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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚

@moominreadsalot.bsky.social

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Socially awkward bookworm, ruled by 4 feline overlords and 2 dogs. Love tea, baking (with more enthusiasm than skill), puzzles, board games, and quizzes (total nerd). Hate - Zombies.

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · Nov 23

✨(Re)Introduction Post✨

Things I post about:

📚 #Books
🐱 #Cats
🐶 #Dogs
🍰 #Cake
🧩 #WordGames
💬 Random wittering

A very small selection from my book collection. Three stacks of books on a sideboard, next to a lamp.
The books are 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte, 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman, 'A Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin, 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Death on the Nile', 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', 'A Murder is Announced', 'And Then There were None', and 'The Body in the Library' by Agatha Christie, 'A Fatal Inversion' by Barbara Vine, 'The Green Mile', '11.22.63', 'Misery', 'IT', and 'The Shining' by Stephen King, '1984' by George Orwell, 'Rosemary's Baby' by Ira Levin, 'Northanger Abbey' by Jane Austen, 'Moominland Midwinter', 'Tales from Moominvalley', and 'The Exploits of Moominpappa' by Tove Jansson, 'The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie' by Alan Bradley, 'Room' by Emma Donoghue, 'The Day of the Triffids' by John Wyndham, 'The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' by Stuart Turton, 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, 'S is for Silence' by Sue Grafton, 'Kisscut' by Karin Slaughter, 'Fingersmith' by Sarah Waters, 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' by H.G. Wells, 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood, 'The Body Snatchers' by Jack Finney, 'Jamaica Inn' by Daphne du Maurier, 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn, 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice, 'Shutter Island' by Dennis Lehane, and 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck.

My four cats - Scout (black with white bib), Athos (black with white face markings, chest and paws), Katniss (white with black markings), and Hermione (tabby). Hanging out either on the radiator or as close to it as they can get.

My two dogs - George (Newfypoo - half Newfoundland/ half Poodle) and Shyla (has paperwork identifying her as a Husky but we're not convinced!)

A cake I made for my husband's birthday. Chocolate sponge topped with chocolate frosting and a selection of chocolate treats (buttons, Maltesers etc)

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 4h

Really enjoyed 'The Talisman' so I'm looking forward to getting properly stuck into this. I've only managed 140 pages so far.

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 7h

Q is for...

'Quitters, Inc.'

A short story about giving up smoking (that's all I'm saying!), that features in the collection 'Night Shift'

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

Paperback copy of 'Night Shift' by Stephen King

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 8h

Started 'Black House' the follow up to 'The Talisman' by Stephen King & Peter Straub

📚💙 #Booksky

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 8h

Book 117

The Talisman
(The Talisman #1)
Stephen King & Peter Straub
Fantasy
Pub. 1984
981 pages
Dates Read: 10/10 - 16/10/25
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

💙📚 #BookSky #Books #2025Reads #Readers

Paperback copy of 'The Talisman' by Stephen King & Peter Straub

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 8h

Katniss and Athos cuddling up in their new favourite spot

#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

Two cats - Katniss (white with black markings) and Athos (black with white markings) - cuddled up on a cushion

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 9h

Connections
Puzzle #860
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Saw the blue category first and thought they were tricking me so didn't go for it 😂.

Wordle 1,582 4/6

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 🙂

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 1d

P is for...

'Pet Sematary'

Another letter with limited options, and I'm going to have to confess... I haven't read this, and I don't think I'm going to. Because zombies 🧟🫣

Change my mind 😂

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 1d

I'm about 8 weeks into the "freezing"stage of a frozen shoulder. Today I decided I was no longer capable of washing, brushing and styling my long hair (it reached the middle of my back), so I've had it chopped to just above my shoulders. It hasn't been this short in years and I feel naked. 😢

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 2d

'The Mist' would be my second choice for M. Love the story, but hated how they changed the ending for the film adaptation.

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 2d

It's lovely that you have that family tradition 😀

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be doing mine towards the end of the month. Love the smell when it's cooking 😀

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 2d

O is for...

'The Outsider'

Very limited options for the letter O. Can't share an actual photo of my copy because I lent it to somebody and haven't got it back yet 🙄

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 3d

N is for...

'Needful Things'

My husband pestered me for years to read this book. He was convinced I would love it, but I always refused because "King is too scary for me". I finally read it. I loved it.

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

Hard cover copy of 'Needful Things' by Stephen King

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 3d

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 4d

M is for...

'Misery'

The second King book I ever read. Another one that kept me on the edge of my seat.

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

Hard cover copy of 'Misery' by Stephen King

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 4d

We put in an application with the Land Registry to change a name on our house deeds back in June this year. Not a complicated issue. Completion date for this has been advised as September 2026!
Everything is rubbish these days 😞

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 4d

Had to do the dreaded 8am call to try to get a GP appointment. Phoned on the dot of 8, was 8th in the queue. After 10 mins had moved to 6th. Was gearing myself up for a very long wait, 2 minutes later I was number 1 in the queue! Everybody else must have given up 🤷‍♀️💪

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 5d

L is for...

'The Long Walk'

One of the 'Bachman Books'. Weird fact - while reading this book, I had to keep taking breaks because my legs hurt. The power of suggestion! 😆

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

Paperback copy of 'The Bachman Books' by Stephen King

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 7d

Connections
Puzzle #853
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Maybe I should do these puzzles later in the day more often 😁

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 7d

K is for... Knockers 😆

'The Tommyknockers'

Very limited options for the letter K, so I've been a little bit cheeky here!

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

Paperback copy of 'The Tommyknockers' by Stephen King

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #Caturday

#CatsOfBluesky 🐈

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 8d

Book 116

Go Set a Watchman
(To Kill a Mockingbird #2)
Harper Lee
Fiction
Pub. 2015
278 pages
Dates Read: 8/10 - 9/10/25
Rating: ⭐

At least it was fairly short.

💙📚 #BookSky #Books #2025Reads #Readers

Hard cover copy of 'Go Set a Watchman' by Harper Lee

📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 8d

J is for...

'Joyland'

Not so many options for J. It was between this and 'Just After Sunset'.

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

Paperback copy of 'Joyland' by Stephen King

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📚 MoominReadsaLot 📚 @moominreadsalot.bsky.social · 9d

I is for...

'IT'

Obviously 🤡

🩸📚💙 #BookSky #Books #Readers #A-Z #StephenKing #Horror #SpookySeason

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