Portobello Book Blog

At the moment, I’d settle for a perfect Portobello Christmas since there’s no chance of going to Paris! Well, except in the pages of this book. Paris is a wonderful place to visit at any time of the year. All the well known attractions as described in Mandy Baggot’s A Perfect Paris Christmas seem even … More A Perfect Paris Christmas by Mandy Baggot #bookreview and #extract @mandybaggot @aria_fiction

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day is just the perfect Christmas read – or indeed a great read at any time of the year. There are just six characters who we get to know very well over the few days that lead up to Christmas as they are snowed in at a deserted … More I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day by @MillyJohnson #bookreview @SimonSchusterUK @TeamBATC

Yes it’s that time of year again. Time to share my favourite reads of 2020. Now some people are very disciplined and can get this down to a Top Ten but I just can’t! So instead, I’ve split my reading year up into quarters and will be sharing one post a week in December telling … More My Top Reads of 2020 – January to March

Crime writer Emma Salisbury has certainly made good use of her time during the past few months of pandemic enforced restrictions, and has been very busy writing. As a result, the seventh in her DS Coupland series was published on Friday. This is great news for fans of the series – of which I am … More When Darkness Falls (DS Coupland 7) by Emma Salisbury #bookreview @emmasauthor

I’m joined by author F J Curlew today who is sharing a guest post about how her latest novel, The Unravelling of Maria, came about. If it whets your appetite for the book, you can order a copy here: The Unravelling of Maria How The Unravelling Of Maria Came To Be The seeds of this … More Guest post from FJ Curlew, author of The Unravelling of Maria | @fjcurlew

I’m pleased to be able to share an extract from The Painter of Penang by Clare Flynn today. Thanks to Kelly at Love Books Tours for the invitation to take part in the blog tour. First of all, what’s the book about? Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Barrington hates everything about living in Kenya and longs to return … More Read an #extract from A Painter in Penang by Clare Flynn @clarefly @lovebooksgroup #lovebookstours

The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside introduces us to a very memorable character in Dawn. When we first meet her she is just about to be offered a space in a shelter for the homeless – St Jude’s. It’s no coincidence I’m sure that St Jude is the patron saint of lost causes. Dawn is … More The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside by Jessica Ryn #bookreview @jessryn1 @HQStories

The final book in a trilogy about Scottish reformer John Knox, Marie Macpherson’s The Last Blast of the Trumpet is available now. Read and extract from the book today then read on to find out more about the book, the author and how to order your copy. Extract The Wrath of the PeopleI see the … More Read an extract from The Last Blast of the Trumpet by Marie Macpherson @PenmorePress1 @scotscriever @lovebooksgroup #lovebookstours