Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:47:50 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 3b140e9b656fbc5941c98a3db0a576e3 Jane Smith replied to the topic I'm reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (no spoilers please) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-beautiful-ugly-by-alice-feeney-no-spoilers-please/#post-5310 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:19:16 +0100 Good so far

]]> f2595b3ba017250b0e5a5de9f83f0e2e Charles Maxwell started the topic The Player of Games by Iain M Banks in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/the-player-of-games-by-iain-m-banks/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:16:42 +0100 I’m halfway through The Player of Games. Not sure if Gurgeh was written to be likeable. I am hooked on him anyway. Such a rich setting and the game… Oh, boy: WOW!

Anyone know if this is a series? I want more.

]]> acf7eab8b7ced53342b2c15039212234 Charles Maxwell joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19032/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:13:29 +0100 0 6b7c8e7ea76a9d7f12d40520bcb633d7 jeffjohns joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19031/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:04:41 +0100 0 b9f8b37fae54ad05e4d1689100e5c125 Toni McHadden joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19030/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:53:46 +0100 0 ea35f69401c89d9b4c646daa075bac41 Acorn Boi started the topic I'm reading "How to be a writer" in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-how-to-be-a-writer/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:50:12 +0100 It is a little yellow pocket sized book.

So far, so good. Lots of helpful tips.

]]> 8772b2f13fbc84d3dce26923056f40e2 Acorn Boi joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19028/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:47:31 +0100 0 3562350bf24c82c75144fd1e5c7bbfeb Arves Corral started the topic His pet peeve about writing in the forum Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/brandon-sanderson-fans/forum/topic/his-pet-peeve-about-writing/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:40:05 +0100

]]> 45cb05da69072f420f32e8b058336dbd Blog: Beneath These Stones, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Beneath_These_Stones__Ann_Granger.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:04:00 +0100 1999 mystery, twelfth of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. The wife of a local farmer is
found stabbed to death […]

]]> 0 9cc262c2982ac54adb09ffaf55de9569 Blog: A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/a-thought-without-collision-by-adrian-duncan-review-a-brilliant-interrogation-of-philosophy-and-wonder Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:02 +0100 With a character inspired by Wittgenstein, this exploration of the mysteries of the universe draws on multiple philosophical traditionsFor several years I ran […]

]]> 0 b8154a69e1bf6a3736021bdfa4ea7a02 Blog: Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review – the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/taipei-story-by-rebecca-f-kuang-review-the-torture-and-hilarity-of-learning-chinese Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:24:43 +0100 An American Chinese student studies Mandarin in Taiwan, in this heartfelt journey of self-discovery and family secretsWhat is Taiwan? A former Japanese colony? A […]

]]> 0 f6667df1712abb789775c47a80ed96bf Blog: The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/10/the-eleventh-hour-by-salman-rushdie-audiobook-review-stories-with-levity-and-laughter Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:38 +0100 The author explores themes of legacy, mortality and loneliness in the first work of fiction since his near-fatal attackFive short stories and five readers make up […]

]]> 0 4c531910b1ec9f4dec74941ff3f1d1d6 Matthew Brown replied to the topic I've just finished Project Hail Mary in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/ive-just-finished-project-hail-mary/#post-5303 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:09:49 +0100 I read the book first. The movie was good, but the book had more depth, for sure.

As an adaptation, the film was reasonable.

]]> 412a76e96d4dabf636bfc2a8bf99139b Matthew Brown started the topic I'm reading the entire Stormlight Archive (spolier free) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-the-entire-stormlight-archive-spolier-free/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:06:40 +0100 I’m very many books into the Stormlight Archive.

I bounced right off the first book on my initial reading attempt, but I found myself with time to kill and gave it another go. Book 1, Volume 1 has five or six first chapters, and you need to steam past all of that to get into the story. Many of those introductions do not entirely pay off in the…Read more

]]> c54ff6a25f9eec3dc0bfb71e61070fc6 Blog: Man & Dog: A Love Story by Tony Parsons is the book that finally made me cry from The Standard Book Reviews in the group Evening Standard's book reviews https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/tony-parsons-man-dog-love-story-book-review-b1296369.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:55:21 +0100 This describes the intricate relationship between humans and animals in a way I’ve never read before, says Dylan Jones

]]> 0 ec31802a38b6e5dab386ccf66c46b42a Bob Bobson started the topic Sanderson on getting famous in the forum Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/brandon-sanderson-fans/forum/topic/sanderson-on-getting-famous/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:41:37 +0100  

]]> 52d400c6b5abba3465c701c84a361b95 Sam Smith replied to the topic I'm reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (no spoilers please) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-beautiful-ugly-by-alice-feeney-no-spoilers-please/#post-5300 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:20:11 +0100 I was put off by all the negative reviews

When you finish, you’ll have to let me know if I should read it

]]> 3f439e2f2c7964cd6430e893588e5ecd Sam Smith replied to the topic What are you reading? (Start a thread if you wanna chat about it) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/what-are-you-reading-start-a-thread-if-you-wanna-chat-about-it/#post-5299 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:18:10 +0100 Eeek, lol – that’s my post. 🙂

 

]]> a9901f8981ccab61faef31e5535bed4f Sam Smith joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19013/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:17:36 +0100 0 6a0218efb48e0b63397684e7ba910d6d Matthew Brown joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19012/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:16:43 +0100 0 6a259f96cb61c92b93faea9f890f7235 Jason Latnar started the topic I've just finished Project Hail Mary in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/ive-just-finished-project-hail-mary/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:15:32 +0100 I tots loved the movie, but the book has loads more in it. Yeah, I get ya, “the book was better” is tired, but it was loads better. The movie was good; the book is great.

Do you think he’ll still be around for second contact?

]]> e577697e03d440dba4e4cbb754f51cf3 Jason Latnar joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19010/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:12:28 +0100 0 c9e274bdcb719bf95c2e2155bdff7d45 Jane Smith started the topic I'm reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (no spoilers please) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-beautiful-ugly-by-alice-feeney-no-spoilers-please/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:10:53 +0100 I picked up Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney. I’m about ten pages in.

NO SPOILERS, please.

Beautiful Ugly is off to a slow start.

]]> 8c98221d8e3e988beff4f652b3a3ab0e Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5296 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:03:43 +0100 Phone call done. I’m very glad that’s over with.

Thanks for chatting with me.

]]> a587d7f1a586af439374ff15224c282a Matthew Brown replied to the topic What are you reading? (Start a thread if you wanna chat about it) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/what-are-you-reading-start-a-thread-if-you-wanna-chat-about-it/#post-5294 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:59:07 +0100 What a good idea. I love it.

There’s a chat blog post with the same question: Great minds and all that.

What are you reading?

]]> 10d37683ec16cb3312a25d73d2cbc243 Jane Smith started the topic What are you reading? (Start a thread if you wanna chat about it) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/what-are-you-reading-start-a-thread-if-you-wanna-chat-about-it/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:14:52 +0100 I hope it is okay to make a new group. This one is for talking about what you are reading. All threads answer the question, “What are you reading?”

 

]]> 54d8edd981c29451b1a99fe35b995b84 Jane Smith created the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19005/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:13:22 +0100 0 f8cff5e98c8c310fb7275203cdc47eb7 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5290 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:04:10 +0100 I get it. It happens to me like that sometimes.

]]> d3348e2cd7e41d83a37995914608e180 Jason Latnar joined the group Beans in Dungeons https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18993/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:01:12 +0100 0 1c828dfb11fa24b3c235e91ba39f8eda Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5289 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:59:51 +0100 My doctor. Nothing scary just have a question to ask.

I can never do anything when I’m waiting for a call. My brain gets blocked by the waiting. Probably an ADHD thing TBH. Thing is, I got The Martian on my table half read but I have no ability to can.

]]> fad2dbb7ce47934c310cf1a4e2760923 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5288 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:52:01 +0100 I’m online, what’s the phone cll you are waiting for?

]]> e424e42060419ee34e0eecdfcce37e95 Charles Maxwell started the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:33:04 +0100 It’s so boring waiting for a phone call. Who wants to start a chat about something?

]]> 08ce51d33726fb271d43cc46c968d60d Blog: Moss'd in Space, Rebecca Thorne from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Moss_d_in_Space__Rebecca_Thorne.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2026 science fiction, first of a planned series. Torian Razner has
been saving up for years to buy a starship and move her sister out of
the bad-quality air that’s […]

]]> 0 4bded77401d8786fd55a79e17876e8a5 Blog: All About My Mother by Rachael Stirling review – a joyous love letter to Diana Rigg from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/all-about-my-mother-by-rachael-stirling-review-a-joyous-love-letter-to-diana-rigg Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:03 +0100 Beautifully written by her daughter, this is a funny and intimate eulogy to the 60s star of The Avengers who went on to specialise in fierce, complicated womenThe […]

]]> 0 a8a96c48e4500d8d497bcf8c9c2a88b6 Sam Smith edited the blog post What are you reading? in the group Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/books/what-are-you-reading-3/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:04:37 +0100 What are you reading? What books are keeping your bookmarks warm right now?

]]> e8b62d736884266173aa5a9890e476f9 Toni McHadden started the topic Yes, you can - don't forget that in the forum Self care and motivation https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/self-care-and-motivation/forum/topic/yes-you-can-dont-forget-that/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:39:05 +0100 You’ve got this.

Maybe you’ve got this in unsteady baby steps

Maybe you’ve got this in giant leaps

Maybe you’ve got this only by hoping for tomorrow

However you’ve got this: You’ve got this!

]]> 29381f0e8409156d764ec01505848882 Blog: What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind review – the case for embracing tech in the classroom from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/what-should-my-children-do-by-daniel-susskind-review-the-case-for-embracing-tech-in-the-classroom Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:01 +0100 A refreshingly optimistic book that asks us to grasp the educational opportunities of AI, rather than shrink from themIn 1979, the government asked Wilfred […]

]]> 0 70174124338c790cab86ad84dfad8ad2 Blog: ‘She blazed in and opened my eyes to the real world’: Readers remember Gloria Steinem from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/she-blazed-in-and-opened-my-eyes-to-the-real-world-readers-remember-gloria-steinem Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:26:19 +0100 To generations of women, the feminist campaigner was an inspiration, a fearless challenger of sexism and domestic violence. Guardian readers share memories of her […]

]]> 0 44dc2ab883b76038ba6531c09243c35d Blog: Founder of Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury to step down from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bloomsbury-nigel-newton-harry-potter-b3046378.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:17:31 +0100 One ​of Mr Newton’s defining moments was acquiring the rights to ​J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter book after several publishers had rejected it

]]> 0 16837780ce05c9197247ca5a4e5b6e8f Blog: Death Around the Bend, T. E. Kinsey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Death_Around_the_Bend__T__E__Kinsey.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2017 mystery, third in its series. Lady Armitage and her maid Florence
go to Lord Riddlethorpe’s estate for a week of parties and motor
racing. But death soon follows…

]]> 0 028b1a67f5320f2843f467c59e104af1 Blog: The Castle by Jon Ronson review – bizarre tales of modern masculinity from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/the-castle-by-jon-ronson-review-bizarre-tales-of-modern-masculinity Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0100 A journalist embarks on a wild goose chase that might – or might not – be informative about the male conditionRecovering from surgery at home in upstate New Yor […]

]]> 0 03e99dbbb7588d00e2423b3ec68e44b8 Blog: A Never-Ending Conversation: How Social Media Amplified the Drama of Sports from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/sport/social-media-sport-never-ending-argument/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:31:25 +0100 Social media has changed how fans experience sport, turning matches, players and controversies into a constant public conversation.
The post A Never-Ending […]

]]> 0 01f97e5f669030fd2fd6ce5a29696847 Blog: The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/the-newer-world-by-sebastian-barry-review-a-near-miracle-of-storytelling Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:29 +0100 The third in a loose American trilogy follows the epic journey of a formerly enslaved man in the aftermath of the civil warBut is not the story as good as the […]

]]> 0 360c3c98697304adca43fcb1f60fd697 Blog: Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson review – quirky postwar nostalgia from the Life After Life author from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/07/our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-review-quirky-postwar-nostalgia-from-the-life-after-life-author Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:11:29 +0100 There are glimpses of Atkinson’s subtle brilliance in this gentle noirish mystery set around the Festival of BritainIn 1951, in a desperate attempt to raise the s […]

]]> 0 8fa1e58c17d0a5727383a89e7cd67d15 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Brainstorming: New uses for Webmention - books, sports, debates, votes, bands, and more in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/brainstorming-new-uses-for-webmention-books-sports-debates-votes-bands-and-more/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:31:51 +0100 Brainstorming: New uses for Webmention – books, sports, debates, votes, bands, and more Webmention is a great idea. An idea that could be used for even more things than it is used for right now. These are some wild and unfettered ideas I had […]

]]> 94106b5a4589ee906dab2e252b5f03a4 Sam Smith posted an update: Time to call the cab - I'm off to the train station. Six […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18969/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:26:33 +0100 Time to call the cab – I’m off to the train station. Six hours of travel ahead of me. Is three books enough?

]]> 2 a15a88d12479f52d9bd857c329efd367 Blog: Hawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of genius from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/07/hawking-by-graham-farmelo-review-the-dark-side-of-genius Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:26 +0100 A biography of the physicist recognises his achievements, but also reveals the selfish narcissist underneathWhen I wrote an unadoring review of Stephen Hawking’s f […]

]]> 0 2abad85bbc48e439c0c7d11806115499 Jason Latnar posted an update: Boo! https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18948/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:36:10 +0100 Boo!

]]> 9 3312094d9279ec5c476ed11e087e51e0 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Having a disability NEVER became cool, Poppy; being cruel did. in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/replying-to-things/having-a-disability-never-became-cool-poppy-being-cruel-did/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:32:20 +0100 Having a disability NEVER became cool, Poppy; being cruel did. So, I saw a weird headline on social media today: “How having a disability became cool”. Oh dear lord, here we go again. Another author of “news” that is […]

]]> edeecf58b0cd49d782b39cbeabe69a04 Blog: Gajar Halwa from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/gajar-halwa-khadija-rehman/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:43:05 +0100 In a crowded family home in Allahabad, a grandmother slowly cooks gajar halwa while a girl begins to understand what her mother survived before she became her […]

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