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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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 weeks agoNGL, Project Hail Mary looks all kinds of fun.
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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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 3 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 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 […]
