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#book #review Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who worked at Facebook 2009-2017. The stuff of nightmares, filling me with dread for the future. The Trump victory in 2024 now appears obvious and inevitable. Read this book and take on board its terrible warning. Full review goodreads, Fb.

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#bookreview The English Führer, by Rory Clements Autumn 1945. there is a plot by fascists to harm Britain using biological weapons. Ex-spy Tom Wylde investigates. A reasonable read. Full review on goodreads & Fb.

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#bookreview The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett. Noir detective story set in 1932. Nick and Nora Charles are in New York for Christmas. Nick’s asked to investigate a murder. The Charles’s witty dialogue is very enjoyable. Hammett wrote The Maltese Falcon. Full review on goodreads & Fb.

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#bookreview The Lantern of Lost Memories, by Sanaka Hiiragi, translated by Jesse Kirkwood The theme of the book is similar to the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi: enabling people to come to terms with the past. A soft, gentle story. Full review on goodreads & Fb

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Oscar sleeps

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Review #21 posted on Fb & goodreads: Reykjavík Nights by Arnaldur Indridason, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. The life of a traffic cop in Reykjavík is detailed and his investigation into the fate of Hannibal, an alcoholic vagrant, proceeds slowly. #2 in a series. Not a bad read.

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Review #17: The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, by Tom Hanks posted on Fb & goodreads I was sceptical at first, having seen other celebs' literary efforts, but Hanks knows his stuff (obviously). I recommend this to anyone interested in film or a good story. #review #novel #film

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sleepy Oscar

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Montalbano, Sicilian detective, is on the track of a murderer. The case involves a car accident, an open marriage and a violin. I love the Montalbano stories. There’s a humour to them and our hero is flawed and therefore human. Full review posted on Fb & Goodreads

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Oscar enjoying the view through the window while sitting on the radiator

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The Universe Next Door (book 1 of Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy), by Robert Anton Wilson people forever of the idiocy of worshiping money.” SF fantasy satirising American life, culture & politics. Full review on Fb & goodreads I may continue reading later but not just now.

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Baboons at the British Ironwork Centre, nr Oswestry

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Oscar

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Timescape, by Gregory Benford Much of science fiction is concerned with imagination and plot, to the neglect of character development. This is serious ‘hard’ science fiction in which the protagonists are authentic people with real problems, failings and lives. Full review posted on Fb & goodreads

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Sometimes bibliographies can provide leads to interesting books. The three books below were suggested in the bibliography of In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, so I sent off for them - one came from the USA! I am enjoying Timescape, which is SF set in 1963 and an apocalyptic 1989 very similar to today

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My latest book review, posted on Fb & goodreads. I bought this book because it was suggested in In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, not because of the cover art. Honest! It’s long-winded, I only read up to page 50 but it seemed clear that the lady on the cover was not going to turn up anytime soon.

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Full review #9 posted on Fb & goodreads: An account, with minimal mathematics, of the development of the bonkers world of quantum theory. Viewers of TV’s The Big Bang Theory will be familiar with the ambiguity of wave and particle, also of many-worlds (alternate universes). Fascinating, readable.

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Posted my review of this book on goodreads & Fb. About food & feminism. Rika is a journalist who becomes fascinated by and with Kajii, a woman in prison for murder, who introduces her to the joys of eating and cooking, especially with good quality butter. After the hype it's had I was disappointed.

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A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it. Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was. Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”

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#writercommunity #Writer Wrekin Writers has just launched their 2025 Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition. Max word count 1200 words, entry fee £5, Prizes are £200, £100, and £50 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Profits to Severn Hospice. Full details: wrekinwriters.wordpress.com/doris-gooder...

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2025 Book review #7: A Shadow Intelligence, by Oliver Harris Harris's spy Elliott is like Nick Belsey, his rogue policeman in another series of books, fumbling his way through strange and dangerous situations, trying to find out what’s going on. Full review on Fb & www.goodreads.com

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I'm following a couple of people who seem to post every hour, which fills my feed. Short of unfollowing them how can I mitigate this?

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2025 Book Reviews I started writing reviews to aid my memory of what I'd read and someone suggested I post them for the benefit of others. I started in 2022. I post my full reviews on FB & www.goodreads.com, but Bluesky only allows 300 characters. My latest review: Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams

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Here's Oscar enjoying the Xmas decorations box

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