@austennerd.bsky.social
Reader extraordinaire 😁. French, European, Anglophile. Loves reading books, talking about books and buying books. Can also be found baking and walking my dogs when not working for the NHS.
I also read a book in one day yesterday Sisters by Daisy Johnson which was very good and have now started Weekends and Evenings by Oisin McKenna
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I also read a book in one day yesterday Sisters by Daisy Johnson which was very good and have now started Weekends and Evenings by Oisin McKenna
I have not been posting my reading of late but will endeavour to do better. Anyway, here is my September reading: I was in France for a while and it shows in my reading. Some gems there so tricky to pick a favourite but reading 2 graphic novels reminded me how much I love them. #booksky 💙📚
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I have not been posting my reading of late but will endeavour to do better. Anyway, here is my September reading: I was in France for a while and it shows in my reading. Some gems there so tricky to pick a favourite but reading 2 graphic novels reminded me how much I love them. #booksky 💙📚
A little late but her is my August reading. A tough month workwise so the escapism was welcome. Elif Shafak and Benjamin Wood delivered the most in a series of pretty good novels overall. #booksky 💙📚
September 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A little late but her is my August reading. A tough month workwise so the escapism was welcome. Elif Shafak and Benjamin Wood delivered the most in a series of pretty good novels overall. #booksky 💙📚
Book 79 of 2025: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride. There is no doubt that McBride is one of the most talented writer around but she is also not for the fainthearted. This is a hugely traumatic novel which I found difficult at times but the beauty of the writing will carry you. #booksky 💙📚
July 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Book 79 of 2025: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride. There is no doubt that McBride is one of the most talented writer around but she is also not for the fainthearted. This is a hugely traumatic novel which I found difficult at times but the beauty of the writing will carry you. #booksky 💙📚
For the love of all that is holy, if you start following me and immediately send me a private message saying asking how I am I will block you. What is wrong with everyone?
June 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For the love of all that is holy, if you start following me and immediately send me a private message saying asking how I am I will block you. What is wrong with everyone?
Book 73 of 2025 and wow ... just wow. Hard to believe this is a first novel. An absolute tour-de-force: clever, beautifully written, heart-breaking with two unlikable characters you will end up rooting for. A sensuous novel, full of rage and desire which fully deserved the Women's Prize. #boosky 📚💙
June 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Book 73 of 2025 and wow ... just wow. Hard to believe this is a first novel. An absolute tour-de-force: clever, beautifully written, heart-breaking with two unlikable characters you will end up rooting for. A sensuous novel, full of rage and desire which fully deserved the Women's Prize. #boosky 📚💙
Sadly had to DNF the Tsitsi Dangarembga one: not sure what was not working for me but it just wasn’t. On the other hand started The Safekeep last night and I can’t put it down. Funny how some books have a hold of you and some just don’t #booksky 📚💙
June 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Sadly had to DNF the Tsitsi Dangarembga one: not sure what was not working for me but it just wasn’t. On the other hand started The Safekeep last night and I can’t put it down. Funny how some books have a hold of you and some just don’t #booksky 📚💙
Book 68 of 2025: On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle. I cannot explain how much I love this second novel in a planned series of 7. A clever, philosophical and somewhat dreamy novel which is difficult to explain but that you should absolutely read immediately 📚💙
June 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Book 68 of 2025: On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle. I cannot explain how much I love this second novel in a planned series of 7. A clever, philosophical and somewhat dreamy novel which is difficult to explain but that you should absolutely read immediately 📚💙
I feel I may be talking to myself tonight 😁 but never mind. I just finished On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle and I am still hungover from it in the best possible way. Bought volume II yesterday. Astonishing. Anyone else read it? #devonbookhour 📚💙
June 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I feel I may be talking to myself tonight 😁 but never mind. I just finished On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle and I am still hungover from it in the best possible way. Bought volume II yesterday. Astonishing. Anyone else read it? #devonbookhour 📚💙
Evening lovely book people. I am chairing (badly) #Devonbookhour tonight so let me know what you are reading and any other book chat you have. My internet is terrible so bear with I am trying my best 😁 📚💙
June 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Evening lovely book people. I am chairing (badly) #Devonbookhour tonight so let me know what you are reading and any other book chat you have. My internet is terrible so bear with I am trying my best 😁 📚💙
Day 10 and that was quite a challenge. I don’t often cry with happiness at a book but actually I did he first time I read Possession. Still my second favourite book of all times but I no longer cry at the end 😁📚💙
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Day 10 and that was quite a challenge. I don’t often cry with happiness at a book but actually I did he first time I read Possession. Still my second favourite book of all times but I no longer cry at the end 😁📚💙
Day 9: depends who I am giving it to but the one I have given the most recently has been Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚📚📚💙
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Day 9: depends who I am giving it to but the one I have given the most recently has been Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚📚📚💙
Day 8 and that is super easy. Everyone in the world should read the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin … 11 novels spanning 5 decades of LGBTQ life in San Francisco. A series I have read more times than I can count. 📚💙
May 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Day 8 and that is super easy. Everyone in the world should read the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin … 11 novels spanning 5 decades of LGBTQ life in San Francisco. A series I have read more times than I can count. 📚💙
Day 7: anything by Marian Keyes as long as it is also read by her. Would keep anyone entertained and engaged for a long journey. 📚💙
May 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Day 7: anything by Marian Keyes as long as it is also read by her. Would keep anyone entertained and engaged for a long journey. 📚💙
Day 6: The one hundred years of Leni and Margot. A beautiful and hopeful story which nonetheless left me heartbroken. 📚💙
May 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Day 6: The one hundred years of Leni and Margot. A beautiful and hopeful story which nonetheless left me heartbroken. 📚💙
Day 5 and that is really tough. I am going to go with Jane Eyre but it is like asking me to choose between my children 😁. 📚💙
May 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Day 5 and that is really tough. I am going to go with Jane Eyre but it is like asking me to choose between my children 😁. 📚💙
April was a good month: 12 books read including a non-fiction and a collection of poetry. Some stunners in there: Brotherless Night, A Town Called Solace and Pity being the standouts. No real dud but did not love The Women as much as everyone else seemed to. 📚💙
May 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
April was a good month: 12 books read including a non-fiction and a collection of poetry. Some stunners in there: Brotherless Night, A Town Called Solace and Pity being the standouts. No real dud but did not love The Women as much as everyone else seemed to. 📚💙
Day 4: The whole Little House in the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I must have read these about 100 times each as a child. Lovely stuff 📚💙
May 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 4: The whole Little House in the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I must have read these about 100 times each as a child. Lovely stuff 📚💙
Ooos I missed a day so 2 in 1.
Day 2: Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout. She is definitely one of my current favourites and I love this book.
Day 3: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. I know there is a lot of love for this one but I could not get on with it
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Day 2: Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout. She is definitely one of my current favourites and I love this book.
Day 3: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. I know there is a lot of love for this one but I could not get on with it
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May 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ooos I missed a day so 2 in 1.
Day 2: Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout. She is definitely one of my current favourites and I love this book.
Day 3: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. I know there is a lot of love for this one but I could not get on with it
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Day 2: Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout. She is definitely one of my current favourites and I love this book.
Day 3: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. I know there is a lot of love for this one but I could not get on with it
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One for all of you lovely lovely book nerds out there.
Day 1: The Year of the flood by Margaret Atwood, second in the Madaddam trilogy and the best of three although admittedly I love them all 📚💙
Day 1: The Year of the flood by Margaret Atwood, second in the Madaddam trilogy and the best of three although admittedly I love them all 📚💙
April 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
One for all of you lovely lovely book nerds out there.
Day 1: The Year of the flood by Margaret Atwood, second in the Madaddam trilogy and the best of three although admittedly I love them all 📚💙
Day 1: The Year of the flood by Margaret Atwood, second in the Madaddam trilogy and the best of three although admittedly I love them all 📚💙
Right #devonbookclub am off to bed as have an early start. Thank you so much for the chat and the book recommendations. This has made my week. Let’s make this a regular thing. Book lovers you are all welcome to join us 📚💙
April 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right #devonbookclub am off to bed as have an early start. Thank you so much for the chat and the book recommendations. This has made my week. Let’s make this a regular thing. Book lovers you are all welcome to join us 📚💙
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Got to say that the discussion here is more active than on the other channel. It does vary by the week but, tonight, Blue Sky has it - so wonderful to reconnect with friends old and new. #devonbookhour ANy thoughts on a theme for a future week?
April 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Got to say that the discussion here is more active than on the other channel. It does vary by the week but, tonight, Blue Sky has it - so wonderful to reconnect with friends old and new. #devonbookhour ANy thoughts on a theme for a future week?
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Great! I’ve been reading a lot of John Le Carré which I either missed or needed a refresher in - one of his last before he passed away, Legacy of Spies, is an excellent rehashing of the past but from the viewpoint of one of the other characters in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold… #devonbookhour
April 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Great! I’ve been reading a lot of John Le Carré which I either missed or needed a refresher in - one of his last before he passed away, Legacy of Spies, is an excellent rehashing of the past but from the viewpoint of one of the other characters in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold… #devonbookhour