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Books By Your Bedside
Here you will find my own personal reviews of purchased books, gifted books, and advanced reader copies. I cover all genres of fiction books, plus non-fiction, classics and poetry.
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Emma Lee
Blog: Emma Lee’s BlogX: @Emma_Lee1Instagram: @emmainleicesterBluesky: @emmalee1.bsky.social Started Reviewing: August 2017 Meet Emma Lee Questions on Reviewing What made you start a book blog and/or book review social media account? Reviewing for poetry magazines can be precarious as editors change or a magazine goes on hiatus (sometimes permanently) so having a poetry book review blog seemed…
The Ministry of Manners – David Solomons
Published By: Piccadilly PressPages: 272Released On: 07/05/2026Reading Age: 9-12 Be quiet. Be polite. Or be silenced. Alfie and Margot Hawthorne have grown up under the Ministry of Manners, where politeness isn’t a choice – it’s the law. And one wrong word can change your life. He knows how to stay out of trouble, but she…
How Queer Bookshops Changed the World – A.J West
Published By: OneworldPages: 336Released On: 07/05/2026 For over a century, LGBTQ+ bookshops have been the unsung heroes of queer liberation Home not only to books but chaotic community noticeboards, vicious rescue cats and countless meet cutes, queer bookshops have always been more than just bookshops, offering friendship, solidarity and sanctuary. Travelling the world – Shakespeare and Company…
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