Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Catch-Up Quickies 111 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #TheDarkLordsGuideToDating #ADeadlyClue #IntoTheMidnightWood #TheViewFromDownHere #ApparentlySirCameronNeedsToDie

#bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #fantasy #romance #villains #humour #mystery #HunterAndClewe #LGBTQIA #nonfiction #analysis #memoir #disability #feminism

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 month ago

Catch-Up Quickies 108 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #TheDaysOfOurBirth #TheresSomeoneInReception #HowToMurderYourDearWife #ATraceOfDNA #TheEndlessNight

#bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #romance #localjournalism #memoir #mystery #humour #TiggyJones #TheInnerLands
#epicfantasy #indieauthors #SupportIA

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

2 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 107 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #WhatWeSacrificeForMagic #TheUndeadComplex #TheGreatWhen #TheVillageDetectivesAndTheLittleBlackBookKiller #MagicMapsAndMischief

#bookreviews #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #magic #comingofage #mystery #paranormal #fantasy #cosy #neurodivergence #NetGalley

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

2 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 106 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #TheExaminer #SorryHumansEspeciallyGreg #Gorse #HemlockBay #HexAndHexability

#bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #mystery #epistolary #humour #romance #aliens #folklore #darkfantasy #RachelSavernake #romantasy #witches

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

4 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 104 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #IllustratedGirl #LoveLettersToASerialKiller #AShortWalkThroughAWideWorld #CursedUnderLondon #ACaseOfLifeAndLimb

#bookreviews #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #fantasy #romance #humour #crime #mystery #series #booklove #amreading

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

6 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 102 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #MayowaAndTheSeaOfWords #LuckyDay #LulaDeansLittleLibraryOfBannedBooks #TheWildernessOfGirls #TheMidnightHour

#catchupquickies #bookshine #NetGalley #books #magic #middlegrade #bannedbooks #politics #feminism #family #secrets #mystery #contemporaryfiction #womensfiction

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

6 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 101 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

#CatchupQuickies of #APeddlerOfChains #SweetCompetition... #StoneSoup #RerunToEden #HorrificTales...

#bookshine #romfantasy #TheMountainFell #cosyromance #CalabrianCoast #shifter #folktale #YA #scifi #AI #shortstories #darkhorror #triggerwarning

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

8 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 100 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #WelcomeToGloriousTuga #Scripted #TheMidnightFeast #PippisInnForWanderingSpirits #VEXXED

#bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #romance #relationships #contemporaryfiction #mystery #cosyfantasy #afterlife #ghosts #necromancy #magic #humour

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

9 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 98 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #CantSpellTreasonWithoutTea #IHopeThisFindsYouWell #Dreadful #TidalCreatures #ALethalEngagement

#catchupquickies #bookreview #bookshine #NetGalley #cosyfantasy #magic #officelife #friendship #anxiety #humour #villainhero #alchemy #horrorfantasy #historicalfiction #mystery

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

10 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 97 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #TheItalianFakeDate, #EggsForTheAgeless, #BlancoAndTheStarryNight, #RufusInRabitannia and #ABondOfThread

#bookreview #bookshine #catchupquickies #romance #Italy #humour #religion #art #YAfiction #magic #childrensbook #adventure #fantasy #romantasy #TheMountainFell #ProjectAO

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

11 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 95 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #Magic #OrsonTheGreat #ASeasonOfGoodwill #GeraldBarkleyRocks and #TheBindingDayTruce

#catchupquickies #bookshine #magicians #surreal #tweenadventure #Sicily #shortstories #Christmas #detective #paranormalmystery #novelette #whimsicalfantasy #TheMountainFell #ProjectAO

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

11 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 94 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #TheMysteryWriter #TheMontfordManiac #FunnyStory #TheCallIsComingFromInsideTheHouse #TheNotoriousVirtues

#NetGalley #catchupquickies #bookshine #mystery #thriller #humour #romance #horrortropes #fairytale #fantasy
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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

11 months ago

Catch-Up Quickies 93 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

#Reviews of #WhiplashBook1 #FromNowUntilForever #OakenTongue #UnhackableSoul #AMissingSignature

#catchupquickies #YA #fantasy #RustCity #romance #terminalillness #folklore #fairytales #selfhelp #chronicpain #wellbeing #BritishMystery #TiggyJones

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 92 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

#Reviews of #ThePottingShedMurder #TheMadnessOfMissGrey #CloseToDeath #WaterBaby #NorthIsTheNight

#bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #cosymystery #GothicRomance #HawthorneAndHorowitz #mystery #Makoko #ecoissues #Finland #folklore #fantasy

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 91 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #MurderRoad #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #MurderTakesRoot #TheHusbands #LadyAvelysGuideToLiesAndCharms

#catchupquickies #NetGalley #bookshine #mystery #thriller #fantasy #horror #humour #ghosts #monsters #romance #gardening #magic

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 90 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #BrineCouncil #Boneless #PacificDash #HappyBastards #1000FunFactsForImmatureAdults

#bookreview #bookshine #catchupquickies #urbanfantasy #mystery #crime #travel #America #Asia #nonfiction #selfhelp #motivational #funfacts #indieauthors

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 89 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #Butter #Doppelganger #AClockStoppedDead #EveryoneThisChristmasHasASecret #ADeadlyLegacy

#bookreview #bookshine #NetGalley #catchupquickies #food #feminism #truecrime #nonfiction #politics #socialmedia #cosymystery #humour

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 88 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #CrimsonKing #UnburyTheBones #Advocatus #WagersOfFate #AScrapOfSilk

#catchupquickies #bookshine #horrorfantasy #urbanfantasy #mystery #law #magic #historicalfantasy #Britishmystery #SevenHungers #EmberBones #CulpaMagum #TiggyJones

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 87 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In an attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I have been scrunching some of my (overdue) NetGalley reviews together into one or two posts each week: shorter reviews, but still covering all of the points I intended to.

Short #reviews of #SmallGodsOfCalamity #ElizaMace #Bookstories #TheHollowAndTheHaunted #MissBeetonsMurderAgency

#catchupquickies #bookreviews #bookshine #NetGalley #fantasy #mystery #booksaboutbooks #LGBTQIA #romance #suspense #cosymystery

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 86 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #FindingHope #TheBrideOfDeath #LadyAvelysGuideToTruthAndMagic #AKillerClue #HouseOfFrank

#catchupquickies #bookreview #bookshine #NetGalley #childrensbook #farmadventure #fantasy #death #romantasy #cosymystery #grief #bereavement

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 85 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #TheScriptRebellion #Jitters #JourneyToJustice #JamesRhyderAndTheCaveOfDreams #TheNewEmpire

#catchupquickies #bookshine #graphicnovel #horror #fantasy #shortstories #middlegrade #ecofiction #audiobook #alternatehistory #rebellion

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 84 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

#Reviews of #GhostTown #WhereTheDarkStandsStill #EveryoneOnThisTrainIsASuspect #BuriedDeep #Rewitched

#bookreviews #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #ghosts #LGBTQIA #romance #murder #fantasy #darkfairytale #mystery #suspense #shortstories

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 83 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #BookshopsAndBonedust #DaysAtTheMorisakiBookshop #TheHolyTerrors #TakeAChanceOnMe #TheHouseOnGraveyardLane

#bookreviews #bookshine #catchupquickies #cosyfantasy #family #books #ghosthunting #romance #travel #mystery

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 82 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrab…

Short #reviews of #NoOtherLove #TheBloodBelow #BeastBeGone #EverTheNightRoad #LetGoOfWhatYouKnow

#bookreview #bookshine #catchupquickies #poetry #love #graphicnovel #crime #horror #comicfantasy #darkfairytale #memoir

bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/c...

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 81 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbli...

#Reviews of #StarlingHouse #TheTurnglass #MrsWinterbottomTakesAGapYear #TheOlympianAffair #ASwarmOfButterflies
#bookreview #bookshine #NetGalley #catchupquickies #Gothic #fairytale #têtebêche #mystery #womensfiction #retirement #fantasy #ecomystery

bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/c...

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 80 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbli...

Short #reviews of #MurderByInvitationOnly #TheUndetectables #TheScandalousConfessionsOfLydiaBennetWitch #TheCrackedMirror #TheLostStory

#catchupquickies #bookshine #NetGalley #mystery #humour #fantasy #LGBTQIA #bookreviews #bookblogger

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 79 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbli...

Short #reviews of #JustAWildGhostChase #ScoochiesAdoptionStory #HowToBecomeAGrownAssWoman #ABrandToDieFor #H2LiftShipsABackStory
#catchupquickies #bookshine #fantasy #ghosts #adoption #diversity #selfhelp #advertising #mystery #humour #scifi #space

bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2024/07/29/c...

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 77 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbli...

Short #reviews of #HexAndTheCity #IfIHaveToBeHaunted #YouDontHaveToBeMadToWorkHere #TheSuspect #HowToAgeDisgracefully

#bookreview #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #romantasy #ghosts #YA #mentalhealth #memoir #legalmystery #aging #humour

bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2024/07/15/c...

Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 76 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbli...

Short #reviews of #BeyondTheSpeedLimit #AboutTheNatureOfTheCreature #TheWitchOfDarkwood #ACleanDeath #OnlyGhoulsAndHorses

#bookreview #bookshine #catchupquickies #indieauthors #fantasy #mystery #monsters #darkfairytale #shortstories #urbanfantasy

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Steph Warren

@bookshineblog.bsky.social

1 year ago

Catch-Up Quickies 75 First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbli...

Short #reviews of #BrideOfTheShadowKing #NeverAHero #TheBeastKeepers #IDidntSignUpForThis #AMarketOfDreamsAndDestiny

#bookreviews #bookshine #catchupquickies #NetGalley #romantasy #fantasy #couplescounselling #LGBTQIA #relationships #love

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