Good morning and welcome to my last weekly round up of 2018. So grab yourself a comfy chair, a coffee or tea and come and have a browse at the lovely links I have for you this week.
Here are some of the reviews I’ve enjoyed this week
What’s Nonfiction? – Dopesick by Beth Macy
Books and Me! – The Blue Salt Road
Through Novel Time & Distance – The Light Over London
The Belgian Reviewer – Pieces of Me
The Geeky Bibliophile – Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII’s Sister
Jennifer~Tar Heel Reader – Watching You & Broken Girls
Dressed To Read – The Lilac Girls
Chocolate’n’Waffles – The Best Friend
Nemesis Blog – The Bride’s Trail
Bookaria – My Lovely Wife
MiniMac Reviews – The Secret Vow
Here are some fab posts from across the book blogging community
Bookdragonism – Why Humans Should Stop Calling Us Bookworms & How to Make Your Bookstagram Work (AKA Me Pretending To Know Things)
New Adventures – Haiku Poetry Challenge
ReaderWitch – Blogsitenial Questions Or to Do or Not To Do
Narrates – 5 Movies About Books
What Cathy Read Next – An Edwardian Christmas
The Belgian Reviewer – Same Book Different Cover #9
On The Blog This Week
Being Christmas it’s been a much quieter week on the blog with only four posts. On Monday I joined in with Drew’s Music Monday and on Wednesday I shared my usual WWW Wednesdays! post. On Thursday I joined in with Ally’s Thursday’s Top 4 and on Saturday I shared my usual Stacking The Shelves post.
Other Links
BBC News – Cigarettes & Spoons: Christmas Gifts From Years Ago
BBC News – The Booming Trade in Second-Hand Books
Big Green Bookshop – An Announcement From Simon
The Guardian – June Whitfield A Life in Pictures
BBC News – The Christmas Card I Could Never Reply To
BBC News – Focusmate: Watched Over While I Worked From Home
BBC News – Hassan al-Kontar: Inside the Story of His Rescue From Syria
The Guardian – Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
Thanks for reading, have a lovely Sunday and a very Happy New Year! 😀
Secret Library Book Blog 
Thank you so much for including me 💕😄
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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Hello! Just a little note to say that I think your blog is great, so I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award > https://goo.gl/hgKA8o
Happy New Year! x
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Thanks for sharing Nicki! I made the final 2018 links post!!! ❤
I see a few of my highly anticipated reads on your list too, so I will def. check those out. I can't believe 2018 is almost over….
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You’re welcome. 🙂 I can’t believe we’re at the end of 2018 either!
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Thanks for the shoutout. I also read the BBC article about the Christmas card (from Brian) and enjoyed it. Happy New Year!
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You’re welcome!
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Thank you for including me! I am excited. Love your book recommendations, but have trouble keeping up. My list is getting way to long. 😘
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You’re very welcome 😀
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Thanks so much for all the effort you’ve put into these weekly posts Nicki. I’ve loved being included in some and finding fabulous posts I might have missed too. Happy New Year x
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Thanks Linda really appreciate your kind words x
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Thank you so much for the mention and Happy New Year. Cheers 🙂
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You’re very welcome 😀
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I’ve been really bad tracking posts this week so thanks for these! xx
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You’re welcome hope you find something interesting. xx
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Thank you for mentioning me in both blog categories this week, you fellow book dragon! I loved that post, it makes us sound so cool (not that we’re not cool otherwise obvs)!
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You’re very welcome book Dragon 🐉🐲📚
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Thank you for the shoutouts, Nicki! So many fun links to explore. I hope you have a wonderful New Year! ♥️ 🐉
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You’re very welcome 😀
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Thanks for the post, Nicki! I find these very helpful.
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Thanks glad you find it helpful 😀
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I found the Bookstagram post quite interesting. I have been thinking about doing one, and this gave me some information, but will have to wait until I return home in March. Happy New Year Nicki.
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Glad you found it helpful. 🙂
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Happy New Year to you ❤ Thanks again for the shout out 🙂 xx
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You’re very welcome xx
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I can’t imagine how much work goes into creating these posts! Thanks so much for so many interesting links, and thank you for mentioning me!
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You’re welcome! I’m glad you found it interesting. 🙂
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