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Blog: 128. Letters from Father Christmas from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 3 months agoLetters From Father Christmas. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1976/1999. 160 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: Dear John, I heard you ask daddy what I was like and where I […]
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Blog: 127. Abel's Island from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 3 months agoAbel’s Island. William Steig. 1976. 117 pages. [Source: Bought]First sentence: Early in August 1907, the first year of their marriage, Abel and Amanda went to […]
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Blog: Summer Reading: Part Two from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 3 months agoThe Country of Others by Leïla Slimani, translated from the French by Sam Taylor, is the first book in a planned trilogy of historical fiction. In a very di […]
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Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post
You see this, what do you do? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years, 3 months agoI saw this on Twitter. I suggest running away.
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Blog: Writing Strategy: On Getting Inspired Everyday from
Thanet Creative Writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers 3 years, 3 months agoWriting Strategy: On Getting Inspired EverydayBy Larry Icabandi NabiongGetting inspiration from anything within reach is just a piece of cake for other writers. […]
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Larry Icabandi Nabiong wrote a new blog post
Writing Strategy: On Getting Inspired Everyday in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 3 years, 3 months agoBy Larry Icabandi Nabiong
Getting inspiration from anything within reach is just a piece of cake for other writers. The rest suffers from what we call the-alibi-not-to-write- a-single-word thingy. Yes, for not […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post, Hard Math, on the site The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 3 years, 3 months ago
OMG, younger me. No one cares.
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Christian Writer replied to the topic Should I join Twitter? in the forum General Chat 3 years, 3 months ago
It is free to join. You cannot get started until you get started.
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Blog: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoZanzibari novelist becomes first black African writer in 35 years to win prestigious awardThe Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 3 years, 4 months ago
At the tail end of the first month, I have noticed a few things of note.
1. I had fun
Just reading these old posts of mine reminds me how much innocent fun I had writing them. There was no SEO, audience […]
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Blog: Lyrical tearaways: removable verses adorn streets for National Poetry Day from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoFrom Bristol to Glasgow, five poems will be displayed in public on the theme of choice. The writers introduce their works“Who can she be but, helplessly, h […]
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Blog: The Making of Incarnation by Tom McCarthy review – tech-industrial sublime from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoThis densely woven novel of cyclegraphs, MI6 agents, special effects and cybernetics is implacable and intermittently tedious, but then isn’t the world, too?The T […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: Bit By Bit by Minyoung Lee from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 4 months agoBit By Bit by Minyoung Lee in Fractured There was a girl who texted a boy every beautiful moment. But every beautiful moment is a part of her soul and eventually […]
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Blog: The Secret Royals by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac review – spying and the crown from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoBizarre and disturbing episodes are revealed in this excellent history of the royal family’s relationship with espionageOn a March evening in 1974, having shot a […]
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Blog: Rationality by Steven Pinker review – reason and beyond from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoOur powers of reason have undoubtedly made the world a better place. So why are we so in thrall to fake news? ‘Rationality ought to be the lodestar of everything w […]
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Blog: ‘I just wanted to write something funny for my friends’: Torrey Peters on Detransition, Baby from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoHer novel caused a storm when it was longlisted for the Women’s prize, and is one of the most talked-about of the year. She talks to a writer and trans dad about L […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 3 years, 4 months ago
This is the expanded version of the front page legal disclaimer that was on the last incarnation of the site.
Legal: (Common sense explained for those that might not have any). Use of this site is subject to […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 3 years, 4 months ago
It has to be said that I probably blog too much. Here is a rundown of the many places on the web where you might see me blogging.
Here at the fantastic siteMatrix Dreams (nice and nerdy)Thanet Creative […]
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Blog: Feminism for Women by Julie Bindel review – equality is not enough from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoBindel makes a call to reset the feminist movement and resist the normalisation of sexual violenceIt is more than 40 years since 17-year-old Julie Bindel came out […]
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Blog: The Book of Form & Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki review – a Zen chorus from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoEvery object speaks in this tale of a boy coming to terms with loss, which investigates the real and illusory with calm good humour American-Canadian author Ruth […]
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Blog: I Read Books: Lie Sleeping from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 4 months agoLies Sleeping They unmasked the Faceless Man in the previous novel in this series. Peter Grant and the other magic police are chasing down the leads. But the […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 3 years, 4 months ago
The fantastic site first posted in August of 2005. It has been through many changes. I have a soft spot for this blog despite it mostly being a bunch of junk. It was here that I learned how to blog and write for […]
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Blog: 126. How To Find What You're Not Looking For from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 4 months agoHow To Find What You’re Not Looking For. Veera Hiranandani. 2021. [September] 384 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: How to be the lazy one. It’s harder than […]
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Blog: The best recent thrillers – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 4 months agoNicci French and Liane Moriarty keep it in the family, a deadly haunted house game for Halloween and rural Australia has a new cop on the blockNicci FrenchSimon & […]
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Blog: Monster Of The Week 92: Darkheart from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 4 months agoMonster of the Week 92 is Darkheart, plays in a ska band, they’re pretty good, has a hundred stories about being on tour, fun to talk to but somehow you never […]
