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Marleen
@marleenk.bsky.social
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Dutch in Ireland. Lover of all things word-related. She/Her
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Sarah Webb's #BookElves2024 recommendations are always perfect. Here's a thread with a selection of #FunnyBooks
sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · Dec 9
Today's #BookElves2024 theme is #FunnyBooks and here are my recommendations, starting with age 4+.
These are books I love reading out loud & always make me (& the children) laugh:
Waiting for Froggo, We are the Wibbly, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus & The Book with No Pictures.
December 9, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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The books I read in November together: helenasheat.blogspot.com/2024/12/nove...
November 2024 Reads
A bit below my monthly average, but I thoroughly enjoyed the books I read during November. For some reason it completely escaped my attentio...
helenasheat.blogspot.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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The books I finished reading during November:
A VERY ENGLISH MURDER by Verity Bright
AGATHA CHRISTIE: A MYSTERIOUS LIFE by Laura Thompson
LIAR’S ISLAND by T. Orr Munro
A MIDWINTER MURDER by Verity Bright
OUT OF SIGHT by K.C. Wells
EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE by Benjamin Stevenson
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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Liar's Island by T. Orr Munro is out today and I reviewed it here: helenasheat.blogspot.com/2024/11/liar...
Liar’s Island by T. Orr Munro
CSI Ally Dymond #3 400 pages Publisher: HQ Release Date: November 21, 2024   Blurb W hen the body of Kieran Deveney is found on ...
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November 21, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Sharing because
a. others may benefit from this information
b. I want to be able to find this article again in the future.

www.theverge.com/24295933/blu...
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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damianbarr.bsky.social
Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers.

Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.

go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
November 14, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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rickoshea.bsky.social
There are, as always, wonderful things that happen as part of our Xmas Appeal every year so can I say a *HUGE* thank you to Gofundme for donating €1,500 to this year's appeal in aid of the DSPCA and UNICEF Ireland's Gaza and Lebanon appeal!

Next stop is five grand.

www.gofundme.com/f/therickosh...
November 12, 2024 at 1:06 PM
marleenk.bsky.social
Forewarned is forearmed!
chipdaley.bsky.social Chip_daley @chipdaley.bsky.social · Nov 10
Gallery of gowls. Know what fash are running in General Election in ur area.
November 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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The books I enjoyed during October: helenasheat.blogspot.com/2024/11/octo...
October Reads
October was a solid reading month. I didn't have any star reads and my lowest score was 3 stars. See below for my thoughts on the books I re...
helenasheat.blogspot.com
November 9, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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I'm working on a map for a book at the moment, but I can't show it yet. In the meantime, for #PortfolioDay, here are some other maps I've done for books, three of mine, one for @julietemckenna.bsky.social.

If you'd like something like this done for your story or game, get in touch.

#Fantasy #Maps
A black and white map of the route taken by Alcock and Brown in their flight across the Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Ireland. The drawing also includes the five biplanes featured in the story. A piece of land extends from the left ending at the Esh, a sea of gas, on the right. The top of the land is labelled Noran, ruled by a city state centred around three huge trees, and the bottom is split between the Myunan Territories and Braskhia on the coast. The very middle is the Gulf of Braskhia. There is a drawing of a three-hulled sailing ship on the Esh. There's a compass in the top right-hand corner. A black and white illustration from my book, Under Fragile Stone, showing a mountain region called the Rudstone Mountains on the left and a forest on the right, marked the Reisenick Territories. There is a swamp in the top right-hand corner. The more open space at the bottom is marked the Myunan Territories. There's a compass in the top right-hand corner. A map from Juliet McKenna's series set in the Aldabreshin Archipelago, which is labelled at the top below a compass, along side an ancient Roman style ship with oars along the side. There's a similar ship at the bottom and a whale's tail rising up in the bottom left-hand corner. The archipelago is made up of dozens of islands with their territorial waters outlined in grey.
July 9, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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The books I enjoyed in June.
July 2, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Amazing book featuring multiple impossible mysteries up for grabs on Goodreads.
June 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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My Pride Shelf now includes Panti Bar
June 11, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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The tulips in our garden are still going strong.
May 2, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Rua and bluebells, a delight for the eyes.
May 2, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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My walking buddy at her prettiest.
April 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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Rua and bluebells. Spring has arrived in County Cavan.
April 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM