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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 3d

Pulp. Not to my taste 5/10 #BearGrylls #BurningAngels

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 3d

A gem: Political (with a small “p”) intrigue in rural China 8.5/10 #HaJin #InthePond

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 5d

Lisbeth Salander: An unlikely heroine 8/10 #StiegLarsson #TheGirlWhoPlayedwithFire

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 5d

My kids loved this (many moons ago) 6/10 #JeffKinney #DiaryofaWimpyKid

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 6d

The #LonelyPlanet books have, over the years, inspired much of my travels 6/10 #GuidetoLife

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Chris Fearne @chrisfearne.bsky.social · 8d

Weekend sci-fi: #CixinLiu

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 8d

Featuring the olfactoraly named Clovogarlix 7/10 #GoscinnyandUderzo #AsterixandtheGoldenSickle

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 10d

A sci-fi/horror classic from the 1960s - I read this in my teens and still remember it! 8/10 #JohnBlackburn #AScentofNewMownHay

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 11d

Short stories disguised as one novel 6.5/10 #KeigoHigashino #Newcomer

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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 11d

That Didier Drogba goal!

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 12d

The real #GraysAnatomy - probably the most incredible book ever written 10/10

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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 13d

This was the first #JohnGrisham book I ever read 7.5/10 #ThePelicanBrief

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Chris Fearne @chrisfearne.bsky.social · 14d

Weekend reading: #WilliamBoyd

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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 16d

#ArthurMiller was brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s partly because of this 8/10 #TheCrucible

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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 18d

A best-seller in the 1970s: adapted from the BBC documentary series 7.5/10 #JacobBronowski #TheAscentofMan

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 19d

Such fun to read 8/10 #PeterFHamilton #JudasUnchained

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 20d

It’s intertwining narratives on the banks of the Tigris and Thames over the ages

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 20d

This came highly recommended- but half way in I gave it up: life is too short to read books I’m not enjoying 5/10 #ElifShafak #ThereAreRiversintheSky

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Chris Fearne @chrisfearne.bsky.social · 21d

Weekend reading: #BenjaminPrado

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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 22d

Ancient Rome ala #ConnIggulden 7/10 #TheGatesofRome

Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 24d

Written in the era of Jack the Ripper 7/10 #RobertLouisStevenson #TheStrangeCaseofDrJekyllandMrHyde

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Books I’ve Read @booksiveread.bsky.social · 26d

The colours of #Morocco (which by the way is not just Marrakech) 6.5/10