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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 13h

You mean you don’t have all your books downloaded on your kindle just waiting for you?

#booksky #goodreads

Photo of a post by Goodreads that reads the following:

POV: leaving the house

Brain: but what if you finish all 12 books on your kindle?

Me: *downloads 17 more*

Brain: *sighs in relief*

Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 3d

A cracking premise that didn’t really deliver for me. Normally a huge fan of YA, this one might be in the younger end of YA for me (or maybe I’m just getting old 😩)

#booksky #thechangingman #tomioyemakinde

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 4d

🎧The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

An oldie from Picoult’s back catalogue, here she explores forgiveness - both for others and yourself. Some sections were hard to listen to.

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/4oDsP40

#booksky #thestoryteller #jodipicoult

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 5d

🎧The Sunshine Man - Emma Stonex
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

An engaging thriller that’s crafted around childhood trauma and societal issues, and of course the central issue of revenge.

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/4qOdWOr

#booksky #thesunshineman #emmastonex

Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 6d

📚The Eyes of Gaza
- Plestia Alaqad ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Israel gaslights - it acts like you’re a hysterical woman, when, really, it’s just a toxic man, flipping the table on you and telling you you’re wrong to ever question it”.

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/4htSk5v

#booksky #theyesofgaza #plestiaalaqad

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 9d

🎧📚Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
- Grady Hendrix ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My third read by Hendrix, and what a belter it was.

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/4nhUpmh

#booksky #gradyhendrix #witchcraftforwaywardgirls

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 14d

Jumped straight into this one after book 1. Wasn’t as pulled into this one as book 1, but this one certainly was darker and had a particular moment that really sucked punched me.

#booksky #deadhappy #joshsilver

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 14d

💭📚The Naked Light - Bridget Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m a huge fan of her earlier books. They have a sense of magic, wonder & romance that transcends gender.
This appealed, but I struggled to connect with the story & characters.
Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/48yH6u4

#booksky #thenakedlight #bridgetcollins #adpr

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 20d

Absolutely loved this one. It was dark, sad, traumatic and even funny in parts. I immediately went into book 2!

#booksky #joshsilver #happyhead

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 20d

I liked the premise of sensing people’s needs, but it didn’t really follow through enough and I did struggle with this one

#booksky #needylittlethings #channeldesamours

Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 20d

I really enjoyed this foray into the world of Victorian “freaks”, found family and finding your own identity.

#booksky #circusofwonders #elizabethmacneal

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 20d

Hey, did you know, when you order a book from Bert's Books, Bert points get credited to your account.

Which you can then use to get money off your next order!

Why not pop on and order yourself a treat?

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 21d

🎧📚 Pachinko - Min Jin Lee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As you’d expect with a multi-generational story, this covers a lot of themes and topics - so reader beware before you go into it. This one didn’t really hit me as much as I thought it would.

My review ⬇️
bit.ly/3VYZOUj

#booksky #pachinko #minjinlee

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 25d

And that’s September over with. I’m a bit late posting this, but here’s what I read;

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hate U Give
The Killer Question
The Maid’s Secret

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Beautiful Lie
Cruel is the Light
The School for Good Mothers

⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Last Witch 💭 (review copy #prproduct)

#booksky #september #wrapup

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · 28d

📚Spark of the Everflame - Penn Cole
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed this one. Whilst a bit slow in parts (I’m looking at you, the parts with Henri in them), Diem is snarky and doesn’t take no cr@p.

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/42tBZYd

#booksky #penncole #sparkoftheeverflame

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Oct 1

Blimey. There were a few!! Walking away from John. And how much Gran loved Maggie, how Maggie got her name. But I think it’s was mostly about much Gran loved Molly 🥹 This series will definitely stay with me

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 30

Ah Molly. What a journey these last 3 and a half books have been. You’ve really worked your way into my heart. And I’m not going to lie, your latest offering really had me tearing up as more of your gran’s backstory is revealed.

#booksky #themaidssecret #nitaprose

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 29

REVIEW: 🎧📚 Infinity Gate - MR Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is epic in scale and I’ll admit, it did feel a little long in parts. This is recommended if you’re after a multiverse book!

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/4710qyP

#booksky #mrcarey #infinitygate #scifi

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 28

🎧📚 The New Age of Sexism - Laura Bates ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you’ve ever had concerns or doubts about the perils of AI, even before you dig deeper into the misogyny and sexism behind it, read this book.

Read my review ⬇️
bit.ly/4gIrbv7

#booksky #laurabates #thenewageofsexism

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Sep 26

Hey Bluepals.

Today I launched a Crowdfunder with the amazing @gracequantock.bsky.social

The aim is to get Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness" into health centres across the UK.

Please share / support this. I'd really appreciate this.

Ta.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...

The front cover of Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness".

Here's a picture of Grace with her very ace medical alert and response assistance dog Wilfie. Grace is holding a pile of her books.

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 28

All mistakes are a learning experience. Good luck!!!

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 27

Janice Hallett has done it again. I absolutely loved this! It had me hooked right from the start. I honestly don’t know how Hallett comes up with these stories - they’re so unique and ingenious and she definitely knows how to reel you in.

#booksky #thekillerquestion #janicehallett

Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 24

Inspired by real events, you can see the extent of Cooke’s research into this and not an easy read. But I struggled with this one. Hope you get on better with it.

#booksky #thelastwitch #cjcooke #adpr

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Nicky Maunder 🇬🇧 (she/her) @nickymaund.bsky.social · Sep 24

This one had me RAGING at the injustice and unfairness and heartbreak.

#booksky #theschoolforgoodmothers #jassaminechan

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Sep 22

This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)

a small brown dog leaps up from behind a pile of crunchy brown leaves. her eyes and mouth are open wide, and her big floppy ears are extended out like wings to either side.

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