#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Very Irish Story - my #bookreview for "Shibby Magee" by Carrie Kabak, on my #bookblog here. Thanks Corbyn Books and Carrie for offering me the ARC of this truly lovely book. #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge #FridayFiction #FictionFriday

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/10/a-very-irish-story/

A Very Irish Story.

Book Review for “Shibby Magee” by Carrie Kabak. Summary: “When their bold and brassy mother, Vera Coffey, disappears after declaring she was born into Ireland’s Traveller community, a traditi…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Announcement: TCL's #2026NewReleaseChallenge Q2 Link Party OPENS Tomorrow! Join the year-long challenge devised by Brandee & Linda of (un)Conventional Bookworms, and add your new released #bookreviews to my Link party starting tomorrow, April 1 through June 30.

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Announcement: TCL’s #2026NewReleaseChallenge Q2 Link Party OPENS Tomorrow!

What is New Release Reading Challenge? The New Release Reading Challenge was developed and run by (un)Conventional Bookworms, a book blog run by the talented and beautiful Bookworm Brandee and Lind…

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#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Strongs and the Weaknesses. My #bookreview for #TheMoonshineWomen by Michelle Collins Anderson, on my #bookblog now. Thanks John Scognamiglio Books for the ARC of this #womensfiction #novel via @NetGalley #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/27/the-strongs-and-the-weaknesses/

The Strongs and the Weaknesses.

Book Review for “The Moonshine Women” by Michelle Collins Anderson. Summary: “Every batch of Strong moonshine has its own special flavor, thanks to the secret ingredients that matriarch Lidy …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #ShortStorySunday - Writing the Rites - my #bookreview for "Life: A Love Story" by Elizabeth Berg, on my #bookblog now. Many thanks @RandomHouse for the ARC of this lovely #literaryfiction #womensfiction #novella via @NetGalley. #2026NewReleaseChallenge

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/15/shortstorysunday-writing-the-rites/

#ShortStorySunday – Writing the Rites.

Book Review for “Life: A Love Story” by Elizabeth Berg. Summary: “As ninety-two-year-old Florence “Flo” Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Women Widening Worlds With Words. My #bookreview for "The Temple of the Muses" by @JaneDavisAuthor, on my #bookblog now. This sequel to "The Bookseller's Wife" is the 2nd Chiswell Street book. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/09/women-widening-worlds-with-words/

Women Widening Worlds With Words.

Book Review for “The Temple of the Muses” by Jane Davis. Summary: “London, 1780. As the city smoulders in the aftermath of the Gordon Riots, booksellers James and Dorcas Lackington resolve to…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Arms, Legs, Toes, and AARDVARK? My #bookreview for "Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home" by @Roz_Morris on my #bookblog now! Thanks Roz for the ARC of this lovely #nonfiction book! #2026NewReleaseChallenge #OOCZ2026 #WIAN26

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/23/arms-legs-toes-and-aardvark/

Arms, Legs, Toes, and AARDVARK?

Book Review for “Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home” by Roz Morris. Summary: “You don’t find home. Home finds you. Roz has lived in her London house f…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Mother of All Controversies. My #bookreview for "MUV: The Story of the Mitford Girls' Mother" by Rachel Trethewey on my #bookblog now! Yes, I actually read a #biography thanks to @PegasusBooks and #Edelweiss! #2026NewReleaseChallenge #OOCZ2026

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/19/the-mother-of-all-controversies/

The Mother of All Controversies.

Book Review for “MUV: The Story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother” by Rachel Trethewey. Summary: “Everyone knows about the six flamboyant Mitford girls but in fact there were seven remarkabl…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Sirens on the High Seas. My #bookreview for "The Determined" by @Rachel_Rueckert, on my #bookblog now! Thanks @KensingtonBooks for the @NetGalley ARC of this fascinating women's biographical novel. #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/11/sirens-on-the-high-seas/

Sirens on the High Seas.

Book Review for “The Determined” by Rachel Rueckert. Summary: “1721, Spanish Town, Jamaica. Captured, convicted, and pregnant, twenty-three-year-old Anne Bonny faces the gallows. When writer …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A New Recipe for Death. My #bookreview for "To Kill a Cook" by M. W. Akers, on my #bookblog now. My thanks to @PutnamBooks for the Edelweiss ARC of this fast-paced #murdermystery novel. #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge
#CloakDaggerChal

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/29/a-new-recipe-for-death/

A New Recipe for Death.

Book Review for “To Kill a Cook” by M.W Akers. Summary: “Nobody in Manhattan eats better than Bernice Black. It’s 1972, and she is the city’s busiest restaurant critic, juggling her fiance an…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Sugar Flowers Mystery: My #bookreview for The Readers' Room by Antoine Laurain on my #bookblog. Thanks @pushkinpress @Steerforthpress for the ARC. #2026NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #2026BooksInTranslation #OOCZ2026 #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/19/the-sugar-flowers-mystery/

The Sugar Flowers Mystery.

Book Review for “The Readers’ Room” by Antoine Laurain (translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce, and Polly Mackintosh). Summary: “When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a …

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