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Mainly books but also travel and art, viewing rather than creating I blog at http://alifeinbooks.co.uk and live in beautiful Bath, UK.
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 19h
New on my blog: Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/eigh...
Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 8h
@cathybrown746.bsky.social @karenfaris.bsky.social @theunhurriedreader.bsky.social @hopewellslibrary.bsky.social Many thanks for sharing my post. Enjoy your evening!
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Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery
Help Salt Publish Brilliant New Books in 2026 For twenty-… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12h
UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent
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Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/eigh... @karenfaris.bsky.social
Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 19h
New on my blog: Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/eigh...
Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 14h
We did! Already seems a long time ago...
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 17h
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Shiny Linkiness – Everything Will Swallow You by Tom Cox
Just a brief note to say I’m over at Shiny New Books today with my review of the delightful Everything Will Swallow You by Tom Cox. It’s a lovely and chucklesome ‘Shaggy Dog&#8217…
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 19h
New on my blog: Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/eigh...
Eight Days in Austria, Two Days in Switzerland, Five Days in France and Three Books - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 19h
#WWWWednesday - 8th October 2025 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/10/08/w...
#WWWWednesday – 8th October 2025
Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Why not join in …
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 20h
Gorgeous splash of colour
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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 20h
A look back to on this day 8th October with our farmily of farm animals
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 1d
#BookReview of #FlyWildSwans by Jung Chang www.swirlandthread.com/fly-wild-swa...
Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang | Review
Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang (Sept16th 2025, William Collins) is a remarkable read from a courageous individual unafraid to express her views
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 2d
Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part One alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/book... #MondayBlogs
Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part One - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 1d
Happy publication day to
@writtenbythea.bsky.social for #romance The Second Chance Cinema, from @harpercollins.bsky.social. A #magic midnight cinema? A couple with unacknowledged second thoughts? A chance to make it all right? A beautiful read? Yes! bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...
Review - The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss
The Second Chance Cinema Thea Weiss HarperCollins, 7 October 2025 Available as: PB, 320pp, audio, e Source: Advance copy ISBN(PB): 978000876...
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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 1d
“He had no doubt that she had earmarked him for future use, in which case she had made a grave mistake. He was not so stupid as to take her on trust or to tolerate any demands she might make of him. No doubt she thought to seduce him into this.” #BookSky 💙📚

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A Private View by Anita Brookner
I’ve been making my way through Anita Brookner’s exquisitely written novels slowly but steadily over the past eight years. As a long-term reading project, I’m finding it fascinating to see how Broo…
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 1d
Questions that need answers. And a post that needs sharing far and wide.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d
Things Farage won’t answer:

1. Why did he lie about buying a house in Clacton?

2. What did he know about Welsh Reform Leader Nathan Gill’s Russian Bribes?

3. Why did he lie about meeting the Russian Ambassador?

4. Why is his flagship council Kent raising taxes and cutting services?
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 1d
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Andrew Porter @andrewporter01.bsky.social · 1d
London! 🇬🇧 This is happening THURSDAY at @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social! The UK Book Launch for the British edition of The Imagined Life! This Thus (Oct 9) I’ll be reading and talking with author Curtis Garner at 7 PM. If you’re in London, I would love to see you! ❤️ @alifeinbooks.bsky.social
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 1d
Book Review: We Used to Dance Here neverimitate.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/b...
Book Review: We Used to Dance Here
This review was written for and first published by Bookmunch. We Used to Dance Here is a collection of ten short stories set mostly in contemporary Dublin. All but the final entry are given space t…
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 1d
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Review: Rainforest by Michelle Paver | Historical Fiction
Dr Simon Corbett is heading to an archaeological dig in the rainforest in Mexico. He’s an entomologist with a special interest in mantids, and he intends to use the dig as a base from which he will…
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#TopTenTuesday Books Featuring Storms #TuesdayBookBlog
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own…
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Postcard from Alsace: Turckheim
A charming little town just up the road from us. It’s one of the most significant wine villages in Alsace, though not so much on a Monday when almost everything was closed. Fun to explore tho…
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 2d
@bluebookballoon.bsky.social @kaggsy59.bsky.social @marinasofia.bsky.social @lizanne.bsky.social @mondayblogs.bsky.social @indiebookpromo.bsky.social @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social @cathybrown746.bsky.social Many thanks for sharing my November fiction preview. Happy reading!
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alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social · 2d
New on my blog - Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part One alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/book... #BookSky
Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part One - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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Novellas in November 2025: Link-Up Now Open! (#NovNov25)
Show us your shelves! What novellas are you considering reading next month? Add your planning posts all through October and then be sure to share all of your reviews and listicles with us during No…
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