Beate H 💙📚🦔
@beate251.bsky.social
Made in Germany, imported to London. Reader, NetGalley book reviewer and StoryGraph user. Love books, films, hedgehogs and roast dinners. Trying to grow veg.
My late partner looked a bit like this. He called himself "pleasantly plump" and that's exactly what he was. Adding to that he was the kindest and most loving person I've ever met. These morons can do one.
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My late partner looked a bit like this. He called himself "pleasantly plump" and that's exactly what he was. Adding to that he was the kindest and most loving person I've ever met. These morons can do one.
Do they not realise that jewellery often has sentimental as well as monetary value? This is cruel.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Do they not realise that jewellery often has sentimental as well as monetary value? This is cruel.
I just had 5 fish fingers with ketchup and I feel it's very balanced!
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I just had 5 fish fingers with ketchup and I feel it's very balanced!
Tommy opened an account on Threads yesterday. The community reported the fuck out of him and today the account is gone.
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Tommy opened an account on Threads yesterday. The community reported the fuck out of him and today the account is gone.
I mean I have asked tall guys to get something down from a high shelf for me but that's honestly all I wanted.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I mean I have asked tall guys to get something down from a high shelf for me but that's honestly all I wanted.
So I can't be happy about Mamdani from London?
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So I can't be happy about Mamdani from London?
Shifting over to blue next. So many blue covers!
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Shifting over to blue next. So many blue covers!
Awww, you're welcome! I'm sometimes behind with ARCs and sometimes months ahead. I'm currently reading pink covers, so that helped. 😁
I giggled at the passing mention of Grace from The Forgotten Book Club, it felt like a private reference. Darn, I should have mentioned that!
I giggled at the passing mention of Grace from The Forgotten Book Club, it felt like a private reference. Darn, I should have mentioned that!
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Awww, you're welcome! I'm sometimes behind with ARCs and sometimes months ahead. I'm currently reading pink covers, so that helped. 😁
I giggled at the passing mention of Grace from The Forgotten Book Club, it felt like a private reference. Darn, I should have mentioned that!
I giggled at the passing mention of Grace from The Forgotten Book Club, it felt like a private reference. Darn, I should have mentioned that!
That's my review!!! Oh my God, I was just coming to post it! Got it as a widget yesterday, immediately read it. Thanks for the lovely story! 🤗
#booksky 💙📚
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/487d...
#booksky 💙📚
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/487d...
Review by beate251 - The Last Page Café
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for this ARC.Erin is 54 and lives with son Jack and ...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
That's my review!!! Oh my God, I was just coming to post it! Got it as a widget yesterday, immediately read it. Thanks for the lovely story! 🤗
#booksky 💙📚
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/487d...
#booksky 💙📚
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/487d...
What if you don't make it to the hat shed in time for the sneeze hat?
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What if you don't make it to the hat shed in time for the sneeze hat?
It's a Traitors inspired post so cloaking off.
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's a Traitors inspired post so cloaking off.
Reposted by Beate H 💙📚🦔
If you haven’t already:
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Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
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✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
If you haven’t already:
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
When I watched MacGyver in the eighties, I never realised how revolutionary that guy was, refusing to use guns. It should be compulsory viewing for every American.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When I watched MacGyver in the eighties, I never realised how revolutionary that guy was, refusing to use guns. It should be compulsory viewing for every American.
Pretty funny that I've had no use for pepper spray etc in the 22 years I've lived in London.
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Pretty funny that I've had no use for pepper spray etc in the 22 years I've lived in London.
I hear narwhal tusks work well.
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I hear narwhal tusks work well.
So much for "Germans don't have a sense of humour"! 🤭🤭🤭
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
So much for "Germans don't have a sense of humour"! 🤭🤭🤭
OMG, Tom is so cute, I want him!!!
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
OMG, Tom is so cute, I want him!!!
Im so so sorry, I haven't got round to reading it yet via NetGalley. I spent some time in hospital and it's mucked everything up.
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Im so so sorry, I haven't got round to reading it yet via NetGalley. I spent some time in hospital and it's mucked everything up.
I just don't get it. It's outdoor swimming. It's done all over the world in mixed settings. What is suddenly the problem?
October 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I just don't get it. It's outdoor swimming. It's done all over the world in mixed settings. What is suddenly the problem?
What's happened? Or is it just *gestures at the world*?
October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What's happened? Or is it just *gestures at the world*?