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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 1 month, 1 week ago
And lo, the god did look and hell had two villages. This was good and as it should be and not in any way a set-up for a worldwide invasion later. And then it was that the humans form Eden did see the island […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 1 month, 1 week ago
A new age dawned, and this made it significantly easier to see. And the people took this as a sign that it was time to hop across the water with their boats and start a new village where they could chop […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 1 month, 1 week ago
And, lo, darkness did cover the world and the god thought to himself, “I’m no fan of night cycles”. So the god went and checked out the heavens he had made. He beheld that they were still kind of nice to […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 1 month, 1 week ago
The god said to himself, “If these fools are going to grow crops, I’d better send rain or something.” And thus the first rains did fall, and the people elected a weather forecaster because getting soaked is not […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 1 month, 1 week ago
East of Eden, the god made a new land with lots of stuff that an empire might need. He filled this island with trees and cool animals. West of Eden, he made another land which was basic. Onto the basic […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 1 month, 1 week ago
In the beginning, the world box was without form and void. That’s because god hit pause while he figured out what to make. The god made hell, heaven, and a bit of land in the middle. He saw what he […]
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Blog: A Murderous Relation, Deanna Raybourn from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 month, 1 week ago2020 historical thriller, fifth of its series. As London panics over
the Ripper murders, Veronica and Stoker are asked to get Albert Victor
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Blog: Amity by Nathan Harris review – perceptive portrait of slavery’s aftermath from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThis follow-up to the Booker-listed The Sweetness of Water charts the perilous journeys of a brother and sister in the Reconstruction era, from the deep south to […]
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Blog: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker review – communication breakdown from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoUnwritten rules, social contracts, shared logic – and what happens when they fall apartKnots, RD Laing’s 1970 book, was a collection of short dialogues ill […]
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Blog: Judy Murray: ‘I’ve seen a lot of toxic behaviour when people believe their own hype’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe veteran tennis coach and mum to champions Andy and Jamie speaks to Katie Rosseinsky about her latest foray into novel writing and the power of sporting role models
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Blog: Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoHarrison’s poetry and plays made an electrifying connection with readers and audiences through his use of Leeds dialect, and his ear for rhyme. Writers remember h […]
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Blog: Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoMy vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting forI was 34 years old when I first had the idea for the world wide web. […]
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Blog: ‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoFrom Rebecca to The Birds and scores of creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro‘Last night I dreamt I went to M […]
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Blog: Of Dice and Men by David M. Ewalt from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 1 month, 1 week agoPeople have always played games, going back to the very earliest days of civilisation. Conflict of various sorts has been a popular theme, with chess being the […]
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Blog: NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoThe Zimbabwean writer – who has been twice nominated for the Booker – won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, with her story Hitting BudapestZimbabwean wri […]
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Blog: ‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 1 week agoIn the last decades of her life, the two novelists became close friends. He recalls their intense bond, their last trip to Ireland and her memories of being […]
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Blog: Hit me with your best chicken jokes from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 1 month, 1 week agoFile this under Jokes And Puns as you give me your best chicken jokes, gags, and puns.
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Blog: Dinosaur names from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 1 month, 1 week agoA dinosaur who inadvisably ate too much vindaloo – that’s a mega-sore-arse. A dinosaur with one eye – that’s a do-you-think-he-saw-us and his dog is a […]
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Jane Smith posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago
What are you reading?
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Toni McHadden replied to the topic What's the opposite of a plothole? in the forum General Chat 1 month, 1 week ago
A plot mountain, I recon.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic What's the opposite of a plothole? in the forum General Chat 1 month, 1 week ago
Good plotting?
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Toni McHadden posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago
I don’t have too many books; I have too few bookshelves.
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Blog: My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende audiobook review – portrait of a fiercely independent young woman from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 2 weeks agoSent from San Francisco to report on the war in late-19th century Chile, a young writer embarks on a journey of self-discovery in this tale of love, loss and […]
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