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✨ INKED ✨ Bookish word stack challenge 📚✨

Thank you for the word prompt @lous_novel_idea! My word for the challenge was INKED and I decided to turn it into a TBR challenge too make myself go through my shelves and remind myself of all the books I still have to read 🫣 I’ll get there eventually…

I - I’ll Give You The Sun
N - Nothing Like The Movies
K - Kakigori Summer
E - Emergency Contact
D - Disenchanted

Tagging some bookish friends (but no obligation to take part if you don’t want to!) and anyone is welcome to join in 😊 Your word is PAGES 📖✨

#bookworm #tbrstack #bookstagram #bookish #readersgonnaread

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Scandal by @the_mancaruso_sisters
Published by @headofzeus

The @tandemcollectiveuk “most likely” lists & my chosen ‘grammers. Some are here at the weekender and some are at home.

If you’ve not read Scandal yet here’s the blurb

“They had the perfect marriage. Until she was found alive.

2020. During a friend’s birthday trip, Kaleigh Creedy’s life was torn apart when she and her two friends, Emma and Leila, were violently attacked in the middle of the night. Only Kaleigh managed to escape.

2025. Now married to a famous footballer and a rising star in her own right, the former beauty queen has tried to put the terror of that night behind her. But just when Kaleigh thinks she’s safe, the unthinkable happens.

Emma is found alive, and her version of events doesn’t match Kaleigh’s.

Her perfect life is unravelling, the tabloids are circling, but who will you believe?”

#tandemweekender2026 #scandal @tandemcollectiveuk @headofzeus @the_mancaruso_sisters

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Rebecca Ryan’s The Edge of Always launch 🫶🏻

Last night I had the joy of listening to @becsryanauthor in conversation with @lindagreenbooks all about Rebecca’s new book, The Edge of Always that published yesterday ✨ I have already been lucky enough to read this and absolutely adored it so much so hearing all about where this book came from was such a pleasure 🫶🏻

The book is absolutely phenomenal (iykyk 👀) and Rebecca and Linda are just the most fantastic pair, dare I say the best double act? 🤣 Thank you to @waterstonesleeds for hosting this lovely evening 💖

The evening was spent with some of my @yorkshire_reads_uk besties and the fact our little Yorkshire Reads group is mentioned in the Acknowledgements is just so truly special 🥹

Truly the most joyous evening and please everyone go read this phenomenal book 🫶🏻🥰

#bookevent #waterstonesevent #rebeccaryan #yorkshirereads #bookbesties

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The Edge of Always Release Day Event - @waterstonesleeds 🎉🥐💕

Always such a lovely evening when we get to celebrate a new @becsryanauthor book! I can’t wait to dive into this phenomenal read 👀📖

And it’s always so wonderful to be able to go to events like this knowing there’s a @yorkshire_reads_uk friend or two (or more!) also going - making memories with this group is my favourite favourite feeling, and being mentioned in the acknowledgments was such a beautiful surprise 😭 feeling ever so grateful 🥺💜

#bookevent #booksigning #newrelease #waterstonesevents #yorkshirelife

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An evening with the wonderful Rebecca Ryan at Waterstones Leeds! 📚✨
@becsryanauthor
@waterstonesleeds

Celebrating the release of The Edge of Always.
Rebecca is genuinely so lovely and delightfully relatable.
I can’t wait to read this one ASAP. (In fact, I may just get cosy with it right now because it sounds beautiful)

Thank you to the team at Waterstones, Leeds for always hosting the loveliest events and to @lindagreenbooks for asking some great questions and being a fabulous moderator! 🥹

A massive thank you to Rebecca for being so generous with her time chatting with us all, the Yorkshire Reads bookish community loves and appreciates you so much and seeing that acknowledgment at the end of the book was so special.
You’re truly the best! 🤍

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✨️🎉 YORKSHIRE READS TURNS TWO 🎉✨️

● 08.08.2026 - Knaresborough ●

Two years ago, Yorkshire Reads met for the first time. The chillest little group of 6 talking books and life and soaking in the vibes of a floating bookshop (@holdfastleeds) was the spark of monthly meet-ups, author events and many many friendships and connections.

To celebrate, we headed back to Knaresborough (last visited January 2025!) to shop, quiz, picnic and chill in the sun!

Our quiz revealed some fabulous facts about our first 2 years, including that over 2000 people now follow the account, with over 100 different people having attended at least 1 meet-up or event, and around 75% of those people have returned for at least a 2nd time! We have visited many of @thelounges and participated in so many different crafts and activities as well as meeting and hosting many wonderful authors along the way too.

@castlegatebooks was a gem as usual, with buy one get one free on a range of great books. @yorkshirecancerknaresborough also had a fab selection too! We nipped into a variety of other charity shops too before heading to Conyngham Hall Park for our picnic.

It was another lovely day and rounded off another year of meets nicely! Here's to another year of bookish friendship and fun!

#yorkshirereadsuk #yorkshirereadsmeetup #bookishfriends #anniversarymeetup knarseboroughbookshops

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✨𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔✨

Book Friends really are the best friends and it was so good to catch up with and meet so many bookish friends at Harrogate this past weekend. Thank you to everyone, you truly made my first Harrogate an amazing memory 🩷

And to those not pictured, thank you too. We need to get a pic next year!

💬 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎?

*Sorry to anyone who isn't tagged, but I only have 20 tags and couldn't remember some people's handles 🙈*

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WE
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THE
DEAD
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🐦‍⬛ Team @doubledayukbooks were so thrilled to continue our legendary partnership today with our friends at @imaginedthingsbookshop 📚

🐦‍⬛ Pre-launching the thrilling, immersive WE ARE THE DEAD, the first in a new series from the brilliant and wonderful @laurashepherdrobinson ✍️

🐦‍⬛ It takes a certain kind of cop to solve a murder in a fortress, with the eyes of the world watching.

🐦‍⬛ We Are The Dead introduces Brontë Hayes, the striking, unforgettable fictional head of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Enquiry Team.

🐦‍⬛ Prepare yourselves for fiendishly plotted, beautifully written novel which will thrill and move you in multiple ways.

🐦‍⬛ WE ARE THE DEAD is out in April 2027. Watch out for more news from Laura and from Doubleday soon

🐦‍⬛ Thank you to all our friends who joined us to celebrate this morning ! 🎉 📚

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What a wonderful evening 💜

I'm still smiling after the pre-launch party for The Harrogate Spa Murders. It was such a joy to meet fellow book lovers, chat about psychological thrillers, share the inspiration behind the story, and celebrate this book together.

Thank you to everyone who came! Your support means more than you know, and moments like these remind me why I love writing.

Thank you so much @lianneslittlebookshelf and @killerreadsbookclub for organising this wonderful event! 💕🎉✨️

Now I can't wait for you all to step inside The Thorne Spa ... Just remember – not everyone is leaving alive. 👀

#TheHarrogateSpaMurders #PsychologicalThriller #CrimeFiction #BookLaunch #authorlife

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Yorkshire Reads Bradford 💖🫶🏻

This was my first time in Bradford for something that isn’t the theatre and I had a wonderful time ☺️

Bradford’s Waterstones is truly one of the most stunning (if not the most) that I have ever been to and I am so pleased to have finally seen it in the flesh 💖

We had a wonderful meal at Zizzi’s which included some fabulous friendship bracelet making (I am now completely addicted and have bought my own kit 🤭) ✨

It was such a magical day with my book besties despite the grim weather ✨💜

#yorkshirereads #bookstagram #bookishbesties #bookworm #bookstagrammer

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The best kind of travel read is one that makes you forget you’re travelling!
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I dove into The Second Home on the journey home from Tenerife and ended up flying through it, finishing it just in time for a good night’s sleep in my own bed. The short chapters and steady stream of unraveling secrets made it easy to keep reading “just one more chapter” and helped keep my mind off my ever-looming flight anxiety!

Set in a seaside community, this domestic suspense explores the tension between the haves and the have-nots, with plenty of neighbourhood and family drama bubbling beneath the surface. When a house goes up in flames and bodies are pulled from the ashes, the secrets both Lottie and Olivia have been keeping threaten to destroy everything.

The coastal setting is perfect for a summer read (I really want to know which village inspired it!) and I enjoyed the way the author gradually revealed more about each character. As the story unfolded, new discoveries kept changing my perspective and had me questioning who I could trust and who I liked. I’m not sure I ended up liking any of them, to be fair, but that added to the experience for me as I love unlikeable characters! (Though I’d definitely take some tacos from the Taco Lads.)

If you enjoy domestic thrillers packed with family secrets, complicated relationships, simmering tensions, and plenty of twists to keep the pages turning, The Second Home is a great choice for your summer reading pile.
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Thank you to @killerreadsbookclub and @yorkshire_reads_uk for letting me hop onto this book tour, and to @hodderfiction for the galley. And most importantly, congratulations to the talented and genuinely lovely @kathryn.sharman on her second published book!

Follow my fellow bookstagram tour buddies to see their reviews: @theliteraturelagoon @abookwormliveshere @amys_booknook @whiskers_andwords @lianneslittlebookshelf @carrie_chops @s.j.gathercole.books @magicallyemofficial @anna_reads_avidly @wonky_littlelendinglibrary @sleepywhippetbookclub @books_and.bakes @__fully.booked__ @charlottekatiereads @just_a_vet_who_loves_to_read @__hannahsbookshelf @catherine_books_and_cocktails @hazziboo09 @littleteacuplibrary

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