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Finished reading @agcallard.bsky.social’s new INSIDE SOCRATES! (@wwnorton.com)

If you can’t attend Callard’s classes (or if you’re busy, y’know, fighting crime), I’d suggest that you give this your consideration. Better read than plenty of UGotham lectures. 🛁📚🦇🕯️

The Bathman Returns! 🛁📚🦇🕯️

I’ve finished reading @janjancl.bsky.social’s new book, IMMIGRATION + APOCALYPSE: HOW THE BOOK OF REVELATION SHAPED AMERICAN IMMIGRATION!

It’s every bit as bleak as its might suggest, and that’s why you should probably read it.

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Happy Solstice, everyone! 🌀🛰️

Don’t be a Druid; read a book. 📚

— The Bathman

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Finished reading m Steven Mithen’s recent book, THE LANGUAGE PUZZLE! (@profilebooks.bsky.social)

What will you be reading through the Holidays? 🛁 🎉📖

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Finished reading @mtanderson.bsky.social’s new novel, NICKED!

Recommended novel and there’s a lot to like about it: the writing, its surprises & delights, and perfect for December’s cold long nights.

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Finished reading @janicehallett.bsky.social’s new novella, THE CHRISTMAS APPEAL! (@atriabooks.bsky.social/ @viperbooks.bsky.social)

Hallett has had a tremendous 2024, with 3 strong books in about a year. I’ll be eager to read whatever she writes in 2025 and onward. 📚

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At the Battub, we’ve finished @junethomas.bsky.social’s new book, A PLACE OF THEIR OWN! (@viragopress.bsky.social)

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Finished reading James Shapiro’s new THE PLAYBOOK! (@penguinpress.bsky.social/ @faberbooks.bsky.social)

What books have helped you get through this soul-crushing disappointment of a November? 💔📚

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Finished reading Bartle Bull’s new history, LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS (@atlanticbooks.bsky.social)

Yes, of course, it’s a story as epic as any of them. But one of its positive surprises is that it does not feel hefty, and proved a comfy bath read.

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Finished reading Philippa Langley’s new book, THE HISTORY IN THE TOWER!

This is a story that’s been keeping me up for decades now, since reruns of IN SEARCH OF… gave me nightmares.

What books have been keeping you awake lately?

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Finished reading @danielkraus.bsky.social‘s new WHALEFALL!

I adore sperm whales. In spite of MOBY-DICK, I’ve long regarded them as the gentle giants of the sea. This one is a giant, but not gentle. 😯

Fun & fast read!

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Finished reading @colson.bsky.social’s new CROOK MANIFESTO!

Whitehead is one of my favourite living novelists, and I read his new releases ASAP. I’d encourage you to read everything they’ve done in any order. ♥️

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This week I finished reading Jamila Ahmed’s new debut ‘EVERY RISING SUN’!

If you have any love of ‘The 1,001 Nights’, narratives, this mustn’t be missed.

What’ll you reading this weekend? 🦇