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Debbie
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39. Glasgow. Book lover. Coffee drinker. She/her
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My reading companion is visiting this afternoon. I've been spending a lot of time in fantasy and/or dystopian books lately.

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Photo shows the book The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood in the foreground and behind it a border terrier having a lie down on the sofa.
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Sunday (I'm posting late!) book and a coffee! I'm equally excited and reluctant to read this becuase I love the series but I also don't want it to be over!

#BookSky #QueerBooks 🪐📚💙
On the left of the photo is the book Human Rites by Juno Dawson and next to it a cup of coffee.
July 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Finished up Oryx and Crake this afternoon with this cute reading companion. She visits us once a week, occasionally twice if we're lucky!
I enjoyed the book, and while I've read darker ones, I have to admit that this is one of the most unsettling novels I've ever read.

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In the foreground of the photo is a double page spread from the book Oryx and Crake and behind that is a border terrier having a snooze on the sofa.
June 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Dystopian fiction. Just what I need today. Very soothing. 🤦‍♀️

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On the left hand of the photo is the book Oryx and Crake by Maragret Atwood, and on the right is a cup of coffee.
June 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Time for a quick chapter at the Eiffel Tower. I've let the family scale the stairs alone 🤣

#BookSky #CurrentlyReading #DiverseBooks 💙📚
In the foreground is the book Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler and in the background is a part of the Eiffel Tower. The day is sunny with blue skies.
June 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa.
June 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Today I ran. Actual running. Unheard of for this former (and often current) couch potato!

#running #couchto5k
May 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A friend of a friend recommended a terf read this. I somehow fear the terf won't read it, but I certainly will!

#BookSky #DiverseBooks 💙📚
A photo of the book The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde, in the background is the Glasgow subway.
May 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Posting a book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet.

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#AlphabeticalTitleChallenge 💙📚
Book: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Current read! If Akwaeke Emezi writes it, I'll read it. I've adored absolutely everything I've read by them so far.

#BookSky 💙📚 #DiverseBooks
Front cover of Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi.
April 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Posting a book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet.

A

#AlphabeticalTitleChallenge
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Book: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
April 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Reading Peter Pan with the teen book club. I've never read it before..it's...uh...quite something!

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The book Peter Pan by J M Barrie. The cover is green, the title is written in silver and quotes are embossed surrounding the title. A little bookworm bookmark pokes out the top - smiling!
April 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Absolutely grim ruling from the UK supreme court yesterday.
There's nothing feminist about transphobia.
April 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Get you some friends with similar reading tastes who go "oh hey! Wanna borrow this book? And this? And this?" ❤️

#BookSky #FantasyBooks
A stack of the following books from left to right: Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner, Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins and The Mask Falling, The Song Rising and The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon.
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Finished The Bone Season. Really enjoyed it, need to get my hands on the second book. Time to start The Lamb by Lucy Rose. This is the book for Queer Horror book club this month.

#BookSky #DiverseBooks #QueerBooks 💙📚
A photo of my hand holding the book The Lamb by Lucy Rose.
April 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Back from the US. It was so wonderful to see my sister and 5 niblings, though I barely had time to read! Easing back in to home life by continuing The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon and enjoying a cup of bedtime brew!

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A double page spread of the book The Bone Season, in front of it I am holding a blue mug that says "California State Railroad Museum. Sacramento, CA".
April 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Visiting my best friend in California, and she was kind enough to borrow this book from her local library for me! I'm loving it so far.

#BookSky #DiverseBooks #QueerBooks 📚💙
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Straight off the plane in San Francisco and in to City Lights Bookshop!

#BookSky 💙📚
March 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Saw Samantha Shannon in conversation with LR Lam this evening. They were both wonderful as usual , *and* I took a young friend with me, this was his first ever book talk/signing. I love that I got to share that.

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February 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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One of the kids at the book club I facilitate loaned me these books to read. I loaned them some in return! Love being able to share the reading love with young people!

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A photo showing two books. On the left, a book called Dragon Pearl, it has reddish tones with a young girl in a spacesuit and a fox spirit in the background. On the right, a book called Tiger Honor in blue tones with a young boy on the front in a spacesuit with a tiger spirit behind him. Both books are written by Yoon Ha Lee.
February 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I'm reading this with my young adult book club, and I have to admit that I'm struggling a bit. It has all the elements I enjoy but I've been avoiding picking it up and reading. I'm not too sure why. Perhaps it's a me issue rather than a book issue.

#BookSky 🪐📚💙 #DiverseBooks #YongAdultBookClub
A photo of the book Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender.
February 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Finally made a trip to see the kelpies. I love them!

#Scotland
February 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Spouse and I have begun a little daily tradition we like to call "Evening cheese." I feel the name is self-explanatory.
So... time for evening cheese and Octavia E. Butler.

#DiverseBooks 🪐📚💙
A photo of the book Fledgling by Octavia E Butler resting on my duvet and in front of the book, my hand, holding a Marmite and cheddar cheese snack.
February 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Spent the morning volunteering at the Anti-Racist Library and now for some lazy Sunday afternoon reading.

#BookSky 💙📚 #DiverseBooks #SupportYourLocalLibrary
A photo of the book Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
February 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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It's Sunday, so it's time for a book and a coffee. This week, I'm reading The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi.

What are you reading and drinking today (or eating!) today?

#BookSky #DiverseBooks #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙
Photo shows the book The Ending Fire and to the right a tall, white mug filled with coffee.
February 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM