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Blog: Century of Viewing, Month Four from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 2 weeks agoIn April, I watched eighty-three things (some were repeats). Twenty-five were five-stars. I started a Chronological Watch of Buster Keaton–many rewatches, some […]
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Blog: April Reflections from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 2 weeks agoIn April, I read thirty-four books. Thirteen of the thirty-four were five star reads! This was also the month that I discovered how much I enjoy listening to audio […]
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Blog: What’s you favourate obscure movie? from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 7 months, 2 weeks agoFor reasons that might never become entirely clear, I would like your help in compiling a list of loved but obscure movies because I am working on something.
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Have I invented perfect random number generation computer chips? in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 7 months, 3 weeks agoHave I invented perfect random number generation computer chips?
So, last night I slept for a very long time. While I slept, I dreamed that I was explaining to a scientist how to do real random number generation with a […] -
Blog: Week in Review #17 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis week I read nine books.41. Rebellion 1776. Laurie Halse Anderson. 2025. 405 pages. [Source: Library] [YA historical; MG historical, 4 stars]Read this if…You […]
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Blog: The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 7 months, 3 weeks agoWilliam Hope Hodgson was an interesting character – he ran away from school at the age of 13 to become a sailor, developed a series of physical exercises to defend […]
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Blog: Mock up for door lock puzzle from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 7 months, 3 weeks agoIn The Endless Rooms, some doors are locked. I figured it would be fun to have a big, heavy, and complicated machine that acts as the lock. This is a quick sketch, […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Sleeping in a Shaking City’ by Cath Drake from
Seren in the group Seren Books 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘Sleeping in a Shaking City’ by Cath Drake from her collection ‘The Shaking City’.
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Blog: 43. The Hobbit from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 3 weeks ago43. The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937. 320 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, MG Fantasy, fantasy, classic] First sentence:
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Blog: Always Learning from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 7 months, 3 weeks agoToday I watched this video on 2d art for games and took many notes.
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Blog: The Expanded Earth by Mikey Please Competition from
Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters' writing 7 months, 3 weeks ago
To celebrate the publication of The Expanded Earth by Mikey Please, we are giving you the chance to win one of five signed and numbered art prints of a […] -
Blog: 42. Inkheart from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 3 weeks agoInkheart. Cornelia Funke. 2003. 563 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, MG fantasy, Mg Fiction]First sentence: Rain felt that night, a fine, whispering rain. Many […]
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Blog: Wellwater by Karen Solie – landscapes in distress captured with raw candour from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 3 weeks agoIn this blazingly honest collection, the Canadian poet catalogues humanity’s destructive impact on the natural worldIt is human nature to prefer our landscapes n […]
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Blog: Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp review – a TikTok Stepford Wives for the Pornhub era from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis startling debut follows a young woman on a surreal and bluntly graphic quest to be the perfect girlfriendSet in upstate New York, Sophie Kemp’s surreal s […]
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Blog: 88×31 from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 7 months, 4 weeks agoI made an old-school 88 by 31 graphic to link here if you want.
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Blog: 41. Rebellion 1776 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 7 months, 4 weeks ago41. Rebellion 1776. Laurie Halse Anderson. 2025. 405 pages. [Source: Library] [YA historical; MG historical, 4 stars]First sentence: “Take away this puke bucket, […]
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Blog: Poem of the week: The old pond full of flags and fenced around … by John Clare from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 4 weeks agoA closely observed country scene teems with the vitality of early summerThe old pond full of flags and fenced around
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Blog: Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert review – how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 4 weeks agoThe Pulitzer-nominated journalist recounts how modern misogyny has been shaped by a mass culture attuned to male desire and all-pervasive pornographyIn 2021, JD […]
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Blog: Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 4 weeks agoAn altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectatorMany years ago there was a B […]
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Blog: The Illegals by Shaun Walker review – Russian spies hiding in plain sight from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 4 weeks agoThe strange stories of the agents who lived apparently normal lives in the west as part of Soviet espionage programmes make compelling readingOne muggy afternoon in […]
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Blog: The North Road by Rob Cowen review – the poetry and pain of Britain’s backbone from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 7 months, 4 weeks agoA beautifully written study of our longest numbered route, the A1, is full of rich asides and haunting explorations, conjuring the visual pleasure of a road […]
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Blog: Week in Review #16 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 8 months agoThis week I read eight books. 38. Wonderland. Barbara O’Connor. 2018. 288 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars, mg fiction, mg realistic fiction] Read this one […]
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I made little animated badges for Password Game and Pasword Game 2 (both games by me) in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 8 months agoI made little animated badges for Password Game and Pasword Game 2 (both games by me)
The banners are for my Pixel Wall project. Password Game is the original (web-only) evil password validator game. More polished versions came later, but […] -
Blog: Rosarita by Anita Desai audiobook review – a moving tale of memory and identity from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months agoNarrator Meera Simhan draws out the dreamlike atmosphere of a young Indian woman’s quest through Mexico to find out more about her motherIn this novella from the t […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘The opposite of Swedish death cleaning’ by Alison Binney from
Seren in the group Seren Books 8 months agoThis week’s Friday Poem is the title poem from ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ by Alison Binney.
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