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Day 274, Mar 1, Sat - p327 “‘It was Tuffy who started me off on him.” to p335 END OF CH1 “…might have died in hospital.” #anthonypowelltogether

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week 40 of #anthonypowelltogether starts tomorrow! catch up, folks (including me!)

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Day 273, Feb 28, Fri - p320 “‘Don’t ask me.’” to p327 “…Victorians are obviously the fashion in this Division.’” #anthonypowelltogether

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Day 272, Feb 27, Thurs - SHORTISH DAY p315 “‘Organising that blood boxing next week’s going to be a bugger’” to p320 “‘Why on earth does Stringham want to come here?’” #anthonypowelltogether

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Day 271, Feb 26, Wed - p308 “‘’Diplock wasn’t an old woman when he won the Military Medal”.’” to p315 “A spoon now attracted his attention.” #anthonypowelltogether

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Day 270, Feb 25, Tues - p301 “Widmerpool was not in the least prepared at that moment for such an onslaught.” to p308 “‘What was the answer?’” #anthonypowelltogether

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Merz said tonight that Alice Weidel's AfD didn't actually want to solve Germany's problems - "they're happy if the problems get worse and worse". Sounds like what Trump/Musk want.

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Day 269, Feb 24, Mon - SHORT DAY p298 “Before I could thank him…” to p301 “‘Sir?’” #anthonypowelltogether

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"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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He's written books other than A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME! #anthonypowelltogether

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Snow day! Stretched out in pjs, picking up another non-Dance Powell. “A satire that verges on nihilism and a story touched with sexism and equal doses self-loathing and self-medication.” Grim. (rubs hands together)

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Sarah McNally, the owner of the McNally Jackson bookstore turned literary empire, is reshaping New York City’s book culture and reading life.

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Cocksridge. Not the first (nor the last person) to enjoy being despised by Widmerpool. #anthonypowelltogether

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"Good morning...here's a sparrow for your cat" is a brilliant way to offer up a sacrificial lamb to your bosses. will be incorporating it into my office routine. #anthonypowelltogether

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republicans, you're better than this. trump/musk, this is you 1000%.

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Day 268, Feb 23, Sun - p291 “Corporal Mantle remained.” to p298 “ Keep it under your hat…keep it under your hat.’” #anthonypowelltogether

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"a certain whimsicality to their duologues"! #anthonypowelltogether

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Have I missed anyone? #anthonypowelltogether

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Day 267, Feb 22, Sat - p284 “In certain moods, especially when he teased Widmerpool…” to p291 “‘Good night, Sergeant.’” #anthonypowelltogether

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A perfect stay indoors winter read. Funny, bittersweet, stressful. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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don't mind me, just rereading JUST KIDS by Patti Smith. one of my favorite memoirs ever. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Come celebrate with us! For our 100th episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I answer all kinds of listener questions (mostly about books) during this three-hour extravaganza. Here’s to the next 100! Thanks for listening! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...

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I've been reading Karl Ove's long essay collection and sometimes I wish he would 'write small' like in the Seasons and other times I'm so glad he has the space to expatiate about the artists who matter to him. #knausgaardtogethertheseasons

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#knausgaardtogethertheseasons The last week of “Winter”! WEEK 23 (02/23-03/01) “Winter” by Karl Ove Knausgaard 02/23: Day off 02/24: Operation 02/25: Manholes 02/26: Windows 02/27: Day off 02/28: Day off 03/01: Day off

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tmw we start week 39 of #anthonypowelltogether

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Day 266, Feb 21, Fri - p277 “The Reconnaissance Unit, then in process of generation…” to p284 “Seek out the sit-rep, Jack.’” #anthonypowelltogether

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oops forgot to post yesterday! Day 265, Feb 20, Thurs - p270 “‘No excuses required,’ he said…” to p277 “…who was to command the Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment.” #anthonypowelltogether

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too good. "...before being regarded as the least satisfactory." #anthonypowelltogether

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This book opens with Nick being fitted into a handsomely tailored coat which sends me back to the opening image I keep of Widmerpool in the wrong coat at school, being shamed. #anthonypowelltogether

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Our dedicatee: wartime poet Roy Fuller. Seems he and Powell later wrote a spoof book together in the 1980s as by author Mark Members, "Iron Aspidistra," and it was actually published as being by Members. #anthonypowelltogether en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Ful...

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Day 264, Feb 19, Wed - p263 “‘Oh, I didn’t,’ said Bithel.” to p270 “Removing his spectacles…a manner of hearty military geniality.” #anthonypowelltogether

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Beautifully written scenes today, that description of searchlight beams, "wide intersecting arcs...their range ever reducing, ever extending..." to "At ground level, too, irregular knots of flame", culminating in "All the world was dipped in a livid, unearthly refulgence". #anthonypowelltogether

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#knausgaardtogethertheseasons WEEK 22 (02/16-02/22) “Winter” by Karl Ove Knausgaard 02/16: Day off 02/17: Sex 02/18: Snowdrifts 02/19: Vanishing Point 02/20: The 1970s 02/21: Bonfires 02/22: Day off

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#knausgaardtogethertheseasons Starting on March 2.

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Day 263, Feb 18, Tues - p256 “He spoke peevishly, as if remedy…” to p263 ‘…During the earlier war, I mean.’” #anthonypowelltogether

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a future classic. DANCING IN ODESSA by Ilya Kaminsky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee comes to the post from the hedge fund world where he lost 90% of the approximately $6 billion of assets entrusted to him. Nine zero. www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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