Lucy
@lucylucylucy.bsky.social
Writer, reader, senior reporter and day editor at Bookbrunch, maid to extraordinarily cheeky rescue dog. She/her
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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Cancelling Between the Covers: frankly bewildering. What could be 'higher-impact' than the BBC tackling the reading for pleasure crisis, asks Natasha Poliszczuk
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August 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Cancelling Between the Covers: frankly bewildering. What could be 'higher-impact' than the BBC tackling the reading for pleasure crisis, asks Natasha Poliszczuk
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar... (Free to view)
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar... (Free to view)
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To me Rowling exists entirely outside of the “should we support/work with artists with troubling views?” debate. She doesn’t just *think* her opinions, she doesn’t just *say* them, she’s a relentless 24-7 activist whose whole mission in life is terrorizing trans people.
there's also people claiming we trans people are "holding allies to a purity test" here and to be clear:
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
Also, Lithgow is trying to muddy the waters by giving interviews where he pretends that the controversy here is that he's American, not that he's signing off on transphobia.
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April 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To me Rowling exists entirely outside of the “should we support/work with artists with troubling views?” debate. She doesn’t just *think* her opinions, she doesn’t just *say* them, she’s a relentless 24-7 activist whose whole mission in life is terrorizing trans people.
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December 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Terrible and beautiful in equal measure
I’ve never got over this one. So beautifully written, too.
December 14, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Terrible and beautiful in equal measure
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i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
December 10, 2024 at 2:57 AM
i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
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Gonna be a lot of focus on what kind of internet douchebag this guy is but in some ways this backs up the other theories: a person who has been fucked by the health insurance industry and is suffering with chronic pain.
Luigi Mangione's Twitter profile image includes what looks like an X-ray of a back/spine injury. His public Goodreads profile includes fairly recent reviews of several books about back pain and chronic pain
December 9, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Gonna be a lot of focus on what kind of internet douchebag this guy is but in some ways this backs up the other theories: a person who has been fucked by the health insurance industry and is suffering with chronic pain.
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The most chilling short story I’ve ever read.
December 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The most chilling short story I’ve ever read.
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when I say trans rights this is what I mean
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM
when I say trans rights this is what I mean
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What We Would Like For Christmas - the BookBrunch team reveals what we'd like in our Christmas stockings
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December 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
What We Would Like For Christmas - the BookBrunch team reveals what we'd like in our Christmas stockings
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https://buff.ly/3VqhuIw (Free to view)
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“We have a plan in place to minimise the impact of strike action on staff, readers and subscribers and we will continue to publish online and produce the print edition as usual.”
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Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:22 AM
“We have a plan in place to minimise the impact of strike action on staff, readers and subscribers and we will continue to publish online and produce the print edition as usual.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
pretending to be demure after lots of shrieking
December 3, 2024 at 1:46 AM
pretending to be demure after lots of shrieking
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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.
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
November 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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.
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
@marlabastine.bsky.social Emmy says hi to bestie!!
November 28, 2024 at 9:57 PM
@marlabastine.bsky.social Emmy says hi to bestie!!
Just finished Say Nothing. WHEW. What a programme. Best thing I’ve seen in ages - sharp, sobering, brilliantly acted. Now to read Patrick Radden Keefe’s book…
November 25, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Just finished Say Nothing. WHEW. What a programme. Best thing I’ve seen in ages - sharp, sobering, brilliantly acted. Now to read Patrick Radden Keefe’s book…
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Sometimes a first paragraph just knocks you for six. Harry Pearson on dementia
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‘If you didn’t laugh, you’d cry’ - The QT
Harry Pearson gives a moving account on the impact dementia is having on those closest to him
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September 9, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Sometimes a first paragraph just knocks you for six. Harry Pearson on dementia
theqt.online/if-you-didnt...
theqt.online/if-you-didnt...
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Following on from the conversation on the subject here yesterday evening, I had to say all of this.
On dementia.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/on-dementia
On dementia.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/on-dementia
On dementia
Every time I visit him I know another proportion of him will have gone. I just don't know from visit to visit how much it will be this time.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Following on from the conversation on the subject here yesterday evening, I had to say all of this.
On dementia.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/on-dementia
On dementia.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/on-dementia
yet again weighing up the desperate need to go to bed with the sweetness of the dog snoozing on my feet on the sofa
November 21, 2024 at 12:38 AM
yet again weighing up the desperate need to go to bed with the sweetness of the dog snoozing on my feet on the sofa
Ten writers of whom I’ve read more than 5 books.
Marian Keyes
Robin Hobb
Jane Casey
Erin Kelly
Ruth Ware
Kate Atkinson
Catherine Ryan Howard
Belinda Bauer
Mhairi McFarlane
Laura Purcell
Marian Keyes
Robin Hobb
Jane Casey
Erin Kelly
Ruth Ware
Kate Atkinson
Catherine Ryan Howard
Belinda Bauer
Mhairi McFarlane
Laura Purcell
Ten writers of whom I’ve read more than 5 books.
Graham Greene
Vladimir Nabokov
P. G. Wodehouse
Terrance Dicks
Ian Rankin
Muriel Spark
Josephine Tey
Martin Amis
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ian McEwan
Graham Greene
Vladimir Nabokov
P. G. Wodehouse
Terrance Dicks
Ian Rankin
Muriel Spark
Josephine Tey
Martin Amis
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ian McEwan
Ten writers of whom I’ve read more than 5 books:
Bill Watterson
Terri Libenson
Alex T Smith
Alastair Chisholm
Nadia Shireen
Judith Kerr
Vashti Hardy
Kelly Yang
Aron Nels Steinke
Luke Pearson
Bill Watterson
Terri Libenson
Alex T Smith
Alastair Chisholm
Nadia Shireen
Judith Kerr
Vashti Hardy
Kelly Yang
Aron Nels Steinke
Luke Pearson
November 18, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Ten writers of whom I’ve read more than 5 books.
Marian Keyes
Robin Hobb
Jane Casey
Erin Kelly
Ruth Ware
Kate Atkinson
Catherine Ryan Howard
Belinda Bauer
Mhairi McFarlane
Laura Purcell
Marian Keyes
Robin Hobb
Jane Casey
Erin Kelly
Ruth Ware
Kate Atkinson
Catherine Ryan Howard
Belinda Bauer
Mhairi McFarlane
Laura Purcell
We have landed: news and views at @bookbrunch.bsky.social 🦋📚
November 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM
We have landed: news and views at @bookbrunch.bsky.social 🦋📚
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Me in my echo chamber
November 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Me in my echo chamber
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Welcome all book fans and readers new to Bluesky! If you're a fan of crime fiction, mystery and thriller books then I've put together a starter list of authors to follow on here #booksky 💙📚
go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Welcome all book fans and readers new to Bluesky! If you're a fan of crime fiction, mystery and thriller books then I've put together a starter list of authors to follow on here #booksky 💙📚
go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa