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Cathy J
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Gardener 🌱 | Avid reader | Historical fiction fan | Admirer of John Buchan | Book blogger always ready for the next chapter... 💙📚

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#6Degrees of Separation 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside' A book chain from Seascraper by Benjamin Wood to The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles #books #bookreviews #booksky
#6Degrees of Separation – A book chain from Seascraper to The French Lieutenant’s Woman
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book.
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John Buchan Fact of the Day (340/365) Buchan's brother Willie, born in 1880, won a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford before joining the Indian Civil Service. He died in 1912 while on leave in Glasgow of a streptococcal infection picked up in India #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #booksky 💙📚
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#6Degrees of Separation 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside' A book chain from Seascraper by Benjamin Wood to The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles #books #bookreviews #booksky
#6Degrees of Separation – A book chain from Seascraper to The French Lieutenant’s Woman
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (339/365) #FirstLinesFriday "Leithen's face had that sharp chiselling of the jaw and that compression of the lips which seem to follow upon high legal success." From 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' in The Runagates Club (1928) #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Welcome to my publication day stop on the @annerandomthings.bsky.social #BlogTour for the gripping #Blackwater by Sarah Sultoon - book three in the brilliant #JonnyMurphyFiles series.

Out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social 💙📚

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Blackwater (The Jonny Murphy Files Book Three) by Sarah Sultoon
Blackwater (The Jonny Murphy Files Book Three) by Sarah Sultoon. Published 4th December 2025 by Orenda Books. From the cover of the book: ...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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*NEW BLOG POST*

My review of #Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek is live on #damppebbles!

A rip-roaring, non-stop, highly entertaining psychological thriller from an author who always delivers. Clever & multi-layered.

Check out my review...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (338/365) In John Buchan: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction, Kate Macdonald argues, 'Infiltration of society is what really professional Buchan villains do best', citing Dominick Medina in The Three Hostages #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (337/365) William Buchan recalled his father's library included a 'broad-backed, plum-coloured, sumptuously bound' copy of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, specially commissioned by T. E. Lawrence and given to people he respected #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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WWW Wednesday 3rd December 2025: what am I reading and a big thank you! | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚

I'm starting off today with a big thank you! At some point yesterday, my blog hit 100,000 views for this year! As you can see from the image above, this is already…
WWW Wednesday 3rd December 2025: what am I reading and a big thank you! | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚
I'm starting off today with a big thank you! At some point yesterday, my blog hit 100,000 views for this year! As you can see from the image above, this is already 20% higher than last year's total and I am over the moon. I am also incredibly grateful to everyone who visits my blog whether they simply read my posts or like, comment or share.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview |

I'm a fairly recent convert to Lindsey Kelk's writing (I know, where have I been?!) and I hadn't actually read any of her Christmas books before. So I was pleased to have the chance to listen to the audiobook of her…
Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk | #festivefiction #romcom #audiobook #bookreview |
I'm a fairly recent convert to Lindsey Kelk's writing (I know, where have I been?!) and I hadn't actually read any of her Christmas books before. So I was pleased to have the chance to listen to the audiobook of her latest Christmas Fling. Thanks to Harper Audio for my audiobook review copy from Netgalley. Laura meets her new landlord Callum in a…
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December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Love #audiobooks? Have a listen to Aegolius Creek, a stunning, award-winning novel about a family in crisis, a small town under attack, and the little critter who caused it all.
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#newaudiobook #audiobookaddict #audiblebooks #Audible #newfiction #greatreads #fiction #whattoread
Aegolius Creek
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. "A gripping tale of family, legacy, and land rights in which a father fights for control over his Oregon homestead."—Maryka Biaggio, Award-winning author of...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's time for this to make its annual appearance 🎄 #booksky 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Top Ten Tuesday 2nd December: Ten Book group reads  | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚

This week's topic: Ten Book Group Reads This week we have a free choice of topics and I thought I'd share ten books I've read for my book group with you. I have a very…
Top Ten Tuesday 2nd December: Ten Book group reads  | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚
This week's topic: Ten Book Group Reads This week we have a free choice of topics and I thought I'd share ten books I've read for my book group with you. I have a very exclusive book group - there's just me and three of my friends! We have a book group probably every 6-8 weeks and it's a girls' night in.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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*NEW BLOG POST*

My review of #TheDrop by S.R. Masters is live on #damppebbles!

An interesting psychological suspense thriller with a wonderfully unique setting, a cast of fascinating characters and a compelling plot.

My review ➡️ buff.ly/al7Mdi8
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December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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#BookReview

#Sugartown Caragh Maxwell

'Don’t look too closely, and everything’s fine. Saoirse is just fine.'

Tracks a flawed protagonist spiralling through ever-evolving circumstances

Gritty & deeply moving

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December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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*NEW BLOG POST*

Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #TopTenTuesday post. My theme for this week is 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐈'𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐄 💭📚🫖☕

Check out my list here..
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December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Plus the ones I forgot... Father Brown, Brother Cadfael, Sisters Clodagh & Ruth (Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden), Sister Luke (The Nun's Story by Kathryn Hulme) etc, etc #booksky 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
John Buchan Fact of the Day (336/365) His son William recalled Buchan could seldom be got to read contemporary novels. Although he remembered him 'convulsed with silent laughter... chuckling away' while reading Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM