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Sorting my bookshelves: a labour of love or a sucker for punishment?
Good morning bookworms! Well, we haven’t had a proper discussion post for a while, so I thought it was time for me to uhhh, waffle at you all for a bit. (I would say ‘You’re welcome’, but I’m not really sure if you should be happy about this or not?!!) I don’t know about you guys, but I never feel…
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The Spotted Dog – Kerry Greenwood
Release date: 10 September 2019 Goodreads link Book Depository link Rating The Spotted Dog (Corinna Chapman, #7) blurb: Rising at four o’clock every morning isn’t Corinna Chapman’s favorite part of running her Australian bakery, Earthly Delights, and the glowing light of dawn starts to feel even harsher when a seemingly disturbed man collapses in her shop. When the man, a…
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Top 5… books I don't talk about enough
Good morning bookworms! Today’s Top 5 Tuesday is ‘books I don’t talk about enough’. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the super lovely Shanah over at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit her here, and join in for Top 5 Tuesday by checking out all the amazing topics that are coming up! A-HA! I see what’s going on here… Shanah is…
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Small Kingdoms and Other Stories – Charlaine Harris
Release date: 28 May 2019 Goodreads link Book Depository link (this book is not listed on book depository) Amazon link Rating Small Kingdoms and Other Stories (Anne DeWitt, #1-4) blurb: Principal Anne DeWitt knew her past could catch up with her, but she didn’t expect it would make her late for school. Killing a man does take time though; so…
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Top 5… mind-blowing mystery/thrillers
Good morning bookworms! Today’s Top 5 Tuesday is a ‘mind-blowing mystery/thrillers’. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the super lovely Shanah over at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit her here, and join in for Top 5 Tuesday by checking out all the amazing topics we have coming up! So… this week is going to be a bit weird for me,…
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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow – Jessica Townsend
Release date: 12 October 2017 Goodreads link Book Depository link Rating Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1) blurb: Not only does Morrigan Crow’s curse man she’s blamed for all bad luck, she’s also destined to die on her eleventh birthday. She bravely accepts her doom, but in a very surprising twist of fate, before the clock strikes twelve…
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All the Little Liars – Charlaine Harris
Release date: 4 October 2016 Rating: ★★ – 2/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link All the Little Liars (Aurora Teagarden series #9) blurb: Librarian Aurora Teagarden is basking in the news of her pregnancy when disaster strikes her small town: four children, including her fifteen-year-old brother, Phillip, have vanished from the school football field. More worrying still, a dead body has…
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Turbo Twenty-Three – Janet Evanovich
Release date: 15 November 2016 Rating: ★★★★★★★ – 7/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link Turbo Twenty-Three (Stephanie Plum series #23) blurb: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has been on countless crime scenes, but this is definitely a first. Her fleeing target has left behind a truck loaded with ice cream and a dead body – frozen solid and covered in chocolate and…
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Private Delhi – James Patterson
Release date: 12 January 2017 Rating: ★★★★★★ – 6/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link Private Dehli (Private series #13) blurb: Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private India after harrowing events in Mumbai almost got him killed. But Jack Morgan, global head of the world’s finest investigation agency, needs him back. Jack is setting up a new office in…
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The Lily Bard Mysteries – Charlaine Harris
Release date (book 1): 1 November 2005 Rating: ★★★★★★★ – 7/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link (omnibus) Book Depository link (book 1) Shakespeare’s Landlord (The Lily Bard Mysteries book 1) blurb: Lily Bard has started over in the sleepy little town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. She’s fiercely protective of her privacy – she’s run away to Shakespeare for a reason, but it’s no one…
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Stephanie Plum series – Janet Evanovich
Release date (book 1): 26 August 1994 Rating: ★★★★★★★★ – 8/10 Goodreads link One for the Money (Stephanie Plum book 1) blurb: Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She’s lost her job, her car’s on the brink of repossession, and her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free. Enter Cousin Vinnie, a low-life who runs a bail-bond company. If Stephanie can bring…
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The Rook – Daniel O’Malley
Release date: 11 January 2012 Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ – 10/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link The Rook (Checquy Files #1) blurb: “Dear you, the body you are wearing used to be mine” A woman awakens in a London park, dripping wet and surrounded by corpses wearing latex gloves. In her pocket is a letter from her previous self: Rook Thomas, a superpowered…
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Lizzie Hart mysteries – Caroline Fardig
Release date (book 1): 11 April 2013 Rating: ★★★★★★ – 6/10 Goodreads link It’s Just a Little Crush (Lizzie Hart book 1) blurb: The sleepy town of Liberty hasn’t seen murder in…well…ever. Residents are stunned when the body of a young woman is found strangled, and reporters at the Liberty Chronicle are thrilled, rather disturbingly, over the biggest news story to…
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