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I live a life like yours by Jan Grue

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Thank you @PushkinPress for letting me read this book. This is memoir about Jan Grue life and he talks about his Diagonise with Spinal Muscular atrophy . I found this book very intresting read . It was nice to found out about him and his journery. It is well written and you can keeping coming back to it if you need to. I felt the memior left you with alot to think about and pounder after. 4 stars.

Verity by Colleen Hoover

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what can i say about Verity just wow. Colleen Hoover is my new faviourite author this is the six book i have read now and she totally hooks me from the first oage to the last. I read Verity in christmas day and took me four hours to read. This is psycological thriller and even at the end i was still questioning wheatgwr Verity was telling you the truth or not. The story about Lowen who is unknown writter and her mum has just died . Lowen has been asked to co write three books of the seris by the bestselling author Verty who had been in car accident and no one knows how badly she is injured. Lowen goes to stay at Jeremy house whi married to Verity. While Lowen trying to get to grips with writting these books she cones across something that will change her life snd everyone eles. This is anazing read and strongly recommend this book if you have not read it. Great plot and great twisrs that keep you thinking 5 stars.

The shite before Christmas by Serena Terry

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Thank you @HarperCollins Publishet for letting me read this book. I absoloutly loved The shite before christmas it made me laugh out loud. I never read book that made me laugh so much. I loved all the characters they were amazing in there own way even her mum Pam The story is about Tara who is 8 months pregant and has three other children . The story starts on the 1st december and ends at christmas. I could not put it down it was great to read something different. Tara loves christmas but is struggling this year due to her teenage Gemma being grounded due to vaping, her mum Pam coming to stay , her husbsnd who drifting away and then there the wee donkey elf. I cant wait to read her 1st book this is a must read it definatly took me away from my life and swept me in to Tara. So much mayhem but loved it. 5 stars. You will not be able to put it down.

You’ve reached Sam by Dustin Thao

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Youve reached Sam is a lovely read about love and loss and finding yourself again. Julia boyfriend dies and he only seventeen and Julie blames herself for Sam death. Julie locks herself away and wishes Sam was back. Juila frirnds try and help but it does not help she just wants Sam . Juile decides to call Sam and she never expected him to answer. The story is set in Japan and is beaufully written. The front cover is lovely and i like how its dark with Sam and light with Juile. The story held me to the end and i coukd feel the love between Sam and Juile. This is story for young adults and they will love this sad love story. I felt so many emotions reading this book and i will be reading more books by Dustin Thao in the future. Must read 5 stars.

The Wolf is at Your Door by Simon Maltman

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Thank you @ZooloosBT and @SimonMaltman for letting be part of this tour and reviewing this book. The wolf at your door is a thriller and is 259 pages long . The story is set in New york in the 1987. The plot was good and well thought through. There was good suspense in the book. I did like Rory and found him intresting and I was intresting in how it would end and did not disappoint. 4 stars. Book Blurb New York, 1987. Rory is a likable career thief originally from war-torn Belfast, planning out his next big score. A serial killer is murdering women in the city. But no bodies are ever found; just missing girls and cryptic plaques left on benches in Central Park. When the killer strikes too close to home, Rory becomes unhealthily obsessed with tracking him down. The cops begin to suspect Rory due to his lengthy criminal history, the press just want a sensational story, Rory’s partners in crime don’t want any heat, and the killers flourish in the chaos. “Sometimes it takes a thief to c

Awakening by Abby Wynne

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Thank you @randomTTours and @Abbywynne for letting me read this book and being part of this tour. Awakening is beautifully written story that i found easy to get into straight away. There was some good twists that kept me hooked to my seats . The descriptions in the book where really belive and i could see them in my head. The story is 600 pages long and the story is about Marissa who ex fiance breaks up with her and i really felt for Marrissa and just wanted to givec her big hug and she has such big heart. Awakening is heartwarming and beaufully written 5 stars . Its out now to buy . BLURB When Marissa’s fiancé leaves her unexpectedly, she is left trying to put the broken pieces of her life back together again. The magical years of her childhood are now lost or long forgotten and, trapped in a downward spiral of worry and anxiety, nothing seems to be bringing the magic back any time soon.Training to become a therapist, Marissa discovers an unforeseen talent for helping others and,

Family Secrets at Inglenook Inn by Helen Rolfe

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Thank you @rararesouces and @HelenRolfe for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Family secrets at the inglenook inn is s beauful front cover its very colourful and pretty. The story is about Rupert and Katy they are loving characters in the book and you warm to them both straight the way. Its good plot and s lovely and heartwarming read that you will like reading again. The story is set in New york . This is easy book to get into straight away and take you away from your normal routine 5 stars Family Secrets at the Inglenook Inn Welcome back to the Inglenook Inn, your home away from home. Rupert has been the chef at the Inglenook Inn for years. He loves working at the boutique hotel, crafting exquisite meals and fantastic desserts for each and every guest. When his boss, who is practically family, has to rush away to take care of her daughter, Rupert has to step up and run the place. That would be challenge enough, but then his sister Natalie shows up, bringi

Siggy Saves Christmas By Brian Frederick

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Thank you @hyggebooktours #hyggebooktours @brianfredauthor #siggysaveschristmas for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Siggy saves christmas is beauful book. The illistrations are beautiful and what really stands out for me is siggy eyes and the other characters eyes. They seem to really capture me. I love the story about siggy saves christmas its a great story. I love Siggy the dog he is so cute. This us a christmas delight and children will love it and the magic . I love Brian writing it is so engagaing and magical. 5 Stars About: I was born in County Down, Northern Ireland, in December, 1969. I was a “60s child” for 26.5 hours. I think that’s important! I grew up during “the Troubles” and went to a school where CS Lewis was once a pupil and Samuel Beckett briefly taught. (Beckett once replied that students there were indeed the “cream of Ulster” being “rich and thick”… I’m not the former, sadly, but you can be judge about the latter.)

Clara's Christmas Magic by Rosie Green

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Thank you @rararesources and @RosieGreen for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. I like the front cover it is lovely and chrismas and the story definitaly has chrismas feeling and magic. Clara christmas is 169 pages long and is a lovely read. I felt like it took me away for my life for a few hours which was nice. I am so glad Clara got happy ending . Enjoyable read that kept me enertained . This is the second book i have tead in the seris and it did not disappoint 5 stars. Clara’s Christmas Magic The festive season is fast approaching but with the challenges facing Clara, it looks like being anything but the most wonderful time of the year. Can she somehow find the strength to meet those challenges head-on and find her way to the perfect, happy-ever-after Christmas? Author Bio – Rosie’s series of novellas is centred around life in a country village cafe. ‘Clara’s Christmas Magic’ is Book 3 in a trilogy about Clara. It would make for the best reading experien

The Concierge by Miranda Rijks

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Thank you @ZooloosBT and @MirandaRijks for letting me be part of tbis tour and reviewing this book. The Concierge is psycholocal read and 260 pages long. Simone is the one of the main chacter and her sister Alice dies and Simone needs to found out what happens to her but Simone needs to be careful because the same thing might happen to her. Tbe story is a good pace and keeps you hooked from the start. There is afew different narratives through the story. There is good tension through the book and definatly kept me guessing. I find Miranda style of writing good and easy to get in to . 5 stars Book Blurb They hired an assistant to help them. But she has other plans. High-flying duo Goldie and Braun Delucci run a major film production company. But recently their gilded lives were touched by tragedy when one of their leading actors, Ally, died in a car crash. What the Deluccis don’t realise is that their newly hired private assistant is actually Ally’s sister. Simone is convinced Ally

The Watson Letters Volume 6: The Haunting of Roderick Usher by Colin Garrow

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Thank you @rararesources and @GeordieColinGarrow for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. The Watson letters is a crime Fiction and is 247 pages long. The story is about Watson and Sherlock homes go on three different adventure in the book. This is first book i have read in the seris and it certainly was good read and is uo to the same standand of the other Sherlock homes there is abit of spin un the book due to more adult humour. If you like sherlock homes you will love this. The watson letters is well written and you go on adventure with them both . Great read for this time of year 4 stars. The Watson Letters Volume 6: The Haunting of Roderick Usher An invitation. A ghostly spectre. A criminal mastermind. When Sherlock Holmes is invited to visit an old school friend, he and Doctor Watson are plunged into the first of three adventures involving the Dark Arts and the supernatural. From the ghostly spectre of a dead sister to the search for an ancient book of spells

Screw It Shauna Richmond

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Thank you @hyggebooktours @shauna.richmond #hyggebooktours for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. I have really enjoyed listening to Screw it it has made me laugh. I really enjoyed the characters Lottie and craig and it has made me laugh following there reletionship. Lottie and Craig are roommates they both fancy each other but both feel they cant ho there because Nick is Lottie sister and Craig is Nick best friend. The story and the narrator Jonathan Waters are great. The writting style hooked me ti and i will definatly reading more from Shauna Richmond. This a great and fun read that has good twists and great humour . Loved it did not want it to end 5 stars Author Shauna is an Irish indie author, who began her writing journey in 2016. Most of her books are fantasy but she has challenged herself to write different genres with her contemporary romance Screw It! Debuting in 2022 and her dark romance Jailbait coming in March 2023.

The Golden Oldies Book Club by Judy Leigh

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Thank you @rararesources and @JudyLeigh for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. Love the front cover and the title. Those twi chairs look do comfortble would love to sir in them while i read my books. The Golden oldies book clup is about small group of women thst have comecto point in there life where they are stuck and want a change. They all go to France on a trip which makes them all get closer to one another. The characters are all intresting and likeable in there own way. Lovely heartwarming story about friendship and companionship. The writting is written well and enjoyable plot 5 stars The Golden Oldies Book Club Deep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club. Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again. Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her

The family Tree by Peter Bartram

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Thank you @RandomTTours and @PeterFBartram for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book i teally liked the front cover with the pretty tree with skeletons and the cat on the gravestone. The writting was good size and the chapter where short . The story set in Brighton where i love to go and visit. The story is about Coiln and Shirley decide to help each other out on case . You do go on adventure with the characters which is good.The writing is hood and fis make me smile in places. This is the first book i have read from Peter Bartram. The family tree is part of seris but you can read it alone. My favourite character was Shirly she is great and i like her relationship with Coil they make good team 5 stars ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peter Bartram brings years of experience as a journalist to his Crampton of the Chronicle crime mystery series. His novels are fast-paced and humorous - the action is matched by the laughs. The books feature a host of colourful characters as befits s

Local Girl Missing by J. A. Baker

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Thank you @rararesources and @J.ABaker for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. Local Girl missing was good and dark read There is a few diffiant narratives in the story and it 298 pages long. It is a fast paced read and i enjoyed reading this book and it had some good twists . The writtung style is good and easy to read and a grest plot. It did keep me gussesing which is always good 5 stars. Local Girl Missing Missing without trace... When local woman Deborah goes missing, her colleagues Adrian, Yvonne and Merriel are all left in shock. Gossip around the office begins to swirl – what could have happened to Deborah? Is she dead or alive? And who could be responsible for her disappearance? Everyone is terrified that they could be next…except the one person who has all the answers. The last person people expect. Because Deborah is being held captive by a monster, a psychopath. But not a stranger… it’s someone she knows all too well… Author Bio – J. A. Baker is a

Behind closed doors by Carol Wyer

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Thank you @zoobookyours and @CarolWyer for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. Wow what a fantastic read. It gripped me from the start to the point i could not put it down. This is great psychological read. Two kidnappings, thirty years apart. There was some great twists i did not see coming. I liked how you found out about Stacy kidnapping that was in the past and them went to the future where Stacy exhusband daughter who kidnapped and ask her for help. really enjoyed this book will definatly read more. 5 stars Can Stacey face her own dark past in order to save her stepdaughter? When Stacey’s ex-husband turns up on her doorstep begging her to help save his kidnapped thirteen-year-old daughter, Lyra, the terror is all too familiar. Stacey’s own violent kidnapping thirty years ago was never solved, and while a severe case of amnesia spares her from recalling the specific horrors, she remembers enough… Stacey knows her father never paid the ransom—she has the mis

Lies at Her Door by A. A. Abbott

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Thank you @rararesources and @A.A.Abbott for letting me be part of tbis tour and reviewing this book. Lies at her door is psychological book is 196 pages long. This is a great psychologocal book and kept me gripped to the end and i read it in one day. I thought i know who done it but i was completely wrong. I liked the character Lucy and i did feel for her in placed . The story set in Bristol. The writing is amazing and will definitely read more in the future 5 stars. Lies at Her Door She forgot about her childhood friend… until his body is found under her garden. Can she prove she didn’t commit the decades-old murder? Lucy Freeman struggles to find satisfaction in life. Trapped in the shadow of her rock star brother, the thirty-two-year-old craves more than her days at home caring for her terminally ill mother. But her routine takes a turn for the horrifying when a giant sinkhole collapses the earth outside their house and reveals a skeleton. Shocked to discover the bones belong

The COVID Year by Ilana Estelle

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Thank you @zooloosbooktours and @IlanaEstelle for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. The covid year is Memior that it is about IIana Estella diagnosed with Cerebal Palsey and Autism while there is a global pandemic. Ilana talks about her struggle during these times. This book was really instresting and open my eyes to how Ilana and other people had to cope during covid. Her writing is moving and engaging and powerful. This is good read and its now to buy 5 stars. Book Blurb Ilana Estelle was forty-six when she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and then ten years later, she was diagnosed with autism. The journey, from angry, confused child to the ‘real’ her took enormous inner strength and courage. Then the global pandemic struck. In Survival: The Covid Years, Ilana shares her overwhelming physical and mental struggles within the chaos of the pandemic. She explains how navigating the daily turbulence and ever-changing rules and restrictions impacted her physical, m

War of the Wind by Victoria Williamson

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Thank you @strangelymagic and @neemtreepress for letting me review this book. War of the wind is 220 pages snd is you g adukt fiction. I really enjoyed reading this book and felt like ot held my attention to the end. I really like the characters my favourite where Max, Beanie and Erin. I love the plot with the evil Doctor Asheood and the wind turbines. It was lovely to see Max develop and start to accept his disabiliny and for Max to have the strengh to tell his dad how he felt about him not communicate with him. My heart did go out to dad ehen i found out why. It did make me sad in places but its great read and gripped me. I slso liked hid uncle and twister. I feel young adults will love this story its diffent and its grest suspence.

The cover revel for The Venice Street by

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Here is the cover reveal for Venice Street by Anita Chapman . This is a beauful cover and looks a great read . @neetschapon and @rararesources Blurb In 2019, Rachel is stuck in a rut when she discovers what appears to be a Canaletto painting in her grandmother's loft along with a note addressed to Philippa in 1782. With help from Jake at the local art gallery, Rachel endeavours to find out if the painting is an original and uncovers a secret from the past. In 1780, governess at Chipford Hall, Philippa is offered the role of mistress by Earl Rupert. She escapes to Venice as companion to bluestocking, Lady Cordelia who reveals a secret that changes both their lives. They do their best to keep the secret from Lady Cordelia's social circle, but their Author Bio – Anita Chapman enjoyed writing stories from a young age, and won a local writing competition when she was nine years old. Encouraged by this, she typed up a series of stories about a mouse on her mum’s typewriter and

4 Days until in Paris by Lexi Haddock

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Blurb Can you fall in love in four days? Paris. New Year's Eve, 1999. Six months ago, Callie arrived in Paris to be with the love of her life, who promptly dumped her. Determined to succeed despite this drastic change of plans, Callie creates a life for herself in Paris, supported by her two closest friends, Lila and Emilie. Now it’s the turn of the century and she’s returning to the U.S. in four days, ready to start the new century next chapter of her life... until she meets Emilie's brother Julien on New Year’s Eve. Sparks fly, and what Callie thought was just a fun fling with her best friend's brother quickly turns into something more. But does Julien feel the same way? And what will this do to her friendship with Emilie? Her time in Paris could offer a second chance for true love, or, just another shattered heart to take home as a souvenir. If you love light-hearted stories of friendship, love, self-discovery and adventures in Paris, this is the perfect book fo

Lonely Dove by SONEE SINGH

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Thank you @lovebooktours and @soneesinghauthr for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book This is amazing and lovely story . The writing is beautiful and really engageing and i could not put the book down. I really like Anji and that she had a vision that reveals her true love. It was nice to go on a journery with her to find the one. I felt like this was quite a spirtual flow to it which i love. Brilliant read 5 stars Blurb Anji is forty-one, single, of Indian origin, and grew up in Colombia. Now a successful journalist in New York City, she’s missing only love in her life. Then a vision reveals her soul mate; he calls her “lonely dove”—two words that describe her perfectly—but she cannot see his face. Determined to find this mysterious man, she draws on all her work and personal resources to find him. As Anji embraces the signs and visions she receives, she discovers a need to heal from her past relationships. Will she ever find her twin flame—and will she be ready