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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
What books do you have on your Christmas list this year (for yourself, even if it's only a pretend list in your head)?
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What books do you have on your Christmas list this year (for yourself, even if it's only a pretend list in your head)?
Anyone got a good dad book recommendation (for my father in law) - you know, he likes Le Carré, Len Deighton, Patrick O'Brian, and I have had success in the past with books from the British Library Golden Age Classic Crime reprints
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anyone got a good dad book recommendation (for my father in law) - you know, he likes Le Carré, Len Deighton, Patrick O'Brian, and I have had success in the past with books from the British Library Golden Age Classic Crime reprints
Gift to myself this Christmas, my book subscripton box from Wordy and Wild and look how gorgeous it is! 😍 Getting these ornaments straight on the tree
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Gift to myself this Christmas, my book subscripton box from Wordy and Wild and look how gorgeous it is! 😍 Getting these ornaments straight on the tree
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Where is a good place nowadays to buy DVDs of film or TV? 14yo is getting into film and has decided he wants to build a dvd collection but where to look for that now? #retro #physicalmedia
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Where is a good place nowadays to buy DVDs of film or TV? 14yo is getting into film and has decided he wants to build a dvd collection but where to look for that now? #retro #physicalmedia
Second child has now submitted UCAS application. It's real. May need someone to hold my hand when she actually leaves next year 😭😭
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Second child has now submitted UCAS application. It's real. May need someone to hold my hand when she actually leaves next year 😭😭
Cannot describe how happy I am that this podcast is back for a season full of bangers! Highly recommended
we're back and launching S3 with a BANGER today as the fabulous @singlecrow.bsky.social joins us for a TWO HOUR episode on our favorite future-dressing-gown-wearing disaster, Christopher Chant
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The Lives of Christopher Chant by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
Nobody should be losing lives at this rate. What is wrong, Christopher?
In our first episode of Season Three, the brilliant Iona Datt Sharma joins us for a discussion of bureaucracy, cricket boys, Bu...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Cannot describe how happy I am that this podcast is back for a season full of bangers! Highly recommended
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we're back and launching S3 with a BANGER today as the fabulous @singlecrow.bsky.social joins us for a TWO HOUR episode on our favorite future-dressing-gown-wearing disaster, Christopher Chant
zencastr.com/z/26xps9hC
zencastr.com/z/26xps9hC
The Lives of Christopher Chant by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
Nobody should be losing lives at this rate. What is wrong, Christopher?
In our first episode of Season Three, the brilliant Iona Datt Sharma joins us for a discussion of bureaucracy, cricket boys, Bu...
zencastr.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
we're back and launching S3 with a BANGER today as the fabulous @singlecrow.bsky.social joins us for a TWO HOUR episode on our favorite future-dressing-gown-wearing disaster, Christopher Chant
zencastr.com/z/26xps9hC
zencastr.com/z/26xps9hC
Been reading reviews of a new release that I'm very interested in and I have to say, if you review SFF but only ever mention books by men, I notice. I definitely notice.
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Been reading reviews of a new release that I'm very interested in and I have to say, if you review SFF but only ever mention books by men, I notice. I definitely notice.
@eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social is there a list of the books you're going to discuss for the next season (the 90s)? Couldn't find one on your website but I'd like to re-read them all in preparation, so I would love to know which ones you're covering
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social is there a list of the books you're going to discuss for the next season (the 90s)? Couldn't find one on your website but I'd like to re-read them all in preparation, so I would love to know which ones you're covering
I'm so excited by the Children's Booker announcement. It's really great to see the focus on ages 8-12 (the Carnegies def skew much older), kids on the judging panel, the focus on getting books to kids and building a generation of readers is well thought through
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I'm so excited by the Children's Booker announcement. It's really great to see the focus on ages 8-12 (the Carnegies def skew much older), kids on the judging panel, the focus on getting books to kids and building a generation of readers is well thought through
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October 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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(You need to be of a certain age)
(You need to be of a certain age)
Proof that every now and then Alan Partridge comes up with the chefs kiss premise and show name.
By the way this could not be more my shit, cannot wait.
Source: Good Housekeeping
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By the way this could not be more my shit, cannot wait.
Source: Good Housekeeping
search.app/kRR63
Another “unmissable” detective drama! Force & Majeure is the “retro” crime series with a “winning” premise
An unlikely detective duo and a quirky billionaire recruiter… what could possibly go wrong?
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September 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Proof that every now and then Alan Partridge comes up with the chefs kiss premise and show name.
By the way this could not be more my shit, cannot wait.
Source: Good Housekeeping
search.app/kRR63
By the way this could not be more my shit, cannot wait.
Source: Good Housekeeping
search.app/kRR63
Help! What book would you recommend to get someone (me, I'm someone) out of a total reading slump? I've tried and abandoned so many things and am currently not reading *anything at all* which never happens.
September 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Help! What book would you recommend to get someone (me, I'm someone) out of a total reading slump? I've tried and abandoned so many things and am currently not reading *anything at all* which never happens.
It's hard not to feel like the universe hates me. Today the car wouldn't start (never happened before) as I was trying to drive to... my MOT. I struggled so much to just get this appointment organised (I'm really having trouble getting myself to do these kind of admin tasks) and now it's been foiled
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It's hard not to feel like the universe hates me. Today the car wouldn't start (never happened before) as I was trying to drive to... my MOT. I struggled so much to just get this appointment organised (I'm really having trouble getting myself to do these kind of admin tasks) and now it's been foiled
My eldest is off in September and I've just fully realised how much I am not ready for that (it's great for her but how is this even possible, she was literally just born). *Urgent whisper voice* This message brought to you by unstable hormonal teens and middle-aged mothers
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My eldest is off in September and I've just fully realised how much I am not ready for that (it's great for her but how is this even possible, she was literally just born). *Urgent whisper voice* This message brought to you by unstable hormonal teens and middle-aged mothers
37°C yesterday, 32 today and I am basically melting as soon as I move at all. I am not equipped for this, that's why I live in northern Europe
July 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
37°C yesterday, 32 today and I am basically melting as soon as I move at all. I am not equipped for this, that's why I live in northern Europe
Oh no folks, I thought I had been having hot flushes for months already but it turns out I was not as I have just had 3 days of hot flushes and it is extremely not fun at all whatsoever
May 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh no folks, I thought I had been having hot flushes for months already but it turns out I was not as I have just had 3 days of hot flushes and it is extremely not fun at all whatsoever
If you're a kindle user, this is currently 99p on kindle and is my current book of the year, go read it!
Book 22, this is absolutely my book of the year so far. King of Nothing is so brilliant. it is funny, authentic and also a really clever way of talking about the ways many teenage boys think about women and girls (v topical at the moment). Cannot recommend highly enough, honestly
May 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you're a kindle user, this is currently 99p on kindle and is my current book of the year, go read it!
Just suggested something to the 16yo and she said, brightly, "oh wow, what a suggestion! But let's not do that" and I'm adopting that as my polite way to say "absolutely not" in future
May 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just suggested something to the 16yo and she said, brightly, "oh wow, what a suggestion! But let's not do that" and I'm adopting that as my polite way to say "absolutely not" in future
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#KIDLIT folks! In case you've somehow missed this, the shortlist for the Children's and YA Jhalak Prize was announced today
Shortlists announced for the 2025 Jhalak Prizes – Books For Keeps
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April 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#KIDLIT folks! In case you've somehow missed this, the shortlist for the Children's and YA Jhalak Prize was announced today
The kids are not alright, anxiety is such a huge thing for teens just now and so I feel we so much need kind, cosy books for when they just can't with the Big Issues (climate change, bullying, drugs, war, dead parents)
April 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The kids are not alright, anxiety is such a huge thing for teens just now and so I feel we so much need kind, cosy books for when they just can't with the Big Issues (climate change, bullying, drugs, war, dead parents)
Just saw the Murderbot trailer and am now allowing myself to feel hopeful and excited (I love these book so very much that I was super nervous about an adaptation)
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just saw the Murderbot trailer and am now allowing myself to feel hopeful and excited (I love these book so very much that I was super nervous about an adaptation)
So happy, this is so well deserved, absolutely amazing book and my favourite read of the year so far
We’re so proud to share that #KingOfNothing by the very talented Nathanael Lessore is the WINNER of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2025 in the Older Readers category!
Huge congratulations Nate 🎉🤩
#WaterstoneChildrensBookPrize #WCBP25 #OlderReaders
Huge congratulations Nate 🎉🤩
#WaterstoneChildrensBookPrize #WCBP25 #OlderReaders
March 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So happy, this is so well deserved, absolutely amazing book and my favourite read of the year so far