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@bookcboff.bsky.social
Reader, cyclist, runner, alotmenteer
i like books about books eg "My life in Middlemarch" and "All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf" but this sounds like totally different take on that. I shall seek it out.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
i like books about books eg "My life in Middlemarch" and "All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf" but this sounds like totally different take on that. I shall seek it out.
All excellent choices. I love Elif Shafak’s books. I haven’t read Intermezzo yet.
January 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
All excellent choices. I love Elif Shafak’s books. I haven’t read Intermezzo yet.
I have hiked the 190 mile coast to coast, I would call that Northern not middle England. This book frequently made me laugh out loud. The cover design certainly makes the most of the title
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I have hiked the 190 mile coast to coast, I would call that Northern not middle England. This book frequently made me laugh out loud. The cover design certainly makes the most of the title
It deserves to be heard in the slow radio slot of Paddy O’Connell’s Broadcasting House
January 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
It deserves to be heard in the slow radio slot of Paddy O’Connell’s Broadcasting House
By coincidence, I am reading it today and enjoying travelling and losing myself through the character’s memories, dreams and fantasies. While very different I get echoes of A Room with a View.
January 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
By coincidence, I am reading it today and enjoying travelling and losing myself through the character’s memories, dreams and fantasies. While very different I get echoes of A Room with a View.
I plan to read some of her novels this year starting with The Bell
January 9, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I plan to read some of her novels this year starting with The Bell
They actually say “spanking”, in true Private Eye style, making the point that it’s not how good an author is but how hard people work to manage the author’s estate.
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
They actually say “spanking”, in true Private Eye style, making the point that it’s not how good an author is but how hard people work to manage the author’s estate.
These lists of best books are helping me to add to my list of must reads for 2026: Image of her and On the calculation of Volume.
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
These lists of best books are helping me to add to my list of must reads for 2026: Image of her and On the calculation of Volume.
Outside Sainsbury’s today. Not many seen in Milton Keynes: the city built for the car.
December 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Outside Sainsbury’s today. Not many seen in Milton Keynes: the city built for the car.
I would have to go commando 🫢
December 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I would have to go commando 🫢
My copy of Murdoch’s The Bell had an earlier life as a library copy labelled “reading group pack” I bought it in a charity shop and benefit from someone’s analysis scribbled in pencil in it. Lovely.
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My copy of Murdoch’s The Bell had an earlier life as a library copy labelled “reading group pack” I bought it in a charity shop and benefit from someone’s analysis scribbled in pencil in it. Lovely.
Happy 10th Birthday to @backlisted.bsky.social and thank you to Andy and friends for sharing some great books with massive enthusiasm. Looking forward to many more.
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy 10th Birthday to @backlisted.bsky.social and thank you to Andy and friends for sharing some great books with massive enthusiasm. Looking forward to many more.
Instantly recognisable to fans of Birding. Did you crochet it yourself? - impressive!
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Instantly recognisable to fans of Birding. Did you crochet it yourself? - impressive!
Last read in anticipation of the 2001 BBC adaptation. Found in the charity bookshop today after hearing @onebrightbook.bsky.social is to discuss it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Last read in anticipation of the 2001 BBC adaptation. Found in the charity bookshop today after hearing @onebrightbook.bsky.social is to discuss it.
Dancing in the Dark is absolutely brilliant. I found that edition in a charity shop.
October 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Dancing in the Dark is absolutely brilliant. I found that edition in a charity shop.
Just found this in the charity shop. Older woman revisits childhood home and remembers wartime country childhood not all idyllic. Delightful read.
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Just found this in the charity shop. Older woman revisits childhood home and remembers wartime country childhood not all idyllic. Delightful read.
Fans of @backlisted.bsky.social breathe a sigh of relief.
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Fans of @backlisted.bsky.social breathe a sigh of relief.
I picked up Eileen as I felt someone had recommended it, but didn't know who or anything about it (I love to start a book with no knowledge or preconceptions). I am immediately drawn in. Just searched Bluesky to check where I saw it. I look forward to reading your review when I have finished it.
August 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I picked up Eileen as I felt someone had recommended it, but didn't know who or anything about it (I love to start a book with no knowledge or preconceptions). I am immediately drawn in. Just searched Bluesky to check where I saw it. I look forward to reading your review when I have finished it.
I recommend Dancing in the Dark
July 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I recommend Dancing in the Dark
On my shelf waiting for me. I really enjoyed his “Chinaman”, even though I didn’t understand a lot of the cricket technicalities.
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On my shelf waiting for me. I really enjoyed his “Chinaman”, even though I didn’t understand a lot of the cricket technicalities.