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Tania Carina Pires
@taniacarinapires.bsky.social
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PT/ES - 🇬🇧EN #Translator specialising in legal translations ⚖️
Portuguese raised in Reading, England 🇵🇹🇬🇧
#Bookworm 📚
All book photos are mine 📷

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I hear you, Edna.📚

I already have the bookshelf but my next-door neighbours keep threatening to call the police. Apparently, the ‘secret room’ needs to be on my side!🤷‍♀️🙄

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

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Painting of two women sitting down by a coffee table: ‘Are you ok, Edna?’ ‘No! I am distraught that I don't have a bookshelf that spins into a secret room.’
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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I'm so grateful for books!📚✨

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

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A pile of books on a blanket on a bench. Caption: SOMETIMES A BOOK IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN MAKE THE WORLD RIGHT AGAIN
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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I'm not ready! Can we bring the weekend back, please?🥱🫩😴☕️☕️☕️

Have a great week, everyone!🙋‍♀️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #MondayMood

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Sleepy cat with the caption, ‘Monday again!?.. I'm not ready for another Monday.’
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Yesterday, I took advantage of my birthday voucher and Black Friday sales and ordered five books online.

Today, I went into a bookstore telling myself – and anyone listening – that I was only going to browse.📚

Then I met the two in the pic.😍

On another note, my TBR might be now a safety hazard.🙄
Books: The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly; The Innocent by David Baldacci.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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My anxiety is through the roof these days, so I'm with Alice.🤷‍♀️

Happy Friday, everyone!🙋‍♀️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #Alice #Wonderland #MentalHealth #FridayMood

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Alice in Social Anxiety Land Alice meeting the Cheshire Cat: Cheshire Cat, ‘We are all mad here.’ Alice, ‘At me?’
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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I love Grisham's courtroom drama but this story moves in a different direction to what I'm used to.
The beginning reminded me of Stephen King's Fairy Tale: there's an old person who needs to die for the story to move on but they drag it out for almost 200 pages.
The ending also felt rushed.
Book: The Widow by John Grisham.
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Returning to work after having taken a day off.🥱🫩😴👩‍💻☕️

Have a great Monday... Wednesday... Friday... whatever...🤷‍♀️🙋‍♀️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #CoffeeTime

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Pink Panther holding up a to-do list: ‘To-Do List - To do - To do - To do, to do to do, to do to doooo dododedodo’
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Not everyone can say that they share a birthday with Mickey Mouse.🥳🎈🎂

Cheers to us, Mickey!!🥂
Mickey Mouse wearing a party hat and holding a birthday cake surrounded by balloons and confetti.
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Happy Monday! Have a great week, everyone!🙋‍♀️☕️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #MondayMotivation #NeverTooLate #FollowYourDreams

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"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot, Middlemarch
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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TGIF!🥳🙌

What are you reading this weekend?📚

I'm halfway through John Grisham's The Widow and I confess that I'm a bit disappointed.😬

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

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Woman reading while sitting on a folding chair wearing a summer orange dress, a straw hat, and no shoes. Caption: Happiness is... ..ignoring the world because you are reading.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Smart people know what I'm talking about.📚🤷‍♀️😉

#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

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Painting of a table with books lined up on top and a red apple at the end. Caption: IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T LIKE READING IT'S KIND OF A SMART PEOPLE HOBBY ANYWAY
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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I've accepted it a long time ago.🤷‍♀️📚

#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
Painting of a woman laying down on a couch looking glum next to a pile of books sitting on a coffee table. Caption: When you finally accept that you love books more than people
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Writers, tread carefully.😂🤣

#Booksky #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
Two policemen arresting a writer, ‘WE GOT A CALL THAT YOU KiLLED OFF YOUR MAiN CHARACTER.’
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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When life becomes too cloudy, remember to stay close to people who feel like sunshine.☀️

Have a great week!🙋‍♀️☕️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #MondayMotivation #MondayMood

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Snoopy handing a yellow balloon to Woodstock. Caption: Stay close to people who feel like sunshine.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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📚 Bookmail 📚

My new ‘residents’ have arrived!😄🙌🫣

#Booksky #Newcomers #TheMoreTheMerrier
Books: The last death of the year by Sophie Hannah; Nash Falls by David Baldacci; The Rembrandt Affair, The Defector, and The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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TGIF!🥳🙌

The weekend is upon us and I should be spending more time with my books, but I got a message yesterday that my latest ‘residents’ will be arriving soon.📚📚📚📚📚

Apparently, I can't be left unattended to browse books.🤷‍♀️

#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
Lisa Simpson hugging a book. Caption: Me with my books
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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This is why I don't read self-help books.📚🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
Reading self-help books like: "Surround yourself with people who-" Surround myself with people??
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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How did they get anything done before coffee was invented?🤔☕️

Have a good Wednesday!🙋‍♀️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #CoffeeTime

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Prehistoric man drawing a cup of coffee.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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A chatbot encourages a teenage boy to kill his ex-girlfriend leading to a court battle between a major AI company and Mickey Haller. I was intrigued by the story and Michael Connelly did not disappoint. I loved the courtroom drama and how other current events like the wildfires made an appearance.
Book: The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Lucy knows how to do it.🤷‍♀️📚

#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
Lucy shouting at her little brother, ‘WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE?! THIS IS A BOOK! YOU KNOW WHAT A BOOK IS, DON'T YOU?’ Lucy to her mother, ‘NOTHING, MOM... I'M JUST ENCOURAGING HIM TO READ..’
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Here we go again...
Happy Monday, have a great week, and keep the coffee coming!☕️☕️☕️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #MondayMotivation #MondayMood #CoffeeTime
Face of a camel with the caption, ‘Is that coffee I smell? Well is it?’
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Hello November, my birthday month! I will be accepting gifts all month long.🙄🎁🎉

Happy November!🙌🍂

#HelloNovember #Weekend #GoodVibes #Scorpio #BirthdayMonth
Snoopy and Woodstock watching a leaf fall. Caption: Welcome November Picture of a Rose. Caption: "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." ~ Lucille Ball
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Wishing everyone a wicked Halloween!👻
Hope the Great Pumpkin brings you many treats!🎃

#HappyHalloween #Booksky #Translators #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #TGIF #TheGreatPumpkin #Linus #CharlieBrown
Ghost mum reading Human Stories tothe ghost children. Linus (from Charlie Brown) is writing a letter to the Great Pumpkin: ‘DEAR GREAT PUMPKIN, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR COMING ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WITH YOUR BAG FULL OF PRESENTS. I HAVE TRIED TO BE A GOOD BOY ALL YEAR. HAVE YOU NOTICED?’
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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This is the second Detective Declan Miller book. I didn't like Miller right away. His corny jokes at inappropriate times bordered on annoying. But as the story progressed, I began to understand him and see him in a new light.
Mark Billingham does an amazing job keeping us on the edge of our seats.
Book: The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Spooky season is better with a book.📚💀👻🎃

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity#Halloween

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A pumpkin, a black cat in a witch's hat, and a skeleton head reading and surrounded by books. Caption: FORGET CANDY JUST GIVE ME BOOKS Books by the fire with a big yellow book telling them a horror story, ‘AND THEN... AFTER THEY HAD RIPPED OUT HALF OF HER PAGES... THEY TURNED HER... INTO A MOVIE!’
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM