Chris Lovegrove 💙📚
@calmgrove.bsky.social
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Woke European, book review blogger, piano accompanist, culture vulture.
https://CalmgroveBooks.wordpress.com
Woke European, book review blogger, piano accompanist, culture vulture.
https://CalmgroveBooks.wordpress.com
Almost two-thirds of the way through a re-read of Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' and finding much new of note that escaped me the first time around!
October 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Almost two-thirds of the way through a re-read of Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' and finding much new of note that escaped me the first time around!
#Booksky. Today's buy: 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, one of Austen's favourite authors, for #NationalBookshopDay and #ReadingAusten2025.
October 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#Booksky. Today's buy: 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, one of Austen's favourite authors, for #NationalBookshopDay and #ReadingAusten2025.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 20: Mary Shelley.
Day 20: Mary Shelley.
September 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 20: Mary Shelley.
Day 20: Mary Shelley.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 19: Nina Bawden.
Day 19: Nina Bawden.
September 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 19: Nina Bawden.
Day 19: Nina Bawden.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 18: Angela Carter.
Day 18: Angela Carter.
September 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 18: Angela Carter.
Day 18: Angela Carter.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 17: Eva Ibbotson.
Day 17: Eva Ibbotson.
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 17: Eva Ibbotson.
Day 17: Eva Ibbotson.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 16: Agatha Christie.
Day 16: Agatha Christie.
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 16: Agatha Christie.
Day 16: Agatha Christie.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 15: Susanna Clarke.
Day 15: Susanna Clarke.
September 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 15: Susanna Clarke.
Day 15: Susanna Clarke.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 14: Sarah Perry.
Day 14: Sarah Perry.
September 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 14: Sarah Perry.
Day 14: Sarah Perry.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 13: Virginia Woolf.
Day 13: Virginia Woolf.
September 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 13: Virginia Woolf.
Day 13: Virginia Woolf.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12: Patricia A McKillip.
Day 12: Patricia A McKillip.
September 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12: Patricia A McKillip.
Day 12: Patricia A McKillip.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 11: Charlotte Brontë.
Day 11: Charlotte Brontë.
September 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 11: Charlotte Brontë.
Day 11: Charlotte Brontë.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 10: Susan Cooper.
Day 10: Susan Cooper.
September 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 10: Susan Cooper.
Day 10: Susan Cooper.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 9: Edith Nesbit.
Day 9: Edith Nesbit.
August 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 9: Edith Nesbit.
Day 9: Edith Nesbit.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 8: Muriel Spark.
Day 8: Muriel Spark.
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 8: Muriel Spark.
Day 8: Muriel Spark.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 7: Rebecca F Kuang.
Day 7: Rebecca F Kuang.
August 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 7: Rebecca F Kuang.
Day 7: Rebecca F Kuang.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 6: Diana Wynne Jones.
Day 6: Diana Wynne Jones.
August 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 6: Diana Wynne Jones.
Day 6: Diana Wynne Jones.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 5: Joan Aiken.
Day 5: Joan Aiken.
August 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 5: Joan Aiken.
Day 5: Joan Aiken.
Happiness is ... 😊
August 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happiness is ... 😊
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 4: Tove Jansson.
Day 4: Tove Jansson.
August 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 4: Tove Jansson.
Day 4: Tove Jansson.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 3: Patricia Highsmith.
Day 3: Patricia Highsmith.
August 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 3: Patricia Highsmith.
Day 3: Patricia Highsmith.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 2: Jane Austen.
Day 2: Jane Austen.
August 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 2: Jane Austen.
Day 2: Jane Austen.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 1: Ursula Le Guin.
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
Day 1: Ursula Le Guin.
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
August 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 1: Ursula Le Guin.
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
Day 1: Ursula Le Guin.
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
Today, 9th August, is simultaneously Jansson's birthday and Moominpappa's birthday as well as International Book Lovers Day
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today, 9th August, is simultaneously Jansson's birthday and Moominpappa's birthday as well as International Book Lovers Day
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 1: Frank Herbert's 'Children of Dune'
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 1: Frank Herbert's 'Children of Dune'
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge
July 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 1: Frank Herbert's 'Children of Dune'
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 1: Frank Herbert's 'Children of Dune'
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge