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Matthew Brown edited the blog post WITNESS: Distopia or useful? A story idea. in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 5 hours, 48 minutes ago
WITNESS: Distopia or useful? A story idea. WITNESS is a theoretical system that logs number plates in an encrypted database that can later give you a WITNESS statement if it saw a target car or bike at a given time. I could make it for real but I am mostly exploring the idea for fiction. I had an idea looking for a story: WITNESS. WITNESS…Read more
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Blog: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman audiobook review – a mesmerising reading by Ruth Wilson from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 12 hours, 16 minutes ago
The actor narrates the first book in the author’s beloved His Dark Materials trilogy, giving a richly textured performanceIf you saw the BBC’s adaptation of His Dar […]
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Blog: Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 12 hours, 16 minutes ago
An Olympian’s picture book; a miscellany of marvellous kids; volcanoes explained; a dark Celtic adventure; and when teen wishes go wrong MiniTouch: Nature – Tou […]
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Blog: Elizabeth Strout: ‘I would never ask someone to read my books!’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 14 hours, 16 minutes ago
The Pulitzer winner on rereading Virginia Woolf, falling out of love with John Cheever, and the Pushkin story that made her cryThe book that changed me as a […]
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Blog: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – the lessons of pain from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 16 hours, 46 minutes ago
The author of Cleanness considers the physicality of suffering through the experiences of a poet hospitalised during CovidGarth Greenwell is best known for […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Lurdan from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 21 hours, 23 minutes ago
Word of the Day – Lurdan (noun)
lur-dan
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Blog: Erotic Review ‘moving away from the male gaze’ with 80% female contributors from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 day, 9 hours ago
The relaunched magazine’s second issue will also showcase ‘more diverse and inclusive explorations of desire’ and one of the last works by Scottish author John […]
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Blog: A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana EnrÃquez review – gothic horror with a twist from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 day, 15 hours ago
This Argentinian short story collection is at its best when it breaks from conventionAll but one of the stories in A Sunny Place for Shady People – the third s […]
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Blog: A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry review – life’s rich pageant from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 day, 16 hours ago
The Buffalo Stance singer’s joyous memoir of growing up in a bohemian family between Sweden, New York and LondonWhenever I think of Neneh Cherry I remember the o […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Ephemera from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 day, 21 hours ago
Word of the Day – Ephemera (noun)
ef-em-er-a
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Blog: Books I Read in August 2024 from A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 2 days, 4 hours ago
My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss is a memoir about the author’s eating disorder which developed during her childhood with a serious relapse during the pandemic. I […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Outlandish from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 days, 22 hours ago
Word of the Day – Outlandish (adj)
owt-land-ish
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Blog: 75. Mouse and His Dog (Dogtown #2) from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 days, 2 hours ago
Mouse and His Dog (Dogtown #2) Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. Illustrated by Wallace West. 2024. 336 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars] [animal […]
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Blog: 74. Pearl from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 days, 7 hours ago
74. Pearl. Sherri L. Smith. Illustrated by Christine Norrie. 2024. 144 pages. [Source: Library] [Graphic novel, historical fiction, coming of age, world war II] [4 […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post I tried to buy stationery online (looking for better alternatives to Amazon) in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 3 days, 9 hours ago
I tried to buy stationery online (looking for better alternatives to Amazon) Today, I decided I needed some office bits. I checked a bunch of sites to see if any were better than Amazon. The results both pleased and surprised […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Galipot from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 days, 22 hours ago
Word of the Day – Galipot (noun)
gal-i-pot
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Blog: Word of the Day – Quadrisect from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 4 days, 22 hours ago
Word of the Day – Quadrisect (verb)
kwad-ri-sekt
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Blog: A Kid from Marlboro Road by Edward Burns review – the most Irish-American novel of the year from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 days, 9 hours ago
A 12-year-old New Yorker records his childhood memories and family anecdotes in the film-maker’s vivid and tender first bookThis intensely nostalgic debut novel f […]
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Blog: A Beginner’s Guide to Dying by Simon Boas review – an extraordinary book from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 days, 11 hours ago
The late author’s reflections on his cancer diagnosis thrum with life and wit, and will make you laugh and cryThere was an outwardly unspectacular pub in Oxford, j […]
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Blog: All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – poignant meditation on masculinity and alienation from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 days, 13 hours ago
A working-class writer rails against the corporate world and small-mindedness in a striking debut novel written as a monologueMark Bowles’s striking debut e […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Skewwhiff from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 5 days, 22 hours ago
Word of the Day – Skewwhiff (adj)
skew-if
Not straight; askew
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Blog: Word of the Day – Mendacious from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 6 days, 23 hours ago
Word of the Day – Mendacious (adj)
men-day-shus
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Blog: 73. Westfallen from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 1 week ago
Westfallen. Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares. 2024. 384 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars] [MG speculative fiction, MG science fiction, MG dystopia, TIME TRAVEL, […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Twp from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 week ago
Word of the Day – Twp (adj) (Welsh)
toop
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Blog: Word of the Day – Rubberneck from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 week, 2 days ago
Word of the Day – Rubberneck (verb)
rub-er-nek