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Former Midlander, Londoner, East Anglian; currently Glaswegian. Librarian, feminist, knitter, reader and Remainer / Rejoiner.

Unbalanced duck fanatic.

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It's December. It's Dark. I've had enough.

I need a list.
Photo of a notepad with a list headed "things what I must do before Christmas'
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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A very late comer to this and I only read it because I wanted to know the story before the film.

I probably should've just waited for the film. I don't love hard SF anyway and there is So Much science in this, but absolutely zero character work which always […]

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Cover of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Binged the first four Murderbot novellas in two days - that's one way of catching up with the looming Reading Goal!

Hugely enjoyable, very glad I grabbed all these on Humble Bundle a few months back, they're so easy to read and so fun. I'm enjoying the world […]

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November 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I've been enjoying working my way through Lahiri's works since getting Roman Stories in a book subscription. These stories are just as readable, featuring a range of immigrant / emigrant experiences. Lahiri is so good at making you get to know and care about […]

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Cover of The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Quick, beautiful read about Britain and magic and the Camelot stories, from a different perspective than the usual. I don't read a lot of graphic novels but I've always liked Isabel Greenberg's artwork and themes, and this was just as good as One Hundred Nights […]

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Cover of Young hag by Isabel Greenberg Artwork from Young Hag showing a map of the Other World Double page spread from Young Hag showing the characters dancing around a bonfire
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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A still, sunny day means beautiful reflections on the canal.

#glasgow
An urban canal under clear skies reflecting the scrappy late autumn trees along the bank An urban canal reflecting a golden late autumn tree and a block of modern flats in the still water
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A few more from this beautiful #silentsunday
A tall, red sculpture with the word WATERFRONT printed down it in white letters and the word CINEMA in embossed silver cutouts, against a bright blue sky A life ring in a red and white case on a yellow stand behind a blue metal fence next to the river - all the colours bright in the sun A derelict pier covered in birds in a wide river, with hills and houses on the distant shore The setting sun illuminated clouds above the river
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#silentsunday
A still, wide river under a clear blue sky. A yellow painted chain link fence on the foreground and a bright orange buoy in the water. Mountains in the distance.
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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A satisfying end to this trilogy, which nicely draws together all the themes from the previous books, like using your gifts wisely, trusting the right people, the joy and responsibility of storytelling.

Feels like these books contain more of what Le Guin […]

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An ereader showing the cover of Powers by Ursula K Le Guin
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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One of my favourite things to spot on a cold but sunny day 😍
A fox curled up like a cat, sleeping in a sunny spot on the bank of the Forth and Clyde canal
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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DONE! 20/20!

Some truly terrible puns this year, really awful ones.

Happy to give hints if anyone wants them!

#hiddenbooksgame
Screenshot of the completion graphic of the Hidden Books Game
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A beautifully located artwork in the glen at the Kelburn Estate near Largs.
A lively river runs through a glen and on the riverbank above it, a series of wooden letters spell out the words My Beloved. A smaller stream runs down between the letters to join the river.
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I loved this. Very similar to The Tombs of Atuan, in that it features a new protagonist in the same world, but also that that protagonist is a clever, driven girl who makes her own future.

Full of the importance of literacy and story, and the responsibility […]

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Ereader showing the cover of Voices by Ursula K Le Guin
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Continuing my (deliberately) slow paced Le Guin read. This is a quiet and thoughtful book with not a lot of action, but plenty of wonderful world building and character work. No one can do as much with as few words as Le Guin.

There's a lot here about using […]

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An eraser displaying the cover of Gifts by Ursula K Le Guin
November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The first of November, along the Kelvin Walkway

#glasgow #scotland #poetry
A river bordered with autumnal trees, and a blue sky behind Golden leaves clinging to a tree, with blue skies behind A bridge over a river, with a church tower beside it and mostly bare trees, though one still has golden leaves Text of the poem November by Maggie Dietz, from the Poetry Foundation website
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Read this in one wet, windy night, which was atmospherically perfect for this wonderfully woody novella.

If you like Green Men and folklore and autumn and forests, then you'll love this, plus it has a lovely queer love story too.

If you're in the UK you'll […]

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Cover of Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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A seasonally appropriate read, and interesting to read some 'foundational' SFF short stories.

My favorites were The Emissary, Scythe, Uncle Einar and The Wind. No one can write nostalgia quite like Bradbury.

I was going to whinge about the female characters […]

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Cover of The October Country by Ray Bradbury
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Two #UrsulaLeGuin treats from these days off.

#books #bookstodon
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Having some days off to enjoy Autumn properly.

#crieff #perthshire #scotland
A wide river with trees turning gold and red along it's bank and blue skies above. The tree canopy with green and gold leaves lit by the sun A broad path covered with fallen leaves, beneath green and gold trees lit by the sun Two men fishing in a river, bordered by autumnal trees
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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#silentsunday
A riverside path with a low stone wall on the right and trees on the left, covered in fallen leaves and illuminated by the late, low sun Autumnal leaves clinging to a tree lit by the sun A faint rainbow over autumnal trees on a river bank Large riverside houses reflected in the water
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Showed great restraint at the Glasgow School of Yarn.

#knitting #yarn
Four skeins of yarn; one dark blue DK from Iolair Yarns, one lavender blue 4 ply from Woollenflower, two vibrant green worsted from Rainbow Heirloom
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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A wide, slightly shallow, survey of British children's literature - not that it could have been much wider without doubling the length!

Really good indepth looks at some authors (Kipling, Nesbit, Hodgson Burnett) not enough on others (Lucy M Boston) and a few […]

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Cover of The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith
October 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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A short but beautiful and sad read. Loved the way you get such a vivid portrait of the family from so few pages, and how real their grief feels.

I've read Porter backwards, as I read both Lanny and Shy before this. I think this and Lanny are my favorites - I […]

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Cover of Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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With buttons and care label 😇

And now in the post!

#knitting
Close up of the button band of a green baby cardigan with heart shaped wooden buttons, and a handmade care label with spare yarn and spare buttons A green hand knitted baby cardigan with heart shaped wooden buttons
October 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I wish I'd read this when I was younger. Loved the endless summer vibes, the adolescent angst, that feeling of escaping an ordinary, humdrum existence and lovely Willmouse.

But oh it's so hard in this day and age to read all the fully grown men lusting over […]

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Cover of The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
October 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM