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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The Best We Could Hope For by @nicolakrausauthor.bsky.social A book that doesn't waste a word of sentence! Full review over on insta www.instagram.com/p/DJbOVUSCzW...

The best we could hope for by Nicola Kraus on a decking balustrade with washing hanging behind in the garden

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Last but not least...surprise book mail. Thank you @canelobooks.bsky.social for sending The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave. This one is described as The Substance meets The School for Good Mothers! If you could take a pill to get rid of any feeling would you...and which one? #booksky #uptoolatereading

The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave lying on rug

The blurb of The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Next up another book that I have been getting FOMO from the US! Thank you @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social #bloomsburycreatorcircle for Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang. Midsommar meets Yellow face sign me up! Is this one on your radar? #booksky #bookmail #juliechanisdead #uptoolatereading

Julie Chan is Dead by Lianne Zhang lying on rug

Julie Chan is Dead by Lianne Zhang. Book is open showing title page.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Another day another great lot of book mail! First up my first ever #chapter25bookclub book has arrived. Our first meet up is 14th April and I'm excited to be host! Fantasy is not my least favourite genre but this does sound good. Have you read it? #booksky #bookmail #uptoolatereading

Under the Whispering door by T J Klune lying on rug

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thank you @vintagebooks.bsky.social for my finished copy of Neneh Cherry's memoir. She was a part of my soundtrack growing up. Looking forward to reading it. #booksky #bookmail #nenehcherry #uptoolatereading

A thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry lying on worktop

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thank you so much #centurybooks for sending me a proof of Count My Lies by Sophie Stava. I have major FOMO when I see it everywhere on US booksta's grids! Out May. What was the last book that gave you FOMO? #booksky #bookmail #thrillingreads #uptoolatereading

Count My Lies by Sophie Stava lying on worktop

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In my opinion TM Logan's best yet! The pages seemed to turn themselves! Full review over on insta www.instagram.com/p/DGU9lgviub... The Daughter by TM Logan out next week. #booksky #bookreview #thedaughter #tmlogan #uptoolatereading

The Daughter by TM Logan lying open face down on arm of chair. Wooden floor below with carpet and other chair in background.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

And He Shall Appear by Kate Van Der Borgh. Dark magic muddying the waters of Cambridge University life. Full review over on insta www.instagram.com/p/DGNgfywi-D... Thank you @rachelmayquin.bsky.social for the proof. #booksky #bookreview #uptoolatereading

And he shall appear by Kate Van Der Borgh hovering above a hand. Wooden floor below.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Love a book within a book and this is played to perfection in the thrilling Beautiful Ugly @alicefeeney.com Full review over on insta www.instagram.com/p/DF7sO1NCxx... #booksky #bookreview #alicefeeney #uptoolatereading

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney hardback on tartan material with magic eight ball beside

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I want to read a romance this month but can't choose between these two. Which should I pick? #booksky #romancereads #tbr #uptoolatereading

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston and Something Wilder by Christina Lauren on wooden floor. Rae Dunn mug with xoxo behind them.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Looks to books - Grammys 2025 As soon as I saw Jacob Collier's outfit, the @goldsborobooks.bsky.social edition of The Favourites by @laynefargo.bsky.social instantly sprung to mind! Pop over to insta www.instagram.com/p/DFmiNwuCVr... to see my other matches! #booksky #lookstobooks #uptoolatereading

Jacob Collier at the Grammys in a mutlicoloured sequin suit. Matched with The Favourites by Layne Fargo book.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Amongst the Witches of Eastwick vibes there is real heart. I always look forward to a Grady Hendrix read and this didn't disappoint! Full review on insta www.instagram.com/p/DFZsMiBiEw... #bookreview #booksky #uptoolatereading

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix lying on bare cement floor

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Coming home after work to book mail never gets old. Thank you to the publishers and PRs for this lovely lot. Any of these on your anticipated reads list? #booksky #bookmail #uptoolatereading

Books stacked. The Crash by Freida McFadden, This Book will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead, The Daughter by TM Logan, Other People's Houses by Clare Mackintosh

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Gilliam McAllister never does a straight forward story and I love her for it! Famous Last Words was a much anticipated read and it didn't disappoint! Full review www.instagram.com/p/DFCfK57Cxm... #famouslastwords #gillianmcallister #booksky #bookreview #uptoolatereading

Hand holding Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister. Behind is steamed mirror with x on it to match cover

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I love to read in the bath. How about you? It's the only place I can read without any distractions #booksky #uptoolatereading

Book open with bookmark showing. Bookmark reads Just One More Chapter. Bath with tap running in background.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Layne Fargo puts her own spin (or should I say twizzle) on things by introducing us to the dizzying world of Figure Skate dancing, which could be the most precarious and toxic of all and that's before they even get on the ice! The Favourites out 16th Jan. Review www.instagram.com/p/DEjmgT0iPt...

The Favourite by Layne Fargo on kindle. Laying on a sequin background

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I don't usually do reading challenges but this year I'm going to give this a go. Selecting beloved authors I have neglected or books that have sat on my tbr far too long! www.instagram.com/p/DEUcAHwChV... Which neglected book would you like to get to this year? #booksky #uptoolatereading

Grid with book covers on. Neglected Faithfuls challenge where I pick 12 books to read throughout the year.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. Happy New Year! What's your first read of 2025? Mine is The Favourites by Layne Fargo. #booksky #uptoolatereading

Book opened on first chapter. With personalized S book corner book mark. Christmas tree lights in the background.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Here are my top 10 books of 2024. I found it quite easy to compile this year as have had very few five star reads. Also looking at it I'm surprised there are only three thrillers on there. Do we share any favourites? #booksky #favouritebooks #uptoolatereading

Top 10 books 2024
Diva by Daisy Goodwin
They Thought I Was Dead by Peter James
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
Redemption by Jack Jordan
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Just for the Summer by Abby Jiminez
Guillotine by Delilah S Dawson
You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2024 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I read Redemption @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social back in August and suspected it would be my book of the year...and I was right! It has everything thrills, drama, tension and emotive characters. Review on insta www.instagram.com/p/DEKIy2piF2... #bluesky #uptoolatereading

Instagram post lay out with photo of book Redemption by Jack Jordan lying on orangey/brown stones

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Every Christmas I think I will read loads but I never do. I seem to have been reading this book for 900 days! Not the book's fault, I have just been busy with board games, Christmas TV and family time. Do you read more or less at this time of year? #booksky #uptoolatereading

The Christmas Book Club by Sarah Morgan lying on pink duvet with Christmas trees. Coffee mug with Christmas penguins beside it.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Heard about Last Christmas @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social on Bluesky and promptly downloaded it to my kindle. Full review over on insta but spoiler alert I loved it! www.instagram.com/p/DDrbMK1CYn... #bluesky #uptoolatereading

Last Christmas by Clare Swatman on kindle. Kindle lying on wooden floor with New York snow globe in corner.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

James Patterson just followed me! Fingers crossed it's really him! #booksky #jamespatterson #uptoolatereading

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

What's in the box?! Before I even opened it I knew it would be up my street. Cuckoo @callieuntitled.bsky.social Out March 2025! Thank you Century Books for sending. #booksky #bookmail #cuckoo #uptoolatereading

Box with sticker reading Warning Messed Up Thriller Inside lying on rug.

Cuckoo by Callie Kazumi in box with stickers and Christmas bauble.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Bookmail Monday 📚 Received this little lot in a book swap. It doesn't help reduce my shelves but I get new to me books for ones I'm finished with and I have wanted to read all of these for ages! Do you swap books? #booksky #bookswap #bookmail #uptoolatereading

Book stack of The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson, The Killer in the Cold by Alex Pine, Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates and The Escape Room by L D Smithson on a Red Christmas duvet

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Sunday vibes - December edition. Christmas book and coffee in Christmas mug surrounded by Christmas decorations. I'm enjoying The Twelve Topsy Turvy Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson so far. What are you currently reading? #booksky #jamespatterson #currentlyreading #uptoolatereading

Hardback book The Twelve Topsy Turvy Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson propped on denim jeans knee with Nutcracker mug on couch arm. Christmas garland on mantle piece in background.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Loved catching up with Kat and Lock in Leave no Trace @jocallaghankat.bsky.social This was even better than the first book! Full review over on insta www.instagram.com/p/DDO0fZ2CS6... Have you tried this series yet? #bookreview #booksky #leavenotrace #jocallaghan #uptoolatereading

Kindle with Leave No Trace by Jo Callaghan on. Snowy path background

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Thank you to all the publishers and prs for this exciting stack of 2025 proofs. www.instagram.com/p/DDE-hMtiue... Are any of these on your radar? Have you started on your 2025 reading yet? #booksky #2025proofs #uptoolatereading

10 2025 books in stack on black leather table. Link in post for further info on Instagram.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Over on Instagram I let you know how my reading month went and which hyped book I thought was just ok. How has your November reading been? #booksky #novemberwrapup #uptoolatereading

Brown grid with photos. Bad Apples by Will Dean on Kindle lying on apples. Me in the Last Book Store Bar, The Last Book Store Bar sign, Verve Books balloons, Verve Books tote bags, Stack of books I received for my birthday, book open at chapter 46 and birthday cards lying on tartan covers. November wrap up in the centre of the grid.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Back to the Tuva Moodyson series as I really want to read Ice Town and can't read books out of order. Bad Apples had one of the most intense finales I have ever read. Then the last paragraph had me starting the next book straight away! Full review www.instagram.com/p/DC6mGk6CX_... #uptoolatereading

Bad Apples by Will Dean on Kindle a top green apples

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Last year I visited Spinalonga, Crete which was the real life setting for one of my favourite books, The Island by Victoria Hislop @headlinebooks.bsky.social Have you ever visited a book setting? #booksky #theisland #victoriahislop #favouritebooks #spinalonga #crete #uptoolatereading

Hand holding The Island by Victoria Hislop on a boat looking out to Spinalonga, Crete

Book The Island by Victoria Hislop sitting on rock on Spinalonga, Crete looking out to sea

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It was my birthday yesterday and I was thoroughly spoiled by my friends and family. Most of this stack is made up of gifts from my lovely Booksta friends. Do you spot any that you think I should bump to the top of my tbr? #booksky #bookstack #birthdaybooks #grateful #uptoolatereading

Book stack made up of Friends Cookbook, baggage by Alan Cumming, Dearest by Jacquie Walters, Is there Sex in the city by Candace Bushnell, Hunted by Abir Mukherjee, guilty by Definiton by Susie Dent, nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, diavola by Jennifer Thorne, long time gone by Charlie Donlea, the Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen, the clinic by Cate Quinn, strangers on a train by Patricia Highsmith, After the Storm by GD Wright, still beating by Jennifer Hartman, the door to door bookstore by Carsten Henn, on the Savage side by Tiffany McDaniel, Preloved by Lauren Bravo, The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James. Surrounded by birthday cards

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"Oh dearie me" it's my birthday! Thanks to be my eldest for this particular present. #birthday #thehighlife #alancumming #bbc #scottishcomedy #forbesmasson

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Happy weekend! We have snow and I'm staying in reading this.

Hardback In Memoriam by Alice Winn lying on Tartan cover

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I really want to read that one. I'm reading this.

Hardback of In Memoriam by Alice Winn lying on Tartan cover

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Snow has arrived outside Glasgow. Here is a stack of snowy white books on my doorstep which is as far as I will be going for the foreseeable. Do you have snow where you are? #booksky #snowystack #snow #uptoolatereading

Four books, The Wish by Nicholas Sparks, City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert,Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra and The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup sitting on snowy ground with snowy garden background.

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thank you @alisonbarrow.bsky.social for sending me a copy of the book everyone is raving about and it's not even out til April 2025! Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey @doubledaybooks.bsky.social #booksky #bookmail #ourlastwilddays #annabailey #uptoolatereading

Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey lying on a black floor

The back cover of Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Five ⭐ Friday Guillotine @delilahsdawson.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the pink cover, this is a dark read. For a short book it packs a punch! Love a horror that takes me by surprise. What was your last⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐? www.instagram.com/p/DAQDs3Rgqt... #booksky #bookreview #guillotine #uptoolatereading

Copy of Guillotine by Delilah S Dawson lying on a patterned tile floor

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Go to the top left of your feed and click on the three lines

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

BLUE SKY TIP Probably everyone already knows this but I have just worked it out 🤣 I was missing posts despite using the following feed, then I realised I could use lists to curate my feed and not miss anything. Just in case you didn't realise either here's how... #blueskytip

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Let's talk book adaptations... We all know the book is better, but I still love watching an adaptation. My favourites are 13 Reasons Why, Gone Girl, Big Little Lies, The Handmaid's Tale, This is going to hurt and Us. How about you? #booksky #bookadaptations #uptoolatereading

Film tape with photos of book adaptations, 13 reasons why, gone girl, big little lies, the Handmaid's Tale, this is going to hurt, us

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Beautiful People @amandajennings.bsky.social is a powerful read that will stay with you long after the last page. A saltburn-esque story where I didn't trust anybody! Full review www.instagram.com/p/DCgTkRwADd... #beautifulpeoplebook #amandajennings #bookreview #booksky #uptoolatereading

Hardback of Beautiful People by Amanda Jennings lying on wooden floor surrounded by flowers and two candles

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Good Morning, thought I would introduce myself. I'm Susan, I live near Glasgow. I'm mainly on Bookstagram (same handle) but I want to try this out too. I write spoiler free reviews and my favourite genres are thriller and horror. What are your go to genres? #booksky #bookreviewer #uptoolatereading

Me standing outside Golden Lion Hotel in Stirling at Bloody Scotland

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

After an afternoon sampling the new bar in Glasgow The Last Bookstore with the lovely @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social and @franmcbookface.bsky.social I'm now on here thanks to both of them convincing me to join in! #newbie #bookbluesky #bookish #thelastbookstore #uptoolatereading

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