Nicola Smith
@shortbookandscribes.uk
Nicola Smith-UK book blogger.
Reviews and other bookish stuff.
Just one person trying to read all the books.
Reviews and other bookish stuff.
Just one person trying to read all the books.
#BookReview - The Toll House by Carly Reagon
A very eerie and atmospheric story which sent chills down my spine.
@carlyreagon.bsky.social
#TheTollHouse
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A very eerie and atmospheric story which sent chills down my spine.
@carlyreagon.bsky.social
#TheTollHouse
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#BookReview - The Toll House by Carly Reagon
A very eerie and atmospheric story which sent chills down my spine.
@carlyreagon.bsky.social
#TheTollHouse
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A very eerie and atmospheric story which sent chills down my spine.
@carlyreagon.bsky.social
#TheTollHouse
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November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#BookReview - Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery
A witty and fun historical crime caper, the first in a new series.
@mossmontmomery.bsky.social
@vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
#MurderAtWorldsEnd
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A witty and fun historical crime caper, the first in a new series.
@mossmontmomery.bsky.social
@vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
#MurderAtWorldsEnd
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October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#BookReview - Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery
A witty and fun historical crime caper, the first in a new series.
@mossmontmomery.bsky.social
@vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
#MurderAtWorldsEnd
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A witty and fun historical crime caper, the first in a new series.
@mossmontmomery.bsky.social
@vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
#MurderAtWorldsEnd
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#BookReview - #WomenOfWar by @louisemorrish.bsky.social
A devastating and well-written story set during WWI about two amazing women, one who pretends to be a man so she can join up and one a doctor treating horrific injuries.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
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A devastating and well-written story set during WWI about two amazing women, one who pretends to be a man so she can join up and one a doctor treating horrific injuries.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#BookReview - #WomenOfWar by @louisemorrish.bsky.social
A devastating and well-written story set during WWI about two amazing women, one who pretends to be a man so she can join up and one a doctor treating horrific injuries.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
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A devastating and well-written story set during WWI about two amazing women, one who pretends to be a man so she can join up and one a doctor treating horrific injuries.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
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#BookReview - A Wedding for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin
A delightful addition to the series. I loved following the girls as they helped Lorna to plan her wedding.
@bookouture.bsky.social
#AWeddingForTheHomeFrontGirls
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A delightful addition to the series. I loved following the girls as they helped Lorna to plan her wedding.
@bookouture.bsky.social
#AWeddingForTheHomeFrontGirls
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October 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#BookReview - A Wedding for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin
A delightful addition to the series. I loved following the girls as they helped Lorna to plan her wedding.
@bookouture.bsky.social
#AWeddingForTheHomeFrontGirls
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A delightful addition to the series. I loved following the girls as they helped Lorna to plan her wedding.
@bookouture.bsky.social
#AWeddingForTheHomeFrontGirls
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Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson - the Book and the TV Adaptation
This is such a lovely story, full of nostalgia and music and set partly in Sheffield. A complex and moving tale of lost first love.
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#Mixtape
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This is such a lovely story, full of nostalgia and music and set partly in Sheffield. A complex and moving tale of lost first love.
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#Mixtape
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October 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson - the Book and the TV Adaptation
This is such a lovely story, full of nostalgia and music and set partly in Sheffield. A complex and moving tale of lost first love.
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#Mixtape
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This is such a lovely story, full of nostalgia and music and set partly in Sheffield. A complex and moving tale of lost first love.
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#Mixtape
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October 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#PublicationDay #BookReview - What the Wife knew by Lia Middleton
An exhilarating legal/psychological thriller, full of tension and mystery.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#WhatTheWifeKnew
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An exhilarating legal/psychological thriller, full of tension and mystery.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#WhatTheWifeKnew
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September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#PublicationDay #BookReview - What the Wife knew by Lia Middleton
An exhilarating legal/psychological thriller, full of tension and mystery.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#WhatTheWifeKnew
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An exhilarating legal/psychological thriller, full of tension and mystery.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#WhatTheWifeKnew
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#BookReview - Memorial Park by Louisa Scarr
The second book in the PC Lucy Halliday dog handling series is a compelling story of a missing child and a cold case.
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#MemorialPark
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The second book in the PC Lucy Halliday dog handling series is a compelling story of a missing child and a cold case.
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#MemorialPark
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September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#BookReview - Memorial Park by Louisa Scarr
The second book in the PC Lucy Halliday dog handling series is a compelling story of a missing child and a cold case.
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#MemorialPark
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The second book in the PC Lucy Halliday dog handling series is a compelling story of a missing child and a cold case.
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#MemorialPark
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#BookReview - 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon
This book put me right in the heart of a disaster scenario. What would you do if you only had 59 minutes left?
@orionbooks.bsky.social
#59Minutes
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This book put me right in the heart of a disaster scenario. What would you do if you only had 59 minutes left?
@orionbooks.bsky.social
#59Minutes
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September 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#BookReview - 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon
This book put me right in the heart of a disaster scenario. What would you do if you only had 59 minutes left?
@orionbooks.bsky.social
#59Minutes
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This book put me right in the heart of a disaster scenario. What would you do if you only had 59 minutes left?
@orionbooks.bsky.social
#59Minutes
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#BookReview - A New Home at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas
A delightful start to a new trilogy about three women in wartime Manchester.
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
#ANewHomeAtTheWartimeHotel
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A delightful start to a new trilogy about three women in wartime Manchester.
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
#ANewHomeAtTheWartimeHotel
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September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#BookReview - A New Home at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas
A delightful start to a new trilogy about three women in wartime Manchester.
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
#ANewHomeAtTheWartimeHotel
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A delightful start to a new trilogy about three women in wartime Manchester.
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
#ANewHomeAtTheWartimeHotel
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September 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#BookReview - Unsound by Heather Critchlow
A dark, tense and devastatingly moving story. I really love this series.
@h_critchlow
@CaneloCrime
#Unsound
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A dark, tense and devastatingly moving story. I really love this series.
@h_critchlow
@CaneloCrime
#Unsound
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September 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#BookReview - Unsound by Heather Critchlow
A dark, tense and devastatingly moving story. I really love this series.
@h_critchlow
@CaneloCrime
#Unsound
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A dark, tense and devastatingly moving story. I really love this series.
@h_critchlow
@CaneloCrime
#Unsound
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#BookReview- #TheLifeAndLovesOfBeccaValentine by
@laurapauthor.bsky.social
A unique concept, that your potential children spend their time watching over you, awaiting birth. An emotional book written with compassion & sensitivity
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
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@laurapauthor.bsky.social
A unique concept, that your potential children spend their time watching over you, awaiting birth. An emotional book written with compassion & sensitivity
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
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August 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#BookReview- #TheLifeAndLovesOfBeccaValentine by
@laurapauthor.bsky.social
A unique concept, that your potential children spend their time watching over you, awaiting birth. An emotional book written with compassion & sensitivity
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
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@laurapauthor.bsky.social
A unique concept, that your potential children spend their time watching over you, awaiting birth. An emotional book written with compassion & sensitivity
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
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#BookReview - Watching You by Helen Fields
This book has everything I want from a crime thriller. It raised my heart rate with excitement and then lowered it again with a satisfied 'aah'. I loved it.
@Helen_Fields
@AvonBooksUK
#WatchingYou
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This book has everything I want from a crime thriller. It raised my heart rate with excitement and then lowered it again with a satisfied 'aah'. I loved it.
@Helen_Fields
@AvonBooksUK
#WatchingYou
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August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#BookReview - Watching You by Helen Fields
This book has everything I want from a crime thriller. It raised my heart rate with excitement and then lowered it again with a satisfied 'aah'. I loved it.
@Helen_Fields
@AvonBooksUK
#WatchingYou
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This book has everything I want from a crime thriller. It raised my heart rate with excitement and then lowered it again with a satisfied 'aah'. I loved it.
@Helen_Fields
@AvonBooksUK
#WatchingYou
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#BookReview - The Hometown Bookshop by Jenna Warren
An ideal summer read with a bookshop/seaside setting. I absolutely loved it.
@bookcornershop.bsky.social
@fairlightbooks.bsky.social
#TheHometownBookshop
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An ideal summer read with a bookshop/seaside setting. I absolutely loved it.
@bookcornershop.bsky.social
@fairlightbooks.bsky.social
#TheHometownBookshop
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August 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#BookReview - The Hometown Bookshop by Jenna Warren
An ideal summer read with a bookshop/seaside setting. I absolutely loved it.
@bookcornershop.bsky.social
@fairlightbooks.bsky.social
#TheHometownBookshop
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An ideal summer read with a bookshop/seaside setting. I absolutely loved it.
@bookcornershop.bsky.social
@fairlightbooks.bsky.social
#TheHometownBookshop
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#BookReview - A Place in the Sun by Jo Thomas
A joy from start to finish with this author's winning blend of food and travel fiction transporting me to beautiful Tuscany.
@jothomaswrites.bsky.social
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#APlaceInTheSun
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A joy from start to finish with this author's winning blend of food and travel fiction transporting me to beautiful Tuscany.
@jothomaswrites.bsky.social
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#APlaceInTheSun
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August 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#BookReview - A Place in the Sun by Jo Thomas
A joy from start to finish with this author's winning blend of food and travel fiction transporting me to beautiful Tuscany.
@jothomaswrites.bsky.social
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#APlaceInTheSun
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A joy from start to finish with this author's winning blend of food and travel fiction transporting me to beautiful Tuscany.
@jothomaswrites.bsky.social
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
#APlaceInTheSun
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#BookReview - The Shell House Detectives by Emylia Hall
A lovely, warm mystery story set in a gorgeous Cornish setting.
#TheShellHouseDetectives
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A lovely, warm mystery story set in a gorgeous Cornish setting.
#TheShellHouseDetectives
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August 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#BookReview - The Shell House Detectives by Emylia Hall
A lovely, warm mystery story set in a gorgeous Cornish setting.
#TheShellHouseDetectives
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A lovely, warm mystery story set in a gorgeous Cornish setting.
#TheShellHouseDetectives
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#BookReview - Getting Away by Kate Sawyer
Easily one of my favourite books of this year, this emotional and nostalgic book follows one family through decades of their holidays.
@katesawyer.bsky.social
@zaffrebooks.bsky.social
#GettingAway
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Easily one of my favourite books of this year, this emotional and nostalgic book follows one family through decades of their holidays.
@katesawyer.bsky.social
@zaffrebooks.bsky.social
#GettingAway
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August 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#BookReview - Getting Away by Kate Sawyer
Easily one of my favourite books of this year, this emotional and nostalgic book follows one family through decades of their holidays.
@katesawyer.bsky.social
@zaffrebooks.bsky.social
#GettingAway
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Easily one of my favourite books of this year, this emotional and nostalgic book follows one family through decades of their holidays.
@katesawyer.bsky.social
@zaffrebooks.bsky.social
#GettingAway
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August 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#BookReview - 25 Library Terrace by Natalie Fergie
An engaging story following the inhabitants of one house through over one hundred years.
@emblabooks.bsky.social
#25LibraryTerrace
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An engaging story following the inhabitants of one house through over one hundred years.
@emblabooks.bsky.social
#25LibraryTerrace
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August 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#BookReview - 25 Library Terrace by Natalie Fergie
An engaging story following the inhabitants of one house through over one hundred years.
@emblabooks.bsky.social
#25LibraryTerrace
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An engaging story following the inhabitants of one house through over one hundred years.
@emblabooks.bsky.social
#25LibraryTerrace
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#BookReview - Dead as Gold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
A really enjoyable gothic crime novel set in a seaside town and intertwined with dark fairy tales.
@bedsqpublishers.bsky.social
#DeadAsGold
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A really enjoyable gothic crime novel set in a seaside town and intertwined with dark fairy tales.
@bedsqpublishers.bsky.social
#DeadAsGold
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July 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#BookReview - Dead as Gold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
A really enjoyable gothic crime novel set in a seaside town and intertwined with dark fairy tales.
@bedsqpublishers.bsky.social
#DeadAsGold
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A really enjoyable gothic crime novel set in a seaside town and intertwined with dark fairy tales.
@bedsqpublishers.bsky.social
#DeadAsGold
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Green #LastNowNext
📗Last📗
#DeadAsGold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
📗Now📗
#25LibraryTerrace by Natalie Fergie
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#TheHometownBookshop by Jenna Warren
#WatchingYou by Helen Fields
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#DeadAsGold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
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#25LibraryTerrace by Natalie Fergie
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#TheHometownBookshop by Jenna Warren
#WatchingYou by Helen Fields
July 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Green #LastNowNext
📗Last📗
#DeadAsGold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
📗Now📗
#25LibraryTerrace by Natalie Fergie
📗Next📗
#TheHometownBookshop by Jenna Warren
#WatchingYou by Helen Fields
📗Last📗
#DeadAsGold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
📗Now📗
#25LibraryTerrace by Natalie Fergie
📗Next📗
#TheHometownBookshop by Jenna Warren
#WatchingYou by Helen Fields
#BookReview - Six Poppies by Lisa Carter
A military love story which is emotional and moving yet also uplifting and enriching. I so enjoyed reading this lovely debut novel.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#SixPoppies
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A military love story which is emotional and moving yet also uplifting and enriching. I so enjoyed reading this lovely debut novel.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#SixPoppies
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July 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#BookReview - Six Poppies by Lisa Carter
A military love story which is emotional and moving yet also uplifting and enriching. I so enjoyed reading this lovely debut novel.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#SixPoppies
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A military love story which is emotional and moving yet also uplifting and enriching. I so enjoyed reading this lovely debut novel.
@michaeljbooks.bsky.social
#SixPoppies
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#BookReview - Watch Me Watch You by Lily Samson
A twisty story of power and seduction with morally grey characters. I loved it!
#WatchMeWatchYou
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A twisty story of power and seduction with morally grey characters. I loved it!
#WatchMeWatchYou
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July 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#BookReview - Watch Me Watch You by Lily Samson
A twisty story of power and seduction with morally grey characters. I loved it!
#WatchMeWatchYou
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A twisty story of power and seduction with morally grey characters. I loved it!
#WatchMeWatchYou
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