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Blog: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman audiobook review – a mesmerising reading by Ruth Wilson from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe actor narrates the first book in the author’s beloved His Dark Materials trilogy, giving a richly textured performanceIf you saw the BBC’s adaptation of His Dar […]
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Blog: Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoAn Olympian’s picture book; a miscellany of marvellous kids; volcanoes explained; a dark Celtic adventure; and when teen wishes go wrong MiniTouch: Nature – Tou […]
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Blog: Elizabeth Strout: ‘I would never ask someone to read my books!’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe Pulitzer winner on rereading Virginia Woolf, falling out of love with John Cheever, and the Pushkin story that made her cryThe book that changed me as a […]
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Blog: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – the lessons of pain from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe author of Cleanness considers the physicality of suffering through the experiences of a poet hospitalised during CovidGarth Greenwell is best known for […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Lurdan from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week agoWord of the Day – Lurdan (noun)
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Blog: Erotic Review ‘moving away from the male gaze’ with 80% female contributors from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe relaunched magazine’s second issue will also showcase ‘more diverse and inclusive explorations of desire’ and one of the last works by Scottish author John […]
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Blog: A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana EnrÃquez review – gothic horror with a twist from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThis Argentinian short story collection is at its best when it breaks from conventionAll but one of the stories in A Sunny Place for Shady People – the third s […]
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Blog: A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry review – life’s rich pageant from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe Buffalo Stance singer’s joyous memoir of growing up in a bohemian family between Sweden, New York and LondonWhenever I think of Neneh Cherry I remember the o […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Ephemera from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week agoWord of the Day – Ephemera (noun)
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Blog: Books I Read in August 2024 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week agoMy Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss is a memoir about the author’s eating disorder which developed during her childhood with a serious relapse during the pandemic. I […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Outlandish from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week agoWord of the Day – Outlandish (adj)
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Blog: 75. Mouse and His Dog (Dogtown #2) from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week agoMouse and His Dog (Dogtown #2) Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. Illustrated by Wallace West. 2024. 336 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars] [animal […]
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Blog: 74. Pearl from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week ago74. Pearl. Sherri L. Smith. Illustrated by Christine Norrie. 2024. 144 pages. [Source: Library] [Graphic novel, historical fiction, coming of age, world war II] [4 […]
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Blog: Kate Summerscale on 10 Rillington Place from
Waterstones Blog in the group Waterstones’ blog headlines 1 month, 1 week agoThe Peepshow, the page-turning and meticulously researched latest book from the award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and The Haunting of Alma […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
I tried to buy stationery online (looking for better alternatives to Amazon) in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 month, 1 week agoI tried to buy stationery online (looking for better alternatives to Amazon)
Today, I decided I needed some office bits. I checked a bunch of sites to see if any were better than Amazon. The results both pleased and surprised […] -
Blog: The Waterstones Podcast – Nigel Slater from
Waterstones Blog in the group Waterstones’ blog headlines 1 month, 1 week agoSmall moments of joy from a life filled with food, travel, and home-making.
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Blog: Taz Rahman longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2024 from
Seren in the group Seren Books 1 month, 1 week agoCongratulations Taz Rahman whose debut collection East of the Sun, West of the Moon has been longlisted for the Laurel Prize for Poetry 2024. The prize, set up by […]
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Blog: Three Seren poets Highly Commended in Forward Prizes 2024 from
Seren in the group Seren Books 1 month, 1 week agoCongratulations to Kathryn Bevis, Carriet Etter and Katrina Naomi who have all been highly commended in the 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Galipot from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 1 week agoWord of the Day – Galipot (noun)
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Blog: Kristen Perrin on Her Top High Concept Thrillers from
Waterstones Blog in the group Waterstones’ blog headlines 1 month, 1 week agoKristen Perrin’s How to Solve Your Own Murder has a deliciously clever and original premise guaranteed to suck readers in. In this exclusive piece, Kristen […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Quadrisect from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 month, 2 weeks agoWord of the Day – Quadrisect (verb)
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Blog: A Kid from Marlboro Road by Edward Burns review – the most Irish-American novel of the year from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 2 weeks agoA 12-year-old New Yorker records his childhood memories and family anecdotes in the film-maker’s vivid and tender first bookThis intensely nostalgic debut novel f […]
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Blog: A Beginner’s Guide to Dying by Simon Boas review – an extraordinary book from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 2 weeks agoThe late author’s reflections on his cancer diagnosis thrum with life and wit, and will make you laugh and cryThere was an outwardly unspectacular pub in Oxford, j […]
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Blog: All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – poignant meditation on masculinity and alienation from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 2 weeks agoA working-class writer rails against the corporate world and small-mindedness in a striking debut novel written as a monologueMark Bowles’s striking debut e […]
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