Paul
@paullikesbooks.bsky.social
I like books. Also politics, but I'm trying the 12 step detox programme. Food, music, travel and films get my interest too.
Lake District resident (well, give or take a mile or two).
My Storygraph page: https://tinyurl.com/f5nxttet
Lake District resident (well, give or take a mile or two).
My Storygraph page: https://tinyurl.com/f5nxttet
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Paul
@paullikesbooks.bsky.social
· Apr 27
A little pastoral slice of the countryside for your Sunday morning (sound up)
#Cumbria #England #Countryside #CountryLife
#Cumbria #England #Countryside #CountryLife
Just binged the whole of the new #StrangerThings tonight. Wasn't expecting much, but it was as good, or better, than it's ever been. Can't wait for the next batch of episodes!
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just binged the whole of the new #StrangerThings tonight. Wasn't expecting much, but it was as good, or better, than it's ever been. Can't wait for the next batch of episodes!
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm so glad I'm not alone.
I hated the first film on an almost visceral level, and I'm normally fairly chilled about stuff I don't like but by Odin's braided beard it was so bad.
I hated the first film on an almost visceral level, and I'm normally fairly chilled about stuff I don't like but by Odin's braided beard it was so bad.
I am amazed that they actually made a third Now You See Me film when the first film was so utterly, mindbogglingly shit that I'm still angry about it a decade later.
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm so glad I'm not alone.
I hated the first film on an almost visceral level, and I'm normally fairly chilled about stuff I don't like but by Odin's braided beard it was so bad.
I hated the first film on an almost visceral level, and I'm normally fairly chilled about stuff I don't like but by Odin's braided beard it was so bad.
"A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork... Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team."
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork... Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team."
IYKYK
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
IYKYK
6 pints of Guinness later, all I can think of is my mate mentioning my bald spot.
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
6 pints of Guinness later, all I can think of is my mate mentioning my bald spot.
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen:
The Pogues
Nick Cave
Robert Plant
Manic Street Preachers
The Beautiful South
The Pogues
Nick Cave
Robert Plant
Manic Street Preachers
The Beautiful South
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen:
the cramps
the smiths
pop will eat itself
the white stripes
public enemy
the cramps
the smiths
pop will eat itself
the white stripes
public enemy
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
The Slits
Iggy Pop
Television
Talking Heads
Tame Impala
The Slits
Iggy Pop
Television
Talking Heads
Tame Impala
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen:
The Pogues
Nick Cave
Robert Plant
Manic Street Preachers
The Beautiful South
The Pogues
Nick Cave
Robert Plant
Manic Street Preachers
The Beautiful South
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
I've just finished buying my wife's birthday gift and I'm so fucking excited to give it to her I just had to get it out here. So there you are.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I've just finished buying my wife's birthday gift and I'm so fucking excited to give it to her I just had to get it out here. So there you are.
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My old cat would have just skipped straight to the baseball bat.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My old cat would have just skipped straight to the baseball bat.
It's not often you read something as brilliantly researched, informative and entertaining as this by by golly Jon Savage has pulled it off. His history of the (many, many) sung & unsung gay & queer heroes of modern music is absolutely majesterial.
#BookSky #CurrentlyReading #Reading
#BookSky #CurrentlyReading #Reading
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's not often you read something as brilliantly researched, informative and entertaining as this by by golly Jon Savage has pulled it off. His history of the (many, many) sung & unsung gay & queer heroes of modern music is absolutely majesterial.
#BookSky #CurrentlyReading #Reading
#BookSky #CurrentlyReading #Reading
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I should just about survive.
I should just about survive.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I should just about survive.
I should just about survive.
Um. No. 👀
Introverts: do you ever just agree with someone to end the conversation and keep your peace because arguing feels pointless and you already know the truth, and you just want the talking to stop?
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Um. No. 👀
There's a fantastic Wallace and Gromit exhibition at the Harris in Preston. If you can go, you should.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There's a fantastic Wallace and Gromit exhibition at the Harris in Preston. If you can go, you should.
It's finally happened.
I've got to the stage of life where after I wash out a jam jar I say to myself "I'll hang on to that, it's a good size for storing odds and ends in the garage".
Thoughts and prayers for my youth.
I've got to the stage of life where after I wash out a jam jar I say to myself "I'll hang on to that, it's a good size for storing odds and ends in the garage".
Thoughts and prayers for my youth.
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's finally happened.
I've got to the stage of life where after I wash out a jam jar I say to myself "I'll hang on to that, it's a good size for storing odds and ends in the garage".
Thoughts and prayers for my youth.
I've got to the stage of life where after I wash out a jam jar I say to myself "I'll hang on to that, it's a good size for storing odds and ends in the garage".
Thoughts and prayers for my youth.
I used to tape my favourite songs off the top 40 on a Sunday. Kids these days...
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I used to tape my favourite songs off the top 40 on a Sunday. Kids these days...
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ah this sucks. RIP Mani. One of the greats.
BBC News - Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani dies at 63
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani dies at 63
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63
Gary Mounfield's playing was an integral part of the Stone Roses' sound, and he was in Primal Scream for 15 years.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ah this sucks. RIP Mani. One of the greats.
BBC News - Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani dies at 63
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani dies at 63
www.bbc.com/news/article...
My hunt into the family tree has borne fruit! A distant(ish) relative has got in contact, and has knowledge of the family farm and assorted far flung great great uncles & cousins twice or thrice removed. Amazing stuff, really.
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My hunt into the family tree has borne fruit! A distant(ish) relative has got in contact, and has knowledge of the family farm and assorted far flung great great uncles & cousins twice or thrice removed. Amazing stuff, really.
It's occurred to me that my music taste is getting more eclectic as I get older, these are the last three albums I listened to!
#musicsky #currentlylistening #music
#musicsky #currentlylistening #music
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's occurred to me that my music taste is getting more eclectic as I get older, these are the last three albums I listened to!
#musicsky #currentlylistening #music
#musicsky #currentlylistening #music
In the Trump whatnow email?
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother says the ‘Bubba’ mentioned in Trump oral sex email is not Bill Clinton
Jefrey Epstein’s brother says the ‘Bubba’ mentioned in Trump oral sex email is not Bill Clinton
Mark Epstein wanted to ensure that “speculation does not unfairly implicate people who are not actually being referenced in those communications,” he said in a statement to The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the Trump whatnow email?
One bright thing about BlueSky, I've not once in nearly a year seen a post about that mad billionaire who wants to live forever. I can't even remember his name. Cuthbert something?
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
One bright thing about BlueSky, I've not once in nearly a year seen a post about that mad billionaire who wants to live forever. I can't even remember his name. Cuthbert something?
Making Shakshouka tonight, first time we've done one. Will either be a triumph or an excuse to order pizza.
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Making Shakshouka tonight, first time we've done one. Will either be a triumph or an excuse to order pizza.