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Esther N
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Binge reader (anything and everything but predominantly fantasy, sci-fi, thriller). Occasionally review books. Enchanted by native birds and insects (especially kākā and wētā) visiting the garden.
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Just back from my first reading retreat hosted by www.busywithbooks.com/wairarapa-se... Powered through a stack of titles on my TBR! Fantastic weekend.
7 books, in a stack.
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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#AWF25 with Ben McIntyre on ‘Inside the Iranian Embassy’
Three people seated on the stage: Alison Fifield (Facilitator), Tom Morell, and Ben MacIntyre.
May 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Just had a lovely chat with the nephew of the
original owner of this Thompson’s Chain Reference Bible. A bit of sleuthing, tracking improvised bookmarks, and the bush telegraph - we managed to track them down within 24 hours. Will be returning this treasure asap. 🇳🇿📚💙
Soft cover (dark brown) leather printing of Thompson’s Marginal Chain Reference Bible. Raised on small platform upon a wooden table. Title page of Thompson’s Marginal Chain Reference Bible.
March 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Physical TBR Bookchallenge 💙📚

1: Stunning cover ✅
2: Insta-buy author
3: First in a series ✅
4: Been avoiding it
5: Recent purchase ✅
6: New-to-you author
7: One-word title ✅
8: Favorite trope
9: Outside your comfort zone
10: # in the title

Show off your shelves! #bookchallenge #booksky
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Hardback print book on book shelf, presented with cover facing out. Teal-blue boards. Two trees form an inset frame. Cluster of colourful mushrooms at centre bottom. Bees and leaves with eyes feature. Book title “Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales” in pink script is centered horizontally and vertically. Small black cat sits on inside curve of letter ‘C’. A snail crawls on top of letter ‘T’. Purple and pink wrist pincushion and purple thread, above banner of text “Book 3 of the Emily Wilde Series”.
March 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Physical TBR Bookchallenge 💙📚

1: Stunning cover ✅
2: Insta-buy author
3: First in a series ✅
4: Been avoiding it
5: Recent purchase
6: New-to-you author
7: One-word title ✅
8: Favorite trope
9: Outside your comfort zone
10: # in the title

Show off your shelves! #bookchallenge #booksky 📚💙
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Very stylish collectors edition hardcover printing of “Hooked” by Emily McIntyre. Dark blue boards, embossed with aquamarine /silver sketch of clock tower and bridge (Big Ben, London Bridge and Tower Bridge). Text includes book title, caught in a full moon, author’s full name, and a tagline: “Every night and straight on ‘til morning “
March 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Physical TBR Bookchallenge 💙📚

3: First in a series ✅
Hardback copy of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. Predominantly black cover with title printed on a ribbon in gold font and illustration of a tree floweing skulls spilling from a goblet. A lush green plant climbs up the spine of the cover.
March 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Absolutely. Maps, full colour, or lithographs.
Facing page (frontispiece) of Johann Wolfgang van Goethe’s “Faust”. Image shows Two men in fancy dress with the bright, oversized moon overhead, illustrating the line ‘Have you not lived this life ling enough?’ Two page spread opening of Chapter XXIII (23). Dreary Diary. Image of bodies skewered on a rapier. Full page (right) image ‘Roll thy devilish eyes wrathfully in thy head’. A woman is seen from the side walking with her hands stretched out in front of her as a male figure in fancy dress stands on hooves watching her with one hand on his hip. Two featherless bird-like creatures are sitting on a branch above them.
March 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
kakasnest.bsky.social
Physical TBR Bookchallenge 💙📚

1: Stunning cover ✅

Show off your shelves! #bookchallenge #booksky

1. Stunning cover
Hard copy book “Women Living Deliciously” by Forence Given presented on my TBR library shelf.
March 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Still too scared 😱 to write in the margins!
Generous application of post-its instead. So many reasons to love the The Book Swap. 📚💙
February 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Did you follow it up with ‘When the Fates Divide’? This was my intro to Veronica Roth. One of my favourites though was Poster Girl - both audio & hardback versions.

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February 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20
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Book cover- white font on black background. Slashes seeping thick gold liquid. Text: Carve the Mark. Bestselling Author of Divergent. Veronica Roth
February 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/20
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February 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18/20
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February 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
kakasnest.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
February 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
#discworld
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February 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
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February 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
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February 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
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February 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
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February 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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NZ Tauhou (wax-eye / silvereye) perching on black alder
February 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20

#BookSky 📚💙
#20BookChallenge
February 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Conundrum.
Resolved, with minimal loss.
No efficiency experts were consulted in the planning or execution of this activity.
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Three photos of books on shelves. Main photo shows paperbacks stacked behind hard-backs to maximise space. Top right photo of a library with arrow pointing down to a slightly smaller library.
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20

#BookSky 📚💙#BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
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Cover of J.R.R. Tolkien’s book “The Hobbit” featuring an orange dragon sprawled on top of a pile of gold.
February 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20

#BookSky 📚💙#BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
#fantasy 📚⚔️ 🐉📚
Book cover: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
February 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20

#BookSky 📚💙#BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
#fantasy 📚⚔️ 🐉📚
Book cover featuring two gold dragons perched on a rock.
February 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM