@austennerd.bsky.social
Reader extraordinaire 😁. French, European, Anglophile. Loves reading books, talking about books and buying books. Can also be found baking and walking my dogs when not working for the NHS.
Well our time is up. Thank you @george23-smith.bsky.social and @angelabklvr.bsky.social for the company. See you all next week. Happy reading. #devonvookhour
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Well our time is up. Thank you @george23-smith.bsky.social and @angelabklvr.bsky.social for the company. See you all next week. Happy reading. #devonvookhour
Very small crowd again tonight but it is all about quality rather than quantity #devonbookhour Thank you for joining. Still 10 minutes for you all to be here. What has been your standout read so far in 2025?
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Very small crowd again tonight but it is all about quality rather than quantity #devonbookhour Thank you for joining. Still 10 minutes for you all to be here. What has been your standout read so far in 2025?
As we are approaching Christmas I was wondering if anyone had a wish list they are hoping to find under the tree? I have sent my husband with a very long list 😁. Top of the picks is Flesh by David Szalay and also Dreamcount by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche #devonbookhour #booksky #📚💙🦋
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As we are approaching Christmas I was wondering if anyone had a wish list they are hoping to find under the tree? I have sent my husband with a very long list 😁. Top of the picks is Flesh by David Szalay and also Dreamcount by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche #devonbookhour #booksky #📚💙🦋
Good evening #devonbookhour I am in charge tonight: god help us all 😂. What is everyone reading on this 1st day of December? I am halfway through As You Were by Elaine Feeney which I am absolutely loving.
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Good evening #devonbookhour I am in charge tonight: god help us all 😂. What is everyone reading on this 1st day of December? I am halfway through As You Were by Elaine Feeney which I am absolutely loving.
Right @devonbookclub.bsky.social gang. I am in charge tonight from 8pm so who is with me for #devonbookhour ? Tell me your book news. And if you have never joined before please come along. We are a friendly bunch and all you need is to love talking books 😍💙📚#booksky
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Right @devonbookclub.bsky.social gang. I am in charge tonight from 8pm so who is with me for #devonbookhour ? Tell me your book news. And if you have never joined before please come along. We are a friendly bunch and all you need is to love talking books 😍💙📚#booksky
I also read a book in one day yesterday Sisters by Daisy Johnson which was very good and have now started Weekends and Evenings by Oisin McKenna
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I also read a book in one day yesterday Sisters by Daisy Johnson which was very good and have now started Weekends and Evenings by Oisin McKenna
I have not been posting my reading of late but will endeavour to do better. Anyway, here is my September reading: I was in France for a while and it shows in my reading. Some gems there so tricky to pick a favourite but reading 2 graphic novels reminded me how much I love them. #booksky 💙📚
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I have not been posting my reading of late but will endeavour to do better. Anyway, here is my September reading: I was in France for a while and it shows in my reading. Some gems there so tricky to pick a favourite but reading 2 graphic novels reminded me how much I love them. #booksky 💙📚
A little late but her is my August reading. A tough month workwise so the escapism was welcome. Elif Shafak and Benjamin Wood delivered the most in a series of pretty good novels overall. #booksky 💙📚
September 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A little late but her is my August reading. A tough month workwise so the escapism was welcome. Elif Shafak and Benjamin Wood delivered the most in a series of pretty good novels overall. #booksky 💙📚
Book 79 of 2025: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride. There is no doubt that McBride is one of the most talented writer around but she is also not for the fainthearted. This is a hugely traumatic novel which I found difficult at times but the beauty of the writing will carry you. #booksky 💙📚
July 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Book 79 of 2025: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride. There is no doubt that McBride is one of the most talented writer around but she is also not for the fainthearted. This is a hugely traumatic novel which I found difficult at times but the beauty of the writing will carry you. #booksky 💙📚
For the love of all that is holy, if you start following me and immediately send me a private message saying asking how I am I will block you. What is wrong with everyone?
June 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For the love of all that is holy, if you start following me and immediately send me a private message saying asking how I am I will block you. What is wrong with everyone?
Book 73 of 2025 and wow ... just wow. Hard to believe this is a first novel. An absolute tour-de-force: clever, beautifully written, heart-breaking with two unlikable characters you will end up rooting for. A sensuous novel, full of rage and desire which fully deserved the Women's Prize. #boosky 📚💙
June 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Book 73 of 2025 and wow ... just wow. Hard to believe this is a first novel. An absolute tour-de-force: clever, beautifully written, heart-breaking with two unlikable characters you will end up rooting for. A sensuous novel, full of rage and desire which fully deserved the Women's Prize. #boosky 📚💙
Sadly had to DNF the Tsitsi Dangarembga one: not sure what was not working for me but it just wasn’t. On the other hand started The Safekeep last night and I can’t put it down. Funny how some books have a hold of you and some just don’t #booksky 📚💙
June 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Sadly had to DNF the Tsitsi Dangarembga one: not sure what was not working for me but it just wasn’t. On the other hand started The Safekeep last night and I can’t put it down. Funny how some books have a hold of you and some just don’t #booksky 📚💙
Book 68 of 2025: On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle. I cannot explain how much I love this second novel in a planned series of 7. A clever, philosophical and somewhat dreamy novel which is difficult to explain but that you should absolutely read immediately 📚💙
June 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Book 68 of 2025: On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle. I cannot explain how much I love this second novel in a planned series of 7. A clever, philosophical and somewhat dreamy novel which is difficult to explain but that you should absolutely read immediately 📚💙
I feel I may be talking to myself tonight 😁 but never mind. I just finished On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle and I am still hungover from it in the best possible way. Bought volume II yesterday. Astonishing. Anyone else read it? #devonbookhour 📚💙
June 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I feel I may be talking to myself tonight 😁 but never mind. I just finished On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle and I am still hungover from it in the best possible way. Bought volume II yesterday. Astonishing. Anyone else read it? #devonbookhour 📚💙
Evening lovely book people. I am chairing (badly) #Devonbookhour tonight so let me know what you are reading and any other book chat you have. My internet is terrible so bear with I am trying my best 😁 📚💙
June 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Evening lovely book people. I am chairing (badly) #Devonbookhour tonight so let me know what you are reading and any other book chat you have. My internet is terrible so bear with I am trying my best 😁 📚💙
Day 10 and that was quite a challenge. I don’t often cry with happiness at a book but actually I did he first time I read Possession. Still my second favourite book of all times but I no longer cry at the end 😁📚💙
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Day 10 and that was quite a challenge. I don’t often cry with happiness at a book but actually I did he first time I read Possession. Still my second favourite book of all times but I no longer cry at the end 😁📚💙
Day 9: depends who I am giving it to but the one I have given the most recently has been Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚📚📚💙
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Day 9: depends who I am giving it to but the one I have given the most recently has been Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚📚📚💙
Day 8 and that is super easy. Everyone in the world should read the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin … 11 novels spanning 5 decades of LGBTQ life in San Francisco. A series I have read more times than I can count. 📚💙
May 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Day 8 and that is super easy. Everyone in the world should read the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin … 11 novels spanning 5 decades of LGBTQ life in San Francisco. A series I have read more times than I can count. 📚💙
Day 7: anything by Marian Keyes as long as it is also read by her. Would keep anyone entertained and engaged for a long journey. 📚💙
May 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Day 7: anything by Marian Keyes as long as it is also read by her. Would keep anyone entertained and engaged for a long journey. 📚💙
Day 6: The one hundred years of Leni and Margot. A beautiful and hopeful story which nonetheless left me heartbroken. 📚💙
May 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Day 6: The one hundred years of Leni and Margot. A beautiful and hopeful story which nonetheless left me heartbroken. 📚💙
Day 5 and that is really tough. I am going to go with Jane Eyre but it is like asking me to choose between my children 😁. 📚💙
May 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Day 5 and that is really tough. I am going to go with Jane Eyre but it is like asking me to choose between my children 😁. 📚💙
April was a good month: 12 books read including a non-fiction and a collection of poetry. Some stunners in there: Brotherless Night, A Town Called Solace and Pity being the standouts. No real dud but did not love The Women as much as everyone else seemed to. 📚💙
May 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
April was a good month: 12 books read including a non-fiction and a collection of poetry. Some stunners in there: Brotherless Night, A Town Called Solace and Pity being the standouts. No real dud but did not love The Women as much as everyone else seemed to. 📚💙
Day 4: The whole Little House in the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I must have read these about 100 times each as a child. Lovely stuff 📚💙
May 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 4: The whole Little House in the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I must have read these about 100 times each as a child. Lovely stuff 📚💙