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Bookblogger. Editor. Proofreader. Mum. MECFS. Spoonie. linktr.ee/bookshineblog

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Feb 4
Short #reviews of #TheDaysOfOurBirth #TheresSomeoneInReception #HowToMurderYourDearWife #ATraceOfDNA #TheEndlessNight #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #romance #localjournalism #memoir #mystery #humour #TiggyJones #TheInnerLands #epicfantasy #indieauthors #SupportIA
Catch-Up Quickies 108

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Feb 2
Jerk Chicken Magic by Noel-Andrew Bennett & Roxanne Bennett @coconutmilk.co #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #minishine #babybows #family #immigration #multiculturalism #cooking #childrensbook #picturebook #JerkChickenMagic
Jerk Chicken Magic – Noel-Andrew Bennett & Roxanne Bennett

*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the authors, Coconut Milk and Ashley Kurland - Entertainment PR. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A love letter to immigrant families everywhere! Jerk Chicken Magic is a heartwarming story of a multi-generational immigrant family (The Higgins), through the eyes of a charming 6-year-old girl named, Lizzy — as she explores the culinary magic of Jamaica's most famous cultural export, jerk chicken.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 30
January's #YearOfTheBook review is #KingRat by China Miéville #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #YOTB #January #rat #darkhorror #urbanhorror #fantasyhorror #London #DrumAndBass #PiedPiperOfHamelin #oldgods #anthropomorphism #redintoothandclaw
Year of the Book: King Rat – China Miéville

Welcome to the first of my ‘Year of the Book’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2025 book advent – each cover representing an animal from the Chinese Zodiac – and review them for you! Up first in January is RAT and the book is King Rat by China Miéville. Read on to find out more…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 26
Short #reviews of #WhatWeSacrificeForMagic #TheUndeadComplex #TheGreatWhen #TheVillageDetectivesAndTheLittleBlackBookKiller #MagicMapsAndMischief #bookreviews #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #magic #comingofage #mystery #paranormal #fantasy #cosy #neurodivergence #NetGalley
Catch-Up Quickies 107

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 22
Shared: Review: Healing In (Re)Verse, by B.S. Casey everythingisbetterwithdragons.co.uk/2026/01/21/r...
Review: Healing In (Re)Verse, by B.S. Casey

Release date: 28 January 2026Kindle eBookPaperbackHardback later in 2026Page count: 40Self-Published Blurb A short, mixed style poetry collection about not dying just yet – exploringchronic i…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 18
#BlogTour: #TheLockedRoom by @HollyH_Author @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @theboldbookclub #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #crime #historicalfiction #detective #mystery #BakerStreet #Holmes #BakerStreetMysteries #boldwoodbloggers #NetGalley
Blog Tour: The Locked Room – Holly Hepburn

*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author, Boldwood Books and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Join Harriet White in 1930's London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. After a very close call on the Norfolk Fens, Harriet White is about ready to hang up her deerstalker and settle back into her normal life, working in a bank on Baker Street.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 14
#BlogTour: Healing in (re)Verse by @on_bees_bookshelf @randomthingstours #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #poetry #poems #chronicillness #depression #trauma #disability #healing #healinginreverse
Blog Tour: Healing in (Re)Verse – BS Casey

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A short, mixed style poetry collection about not dying just yet - exploring chronic illness, depression, trauma and finding moments of joy and love in a painful world.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 12
Short #reviews of #TheExaminer #SorryHumansEspeciallyGreg #Gorse #HemlockBay #HexAndHexability #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #mystery #epistolary #humour #romance #aliens #folklore #darkfantasy #RachelSavernake #romantasy #witches
Catch-Up Quickies 106

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jan 10
#BlogTour: The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting by @naomikuttner #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine @rararesources #mystery #NewZealand #cosymystery #foundfamily #ghosts #gardening #exassassin #orchids #humour #romance #TheRetiredAssassinsGuideToOrchidHunting
Blog Tour: The Retired Assassin’s Guide to Orchid Hunting – Naomi Kuttner

*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Assassin. Gardener. Reluctant cat adoptee. All Dante wants is to be left alone in the small New Zealand town no one’s heard of. No drama. No bodies. No questions.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Dec 20, 2025
Ending the year's #CalendarChaos with #AndSoThisIsChristmas by Brian Bilston And wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #Christmas #poetry #humour #seasonal #festive #stockingfiller
Calendar Chaos: And So This Is Christmas – Brian Bilston

Welcome! We have made it to the end of 2025 and to the twenty-fourth and final of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Closing the year and my calendar theme is Christmas and the book is

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Dec 16, 2025
The first of December's #CalendarChaos with #OneDayInDecember by Josie Silver #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #December #contemporaryromance #romance #Instalove
Calendar Chaos: One Day in December – Josie Silver

Welcome to the twenty-third of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Up first in December is DECEMBER and the book is One Day in December by Josie Silver. Read on to find out more…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Dec 11, 2025
***Christmas Hiatus*** Bookshine is taking a break (aside from pre-scheduled posts) but will be back to share more #booklove in the New Year! #bookshine #hiatus #Christmas #chronicillness #MECFS #spoonie #bookblogger #amreading #stillreading
***Christmas Hiatus***

Dear Readers, You may have noticed Bookshine blog has been a little quiet of late? Unsurprisingly for someone with a long-term chronic illness, I have been grappling with a bout of ill health and after weeks of chastising myself for the resulting lack of review activity, I have finally decided to (temporarily!) throw in the towel. In other words, I am clocking off early for Christmas this year to get some proper rest.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Dec 4, 2025
Rounding off November's #CalendarChaos with #TheWinterSpirits by various authors #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #Winter #shortstories #Christmas #horror #ghosts #paranormal #ghoststories
Calendar Chaos: The Winter Spirits – Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman

Welcome to the twenty-second of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Closing November (better late than never!) is WINTER and the book is The Winter Spirits by Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 28, 2025
#BlogTour: The Author's Guide to Murder by @authorbeatriz @laurenwillig & @karenwhitewrite @RandomTTours @harper360UK #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #mystery #lockedroommystery #humour #literarysatire #TheAuthorsGuideToMurder
Blog Tour: The Author’s Guide to Murder – Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig & Karen White

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Harper 360 UK and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Agatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of novelists: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 22, 2025
#BlogTour: A Most Curious Christmas by @KJBlack71 @LoveBooksTours @Bloodhound.Books #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #Ad #LBTCrew #Bookstagram #FreeBookReview #AMostCuriousChristmas #cosymystery #humour #Christmas #LBTVirtualBookTour
Blog Tour: A Most Curious Christmas – Katherine Black

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Bloodhound Books and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Christmas in Blackheath has never been bloodier… May Morrigan was hoping for mulled wine and minimal drama this festive season. But when your eccentric mother asks you to hide a bloody knife, your estranged twin sister moves in, and your housemate is staging a chaotic pantomime starring a washed-up TV actor with a stalker… a quiet Christmas is off the cards.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 19, 2025
Short #reviews of #OnTheEdge #TheDeadFriendProject #TheHouseWhereDeathLives #WhereIsAnybody #TheMurdersInGreatDiddling #NetGalley #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #family #romance #murder #addiction #death #shortstories #horrorfantasy #urbanfantasy #GideonSable #booksaboutbooks #murdermystery
Catch-Up Quickies 105

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 17, 2025
The first of November's #CalendarChaos with #November9 by Colleen Hoover #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #November #family #contemporaryfiction #romance #suspense
Calendar Chaos: November 9 – Colleen Hoover

Welcome to the twenty-first of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Up first in November is NOVEMBER and the book is November 9 by Colleen Hoover (and can we all please just politely pretend that I got this review out for 9th November, like I planned?

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 12, 2025
Short #reviews of #IllustratedGirl #LoveLettersToASerialKiller #AShortWalkThroughAWideWorld #CursedUnderLondon #ACaseOfLifeAndLimb #bookreviews #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #fantasy #romance #humour #crime #mystery #series #booklove #amreading
Catch-Up Quickies 104

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 2, 2025
#BlogTour: Flora by @linobyrne @wonda36 @ZooloosBT #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #Flora #TheCousinsOfPemberley #series #PrideAndPrejudice #clean #sweet #romance #LindaOByrne #ZooloosBookTours
Blog Tour: Flora – Linda O’Byrne

*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the author and to Zoé of Zooloo’s Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: In 1837 it is not considered desirable for a young lady of good family to have views and opinions that are different to those of society. When scandal surrounds Flora McGregor, Mr Darcy’s niece is sent from her home in Scotland to Pemberley in order to learn refinement and ladylike behaviour.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Nov 1, 2025
New #Review: The Fury of the Betrayed by @parrydox.com #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #TheFuryOfTheBetrayed #DawnsWarden #fantasy #urbanfantasy #superheroes #mythology #action #series
The Fury of the Betrayed – Richard Parry

*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Isolde has fought monsters, gods, and her own past. But nothing has prepared her for this—a city on the edge of collapse, its people turning against each other, and a war that threatens to swallow them all.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
Short #reviews of #TalesFromTheParish #OrdinaryWorld #PacificOdyssey #BusyThisEvening? & #TenCatsAndOneCrazyCatLady #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #shortstories #speculativefiction #surreal #memoir #taxidriving #cats #indieauthors #SupportIA bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/c...
Catch-Up Quickies 103

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
Concluding October's #CalendarChaos with #SundayMorningAtTheCentreOfTheWorld by Louis de Bernières #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #Sunday #playforvoices #UnderMilkWood #modernBritain #Earlsfield #humour #communitylife
Calendar Chaos: Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World – Louis de Bernières

Welcome to the twentieth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Closing October is SUNDAY and the book is Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World by Louis de Bernières. Read on to find out more…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
New #Review: Returning Secrets by @Shawn_McGuire @shawn.mcguire1 #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #cosymystery #Wicca #sheriff #smallcommunity #WhisperingPines #ReturningSecrets
Returning Secrets – Shawn McGuire

*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Deputy Jayne O’Shea believes the Northwoods village of Whispering Pines to be a place of charm and serenity. This season, though, it feels like anything but. The rowdy tourists are disrespecting the villagers’ Wiccan ways and overwhelming local law enforcement.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
#BlogTour: Darker Days by @thomasoldeheuvelt @RandomTTours @bantambooksuk @penguinukbooks #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #horror #folkhorror #Faustianpact #occult #monsters #ghosts #DarkerDays
Blog Tour: Darker Days – Thomas Olde Heuvelt

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Bantam Books, Penguin Books UK and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street.Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 27, 2025
Catch-Up Quickies 103 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some…
Catch-Up Quickies 103

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 24, 2025
#BlogTour: Maximum Pressure by @sheila_lowe @sheilalowebooks @partnersincr1me #bookreview #giveaway #bookblogger #bookshine #ClaudiaRoseForensicMystery #murdermystery #psychologicalmystery #suspense #thriller #ForensicHandwritingExpert #MaximumPressure
Blog Tour: Maximum Pressure – Sheila Lowe

*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the author and Partners In Crime Virtual Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Old friendships turn deadly and the past comes back to haunt Claudia Rose in unexpected ways. Claudia never intended to confront her past at her 25-year high school class reunion in Edentown, California.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 22, 2025
#BlogTour: The Mumbai School for Murder by @MeetiShroff @ZooloosBT @JoffeBooks #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #murdermystery #Mumbai #addiction #bereavement #traditionalmystery #MeetiShroffShah #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours #TheMumbaiSchoolforMurder #ATempleHillMystery
Blog Tour: The Mumbai School For Murder – Meeti Shroff-Shah

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Zoé of Zooloo’s Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Discover a dazzlingly witty new whodunnit from India’s answer to Agatha Christie — CWA Dagger-shortlisted author Meeti Shroff-Shah! Mystery novelist Radhi Zaveri has a new job, teaching spoiled kids at Mumbai’s prestigious North Star High School.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 22, 2025
#BlogTour: Little Secrets by @VictoriaGoldma2 @RandomTTours #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #crime #thriller #murder #secrets #BritishMystery #prison #hotel #mystery #LittleSecrets
Blog Tour: Little Secrets – Victoria Goldman

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Welcome to the true-crime controversy that’s divided the media for the last twenty years. To discover the truth, we need to delve back into the past… THEN: In June 1999, the last five prisoners at HMP Panbrook were killed just before the prison closed its doors for the final time.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 16, 2025
The first of October's #CalendarChaos with #OctoberOctober by Katya Balen #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #October #childrensbooks #middlegrade #family #growingup #nature #wildlife
Calendar Chaos: October, October – Katya Balen

Welcome to the nineteenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Up first in October is OCTOBER and the book is October, October by Katya Balen (has the word 'October' lost meaning for anyone else?!).

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 8, 2025
#BlogTour: The Gameshow by @elraphael @rararesources #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #TheGameshow #celebrity #morality #revenge #fear #phobias #satire
Blog Tour: The Gameshow – Alexander Raphael

*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: In a waiting room hidden high away from everyone, six disgraced celebrities are desperate to recover their heavily tainted reputations. An incredibly controversial new gameshow is offering them a route back to the big time, along with a $7.2 million jackpot.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 6, 2025
Concluding September's #CalendarChaos (late!) with #Autumn by Ali Smith #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #love #time #art #politics #literaryfiction #womensliterature
Calendar Chaos: Autumn – Ali Smith

I'm quite late posting this (due to the usual ill health!) but welcome to the eighteenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Closing September is AUTUMN and the book is Autumn by Ali Smith.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Oct 3, 2025
#GuestPost: Writing as a Young Author by @priya_rohella_ #bookblogger #bookshine #writingadvice #writerscraft #writing #youngauthor #indieauthor #SupportIA #PriyaRohella #ThroughTheEyesOfAServant #PricillaPhantomAndTheMonochromeBook #booklover #booklove
Guest Post: Writing as a Young Author – Priya Rohella (author of Through the Eyes of a Servant & Pricilla Phantom and the Monochrome Book)

Something a little different for you all today, as author Priya Rohella has kindly provided a guest post on the subject of writing as a young author. Let's have a look at her books first...! Blurb: “From what you become… you cannot run...” ‘The butler’s pupils broadened as he took in the features of the man behind the mask.’

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 26, 2025
#BlogTour: The Santa Hat by @RebeccaLMarsh1 #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #TheSantaHat #family #relationships #parenting #womensliterature #love #bereavement #growingup #Christmas #drama #angel #contemporaryfiction #shortstories
Blog Tour: The Santa Hat – Rebecca L. Marsh

*I received a free DRC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Rebecca L. Marsh’s collection of short stories will bring the joy of the Christmas season alive!As these ordinary characters, struggling through difficulties and past traumas, find healing and renewed hope, the essence of the season of miracles jumps off the pages.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 24, 2025
Short #reviews of #MayowaAndTheSeaOfWords #LuckyDay #LulaDeansLittleLibraryOfBannedBooks #TheWildernessOfGirls #TheMidnightHour #catchupquickies #bookshine #NetGalley #books #magic #middlegrade #bannedbooks #politics #feminism #family #secrets #mystery #contemporaryfiction #womensfiction
Catch-Up Quickies 102

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 22, 2025
The first of September's #CalendarChaos with #September by Rosamunde Pilcher #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #contemporaryfiction #womensfiction #marriage #family #friendship #drama #familysaga #Scotland
Calendar Chaos: September – Rosamunde Pilcher

Welcome to the seventeenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Up first in September is SEPTEMBER and the book is September by Rosamunde Pilcher (keeping it simple!). Read on to find out more…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 19, 2025
#BlogTour: Murder at the Wedding by @chriswknapp @maevecw @partnersincr1me #bookreview #giveaway #bookblogger #bookshine #ModernMidwifeMysteries #murdermystery #cosymystery #cooking #midwifery #NurseMidwifeMystery #MurderAtTheWedding
Blog Tour: Murder at the Wedding – Christine Knapp

*I received a free DRC of this book with thanks to the author and Partners In Crime Virtual Book Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Birth, death, mayhem, and murder….. Maeve O’Reilly Kensington loves her job as a nurse-midwife at Creighton Memorial Hospital in the quintessential New England seaside town of Langford. Nothing could bring her more pleasure than helping women usher new life into the world...

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 15, 2025
#BlogTour: A Mirror Murder by @HelenHollick @rararesources #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #mystery #historicalcosymystery #Englishcosymystery #AMirrorMurder #AJanChristopherMystery #series
Blog Tour: A Mirror Murder – Helen Hollick

*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: The first in a series of quick-read, cosy mysteries set in the 1970s Eighteen-year-old library assistant Jan Christopher’s life is to change on a rainy Friday evening in July 1971, when her legal guardian and uncle, DCI Toby Christopher, gives her a lift home after work.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 13, 2025
New #Review: Death in the Aviary by Victoria Dowd @DaturaBooks #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #mystery #TheCharlotteBloodChronicles #womensleuths #postwar #historicalfiction #lockedroommystery #ravens #DeathInTheAviary
New Review: Death in the Aviary – Victoria Dowd

*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author and Datura Books. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: New Year’s Eve 1928 – In the grand residence of Ravenswick Abbey, isolated in the wilds of Dartmoor, nine members of the household step into an ornate lift. The power fails. The lift stops.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 11, 2025
#CatchupQuickies of #APeddlerOfChains #SweetCompetition... #StoneSoup #RerunToEden #HorrificTales... #bookshine #romfantasy #TheMountainFell #cosyromance #CalabrianCoast #shifter #folktale #YA #scifi #AI #shortstories #darkhorror #triggerwarning bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/c...
Catch-Up Quickies 101

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 11, 2025
#BlogTour: Well, This is Awkward by #EstherWalker #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine @bedfordsq.publishers @RandomTTours #contemporaryfiction #womensfiction #family #siblings #parenting #WellThisIsAwkward
Blog Tour: Well, This is Awkward – Esther Walker

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Bedford Square Publishers and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Mairéad is single, child-free and head of a successful influencer talent agency. The young people at work may be mean to her, she hasn’t seen her only sister for nine years and she’s one bad date away from giving up on men completely – but other than that, she’s got life sorted.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 8, 2025
Catch-Up Quickies 101 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some…
Catch-Up Quickies 101

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 1, 2025
Concluding August's #CalendarChaos with #Saturday and The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood by Gill Sims #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #TheSaturdayNightSauvignonSisterhood #family #friendship #romcom #grief #humour #mumlife bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/c...
Calendar Chaos: The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood – Gill Sims

Welcome to the sixteenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Cl…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Sep 1, 2025
#BlogTour: An Heir is Misplaced by @HelenGoldenAuth @rararesources #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #mystery #historicalcosymystery #ADuchessOfStortfordMystery #novella #AnHeirIsMisplaced
Blog Tour: An Heir Is Misplaced – Helen Golden

*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A missing heir. An out of sorts duchess. A Season in High Society that just became far more interesting… London, 1891. With the gossip broadsheet The Society Page…

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Aug 19, 2025
#BlogTour: Swirls of Magic by @KerryLawBooks @LoveBooksTours #LBTVirtualBookTour #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #SwirlsOfMagic #Ad #LBTCrew #Bookstagram #freebookreview #KerryLaw #fantasy #urbanfantasy #Edinburgh #comingofage #teen #YA #OldTownTrilogy
Blog Tour: Swirls of Magic – Kerry Law

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Step into an 18th century Edinburgh bursting with magic, monsters, and thieves. Isla Campbell knows stealing is wrong, she just happens to be really good at it. And with her family struggling under a huge debt, she’ll do whatever it takes to free them.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Aug 17, 2025
The first of August's #CalendarChaos with #August and Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #EnchantedAugust #TheEnchantedApril #Maine #contemporaryfiction #womensfiction #marriage #family #friendship #bereavement
Calendar Chaos: Enchanted August – Brenda Bowen

Welcome to the fifteenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Up first in August is AUGUST and the book is Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen. Read on to find out more… Blurb: Everyone needs a place like Hopewell Cottage – a romantic holiday rental on a small, sunny island.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Aug 16, 2025
New #Review: The Undefeated Throne by @parrydox.com #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #TheUndefeatedThrone #DawnsWarden #fantasy #urbanfantasy #superheroes #mythology #action #series
The Undefeated Throne – Richard Parry

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Isolde has already faced death—and come back changed. The battle for Valhaven left her scarred, but the fight isn’t over. A new threat lurks in the shadows, one that doesn’t just want to kill her—it wants to unmake everything she is.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Aug 5, 2025
#BlogTour: Schoolbot 9000 by @SamHepburn @PenguinKids @LoveBooksTours #LBTVirtualBookTour #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #Babybows #childrensbooks #comicbook #graphicnovel #scifi #robots #Schoolbot9000
Blog Tour: Schoolbot 9000 – Sam Hepburn

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Penguin Kids and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A hilarious - and ominous - new graphic novel series about what happens when one school’s human teachers are replaced by robots! James Gordon is already annoyed by the robots in his life - the drones that look like bugs, the dogbots at the park, his HomeBot babysitter, and now?

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Aug 1, 2025
#BlogTour: No Safe Place by @hannahbrennan_author @avonbooksuk @RandomTTours #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #crime #thriller #policeprocedural #murder #OCD #mentalhealth #womandetective #NoSafePlace
Blog Tour: No Safe Place – Hannah Brennan

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Avon Books UK and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: There’s no one more deadly than the killer you know. A man is found brutally stabbed and left for dead. A young woman is killed in a frenzied attack in the middle of the night on a quiet residential road.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jul 31, 2025
Concluding July's #CalendarChaos with #Friday and Murder on Friday Street by Russell Cooper #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #MurderOnFridayStreet #mystery #humour #spies #espionage
Calendar Chaos: Murder on Friday Street – Russell Cooper

Welcome to the fourteenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Closing July is FRIDAY and the book is Murder on Friday Street by Russell Cooper. Read on to find out more… Blurb: If you love Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, you’ll love this.

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Steph Warren handle.invalid · Jul 16, 2025
The first of July's #CalendarChaos with #July and What July Knew by Emily Koch #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #WhatJulyKnew #family #mystery #domesticabuse #childabuse #bereavement #siblings #growingup
Calendar Chaos: What July Knew – Emily Koch

Welcome to the thirteenth of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Up first in July is JULY and the book is What July Knew by Emily Koch. Read on to find out more… Blurb:

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