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writing, reading, running, not necessarily in that order. he/him. on Wurundjeri land. 📚🏃💻
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A graphic that reads "A centre for ants", replicating a distinct 20th century graphic style of sign writing, now associated with Zohran Mamdani's successful mayoral campaign.
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 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.

Day twenty! Last one!

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid - Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979)

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The cover of Doug Hofstadter's 1979 book, Gödel Escher Bach.
December 10, 2024 at 8:33 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day nineteen...

The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien (1977)

#bookchallenge
An image of the cover of Tolkien's Silmarillion!
December 9, 2024 at 8:46 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day eighteen...

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone (1982)

#bookchallenge
An image of the cover of the 1982 gamebook The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, released as Book 1 in the Fighting Fantasy series.
December 8, 2024 at 8:19 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day seventeen...

Different People - Orland Outland (2000)

#bookchallenge
The cover of Orland Outland's 2000 novel, Different People.
December 7, 2024 at 9:51 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
post somebody you’ve been told you look like who you definitely don’t look like.

(I was very recently told by a new colleague that I look *exactly* like Kevin Pietersen.
Dear reader, I look *nothing* like KP.)
An image of the British-South African cricketer Kevin Pietersen, who looks absolutely nothing like me.
December 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day sixteen...

Imajica - Clive Barker (1991)

#bookchallenge
The cover of Cliver Barker's 1991 novel, Imajica
December 6, 2024 at 9:20 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
What's your sign
A bronze plaque inscribed with the text: "Some days you wake up and immediately start to worry. Nothing in particular is wrong. It's just the suspicion that forces are aligning quietly and there will be trouble."
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 AM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day fifteen...

The distant hours - Kate Morton (2010)

#bookchallenge
An image of the cover of Kate Morton's 2010 novel, The Distant Hours.
December 5, 2024 at 10:15 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day fourteen...

Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis (1998)

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The cover of Bret Easton Ellis's 1998 novel, Glamorama, in the Vintage Contemporaries jacket.
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day thirteen...

Gaudy Night - Dorothy L. Sayers (1935)

#bookchallenge
The cover of Dorothy L. Sayer's 1935 crime novel, Gaudy Night.
December 3, 2024 at 10:16 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day twelve...

We Could Be So Good - Cat Sebastian (2023)

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The cover of Cat Sebastian's 2023 novel, We Could Be So Good.
December 3, 2024 at 2:12 AM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day eleven...

The weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner (1960)

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An image of the cover of the first edition of Alan Garner's 1960 children's novel, The weirdstone of Brisingamen. The original art is by George Adamson.
December 1, 2024 at 11:40 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day ten...

The peoples of Middle-earth - Christopher Tolkien (1996)

#bookchallenge
An image of the cover of Christopher Tolkien's The peoples of middle-earth. This is the concluding book in the History of Middle-earth series.
November 30, 2024 at 9:22 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day nine...

Wolfsong - TJ Klune (2016)

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The cover of TJ Klune's 2016 novel, Wolfsong.
November 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day eight...

Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder (1991)

#bookchallenge
An image of the cover of Sophie's World, a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. First published in Norwegian as Sofies verden, also in 1991.
November 28, 2024 at 9:44 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day seven...

A dark-adapted eye - Ruth Rendell, writing as Barbara Vine (1986)

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The cover of the 1986 psychological thriller novel, A Dark-adapted Eye, written by Barbara Vine, a pen-name of the writer Ruth Rendell.
November 27, 2024 at 8:20 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
Big Bird from the TV show Sesame Street sitting at a boardroom table alongside people. Nobody appears perturbed by the large yellow Bird in their midst.
November 27, 2024 at 6:42 AM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day six...

The last pagans of Rome - Alan Cameron (2010)

#bookchallenge
The cover of Alan Cameron's 2010 scholarly work, The last pagans of Rome.
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day five...

Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency - Douglas Adams (1987)

#bookchallenge
The cover of Douglas Adams' 1987 novel, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. It shows the author's name and the book's title represented as brass plates free-floating in front of a darkened landscape.
November 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day four...

The last samurai - Helen DeWitt (2000)

#bookchallenge
Image of the cover of Helen DeWitt's 2000 novel, The Last Samurai
November 25, 2024 at 2:18 AM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day three...

Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson (1992)

#bookchallenge
An image of the cover of the 1992 novel Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. It shows an illustration of a large personnel-carrying vehicle on the rocky surface of Mars.
November 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day two...

The shock of the new - Robert Hughes (1980)

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An image of the cover of Robert Hughes's 1980 book, The shock of the new: Art and the Century of Change. The book is a companion work to Hughes's television series of the same name.
November 22, 2024 at 8:26 PM
kwoc.craves.coffee
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.

Day one...
The shadow of the torturer - Gene Wolfe (1980)

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An image of the cover of Gene Wolfe's book entitled The Shadow of the Torturer, which is volume one of the series called The book of the new sun. The cover image is an illustration of a hooded individual with a billowing black cloak. The face is obscured. The individual wears a sword strapped across their back and is walking toward the viewer, away from the dramatic ruin of a terraced city.
November 22, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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OK, so I understand the principle here, but this still makes me giggle a little every time I see it... new album... events... merch, even
Screenshot of a Spotify artist page for Georg Philipp Telemann, dead as of 25 June 1767, which also references a new album, upcoming events, and merch
November 9, 2024 at 11:36 PM