My last monthly wrap-up of 2024, and it's been a busy one (I had a Disney novella advent calendar which explains the high total). I read 38 in total. 16 ARC, 1 gifted, 21 I owned. 20 adult fiction, 15 children/YA, 3 non-fiction. 9 were debuts, and 12 were five-star reads.

🎉It's a very happy start to the new year seeing JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 brilliant debut #TheLotusShoes featured in Red Magazine Good Housekeeping & woman&home 🎉✨ With a host of early sparkling reviews it's sure to say #TheLotusShoes is a 2025 must-read! ✨Out 28th Jan Sphere Books 📚

5-STAR REVIEW🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟: THE LOTUS SHOES by Jane Yang JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 Park Row Books HarperCollins 👉THE LOTUS SHOES easily nabs a top spot on my 2025 keeper list with its ability to capture my attention, even after the last page was read. bit.ly/4fPPYeG #bookreview

1/7/25 release #TheLotusShoes by JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 HarperCollins Set in 1800s China, this beautifully crafted story touchingly weaves the lives of two human spirits who search for their identity, in the process learning resilience and self-confidence. bestinhistoricalfiction.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-lo…

📚‘Jane Yang masterfully creates this 19th-century lost world with the complicated customs that rule women’s lives.’ The Times and The Sunday Times Delighted that #TheLotusShoes JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 has been dubbed one of The Times and The Sunday Times 'Best historical fiction of 2025 - so far' 📚 thetimes.com/culture/books/…

The Lotus Shoes Thank you to the wonderful JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 for sending such wonderful pictures for The Lotus Shoes Gallery! thebooktrail.com/book-trails/th… Sphere Books #China #Silk #lotusshoes #BookTwitter #Booktrail #Map #bookmap

Such a beautiful piece in The Guardian from JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚! Less than a week so go into The Lotus Shoes hits shelves in the UK Gabriella Drinkald = Publicist Extraordinaire 💫

I was absolutely blown away by the story of Little Flower and Linjing in this stunning novel. It’s heartbreaking but so beautiful & deeply romantic as well! The Lotus Shoes by JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 is out in the UK tomorrow 🪷📖 #amreading #writingcommunity #debutnovel #thelotusshoes

Huge congratulations to JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 on the publication of her exquisite novel #TheLotusShoes She’s all the way over from Australia which makes it even more special! ☺️🎉 Sphere Books Madeleine Milburn Agency

Happy Publication Day! ✨ Jennifer Costello was thrilled to illustrate the two central characters that appear on the exquisite cover of The Lotus Shoes written by Jane Yang. The Little Book Cafe JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚

📚Happy publication day to the wonderful JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 📚 #TheLotusShoes is a beautifully written debut full of friendship, hope & mesmerising historical detail. I've loved seeing Jane's writing spotlighted in YOU Magazine and The Guardian along with a host of sparkly reviews✨

Congratulations JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 on #TheLotusShoes publication - it has been a magical journey with you and this wonderful book 💫 Thank you to the authors, bloggers, reviewers and booksellers who have taken this book to your hearts and been such amazing champions

Happy Pub Day JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 🎉 The Lotus Shoes is out now! A poignant tale of love, loss, sisterhood, & betrayal, it’s a story that will stay with you long after the final page. This is a debut you don't want to miss! hive.co.uk/books/rising-w… #RisingWriter #DebutAuthor

Happy Book Birthday JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 !!! We travelled to the locations in The Lotus Shoes. Care to join? thebooktrail.com/authorsonlocat… #booktrail Sphere Books #authoronlocation

Oooh what a beautiful book! 🪷🪷🪷 We have #SIGNED copies of The Lotus Shoes by JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 🪷🪷🪷 A captivating historical debut… 'Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down…’ Heather Morris foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page/t…

I just started reading The Lotus Shoes by JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 and I am obsessed! Oh my goodness..this book is everything! I cannot stop reading!

🪷 Dearest reader, my review of the impeccable #TheLotusShoes by JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 is now available over on Instagram! 🪷 ✨ Throughly entertaining, and highly educational, this beautiful novel will enchant you! Out now and published by Sphere Books Little, Brown UK ✨ #Book

Sharing my thoughts on this beautiful historical fiction novel about friendship, sisterhood, resilience and hope over on my IG but in short I loved it! Tilda Key Sphere Books Little, Brown UK JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 🧡🧡 #booktwt #BooksWorthReading #HistoricalFiction

The Lotus Shoes by JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 is a lovely novel about China and its historic abuses of women, including the binding of feet. It's fascinating and heartbreaking, but ultimately inspiring. My review was first posted on Bookreporter. pamelakramer.com/2025/01/12/the…

Look at this gorgeous Dutch edition of The Lotus Shoes! JaneYang 🇭🇲 📚 Ambo Anthos have done you proud!! 😍