Stu Cummins
@thestucumminsreads.bsky.social
Winner Author’s Blogger of the Year 2023 - #UBBAs / “Book hoover legend” - Erin Kelly / “Book tart” - Clare Mackintosh / Let’s talk about books,baby!📚
Continued the girls’ film education with GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES 💁🏼♀️ Both of them have names inspired by golden age Hollywood stars, so it’s really special sharing classic movies with them 🥰
(They were also ecstatic over the WICKED FOR GOOD poster 💚🩷)
#dadlife
(They were also ecstatic over the WICKED FOR GOOD poster 💚🩷)
#dadlife
August 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Continued the girls’ film education with GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES 💁🏼♀️ Both of them have names inspired by golden age Hollywood stars, so it’s really special sharing classic movies with them 🥰
(They were also ecstatic over the WICKED FOR GOOD poster 💚🩷)
#dadlife
(They were also ecstatic over the WICKED FOR GOOD poster 💚🩷)
#dadlife
Such an honour to be interviewed for BBC Upload on last night’s show!
You can listen back here if you’re interested 😆 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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You can listen back here if you’re interested 😆 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Such an honour to be interviewed for BBC Upload on last night’s show!
You can listen back here if you’re interested 😆 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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You can listen back here if you’re interested 😆 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I finished #WhatHappensInTheDark by @kiaabdullah.bsky.social last night & immediately had to shout about it.It absolutely blew my mind! Kia’s an incredible writer & this is her best yet…
Check out my rambling, gushy review & just know that you NEED this book! 💙📚
🔗 www.instagram.com/reel/DJ-SlNw...
Check out my rambling, gushy review & just know that you NEED this book! 💙📚
🔗 www.instagram.com/reel/DJ-SlNw...
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I finished #WhatHappensInTheDark by @kiaabdullah.bsky.social last night & immediately had to shout about it.It absolutely blew my mind! Kia’s an incredible writer & this is her best yet…
Check out my rambling, gushy review & just know that you NEED this book! 💙📚
🔗 www.instagram.com/reel/DJ-SlNw...
Check out my rambling, gushy review & just know that you NEED this book! 💙📚
🔗 www.instagram.com/reel/DJ-SlNw...
Bank Holiday Monday…
Extra reading time 🙌🙌📚📚
What are you reading today??
I’m reading WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK by @kiaabdullah.bsky.social (brilliant so far!) and have SUN TRAP by @rachelwolfauthor.bsky.social on audio (totally hooked on it!)
Have a great day all 📚💙
Extra reading time 🙌🙌📚📚
What are you reading today??
I’m reading WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK by @kiaabdullah.bsky.social (brilliant so far!) and have SUN TRAP by @rachelwolfauthor.bsky.social on audio (totally hooked on it!)
Have a great day all 📚💙
May 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Bank Holiday Monday…
Extra reading time 🙌🙌📚📚
What are you reading today??
I’m reading WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK by @kiaabdullah.bsky.social (brilliant so far!) and have SUN TRAP by @rachelwolfauthor.bsky.social on audio (totally hooked on it!)
Have a great day all 📚💙
Extra reading time 🙌🙌📚📚
What are you reading today??
I’m reading WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK by @kiaabdullah.bsky.social (brilliant so far!) and have SUN TRAP by @rachelwolfauthor.bsky.social on audio (totally hooked on it!)
Have a great day all 📚💙
Brilliant time listening to the fascinating Chris Whitaker last night. What an incredible life! A really inspiring gent.
Thank you Chris, @orionbooks.bsky.social & @waterstones.bsky.social for an amazing evening 😄 💙📚
#AllTheColoursOfTheDark
Thank you Chris, @orionbooks.bsky.social & @waterstones.bsky.social for an amazing evening 😄 💙📚
#AllTheColoursOfTheDark
April 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Brilliant time listening to the fascinating Chris Whitaker last night. What an incredible life! A really inspiring gent.
Thank you Chris, @orionbooks.bsky.social & @waterstones.bsky.social for an amazing evening 😄 💙📚
#AllTheColoursOfTheDark
Thank you Chris, @orionbooks.bsky.social & @waterstones.bsky.social for an amazing evening 😄 💙📚
#AllTheColoursOfTheDark
April 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
January 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My Audible reading round up for 2024 came through!
Please let 2025 be the year the debates around whether audio is reading stop 🙏
Do you like audio? I’m proud of these stats 😄
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Please let 2025 be the year the debates around whether audio is reading stop 🙏
Do you like audio? I’m proud of these stats 😄
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January 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My Audible reading round up for 2024 came through!
Please let 2025 be the year the debates around whether audio is reading stop 🙏
Do you like audio? I’m proud of these stats 😄
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Please let 2025 be the year the debates around whether audio is reading stop 🙏
Do you like audio? I’m proud of these stats 😄
📚💙
January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The last of my festive crime #bookreviews are up over on my Instagram.
Putting the decorations away. Why is it such an awful job?? Immediately makes me feel blue 😩
Anyway…these two were fantastic reads! 📚💙
Instagram.com/thestucumminsreads
Putting the decorations away. Why is it such an awful job?? Immediately makes me feel blue 😩
Anyway…these two were fantastic reads! 📚💙
Instagram.com/thestucumminsreads
January 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The last of my festive crime #bookreviews are up over on my Instagram.
Putting the decorations away. Why is it such an awful job?? Immediately makes me feel blue 😩
Anyway…these two were fantastic reads! 📚💙
Instagram.com/thestucumminsreads
Putting the decorations away. Why is it such an awful job?? Immediately makes me feel blue 😩
Anyway…these two were fantastic reads! 📚💙
Instagram.com/thestucumminsreads
Shared my must read 2024 thrillers and the books that hit me the hardest in 2024…
I had such a great reading year - 153 books read (my most ever!). My love of audio was cemented and really helped me reach this total, as I am almost always consuming a book😂
Here’s to a fantastically bookish 2025 💙📚
I had such a great reading year - 153 books read (my most ever!). My love of audio was cemented and really helped me reach this total, as I am almost always consuming a book😂
Here’s to a fantastically bookish 2025 💙📚
January 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Shared my must read 2024 thrillers and the books that hit me the hardest in 2024…
I had such a great reading year - 153 books read (my most ever!). My love of audio was cemented and really helped me reach this total, as I am almost always consuming a book😂
Here’s to a fantastically bookish 2025 💙📚
I had such a great reading year - 153 books read (my most ever!). My love of audio was cemented and really helped me reach this total, as I am almost always consuming a book😂
Here’s to a fantastically bookish 2025 💙📚
T-minus 112 days until Easter…
Tesco:
Tesco:
December 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
T-minus 112 days until Easter…
Tesco:
Tesco:
December 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
OMG!!! @holly.bsky.social’s
#59Minutes is a bonafide masterpiece of suspense,humanity & raw emotion.I’ve cried (3rd book ever!),bitten my nails to the quick,felt EVERY SINGLE EMOTION. Wish I could put this into all of your hands right now. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!!
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#59Minutes is a bonafide masterpiece of suspense,humanity & raw emotion.I’ve cried (3rd book ever!),bitten my nails to the quick,felt EVERY SINGLE EMOTION. Wish I could put this into all of your hands right now. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!!
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December 14, 2024 at 3:32 AM
OMG!!! @holly.bsky.social’s
#59Minutes is a bonafide masterpiece of suspense,humanity & raw emotion.I’ve cried (3rd book ever!),bitten my nails to the quick,felt EVERY SINGLE EMOTION. Wish I could put this into all of your hands right now. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!!
🤯🤯🤯
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#59Minutes is a bonafide masterpiece of suspense,humanity & raw emotion.I’ve cried (3rd book ever!),bitten my nails to the quick,felt EVERY SINGLE EMOTION. Wish I could put this into all of your hands right now. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!!
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Wild eyes. Wild hair. Wild love for this book!
Finished Anna Bailey’s #OurLastWildDays & absolutely in awe of its topical savagery & utterly beautiful sense of hope.
Another masterpiece😍
Out April 2025.Pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97808...
Thank you @alisonbarrow.bsky.social & Doubleday 💙📚
Finished Anna Bailey’s #OurLastWildDays & absolutely in awe of its topical savagery & utterly beautiful sense of hope.
Another masterpiece😍
Out April 2025.Pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97808...
Thank you @alisonbarrow.bsky.social & Doubleday 💙📚
December 7, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Wild eyes. Wild hair. Wild love for this book!
Finished Anna Bailey’s #OurLastWildDays & absolutely in awe of its topical savagery & utterly beautiful sense of hope.
Another masterpiece😍
Out April 2025.Pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97808...
Thank you @alisonbarrow.bsky.social & Doubleday 💙📚
Finished Anna Bailey’s #OurLastWildDays & absolutely in awe of its topical savagery & utterly beautiful sense of hope.
Another masterpiece😍
Out April 2025.Pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97808...
Thank you @alisonbarrow.bsky.social & Doubleday 💙📚
🎄CHRISTMAS CAN OFFICIALLY BEGIN!!🎄
We’ve seen the wonderful Suzanne and Tracy of @singing_hands perform the Christmas classics and @davebensonphill has unleashed his turkey legs 🍗🍗🤣
That can only mean one thing: CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY HERE!!!
Thank you, you lovely, incredible bunch! ❤️❤️
#dadlife
We’ve seen the wonderful Suzanne and Tracy of @singing_hands perform the Christmas classics and @davebensonphill has unleashed his turkey legs 🍗🍗🤣
That can only mean one thing: CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY HERE!!!
Thank you, you lovely, incredible bunch! ❤️❤️
#dadlife
December 1, 2024 at 11:18 PM
🎄CHRISTMAS CAN OFFICIALLY BEGIN!!🎄
We’ve seen the wonderful Suzanne and Tracy of @singing_hands perform the Christmas classics and @davebensonphill has unleashed his turkey legs 🍗🍗🤣
That can only mean one thing: CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY HERE!!!
Thank you, you lovely, incredible bunch! ❤️❤️
#dadlife
We’ve seen the wonderful Suzanne and Tracy of @singing_hands perform the Christmas classics and @davebensonphill has unleashed his turkey legs 🍗🍗🤣
That can only mean one thing: CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY HERE!!!
Thank you, you lovely, incredible bunch! ❤️❤️
#dadlife
To kick things off, mine would be this ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Redemption by @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social
The tension and emotion 🤯🤯
#Redemption by @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social
The tension and emotion 🤯🤯
November 24, 2024 at 9:38 PM
To kick things off, mine would be this ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Redemption by @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social
The tension and emotion 🤯🤯
#Redemption by @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social
The tension and emotion 🤯🤯
PSA:
Did you know that you can read the first TWO chapters of @lisajewelluk’s next thriller #DontLetHimIn, if you pick up this new reissue of #TheTruthAboutMelodyBrowne!?
Means you get a taste 8 MONTHS before publication 😱 & enjoy one of Lisa’s classics 😉
You’re welcome😜 💙📚
Did you know that you can read the first TWO chapters of @lisajewelluk’s next thriller #DontLetHimIn, if you pick up this new reissue of #TheTruthAboutMelodyBrowne!?
Means you get a taste 8 MONTHS before publication 😱 & enjoy one of Lisa’s classics 😉
You’re welcome😜 💙📚
November 23, 2024 at 9:07 PM
PSA:
Did you know that you can read the first TWO chapters of @lisajewelluk’s next thriller #DontLetHimIn, if you pick up this new reissue of #TheTruthAboutMelodyBrowne!?
Means you get a taste 8 MONTHS before publication 😱 & enjoy one of Lisa’s classics 😉
You’re welcome😜 💙📚
Did you know that you can read the first TWO chapters of @lisajewelluk’s next thriller #DontLetHimIn, if you pick up this new reissue of #TheTruthAboutMelodyBrowne!?
Means you get a taste 8 MONTHS before publication 😱 & enjoy one of Lisa’s classics 😉
You’re welcome😜 💙📚
One thing I love about the bookstagram community is our ability to turn topical pop culture of any kind into a book stack 😉
So in celebration of the #wicked movie release, here is my pink and green stack!
Will you be watching the film?
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So in celebration of the #wicked movie release, here is my pink and green stack!
Will you be watching the film?
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November 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
One thing I love about the bookstagram community is our ability to turn topical pop culture of any kind into a book stack 😉
So in celebration of the #wicked movie release, here is my pink and green stack!
Will you be watching the film?
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So in celebration of the #wicked movie release, here is my pink and green stack!
Will you be watching the film?
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Morning #booksky 👋 💙📚
Have you been taking part in #ReadChristie2024 ??
My review for November’s pick, #ThirdGirl is up on my Instagram
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www.instagram.com/p/DCn9QOLg55...
Have you been taking part in #ReadChristie2024 ??
My review for November’s pick, #ThirdGirl is up on my Instagram
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www.instagram.com/p/DCn9QOLg55...
November 21, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Morning #booksky 👋 💙📚
Have you been taking part in #ReadChristie2024 ??
My review for November’s pick, #ThirdGirl is up on my Instagram
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www.instagram.com/p/DCn9QOLg55...
Have you been taking part in #ReadChristie2024 ??
My review for November’s pick, #ThirdGirl is up on my Instagram
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www.instagram.com/p/DCn9QOLg55...
This…but with grown up crime fiction short stories.
That’s all I want for (the run up to) Christmas…
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That’s all I want for (the run up to) Christmas…
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November 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM
This…but with grown up crime fiction short stories.
That’s all I want for (the run up to) Christmas…
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That’s all I want for (the run up to) Christmas…
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Girls are at ballet, so I’m enjoying some more of OUR LAST WILD DAYS by Anna Bailey. What Sundays are for!
What are you reading today? 📚💙
What are you reading today? 📚💙
November 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Girls are at ballet, so I’m enjoying some more of OUR LAST WILD DAYS by Anna Bailey. What Sundays are for!
What are you reading today? 📚💙
What are you reading today? 📚💙
Hi 👋 everyone!
Thanks so much to all those who have followed me over the last couple of days.Welcome!Thought I’d introduce myself…
I’m Stu, an avid crime/thriller reader & blogger.Some of my favourite authors are Lisa Jewell, Louise Candlish, Will Dean, Jack Jordan, CL Taylor.
Who are your faves?
Thanks so much to all those who have followed me over the last couple of days.Welcome!Thought I’d introduce myself…
I’m Stu, an avid crime/thriller reader & blogger.Some of my favourite authors are Lisa Jewell, Louise Candlish, Will Dean, Jack Jordan, CL Taylor.
Who are your faves?
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Hi 👋 everyone!
Thanks so much to all those who have followed me over the last couple of days.Welcome!Thought I’d introduce myself…
I’m Stu, an avid crime/thriller reader & blogger.Some of my favourite authors are Lisa Jewell, Louise Candlish, Will Dean, Jack Jordan, CL Taylor.
Who are your faves?
Thanks so much to all those who have followed me over the last couple of days.Welcome!Thought I’d introduce myself…
I’m Stu, an avid crime/thriller reader & blogger.Some of my favourite authors are Lisa Jewell, Louise Candlish, Will Dean, Jack Jordan, CL Taylor.
Who are your faves?
WOW! I’ve been terrible here, BUT I just finished @claremackwrites.bsky.social OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES and it is PHENOMENAL!!! I loved it…Ffion & Leo have my ❤️
Full review to follow, but do yourself a favour and pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97814...
Full review to follow, but do yourself a favour and pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97814...
November 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM
WOW! I’ve been terrible here, BUT I just finished @claremackwrites.bsky.social OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES and it is PHENOMENAL!!! I loved it…Ffion & Leo have my ❤️
Full review to follow, but do yourself a favour and pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97814...
Full review to follow, but do yourself a favour and pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/a/8657/97814...
FINISHED!!
What an absolute powerhouse of a novel - thought-provoking, challenging and painfully timely.
Araminta Hall’s #OneOfTheGoodGuys is an absolute triumph & my full review will be up soon!
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What an absolute powerhouse of a novel - thought-provoking, challenging and painfully timely.
Araminta Hall’s #OneOfTheGoodGuys is an absolute triumph & my full review will be up soon!
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January 7, 2024 at 3:33 PM
FINISHED!!
What an absolute powerhouse of a novel - thought-provoking, challenging and painfully timely.
Araminta Hall’s #OneOfTheGoodGuys is an absolute triumph & my full review will be up soon!
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What an absolute powerhouse of a novel - thought-provoking, challenging and painfully timely.
Araminta Hall’s #OneOfTheGoodGuys is an absolute triumph & my full review will be up soon!
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