Jill's Book Cafe
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A 60+ Yorkshire lass exiled in Cheshire. Ex librarian, bibliophile, book blogger & breast cancer thriver. Sorry unable to handle review requests. Blogs at jillsbookcafe.blog
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Five on Friday with Susan Buchanan @Susan_Buchanan #FiveonFriday
Today I’m delighted to feature author Susan Buchanan who writes romantic comedy, contemporary romance and women’s fiction, usually featuring travel, food, family, friendship, community – also…
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Five on Friday with Susan Buchanan @Susan_Buchanan #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/09/f...
30 Day Book Challenge - Day 6 - A Book You Couldn't Finish #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/11/06/3...
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 6 – A Book You Couldn’t Finish #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 6 – A book you couldn’t finish I loved the audiobook of You and Me on Vacation, and …
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November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
30 Day Book Challenge - Day 6 - A Book You Couldn't Finish #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/11/06/3...
The month that was... October 2025 josbookblog.co.uk/2025/11/04/t...
The month that was… October 2025
October started with a visit to Ilkley for their annual literature festival. I’m a huge fan of Ilkley and need little excuse to visit. I did get a little carried away this year and, not conte…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The month that was... October 2025 josbookblog.co.uk/2025/11/04/t...
99p Kindle Festive Reads for November jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/11/03/n...
99p Kindle Festive Reads for November
As already highlighted in my previous post, there’s a change in format over my previous year’s Festive Reading list/s. However, there’s still plenty of titles to choose from. Plus…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
99p Kindle Festive Reads for November jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/11/03/n...
30 Day Book Challenge Days 1, 2 & 3 #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/11/03/3...
30 Day Book Challenge Days 1, 2 & 3 #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
I do love a book challenge, so when I saw this on BlueSky the other day I joined in. However I’ve now decided to post here instead, and as I’m bit behind here are books 1, 2, an…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
30 Day Book Challenge Days 1, 2 & 3 #30DayBookChallenge #November2025 #BookRecommendations #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/11/03/3...
Publication Day Giveaway for Murders at the Black Abbey Towers by Gina Kirkham @GinaGeeJay #Giveaway jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/10/28/p...
Publication Day Giveaway for Murders at the Black Abbey Towers by Gina Kirkham @GinaGeeJay #Giveaway
Today marks the official publication day for Murders at the Black Abbey Towers by Gina Kirkham. I say official, because it seems that Amazon jumped the gun with the paperback and that’s alrea…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Publication Day Giveaway for Murders at the Black Abbey Towers by Gina Kirkham @GinaGeeJay #Giveaway jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/10/28/p...
Five on Friday with Carla Malden jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/09/26/f...
Five on Friday with Carla Malden
Today I’m delighted to feature author Carla Malden whose latest book Playback was published in August. It’s a second-chance story about Mari, who goes back in time to revisit the summer…
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September 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Five on Friday with Carla Malden jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/09/26/f...
Five on Friday with Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/22/f...
Five on Friday with Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks #FiveonFriday
Today I’m delighted to feature author Jenni Keer. I had the pleasure of meeting Jenni at the recent Love Stories etc festival in Manchester and she is as open and lovely as her replies sugges…
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August 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Five on Friday with Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/22/f...
WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2025 lindasbookbag.com/2025/08/20/w...
WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2025
Last year it was my absolute pleasure to attend the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize awards in London where I had the most fabulous evening. My huge thanks to Charlotte Maddox for inviti…
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August 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2025 lindasbookbag.com/2025/08/20/w...
WWW Wednesdays! – 20/08/25 #BookSky #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/20/w...
WWW Wednesdays! – 20/08/25 #BookSky #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog
Welcome to WWW Wednesdays! hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem…
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August 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
WWW Wednesdays! – 20/08/25 #BookSky #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/20/w...
Wear the hat, ride the cowboy : saddle up for some cowboy romance. #RespectRomFic jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/20/w...
Wear the hat, ride the cowboy : saddle up for some cowboy romance. #RespectRomFic
I expect most cowboy romance lovers out there, will be familiar with the epithet in the title. It was referenced by Elsie Silver in her popular romance, Flawless. As the quote goes, “What the hell …
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August 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Wear the hat, ride the cowboy : saddle up for some cowboy romance. #RespectRomFic jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/20/w...
WWW Wednesdays! – 13/08/25 #BookSky #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/13/w...
WWW Wednesdays! – 13/08/25 #BookSky #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog
Welcome to WWW Wednesdays! hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem…
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August 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
WWW Wednesdays! – 13/08/25 #BookSky #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/13/w...
#20Booksofsummer25 - Book 17/20 - #AudiobookReview - Killing Time by Jodi Taylor #KillingTime #TheTimePolice #TeamWeird #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/14/2...
#20Booksofsummer25 – Book 17/20 – #AudiobookReview – Killing Time by Jodi Taylor #KillingTime #TheTimePolice #TeamWeird #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
Synopsis: “From the best-selling author of The Chronicles of St Mary’s. A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night. Not the ideal place to be trapped with an old enemy or at logge…
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August 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#20Booksofsummer25 - Book 17/20 - #AudiobookReview - Killing Time by Jodi Taylor #KillingTime #TheTimePolice #TeamWeird #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/14/2...
Top Ten Tuesday - 12/08/25 - Books That Might Put an Help To End to Your Book Slump - #BookList #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/12/t...
Top Ten Tuesday – 12/08/25 – Books That Might Put an Help To End to Your Book Slump – #BookList #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to…
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August 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Top Ten Tuesday - 12/08/25 - Books That Might Put an Help To End to Your Book Slump - #BookList #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/12/t...
#20BooksofSummer25 - BookReview 16/20 - #BookReview - A Week to Remember by Ruth O'Leary #AWeekToRemember #ContemporaryFiction #FeelGoodFiction #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/11/2...
#20BooksofSummer25 – BookReview 16/20 – #BookReview – A Week to Remember by Ruth O’Leary #AWeekToRemember #ContemporaryFiction #FeelGoodFiction #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog
Synopsis: “When Strangers Collide, Lives Are Forever Altered. Paula has an anxiety attack at her 60th birthday party and realises that her life must change. While her friends are settling i…
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August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#20BooksofSummer25 - BookReview 16/20 - #BookReview - A Week to Remember by Ruth O'Leary #AWeekToRemember #ContemporaryFiction #FeelGoodFiction #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/11/2...
Five on Friday with Milly Johnson @millyjohnson jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/08/f...
Five on Friday with Milly Johnson @millyjohnson
Today I’m delighted and also honoured, to feature one of my favourite authors Milly Johnson. Milly has long been on my list of authors to meet but it never happened, until this year, when it …
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August 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Five on Friday with Milly Johnson @millyjohnson jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/08/f...
The Villa Next Door by Beverley Harvey featuring an author Q&A @BevHarvey jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/07/28/t...
The Villa Next Door by Beverley Harvey featuring an author Q&A @BevHarvey
Today I’m delighted to welcome Beverley Harvey to talk about her latest novel, The Villa Next Door, a twisty thriller set on the island of Menorca. For anyone who hasn’t read Beverley&#…
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July 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Villa Next Door by Beverley Harvey featuring an author Q&A @BevHarvey jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/07/28/t...
Five on Friday with Kirsten Mickelwait #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/30/f...
Five on Friday with Kirsten Mickelwait #FiveonFriday
Today I’m delighted to feature Kirsten Mickelwait, who is a professional copywriter and editor by day and a writer of fiction/creative nonfiction by night. Her latest novel The Ashtrays Are F…
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May 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Five on Friday with Kirsten Mickelwait #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/30/f...
Five on Friday with Tegan Phillips @HeraBooks @canelo_co #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/23/f...
May 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Five on Friday with Tegan Phillips @HeraBooks @canelo_co #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/23/f...
Five on Friday with Deborah Lawrenson @deb_lawrenson #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/16/f...
May 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Five on Friday with Deborah Lawrenson @deb_lawrenson #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/16/f...
A selection of this week's new fiction titles to 18th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/12/a...
A selection of this week’s new fiction titles to 18th May
My pick of new paperback and hardback fiction sourced from The Bookseller.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A selection of this week's new fiction titles to 18th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/12/a...
Balancing the Books to 9th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/10/b...
Balancing the Books to 9th May
Books Added Books Read (NB This post features Affiliate links from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases)
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May 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Balancing the Books to 9th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/10/b...
#Review: Murder at the Ponte Vecchio by T A Williams @tawilliamsbooks @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #blogtour #newrelease #BoldwoodBloggers #cosycrime #ArmstrongandOscar #MurderatthePonteVecchio beinganne.com/2025/05/revi...
#Review: Murder at the Ponte Vecchio by T A Williams @tawilliamsbooks @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #blogtour #newrelease #BoldwoodBloggers #cosycrime #ArmstrongandOscar #MurderatthePonteVecchio
I’m delighted today to be joining the blog tour for Murder at the Ponte Vecchio by T A Williams, and sharing my review – the eleventh (can you believe it?) in the quite wonderful Armstrong an…
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May 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#Review: Murder at the Ponte Vecchio by T A Williams @tawilliamsbooks @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #blogtour #newrelease #BoldwoodBloggers #cosycrime #ArmstrongandOscar #MurderatthePonteVecchio beinganne.com/2025/05/revi...
First Line Friday 9th May 2025: Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane | #FirstLineFriday #romcom | @MhairiMcF @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFiction portobellobookblog.com/2025/05/09/f...
First Line Friday 9th May 2025: Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane | #FirstLineFriday #romcom | @MhairiMcF @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFiction
I’m cheating very slightly this week as I’m nearly finished my current read Sipsworth (might even be finished by the time this goes out). So I’m sharing the first lines of the boo…
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May 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
First Line Friday 9th May 2025: Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane | #FirstLineFriday #romcom | @MhairiMcF @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFiction portobellobookblog.com/2025/05/09/f...
#BookReview – The Life Impossible by Matt Haig #TheLifeImpossible #MagicRealism #BookSky #Paranormal #ContemporaryFiction #LibraryBook #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/05/09/b...
#BookReview – The Life Impossible by Matt Haig #TheLifeImpossible #MagicRealism #BookSky #Paranormal #ContemporaryFiction #LibraryBook #SecretLibraryBookBlog
Synopsis: “The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold world wide Grace Winters is a wid…
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May 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#BookReview – The Life Impossible by Matt Haig #TheLifeImpossible #MagicRealism #BookSky #Paranormal #ContemporaryFiction #LibraryBook #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/05/09/b...
#BookReview of #Gabriële by Anne Berest and Claire Berest | @EuropaEdUK www.swirlandthread.com/gabriele-ann...
#BookReview of #Gabriële by Anne Berest and Claire Berest | @EuropaEdUK - Swirl and Thread
Gabriële is the remarkable new novel from author of The Postcard, Anne Berest, & her sister, the acclaimed novelist Claire Berest
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May 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#BookReview of #Gabriële by Anne Berest and Claire Berest | @EuropaEdUK www.swirlandthread.com/gabriele-ann...