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RatherBeReading
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Katharine: Celt. Charity worker. Ink drinker & word wrangler of dark fiction Book Reviewer: Historical Novel Society https://open.substack.com/pub/mywritingshenanigans Short story published Bloody St Albans 22 Top 100: Cheshire Novel Prize 23 Mum to a
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Sep 7
Fantastic news Tariq 🎉 huge congratulations. Your podcast is a highlight of my week
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 18
Fussbudgetry is a most excellent word
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 18
Will do!
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 17
Thanks lovely xx
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 17
Damn that looks good 😋
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 17
72 hours until I can get back here. The mountain of work and life-stuff that needs to happen between now and then seems insurmountable but Connemara, I’m coming for you 💚
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 15
Ouch 😩
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 15
Another working week done and once again I’m coiled like a spring. Going to sack off my usual Friday chores and get in a sneaky nap to see if it will reset my nervous system somewhat ahead of a busy weekend.
a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a radiator .
ALT: a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a radiator .
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 13
Lidija it’s so beautiful! I’m reading and then re-reading whole sections to take in all your wonderful prose x
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 13
Ooh jealous! Have fun x
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 12
Same. Just had to sack off my beloved Pilates this evening but studio will be like a furnace and I’ve maxed out on my asthma inhaler - plus I don’t need a UTI on top of everything else! 🤣🥵
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 11
Absolutely adored This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things… how are you lovely? X
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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · Aug 10
🏳️‍🌈📚 Not gonna lie, our books? They damn slap.

Plot twists. Vibes. Chaos. Feels. Wreckage.

If you’re not reading us yet, what are you doing?

#SapphicSky #LGBTQSky #BookSky

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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 10
Oh so good to know. I just love when you start a book and immediately know it’s going to be fab. Such an interesting setting/time period too
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 10
#SlantingTowardsTheSea by @lidijahilje.bsky.social I’m only two chapters in and this is giving me ALL the feels!

#amreading
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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · Aug 7
Happy 100th @natlibscot.bsky.social

Thank you to all the librarians & cleaners & accountants & coffee-shop folk & all the other staff & volunteers who take care of Scotland’s stories & open our doors to the world.
Proud to be a Centenary Champ with Val McDermid.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Val McDermid and Damian Barr urge Scottish councils to halt library closures
Authors say plan to shut more than 20 public libraries could have devastating effect on Scotland’s cultural future
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 5
Living my best life today: I’ve descaled the kettle AND the coffee machine 🤣
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 4
In Little London near Albury

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Cabin in Albury · ★5.0 · Studio · 2 beds · 1 bathroom
The little Barn Little London
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 4
100% 🙌
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 4
The best 3 days solo writing retreat. I’ve come back, not necessarily refreshed (as I was writing like a demon day & night), but with renewed clarity and focus. Very grateful to have had this opportunity in the beautiful Surrey Hills.
#writingcommunity #retreatyourself
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Jul 31
Nooooo 🥺
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Lesley Watts @ljwattswales.bsky.social · Jul 31
😢 Fond memories of reading the Ahlberg's books to my children
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Allan Ahlberg, beloved children's author, dies aged 87
Working first with his wife Jane, and later with illustrators including Raymond Briggs and Bruce Ingman, he wrote more than 150 books
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Jul 31
Mercury is in retrograde right now. Not a good time for big decisions! Hope you’re ok
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Jul 30
Ooh lovely I’ve adored her other books so really looking forward to getting my paws on this one 😍
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Jul 30
Thank you lovely 🥰
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Jul 29
Oh Bex you are in for brilliant ride with that book. Loved it so much
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