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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 1d

5 🌟 to Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
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5/5: Deep Cuts tells the story of Percy and Joe and the music they make and love. While at college, Percy becomes friendly with their year's golden couple, Joe and Zoe. Joe is a talented musician, an...

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 2d

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett is a bargain £1.19 on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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The Dutch House: Nominated for the Women's Prize 2020

The Dutch House: Nominated for the Women's Prize 2020 eBook : Patchett, Ann: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 2d

I've heard that one of the best things to point out is that Reform UK want to privatise the NHS - that's uniformly unpopular

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 2d

Taking Flight: How Animals Learned to Fly and Transformed Life on Earth by @levparikian.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink amzn.to/48SYcD1

Taking Flight: How Animals Learned to Fly and Transformed Life on Earth

Taking Flight: How Animals Learned to Fly and Transformed Life on Earth eBook : Parikian, Lev: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 3d

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy by @soniapurnell.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink amzn.to/4pP5j5s

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy - 'Reads like a thriller' (Ben Macintyre)

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy - 'Reads like a thriller' (Ben Macintyre) eBook : Purnell, Sonia: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 4d

“Select all squares containing J D Salinger books” - CAPTCHA in the Rye.

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 4d

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by @holland-tom.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink amzn.to/3WnFmfP

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER eBook : Holland, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 4d

A Clockwork Orange and The Picture of Dorian Gray are two of my all-time favourites. I also have The Names on my TBR and The Two Roberts is high on my wishlist. Happy reading 📖

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 4d

Playground by Richard Powers is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Playground: Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2024

Playground: Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2024 eBook : Powers, Richard: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 5d

Exploring Skaigh Woods on Dartmoor today, we found this amazing small-leaved lime covered in epiphytes - an indicator of ancient woodland - plus yellow stagshorn fungi, loads of fly agaric mushrooms and this punk caterpillar, a pale tussock moth

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 5d

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Strong Female Character: Nero Book Awards Winner

Strong Female Character: Nero Book Awards Winner eBook : Brady, Fern: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 6d

5 🌟 to The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
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Snoakes's review of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

5/5: The Voyage Home is the final part of Pat Barker's Women of Troy trilogy. Finally, Agamemnon is going home to his wife Clytemnestra after ten years at sea and war. In that time, the queen has be...

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 7d

Please let this be true.

Have we passed peak social media? - on.ft.com/4pTb1Di via @FT

Have we passed peak social media?

As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.

A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry

1. Impressionism
Roses sway in softened reds,
Violets swim in murky blues,
Sugar sparkles in the light,
Blurring into golden you.

2. Surrealism
Roses are melting,
Violets are too.
Ceci n’est pas le sucre.
Keith is a giant crab

3. Social Realism
Roses are dead,
Violence is rife.
Don’t sugar coat
This bitter life.

4. Abstract Expressionism
Are and.
Violets roses so.
You sweet blue.
Are are red is sugar

5. Pop Art
Roses go BLAM!
Violets go POW!
Sugar is COOL!
You are so WOW!

6. Conceptual Art
Roses are red,
Coated in blood:
A deer’s severed head
Drips from above

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 7d

All in a Don's Day by Professor Mary Beard is a bargain £1.89 on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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All in a Don's Day

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 7d

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab is a bargain £1.99 on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 7d

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Cartoon of two people in a workshop making a chair each, which are on the bench in front of them. The person on the right’s chair only has one leg. Caption under the left chair: Woodwork. Caption under the chair on the right. Woodn’twork

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 7d

A magical evening watching the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus hunting Garfish Belone belone in almost flat calm conditions, Start Point, Devon

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 7d

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.

This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

The Problem of Writing Poems
in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:

a comm n
pr ble whe writin
p ems in the shape of decid o s
trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t
sti rings of he new aut mn breeze, he
oems will begi to shake hemselves
ge tly ntil their letters loos n
d
like leaves, an
they
start
to
float
down
then

[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 9d

The Book of Guilt by @nassos.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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The Book of Guilt: A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 2025

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 9d

Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Sour Cherry: A fiercely haunting gothic horror novel examining gender and power, reimagining the fairytale Bluebeard

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 9d

The Science of Racism: Everything you need to know but probably don't - yet by @profkeonwest.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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The Science of Racism: Everything you need to know but probably don't - yet

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hushupimreading.bsky.social @hushupimreading.bsky.social · 9d

The Art of a Lie by @laurasrobinson.bsky.social is a bargain £1.99 on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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The Art of a Lie: A Gripping Historical Thriller of Murder and Deceit in 18th-Century London

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 9d

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Cartoon of three panels. The first shows a flamingo standing in water, one leg bent, caption: Flamingo. The second panel shows the same scene, but just the flamingo's head and neck are above the water, caption: Flamingoing. In the third panel there are now just a few ripples in the water. Caption: Flamingone

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Jun 27

“I love the aroma of fresh toffee in the morning!”
“Toffee?”
“Sorry - I meant coffee. It was a smelling mistake"

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