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Blog: I made a fish soup from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 5 months, 2 weeks agoIt turns out that it would have preferred krill.
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Blog: Reblog of trickykat via Matt: from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 5 months, 2 weeks agoReblog via Matt via trickykat the impact of a dad joke can be measured on a sighsmograph
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Blog: 66. The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 5 months, 2 weeks ago66. The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. Thornton W. Burgess. 1918. 96 pages. [Source: Online] [5 stars, animal fantasy, children’s fantasy, children’s classic, j […]
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Blog: 65. Old Mother West Wind from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 5 months, 2 weeks ago65. Old Mother West Wind. Thornton W. Burgess. 1910. 96 pages. [Source: Bought] [3 stars, children’s classic, animal fantasy]First sentence: Old Mother West Wind […]
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Blog: This month’s best paperbacks: Deborah Levy, David Nicholls and more from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoLooking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from a Booker-shortlisted novel to a groundbreaking history of a continent Continue […]
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Blog: ‘AI doesn’t know what an orgasm sounds like’: audiobook actors grapple with the rise of robot narrators from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoAs demand for audio content grows, companies are looking for faster – and cheaper – ways to make itGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen we think abo […]
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Blog: Jim Shooter death: Highly influential former Marvel editor-in chief dies, aged 73 from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoShooter helped create a transformative boom period for Marvel Comics in the 1980s
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Blog: This Friends actor is set to star in I’m Glad My Mom Died – read the book behind the series from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoApple TV is making a 10-episode adaptation of the bestselling memoir
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Blog: Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell by Michael Haag review – a Mediterranean life from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoThis unfinished biography evokes Corfu and Alexandria – but leaves disturbing questions unansweredSpirit of Place is a collection of minor travel pieces published b […]
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Blog: Autocorrect by Etgar Keret review – endlessly inventive short stories from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoAlien spaceships, parallel worlds… the Israeli writer’s seventh collection is vast in reach, yet grounded in the bewildering absurdity of modern life‘It’s time we […]
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Blog: 64. Death on the Nile from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 5 months, 2 weeks ago64. Death on the Nile. Agatha Christie. 1937/2007. Black Dog & Leventhal. 352 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, mystery, classic]First sentence: “Linnet […]
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Blog: Project Hail Mary from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 5 months, 2 weeks agoNGL, Project Hail Mary looks all kinds of fun.
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Sam Smith joined the group
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Blog: Eureka! from
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Blog: What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoWriters and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI’ve just mainlined Rebecca Solnit’s lat […]
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Blog: Poem of the week: Nest Box by Simon Armitage from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoA drunk old man’s report of sighting an angel opens on to much broader mysteriesNest BoxWhen the drunken old fool
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Blog: Dear Jane they just cancelled my favourite show from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 5 months, 2 weeks agoDear Jane, everything is terrible, the world is super-heating, there’s a heatwave on, and they just cancelled my favourite show. I’m a glum chum. Glum of Gillingham […]
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Blog: Fragile Minds by Bella Jackson review – a furious assault on NHS psychiatry from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoMental health services are under undeniable strain, but this account by a former nurse fails to ring true In 2018, Christie Watson’s memoir about what it means to b […]
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Blog: Flashlight by Susan Choi review – big, bold and surprising from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoStretching from Indiana to North Korea, the US writer’s sixth novel is a study of absence, alienation and affection in a family rocked by tragedyThe millennium is b […]
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Blog: Should we give babies the right to vote? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoStrange as it may seem, it’s hard to refute the arguments for truly universal suffrageTwo years ago, Alisa Perales sued California and the US government because t […]
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Blog: ‘When I read my sister’s stories I think, that’s not what it was like!’: Esther Freud on the perils of writing about family from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoThe Hideous Kinky author has always drawn inspiration from her own experiences. Now her sister Bella is writing her own version of their childhood. Does fact or […]
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Blog: June Reflections from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 5 months, 2 weeks agoIn June I read thirty-two books!Books Reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews55. Gus and Glory. Sarah Guillory. 2025. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
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Blog: Century of Viewing, Month 6 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 5 months, 2 weeks agoThis month I watched twenty-six things. I did start watching several TV shows–LOST, The Muppet Show, Stargate SG-1. And I finished up watching the Karen Read […]