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PhD in psychology. Life Stories in Literature. Fiction reader. Psychology of reading & writing. Looking for other #readers and #BookBloggers for discussion and solidarity.
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#DavidBaldacci describes how he challenged himself as a #writer while creating his latest release, #NashFalls.

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A Conversation with the King of Crime-Thrillers, David Baldacci www.novelsuspects.com/qa/a-convers...
A Conversation with the King of Crime-Thrillers, David Baldacci
Novel Suspects: How did writing NASH FALLS compare to your previous thrillers like the Amos Decker or the Atlee Pine series? How has your writing evolved over time? David Baldacci: Walter Nash was …
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November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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need to reread Behind the Scenes at the Museum!

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The Essential Kate Atkinson www.nytimes.com/article/kate...
The Essential Kate Atkinson
Surprising, versatile, dark and funny, the British writer has something for (almost) everyone.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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How being a judge for the #BookerPrize changed Sarah Jessica Parker: "The process altered her reading habits [and] made her question how she judged fiction."

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Sarah Jessica Parker Describes Her Year as a Booker Prize Judge www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Sarah Jessica Parker Describes Her Year as a Booker Prize Judge
The actor had to read so many books (153) she bowed out of most family activities. Still, she said, collaborating to pick a winner was worth the sacrifice.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Marg has a creative list of books for her #6Degrees post, including a Michener novel that I haven't read.

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Six Degrees of Separation: We Have Always Lived in the Castle to The Girl Who Chased the Moon www.theintrepidreader.com/2025/11/six-...
Six Degrees of Separation: We Have Always Lived in the Castle to The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Welcome to this month's edition of Six Degrees of Separation, which is a  monthly  meme hosted by Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Marina Sofia's #6Degrees post this month travels "from Hungary and Italy to France, England and the Caribbean islands." She makes some enlightening comparisons between her choices.

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#6Degrees of Separation November 2025 findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/6...
#6Degrees of Separation November 2025
How could I not take part in this month’s Six Degrees of Literary Separation meme, as hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best, when it starts with one of my favourite authors and bo…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Thomas McGuane Is the Last of His Kind www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Thomas McGuane Is the Last of His Kind
What will we lose when we lose the “literary outdoorsman”?
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November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Susan's #6Degrees entry this month proceeds from "a scary modern classic to a collection of essays written in the pandemic."

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Six Degrees of Separation – We Have Always Lived in the Castle to These Precious Days - A Life in Books alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/six-...
Six Degrees of Separation – We Have Always Lived in the Castle to These Precious Days - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Adele gives us a very thoughtful list of #ReadingRecommendations in her #6Degrees post.

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6 Degrees of Separation: from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Letters from the Inside adeleboundinbooks.blog/2025/11/01/6...
6 Degrees of Separation: from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Letters from the Inside
This monthly meme is hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. This month we’re starting with We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The Chocolate Lady uses words from the titles to connect her selections.

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TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for November 1, 2025. tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/01/t...
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for November 1, 2025.
From We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson to Paris: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd. This is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book i…
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November 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Constance seems to be longing for summer to return!

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Six Degrees of Separation – from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Summer of Fear perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/six-...
Six Degrees of Separation – from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Summer of Fear
Six Degrees of Separation
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November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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My #6Degrees post this month focuses on book titles.

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6 Degrees of Separation - Notes in the Margin www.notesinthemargin.org/2025/11/01/6...
6 Degrees of Separation - Notes in the Margin
Today’s starting point is a favorite of mine, the novella We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. first degree Jeannette Walls’s father had big plans to someday build a glass castle,…
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November 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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It's time for #6Degrees of Separation, hosted by Kate. Here's her post, including all the links to other participants #BookBlogs.

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Six Degrees of Separation – from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Seasonal Associate booksaremyfavouriteandbest.com/2025/11/01/s...
Six Degrees of Separation – from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Seasonal Associate
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die? arstechnica.com/features/202...

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Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die?
Doctors share top concerns of AI surrogates aiding life-or-death decisions.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Do you #DNF? 💙📚 Why or why not? Read my #bookblog and let me know! #booksky
September 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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A history of #DarkAcademia that focuses on the recent novel #Katabasis by #RFKuang .

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Dark Academia Grows Up - Public Books www.publicbooks.org/dark-academi...
Dark Academia Grows Up
R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?
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September 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Margaret: "My chain is made up of books I abandoned books and books I loved." What an unusual combination! Yet it makes for very interesting reading.

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Six Degrees of Separation from  Ghost Cities by Siang Lu to 4.50 from Paddington booksplease.org/2025/09/07/s...
Six Degrees of Separation from  Ghost Cities by Siang Lu to 4.50 from Paddington
It’s time again for Six Degrees of Separation, a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six …
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September 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Marg uses several clever methods of connection to build her #6Degrees post this month.

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Six Degrees: Ghost Stories to A Brief History of Montmaray www.theintrepidreader.com/2025/09/six-...
Six Degrees: Ghost Stories to A Brief History of Montmaray
Welcome to this month's edition of Six Degrees of Separation, which is a  monthly  meme hosted by Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best ...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Buckeye by Patrick Ryan: If you like Ann Patchett… alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/09/buck... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan: If you like Ann Patchett… - A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Emma focuses on Australian in her #6Degrees post this month.

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Six degrees of separation: Australian authors wordsandpeace.com/2025/09/06/s...
Six degrees of separation: Australian authors
#6Degrees Six degrees of separation:Australian authors This fun meme is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest(see there the origin of the meme and how it works- posted the first Saturday of …
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September 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Cathy writes, "My chain has taken me from abandoned cities to a place of refuge. Where did your chain take you?"

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#6Degrees of Separation – A book chain from Ghost Cities to Shelter whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/09/06/6...
#6Degrees of Separation – A book chain from Ghost Cities to Shelter
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best&nbs…
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September 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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From the starting point in China, Margaret's #6Degrees post takes us on a literary trip through Italy.

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Six Degrees of Separation: from Ghost Cities to My Father’s House margaret21.com/2025/09/06/s...
Six Degrees of Separation: from Ghost Cities to My Father’s House
On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ l…
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September 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Have you read any books that use these #LiteraryDevices ?

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7 Obscure Literary Devices www.mentalfloss.com/article/6033...?
7 Obscure Literary Devices
How many have you come across?
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September 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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All 6 of Helen's choices this month are new to me!

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Six Degrees of Separation: From Ghost Cities to Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand shereadsnovels.com/2025/09/06/s...
Six Degrees of Separation: From Ghost Cities to Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for another Six Degrees of Separation, hosted by Kate of Books are my Favourite and Best. The idea is that Kate chooses a book to use as a…
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September 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I always love the international flavor of Marina Sofia's #6Degrees posts. This month's list takes us to Japan, Britain, Ancient Greece/Troy, Romania and Czarist Russia.

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#SixDegrees of Separation: September ’25 findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/s...
#SixDegrees of Separation: September ’25
I may not quite be in my own flat yet, but at least I’m getting settled into my new hometown, so I’m always delighted to take part in the Six Degrees of Separation meme hosted by the lo…
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September 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM