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Exploring Bluesky. 🦥 reader. I keep trying to get lost in books, but reality persists. I’m also trying to avoid a lot of non-book-related social-media addictive stuff, including politics, with mixed success.
she cried, as a sleeper in the night, starts and stretches a hand in the dark for help.
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(I’m enraptured by the intensity of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Pup less so)
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(I’m enraptured by the intensity of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Pup less so)
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
she cried, as a sleeper in the night, starts and stretches a hand in the dark for help.
—-
(I’m enraptured by the intensity of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Pup less so)
—-
(I’m enraptured by the intensity of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Pup less so)
My year of reading, 2025
January 1, 2026 at 5:54 AM
My year of reading, 2025
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
ok - so I want to tell you about Atwood's 1st novel, how the 2nd wave of feminism plays in it, but also, mainly, the humor. This is a really fun, and funny, look at a serious world problem, relevant today.
I tried here: www.librarything.com/work/32423/r...
ok - so I want to tell you about Atwood's 1st novel, how the 2nd wave of feminism plays in it, but also, mainly, the humor. This is a really fun, and funny, look at a serious world problem, relevant today.
I tried here: www.librarything.com/work/32423/r...
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 AM
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
ok - so I want to tell you about Atwood's 1st novel, how the 2nd wave of feminism plays in it, but also, mainly, the humor. This is a really fun, and funny, look at a serious world problem, relevant today.
I tried here: www.librarything.com/work/32423/r...
ok - so I want to tell you about Atwood's 1st novel, how the 2nd wave of feminism plays in it, but also, mainly, the humor. This is a really fun, and funny, look at a serious world problem, relevant today.
I tried here: www.librarything.com/work/32423/r...
Can you feel the intensity? (I’m as worked up as I can without disturbing my lap kitty.)
Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura wraps up 2025. Perfect prose and the magic of Kitamura, with oomph. She doesn’t only do cerebral. She can wound you.
Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura wraps up 2025. Perfect prose and the magic of Kitamura, with oomph. She doesn’t only do cerebral. She can wound you.
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can you feel the intensity? (I’m as worked up as I can without disturbing my lap kitty.)
Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura wraps up 2025. Perfect prose and the magic of Kitamura, with oomph. She doesn’t only do cerebral. She can wound you.
Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura wraps up 2025. Perfect prose and the magic of Kitamura, with oomph. She doesn’t only do cerebral. She can wound you.
I recently finished one of my best books of the year - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
December 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I recently finished one of my best books of the year - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The best laid plans… Here’s a snapshot of what I plan to read in 2026. Some Renaissance. A lot of Virginia Woolf.
December 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The best laid plans… Here’s a snapshot of what I plan to read in 2026. Some Renaissance. A lot of Virginia Woolf.
An excerpt from Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (1980). The girls trying to get their aunt to tell them about their deceased mom. This juxtaposition!
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
An excerpt from Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (1980). The girls trying to get their aunt to tell them about their deceased mom. This juxtaposition!
Started a new book - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson from 1980
December 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Started a new book - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson from 1980
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🎧❄️ We asked our Substack readers to share the Booker-nominated audiobooks they return to again and again
Tap the link below for the full list of recommendations...
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9drrv90q7h
Tap the link below for the full list of recommendations...
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9drrv90q7h
The best Booker audiobooks to curl up with this winter, chosen by you | The Booker Prizes
’Tis the season to be told a good story. We asked you to tell us which audiobooks of Booker-nominated novels are your all-time-favourite listens, and why
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🎧❄️ We asked our Substack readers to share the Booker-nominated audiobooks they return to again and again
Tap the link below for the full list of recommendations...
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9drrv90q7h
Tap the link below for the full list of recommendations...
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9drrv90q7h
December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reposted
At midday on the year’s midnight
into my mind came
I saw the new moon late yestreen
wi the auld moon in her airms…
—Liz Lochhead, “In the Mid-Midwinter”
published in FUGITIVE COLOURS (Polygon 2016)
#poem #poetry #StLucysDay
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into my mind came
I saw the new moon late yestreen
wi the auld moon in her airms…
—Liz Lochhead, “In the Mid-Midwinter”
published in FUGITIVE COLOURS (Polygon 2016)
#poem #poetry #StLucysDay
birlinn.co.uk/product/fugi...
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
At midday on the year’s midnight
into my mind came
I saw the new moon late yestreen
wi the auld moon in her airms…
—Liz Lochhead, “In the Mid-Midwinter”
published in FUGITIVE COLOURS (Polygon 2016)
#poem #poetry #StLucysDay
birlinn.co.uk/product/fugi...
into my mind came
I saw the new moon late yestreen
wi the auld moon in her airms…
—Liz Lochhead, “In the Mid-Midwinter”
published in FUGITIVE COLOURS (Polygon 2016)
#poem #poetry #StLucysDay
birlinn.co.uk/product/fugi...
Saturday morning. Sir Thomas Malory must overlepyth a whyle.
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Saturday morning. Sir Thomas Malory must overlepyth a whyle.
Reposted
The 2025 Year in Review is now available on LibraryThing!
Now in its third year, it's better than ever! We've added lots of new information, in order to give you even more insight into your LibraryThing activity over the course of 2025.
Now in its third year, it's better than ever! We've added lots of new information, in order to give you even more insight into your LibraryThing activity over the course of 2025.
December 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The 2025 Year in Review is now available on LibraryThing!
Now in its third year, it's better than ever! We've added lots of new information, in order to give you even more insight into your LibraryThing activity over the course of 2025.
Now in its third year, it's better than ever! We've added lots of new information, in order to give you even more insight into your LibraryThing activity over the course of 2025.
Reposted
We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
(My 1st Bluesky post) I have a little pile of short books lined up to finish the year. This one is 1st. From 1960
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
(My 1st Bluesky post) I have a little pile of short books lined up to finish the year. This one is 1st. From 1960