Portobello Book Blog

Joining me today to share #TenThings he’d like his readers to know about him is Jamie Adams. Jamie’s book is The Fathers, The Sons and the Anxious Ghost and you can order a copy of it here. Thanks to Kelly at Love Books Tours for the invitation to take part in the blogtour. 1) I … More #TenThings about Jamie Adams #author of The Fathers, the Sons and the Anxious Ghost @JamieAdStories @LoveBooksTours

I’m delighted to be taking part in the promotional blogtour for The Orphan Thief by Glynis Peters, to celebrate paperback publication. In this post, you’ll find out more about the book and the author and information about where to buy it. Thanks to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for the invitation to take part … More The Orphan Thief by Glynis Peters @0neMoreChapter_ @_GlynisPeters_ #randomthingstours

A Dark Matter is the latest novel from Doug Johnstone and is available in paperback from today. It was partly inspired by his time as writer in residence at a funeral directors in Edinburgh. It begins with three generations of the Skelf family attending the cremation of Jim Skelf, in a rather unorthodox send-off. As … More A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone #bookreview @orendabooks @doug_johnstone #randomthingstours

I saw this on Brona’s Books blog and thought it sound like fun. I have used books from 2019 for my answers as even I haven’t read that many this year so far! You can read Brona’s answers here. THE RULES: Using only books you have read during the year (2019), answer these questions. Try … More Life According to Literature #BookTag

American Dirt is quite different from my usual kind of reads but I was blown away by its powerful message. It is the story of a Mexican bookshop owner called Lydia who was married to a journalist, Sebastian. When Sebastian writes an expose of a powerful local drugs cartel, exposing the leader of the group, … More American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins #bookreview @TinderPress @jeaninecummins

I’m joined today by Keith Crawford who is sharing #TenThings he’d like his readers to know about him. I really enjoyed reading this interesting mix, including the rather romantic story of when he first met his wife. Keith’s first novel, Vile, was published in December 2019. You can order a copy of it here. Thanks … More #TenThings about Keith Crawford #author of Vile @LoveBooksTours @keithcrawford77

It Started With a Giggle is the third in Kirsty Ferry’s Schubert series of novellas. Don’t worry if you haven’t read the other two though. This is a standalone story linked by a few characters who were in the previous books, most notably Schubert of course. Schubert is the black cat on the front cover … More It Started With a Giggle by Kirsty Ferry #bookreview @kirsty_ferry @ChocLitUK