March reading roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones Castle In The Air - Diana Wynne Jones House of Many Ways - Diana Wynne Jones The Keeper - Luke Delaney Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose - Alison Weir Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society - Various Authors The Mistake I Made - Paula Daly Death at the White Hart - Chris Chibnall The Liar's Room - Simon Lelic Be Prepared - Farrah Rochon

March #BookRoundup

Read: 12 (Year total = 42)
5⭐ reads: 2 (= 3)
TBR box: 3 (= 10/50)
Re-reads: 0 (= 1)
Kindle books: 0 (= 0)
To be donated: 5 (= 14)
Books Bought: 1 (= 31)

Book of the Month: 'Howl's Moving Castle' - Diana Wynne Jones

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Kindle Unlimited Review Drive - March Edition Attention All Kindle Unlimited Readers! THE TITLES SHOWN ARE ALL BOOKS AVAILABLEIN THE KINDLE UNLIMITED READING PROGRAMAND THEY NEED YOUR REVIEWS! Read the Book, Leave a Review! *** New to Kindle Unli...

I'm making one last push on this #bookroundup. There are 118 #KindleUnlimited titles on here, brought to you by @bookmojo.bsky.social.

I want to know which one(s) you think look the most interesting.

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#books #ebooks #kindleunlimitedreads #bookmojo #booksky

February reading roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper The Dark Is Rising - Susan Cooper Greenwitch - Susan Cooper The Grey King - Susan Cooper Silver On The Tree - Susan Cooper The Impossible Fortune - Richard Osman Quake - Richard Laymon Half-Past Tomorrow - Chris McGeorge Cuckoo - Sophie Draper The Man In The Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas Dawn - Octavia E. Butler Adulthood Rites - Octavia E. Butler Imago - Octavia E. Butler My Sister The Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite

February #BookRoundup

Read: 14 (Year total = 30)
5⭐ reads: 0 (= 1)
TBR box: 2 (= 7/50)
Re-reads: 1 (= 1)
Kindle books: 0 (= 0)
To be donated: 3 (= 9)
Books Bought: 14 (= 30)

Book of the Month: 'The Man In The Iron Mask' - Alexandre Dumas

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January reading roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: The Lives of Christopher Chant - Diana Wynne Jones Conrad's Fate - Diana Wynne Jones Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones The Magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones Mixed Magics - Diana Wynne Jones Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones Hiding Under The Leaves - edited by Donna Scott The Pinhoe Egg - Diana Wynne Jones Marble Hall Murders - Anthony Horowitz Four Past Midnight - Stephen King The Threlkeld Theory - Rebecca Tope Mrs Jeffries & The Best Laid Plans - Emily Brightwell Stolen - Lucy Christopher We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler Once Upon A Lie - Lisa Ballantyne The Great Game - Michael Kurland

January #BookRoundup

Read: 16
5⭐ reads: 1
TBR box: 5 (= 5/50)
Re-reads: 0
Kindle books: 0
To be donated: 6
Books Bought: 16

Book of the Month: 'Marble Hall Murders' - Anthony Horowitz

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2025 #BookRoundup

Read: 152
5⭐ reads: 16
Kindle books: 31
Chunky Classics: 3/4
To be donated: 38
Books Bought: 61

Book of the Year: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - Alexandre Dumas

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December reading roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: The Killer in the Cold - Alex Pine Murder Under The Mistletoe - Richard Coles The Christmas Jigsaw Murders - Alexandra Benedict The Dead of Winter - Edited by Cecily Gayford Mystery in White - J. Jefferson Farjeon Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife - Martin Edwards Murder at Maybridge Castle - Ada Moncrieff Who Killed Father Christmas? - Edited by Martin Edwards The White Priory Murders - Carter Dickson A Christmas Murder - Mary Grand Murder By Candlelight - Edited by Cecily Gayford A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Skipping Christmas - John Grisham The Thirteen Days of Christmas - Jenny Overton

December #BookRoundup

Read: 14 (Year total = 152)
5⭐ reads: 1
Kindle books: 1 (= 31/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 3/4)
To be donated: 5 (= 38/30)
Books Bought: 0 (Year total = 61 😬)
Books gifted to me: 17

Book of the Month: 'A Christmas Carol' - Charles Dickens

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November 2025 reading review Seven books listed with star ratings: JOY TO THE GIRLS by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick 4.5 EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY by Jon Cohn 4.5 MAKE MY WISH COME TRUE by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick 4.5 YOUNG SCROOGE: A VERY SCARY CHRISTMAS STORY by R.L. Stine 4 ALL I WANT IS YOU by Falon Ballard 4 CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS: A WINTER SOLSTICE ANTHOLOGY ed. by Ellen Datlow 3 THE MOST WONDERFUL CRIME OF THE YEAR by Ally Carter 4.5

I managed to read seven books this month so I'm one book behind but ready to finish the year on track!
*Book list in ALT text

#bookroundup #monthlychallenge #goodreadschallenge #readingchallenge #readinggoals #booksread #bookpost #bookrecs #bookreviews #booksky💙📚 #november2025

November book roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'Skin' - Mo Hayder 'The Hiding Place' - Simon Lelic 'The Big Sleep' - Raymond Chandler 'The Paris Apartment' - Lucy Foley 'Hope To Die' - Cara Hunter 'The Resident' - David Jackson 'My Other Husband' - Dorothy Koomson 'The Engagement' - Samantha Hayes 'The Wedding Party' - Tammy Cohen 'Moominvalley in November' - Tove Jansson 'The Mother' - T.M. Logan 'Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone' - Benjamin Stevenson 'The Twist of a Knife' - Anthony Horowitz 'Picture You Dead' - Peter James

November #BookRoundup

Read: 14 (Year total = 138)
5⭐ reads: 0
Kindle books: 12 (= 30/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 3/4)
To be donated: 1 (= 33/30)
Books Bought: 4 (Year total = 61 😬)

Book of the Month: 'The Twist of a Knife' - Anthony Horowitz

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I spy my latest release in the Crime Fiction Lover roundup! Huge thanks to the team for featuring my work alongside other great new titles.

See the full list: bit.ly/3LQOIP7

#CrimeFictionLover #BookRoundup #NewReleases #IFTHEOWLCALLS #CrimeFiction #AuthorLife

October book roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are 'Princess of Thieves' - Mari Mancusi 'Go Set a Watchman' - Harper Lee 'The Talisman' - Stephen King & Peter Straub 'Tales From Moominvalley' - Tove Jansson 'Black House' - Stephen King & Peter Straub 'Deep Waters' - edited by Martin Edwards 'Passing' - Nella Larsen 'Moominpappa at Sea' - Tove Jansson 'The Secret of Cold Hill' - Peter James 'Hour of the Pumpkin Queen' - Megan Shepherd

Pictured separately because it's not on Storygraph. 'Blakewood: Volume 2' - Kev Rooney

October #BookRoundup

Read: 11 (Year total = 124)
5⭐ reads: 0
Kindle books: 0 (= 18/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 3/4)
To be donated: 2 (= 32/30)
Books Bought: 7 (Year total = 57 😬)

Book(s) of the Month: 'Talisman' & 'Black House' - Stephen King & Peter Straub

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In Octorber I read nine books, seven of them horror for spooky season. I'm still on track for the year!
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September reading roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' - Victor Hugo 'The Burning Girls' - C.J. Tudor 'Elevation' - Stephen King 'My Name is Lucy Barton' - Elizabeth Strout 'QI: The Book of the Dead' - John Lloyd 'Anything is Possible' - Elizabeth Strout 'Finn Family Moomintroll' - Tove Jansson 'Comet in Moominland' - Tove Jansson 'The Exploits of Moominpappa' - Tove Jansson 'Billy Summers' - Stephen King 'Death in Fancy Dress' - Anthony Gilbert 'Murder at the Beach' - Various authors (edited by Cecily Gayford) 'Moominsummer Madness' - Tove Jansson 'Oh William!' - Elizabeth Strout 'Tell Me Everything' - Elizabeth Strout 'I Am Pilgrim' - Terry Hayes 'Moominland Midwinter' - Tove Jansson

September book roundup

Read: 17 (Year total = 113)
5⭐ reads: 5
Kindle (paid for) books: 1 (= 18/30)
Chunky Classics: 1 (= 3/4)
To be donated: 2 (= 30/30)
Books Bought: 3 (Year total = 50 😬)

Book of the Month: 'Comet in Moominland' - Tove Jansson

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I managed to read 10 books this month and stay ahead of my goal. I'm now working on book 84. 📚
#goodreadschallenge #monthlychallenge #bookroundup #bookreview #bookrecs #monthlyreview #bookpost #booksread #septemberroundup #books #read #booksky💙📚 #september2025

August book roundup graphic created via Storygraph. Books shown are: The Shining Skull - Kate Ellis The Vacancy - Elisabeth Carpenter The Trumpet of the Swan - E.B. White The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas Dinner For Two - Mike Gayle The Family From One End Street - Eve Garnett From a Buick 8 - Stephen King Her Frozen Heart - Lulu Taylor Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King

August book roundup

Read: 9 (Year total = 96)
5⭐ reads: 1
Kindle (paid for) books: 0 (= 17/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 2/4)
To be donated: 4 (= 28/30)
Books Bought: 11 (Year total = 47 😬)

Book of the Month: 'The Three Musketeers' - Alexandre Dumas

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I read 8 books in August keeping me on track for my Goodreads goal!

#books #read #bookpost #bookroundup #booksky📚💙 #reader #goodreadschallenge #readinggoals2025 #augustreads #august2025

July book roundup cover collage created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'Vox' - Christina Dalcher 'The Shining' - Stephen King 'Falling' - Emma Kavanagh 'Doctor Sleep' - Stephen King 'The Black Echo' - Michael Connelly 'Darkside' - Belinda Bauer 'The Watsons, Lady Susan, & Sanditon' - Jane Austen 'Should I Tell You?' - Jill Mansell 'The Couple at No. 9' - Claire Douglas 'Tom Sawyer Abroad, & Tom Sawyer, Detective' - Mark Twain 'The End of the World Running Club' - Adrian J. Walker 'Broken Monsters' - Lauren Beukes 'The Woman in Black' - Susan Hill

July book roundup

Books read: 13 (Year total = 87)
5⭐ reads: 2
Kindle (paid for) books: 3 (= 17/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 2/4)
To be donated: 5 (= 24/30)
Books Bought: 0 (Year total = 36 😬)

Book of the Month: 'The Shining' - Stephen King

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June book roundup graphic created via Storygraph. 14 books shown - 'A Calamity of Souls' - David Baldacci, 'Lisey's Story' - Stephen King, 'When I Was Invisible' - Dorothy Koomson, '1,411 QI Facts' - John Lloyd, 'The Sanatorium' - Sarah Pearse, 'The Bombmaker' - Stephen Leather, 'Find Her First' - Emma Christie, 'The Good Daughter' - Alexandra Burt, 'The Perfect Guests' - Emma Rous, 'Matilda' - Roald Dahl, 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' - Mark Twain, 'Pride and Prejudice' - Jane Austen, '1,339 QI Facts' - John Lloyd, 'The Hollow Needle' - Maurice Leblanc

Book 15 - 'Blakewood: Vol.1' - Kev Rooney (not yet listed on Storygraph so not shown on the roundup graphic)

June book roundup

Books read: 15 (Year total = 74)
5⭐ reads: 2
Kindle (paid for) books: 3 (= 14/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 2/4)
To be donated: 5 (= 19/30)
Books Bought: 5 (Year total = 36 😬)

Book of the Month: 'Pride and Prejudice' - Jane Austen

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I managed to read 12 books in June bringing me to 56 books so far this year.

#books #booksky #bookroundup #readingchallenge #goodreadschallenge #june2025

Realized I never did my May book roundup! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ Lol well I read 13 books and it was an interesting range of books but there were some good ones. 🖤🖤#booktok #booktokreading #booklove #mayroundup #bookroundup #booksky

May book roundup cover collage created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'The Plea' - Steve Cavanagh, 'The Tommyknockers' - Stephen King, 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' - Jules Verne, 'Towards Zero' - Agatha Christie, 'The Mysterious Double Death of Honey Black' - Lisa Hall, 'Dead Woman Walking' - Sharon Bolton, 'Her Perfect Twin' - Sarah Bonner, 'We Solve Murders' - Richard Osman, 'Zero Days' - Ruth Ware, 'Tall Bones' - Anna Bailey, 'Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes' - Maurice Leblanc, 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' - Mark Twain, 'Private Lives' - Mark Bryant, 'The Siren' - Alison Bruce

May book roundup

Books read: 14 (Year total = 59)
5⭐ reads: 0
Kindle (paid for) books: 3 (= 11/30)
Chunky Classics: 0 (= 2/4)
To be donated: 5 (= 14/30)
Books Bought: 0 (Year total = 31 😬)

Book of the Month: 'Tall Bones' - Anna Bailey

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April reading roundup cover collage created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'The Woman Who Ran Away From Everything' - Fiona Gibson, 'Keep It In The Family' - John Marrs, 'Rock Paper Scissors' - Alice Feeney, 'Between Us' - Mhairi McFarlane, 'Sleep' - C.L. Taylor, 'The Tasting Menu' - Stuart MacBride, 'Everything's Eventual' - Stephen King, 'David Copperfield' - Charles Dickens, 'The Reunion' - M.J. Arlidge & Steph Broadribb, 'March' - Geraldine Brooks, and 'Dark Places' - Gillian Flynn

April reading roundup stats graphic created via Storygraph. Books: 11 Pages: 4,345 Average Rating: 3.59 Highest rated: 'Dark Places' - Gillian Flynn (5.0), 'David Copperfield' - Charles Dickens (5.0), 'The Tasting Menu' - Stuart MacBride (4.0) Average book length: 395 pages Average time to finish: 3 days Pie chart - Fiction/Non-Fiction: 100% Fiction Bar chart - Genres read: Thriller (5), Mystery (3), Contemporary (2), Crime (2), Romance (2). Pie chart - Format: Digital 55% / Print 45%

April book roundup

Books read: 11 (Year total = 45)
5⭐ reads: 2
Kindle (paid for) books: 0 (= 8/30)
Chunky Classics: 1 (= 2/4)
To be donated: 2 (= 9/30)
Books Bought: 1 (Year total = 31 😬)

Book of the Month: 'David Copperfield' - Charles Dickens

📚💙 #BookSky #BookRoundup #Books #Readers

Outstanding Reading | April Starred Reviews Help readers find their next great read with these starred picks from the April issue. Across audio, graphic novels, a range of genres, and multiple nonfiction subjects, there is something for all kin...

@libraryjournal.bsky.social included THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT by @timweedwriter.bsky.social in an "Outstanding Reading" roundup!

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🧵(15/22)

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March roundup cover collage created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'Mrs Jeffries Weeds The Plot' - Emily Brightwell, 'Insomnia' - Stephen King, 'Weyward' - Emilia Hart, 'The Death of Mrs Westaway' - Ruth Ware, 'The Delinquents' - Criena Rohan, 'No One Saw A Thing' - Andrea Mara, 'Missing Pieces' - Tim Weaver, 'The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin' - Maurice Leblanc, 'The Marriage Act' - John Marrs, 'Truth Truth Lie' - Claire McGowan, 'The Village Detectives & The Art of Murder' - Fiona Walker, 'Every Move You Make' - C.L. Taylor, 'The Lost Bookshop' - Evie Woods, 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' - Stephen King

March roundup summary, created via Storygraph Books = 14, Pages = 5,853, Average Rating = 3.52 Highest Rated Reads: 'Insomnia' - Stephen King (4.5), 'The Death of Mrs Westaway' - Ruth Ware (4.0), 'Truth Truth Lie' - Claire McGowan (3.75) Average book length: 418 pages Average time to finish: 3 days Pie chart (Fiction/Non-Fiction): Fiction 100% Bar chart (Genre): Mystery = 6, Thriller = 5, Crime = 2, Horror = 2, Short Stories = 2 Pie chart (Format): Digital = 50%, Print = 50%

March book roundup

Books read: 14 (Year total = 34)
5⭐ reads: 0
Kindle books: 3 (= 8/30)
Classics: 0 (= 1/4)
To be donated: 3 (= 7/30)
Books Bought: 0 (Year total = 30 😬)

Book of the Month: Insomnia - Stephen King

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February book roundup cover collage created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'Murder Under The Sun' - Various Authors (edited by Cecily Gayford), 'The Weekend Away' - Sarah Alderson, 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - Alexandre Dumas, '61 Hours' - Lee Child, 'The Candlelight Murders' - Gyles Brandreth, 'Hard Girls' - Martina Cole, 'A Window Breaks' - C.M. Ewan, 'Follow Me' - Angela Clarke, 'A Line To Kill' - Anthony Horowitz, and 'The Murder of Harriet Monckton' - Elizabeth Haynes

February book roundup

Books read: 10 (Year total = 20)
5⭐ reads: 1
Kindle books: 4 (= 5/30)
Classics: 1 (= 1/4)
To be donated: 4 (= 4/30)
Books Bought: 5 (Year total = 30 😬)

Book of the Month: The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

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January roundup cover collage created via Storygraph. Books shown are: 'Hercule Poirot's Silent Night' - Sophie Hannah, 'Bag of Bones' - Stephen King, 'Sally's Lament' - Mari Mancusi, 'The 12 Murders of Christmas' - Sarah Dunnakey, 'Holly' - Stephen King, 'The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School' - Kim Newman, 'If It Bleeds' - Stephen King, 'Sword Catcher' - Cassandra Clare, 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams' - Stephen King, 'The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School' - Kim Newman

January book roundup

Books read: 10
5⭐ reads: 2
Kindle books: 1/30
Classics: 0/4
To be donated: 0/30
Re-reads: 0
Book of the Month: Bag of Bones - Stephen King
Books Bought: 25 (oops)

📚💙 #BookSky #BookRoundup

Out Monday from Anti-Oedipus Press: SKINSHIP by @jamesreich.bsky.social. I edited this novel and it’s terrific. Here’s what @locusmag.bsky.social has to say about it.

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#newnovel #bookreviews #bookroundup #sciencefiction #literaryfiction #postapacalypse #schizflow

Over the moon to report that L'Air du Temps made @kimnarby's list of "Books We Can't Wait to Read" over at the mighty @chillsubs
#newbooks #bookroundup @RegalHouse1
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2023 Book RoundUp This year has been my worst year yet in terms of numbers. 55 books read (or listened to) including two re-reads on my birthday and 3 re-li...

My 2023 #BookRoundUp is here and it's underwhelming. Well, for me anyway. Then again, 2023 has been the shittiest of shit years, so I'll cut myself some slack. Quantity low, quality high, many genres. Go check them out! #bookbloggers #books #bookreviews

2023 TWR Book Round Up 15 tour reviews Whew! I also did 14 spotlights which I included after the review list. There are several spotlight tours that I wanted to ...

Here's my #BookRoundUp containing ALL of my #TheWriteReads Blog Tour posts. Some reviews & some spotlights, but all awesome. There are many genres, so go check them out! #bookbloggers @thewritereads.bsky.social

2022 BBNYA Book Round Up These books were the 2022 Winner and Finalists that had BBNYA Blog Tours this year, but because 2023 was a shit year for me I didn't have a ...

Here's my #BookRoundUp containing ALL of my #BBNYA2022 Blog Tour posts with the Finalists and Winner that ran earlier this year. Some reviews & some spotlights, but all awesome. There are many genres, so go check them out! #BBNYA #bookbloggers @bbnya.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social