Books in waiting
There are still several hundred books on my Kindle still awaiting my attention but I keep finding others by totally new-to-me authors from a variety of sources now, especially via NetGalley and a variety of publishers and blog tour organisers. Some of the books are not published yet but I have been given access to advance reader copies (ARCs) of them so I can let you know what I think of them before they reach the shops! In many such cases I now schedule my blog about them to appear on or within a week of the date they are due to be published – hence sometimes you’ll find I post several reviews in one day and many book reviews are scheduled months in advance of to coincide with their publication date. Whatever the source, I will always give my very honest review.
If you are an author or publisher and you’d like me to read (or listen to the audiobook version) and give an honest review of a book, feel free to contact me and, if it appeals and time permits, I’ll give it a read and review! I do warn you, though, that I will be honest in my review and I currently have a huge to be read pile so I tend to only agree to read ones I think I’ll thoroughly enjoy – life’s too short to spend time struggling to read something I’m not connecting to IMHO, sorry! I try not to publish reviews too long before the book is available, so many reviews for books not featuring in a tour will be scheduled for their actual publication date over the next few weeks and months – just check my home page to read them. I also add other reviews as I read other books (or listen to audiobooks)- but only if time permits and at the moment, as you’ll see, there are lots scheduled.
If you are a reader and have a particular favourite you think I’d like me to read and review, feel free to comment and let me know. I do have other books to read but will prioritise the NetGalley ones first and, if these get few in number, I’ll add others from my Kindle and book pile that are waiting in reserve! I am trying to leave more spaces in my schedule for 2021 so I can have more time to read some of the fantastic books I have in my ever growing tbr pile and to lower the number I still have from NetGalley that I haven’t managed to read yet because of too many other commitments – though I’m not really succeeding very well at resisting agreeing to read some of the fabulous books going on tours this year – and even some that are next year, too.
| 6 Nov | BTR: Under the Mistletoe by Sue Moorcroft via Rachel’s RR |
| 7 Nov | BTR: The Girl from Bletchley Park by Kathleen McGurl via Rachel’s RR |
| 8 Nov | BTR: I’ll Be Home For Christmas by M W Arnold via Rachel’s RR BTR: Girl at Christmas by Rhoda Baxter via Rachel’s RR (novella) |
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| 10 Nov | BTR: A Match Made in Venice by Leonie Mack via Rachel’s RR |
| 11 Nov | R: A Special Cornish Christmas by Phillipa Ashley via NG R: Stolen Ones (DI Kim Stone #15) by Angela Marsons R: On a Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk via Harper Collins NG |
| 12 Nov | R: Raven by Sam Michaels via Aria/Head of Zeus NG pub 11/11 |
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| 14 Nov | BTR: Murder on the Pier (A Flora Steele Mystery Book 2) by Merryn Allingham via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH |
| 15 Nov | BTR: Murder at the Abbey by Frances Evesham via Rachel’s RR BBR: Erma Does The Math by Ann Strawn via Rachel’s RR |
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| 17 Nov | BTR: The Amsterdam Affair by Kate Frost via Rachel’s RR |
| 18 Nov | BTR: Sisters Behaving Badly by Maddie Please via Rachel’s RR |
| 19 Nov | BTR: The New Wife by Sue Watson via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH |
| 20 Nov | BTR: The Boy Who Breathed Underwater by Izzy Rees Children’s (4-8) pbk via Rachel’s RR |
| 21 Nov | BTR: The King Who Didn’t Like Snow by Jocelyn Porter Children’s (3-8) pbk via Rachel’s RR |
| 22 Nov | BTR: White Wedding by Carla Luna via Rachel’s RR |
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| 24 Nov | BTR: Fallen Angel by D.K. Hood via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH BTR: Horsing Around by Lexi Rees via Rachel’s RR pbk S: The Arcane by Andrew S. French via Rachel’s RR |
| 25 Nov | R: The Imperfect Art of Caring by Jessica Ryn vis HQ/NG |
| 26 Nov | BTR: The Knight’s Convenient Alliance by Melissa Oliver via Rachel’s RR GP by Julie Stock, author of A Leap of Faith at the Vineyard via Rachel’s RR |
| 27 Nov | BTR: The New Land by Daisy Bourne via Rachel’s RR |
| 28 Nov | BTR: The Hostage: A totally gripping action thriller by John Ryder via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH BTR: DM by NH via SH |
| 29 Nov | BTR: Death on a Winter’s Day by Verity Bright via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH |
| 30 Nov | R: Hunter’s Hope by Alyssa Day via Entangled: Amara NG |
| 1 Dec | BTR: Beauty And The Reclusive Millionaire by Rachael Stewart via Rachel’s RR AI with Rosie Dean, author of Toni’s Blind Date via Rachel’s RR |
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| 3 Dec | BTR: The Memory Bones (Detective Casey White Book 5) by B.R. Spangler via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH GP by Kathy L Wheeler and/or Amanda McCabe – Gaming Hell Christmas via Rachel’s RR |
| 4 Dec | BTR: Snow Falls over Sunnybrook (LDPC) by Rosie Green via Rachel’s RR |
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| 7 Dec | BTR: The Girl in the Ground (Nikki Hunt Book 4) by Stacy Green via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH BTR: My First Animal Moves by Darryl Edwards via Rachel’s RR pbk |
| 8 Dec | BTR: Murder at the Castle (A Belinda Penshurst Mystery Book 2) by Lisa Cutts via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH |
| 9 Dec | BTR: A Winter Wedding at Mistletoe Gate Farm by Helen J Rolfe via Rachel’s RR R: The Girl Upstairs by Georgina Lees via OMC NG |
| 10 Dec | BTR: Daughters of Magpie Cove by Kennedy Kerr via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH BTR: A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J Scott via Rachel’s RR |
| 11 Dec | BTR: Vanishing Point (Detective Megan Carpenter #4) by Greg Olsen via Bookouture #BooksOnTour |
| 12 Dec | BTR: The Golden Girls’ Getaway by Judy Leigh via Rachel’s RR |
| 13 Dec | BTR: The Drowning Girls by Lisa Regan via Bookouture #BookOnTour NH |
| 14 Dec | AI with D. A. Baden, author of Habitat Man via Rachel’s RR |
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| 17 Dec | BTR: Her Dying Wish by Carla Kovach via Bookouture #BookOnTour JR |
| 18 Dec | BTR: The Lost Promise of Ireland (Starlight Cottages Book 3) by Susanne O’Leary via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH |
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| 8 Jan | BTR: A Wedding at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland via Rachel’s RR |
| 9 Jan | BTR: A Spring Surprise For The Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett via Rachel’s RR |
| 10 Jan | BTR: Mystery at Magpie Lodge by Clare Chase via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH |
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| 12 Jan | BTR: Heartcross Castle by Christie Barlow via Rachel’s RR |
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| 15 Jan | BTR: The Night of The Party by Anna-Lou Weatherley via Bookouture #BooksOnTour JR |
| 16 Jan | BTR: Hunter’s Rules by Val Penny and A Nose for Mischief (Riverbend K-9s Book 1) by K.T. Leedate both via Rachel’s RR tbc 16 – 19th |
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| 21 Jan | BTR: Anything You Can Do by B R Maycock via Rachel’s RR |
| 22 Jan | BTR: A Secret at Tansy Falls by Cate Woods via Bookouture #BooksOnTour SH |
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| 27 Jan | BTR: Lost Graves (Boyle & Keneally Book 2) by S.A. Dunphy via Bookouture SH |
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| 2 Feb | BTR: Stolen Angels (Detective Ellie Reeves Book 5) by Rita Herron via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH |
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| 11 Feb | BTR: Don’t Look Back (Detectives Kane and Alton crime novella) by D. K. Hood via Bookouture #BooksOnTour JR |
| 12 Feb | BTR: Death in Disguise (An Adam and Eve Mystery#1) by Emma Davies via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH |
| 13 Feb | BTR: Black Orchid Girls (Detective Amanda Steele Book 4) by Carolyn Arnold via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH |
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| 17 Feb | R: This Charming Man by CK McDonnell via NG Random House/Bantam Press |
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| 20 Feb | BTR: Murder in First Class (A Miss Underhay Mystery) by Helena Dixon via Bookouture #BooksOnTour NH |
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| 28 Feb | BTR: The Body on the Moor: A completely unputdownable mystery thriller Inspired by a true crime by Rebecca Griffiths via Bookouture NH #BooksOnTour |
splashesintobooks 
I am a newly self-published author and would love for you to receive a free Kindle copy of my book Struck, and its sequel Lost for reviewing.
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Thank you for the offer, Maya – I have sent an email to you!
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Hello! My name’s Tara St. Pierre, and I recently published a YA book “Just a Few Inches” (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XX8HGUS). I like your site and the style of your reviews, and I’d love to have you review my book if you’re interested in reading it.
Thanks for your consideration!
–Tara
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Thanks for you kind words and offer, Tara – I have replied via email 🙂
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Hello my names Rex Grainger and I’ve adventure thriller out on amazon. It’s called Elixir Stone. Could you please email in regards of reviewing it. Thank you, and keep up the good work.
Rex
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Thanks, Rex, for continuing this conversation via email!
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Hi there. Found your website through writing pal, Roni Hall. I really like your delivery and premise. My first book came out in June 2015 with Soul Mate Publishing. It’s Women’s Fiction and is titled Maggie’s Way. I have cover quotes from Jane Porter and Lori Nelson Spielman and was wondering if you’d like to read it for a review. I’d be happy to gift you an ebook or send you a paperback. Here’s my website info if you’d like to check it out.
http://www.LindaBradleyAuthor.com
Thanks for considering my work and I look forward to hearing from you!
Linda
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Hello Elaine!
I so appreciate the wonderful things you are doing on behalf of us authors to get our names and brain children out to the world. I would love to have you review my YA historical novel (set during the American Civil War), which includes sub-plots of romance and adventure and which was published in 2012. It’s titled Sweet Glory, and its sequel, Train to Glory, will be released this coming May 10th through distribution (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.). If you would like to check out Sweet Glory, it’s available on Amazon at:
http://amzn.to/THkzMp.
Thanks for your time and consideration of my story, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Lisa
P.S. I discovered you and your website via the Amazon Discussion Boards and the tremendous review you did for Rarity of the Hollow by Robert Eggleton.
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Hi Elaine,
Thank you for all you do to help authors get our names out there! I would love to have you read/review my award-winning Young Adult Paranormal/Urban Fantasy novel XODUS. In short, XODUS is about a girl who discovers she can astral project and tries to use her new ability to find her mother, who disappeared two months prior.
You can find the book’s Goodreads page and official blurb here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28483134-xodus
I am happy to provide an e-book in your preferred format (PDF, MOBI, or EPUB).
Thank you for your consideration. I hope to hear from you soon!
Kelly
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Hi Elaine,
I would like to request a review for my new e-book, please.
MILLIE HARDIMAN AND THE RED PARROT FEVER
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31254318-millie-hardiman-and-the-red-parrot-fever
If you are willing to review, I will be happy to send you a PDF or Word doc, copy manuscript.
The cover can be viewed on my Goodreads page.
Synopsis
This is a contemporary, coming of age, comedy drama for young adults, 12+.
Millie Hardiman is a thirteen year old from Bognor Regis, with a wild imagination, who dreams of becoming a writer.
When Millie’s scriptwriter dad, Barry, has writer’s block, Millie becomes his muse for the daytime television soap, Double Top.
After her success on Double Top, Millie creates a Sci-Fi, teen drama, The Adventures of Martian Girl.
Millie falls in love for the first time with Wolf Van Der Beek, an arrogant, South African child actor.
This is a story about friendship, first love and growing up.
Kind regards
Eddie
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Hello! Thank you so much for what you do. I recently published a book through Kindle, (a Young Adult Dystopian-SciFi-Thriller), and would love for you to consider reviewing it. Feel free to email me 🙂
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OMG Lucky you!! I was dreaming about Bound to You by Alyssa Brandon for eveeer now. Sucks being a student, cause you can’t afford it lol Read that one, I heard it’s amazing.
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