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The Lotus Readers

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Writer and Book Blogger, love to read crime, historical and literary fiction. Member of Squad POD Collective. Review requests to lotustherapylincs@outlook.com Visit website www.lotuswritingtherapy.com

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 29/09/2026

News | Horniman to reopen natural history gallery early next year Visitors will be able to explore the final part of £12.5m Nature + Love project from February

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Horniman to reopen natural history gallery early next year - Museums Association

Visitors will be able to explore the final part of £12.5m Nature + Love project from February

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 29/09/2026

Picador has acquired The Hollow Ground, the first crime novel from Evie Wyld, and a second novel in a significant two-book pre-empt. Picador will publish The Hollow Ground in 2028. 👇

Picador pre-empts Evie Wyld’s first crime novel in two-book deal

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Shadows Of Kensington Gore by Ross Montgomery lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/09/29/t... #theshadowsofkensingtongore @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social @rossmontgomery.bsky.social

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Love Unlocked by Cecilia Ahern lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/09/18/l... @harpercollins.bsky.social #ceciliaahern #loveunlocked #netgalley #bookreview

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Love Unlocked by Cecilia Ahern

Melody has vowed never to fall in love again. Al is a hopeless romantic. So, when they quite literally bump into each other, there’s no reason sparks should fly. But the world seems a little …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Mr Tumnus’s House lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/09/19/m... #booksky #narnia #mrtumnus #fictionalcompanions

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Mr Tumnus’s House

If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be? Many years ago I mentioned Mr Tumnus to my friend when we were talking about …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/09/07/h... @netgalley.bsky.social @jodipicoult.bsky.social @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #HollowBones #bookreview #jodipicoult #booksky

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Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult

I reach up and unravel my braid. When my hair is loose and whipping around my face, I take the red ribbon I’ve woven through it and press it just beneath my mother’s etched name, underlining. …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Best Reads August 2026 lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/09/05/b... #bookblogger #booksky #bestreads #augustbooks #monthlywrapup

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Best Reads August 2026

There have been some absolutely belting books this month and I loved telling you all about them. So I’ve been in the US, Italy, Greece Scotland and Sheffield. Oh I forgot about the ‘anti-verse’. It…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Bestseller by Jenny Knightsby lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/26/t... #thebestseller #jennyknightsby #thrillerbooks @squadpod2021.bsky.social @mountainleopard.bsky.social #booksky

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The Bestseller by Jenny Knightsby

Therapist Helena Salve knows that client confidentiality is the number one unbreakable rule of her job. But the constant stories of coercive control and threat she hears from her client Belle about…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Life in Moominvalley lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/26/l... #moomins #childrensfiction #finnfamilymoomintroll #booksky

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Life in Moominvalley

Which fictional world would be the most fun to vacation in? I have no doubt that my favourite place to vacation would be in Finland with the Moomins and their various house guests. Many people stay…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Right Book At The Right Time lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/28/t... #wordpressprompt #unfinishedbooks #booksky

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The Right Book At The Right Time

What’s a book you never finished but still think about? Ask any book lover what’s the first thing they get asked by visitors to their home and most will answer “how many of them have you read?” Dep…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Trouble With Sister Francis by Matt Coyne lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/29/t... @squadpod2021.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social #thetroublewithsisterfrancis #bookreview #squadpodbookclub #booksky

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The Trouble with Sister Francis by Matt Coyne

Sister Francis is an unlikely nun. She’s sixty, sweary, drives like a lunatic and smokes like a stacked chimney . . . and she runs the Blessed Assumption Boys Club. Richie, Bennett, Kenny and…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Always Relating to Fictional Characters lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/11/a... #fictionalcharacters #bookblogging #booksky #readinglife #moomins #mebeforeyou #jojomoyes @jojomoyes.bsky.social

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Always Relating to Fictional Characters

Who is the fictional character you relate to the most? It so hard to pick one character when there are so many loves in my fictional life and so many versions of me to choose from. In children’s fi…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Wine Dark Sea by Victoria Hislop lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/09/t... #thewinedarksea #bookreview #booksky #historicalfiction

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The Wine Dark Sea by Victoria Hislop

Greece, 1946. In the power vacuum remaining after the Second World War, a brutal civil war erupts between rival left- and right-wing factions. The conflict spirals as the country pays a bitter pric…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/07/i... #booksky #itcouldhavebeenher @lisajewell.bsky.social #bookreview #thrillerbooks

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It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell

It was the night she almost died. Newly divorced and feeling a little lost, Jane Trevally agrees to accompany a man she doesn’t know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Best Reads July 2026 #monthlywrapup #bestreads lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/08/08/b...

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Girl With Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/31/t... @squadpod2021.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @vikasswarup.bsky.social #thegirlwithsevenlives #booksky #squadpodreviews

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The Girl With Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup

Devi is a fighter. Growing up in the slums of Delhi, she has learnt that survival comes at a cost – and naturally, that means she’s made a few enemies along the way. Now she’s bei…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* This Isn’t Everything You Are lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/28/t... #songlyrics #snowpatrol #loss #memoir

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This Isn’t Everything You Are

What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever? There’s joy not far from here, rightI know there isThis isn’t everything you are These lyrics are so important to me that they still…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/25/s... @squadpod2021.bsky.social @oneworldbooks.bsky.social #sugartown #booksky #irishfiction #debutauthor #squadpodreviews #squadpodfeaturedbook

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Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell

What do you do when you’ve ruined your life? You go home to your mother, if you’re lucky enough still to have one. Saoirse Maher wouldn’t recommend it. Leaving home wasn&#82…

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Christina Courtenay @christinacourtenay.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Who doesn’t like a treasure hunt? Unless it’s for the wrong reasons … RIPPLES THROUGH TIME – a #dualtime #romance featuring #Vikings, #buriedtreasure and #ghosts from the past! geni.us/ripplestime

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* You Can’t Read the Same Book Twice lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/16/y... #booksky #janeeyre #readinglife #classics

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You Can’t Read The Same Book Twice.

Which book have you read more than any other? ‘You cannot step into the same river twice, for it is not the same river and you are not the same man.’ The above quote, attributed to the philosopher …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Again and Again lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/16/a... #memoir #wordpressprompts #booksky

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Again and again.

Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are? Me aged 4 That depends on what you mean as ‘who we are’. The question suggests a character or personality that’s innate and set i…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Glass Key by Amanda Geard lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/18/t... #booksky #bookreview @headlinebooks.bsky.social @amandageard.bsky.social #historicalfiction #WW2

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The Glass Key by Amanda Geard

“They do say secrets are revealed one funeral at a time.” I absolutely adored Amanda’s previous novel The Moon Gate, set at the outbreak of WW2 and straddling Australia, Ireland and the UK. This ti…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* My Favourite Reads June 2026 lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/04/b... #booksky #bookreview #junereads #monthlywrapup #bookrecommendations

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Best Reads June 2026

I’m writing this from a puddle of my own sweat and with a fan roaring in the background. Every animal has spread their body as far as possible across the wooden floor trying to keep cool. It’s been…

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🎉Whoo! It is time!🎉 Are you ready? Today I got a new Community Posts I Adored post up on my blog featuring several #BookBloggers posts I really enjoyed reading in June!♥️ #Blogging #BloggingCommunity #Books #Reading #BookSky📚💙 twirlingbookprincess.com/2026/06/comm...

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The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/02/y... @4thestatebooks.bsky.social #yesteryear #bookreview #booksky #bookblogger

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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

I’d seen so many extremely varied viewpoints on this book that I couldn’t resist dipping in and it was definitely worth the hype it’s received. I read it voraciously over two days, so excited and s…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Dealing With Negative Thoughts lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/07/01/h... #writinglife #bookbloggerlife #booksky #therapy #writingtherapy

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How to Deal with Negative Thoughts

Why are you writing? No one wants to read this. You have nothing interesting to say. I do, my experiences are unique. No one cares what you have to say. They do, some people have really enjoyed my …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ICYMI: Some writing heroes of mine ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/24/w... #booksky #writingheroes #louisebeechswanson #nydiahetherington #rachelcanwell

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Who Inspires You? My Writing Heroes.

My blog is a little different today because it is inspired by Monday’s Wordpress prompt – who inspires you? Like many bloggers and readers I am an aspiring writer. Ever since I was a little g…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Wow! That was quite a read! I have lots to say here so expect a long review. Thoroughly absorbing and of the moment. #lastread #yesteryear #caroclaireburke #booksky #tradwife #tradwifelife @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Writing Inspirations lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/24/w... #booksky #writinginspirations #louisebeechswanson #nydiahetherington #rachelcanwell

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Who Inspires You? My Writing Heroes.

My blog is a little different today because it is inspired by Monday’s Wordpress prompt – who inspires you? Like many bloggers and readers I am an aspiring writer. Ever since I was a little g…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Sisters of Hope Square by Faith Hogan lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/21/t... #bookreview #booksky @squadpod2021.bsky.social #faithhogan #thesistersofhopesquare #ariabooks

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The Sisters of Hope Square by Faith Hogan

All Blythe Carney ever wanted was to become a hotelier and run her family’s business, the Hope Square Hotel. But fate, and her grandfather, intervened and it fell into her younger sister Rae&…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Smallie by Eden McKenzie-Goddard lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/17/s... @squadpod2021.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social #booksky #bookreview #squadpodfeaturedbook

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Smallie by Eden McKenzie-Goddard

Smallie adj. |smal·lie|Definition: Caribbean (informal). Describing or relating a person from a small island; a small islander. In 1961, nineteen-year-old Lucinda Brown travels to England in search…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* #WordpressPrompt Your Favourite Childhood Book I chose #TheMoomins series by #tovejansson and here’s why ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/04/f... #booksky #finnfamilymoomintroll #childrensfiction

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Favourite Childhood Books

Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? This was a serendipitous prompt because I have been putting a post together for my Ten on Tuesday series about this subject. I’ve gone with books …

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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Love your crime fiction dark, twisty & utterly chilling?💀 The #StandaloneThriller #HomeBeforeDark by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (t. by Victoria Cribb) is the one for you😍 Icelandic suspense at its finest🙌 ORDER NOW! 🔗https://geni.us/iiSFD @simonsaysbooks.bsky.social @davidhheadley.bsky.social

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Today’s Wordpress Prompt was to write about three books that had an impact so these are my most recent three ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/03/b... Give it a read and maybe sign up and subscribe to my blog. ❤️📚 #booksky #nesting #thenames #understory #bookswithimpact

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Book With An Impact

List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? Wow it’s so hard to come up with only three but I’ll give it a try. The biggest impact books can have is an emotional one and since I love book…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* #TenOnTuesday: Ten Books With A Playlist lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/06/02/t... #bookswithaplaylist #booksky #bookreview

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#TenOnTuesday: Ten Book With A Playlist

I listen to music all the time at home. I’m old enough to have a vinyl collection, cd collection and Spotify premium. Every so often we say that we must get rid of our cds and dvds (never the vinyl…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/29/w... #booksky #waitingonafriend #riverrunbooks #natalieadler #bookreview

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Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler

“When Mark died I thought I’d start seeing him around more..” From that fascinating opener this book becomes so many things: a meditation on grief; a witness to the AIDS crisis in 1984 New York Cit…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Best Reads May 2026 lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/31/b... #bookreviews #booksky #thecalamityclub #thesecretthread #darkisthemorning #smallie

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/19/t... #TheBellWitches #LindseyKelk #bookreview #booksky

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The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk

After sixteen-year-old Emily’s father tragically dies, she is forced to live with the only family she has left, an aunt and grandmother in the heart of Savannah, Georgia in a house as beautiful as …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Dark Is The Morning by Rupert Thomson lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/18/d... #darkisthemorning #rupertthomson @headofzeus.bsky.social @squadpod2021.bsky.social #squadpodreviews #squadpodfeaturedbook #booksky

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Dark Is The Morning by Rupert Thomson

Sometimes love isn’t where you belong In a mountain village in the Abruzzo region of Italy, Gino, a troubled young man, realises that his childhood sweetheart Franca can give his life the hap…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/15/t... #thedrowningplace @sarahhilary.bsky.social #booksky #crimefiction

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The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

Every place has its ghosts. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. 17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* #TenOnTuesday: Books Set Over One Day lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/12/t... #booksky #bookssetoveroneday #bookrecommendations

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Ten On Tuesday: Ten Books Set Over One Day

It’s amazing what can happen in a single day and these books can certainly attest to that. The beauty of every one of them is how much they can tell us about the world of their narrators in only 24…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

ICYMI my #TenOnTuesday this week featured some of my favourite opening lines ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/05/t... #firstlines #booksky #bookblog

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten Of My Favourite Opening Lines

Openings are tricky things. They can make or break a book. As we browse bookshops and pick up unknown titles they have three chances to grab my attentions: the cover, the blurb and the opening line…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Jewel Keepers by Sara Sheridan lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/08/t... Out 14th May UK from @hodderfiction.bsky.social #booksky #historicalfiction #scottishbooks #mystery

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The Jewel Keepers by Sara Sheridan

Men would kill for this treasure. The McKenzie women will guard it with their lives. London, 1837. When 25-year-old Araminta McKenzie-Moore is summoned from Richmond to her great aunt’s death…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* Elizabeth and Marilyn by Julie Owen Moylan lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/04/e... #ElizabethandMarilyn @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #julieowenmoylan #booksky #marilynmonroe #royalfamily

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Elizabeth and Marilyn by Julie Owen Moylan

London, October, 1956. A glittering Royal Film Premiere. The whole world is watching . . . Tonight, Elizabeth II will formally greet an array of stars. Though she was not born to be Queen, th…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Repentants by Kate Foster Read my review and follow my blog ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/05/04/t... #TheRepentants #katefoster #MantlePress #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction #booksky

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The Repentants by Kate Foster

St Monans, Fife, Scotland 1790. Two women are forced to publicly repent in church, one for adultery the other for breaching the sabbath. Wealthy housewife, Florrie, and salt serf, Eliza, form …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* #TenOnTuesday: Ten Books About Mediums and Fortune Tellers lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/04/28/t... #BookRecommendations #BookSky

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* The Secret Thread by Eve Chase lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/04/28/t... UK Publication May 2026 #thesecretthread @michaeljbooks.bsky.social #booksky #bookreview @evepollychase.bsky.social

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The Secret Thread by Eve Chase

I think Eve Chase’s books get better every time and I absolutely adored her last one, The Midnight Hour. There are elements of the same nostalgia in this book too as we’re introduced to Mimi Mott, …

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* #TenOnTuesday: Ten Books I Bought For The Cover Alone lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/04/14/t... #Booksky #bookblogger #bookcollector #bookcoverart

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Ten on Tuesday – Ten Books I Bought For The Cover Alone

Well, as usual with me, this has turned from a quick and simple share of beautiful book covers into a wealth of research on symbols in art. I noticed a few common symbols as I was photographing the…

The Lotus Readers @lotusbooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

*NEW BLOG POST* #TenOnTuesday: Stress Awareness Month lotuswritingtherapy.com/2026/04/08/t... #mentalhealth #booksky #stressawareness #bookrecommendations

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Ten on Tuesday: Ten Feel Good Books for Stress Awareness Month.

When it feels as if the world has gone to hell in a handcart we need books that absorb us into another world, that distract us, or teach us how to cope. We want something gentle maybe? A feel good …