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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 8h

Congratulations 🥳

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 9h

Nice! I enjoyed Foundaryside too

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition
(The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

And that turned into a longer list than I expected.

What would be on your list?

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

- Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida tr. Haydn Trowell
- Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
- The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives #1) by Melissa Caruso
- The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin
- Crypt of the Moon Spider by
Nathan Ballingrud

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

- Rubicon by J.S. Dewes
- Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto tr. Megan Backus
- The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle
- August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White
- The Undetectables (The Undetectables Series #1) by Courtney Smyth
- The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

- The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
- A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
- The Colony by Audrey Magee
- When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
- Calypso by Oliver K.
- Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts
- The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London #5.3) by Ben Aaronovitch
- The Indranan War by K.B. Wagers
- What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier #1) by T. Kingfisher
- What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier #2) by T. Kingfisher
- The Living and the Rest by José Eduardo Agualusa

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

- The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo trans. Chi-Young Kim
- The Salvagers Trilogy by Alex White
- Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey
- Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White.
- Siblings by Brigitte Reimann trans. Lucy Jones
- Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater
- Broken Light by Joanne Harris

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 10h

I’m gonna share some of my favourite books from 2022 to now for absolutely no reason:

- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones
- Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis trans. by Anne Milano Appel
- Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
- ‘salem’s Lot by Stephen King

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 12h

I keep hearing that! Thank you for validating my spending 😊

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 12h

I went into my local Waterstones to pick up The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Cañas, and left with that (after finding it on a trolley); the sprayed edge edition of Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (that's a miracle in itself as it shouldn't have been there); and Big, Kiss Bye-Bye...

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 12h

Agreed! There is 'pray for Dolly' and there is 'PRAY FOR DOLLY!!' Please use the correct one.

@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 12h

And breathe out.

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 12h

Phew Dolly is apparently fine!

"Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’."

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’

www.theguardian.com

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Bailey/Greekchoir @greekchoir.bsky.social · Aug 20

Realllyyyy thrilled to be reading The Poet Empress by @dragons.bsky.social. Feels like starting something fresh. Everyone should be an early investor here

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 13h

I don’t own any of the first three - I need to wait until the paperbacks. This kind of enthusiasm is causing fomo!

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 20h

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

Riz, a white lady with curly red hair and oval glasses wearing a grey cardie, holding two copies of Duo 3

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Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 14h

I only finished it yesterday but When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift was so good (and so singular), I couldn't help but write about it immediately.

When There Are Wolves Again – E. J. Swift

The new novel from the author of The Coral Bones1, When There Are Wolves Again follows two women in Britain from the present, stretching out across the years into the future of the late 21st centur…

readerofelse.wordpress.com

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Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 13h

The audiobook for THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION is almost here!

(There was a bit of a snag and the audiobook is releasing late.)

Next week, Grimoire will be available for your listening pleasure! Preorder here! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

Image: Cover of The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
Audiobook
Coming soon
October 14, 2025

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 4d

I’ve read this twice. Cried more than twice (not sure why I keep telling you that some books make me cry). I am so happy to see this in the world.

A story of queer love, video games, a creepy village, toxic friends, and a lot of hope.

Trick or Treat Coveney🎃 @nmjcoveney.bsky.social · 5d

About last night… absolutely pinching myself after my incredible launch party @gaystheword.bsky.social which has always been a special place from when I first moved to London 16 years ago.

Signed copies available in store or through Gay’s The Word www.gaystheword.co.uk/product-page... website!

Nick holding a copy of his debut novel ‘Everything Not Saved’ inside Gay’s The Word

Copies of Nick’s debut novel ‘Everything Not Saved’

Nick holding a copy of ‘Everything Not Saved’ with his husband Patrick Ness

Nick’s friends, family and loved one celebrating his launch 🚀

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 1d

Let it out.

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 1d

Gave a wee talk today, ICYMI. Discussing The Two Roberts with @sarasheridan.bsky.social @nationalgalleries.bsky.social

Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 1d

This happened today. I sadly was not able to go but have now caught up on you tube. Thank you @nationalgalleries.bsky.social and lovely @damianbarr.bsky.social
It was fascinating !

www.youtube.com/live/T44S_tn...

Author talk | Damian Barr: The Two Roberts

YouTube video by nationalgalleries

www.youtube.com

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 1d

#BookReview up for We Used To Live Here ★★★★★ stars. A thrilling, scary read full of WTF and awesome moments + a cute doggo! Recommended!🎃

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Horror #Mystery #Spooktober #Halloween #BookSky📚💙

twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/10/revi...

Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer featuring a house that looks like it is glitching

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 1d

Oh happy publication day - it landed on my e-reader at midnight.

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John Hornor Jacobs @johnhornor.bsky.social · 1d

If you count a chapbook I released early in my career (which I do), and a novel I wrote pseudonymously (a football novel of all things) today marks the publication of my thirteenth novel in English. It’s called The Night That Finds Us All and is available wherever scary books are sold

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