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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey 👋 I just finished So Much Blue and really enjoyed it. Thanks so much for the gift

Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Aug 29

Everything is shit buts also somethings are great. This is great and we should all buy books for each other so let's rally. I'll buy some books if you all will x

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Aug 29

IT'S FRIDAY

And it's #buyastrangerabook day.

What??

Yep (see attached post)

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Aug 10

Yep course

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you! I loved Trees and James so really looking forward to it

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hiya 👋 I'd love the percival Everett if available and to repay with any book of someone's choice up to £20 x

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Reposted by Tom Ray

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Aug 10

IT'S SUNDAY

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

What??

Yep (see attached post)

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

UK only.

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Mar 15

The Postcard by Anne Berest

Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Feb 22

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Feb 15

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Feb 8

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Feb 1

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Jan 25

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. I'd highly recommend it

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Jan 18

The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger - absolutely mental

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Jan 11

Just finishing Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Jan 4

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Dec 28

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut which is brilliant

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Dec 21

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner...it's brilliant

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Dec 14

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 30

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 23

I like to mix things up! Been saving Trainspotting after loving Skagboys so really looking forward to it

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 23

I've just finished Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout (which was great) now starting Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 23

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 8

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 22

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 7

Lessons by All The Lights We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 21

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 6

Lessons by Ian McEwan

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

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Tom Ray @raytom81.bsky.social · Nov 20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 5

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

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