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Beate H 💙📚🦔
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Made in Germany, imported to London. Reader, NetGalley book reviewer and StoryGraph user. Love books, films, hedgehogs and roast dinners. Springsteen's the Boss.
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Beate H 💙📚🦔 @beate251.bsky.social · Nov 25
My starter pack with Brilliant Authors of Bluesky has over 100 accounts in it now! It's a non-exhaustive list that I will continue to update to my own preferences:

go.bsky.app/GZyQt7m
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Plan B by Poorna Bell is Read Now on NetGalley! Go and grab it while you can!!!

# booksky 💙📚
September 24, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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🤯⚽
July 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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This wasn't supposed to happen. ⚽☹️
June 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Happy Publication Day to "A Perfect Summer in Starshine Cove" by Debbie Johnson, a fitting ending to the series and a heartwarming ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read with a gorgeous cover!

Here's my review:

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a1cb...

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of A Perfect Summer in Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson
June 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Happy Publication Day to Darling Bud by @cj-666.bsky.social C.J Skuse, which is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ star continuation to the excellent Sweetpea series. Highly recommended!

Here's my review:

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e274...

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of Darling Bud by C. J. Skuse
June 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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The Serial Killer Support Network by D B Stephens is an excellent read! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#booksky 💙📚

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6cc2...
May 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Doesn't the new Debbie Johnson look great? Second Chances at the Hopeful Hearts Bookshop is published on 16 July by @bookouture.bsky.social.

I can't wait to read my @netgalley.bsky.social copy!

#booksky 💙📚
May 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Here's the cover for the new @bellaosborneauthor.bsky.social "Tuesdays are for Oversharing", which is coming out on 6 August. Thank you for the exclusive NetGalley widget from the publisher @bantambooksuk.bsky.social & @transworldbooks.bsky.social! Request the ARC now on NetGalley!

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of Tuesdays are for Oversharing by Bella Osborne
May 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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BREAKING: Schitt's Creek has just landed on Disney+ in the UK!!!
May 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Bit belated, but here is my review for @rebeccaraisin.bsky.social's excellent latest offering "The Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach":

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/df4e...

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Cover of The Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach by Rebecca Raisin
March 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Got my 500 reviews badge on @netgalley.bsky.social! Now all I need is the auto-approved badge to complete the set. 💃🏼

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#netgalley
February 20, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Murder, mayhem and madness! Happy Publication Day to @sarahbonner.bsky.social 's A Killer Guest List!

Read my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f174...

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of A Killer Guest List by Sarah Bonner
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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What is happening? 🤯 @heidiswain.bsky.social

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Widget invite for Walking on Sunshine by Heidi Swain ARC.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Not Quite Done With Dating by @bellaosborneauthor.bsky.social is a wonderfully witty hoot of a book. Five ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Here's my review:

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8e93...

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of Not Quite Done with Dating by Bella Osborne
February 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Oh my Word! 😁 @lisatimoneywrites.bsky.social

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A widget of The Eyewitness by Naomi Williams
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Oh my God. Please, NetGalley gods!!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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I just laughed tears at the new Mock the Week. How did we ever manage without it? 😂😂😂
February 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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My year 2026 in books, a 🧵:

#booksky 💙📚
February 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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ICE OUT NOW

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Stephen is too good for this world!!! #TheTraitors
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Oh my God, a cliffhanger, what are you doing to us? 🤯 #TheTraitors
January 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Just to let you all know: Traitors Ireland will start Friday night from midnight (so technically Saturday), with the first two episodes broadcast one after the other on BBC 1. The next two will be on Monday from 9pm on BBC 3, and another two the Monday after. Source: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Three - The Traitors Ireland, Series 1, Episode 1
Twenty-four strangers travel to Slane Castle to play the ultimate murder mystery game.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Who put 50p in Faraaz? He's been practically mute for three weeks #TheTraitors
January 21, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Here it is, my big #EastEnders catch-up thread for people who only see it when they go home for Christmas with the family. Allow me to get you all caught up on the goings-on in Albert Square in its most explosive week of the year! KEEP THIS BY YOUR SIDE AT ALL TIMES.
xmas eastenders: max, sam, cindy, nigel, pat!??!, sooz
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Watching While You Were Sleeping. Goodness me, all the best films are 30 years old!
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM