Thank you Kelly at www.lovebookstours.com for organising this virtual book tour! And thanks to all the lovely book bloggers who participated…

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Mrs Book Burney
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMt0uGLrUNM/
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My Reading Narnia
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMti8G6r91f/
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Vicarioush Living
https://vicarioushome.com/joe-faber-and-the-optimists-gill-oliver/
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Tracey Wheeler
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMweZDkLv-D/
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The Wee Bookworm
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzxw8TLB8u/
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Reading through the Looking Glass
https://readingthroughthelookinglass.wordpress.com/2021/03/24/joe-faber-and-the-optimists-by-gill-oliver/
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Daisy Says
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM3AQE3pdtv/
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Rhianydd Morris
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM7BSSTLXnc/
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breathe.andread
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM720jzL93t/
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Bianca Reads Books
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBIRWALbk6/
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Lisa's Reading
https://lisasreading.com/joe-faber-and-the-optimists-book-tour/
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These Sisters Read
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIp_rBLhON/

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