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Uncharismatic megafauna.
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
Buy my book, keep me off the streets: http://bit.ly/JMgibbons
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
Buy my book, keep me off the streets: http://bit.ly/JMgibbons
Pinned
A new addition ('The Woman in Cabin 10') to the surprisingly extensive Keira Knightley library, for people who only want to read books with Keira Knightley on them.
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
If this series ever contains any other authors (or, knowing Penguin, even any other books), I will eat my Stetson.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If this series ever contains any other authors (or, knowing Penguin, even any other books), I will eat my Stetson.
I like a trilogy that gets thinner with each volume. Gives you a real sense of hitting a downhill run after volume 1.
(Rereading this in preparation for a talk with @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about Hungarian litarature)
(Rereading this in preparation for a talk with @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about Hungarian litarature)
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I like a trilogy that gets thinner with each volume. Gives you a real sense of hitting a downhill run after volume 1.
(Rereading this in preparation for a talk with @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about Hungarian litarature)
(Rereading this in preparation for a talk with @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about Hungarian litarature)
In case anyone was worrying that I hadn't bought any books this week, I'd like to put your minds at rest.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In case anyone was worrying that I hadn't bought any books this week, I'd like to put your minds at rest.
Kangaroo paws
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Kangaroo paws
Yet again one of the dogs has made a mare’s nest of the clean laundry. Do I ever learn? I do not.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Yet again one of the dogs has made a mare’s nest of the clean laundry. Do I ever learn? I do not.
Argh fuck no don't
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Amazon introduces Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service for authors to reach global readers
The service translates between English and Spanish, and from German to English, expanding opportunities for Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Argh fuck no don't
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The US cover for ELECTRIC SPARK (left) uses a much more interesting photo than the UK one (right), but unfortunately it inserts 'Dame' into the title, even though the book, by its own description, "explores not the celebrated Dame Muriel but the apprentice mage discovering her powers".
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The US cover for ELECTRIC SPARK (left) uses a much more interesting photo than the UK one (right), but unfortunately it inserts 'Dame' into the title, even though the book, by its own description, "explores not the celebrated Dame Muriel but the apprentice mage discovering her powers".
Just how I always pictured it
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just how I always pictured it
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libertarians are like house cats. small, and they poo and wee in a tray full of small beads of clay, silica or paper waste
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
libertarians are like house cats. small, and they poo and wee in a tray full of small beads of clay, silica or paper waste
Odd film--some brilliantly inventive scenes in this Macau gangland thriller, but ruinously bad audio done entirely in post, and mostly wastes Tony Leung by having his entire character be Obnoxious Arsehole (Who is Also Very Sweaty). Sean Lau is great, though.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Odd film--some brilliantly inventive scenes in this Macau gangland thriller, but ruinously bad audio done entirely in post, and mostly wastes Tony Leung by having his entire character be Obnoxious Arsehole (Who is Also Very Sweaty). Sean Lau is great, though.
Parrots in a thunderstorm (you need the sound on)
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Parrots in a thunderstorm (you need the sound on)
Printed in 2012 but the pages are as browned as a paperback from 1952.
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Printed in 2012 but the pages are as browned as a paperback from 1952.
[nodding slowly] hayyup, them's definitely some books ah bought
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
[nodding slowly] hayyup, them's definitely some books ah bought
terrifying
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
terrifying
bloody hell
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October 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
bloody hell
The sense of moral GOODNESS from finally reading a book I bought 19 years ago
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The sense of moral GOODNESS from finally reading a book I bought 19 years ago
unbelievable savagery
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
unbelievable savagery
Staff meeting day
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Staff meeting day
I was a bookseller long enough (and long enough ago, I guess) that ISBNs starting with 979 not 978 still give me a frisson of 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I was a bookseller long enough (and long enough ago, I guess) that ISBNs starting with 979 not 978 still give me a frisson of 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.
WIN a Samsonite suitcase full of Dan Brown thrillers!
WIN a silver bucket full of spoiled offal!
WIN a Prada handbag full of cat faeces!
WIN a silver bucket full of spoiled offal!
WIN a Prada handbag full of cat faeces!
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
WIN a Samsonite suitcase full of Dan Brown thrillers!
WIN a silver bucket full of spoiled offal!
WIN a Prada handbag full of cat faeces!
WIN a silver bucket full of spoiled offal!
WIN a Prada handbag full of cat faeces!
This is going to be Mein Kampf but with more rain, isn't it?
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is going to be Mein Kampf but with more rain, isn't it?
Putrid vomits at 10% off? Fuck yeah
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Putrid vomits at 10% off? Fuck yeah
Pardon me if I speak Australian for a second, but this book is absolutely chockas with hectic cunts.
October 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Pardon me if I speak Australian for a second, but this book is absolutely chockas with hectic cunts.