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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 6m

Thanks for sharing. It's a fab book.

A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 31m

Here it is. Publication day for one of the best books I've read this year. You don't have to save it for Christmas though, you can read it right now. It's brilliant!
12 Ways to Kill Your Family At Christmas by Natasha Bache. 📚 💙 #booksky

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12 Ways To Kill Your Family At Christmas by Natasha Bache

Review of the new novel, 12 Ways to Kill Your Family At Christmas by Natasha Bache

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Lisa Timoney/Kate Storey/Naomi Williams @lisatimoneywrites.bsky.social · 4h

It’s #NationalAdoptionWeek in the UK.
As a happily adopted person,
adoption is a theme I keep coming back to in my stories. I’m fascinated by motherhood and what constitutes family. #TheDaughterSheGaveAway
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N S Ford @nsfordwriter.bsky.social · 4h

Today on the blog, I have a very interesting 'film of the book' for you - 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'. The poem by Goethe, versus the animated scene from 'Fantasia'.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 17h

No it's not and I'm fed up with it all. You can't make a move with anything without there's someone trying to lighten yr pocket. Husband got a phone call this PM, turns out the IBD organisation he gave his details to for help have passed it on to a fund raising third party. 🤬

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 17h

Oh and £50 yesterday for 3 months of flea treatment for the dog and 24 hrs later he's still scratching. Don't even know if it is fleas, we haven't seen any. So that's more money to find out why he is scratching,licking and biting. He's not the kind of dog to let you rummage in his fur.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 17h

I'm never moving. It's the biggest rip off going. Today my son has been quoted £75 for a gas fitter to disconnect his gas cooker. Literally a 5 minute job. Then he was quoted for van hire. Went back online half hour later and the price had doubled.🤨

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Up Hill Down Dale Walks @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social · 1d

We're all set up at University of Lincoln Farmers Market next to the Minerva Building and Brayford Pool. Here until 4pm!

Cards, coasters, canvas, prints and greeting cards. Art & photography inspired by landscape, wildlife, sea and sky.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhh, I hope you like it. She's more known for psychological thrillers, where this wasn't quite that. There's still mystery though and such an emotional, touching read.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

And for my next #Netgalley read, this one. One of my favourite authors. I've read all her books so far, and am looking forward to starting this today.

Anita Frank @anitafrank.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thrilled to share the cover and blurb for my new historical novel Small Acts of Resistance, a story of love, courage, loyalty and sacrifice set in occupied France during the First World War. Out 20 November @hqstories.bsky.social

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

That's good, makes it a bit easier if it's something you enjoy and can take a pride in afterwards.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

And THAT #booksky was the best book I ever read. 🥲 Ever!

The best book I ever read. The Truth about Melody Browne. Book cover.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Which, as mums and teachers always say, can't means won't.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Haha yes it was definitely permanent. Maybe they might even motivate me to improve our own house. Did you do the lining paper and painting on your own? That motivates me as my default is "can't".

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Yep, want a nice new fresh start. The one who moved out was 20 years of weirdness.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

The owner plus mates/relatives or might even work for him, not sure. I get the impression he's a builder himself. He seems really nice and friendly so don't want to upset them before they've even moved in. (Besides I want a tour when it's all done 😄).

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

There was a *lot* of plasterboard delivered last week. 😬 To be honest the banging and hammering doesn't bother me that much, it's the constant noise of the radio with all the windows wide open in an echoey empty house. Thankfully it's not every day.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Mmm, same goes for book blogging, all depends whether your face fits or not. But can't really complain, I've read a lot of books I might not otherwise have read, the majority fab, only the occasional one a chore.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks. There's only one chimney so hopefully it's all done. They've filled a large skip with bricks and came out of there with very dirty faces, looked like they'd been down the mines.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 3d

Finally. Peace in the valley, peace in the city, peace in your soul, can you feel it......Silence is golden..... and so on 🎵🎵 The chimney breast it was, the whole of it, floor to roof. My ears are still ringing. 🙉

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 4d

They're seriously testing our patience now. The noise has to be heard to be believed. It would have been quieter had they just demolished the whole house in one fell swoop. You can't really hold a conversation.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 4d

For some context of what this morning is like, it's like we've taken up residence underneath the floor of a bowling alley, complete with a mini pneumatic drill. Oh, the radio's kicked off now. Bloody joy!

A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 4d

I go upstairs and keep expecting to be waving to my new neighbours through a hole in the bedroom wall. There surely can't be any walls left in that house for them to bloody knock down. Sunday morning demolition. 🤬
Not a word of acknowledgement or apology for the constant disturbance. 🤨

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 4d

I go upstairs and keep expecting to be waving to my new neighbours through a hole in the bedroom wall. There surely can't be any walls left in that house for them to bloody knock down. Sunday morning demolition. 🤬
Not a word of acknowledgement or apology for the constant disturbance. 🤨

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 4d

"Her thoughts were becoming dense and unfathomable. Her heart felt like a clockwork toy that had been overwound."
From The Truth About Melody Browne.
Yes, my heart feels the same way, I have to keep stopping reading in order to take it in, each revelation.

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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 4d

This book! 84% read. I'm going to miss all the characters. What an emotional ride and beautifully told. Definitely a 10 star read. ⭐♥️
#booksky

Book cover. The Truth About Melody Browne by Lisa Jewell.

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