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I don't want to be one of those annoying Strictly people but Strictly Come Dancing is back tonight!!! #strictlycomedancing

At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change.

Out soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social and available for preorder now 📚

#Empathy #Politics #Leadership

Yes @zackpolanski.bsky.social keeps telling it like it is

Sat down last night to watch some mindless TV & was looking forward to the new Gogglebox. But what the hell is with all the posh people? The 2 Glasgow fellas aside the new additions are awful. Come on Channel 4, it's bad enough this country is over represented on TV by the elite&privileged few.

I'm blown away by it, more so because I don't even like flying 😂

Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia

My current read is the fantastic, Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. It's epic in scale and the kind of book I want to rush back home to read.
What was the last book that did this to you?
#mustreads #booksky #bibliophile #epicreads #booklover #thebookerprize

I still have this one to read. It's been on my bookshelves for ages!

Struggling with reading any fiction at the moment so I've been sticking with my nonfiction & this, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi is a must read.
#freepalestine #Palestinianliterature #endthegenocide

A new favourite of mine is this book, The Treasures by Harriet Evans. One for lovers of the big family saga. Full review below:
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My boyfriend has this and keep meaning to steal it off him.

Father's Day cupcakes. I'd love to say I made them...but that would just be a lie. 🤣

As usual I've been juggling reading multiple books this week but since it's half term I've not actually finished anything Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal is one I'm making great progress with.
#booksky #litearyfiction #lovereading

The 2nd was the debut novel The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, a new & distinctive voice in contemporary literature
#booksky #debutnovels #debutauthors

This was 1 of 2 reviews that went up this week, The Spirit of the Rainforest by Dr Rose Vasquez Espinoza. It reminded me all over again why the Amazon needs protecting at all costs #AmazonRainforest #booksky #nonfiction

May was a huge reading month,partly helped by having a week off & partly because I started quite a few of these last month.
My favourites would have to be The Book of Disappearance and I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman.
#booksky #booklover #bookcommunity

We read this last year in my local bookclub & it was loved all round.

They do lovely coffee.

I'm starting the weekend with 2 new books, The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei and I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, my pick for my local bookclub. Let me know what you're all reading. #lovebooks #booksky #newreads

Just before discovering the little free library at Abney Hall we came across this mini waterfall. It was so peaceful. I wish I's had a book to sit & read & listen to the water

Abney Hall Country Park. Then stopped for a 'posh Italian coffee'as the owner called it.
#littlefreelibrary #booksky

I absolutely would recommend. Against the Loveless World to ease them in would be my suggestion.

So far, May's reading has been decidedly meh! Not wowed by any - a few, including Chopping Onions on My Heart and Mary Barton were pretty good. I'm waiting for that knock out work.
#booksky #lovereading #Mayreads