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Mainly books but also travel and art, viewing rather than creating
I blog at http://alifeinbooks.co.uk and live in beautiful Bath, UK.
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New on my blog: Five Winter Books I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/12/five... #BookSky
Five Winter Books I’ve Read - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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#NovNov2025 roundup lovebooksreadbooks.com/2025/12/01/n...
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Novellas in November 2025 NovNov2025 #NovNov2025 is co-hosted by Cathy @Cathy746books and Rebecca @bookishbeckto join just post a joining in blogpost and add the link via either of t…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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My Bookish Goals For 2025 - A Winter Check-in whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/12/01/m...
My Bookish Goals For 2025 – A Winter Check-in
One month to go to complete the ten goals I set myself. Time then to check whether or not I’m on track… Achieve my Goodreads goal of reading 104 books – I’ve read 91 books s…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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New on my blog: Five Winter Books I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/12/five... #BookSky
Five Winter Books I’ve Read - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Five Winter Books I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/12/five... #MondayBlogs
Five Winter Books I’ve Read - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Do you want to connect with other writers, bloggers, and readers? Participate in #MondayBlogs | created by @RachelintheOC (on X) aka @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://buff.ly/NOq7ys1

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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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A new blogpost for a new
month that’s the last post for
the old month. rivergirlrotterdam.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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The Ups and Downs of internet shopping
Valerie Poore's blog about boats, barges, travel and observations on life in general.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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#MondayBlogs Rogues & Scoundrels on 18th century London somerville66.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-...
The Old Red Lion by the Fleet Ditch
History, travel, nostalgia and genealogy
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December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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My first #MondayBlogs post in a while.
Stricken #MondayBlogs - bellesmots2000dotcom
Stricken Snowscapes and chills a strange homecoming as the world begins to right itself chaos is silenced and crowds are dispersed until only the loss remains an empty chair an unseen view a thought w...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 The interior design master, Michelle Ogundehin & novelist Lisa St Aubin de Terán join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss some of their favourite #books. Lisa's choice is Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix which... 🧵https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n06h
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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November Summary findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/n...
November Summary
Time seems to have expanded somehow since I arrived in Berlin and I seem to fit so much into each day, week, month, that I sometimes wonder how much longer I can carry on like this. The answer, of …
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December 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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A Monday Window from Saltaire
The other week, we visited Saltaire. It’s a Victorian Model Village built near Bradford by mill owner Titus Salt. Built between 1851 and 1871, it was a philanthropic project to provide better…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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New on my blog: Five Winter Books I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/12/five... #BookSky
Five Winter Books I’ve Read - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
alifeinbooks.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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@buriedinprint.bsky.social @badredheadmedia.bsky.social @dralexandriasz.bsky.social @davidheb.bsky.social @cathybrown746.bsky.social Many thanks for sharing my posts. Happy reading!
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O’Dea: Choosing when to die alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/befo...
Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O’Dea: Choosing when to die - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Our Hay Festival Book of the Year 2025 is... A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland.

A tender and resonant love story, the novel was one of the most talked about books at Hay Festival 2025.

Dive in! www.hayfestival.org/book-of-the-...
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Morning.
Goldcrests and firecrests, I don’t know who it’s by though, I’m afraid.
As described, males and females on branches against dark brown background.
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Book Review - Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
Book Review – Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey
About the Book 1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another: Milly, a teenage runaway, and Pip, a young boxer full of anger and potent…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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November, Hergé.
Illustration of a blustery, rainy day in November. Tintin, is shown in the foreground, wearing his yellow trench coat. He is walking forward with his dog, Snowy, who is carrying a stick in its mouth. There are two other men in suits and bowler hats are struggling with the weather. One man on the left is having his umbrella turned inside out by the strong wind, while the man on the right is waving his arms as his hat is blown off his head.The scene is a street or sidewalk littered with fallen autumn leaves. Rain is falling heavily, and a bare-branched tree is visible in the background.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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The sunshine was back today so we decided to take our annual trip to the seal colony to see the pups.

We went to Winterton rather than Horsey this time and had a great time nature watching & chatting with the wonderful volunteers who keep the seals safe.
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A sandy stretch of beach with lots of lumps on the sand in various colours - these are all seals or their pups. The sea & sky are blue and there's lots of white waves. In the top corner is a chalkboard saying "pups born this season (as of) 27/11/2025 2298" - we saw at least 3 that had been born this morning so that number is definitely out of date!
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Longlist announced for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025!
It seems lately that there is a different literary prize longlist announced every week, but one of my favourites is the Gordon Burn Prize. I’m a huge fan of Gordon Burn’s writing and the work that …
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November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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New to my TBR during #NovNov25
I always say that Novellas in November will be a great opportunity to reduce my TBR with some nice short reads, but instead I end up adding a whole lot more to my wish list, thanks to all your wond…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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November 2025 Superlatives
Less slumpy in November – I read some excellent books this month. The real issue has been the feeling that I’m teetering on the verge of running out: my print TBR is down to zero, my Ki…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Monthly Roundup – November 2025
November has thrown all the weather at us. Having enjoyed an unseasonably warm autumn, this ended abruptly with a 24 hour deluge causing localised flooding and then an icy blast that had us digging…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O’Dea: Choosing when to die alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/befo...
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Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O’Dea: Choosing when to die - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM