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My #FiveStarFlashback today is #GoodbyeBirdieGreenwing by @erickawaller1.bsky.social. An emotional story handled with a lightness of touch that makes the book immensely readable and fills you with optimism.

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Reading For Leisure review: tinyurl.com/yj8auans
October 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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My #FiveStarFlashback today is #TheExcitements by #CJWray in which we meet a pair of posh elderly sisters who seize every opportunity to have fun, swear like builders, and are kleptomaniacs. A joy to read.

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Reading For Leisure review: tinyurl.com/4p5ekmbu
October 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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My #FiveStarFlashback today is #StrangeSallyDiamond by @liznugent.bsky.social. Mesmerising, shocking, yet uplifting; Sally is a character you can't help but champion. One of the best books of 2023.

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Reading For Leisure review: tinyurl.com/4cvbff9p
October 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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#BookReview: Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton @penguinbooks.bsky.social #ThreeHours #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton #ThreeHours #damppebbles
“THREE HOURS TO SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Pupils and teachers barricade themselves into classro…
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October 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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#BookReview: Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi @titanbooks.bsky.social #BlackMouth #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi @TitanBooks #BlackMouth #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
“A group of friends return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they first stumbled on as teenagers in this mesmerising odyssey of terror. An atmospheric, haunting page-turner from the b…
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October 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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#BookReview: Nasty Little Cuts by Tina Baker @viperbooks.bsky.social #NastyLittleCuts #damppebbles
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#BlogTour | #BookReview: Nasty Little Cuts by Tina Baker @ViperBooks #NastyLittleCuts #damppebbles
“WHO WILL SURVIVE THE NIGHT? A nightmare jolts Debs awake. She leaves the kids tucked up in their beds and goes downstairs. There’s a man in her kitchen, holding a knife. But it’s…
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October 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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#BookReview: Good Neighbours by Sarah Langan @titanbooks.bsky.social #GoodNeighbours #damppebbles
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#BlogTour | #BookReview & #AuthorInterview: Good Neighbours by Sarah Langan @TitanBooks @Sarah_Mather_15 #GoodNeighbours #damppebbles
“A sudden tragedy pits neighbour against neighbour and puts one family in terrible danger.” Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban Long Island, its residents bound…
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October 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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#BookReview: The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird @harpercollins.bsky.social #TheEndOfMen #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird @boroughpress #TheEndOfMen #damppebbles
“Glasgow, 2025.  Dr Amanda Maclean is called to treat a young man with a mild fever. Within three hours he dies. The mysterious illness sweeps through the hospital with deadly speed. This is …
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October 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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#BookReview: All For You by Louise Jensen @hqstories.bsky.social #AllForYou #damppebbles
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#BlogTour | #BookReview: All For You by Louise Jensen @HQstories #AllForYou #damppebbles
“MEET THE WALSH FAMILY Lucy: Loving mother. Devoted wife. And falling to pieces. Aidan: Dedicated father. Faithful husband. And in too deep. Connor: Hardworking son. Loyal friend. But can nev…
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October 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker @HutchinsonBooks @najmafinlay #TheFirstDayofSpring #damppebbles
‘So that was all it took,’ I thought. ‘That was all it took for me to feel like I had all the power in the world. One morning, one moment, one yellow-haired boy. It wasn’t s…
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October 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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#BookReview: Black Widows by Cate Quinn @orionbooks.bsky.social #BlackWidows #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Black Widows by Cate Quinn @orionbooks #BlackWidows #damppebbles
“Aged nineteen, devout Rachel marries fundamentalist Mormon, Blake Nelson, and moves to a remote homestead in rural Utah. Isolated and alone, Rachel obeys her husband’s advice to keep s…
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October 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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#BookReview: The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh @littlebrown.bsky.social #TheLastParty #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh @BooksSphere @EmmaFinnigan #TheLastParty #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
“On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His lakeside holiday homes are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy …
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October 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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#BookReview: The Hunger by Alma Katsu @transworldbooks.bsky.social #TheHunger #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Hunger by Alma Katsu @TransworldBooks #TheHunger #damppebbles
“After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to …
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October 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
debbiehartuk.bsky.social
For my #FiveStarFlashback this week I've selected #WhatJulyKnew by @emilykoch.bsky.social, the heart-breaking story of ten-year-old July who is desperate to learn more about the mother she never knew.

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Reading For Leisure review: tinyurl.com/2bszymr7
October 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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#BookReview: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett @viperbooks.bsky.social #TheMysteriousCaseoftheAlpertonAngels #TheAlpertonAngels #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett @ViperBooks #TheMysteriousCaseoftheAlpertonAngels #AlpertonAngels #TheAlpertonAngels #damppebbles
“Open the safe deposit box. Inside you will find research material for a true crime book. You must read the documents, then make a decision. Will you destroy them? Or will you take them to th…
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October 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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#BookReview: The Twenty by Sam Holland @harpercollins.bsky.social #TheTwenty #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Twenty by Sam Holland @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam #TheTwenty #BookTwitter #damppebbles
“The countdown has begun. Who will die next? A shocking crime scene… DCI Adam Bishop has never seen anything like it. Five murder victims – all with numbers written above. And the spray-paint…
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October 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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#BookReview: On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel @wnbooks.bsky.social #OnTheSavageSide #damppebbles
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#BookReview: On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel @wnbooks #OnTheSavageSide #BookTwitter #damppebbles
“Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this is the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims. Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart.…
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October 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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#BookReview: Exiles by Jane Harper @panmacmillan.bsky.social #Exiles #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Exiles by Jane Harper @panmacmillan #Exiles #damppebbles
“A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night. Her baby lies alone in the pram, her mother’s possessions surrounding her, waiting for a return which never comes. A year lat…
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October 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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#BookReview: Devil's Way by Robert Bryndza #DevilsWay #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza #DevilsWay #damppebbles
“THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken. D…
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October 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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#BookReview: The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel @michaeljbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social #TheRecoveryofRoseGold #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel @MichaelJBooks @PenguinUKBooks #TheRecoveryofRoseGold #damppebbles
“Rose Gold Watts believed she was sick for eighteen years. Turned out her mother was a really good liar. After five years in prison, Patty Watts is finally free. All she wants is to put old g…
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October 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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#BookReview: Nobody But Us by Laure Van Rensburg @michaeljbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social #NobodyButUs #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Nobody But Us by Laure Van Rensburg @MichaelJBooks #NobodyButUs #damppebbles
“Steven Harding is a handsome, well-respected professor. Ellie Masterson is a wide-eyed young college student. Together, they are driving south from New York, for their first holiday: three d…
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October 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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#BookReview: Sundial by Catriona Ward @viperbooks.bsky.social #Sundial #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Sundial by Catriona Ward @ViperBooks @ThePigeonholeHQ #Sundial #damppebbles
“You can’t escape the desert. You can’t escape Sundial. Rob fears for her daughters. For Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. For Annie, because of w…
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October 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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#BookReview: More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez @michaeljbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social #MoreThanYoullEverKnow #damppebbles
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#BookReview: More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez @MichaelJBooks #MoreThanYoullEverKnow #damppebbles
“Lore Rivera was married to two men at once, until on a baking hot day in 1986, one of them found out and shot the other. That’s the story the world knows. It’s not the story that…
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October 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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#BookReview: Wake by Shelley Burr @hodderbooks.bsky.social #Wake #damppebbles
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#BookReview: WAKE by Shelley Burr @HodderBooks #WAKEBook #damppebbles
“EVERYBODY THINKS THEY KNOW MINA McCREERY. EVERYONE HAS A THEORY ON WHAT HAPPENED TO HER SISTER. NOW IT’S TIME TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH… Mina McCreery’s sister Evelyn disappear…
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October 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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#BookReview: Wilderness by B.E. Jones @littlebrown.bsky.social #Wilderness #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Wilderness by B.E. Jones @LittleBrownUK @TheCrimeVault #Wilderness #damppebbles
“It’s easy to die out there. It’s easy to kill too. Two weeks, 1,500 miles, three opportunities for her husband to save his own life. It isn’t about his survival – it&…
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October 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM