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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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 […]
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Blog: Mickey 17 from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 7 months, 3 weeks agoThe post Mickey 17 appeared first on Matrix Dreams.
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Blog: Week in Review #26 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis week I read a LOT of books–fourteen books!61. Snowglobe. (Snowglobe Duology #1) Soyoung Park. Translated by Joungmin Lee
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Blog: My “gang” keeps rebelling from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 7 months, 3 weeks agoDear Jane, I’m in a really important gang; I’m the leader they elected. Everything was going great – I was enjoying bossing them about. Then I made up a new rule to […]
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Blog: Monster Island (trailer) from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 7 months, 3 weeks agoThe post Monster Island (trailer) appeared first on Matrix Dreams.
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Blog: Can I tame my 4am terrors? Arifa Akbar on a lifetime of insomnia – and a possible cure from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 3 weeks agoFrom Van Gogh’s starry skies to the nocturnal workings of Louise Bourgeois and Patricia Highsmith, sleepless nights have long inspired heightened creativity. C […]
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Burty Burtman replied to the topic
Is it okay to write about America? in the forum Aspiring Authors 7 months, 3 weeks agoGo for it!! I’ll read it
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic
Is it okay to write about America? in the forum Aspiring Authors 7 months, 3 weeks agoThere are no rules on what you can or cannot write about.
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Blog: 63. Dragonflies of Glass from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 3 weeks ago63. Dragonflies of Glass: The Story of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls. Susan Goldman Rubin. Illustrated by Susanna Chapman. 2025. 48 pages. [Source: […]
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Blog: How can I get out of all these boring household tasks? from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 7 months, 3 weeks agoDear Jane, my parents keep giving me loads of chores to do and saying something about “responsibility” and “being a grown-up”. I mean, what are they on about? I […]
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Blog: Star People from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 7 months, 3 weeks agoA photographer receives a tip that could shed light on her childhood UFO sighting, but a heatwave and some unexpected guests threaten to derail her […]
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Blog: Alien: Earth from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 7 months, 3 weeks agoAlien: Earth premieres August 12
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Blog: ‘Battery Rocks’ by Katrina Naomi shortlisted for the Holyer an Gof Award from
Seren in the group Seren Books 7 months, 3 weeks agoKatrina Naomi’s poetry collection ‘Battery Rocks’ has been shortlisted for the Holyer an Gof Award.
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘The View’ by Sheenagh Pugh from
Seren in the group Seren Books 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘The View’ by Sheenagh Pugh from her collection ‘Afternoons Go Nowhere’.
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Blog: Richard Flanagan: ‘When I reread Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop it had corked badly’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 3 weeks agoThe Booker-winning author on taking inspiration from Kafka, and a youthful passion for Jackie CollinsMy earliest reading memoryMy mother reading Kenneth Grahame’s < […]
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Blog: The Romance Edit: June from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 7 months, 3 weeks agoWelcome to the June issue of The Romance Edit. It’s finally summer 🌞 and from regency love stories that will … Continued
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Blog: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a puzzle waiting to be decoded from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 3 weeks agoRomance, sci-fi and family drama are thrillingly combined in this Booker-winning novel, shared between three narratorsIt’s 25 years since the publication of The B […]
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Blog: Books I Read in May 2025 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 3 weeks agoOne More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake documents her gastronomic travels cycling 2,300 kilometres around France and sampling all the regional culinary […]
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Blog: It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in filmFor the British film critic Ryan Gilbey, “cinema and sexuality h […]
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