Runalong Womble
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Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
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A list of books read this year - no commentary and not all will be reviewed 1 - Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
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If you missed this and would still like to watch, it's all available at the bargain price of £2.50.
britishfantasysociety.org/product/play...
britishfantasysociety.org/product/play...
We know the world can feel bleak, but nothing is stronger than a dedicated group trying to change the world for the better. Join us for a day-long discussion about writing for social justice.
Have you got your ticket?
tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
Have you got your ticket?
tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
January 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
If you missed this and would still like to watch, it's all available at the bargain price of £2.50.
britishfantasysociety.org/product/play...
britishfantasysociety.org/product/play...
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Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!
January 18, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!
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A lot happened this week that is way more important, and this feels like a million years ago, but icymi: (1) Uncertain Sons was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award! (2) If you missed getting a copy, Undertow's running a big sale on some 2025 ebooks, incl. this collection for $3! Just 3 man
EBOOKS — Undertow Publications
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January 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A lot happened this week that is way more important, and this feels like a million years ago, but icymi: (1) Uncertain Sons was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award! (2) If you missed getting a copy, Undertow's running a big sale on some 2025 ebooks, incl. this collection for $3! Just 3 man
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Good afternoon! I’m rereading one of my all-time favorites😁❤️
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Good afternoon! I’m rereading one of my all-time favorites😁❤️
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Oh shit it's Sunday. I'm reading Sister Wake by Dave Rudden, which has just released this week! Epic fantasy inspired by Ireland history and culture, and its fight against colonization. Gods and stories take shape in terrifyingly souls-like encounters
January 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Oh shit it's Sunday. I'm reading Sister Wake by Dave Rudden, which has just released this week! Epic fantasy inspired by Ireland history and culture, and its fight against colonization. Gods and stories take shape in terrifyingly souls-like encounters
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Happy Sunday! I'm still persevering/wading through how high we go in the dark, which has been a bit fractured in its storytelling, and relentlessly bleak for my liking. Looking forward to the next read.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Happy Sunday! I'm still persevering/wading through how high we go in the dark, which has been a bit fractured in its storytelling, and relentlessly bleak for my liking. Looking forward to the next read.
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Happy Sunday, Womble! Scones are baking in the oven and I’m about to start on Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
January 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Happy Sunday, Womble! Scones are baking in the oven and I’m about to start on Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
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Hi, Womble! Lots of distractions this past week, so I'm still just finishing up Cat Rambo's Rumor Has It, and getting into Jim Crow in the Asylum, by Kylie Smith, who I got to meet at her signing event at Charis Books Friday night. Next up: a pile of books bought in 2025 I haven't read yet. 🙃
January 18, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hi, Womble! Lots of distractions this past week, so I'm still just finishing up Cat Rambo's Rumor Has It, and getting into Jim Crow in the Asylum, by Kylie Smith, who I got to meet at her signing event at Charis Books Friday night. Next up: a pile of books bought in 2025 I haven't read yet. 🙃
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Good afternoon, Womble! I’m doing okay. I’m reading The Everlasting by Alix Harrow on my ereader and a physical copy Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon. Both books are from my public library. I’m enjoying them both!
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Good afternoon, Womble! I’m doing okay. I’m reading The Everlasting by Alix Harrow on my ereader and a physical copy Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon. Both books are from my public library. I’m enjoying them both!
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Tides of Fire by James Rollins. Some sci-fi, some action, some espionage. Fast paced distraction to just get lost in - Sigma Force novels usually deliver.
January 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Tides of Fire by James Rollins. Some sci-fi, some action, some espionage. Fast paced distraction to just get lost in - Sigma Force novels usually deliver.
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Still working through Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Still working through Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
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Good morning, Womble. After reading Parable of the Sower a couple years ago, I'm finally getting around to reading Parable of the Talents.
January 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Good morning, Womble. After reading Parable of the Sower a couple years ago, I'm finally getting around to reading Parable of the Talents.
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Good day, sir!
Finished Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse this week; it was very good. Finished Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Heen about midnight and I'm still mulling it over.
Not sure what's next, I have a stack of library books. Maybe We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado.
Finished Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse this week; it was very good. Finished Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Heen about midnight and I'm still mulling it over.
Not sure what's next, I have a stack of library books. Maybe We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado.
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Good day, sir!
Finished Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse this week; it was very good. Finished Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Heen about midnight and I'm still mulling it over.
Not sure what's next, I have a stack of library books. Maybe We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado.
Finished Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse this week; it was very good. Finished Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Heen about midnight and I'm still mulling it over.
Not sure what's next, I have a stack of library books. Maybe We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado.
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I’m part of a month of dick - Moby Dick! And I love it even more this read. 🐋
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I’m part of a month of dick - Moby Dick! And I love it even more this read. 🐋
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Good afternoon Womble! Very well thank you! I am about to finish An Emperor's Gamble, which is book 3 in The Legend of Tal by JDL Rosell and it's fantastic! Building to an exciting ending and it's a highly recommended series 😁
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Good afternoon Womble! Very well thank you! I am about to finish An Emperor's Gamble, which is book 3 in The Legend of Tal by JDL Rosell and it's fantastic! Building to an exciting ending and it's a highly recommended series 😁
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When reading fiction by Arundhati Roy, I always felt I was missing out on some nuances. So, happy to report that her autobiography, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me' is not just excellent in its own right, but adds a lot of background context to her other books.
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
When reading fiction by Arundhati Roy, I always felt I was missing out on some nuances. So, happy to report that her autobiography, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me' is not just excellent in its own right, but adds a lot of background context to her other books.
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Morning Womble! I’m currently reading Agatha Christie’s archaeological memoir, ‘Come, Tell Me How You Live’
January 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Morning Womble! I’m currently reading Agatha Christie’s archaeological memoir, ‘Come, Tell Me How You Live’
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I seem to get most of my recommendations here… Was very hesitant to give The Incandescent (Tash) a try fearing it was yet another Hogwarts spinoff but it was sooo much better then that. She actually reflects on the art of teaching. Now just started Chain Gang All-Stars
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I seem to get most of my recommendations here… Was very hesitant to give The Incandescent (Tash) a try fearing it was yet another Hogwarts spinoff but it was sooo much better then that. She actually reflects on the art of teaching. Now just started Chain Gang All-Stars
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My current reads are all for #SPFBO
Physical Magic is progression fantasy with a disabled MC in LGBT normative world
Liches is a cultivation fantasy from a cat POV
Artificer's is a gaslamp fantasy with a main MC who slowly gets drawn into a gang
I'm enjoying all 3 so far!
Physical Magic is progression fantasy with a disabled MC in LGBT normative world
Liches is a cultivation fantasy from a cat POV
Artificer's is a gaslamp fantasy with a main MC who slowly gets drawn into a gang
I'm enjoying all 3 so far!
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My current reads are all for #SPFBO
Physical Magic is progression fantasy with a disabled MC in LGBT normative world
Liches is a cultivation fantasy from a cat POV
Artificer's is a gaslamp fantasy with a main MC who slowly gets drawn into a gang
I'm enjoying all 3 so far!
Physical Magic is progression fantasy with a disabled MC in LGBT normative world
Liches is a cultivation fantasy from a cat POV
Artificer's is a gaslamp fantasy with a main MC who slowly gets drawn into a gang
I'm enjoying all 3 so far!
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hi! I just started a book called Hidden Valley Road, about a family where half the kids got schizophrenia. Strange and interesting.
January 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
hi! I just started a book called Hidden Valley Road, about a family where half the kids got schizophrenia. Strange and interesting.
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Morning Womble! I'm still not feeling 100%. This cold is a sticky one, so I'm still reading God's Junk Drawer by @peterclines.com. I'm still quite enjoying it, though.
Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell for an unusual mix of murder and cryptozoology! What are you reading at the moment?
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Morning Womble! I'm still not feeling 100%. This cold is a sticky one, so I'm still reading God's Junk Drawer by @peterclines.com. I'm still quite enjoying it, though.
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Afternoon Womble, currently tacking the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes! Will take a break somewhere along the journey I’m sure but enjoying it so far!
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Afternoon Womble, currently tacking the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes! Will take a break somewhere along the journey I’m sure but enjoying it so far!
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Hi Womble. I am reading an arc of THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH, by @jomiles.bsky.social , forthcoming from @hornedlarkpress.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Hi Womble. I am reading an arc of THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH, by @jomiles.bsky.social , forthcoming from @hornedlarkpress.com
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Trying madly to finish “Matter” by Banks because it’s due back at the library tomorrow. Makes me sad because I’m enjoying it & I don’t want to rush & miss all the details.
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Trying madly to finish “Matter” by Banks because it’s due back at the library tomorrow. Makes me sad because I’m enjoying it & I don’t want to rush & miss all the details.
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tom cox's 21st-century yokel on audio, a fine example of the wry naturalist memoir interwoven with the personal genre (that mirrors my own thinking unnervingly closely), in the early stages of samrat upadhyay's darkmotherland on dead tree, still learning the shape of its sharply prosey rhythms
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
tom cox's 21st-century yokel on audio, a fine example of the wry naturalist memoir interwoven with the personal genre (that mirrors my own thinking unnervingly closely), in the early stages of samrat upadhyay's darkmotherland on dead tree, still learning the shape of its sharply prosey rhythms