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Diana Jackson

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  • Diana’s Summer Books Reviews ~ AN ITALIAN GIRL IN BROOKLYN by Santa Montefiore

    Why did you choose this book? It was the title and cover which caught my eye, with the easily recognisable Brooklyn Bridge. Also, I do like to try new to me authors. The blurb confirmed that it was set in New York City, a place I have enjoyed visiting and will do so again shortly,…

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  • Diana’s summer book reviews ~ OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste NG

    Why did you choose this book? It was the intriguing blurb which caught my eye, a boy searching for his mother, longing to find the truth about why she went missing. This resonated with me, especially after releasing my novel MISSING, Past and Present. What drives someone to leave their home and family without trace,…

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  • Favourite Memory Surrounding Books #Bookbloggerhop

    Book Blogger Hop What is ‘Book Blogger Hop’? Lady Tessa explains on her blog: “The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will…

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  • Author Roderick Hart takes up the ‘Throw a Dice Challenge’

    I’m really pleased to welcome author Roderick Hart who is taking part in my ‘Throw a Dice Challenge’ Please can you share your author bio:   Roderick Hart has published poetry in anthologies of verse, made bubble gum in Philadelphia, studied folk music in Afghanistan, and worked for many years in a recording studio, training…

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  • Celebrating Scottish Authors ~ Margaret Skea ~ The Turn of the Tide

    My next Scottish writer ~ in no particular order I might add ~ is Margaret Skea who lives in the Scottish borders. I ‘met’ her on social media and hope our paths will meet in person in the not too distant future. Here is my review of ‘Turn of the Tide.‘ “After avidly reading some…

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  • Celebrating Contemporary Scottish Authors Month ~ December 2017

    I’m celebrating Book Week Scotland with a whole month of Scottish book reviews. It was browsing the books in our local library that I noticed, not only the familiar authors who I am accustomed to finding down south, but also a plethora of unfamiliar names. Having moved to Scotland two years this December, I thought…

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  • Cozy Mysteries? Is it or isn’t it?

    I have just tweeted for someone to explain to me what a ‘cozy mystery’ actually is. A tall order I know in 140 characters. Anyway, a tweeter sent me a link to Wikipedia. I know this may not be the definitive answer but it is certainly a start. I questioned it because I was wondering…

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  • New paperback cover available for bookshops

    Celebrating new book cover which will be familiar to many of you as the kindle book cover used since publication of Murder, Now and Then:

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