Good morning and welcome to my weekly round up inspired by Novels and Nonfiction. Grab yourself a cosy spot and a hot drink and have a browse at all the lovely links I have for you this week.
This Week’s Reviews
Shalini’s Books and Reviews –The Stationmaster’s Daughter
Chocolate’n’Waffles –Dead Inside
Jo’s Book Blog – Shelf Life
Bucks, Books & Beyond –Fugitive 13
Me and My Books –My Lemon Grove Summer
It’s All About Books – Dead Scared & The Archived & The Willow Woman
Carla Loves To Read – The Death of Mrs Westaway
Blue Mood Cafe –The Library Book
Over The Rainbow Book Blog – The Stationmaster’s Daughter
Blue Mood Cafe – The Library Book
N S Ford – Don’t Look Back in Anger
Zooloo’s Book Diary – Never Have I Ever & Rewind
FromBelgiumWithBookLove – Sanctuary
From Cover to Cover – Ever Alice
Damppebbles – Never Have I Ever
Rather Too Fond of Books – Shelf Life
Books and Me! – The Bookshop on the Shore & Ducks, Newport
OwlBeSatReading – Understanding and Treating Your Migraine
Reading Between the Pages – End of Watch
Dee’s Rad Reads and Reviews – Never Have I Ever
Don Jimmy’s Reviews – Confessions of a Bookseller
Novel Deelights – Rewind
Swirl and Thread – The Nanny at Number 43
Apple Island Wife – The Road to Little Dribbling
Not Another Book Blogger – Abigail’s Book Nook: Taking Wing
Posts from across the book blogging community
BookerTalk –3 Booker Prize Winners Worth Re-Reading
MiniMac Reviews – Return from Hiatus!
Kitty Marie’s Book Blog – When to DNF A Book?
Love Books Group – The Beach at Doonshean Author Feature
Jill’s Book Cafe – Five on Friday with Lucy Mitchell
Bookidote – How To Grow Organically on Instagram
OwlBeSatReading – Acronyms Or, WTF does that stand for? & Acronyms #2 – Or, translation of my previous post
Booked up Girl – A Box of Stories Unboxing
N S Ford – Some Brilliant Posts From August 2019
Not Another Book Blogger – Dublin 2019 My First WorldCon
On the Blog
On Monday I shared my review of Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts. On Tuesday I joined in with the Top Ten Tuesday meme and shared my audiobook review for A Most Novel Revenge by Ashley Weaver. On Wednesday I joined in with the Shelf Control and WWW Wednesdays! memes. On Thursday I shared my answers to the Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt book tag. On Friday I joined in with Meggy’s Happy Friday! #ThePostivityWave meme. On Saturday I shared my usual Stacking The Shelves post.
Other Links
The Guardian – From Animal Farm to Catch-22: The Most Regrettable Rejections in the History of Publishing & Notting Hill Carnival Should Be Taken as Seriously as Glastonbury & Publisher to Release Audiobooks to Send Listeners to Sleep & Strange Tastes but Good Jokes: How the French Really See the English
BBC News – Why Are Retro Sweets Tasting Success? & Teenage Clicks: Schoolboy’s Award winning Camera Work
The Bookseller – Wood Green Co-operative Bookshop Secures New Premises
Positive News – Researchers Have Turned Plastic Bottles into Prosthetic Limbs
Bookly – 13 Serial Killer Books to Read after Watching Mindhunter
My Modern Met – Adorable Drawstring Bags That Look Like Cats
L T Marshall – My Creative Unicorn Journal
Book Riot – How Audiobooks Improve My Mental Health and My Reading Life
Thanks for reading and have a lovely Sunday 😀
Thank you, lovely lady! 😘
You’re very welcome 😘
Thanks for including Sanctuary, Nicki 💜
You’re very welcome 💜
Thanks for including my review, Nicki ❤️
You’re very welcome 😊
Aw, thank you for including my review ❤ Off to read your fab picks! xx
You’re very welcome xx
Thank you so much!! Always appreciated the shout out and the awesome links! Great post, Nicki! ❤
Thanks you’re very welcome!
Thank you for including us 🙂 xx
You’re welcome xx
Nicki thank you 😍😍
You’re very welcome 😊
Thank you Nicki 😘
You’re very welcome Jill 😘
I need another cup of coffee before I check out all of your links! I love your Sunday pksts! Have a wonderful day Nicki!☕📚💜
Thanks Susan have a lovely day xx
Cheers, lovely! xx
You’re very welcome xx
Thanking you kindly!!
You’re very welcome!
Thanks for including The Library Book! Now I’m off to check out your other links…
You’re very welcome Jonetta!
Thanks for all the links! I love the article from The Guardian about rejected books – imagine to have turned down Harry Potter!
You’re welcome! Yes I bet those publishers are kicking themselves.
Great post, as always! I’ve not been blogging much recently and am so behind so really love that your post helps me catch up on things. 🙂
Thank you! I’ve noticed you’ve not been around and hope you’re okay xx
Many thanks for the mention. A lot of interesting articles/features this week.
You’re welcome glad you enjoyed the posts.
Thanks for the mentions 🙂
The bags that look like cats (or is it the other way round…) are cute but I don’t think I would have one – would you?
You’re welcome. I’m not sure about the bags either, except that they’re fun.
Wonderful list and thanks for including my reviews! ❤ xx
Thanks you’re very welcome xx
There are so many amazing books lately… I really want to read Rewind and Never Have I Ever! Wonderful list again this week Nicki!
Thanks Inge I want to read those two as well! 😊