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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Evening Bookophiles 😀💖📚, so last week, I couldn’t resist peeking on to #FoxLaneBooks website & they had such a fantastic selection. That I couldn’t resist a book liberation splurge 🦊📚⬇️. Here’s what I got & only 2 of these aren’t signed ⬇️📚💖🦊, see anything you like⬇️⬇️

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#BookPost💖📚 A huge thank you to #OrionBooks for my gorgeous copy of #TheGrapevine by #KateKemp & the most heavenly smelling candle 🕯️💖. I love the sound of this antipodean debut, publishing in March 2025. I think you will too📚⬇️💖

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Let’s try this again 💖📚I am very excited to reveal the cover of #TheBookOfHeartbreak by #OvaCeren @excusemereading This is a beautiful romantasy about heartbreak, angels & curses. Published by @HotKeyBooks August 2025💖📚⬇️ lnk.to/TheBookOfHeart…

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Afternoon Bookophiles 💖📚😀. I was just reviewing the 15 books, I immersed myself in during January. Two really stood out for me, neither will be a suprise😆📚💖 & I doubt I will be alone in my choices😆📚👍 ⬇️⬇️ #WaterMoon #SamanthaSottoYambao & #OynxStorm #RebeccaYarros #BookSky

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I think I may have all of them & one or two I even duplicated unintentionally 😆💖📚

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Evening Bookophiles 💖📚😀 My weekend plans, unexpectedly changed. So I braved a visit into town, which was very crowded 😱😱 & freaked me out but I was determined to visit #Waterstones & my two book limit, was flexible 😆💖📚. Here’s my Saturday book liberation haul📚⬇️💖 #BlueSky

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Morning bookophiles 😀📚💖. Looks like it’s Monday again & STILL January 😱😱. This really is the month that won’t end😆😱. I am on my 2nd frothy coffee ☕️ & trying to recover from finishing #OnyxStorm at 6am today 😆😱📚💖. Not quite sure what to do now😆 #BookSky

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Evening Bookophiles 💜📚😀 Earlier today, I finished #Water Moon 🌙 by the immensely imaginative & talented #SamanthaSottoYambao This is a magnificent, mysterious & magical read, that I completely fell in love with & I hope you do too. If this book isn’t on your shelf or TBL, then it needs to be😀💜📚⬇️

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Hopefully next week will feel shorter 😀📚💖 & the back cover is equally as great👍👍📚

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Evening Bookophiles 💖📚❄️. Today has extremely busy & very chilly 🥶 & the temperature is dropping again now to -5* 🥶. I have only been back at work 4 days but it felt like 16 weeks😱😆. On the plus side, my daffodils 🌼 have started to open & a new book arrived - oops😆📚⬇️

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Afternoon Bookophiles 💖📚😀 The Big Man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is on a train back to Scotland 🥲. I am a little sad🥲. On my way home from the station I stopped to pick up a couple of items & two discounted books popped in my trolley 🛒 & some daffodils, to lift my mood🌼 😀📚💖⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

PATREONS! I've just send my first newsletter of 2025. It's got EXCLUSIVE information about six signed books i'm going to be getting. Patreons always get first dibs. I won't be adding 5 of these onto the website. That's how exclusive they are! Hope you like it. patreon.com/c/user?u=343...

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creating An Online Bookshop Community

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I enjoyed Times Convert but I adored The Black Bird Oracle😀📚👍

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Bookaholic Bex @bexbookaholic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

An utterly compelling fictional imagining of 3 iconic women destined to become famous names, this book is a fantastic read with full on echoes of Taylor Jenkins Reid... Full review: #booksky bookaholicbex.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/t...

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The Socialites

I’ve never agreed with the old adage that our schools days are the best of our lives. Yes it may have been a time without all the responsibilities of adulthood, unbeset by financial or famili…

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I loved Rewitched too💖📚, I am very much looking forward to the Full Moon Coffee Shop👍📚

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Back at home, I purged the fridge of Christmas remnants & unpacked my latest book purchases (3 of these I have read on audiobook already) but I wanted physical copies 💖📚 & 3 were on my TBL & I had a £10 Waterstones voucher😆📚💖, so couldn’t resist them💖📚

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Evening Bookophiles 📚💖 The Big Man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & I had a lovely lunch out & then popped into M&S for a few things. After that a frothy coffee & part of a lemon meringue cheesecake, my mother got confused & ate my cake (having said she didn’t want anything 😆😱😱😱) #DementiaJoy 😱

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I tried to only buy new books I hadn’t read, although I confess I have listened to #Rewitched on audiobook😀📚💖

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I read 208 books this past year while dealing with the Big Man’s cancer treatments, my mother’s decline & my own crippling arthritis. My reading has been simply to bring me joy - hence the dominance of Crime & Romantasy. Here are 24 of my favourite books of 2024💖📚 I hope you enjoy them💖📚⬇️

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Afternoon Bookophiles📚💖 I hope the new year is treating you well. The Big Man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & I had a quiet day, yesterday. Today we popped into town, to have lunch & visit my favourite charity shops & his favourite (the model shop) Here’s my book haul , new scarves & an Otter 🦦 💖📚

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

You are all cordially invited to the world book launch of: The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social In @bookcornerhx.bsky.social on Thursday 23rd January. The event is free and you can book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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BOOK LAUNCH: The Accidental Immigrants by Jo McMillan

Join Jo McMillan and local publisher Bluemoose Books for the launch of Jo's new novel The Accidental Immigrants.

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Wishing all my lovely Bookophiles a wonderful 2025. Looking forward to lots of book chat this coming year💖📚😀

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Evening Bookophiles 🎄💖📚 I made my annual pilgrimage to the #Waterstones sale, armed with a combination of birthday book tokens (from my 50th in October) & my new Christmas ones💖📚😆 Here’s my gorgeous haul, 4 of these have stunning spredges, 3 are signed & I have only read one of them already 📚🎄💖⬇️🎁

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Christmas Bookophiles from my family to yours. I hope you’ve had a lovely day & have lots of new books to read💖📚

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Happy Christmas Eve Bookophiles 📚🎄💖 The Big Man & I went out to brunch with my parents & popped to M&S for a trifle 👍💖 I spent the rest of the afternoon wrapping a few gifts 🎁 & re-arranging the fridge😱😆 Below is my pre-Christmas book haul 👍⬇️💖📚See anything you like?📚

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 28/11/2024

I still love this old advert from the Australian Booksellers Association

a poster with a very poorly wrapped dinosaur on it, and the phrase "Books: Easier to wrap than a dinosaur this Christmas"

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sharing my review for After The Storm by @gdwrightwrites.bsky.social today. This is an excellent, but heart-wrenching read that I couldn’t put down. The storyline could be upsetting for some so check out the content warnings if necessary. Let me know if this one is going on your TBR list! #BookSky

The book After The Storm by G.D. Wright is held up in front of a bookcase

A trip to the beach turns into a nightmare when Andrew and Sophie’s six year old daughter, Maria, and their best friend’s son, Joe, are swept out to sea. Andrew goes in to rescue them while Sophie calls for help, but when he emerges he only has one child - Maria. Everyone is devastated by the tragedy and their lives begin to unravel in the search for answers.

As you can imagine this is a very traumatic story and whilst I really enjoyed it, it might not be for everyone. This is acknowledged right at the start where readers are directed to the back pages for content warnings if they want to know more. I think this is the perfect way to do it as those who might be impacted by certain storylines can find out upfront and those that don’t want to know can easily avoid those pages.

The story unfolds across multiple narratives including both sets of parents and the police officers who attend the scene. I felt that this really added to the depth of the story as we get to hear their innermost thoughts, things they can’t even say to those closest to them. The characters are really put through the wringer and the tension keeps building and building, right up to the end of the book - the last chapter will leave you reeling!

I don’t normally cry when I’m reading but I had to put this book away when I was on a train to avoid embarrassing myself! This is such an accomplished debut novel and I can’t wait to see what G.D Wright writes next. I’d highly recommend it!

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🏈💖📚 to all my American followers. My partner is Scottish American, so we always acknowledge the day🦃🏈🇺🇸. Wishing you a wonderful day

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 28/11/2024

Every year, I buy myself a really nice present, some frippery I’ve wanted but couldn’t justify otherwise. It’s my reward for being me, given with love and gratitude, accepted with humility and thanks. Try it ❤️

Present wrapped in burgundy paper with burgundy organza bow

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Rosie Margesson @rosiemargesson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The GORGEOUS superproofs of #TheListeners, the debut adult novel by bestselling YA author @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social, are here & MY GOD I’m obsessed.😍 This book has stuck with me like no other & I can’t wait for readers to meet The Avallon, inimitable GM June Hudson & the omnipresent sweetwater.🐌

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Lisa @numberslady.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My penultimate Starter Pack - bloggers/reviewers who I have met for the first time here'. Still plenty of room in all my packs - shout if you want to be included in one. go.bsky.app/H9MfQES

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Nice to see this recognition for translators. Of course, Jon Fosse himself is also a translator – he translated The Plains by Gerald Murnane. (Fosse also married his Slovakian translator.) www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

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Norway launches Jon Fosse prize for literary translators

The award will be the biggest of its kind in Europe and aims to celebrate the work of an overlooked and underpaid profession facing an existential threat from AI

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Rach 🍂📚☕️ @rachelmayquin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I’ve been excited for this session all day - Liv Marsden, the original queen of influencers, on a fabulous panel about how we should value influencers 👑 @the-bookseller.bsky.social #FutureBook

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Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Please spread the word to any aspiring crime-writers out there. The competition will be judged by award-winning authors. Might be a kickstart to someone's career.

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Rowan Coleman @rowancoleman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I think the people behind Spines AI publishing are spineless cowards who don’t care about books, don’t care about art, don’t care about the instinctive human talent it takes to write, edit and produce a book. They want the magic, quick and cheap and without the work. They are snake oil salesmen.

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Morning Bookophiles 📚💖. I am at my desk, enjoying my 1st frothy coffee ☕️ in my new festive season mug💖🎄. I do love a Gnome😀💖 & it’s only a month until Christmas 🎄 (there I mentioned it😆). So definitely time, to prepare & ease myself into the season.

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Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Honestly, nobody buys me books, they do gift me book tokens instead 👍📚

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