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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, it is so good. I've only read 5 of her books, but this is my favorite.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · 3d

Just finished Slouching Towards Babylon. Next up are I Used to be Charming and Didion & Babitz. #NYRBWomen25

Three books on a table:
Slouching Towards Babylon by Joan Didion
I Used to be Charming by Eve Babitz
Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · 3d

September reading. Favorites were Occupation Journal and Look at Me. #NYRBWomen25 #SpinsterSeptember

Stack of books:
Occupation Journal by Jean Giono
Ring the Hill by Tom Cox
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Machines in the Head by Anna Kavan
Maigret's Failure by Georges Simeon
Look at Me by Anita Brookner
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Aug 10

Looks like the edition of V. that I read years ago.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'm starting Kairos today. The only one I've read is Woman at Point Zero.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jun 25

Couple of visitors this morning.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jun 13

You tagged the wrong guy. Can you please delete this and redo it?

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · May 4

My vote is to keep them

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Apr 13

This sounds great! Where did you see it?

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Apr 8

I read The Ginger Man a few years ago and had the same reaction.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Mar 16

I was born in 59 and very recently did the same.

Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Feb 3

Read in January. The highlights for me were Tom Jones, Trees, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Spent a lot of time with Lies and Sorcery and Swann's Way. #NYRBWomen25 #AContinuation25 #Proust25

A stack of books including The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollen, Trees by Percival Everett, Bride & Groom by Alisa Ganieva, Winter's Tales by Isak Dinesen, On the Abolition of all Political Parties by Simone Weil, and Tom Jones by Henry Fielding.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jan 26

I am envious of those footnotes.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jan 16

I've been averaging 10 per day. I don't think I could read Proust at bedtime though. I would be lucky to read 1 - 2 pages.

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · Jan 13

It's because everyone's going to have extra fingers

Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · Jan 13

Uhm, sorry, what? Starmer thinks AI is going to DOUBLE UK productivity in less than 5 years?

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jan 11

Finally posting November and December reads. Too many slow reads in November, but December was very productive and everything was great. Finished 21 of 23 for #NYRBWomen24 skipping two rereads.

Alice James by Jean Strouse, Slow Days Fast Company by Eve Babitz, The Fawn by Magda Szabó, Tremor by Teju Cole, The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, and A Question of Belonging by Hebe Uhart.

The Wordhord by Hana Videen, Very Cold People by Sarah Magnus, Some Trick by Helen DeWitt, The Wren The Wren by Anne E right, During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase, Welcome to America by Linda Boström Knausgård, Winter World by Bernd Heinrich, Winter by Ali Smith, Winter Journal by Paul Auster, In the Distance by Hernan Diaz, Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jan 7

You got some great shots!

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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · Jan 6

#NYRBWomen25 Here’s our page guide for the first half of LIES AND SORCERY. Starting tomorrow!

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Jan 5

I will be.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Dec 31

Been on the fence for a while, but decided today to join in.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Dec 25

I'm right there too

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Greg Fantomas F @fantomascinema.bsky.social · Dec 22

Wow! A world used to exist where Barbara Loden could go on Dick Cavett to promote her singular independent masterpiece, Wanda, to an audience almost certainly unfamiliar with her and it. Even more remarkable, the clip is a full 2 1/2 minutes long and the first full minute is dialogue free.

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Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social · Dec 21

He was right!

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