It’s my pleasure today to share my review of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social out from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/15/m...

It’s my pleasure today to share my review of The Bungle Book by @themillyjohnson.bsky.social It’s a volume of the kind of deftness we need in this frequently challenging world lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/14/t...

I’m delighted to share my review of The Lone Island Mystery by Emylia Hall today: lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/13/t...

Huge thanks to Libby and/or Liz for this brilliant surprise book mail of Royal Witch by Philippa Gregory coming from @harpercollins.bsky.social 20th October harpercollins.co.uk/products/roy...

Huge thanks to @itsjobennett.bsky.social for this fabulous Outside by @tinycharlotte.bsky.social coming from One World in August oneworld-publications.com/work/outside/

With a cruise holiday coming soon and a Nile cruise my first ever ‘exotic’ holiday, how apt to receive a surprise copy of The Nile Cruise by @carolinejames1.bsky.social out from @harpercollins.bsky.social Avon 30th July harpercollins.co.uk/products/the... Thank you @laurasherlock21.bsky.social

Lovely surprise book mail thank you @panmacmillan.bsky.social A Village Scandal by Diane Allen is out 30th July www.panmacmillan.com/authors/dian...

My huge thanks to Alison of @profilebooks.bsky.social for a copy of One Day a Cat Came to Me by Bukyeong Sunim coming from @souvenirpress.bsky.social in October uk.bookshop.org/p/books/one-...

It’s my very great pleasure to share my review of the excellent The Secret of the Lantern Keepers by @jennikeer.bsky.social out from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social on 20th July lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/08/t...

I’m always a fan of @scattyscribbler.bsky.social and her latest children’s book out from @luathpress.bsky.social is another cracker. Here’s my review lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/06/e...

My huge thanks to @libraryofchlo.bsky.social for this fab surprise finished copy of Tell Tale by Claire Parkin coming from @panmacmillan.bsky.social 23rd July www.panmacmillan.com/authors/clai...

My huge thanks to Beck Lewis for a copy of If I Don’t Kill Them … Who Will? www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Kill-Th... I so enjoyed Double Take (reviewed here lindasbookbag.com/2026/06/02/d...)

Home to this glorious The Last Encore by Santa Montefiore out from @orionbooks.bsky.social on 16th July. Thank you so much Sian! www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/santa...

Such a pleasure to find a surprise copy of The Way Home by @amandaprowse.bsky.social waiting for me! Out from Lake Union 28th July. Thank you so much Mandy x www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Home-Ama...

My enormous gratitude to @freyanorthauthor.bsky.social for allowing me to spend Summer at Flora’s House in this week’s surprise book mail 😍 I adore my trips to Harris and finding myself on the cover is fantastic! freyanorth.com/product/summ...

Huge thanks @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social for this cracking sounding The Taper Man by @nickharkaway.com coming 5th November. George Smiley is back! www.penguin.co.uk/books/475384...

It was the first anniversary of Mum’s death on Thursday so I took three days out. Came home to glorious book mail. Thank you if you want something here. Proper thanks to come 💙

My penultimate The People’s Friend paperback column hits the shelves on 11th July with Katie Fforde @olgawojtas.bsky.social @sarramanning.bsky.social @alicejolly.bsky.social @jennyashcroft.bsky.social Jennifer Ross @orionbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social HQ

Only seven years late, today I’m reviewing The Familiars by Stacey Halls published by @zaffrebooks.bsky.social lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/01/t...

Thank you very much Kirsten and @edpr.bsky.social for this red hot sounding surprise book mail of Kiss of Darkness by Taylor Aston White out from Vinci on 30th July www.amazon.co.uk/Kiss-Darknes...

Smashing surprise book mail thanks to Becky and/or @laurasherlock21.bsky.social Woman Behaving Badly by Brenda Gilhooly is out from @harpercollins.bsky.social One More Chapter 14th Jan 2027 harpercollins.co.uk/products/wom...

It’s my pleasure today to share my review of Ask Me What I’m Reading by Eleanor Goymer out from @harpercollins.bsky.social One More Chapter on 2nd July lindasbookbag.com/2026/06/29/a...

So pleased to receive a surprise copy of The Edge of Always by Rebecca Ryan out from @simonschusteruk.bsky.social 13th August www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Ed...

This surprise copy of The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson coming from @waywardtxf.bsky.social in August sounds like a corker of a read. Thank you! www.penguin.co.uk/books/485604...

It’s my absolute pleasure today to share my review of So Many Ways to Belong by Carol Atherton - a non-fiction, personal look at adoption, coming from Penguin Figtree on 9th July lindasbookbag.com/2026/06/25/s...

This surprise book mail of Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild is out in paperback on 16th July from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social and my thanks go to whomever sent it! www.hachette.co.uk/titles/loret...

It’s my pleasure to share my review of the wonderful Mr Sidhu’s Post Office by Amman Brar coming from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 2nd July lindasbookbag.com/2026/06/24/m...

My huge thanks to Khuriesh Farsh for this lovely surprise book mail of The Paris Thief by Lisa Rochin coming from @headlinebooks.bsky.social 14th July uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

My huge thanks to @everywithwords.bsky.social for this superb sounding The Silver Bones of Frances Winter by @fionagoggin.bsky.social coming in September www.everythingwithwords.com/books/the-si...

My huge thanks to @hqstories.bsky.social for this cracking proof of Eyes on You by Adele Parks coming out 27th August harpercollins.co.uk/products/eye...