Devon Book Club
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A community of book lovers that started in the SW of the UK but now has members all over the world. A warm welcome awaits you all.
I'll drop a few more reminders during the week but please do drop by #devonbookhour on 1/12 from 8PM when @austennerd.bsky.social will be hosting. I'm sure you'll give her your support and if anyone would like to host on 8th and 15th do let me know. I'm away til 22nd. 🙂
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'll drop a few more reminders during the week but please do drop by #devonbookhour on 1/12 from 8PM when @austennerd.bsky.social will be hosting. I'm sure you'll give her your support and if anyone would like to host on 8th and 15th do let me know. I'm away til 22nd. 🙂
Very rarely for me, I had a dnf this week. I usually persist but just couldn't get into that book so decided to start another - Lessons In Chemistry. I know a lot of people love it so will be an airport and flight read for me tomorrow. Do you always finish a book once started #devonbookhour ?
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Very rarely for me, I had a dnf this week. I usually persist but just couldn't get into that book so decided to start another - Lessons In Chemistry. I know a lot of people love it so will be an airport and flight read for me tomorrow. Do you always finish a book once started #devonbookhour ?
Hi everyone. Had some log in problems tonight. I'm away now for a month but popping by this evening in case anyone is dropping in to #devonbookhour. Next week @austennerd.bsky.social has offered to host but needing volunteers after that. What's your book news this week?
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hi everyone. Had some log in problems tonight. I'm away now for a month but popping by this evening in case anyone is dropping in to #devonbookhour. Next week @austennerd.bsky.social has offered to host but needing volunteers after that. What's your book news this week?
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November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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@wflibraries.bsky.social Hi Wakefield - lovely to conenct with you. What's new in your area? Are you in touch with our Devon Library Service @librariesunlimited.bsky.social ?
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@wflibraries.bsky.social Hi Wakefield - lovely to conenct with you. What's new in your area? Are you in touch with our Devon Library Service @librariesunlimited.bsky.social ?
That's our hour up folks. Thanks for your friendship and company as always. I'll see you in a few weeks (though I'll try to chip in when I can, though not in the same time zone) - and do let me know if you can host an evening while I'm away #devonbookhour
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
That's our hour up folks. Thanks for your friendship and company as always. I'll see you in a few weeks (though I'll try to chip in when I can, though not in the same time zone) - and do let me know if you can host an evening while I'm away #devonbookhour
A reminder that, after tonight I will be away for 4 #devonbookhour evenings and the time difference makes it impossible for me to host whilst I'm away. I do have one or two offers for hosting but please do DM me if you might be able to do so - be godo to share it around.
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A reminder that, after tonight I will be away for 4 #devonbookhour evenings and the time difference makes it impossible for me to host whilst I'm away. I do have one or two offers for hosting but please do DM me if you might be able to do so - be godo to share it around.
Hi @marinasofia.bsky.social - I see you are online. How are you settling in? (allowing for the delay in bookshelf delivery) #devonbookhour
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hi @marinasofia.bsky.social - I see you are online. How are you settling in? (allowing for the delay in bookshelf delivery) #devonbookhour
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#devonbookhour .I have tge full collection of James's ghost stories and love Whistle And I Will Come To You My Lad. I've read them all so it will be a reread.
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#devonbookhour .I have tge full collection of James's ghost stories and love Whistle And I Will Come To You My Lad. I've read them all so it will be a reread.
I've also been packing my Kindle with some wonderful books ahead of a long flight a week today - a mixure of fiction (quite a few by Japanese writers) and non-fiction. What kind of books do you like to travel with? And do you take a hard copy or e-reader? #devonbookhour
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I've also been packing my Kindle with some wonderful books ahead of a long flight a week today - a mixure of fiction (quite a few by Japanese writers) and non-fiction. What kind of books do you like to travel with? And do you take a hard copy or e-reader? #devonbookhour
Do you need silence to read? I was just thinkingabout that and realise that, perhaps with the exception of some quiet classical music, I do always read in silence. #devonbookhour
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Do you need silence to read? I was just thinkingabout that and realise that, perhaps with the exception of some quiet classical music, I do always read in silence. #devonbookhour
I finished The Places In Between by Rory Stewart, which I loved. I'm now half way through The Lost Pianos of Siberia, which is also fascinating. It gives wonderful insights into Siberian history, geography and culture as well as tracking down these wonderful pianos #devonbookhour
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I finished The Places In Between by Rory Stewart, which I loved. I'm now half way through The Lost Pianos of Siberia, which is also fascinating. It gives wonderful insights into Siberian history, geography and culture as well as tracking down these wonderful pianos #devonbookhour
Going live with this week's #devonbookhour. Who's online this evening and how has your reading week been?
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Going live with this week's #devonbookhour. Who's online this evening and how has your reading week been?
As always on a Monday, we're live from 8 on #devonbookhour for an hour of bookchat. Wherever you are in the world, if you are a book lover join us and tell us what you are reading this week.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As always on a Monday, we're live from 8 on #devonbookhour for an hour of bookchat. Wherever you are in the world, if you are a book lover join us and tell us what you are reading this week.
Calling all book lovers. Join us from 8pm for an hour of book chat.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Calling all book lovers. Join us from 8pm for an hour of book chat.
If you are around this evening from 8Pm join me for our weekly hour of #book #chat using #devonbookhour. Book lovers from everywhere welcome - just drop by whenever you're free. Starting to think about your best books of the year so far - what stands out and why?
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you are around this evening from 8Pm join me for our weekly hour of #book #chat using #devonbookhour. Book lovers from everywhere welcome - just drop by whenever you're free. Starting to think about your best books of the year so far - what stands out and why?
I see that the winner of this year's @thebookerprizes.com is Flesh by David Szalay. Congratulations to him and all the other finalists. Has anyone read it?
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I see that the winner of this year's @thebookerprizes.com is Flesh by David Szalay. Congratulations to him and all the other finalists. Has anyone read it?
I just invented a new word - 'friendshaip' - really must type better. 😆 #devonbookhour
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I just invented a new word - 'friendshaip' - really must type better. 😆 #devonbookhour
Heading towards the end of this week's #devonbookhour As always, thank you for your friendshaip and company and for all the wonderful #booktalk. See you next Monday if we don't talk before
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Heading towards the end of this week's #devonbookhour As always, thank you for your friendshaip and company and for all the wonderful #booktalk. See you next Monday if we don't talk before
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#devonbookhour Hex was different from most horror books that I've read. A pretty terrifying plot, you're dropped into the story without knowing what's going on and gradually find out as you read.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#devonbookhour Hex was different from most horror books that I've read. A pretty terrifying plot, you're dropped into the story without knowing what's going on and gradually find out as you read.
So - fiction (book and audio), Non-fiction (various kinds) - aren't books wonderful companions at every stage of our lives? #devonbookhour
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So - fiction (book and audio), Non-fiction (various kinds) - aren't books wonderful companions at every stage of our lives? #devonbookhour
4. Also in non fiction I'm dipping in to these - again, all part of thinking about death and dying and how to find meaning and calm - interesting how many similarities to the Bible. Makes me wonder whether they all emerged from the same sort of aural tradition. #devonbookhour
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
4. Also in non fiction I'm dipping in to these - again, all part of thinking about death and dying and how to find meaning and calm - interesting how many similarities to the Bible. Makes me wonder whether they all emerged from the same sort of aural tradition. #devonbookhour
3. In audio book. 2 books
i)Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush - helping me to make sense of my sister's (and other) death
ii) Wolf Winter by Cecilia Eckbak - set in Sweden - just started this one but am engrossed #devonbookhour
i)Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush - helping me to make sense of my sister's (and other) death
ii) Wolf Winter by Cecilia Eckbak - set in Sweden - just started this one but am engrossed #devonbookhour
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
3. In audio book. 2 books
i)Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush - helping me to make sense of my sister's (and other) death
ii) Wolf Winter by Cecilia Eckbak - set in Sweden - just started this one but am engrossed #devonbookhour
i)Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush - helping me to make sense of my sister's (and other) death
ii) Wolf Winter by Cecilia Eckbak - set in Sweden - just started this one but am engrossed #devonbookhour
2. In Non-fiction I'm loving Rory Stewarts The Places In Between. His account of walking across Afghanistan. Fascinating, though I can't quite decide if he's courageous or reckless (or maybe both) #devonbookhour
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2. In Non-fiction I'm loving Rory Stewarts The Places In Between. His account of walking across Afghanistan. Fascinating, though I can't quite decide if he's courageous or reckless (or maybe both) #devonbookhour
I've loads of books on the go this week - all for very different reasons #devonbookhour. How about you?
1. Novel - Gutenbergs Apprentice - a very enjoyable story based around the invention of the printing press. I'd never really understood before how political this was ...
1. Novel - Gutenbergs Apprentice - a very enjoyable story based around the invention of the printing press. I'd never really understood before how political this was ...
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I've loads of books on the go this week - all for very different reasons #devonbookhour. How about you?
1. Novel - Gutenbergs Apprentice - a very enjoyable story based around the invention of the printing press. I'd never really understood before how political this was ...
1. Novel - Gutenbergs Apprentice - a very enjoyable story based around the invention of the printing press. I'd never really understood before how political this was ...