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✧ Expect books, dogs & t'fun in between
✧ Thriller ○ YA ○ Dark Rom ○ Dystopian
✧ Spoonie ○ Mood & ARC Reader
✧ Host of @silentbookclubbirmingham

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Another wonderful SBC Birmingham meetup at the lovely @weluckycoffee.brumie ☕️🍵

Join us at our new spot every third Thursday!
📍 We Lucky Coffee, Chinatown
⏰️ From 6pm
💸 FREE and no need to RSVP
📖 Bring your own book
🫂 Mingle *optional*, read & be amongst others - social without actually being sociable
🪑 Sit ANYWHERE & relax
🍵 Enjoy the BEST drinks from fruit teas to matcha
📚 FREE book swap and bookish goodies

#Birmingham #bookclub #birminghamlife #birminghambookclub #silentbookclubbirmingham

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💋🔪🔂 Kiss Slay Replay

I had the pleasure of meeting @rachelharrisonsghost at her book signing on Thursday, so it felt like the perfect time to share my review! 🖤📚

After a painful breakup, Willa heads to her best friend’s wedding for a weekend of celebrating, catching up with friends… and awkwardly avoiding her ex-fiancé, who’s brought a date!

Instead, the wedding turns into an absolute nightmare.

And then Willa wakes up. Back at the beginning of the same day.

What follows is a chaotic mix of time loops, dark humour and increasingly bizarre horror as Willa tries to figure out what’s happening before history repeats itself… again.

This was a fun read that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Each reset brings something new and wonderfully weird, keeping the story fresh and the pace moving. It’s definitely more quirky horror-comedy than genuinely scary, but there are plenty of bizarre moments to keep you guessing!

If you’re after something fast, fun and a little bit bonkers, this is worth picking up!

#kissslayreplay #rachelharrison #horrorbooks #bookreview #booksigning

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🍂 September recap 🍂

📚 Books read:
• Last Days
• The House in the Pines
• Amityville Awakens
• My Corpse Has a Heartbeat
• Midnight Companions

🖤 Things done did:
• @silentbookclubbirmingham eve
• Explored Birmingham’s catacombs at Warstone Lane Cemetery
• York for work, with plenty of important detours: The Shambles, Toppings & Co, York Minster, the Railway Museum & York Dungeons
• Hay-on-Wye with SBC 📚
• Survived an APM work course and the exam 🫠

Basically: read books, visited spooky places, bought more books, wandered around historic cities and occasionally remembered I have a job!

#septemberwrapup #horrorbooks #spookyseason #wanderwithme #hayonwye

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HAY-ON-WYE 🌞

@silentbookclubbirmingham ventures to the wonderful book town: Hay-On-Wye 🌤

🫂 A lovely day with a whole lot of good people
🛍 Book Hauls (and lots of other good bits too)
🏰 Castle steps & relax
🍕 Foodie stop
🌞 Sunshine!
👀 Some unusual finds

Thank you to all that came to join us!

Same again next year? 🪩🚍

#birmingham #birminghambookclub #hayonwye #silentbookclub #booksta

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Yesterday we hosted another @macmillancancer Coffee Morning and ugh. What an absolute blooming delight!

Thank you @fortdunlop for being so accommodating as always and supporting us! In just a couple of hours we had...

☆ Lush chats 💬
☆ All the bookish goodness 📚
☆ Ate way too much cake (said no one) 🎂
☆ and helped make a big difference 💚

Like to make a donation?
Its not too late!
Hit our bio and make an impact 🫂

#birmingham
#macmillan
#cancersucks
#fortdunlop
#booksta

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We made it to Greece 🌅✈️

Whattttt?!

Host @earth.to.yaz is back exploring, this time in Greece and just look at the chosen trusty tote bag in it's golden hour 😭🙏

Safe travels m'love!

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This month's Thursday meet-up at @weluckycoffee.brumie 🍵☕️🍀

What a lil gem of a spot with the best drinks and lovely ladies. Thank you for having us!

Missed the memo? 📣

Join us at our new spot every third Thursday!
📍 We Lucky Coffee, Chinatown
⏰️ From 6pm
💸 FREE and no need to RSVP
📖 Bring your own book
🫂 Mingle *optional*, read & be amongst others - social without actually being sociable
🪑 Sit ANYWHERE & relax
🍵 Enjoy the BEST drinks from fruit teas to matcha
📚 FREE book swap and bookish goodies

#Birmingham #bookclub #birminghamlife #birminghambookclub #silentbookclubbirmingham

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We love our cosy Sundays at @allbaronebrindleyplace

Every FIRST Sunday of the month!
From 11:30am
Bring your own book to read and meet others!

📖✨️🫶💭📚🍵☕️🥙🌿

Thank you @cherry_rabbit_loz for joining us, to chat through your exciting new read!
⏳️ The Chronowick Paradox ⏳️

OUT NOW - PURCHASE VIA THE LINK IN OUR BIO!

See you next time?

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Happy Sunday's go like this...

💜 Time to chat with our local darling author @cherry_rabbit_loz

⏳️ Finding out more about Loz's latest gem 📖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅 📖

🌿 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼 🌿

💜 Hearing all about Loz's inspiration, characters and the worlds she has created and the depths its took to get her where she is today. Incredible lady 💪

📖 Happy slow morning reading, mingling and exploring new realms & authors

☕️ and as always THE BEST food and drink from @allbaronebrindleyplace
Thank as always for looking after us
We appreciate you all so much 🫶

See you next time!

📖💜🔬🌿🍵✨️🫂⏳️

#birmingham #birminghamlife #birminghambookclub #silentbookclubbirmingham #bookclub @bookextravaganza

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AUGUST RECAP 🦇☀️

Birthday celebrations, book crawls, good food, claw machines and seeing one of my favourite bands live again… 🖤

The Shirley book crawl with the SBC gang was definitely a highlight, as was a day out with Steff & Emma eating our way around Asia Asia and attempting to conquer Lucky Claw. I came home with a Totoro. The muscle shark remains undefeated.

I also explored Wightwick Manor, celebrated my birthday with Korean BBQ & hot pot, and somehow managed to start my Halloween shopping despite it still being approximately 400°C outside. 🎃

And then there was AFI. 🖤 Absolute bangers, as always, and very happy Lucy!

Books this month:
📚 Newbourne Park
📚 The Unhaunting
📚 The Day of the Door
📚 The Suffering
📚 Happy Hour

Currently reading Last Days

August, you were hot, busy and pretty bloody good 🖤

#augustreads #birthdaymonth #silentbookclub #horror #afireinside

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Successful trip to the garden centre at Mile Oak. No plants bought, but books and a cake (didn’t last long enough for a photo..!) this weekend 🖤
Lovely as always to hang out with the girlies 🌸
#blinddatewithabook #bankholiday #shoppingtrip #bookstagram #books

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📚 ‘Table for One’ by Emma Gannon 🍊✨

This month’s book club pick has given us A LOT to talk about 👀

We’ve been doing a read-along throughout August, and it has been so lovely seeing how much this book has resonated with our readers. From debating Willow’s choices and questioning Dom’s behaviour to talking about friendship, loneliness, relationships, success and the pressure women face to have their lives figured out by a certain age, there has been so much to unpack.

I really enjoyed how much ‘Table for One’ made me think about what we consider a successful life, and whether being alone really has to mean being lonely. I also loved the way friendship becomes such an important part of Willow’s journey as she starts to find her way back to herself. It is a thoughtful, relatable read that gives you plenty to discuss, which made it such a good book club choice 💚

And because I know so many of you love a “if you liked this, try this” recommendation, I’ve put together a whole carousel of books that I think could pair beautifully with ‘Table for One’. Some are books I have read and loved, while others came up through my @the.storygraph, @goodreads and @readwithmargins recommendations.

👉 Swipe through the carousel to see my recommendations and let me know if you’ve read any of them, or if there’s another book you would add to the list!

Check out my story highlights from our #TableforOneReadAlong, because honestly, the discussions have been too good not to share 💬📖

Paid partnership with @harperfiction. Copies of Table for One were kindly supplied by Tink. Lifestyle photo of Table for One by Emma Gannon on a green notebook beside a coffee, pastry and drink on a marble café table. White handwritten text says “If you liked this” with an arrow pointing towards the book.

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