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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog
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Scottish #bookblogger, chatting about the #books I've loved. Nature watcher, keen cook, always on the go and love living by the sea! www.portobellobookblog.com
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 2h
King x jail was my top and surprisingly high score. Next was frap x prat and it was only 90.
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Saturdays at the Café from @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social (on a Sunday 😁) bluemoodcafe.com/2025/10/11/s...
Saturdays at the Café
Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/sched…
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Same score!
ClickWord.org Daily 981: 618 points (top 20% 🎊)
11 words:
⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟥🟥🟧🟨
💪 Best word: 212 points
🔥 Streak: 157 days 🦉

#ClickWord #ClickWordDaily981
ClickWord
Build words to score!
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The Monday Night Heartbreak Club by Jane Lovering | @janelovering @BoldwoodBooks @lovebookstours

Regular readers of the blog will know that I am a big fan of Jane Lovering's writing. In fact, her book How I Wonder What You Are was one of the first books I reviewed on the blog way back in April…
The Monday Night Heartbreak Club by Jane Lovering | @janelovering @BoldwoodBooks @lovebookstours
Regular readers of the blog will know that I am a big fan of Jane Lovering's writing. In fact, her book How I Wonder What You Are was one of the first books I reviewed on the blog way back in April 2015 and I don't think I've missed a single one of her books since! Having been dumped (again) by her boyfriend, Fee comes across a leaflet about a club for people who have been unlucky in love.
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 3h
Just could not think today!

🧩 Puzzle #810

🤔 18 guesses

⏱️ 2m 50s

🔗 alphaguess.com

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alphaguess: a word game
Guess the word of the day. Guesses reveal where the word is positioned alphabetically. Everyone plays the same word each day.
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 3h
Me neither! And quite similar pattern after round one.
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 3h
Strands #588
“Follow suit”
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I wasn't quite on the right track so took a while to find the last couple. Haven't heard of one!

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 4h
Blooming anagram again!

squareword.org 1350: 8 guesses

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🟨🟩🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16
#squareword #squareword1350

@barryhu
Squareword
A two-dimensional word game
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 4h
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Puzzle #854
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩

I so nearly went in another direction 😁

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 4h
Nope - not doing it. I could spend all day on puzzles then when would I have time to read 😄
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Rae Lori #author of The Beast’s Healer

I'm delighted to be joined by Rae Lori today, author of The Beast's Healer. The Beast's Healer was published in July and is available now for e-readers: full details below. Over to Rae to tell us more. Tell me THREE…
#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Rae Lori #author of The Beast’s Healer
I'm delighted to be joined by Rae Lori today, author of The Beast's Healer. The Beast's Healer was published in July and is available now for e-readers: full details below. Over to Rae to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your latest book The Beast’s Healer was inspired by a picture I saw online while scrolling through Pinterest and since I was still in the beauty and beast story mindset (after finishing the early stages of what would become&hellip;
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 23h
Oh I hadn't seen that possibility but I see it now. Well done on getting past the blips you two.

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 23h
Yes! Same here 😄

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
Brain is obviously engaged again. Well chuffed with this! Rank 47 for now.

ClickWord.org Daily 980: 745 points (top 5% 🏆)
12 words:
⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩
💪 Best word: 282 points
🔥 Streak: 156 days 🦉

#ClickWord #ClickWordDaily980
ClickWord
Build words to score!
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🧩 Puzzle #809

🤔 16 guesses

⏱️ 1m 33s

🔗 alphaguess.com
alphaguess: a word game
Guess the word of the day. Guesses reveal where the word is positioned alphabetically. Everyone plays the same word each day.
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
🙄
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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Rae Lori #author of The Beast’s Healer

I'm delighted to be joined by Rae Lori today, author of The Beast's Healer. The Beast's Healer was published in July and is available now for e-readers: full details below. Over to Rae to tell us more. Tell me THREE…
#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Rae Lori #author of The Beast’s Healer
I'm delighted to be joined by Rae Lori today, author of The Beast's Healer. The Beast's Healer was published in July and is available now for e-readers: full details below. Over to Rae to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your latest book The Beast’s Healer was inspired by a picture I saw online while scrolling through Pinterest and since I was still in the beauty and beast story mindset (after finishing the early stages of what would become&hellip;
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
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Puzzle #853
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Kind of worked them all out today although not entirely for purple and blue.

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
Strands #587
“That's branding”
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Took a wee while to figure out some of the words!

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
What's especially annoying is I put the same word in twice and it let me! 😆
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
My kind of cooking 😊

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
Note to self: don't do this after a night out! 😱

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squareword.org 1349: 11 guesses

🟧🟩🟧🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1349
Squareword
A two-dimensional word game
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
Oh I can understand that, it's memorable for sure!
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
This is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #FullCast @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #ThisIsASafeSpace bluemoodcafe.com/2025/10/10/t... via @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social
This is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #FullCast @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #ThisIsASafeSpace
the setup… Jenna has a thriving private therapy practice and is married to Colten, a man she loves and who loves her back. He’s never given her a reason to mistrust him but she brought trust baggag…
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 1d
Didn't notice making an error today but must have done!

I played squaredle.com 10/10:
64/64 words (+3 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 5% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 260

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Squaredle
Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!
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