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Oxford, UK. When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? No pasarán. He/him. https://bluebookballoon.blogspot.com
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 8d
Happy publication day to
@writtenbythea.bsky.social for #romance The Second Chance Cinema, from @harpercollins.bsky.social. A #magic midnight cinema? A couple with unacknowledged second thoughts? A chance to make it all right? A beautiful read? Yes! bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...
Review - The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss
The Second Chance Cinema Thea Weiss HarperCollins, 7 October 2025 Available as: PB, 320pp, audio, e Source: Advance copy ISBN(PB): 978000876...
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 56m
It's just occurred to me.

The Cromwell Association is meeting this year on the same day as my American friends will be demonstrating for No Kings Day!

Now wondering how I can sneak that into my talk.
A contemporary etching of Charles I at his execution.
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Emma | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles.bsky.social · 55m
This Week in Books (15th October, 2025) noveldeelights.com/2025/10/15/t... @noveldeelights.bsky.social
This Week in Books (15th October, 2025)
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words.  📖 C.J. Cooke – The Last…
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W&S_BOOKCLUB @wsbookclub.bsky.social · 18h
@mehsi.bsky.social has a horror book tag for you!
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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 6d
🎃Today I am doing something super spooky fun on my blog! Remember my Mid-Year Book Tag in July? Well, today I am doing a special #Halloween / #Horror Mid-Year Book Tag! Come check it out!👻

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Books #Recommendation #BookSky📚💙

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Mid-Year Book Horror Book Tag 2025 Edition
Greetings all! BOO!
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 11h
Must. Get.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 13h
🧵 The wind blows in from thousands of miles of Atlantic Ocean over Kerry [pic]. Watching the clouds dance & swirl is magnificent!

The Irish landscape, its mythology & Celtic culture inform my art, as you can see in this thread, if you scroll down! [1]
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 13h
Little Lord Haw-Haw
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 16h
Would Hooklanders in London exile like to hear me talk in an East End pub about the origins of the county and its folklore next year?
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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 17h
If your solution to anything in the economy is "people should have more children" you should aware that this solution has a built in 16 to 22 year lag time.
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 17h
The writer of that press notice would fail on this criterion.
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Emma | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles.bsky.social · 23h
*NEW BLOG POST*

Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #TopTenTuesday post. My theme for this week is 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 🤓📚🥰

Check out my list here...
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#BookSky #skybrarians #books #top10 #list #bookrecommendation #bookish #whattoread #book
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 23h
And lengthy chapter descriptions with many dashes
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Linda Hill @lindasbookbag.bsky.social · 1d
It’s my pleasure to share my review of Magpie by @georgiawrites.bsky.social out from @bloodhoundbooks.bsky.social lindasbookbag.com/2025/10/14/m...
Magpie by Georgia Hill
My enormous thanks to lovely Georgia Hill for ensuring I received a copy of her latest book, Magpie, and to Tara Lyons for sending it to me. It’s my pleasure to share my review of Magpie today. You…
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Rosie Rowley @thehistoryspy.bsky.social · 3d
#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: Military - hard to choose as most of my photos are of military gravestones and war memorials! Decided this is one of the most poignant headstones in #Macclesfield Cemetery. A family of seven children and their parents; poor Mary Ann lost her husband and all her children...
Black headstone with the Cheshire Regiment crest in gold at the top and gold lettering, naming nine members of the McKay family. The father Robert died in Macclesfield of illness contracted while serving in Africa in 1901. All five sons died while serving with the Cheshire Regiment, one in the Boer war, three in WWI and one in WW2. Two daughters died of influenza at the end of WWI.
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Guys I’m starting to worry about the width of this gyre
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 1d
Though to be fair, I’m convinced there was some muscle memory thing about the rotary dial that helped you learn them.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 1d
Bruce played the recording of “Born to Run” on Philadelphia’s WMMR in November 1974, its radio debut. 50 years ago this week, the song that still ties it all together cracked the Billboard Top 40 at No. 30, a watershed moment as Bruce’s music reached a national audience for the first time.
“Born to Run” hit the Billboard Top 40 fifty years ago — Bruce’s breakout moment.
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 1d
It’s like when radium was new and being put into every product…
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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 2d
No One Can Save Us, a Lovecraftian Superhero novel by Kendall Phillips, was released last week, and to celebrate the launch of the book, Kendall popped over to GNoH for a chat

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Kendall Phillips: From Analyzing Fear To Writing It - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
The journey of a writer is often as compelling as the stories they tell. In this edition of Five Minutes With…, we sit down with Kendall Phillips,
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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 2d
Good morning, my lovelies, it's the start of a new week and the start of my October holiday.

To kick off a week of horror, we have a review of Pyres by Kev Harrison.

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Pyres By Kev Harrison: A Fiery Supernatural Thriller With Political Bite - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Pyres by Kev Harrison arrives as a compelling supernatural thriller that masterfully blends ancient mythology with contemporary political commentary.
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 2d
If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!
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David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social · 2d
This caption contest is a fun thing that I like to join in sometimes. This week’s set me thinking on Lovecraftian lines. But it does occur to me that stories of plucky Victorian women facing down nameless horrors from beyond space would be fun - have any SFF readers out there come across such?
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 2d
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 3d
#ARC #BookReview up for Monster and Ghost, Vol.1 ★★ stars! A book that certainly had its moments and our MC was HOT🥵, but the tropes didn't work for me in this one.😑

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Manga #LGBT #Romance #Ghosts #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for Monster & Ghost, Vol.1 featuring a guy with intense face and long dark hair kissing a ghostly hand
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