Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social

Scottish #bookblogger, chatting about the #books I've loved. Nature watcher, keen cook, always on the go and love living by the sea!

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Strands #770
“Get ready!”
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Spotted a few words before I could see the spangram!

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The Lone Island Mystery by Emylia Hall | #audiobook #bookreview #ShellHouseDetectives #crimefiction

It's always a pleasure to pay a visit to Porthpella and catch up with the Shell House Detectives, Ally and Jayden. In The Lone Island Mystery, they are contacted by nature reserve warden Pippa who…
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Puzzle #1036
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Reverse 🌈 - whoop!

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On @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social Saturdays at the Café bluemoodcafe.com/2026/04/11/saturdays-at-the-cafe-395/
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Book Review - The River Days of Rosie Crow by Rebecca Stonehill @StairwellBooks whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026/04/11/book-review-the-river-days-of-rosie-crow-by-rebecca-stonehill-stairwellbooks/. Via @whatcathyreadnext.bsky.social
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Read an extract from Making Sparks Fly at the Highland Repair Shop by Kiley Dunbar on @bookescapesblog.bsky.social today #Extract #MakingSparksFlyAtTheHighlandRepairShop bookescapes.home.blog/2026/04/11/extract-from-making-sparks-fly-at-the-highland-repair-shop-by-kiley-dunbar-extract-makingsparksflyatthehighlandrepairshop/
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Happy Ending by Chloe Liese @chloe_liese @jsvilinsky @jsvilinsky.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #HappyEnding bluemoodcafe.com/2026/04/10/happy-ending-by-chloe-liese-chloe_liese-jsvilinsky-jsvilinsky-bsky-social-simon-audio-simonaudio-bsky-social-librofm-librofm-com-happyending/
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Cinders and Stars by Esther Scherpenisse | Bookstagram Tour | 13th – 26th April via @lovebookstours.bsky.social #BookstagramTour #BookPromotion #Bookstagrammers #BookReviews kellylacey.com/2026/04/11/cinders-and-stars-by-esther-scherpenisse-bookstagram-tour-13th-26th-april-lovebookstours-bookstagramtour-bookpromotion-bookstagrammers-bookreviews/
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social
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And this morning the Shed is a piece of sea glass, tumbled by the oceans…
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Come to Cornwall on a magic escape this #weekend! Will my book choose you? #SALE #99p
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "You don't choose the book, the book chooses you." I'm so glad this book chose me. I will remember this wonderful story, always.

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#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #magic
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Maggie Christensen @maggiechriste33.bsky.social
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FREE for one more day.
"I really loved this book – the beautiful setting, the very real characters, the way the story developed, the slowly developing romance."
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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with James Philp #author of Mad River

I'm delighted to be joined by James Philp today, author of Mad River. Mad River was published in January and is available in eBook, paperback and hardback formats. Over to James to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your…
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Strands #769
“You're putting me on”
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The spangram made me smile!

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Puzzle #1035
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🌈 Had the wrong idea completely for purple 😁

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Is it me, or is print size getting smaller in physical books? Even with my glasses on, I'm struggling! Not sure the photo shows how small the font is! #qotd #booksky 💙📚
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On @readingladiesbc.bsky.social The Berlin Letters [Book Review] #ThrowbackThursday #bookx #booksky #bookblogger #HistoricalFiction #BerlinWall readingladies.com/2026/04/09/the-berlin-letters-book-review-throwbackthursday-bookx-booksky-bookblogger-historicalfiction-berlinwall/
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I'll Never Tell by Philippa East lindasbookbag.com/2026/04/10/ill-never-tell-by-philippa-east/ via @lindasbookbag.bsky.social
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Black Lake Manor by Guy Morpuss jenmedsbookreviews.com/2026/04/10/black-lake-manor-by-guy-morpuss/ via @jenlucas.bsky.social
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Martin’s Eyes by Iain Ballantyne | Bookstagram Tour | 10th – 14th April via @lovebookstours.bsky.social #BookstagramTour #BookPromotion #Bookstagrammers #BookReviews kellylacey.com/2026/04/10/martins-eyes-by-iain-ballantyne-bookstagram-tour-10th-14th-april-lovebookstours-bookstagramtour-bookpromotion-bookstagrammers-bookreviews/
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On @nickimags.bsky.social Happy Friday! #ThePositivityWave #42 😀#BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2026/04/10/happy-friday-thepositivitywave-42-%f0%9f%98%80booksky-secretlibrarybookblog/
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On @karendennise.bsky.social Eye Spy - C M Ewan | Thriller Book Review | #EyeSpy @RandomTTours www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/2026/04/eye-spy-c-m-ewan-thriller-book-review-eyespy-randomttours.html
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Something whimsical in an increasingly strange world.
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First Line Friday 10th April 2026: The Show Woman by Emma Cowing  | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚

Today's First Line Friday features a book I've had on my Kindle for ages having bought it when it was on offer last year. Emma Cowing's The Show Woman follows four women in Edwardian Scotland who are…
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Strands #768
“On the sly”
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One letter was the key to the spangram today.

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Puzzle #1034
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Nearly a perfect rainbow. I was disappointed yellow was yellow given I had to look up two of them 😄

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Turn Back Time by Eleanor Tucker | #bookreview

I have been looking forward to reading this book for quite some time since I the author told me about it at a book event we were both at last year. Turn Back Time is Eleanor Tucker's debut novel although she has previously written a non-fiction book,…
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Strands #767
“In the paint”
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Another fun one. For reference, fun means when I spot the spangram within 30 seconds 😄

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Puzzle #1033
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Did a Joanne! I only know one of the words in purple in that context 😁

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On @nickimags.bsky.social WWW Wednesdays! – 08/04/26 #HappyShrugDay #WWWWednesdays #BookSky #WhatAmIReading #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2026/04/08/www-wednesdays-08-04-26-happyshrugday-wwwwednesdays-booksky-whatamireading-secretlibrarybookblog/
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