?
There are so many layers to this book...and some intriguing ideas in there and how lovely that this ficitonalised account features the Gainsborough's real-life daughters on the cover!
#booksky #historicalfiction+ #historicalfiction
What did you think?
There are so many layers to this book...and some intriguing ideas in there and how lovely that this ficitonalised account features the Gainsborough's real-life daughters on the cover!
#booksky #historicalfiction+ #historicalfiction
June 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Have you read The Painter's Daughters?
What did you think?
There are so many layers to this book...and some intriguing ideas in there and how lovely that this ficitonalised account features the Gainsborough's real-life daughters on the cover!
#booksky #historicalfiction+ #historicalfiction
What did you think?
There are so many layers to this book...and some intriguing ideas in there and how lovely that this ficitonalised account features the Gainsborough's real-life daughters on the cover!
#booksky #historicalfiction+ #historicalfiction
Nothing quite like the wind in your ears #dogsky #happyplace
June 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Nothing quite like the wind in your ears #dogsky #happyplace
Just finished The Painter's Daughters - one of those books that leaves you spoilt for the next read.
Does that happen to you? What was the last book you read that made it difficult to move on? #booksky #historicalfiction+
Does that happen to you? What was the last book you read that made it difficult to move on? #booksky #historicalfiction+
June 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just finished The Painter's Daughters - one of those books that leaves you spoilt for the next read.
Does that happen to you? What was the last book you read that made it difficult to move on? #booksky #historicalfiction+
Does that happen to you? What was the last book you read that made it difficult to move on? #booksky #historicalfiction+
Just finished The Pigeon...(see my Booksta for the review - no spoilers - the language was just breathtaking). And I think this is one of my favourite covers of all time. It really speaks to me.
Do share your favourite covers...
#booksky #bookchat #readers #bookcommunity
Do share your favourite covers...
#booksky #bookchat #readers #bookcommunity
June 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just finished The Pigeon...(see my Booksta for the review - no spoilers - the language was just breathtaking). And I think this is one of my favourite covers of all time. It really speaks to me.
Do share your favourite covers...
#booksky #bookchat #readers #bookcommunity
Do share your favourite covers...
#booksky #bookchat #readers #bookcommunity
A romp of a read with an old school country house, locked doors, tight lipped aristocrats...oh, and murders! For the full review see my Insta. #booksky
June 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A romp of a read with an old school country house, locked doors, tight lipped aristocrats...oh, and murders! For the full review see my Insta. #booksky