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Paula
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Mainly retired but you can find me from time to time working at the library. Best job ever. 💙📚

I love reading, walking travel and I spend a lot of time researching my family history.

You can read my family tree stories on https://shakingthebranches.com/
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A really interesting and entertaining read. Nothing about it made me want to take up cycling or visit America but I do admire his courage and determination.

A Ride Across America
Simon Parker

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August 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Just finished Home Before Dark by Eva Björg Ægisdottir. I just love Iceland and Icelandic crime fiction and Ægisdottir is one of the best. Available at your local library.
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August 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Probably not a word I’ve ever written but I seem to remember them labelled as syboes at the greengrocer. Bluesky doesn’t like that spelling!
August 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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What’s everyone reading right now? I’m enjoying this one which is a recent arrival at the library.

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Front cover of Speak To Me Of Home by Jeanine Cummins
August 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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New it at the library! I love to get a brand new book.
Have loved the Raven and Fisher series so far so looking forward to getting started. #BookSky 📚💙
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Front cover of Ambrose Parry novel Tbe Death of Shame in pristine plastic library book jacket
June 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Still have to find out more about this particular family but can see now why they were here. The iron works actively recruited workers from Lithuania.
www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/lithua...
Full text in link https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/lithuanians-in-lanarkshire/
June 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Then and now. Great day out this week visiting “the street” where my ancestors lived. Think we found the remains of a chimney. The houses were built 1830s and belonged to the Coltness Iron Works. #GenHour #FamilyHistory
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What a party at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall last night! Jesus ‘Aguaje’ Ramos & His Buena Vista Orchestra. Was so looking forward to this and it did not disappoint. Amazing! #MusicSky
Members of Buena Vista Orchestra on stage playing and singing.
May 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Just had a flashback. When my son was at primary school they weren’t allowed to wear outdoor shoes in class so we got him the black gutties and thought no more about it. One day we went to an event in school and these are what he was wearing! Mortified! He’d never thought to say anything.
Child’s black gym shoes in embarrassingly worn state including numerous holes.
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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This is a fascinating book. The story is so well researched and beautifully told. A recommended read #LibrarySky #BookSky
Cover of “Story Of A Murder” by Hallie Rubenhold. The cover features a picture of Belle Elmore, the victim of Dr Hawley Crippen.
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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What an epic story! Highly recommend you check this out at your local #library

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Cover of “All The Colours Of The Dark” by Chris Whitaker
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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@martindoyle.bsky.social Bought this book while visiting Ireland last week. The people and their stories will stay with me for a long time. If you want to understand the impact of The Troubles this is the place to start #BookSky
Cover of “Dirty Linen - The Troubles In My Home Place” by Martin Doyle
April 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Found this old photo and would love to know the story behind it. I believe it’s my grandfather on the left. He was born in 1899 and grew up in Lanarkshire,Scotland. There are no names or dates on the pic. Anyone have an idea of what’s going on here? #genealogy #FamilyHistory
January 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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My StoryGraph for 2024 showing a lot of Icelandic crime fiction. I’ve almost run out of authors! Also enjoying some Australian noir.
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December 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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No more work until the new year. Time for family and, of course, some #genealogy.
Word cloud in shape of Christmas tree made up of ancestor surnames
December 20, 2024 at 7:10 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.
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#BookChallenge

Day 20 CS Robertson - The Undiscovered Deaths Of Grace McGill
December 11, 2024 at 8:34 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.
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Day 19 Truman Capote - In Cold Blood
December 10, 2024 at 8:35 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.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 18 Nina Bawden - Carrie’s War
December 9, 2024 at 8:46 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.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 17 Jane Harper - The Dry
December 8, 2024 at 10:49 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.

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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 16 Sue Grafton - A Is For Alibi
December 7, 2024 at 9:05 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.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 15 Anna Funder - Stasiland
December 6, 2024 at 10:32 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.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 14 Thomas Harding - The House By The Lake
December 5, 2024 at 9:44 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.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 13 Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains Of The Day
December 4, 2024 at 8:48 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.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 12 Bill Bryson - Neither Here Nor There
December 3, 2024 at 8:51 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.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 11 Sue Black - All That Remains (realised I had day 5 twice)
December 2, 2024 at 8:51 AM