Monday, it's Monday isn't it? This week I'm reading ‘They Bloom At Night’ by Trang Thanh Tran What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #MondayReads #TBR #AmReading - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

bigbeardedbookseller.com • 20 days ago

Monday, it's Monday isn't it?

This week I'm reading ‘They Bloom At Night’ by Trang Thanh Tran

What book(s) are you reading this week?

💙📚 #BookSky #MondayReads #TBR #AmReading

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perfusedwithsigns.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yes, definitely Monday, no escaping from it, sorry...
Just finished The Future of the 'Classical' by Salvatore Settis; just started Treatises on Dust by @timothyjjarvis.bsky.social (pub. @swanriverpress.bsky.social}. Under the Parthenon one minute, under a certain old street lamp the next.
#Books

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timothyjjarvis.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thanks for picking it up! I hope you enjoy those tales from liminal spaces…

perfusedwithsigns.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thanks are due to you for writing it!

swanriverpress.bsky.social•20 days ago

Good day for reading!

perfusedwithsigns.bsky.social•20 days ago

It is definitely reading weather at the moment!

meersalt.bsky.social•20 days ago

Following up on a podcast series I recently listened to about women in the SOE I spotted Charlotte Grey by Sebastian Faulks in a charity shop, so giving that a go, I do like this writing (and apologies for not buying new)

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msmandyhill.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nothing wrong with buying pre-loved books. It generates money for charities, stops perfectly good books being thrown away and most people who read a lot can't afford to buy all their books new.

meersalt.bsky.social•20 days ago

Completely agree, but Yer Man sells books for a living…

msmandyhill.bsky.social•19 days ago

Fair point. I run a charity bookshop so I am clearly on my hobby horse there - sorry! I do also buy my new books from my local indie bookshop because booksellers are the best.

mdibo324.bsky.social•20 days ago

Because Life’s a banquet

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pdxmama.bsky.social•17 days ago

I just finished The Handmaids Tale. Finishing The Parable of the Sower and started Tandia.

kevardhu.bsky.social•20 days ago

We do not part by Han Kang

marinasofia.bsky.social•20 days ago

What do you think of it? I loved it

kevardhu.bsky.social•19 days ago

I'm only two chapters in but really enjoying it. I love the way she writes

bishopjoey.bsky.social•20 days ago

Truth by Terry Pratchett and The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis. (There are two Portuguese speakers in my work book club - one Brazilian, the other Iberian and it seems that in Brazil this is assigned a lot in high school. I'm enjoying it.)

aletheajane.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just about to start this!

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rougeaerie.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just finished "The Last Speaker" by @leeburton.bsky.social and plan to start "A Taste of Honey" by Kai Ashante Wilson. Technically already have since I read the preview at the back of "The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps", so looking forward to it.

magicgareth.bsky.social•20 days ago

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thenextpage.bsky.social•19 days ago

Love this one.

lisajune.bsky.social•19 days ago

The way there is no tech or magic that we don’t have in the real world, and yet the world-building is so intricate and the world is so totally bizarre. Loved it!

sneakycryptid.bsky.social•20 days ago

1984 ... because, yeah. 🤷‍♂️😔

darklyadapted.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett. Really enjoying it.

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jdalton79.bsky.social•20 days ago

Oh this title has grabbed my attention! I lived & worked in Twyford for a summer, many moons ago!

christyalmond.bsky.social•19 days ago

christyalmond.bsky.social•19 days ago

And it’s my last download from Audible. I have canceled my membership. Only Libby for audio/books from now on.

childrenofproteus.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm currently reading Gideon The Ninth

jonboyer.bsky.social•20 days ago

Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka.

russeldmclean.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just finished @sirbenfro.bsky.social's AND THE REST IS DEATH (And cracking it was, too), and next on the list is Riley Sager's MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (after I get done on editing a superb manuscript from one of my authors)

bromptonbelle.bsky.social•20 days ago

How the Railways Will Fix the Future by Gareth Dennis, Citizen by Bill Clinton, Normal Women by Philippa Gregory

sweeettea.bsky.social•19 days ago

I’m still listening to The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee, just started The Solstice Court by Jade Juniper as my ebook, and physically reading A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire by Sarah Hawley. My new love of having multiple books going continues 💕

nicolabigwood.uk•20 days ago

‘Guilty by Definition’ by @susiedent.com, which I’m really enjoying! (Love the mix of mystery and word nerdery – intriguing and fascinating in equal measure!)

#AmReading #BookSky 💙📚

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morgandelaney.bsky.social•20 days ago

Oh, I hadn't heard about this, must look it up!

marekbidwell.bsky.social•19 days ago

Just finished 'The Outrun' - definitely put me off becoming a full time alcoholic.

norfolkbookworm.bsky.social•20 days ago

Morning all!
This week in fiction I'm trying the YA book The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold.
For short stories/works I'm reading The Kobe Hotel: Memoirs by Sanki Saito (tr. M Saito).
In non fiction it is Pope Benedict's autobiography Hope.
Happy reading all
💙📚 #BookSky

hejparry.bsky.social•19 days ago

Afternoon! I’m reading A Share of the World by Hugo Charteris. It begins with the most amazing account of the front line in WWII Italy. John Grant, terrified, leads a moonlit recce. It also flashes back to his childhood, & the second part of the novel is his post-war pursuit of love. Great writing.

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hfj0108.bsky.social•19 days ago

Finished one children’s book in translation yesterday (Sally Jones and the False Rose) and started a “grown up” one straight away - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk.

lhertzel.bsky.social•19 days ago

ah, I loved that Tokarczuk book!

clocareywriter.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm reading an ARC of 'Letters from Elena' by Anne Hamilton and it is brilliant. Coming in the spring (I think) from Legend Press.

gabmaxwell.bsky.social•19 days ago

It’s a sunny afternoon here in SoCal. ☀️

I’m reading Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura this week. 📖📚

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bluepoppypub.bsky.social•20 days ago

Having seen it recommended on here #BookSky 📚💙 I treated myself.
Dove in with a little trepidation after struggling with the Wordsworth Classics edition, but am ripping through this version and both enjoying AND understanding it.

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bishopjoey.bsky.social•20 days ago

Claire Danes' narration of the audiobook is also first-rate.

sweeettea.bsky.social•19 days ago

I adored Emily Wilson’s translation of the poem! The added context prior to the epic and the summaries after were so helpful for comprehension of what is actually happening

marekbidwell.bsky.social•19 days ago

I loved it!

bluepoppypub.bsky.social•19 days ago

I'm flying through it.

marekbidwell.bsky.social•19 days ago

I enjoyed all the lyrical references to the dawn sun appearing like various metaphors... can't remember exactly, but things like exploding pomegranates

robatk.bsky.social•20 days ago

Morning! I've just started The Women Of Troy by Pat Barker

jacquisydney.bsky.social•20 days ago

I read that over Christmas and loved it!

robatk.bsky.social•20 days ago

Ah that's so good to hear! I'm really enjoying what I've read so far.

jdks15.bsky.social•20 days ago

Sea runners by Ivan Doig. Thieves In High Places by Jim Hightower.

johnoz.bsky.social•20 days ago

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cicibeeithaca.bsky.social•20 days ago

"I Want a Better Catastrophe" by Andrew Boyd.

0151omski.bsky.social•20 days ago

I've just started Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip. K. Dick

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lizfremantle.bsky.social•20 days ago

Fiction and non-fiction in tandem!

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marina72.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just finished David Lynch's American Dreamscape by Mike Miley. Will probably read The Time of Cherries by Montserrat Roig next.

staggerlee42.bsky.social•20 days ago

LOVED The Time of Cherries! Hope you enjoy it too 👍

detroit1948.bsky.social•20 days ago

Breaking News.
The President of The United States of America is a Traitor.

iridescentwords.bsky.social•20 days ago

Caraval by Stephanie Garber. I like how it opens with a series of letters, then straight into the action. Now I'm rooting for these sisters to reach the Isle of Dreams!

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cfpharmd.bsky.social•19 days ago

Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina … she was a novelist and children’s author turned Ukraine war reporter. Published based on her incomplete works and diary at the time of her death. 💙📚
🇺🇦

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martinifontaine.bsky.social•19 days ago

This week finishing Her Body and other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, and continuing How to Tell When We Will Die by Johanna Hedva 🤓✌️

asherdorian.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm reading Beta Vulgaris and very excited about it. I've been looking forward to it since December.

peelhilllibrary.bsky.social•20 days ago

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gfrancie.bsky.social•20 days ago

Finally sitting down and fully reading, "All Passion Spent" by Vita Sackville West.

joeharkness.bsky.social•19 days ago

Nothing but blackened teeth - Cassandra Khaw

diversityhorror.bsky.social•19 days ago

I’m Sorry if I Scared You by Mae Murray

estampgal.bsky.social•18 days ago

The Apple II: How the Personal Computer became Personal by Laine Nooney. I always wanted one back in day but couldn’t afford it.

deadsilversky.bsky.social•20 days ago

Not a big non-fiction fan, but reading biography of Stanisław Lem by Agnieszka Gajewska

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husker777.bsky.social•20 days ago

Dipping back into the Expeditionary Force universe while clearing the loft. Performed by R. C Bray, one of my favourite VA’s

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joelmeadows.bsky.social•20 days ago

145 pages into Folio Society's To Kill A Mockingbird

maiyu84.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wrapping up The Ghost Princess by M. Walsh and starting The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri.

starshiptitanic.bsky.social•19 days ago

15 Minutes of Flame by Christin Brecher

annettej.bsky.social•19 days ago

Sampling Bitter Greens by Kate Forsythe and Beautyland by Marie Helene Bertino to see which is up next

rogerduruttiic838.bsky.social•20 days ago

Christopher Fowler's 'Full Dark House', the first in the Bryant and May series. Seems interesting so far. I've also just picked up Richard J. Evans' 'Hitler's People', and Laurence Rees' 'The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings From History', so will shortly be going down a deep, dark rabbit-hole.

sefarad.bsky.social•20 days ago

I´m reading "Körperkult" about body piercing and tattoos in history and archaeology 🏺

ajsisreading.bsky.social•19 days ago

I've just finished Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakumi, and started Black Summer by MW Craven

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remotecore.bsky.social•19 days ago

Making mixed progress with Scarlett Thomas' Sleepwalkers (it's pretending to be letters, but isn't). I finished Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks over dinner, which was great. And I've finally started Mickey7 by Edward Ashton.
#booksky 💙📚

roq11.bsky.social•20 days ago

First volume of Maurice Druon‘s Les rois maudits (The Accursed Kings) and Ionesco‘s Rhinocéros 🦏

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thenextpage.bsky.social•20 days ago

Babel-17
by Samuel R. Delany

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laurabloomify.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Still on Book One and I'm so impressed and enthralled. A million times better than the TV series adapted from it.

silverandblonde.bsky.social•20 days ago

“I Capture the Castle” by Dodie Smith. I’ve never read this, technically children’s book before, it’s very charming. 📚

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iridescentwords.bsky.social•20 days ago

I've read this, it's a great one!

viviennesoton.bsky.social•20 days ago

My mother gave me this book when I was 13. I’ve reread it a few times since then.

gfrancie.bsky.social•20 days ago

My absolute favourite book.

lhertzel.bsky.social•20 days ago

Love that book! But not a children’s book.

queenofpentaclesny.bsky.social•20 days ago

I love that book. I think it’s considered “Young Adult”.

silverandblonde.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yes, you’re probably right. A little old fashioned for young readers now I fear. I gave my daughter Anne of Green Gables (my childhood favourite) and was so sad when she said it was so boring.

hejparry.bsky.social•19 days ago

I had a very similar experience with my daughter, I feel your pain.

silverandblonde.bsky.social•19 days ago

It’s like a personal insult isn’t it?

hejparry.bsky.social•19 days ago

It is! Or worse than that, it's a rejection of some part of you. Which is fair enough I suppose as they assert their own identities but painful for us. All right, I'm depressed now!

queenofpentaclesny.bsky.social•19 days ago

I loved Anne! I read the whole series when I was younger. But I also grew up in the woods in the PNW and there was a working farm down the road - so to me it felt familiar.

silverandblonde.bsky.social•19 days ago

I loved all the books too, Anne is just such a wonderful character. Growing up in the woods - that sounds fun if a little spooky.

racheltranslates.bsky.social•19 days ago

Climbing Days by Dorothy Pilley - memoir of a pioneering woman climber 100 years ago

craigbookwyrm.bsky.social•19 days ago

I finished The Splinter King by Mike Brooks earlier - excellent fantasy series so far. Just started The Malice by Peter Newman, book 2 in The Vagrant trilogy.

sagray.bsky.social•19 days ago

I really enjoyed this series, mixes some modern world prejudices in to keep it fresh. Think there was no audiobook version after book 1 or 2 so had to go old school

wallflower11216.bsky.social•19 days ago

I started this last night. 💀

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jimferguson.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm listening to this one.

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latrobepat.bsky.social•19 days ago

Crossings by Ben Goldfarb and True Raiders by Brad Ricca

ellefire.bsky.social•20 days ago

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young ✨️

bibliophile99.bsky.social•19 days ago

A thriller called you are fatally invited

lancake.bsky.social•19 days ago

💛 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

💙 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by @imaniperry.bsky.social
(I cannot fully express how fking excited I am to have this book in my hot little hands ❤️‍🔥)

imaniperry.bsky.social•19 days ago

What wonderful company 🙏🏾

stephanierieger.bsky.social•20 days ago

Alternating between The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and the lovely Who built Scotland anthology!

cransell.bsky.social•20 days ago

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

#MondayReads #BookSky

queenofpentaclesny.bsky.social•20 days ago

I just finished that - it’s so sweet!

kljager-artist.bsky.social•20 days ago

Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky

booknookbuddy.bsky.social•20 days ago

This week I’m reading:
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
and
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

vadersvalkyrie.bsky.social•19 days ago

Salt & Broom: a witchy retelling of Jane Eyre

sadillon54.bsky.social•19 days ago

The Householder by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

aspen42.bsky.social•20 days ago

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marinasofia.bsky.social•20 days ago

Sun City by Tove Jansson, a very uncharacteristic book by one of my favourite authors

rosebud1968.bsky.social•19 days ago

I'm reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I read this book many years ago and decided I needed to read it again.

doctorgraw.bsky.social•19 days ago

Another book on weirdness and murder set in Scottish lighthouses and just picked up The Way up is Death as described as a humorous Hellraiser meets Cube

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nelnelnellie.bsky.social•19 days ago

📚💙

poodletail.bsky.social•18 days ago

Devouring Louise Penny's smart and addictive Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series! I can't remember when I've enjoyed a book series more.

Any suggestions for equally smart and engaging mystery series welcome and thx in advance. #BookSky

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chronically-online.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Dragon Republic by R F Kuang

duncanbatey.bsky.social•20 days ago

Now well into Broken Homes, book 4 of @benaaronovitch.bsky.social 's Rivers of London series - it's beginning to feel like instead of books I'm reading very long chapters of one even longer novel, and I'm loving it. I've not had this much fun since ploughing through Mick Herron's Slough House books.

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magicgareth.bsky.social•20 days ago

Great books - I’ve enjoyed them all so far.

gmganderson.bsky.social•20 days ago

I’ve been listening to the series and really enjoying it. No idea how it came to my attention but I’m glad it did.

judithparker.bsky.social•20 days ago

Inkbound by @prleathley.bsky.social

beyondpaisley.bsky.social•19 days ago

I should be farther along on this but I was sick this weekend and didn't have the focus to read. Enjoying it thoroughly.

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annettej.bsky.social•19 days ago

Excellent book

beyondpaisley.bsky.social•19 days ago

I read Horrorstör and was an instant fan. I still have some of his older stuff to read but I am catching up pretty quickly.

annettej.bsky.social•19 days ago

I think this is his best to date, enjoy!

lisajune.bsky.social•19 days ago

If you like Horrorstör, have you by any chance read Finna and Defekt by Nino Cipri? They are also about an IKEA clone with supernatural goings on that the hapless, underpaid staff have to deal with.

beyondpaisley.bsky.social•19 days ago

I haven't! I'm a sucker for hapless underpaid retail staff stories since I was one myself. I will have to check it out. Thank you!

tonalee.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just finished Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

feralgirlheat.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yikes !! Good for you!!

tonalee.bsky.social•20 days ago

Short read and big fan of NdT

robcave.bsky.social•20 days ago

At the halfway point with children of men - slipped in a quick manga read with volume one of one punch man

helenliz.bsky.social•20 days ago

Listening to The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. Never watched GBBO, it is possible I'm not in the book's target audience.
Reading Jonathan Swift's writings, which is hard going, so taking a break and reading The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer for light relief.

lisajune.bsky.social•19 days ago

Just finished Pink Slime by Fernanda Trias, which was a heartbreaking read, but so worth it. It’s about an apocalypse, and also about family dynamics and connections between people.

Now starting These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs.

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dvbishop.com•20 days ago

The Art of a Lie by @laurasrobinson.bsky.social, it's packed full of surprises so far, but making me very hungry.

queensbookasylum.com•20 days ago

laurasrobinson.bsky.social•20 days ago

Glad you’re enjoying it David!
💚🍦

lndsy.bsky.social•20 days ago

Really pleased to be getting into this one, I’ve been looking forward to it for ages.

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norfolkbookworm.bsky.social•20 days ago

It’s a fabulous book, and if you fall in love with the remote living then I also recommend Tove Jansson’s Island Book - they really talk to each other.

lndsy.bsky.social•20 days ago

I was sold on remote living long ago… Thanks for the recommendation, I will look it up!

bettykelly.bsky.social•19 days ago

I just finished "The Summer Book" by Tove Jansson. Would you like to borrow it?

lndsy.bsky.social•19 days ago

I would!

dribelad.bsky.social•19 days ago

In the lives of puppets.

thommybouy.bsky.social•20 days ago

Dirty Birds by Morgan Murray…

bectreveil.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just started reading Totally Deceased by @suehcunningham.bsky.social

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jacquisydney.bsky.social•20 days ago

That’s brilliant! Can highly recommend her new read, Cloud Nine too.

suehcunningham.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thanks, Jacqui, you are kind! 🥰

jacquisydney.bsky.social•19 days ago

Not at all, Sue! 😊 x

suehcunningham.bsky.social•19 days ago

Hope you enjoy reading! 💗📚

bardymum.bsky.social•20 days ago

Totally Deceased is such fun!

suehcunningham.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thanks, Sarah! 🥰

kennymooney.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. Will be on this for a wee while, I think.

darklyadapted.bsky.social•20 days ago

Auf Deutsch?

kennymooney.bsky.social•20 days ago

No it’s the English translation.

darklyadapted.bsky.social•20 days ago

I once tried to read Kafka in German. Once only.

kennymooney.bsky.social•20 days ago

I’m not crazy about Kafka in English, but I understand there’s a lot that doesn’t translate easily that gets missed.

cicibeeithaca.bsky.social•20 days ago

That book was a slog for me because it was my very last assignment as an undergrad. I should probably read it again now that I no longer have a giant paper to write.

kennymooney.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yeah it is very "wordy". I'm enjoying it so far, but then I can go at my own pace and it's just for my own enjoyment.

castelli-art.bsky.social•20 days ago

My seasonal Machen fix.

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doma-834.bsky.social•20 days ago

Monday is even more Monday with half a metre of snow to shovel. I’m splitting my time between snow and finishing the thriller All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby, reading Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky, the Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny, and shorts from Dangerous Visions.

queenofpentaclesny.bsky.social•20 days ago

I’m reading “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis. They seemed…timely.

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desperatereader.bsky.social•20 days ago

Why Shoot a Butler by Georgette Heyer for a reading group. It's a lot of fun so far

hejparry.bsky.social•19 days ago

I vaguely remember that! Enjoyed all her detective fiction. Truly a writer of many talents.

desperatereader.bsky.social•19 days ago

I probably read it a couple of times 30+ years ago but I can't remember anything about it which is quite nice. Looking forward to a lengthy discussion when we start on it as a group

radicalgremlin.bsky.social•20 days ago

📌

sandi07.bsky.social•20 days ago

Lady Tan's Circle of women.

jodiebez.bsky.social•20 days ago

Vine Street by @dominicnolan.bsky.social It’s very good 😃😃

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dominicnolan.bsky.social•20 days ago

🤜🤛

peigibheag.bsky.social•20 days ago

The inimitable Jeeves, PG Wodehouse.

jimbutler.bsky.social•20 days ago

Reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it's excellent so far.

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chilcottharry.bsky.social•19 days ago

Mood reader brain has taken me away from my scheduled TBR and is forcing me to read Desperation by Stephen King!

My TBR stack will have to wait for another day...

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justrish.bsky.social•19 days ago

It is worth the detour! Loved this one.

bscit.bsky.social•19 days ago

It's a great distraction.

outwithdan.bsky.social•18 days ago

An advanced copy of KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS. So darned great!

samanthabrennan.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm reading Play World by Adam Ross.

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kevinklehr.bsky.social•20 days ago

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21rosa.bsky.social•20 days ago

#AmReading 'The Clothes on Their Backs' - plangent, humane and absorbing
#BookSky

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bloodywrecker.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov from 1969.

angryalgonquin.bsky.social•19 days ago

Will never forget reading it for the first time.

joblarney.bsky.social•20 days ago

A Rare Bird by Geoffrey Dutton - a Penguin book about Penguin books. Fascinating stuff.

mirthematician.bsky.social•20 days ago

This, and this.

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magicgareth.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just finished ‘The Maniac’ a really intriguing book, going to try and watch the film “Alpha Go” this week.

digitalisnarcissus.bsky.social•20 days ago

What a sticker placement!

pickards1.bsky.social•20 days ago

Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic by Jason Turbow and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

#scifi #novel #oaklandas #oaklandathletics #baseballhistory

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iketle.bsky.social•20 days ago

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llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social•20 days ago

Morning! I am reading the anthology Fight Like A Girl Vol. 2 ed. by @rozc.bsky.social & @hierath77.bsky.social https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/fight-like-a-girl-volume-2

rodgerkibble.bsky.social•20 days ago

Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK by Paul Gravett and @johnharrisdunning.bsky.social

thegryphonclerk.bsky.social•20 days ago

Olivia Laing's superb The Garden Against Time

michaeljongen.bsky.social•20 days ago

Listening to this, very intriguing so far
I must say that your book choice this week sounds very interesting as well.

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holliestafford.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm reading Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

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justineharvey.bsky.social•20 days ago

📚💙 Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, which I'm absolutely gripped by so far

francoanglophile.bsky.social•20 days ago

On my list to read as I so enjoyed Babel

justineharvey.bsky.social•20 days ago

I like Babel too but think I may like Yellowface even more so far

karenrambo.bsky.social•19 days ago

Scuttler’s Cove by David Barnett. Loving it!

stuhennigan.bsky.social•20 days ago

I've read about 5 books this weekend, all research, mostly about specific serial killers of the 1970's. The Lonely City by Olivia Liang was NOT about that, however, and was generally pretty good. Contained an entire chapter about one of my other key texts, an obscure one too so taking it as a sign

stuhennigan.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm on the right track. Big up @susannacrossman.bsky.social for recommending it aaaages ago for great writing on Warhol.

stuhennigan.bsky.social•20 days ago

Oh, reread (for like the hundredth time) the first half of Keshed by Stu Hennigan, doing a copy-editing job on it.....complex, powerful stuff and it's gonna flatten people but christ alive someone's gotta call him a shrink 😱🤣

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE&pp=ygUVZnJvbnRpZXIgcHN5Y2hpYXRyaXN0

stuhennigan.bsky.social•20 days ago

Next, Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz. Very much "of its time" for reasons both good and bad. I'm totally ambivalent about her but she has some killer lines in all her stuff. Shame she refused to be edited but she's a cult writer now so i guess she'd feel vindicated.

susannacrossman.bsky.social•20 days ago

I still remember the details from that Warhol chapter. Glad you liked the book babe x

louisajk.bsky.social•20 days ago

In parallel: 'Killer in the Kremlin' by John Sweeney; 'Three Tales' by Gustav Flaubert; 'Welsh Fairies' by Mhara Starling; and a pile of books by contemporary African-Australian speculative fiction rising star, Eugen Bacon.

thecosymoose.bsky.social•19 days ago

Listening to an advance of Molly O’Neill’s Green Teeth as I do love tales of folklore

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rachaelscotson.bsky.social•20 days ago

Reading another great book on the craft of writing from my MA reading list: How to Write a Damn Good Novel II, by James N. Frey. And listening to the charming Table for Two by Amor Towles.

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active-tabs.bsky.social•19 days ago

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aislingc.bsky.social•19 days ago

One of my favourites! A little too on the nose at the moment.

active-tabs.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yeah, I agree. I’ve got a TBR that’s a little too on the nose for this year.

morgandelaney.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine and The Sack-Em-Up Men by James Moores Ball (love that name!)

dorkymum.bsky.social•20 days ago

I seem to keep being between books on a Monday! I finished The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates last night, and haven’t yet picked what I’m starting next.

annahmae.bsky.social•20 days ago

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cavaterra.bsky.social•20 days ago

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cavaterra.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm convinced the cover artist had Barbara Payton in mind...

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cavaterra.bsky.social•20 days ago

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cavaterra.bsky.social•20 days ago

P. S. This book has some of the funniest dialogue ever written. Charles Williams was brilliant.

deborahzafer.bsky.social•20 days ago

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth. Enjoying it very much. Stayed up way too late reading last night 😴

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lyndondraws.bsky.social•20 days ago

Finished The Priory of the Orange Tree on Friday and jumped straight into A day of Fallen Night.

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iridescentwords.bsky.social•20 days ago

A Day of Fallen Night is amazing, you're in for a treat!

chisoxbookworm.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. This is my second attempt at this one

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tinido.bsky.social•20 days ago

I started on the German translation of Susan Buck-Mors The Dialetics of Seeing about Walter Benjamin and his Arcade project. And I'm listening to my first ever mystery novel by Fred Vargas, The Chalk Circle Man, which I really like. Plus Vernes Voyage to the Centre of the Earth.

sbisson.com•20 days ago

Today I am reading Genevieve Cogman's Scarlet. The Scarlet Pimpernel, with vampires.

alenaxoxo.bsky.social•20 days ago

Animal Farm - George Orwell

salt-and-ink.bsky.social•20 days ago

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doctormrsscott.bsky.social•19 days ago

East West Street by Phillipe Sands.
Completely gripping.

bigbookend.bsky.social•20 days ago

Unaccustomed Earth by
Jhumpa Lahiri. An excellent #ShortStory collection.

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michaeljongen.bsky.social•20 days ago

I really enjoyed this

barbnatividad.bsky.social•19 days ago

Just finished Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal.

mrsdridge.bsky.social•20 days ago

Finders Keepers - Stephen King

tripdazey.bsky.social•20 days ago

Gonna start Allow Me to Retort by @elienyc.bsky.social while posted up at the hospital (routine infusion day).

anniegt.bsky.social•20 days ago

Love that book!

bonj.bsky.social•20 days ago

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aislingc.bsky.social•19 days ago

I’m spending time with Luke Evan’s this week reading Boy From the Valleys.

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kateem.bsky.social•19 days ago

Afternoon! I've just (re)finished Barchester Towers and wil be starting Susanna Clarke's new one this evening.

mimmcloughlin.bsky.social•19 days ago

just finishing my second Sarah Moss of the year - The Fell

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markthomasinfo.bsky.social•20 days ago

A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall

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richardstrachan.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Mirror of the Sea, by Joseph Conrad

francoanglophile.bsky.social•20 days ago

Still on Hitler Stalin Mum and Dad by Daniel Finkelstein

davidcordial.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm reading Circe by Madeline Miller, so far so excellent, really looking forward to this one

kristinahoward.bsky.social•19 days ago

It's superb.

estellew.bsky.social•19 days ago

I thoroughly enjoyed it

katebajic.bsky.social•19 days ago

Me too 👍🏻🙂

faithstrenghealer.bsky.social•19 days ago

loved that book!!! Enjoy!

fairuzafilth.bsky.social•19 days ago

The audio book is also phenomenal!

thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social•19 days ago

One of my favorite books ever.

philmarsden.bsky.social•20 days ago

But of a rut again, trying to read books I failed to finish decades ago - Underworld (bought the hb in 1997), 100 Years of Solitude (1989), plus Mustafa Suleyman's book on AI and a Jkm Thompson, which always delivers.