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Dave G
@dakegra.bsky.social
Book tempter at espresso coco. Stationery geek. UX guy. Easily distractible with a hot beverage and cake. He/him.
https://linktr.ee/dakegra
Finally the trilogy is complete. My @goldsborobooks.bsky.social copy of Empire of the Dawn by @misterkristoff.bsky.social has arrived!
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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weeknotes: the book edition. Read quite a few books this month so far! espressococo.com/2025/11/21/w...
weeknotes: the book edition
Hi. It’s Friday. Sorry I’ve missed a couple of weeks (checks notes – nearly a month? crikey). Life’s been a bit hectic, innit. Did you miss me? I’m Dave Graham (aka @d…
espressococo.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
weeknotes: the book edition. Read quite a few books this month so far! espressococo.com/2025/11/21/w...
weeknotes: the book edition
Hi. It’s Friday. Sorry I’ve missed a couple of weeks (checks notes – nearly a month? crikey). Life’s been a bit hectic, innit. Did you miss me? I’m Dave Graham (aka @d…
espressococo.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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…And now my novel has landed on BookPage’s Best Fiction of the Year list. Ha! Look at her flying. ✨

🤖🐬🇳🇬🇺🇸

Full list here: www.bookpage.com/best-books/b...
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Also picked up the signed indie bookshop edition of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social's fabulous Quantum of Menace from @bforbutterflybooks.bsky.social . Q is out of MI6, but has his own mystery to solve. A must for any #JamesBond fan!
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Finally got my hands on the @goldsborobooks.bsky.social edition of The Witching Hour, featuring short stories by Stuart Turton, @catrionaward.bsky.social, and others. I got copy 4/250 too!
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Ordered an in-stock book from well-known indie bookshop. No sign of it after a week. Chased it up, told it was in the queue for dispatch. Chased it again yesterday (2 wks later), told they'd given my order to packaging, order went out today. Wouldn't mind but it was in stock!
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Off to see @misterkristoff.bsky.social in Manchester later. Debating taking my super rare Nevernight proof copy to ask him to sign it for me
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Just had a notification from Royal Mail that my parcel is on the way. No idea which parcel it is.
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Happy publication day to Claire North for #SlowGods, out today from @orbitbooks.bsky.social (to whom thanks for an advance copy). Perfect slice of #SF theology, exploring suffering, guilt and redemption. This is how SF should be! #BookSky 📚💙
Review - Slow Gods by Claire North
Slow Gods Claire North Orbit, 18 November 2025  Available as: HB, 422pp, audio, e    Source: Advance copy  ISBN(HB): 9780356526188 I'm grate...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years.

youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Can recommend, really enjoyed The Other People
Hi all. My lovely new book, THE OTHER PEOPLE, is out now in paperback. The Times called it one of their Crime Novels of the Year and obviously I agree. If you'd like to read it, please do. I think you'd enjoy it. Sorry, but I may be banging on about this for a while.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Nice morning for a run
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Fantastic night out at Waterstones yesterday hearing
@clclark.bsky.social, @toribovalino.bsky.social and @tashasuri.bsky.social talk about their books, swords, magic and many other things. And the chance to catch up (all too briefly) with @gambit589.bsky.social, my lovely Orbit Books friend!
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Bought some new book shelves. Twice the height of the existing ones so I’d have some room. They’re full already.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
No weeknotes today. Regular service will resume next week
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We're excited to reveal that next Feb we'll be celebrating 20 yrs since @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's darkly funny, sharp #Debut #Thriller #Tombstoning with a very special anniversary edition inc. intro by @brookmyre.bsky.social

We can't wait for you to read it!

🌊 https://bit.ly/43835V7
##BookSky
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Approved for a much-anticipated book on NetGalley just now. I really need to catch up with my reviews! Will try and crack the backlog in November...
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
How on earth did this one manage to pass me by? The Iron Road, by @davewragg.com. Discovered it in Waterstones in hardback from HarperVoyager. I love this series so much
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Here's a #ThrowbackThursday post to one of my reads from earlier this summer and The Redeemer by Victoria Goldman.

This was a cracking read! 😁

#booksky @victoriagoldman.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Very excellent #bookpost today from the lovely
@orbitbooksuk.bsky.social. A shiny hardback copy of Claire North’s Slow Gods. Out next month, sounds fantastic!
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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weeknotes: sumo, chips, banana bread matcha and NFL. Busy week espressococo.com/2025/10/24/w...
weeknotes: sumo
Hi. It’s Friday. I remain Dave Graham (aka @dakegra on the socials). I’m a shameless book tempter, blogger and am generally fascinated by stuff. Especially sumo. Regular readers (bless …
espressococo.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
weeknotes: sumo, chips, banana bread matcha and NFL. Busy week espressococo.com/2025/10/24/w...
weeknotes: sumo
Hi. It’s Friday. I remain Dave Graham (aka @dakegra on the socials). I’m a shameless book tempter, blogger and am generally fascinated by stuff. Especially sumo. Regular readers (bless …
espressococo.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Stopped into the bookstore today and saved $1.75 by only getting a medium coffee abd then I spent that extra $97.42 on books instead
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM