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Dr Richard Hussey
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"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence"
Senior Data Scientist
Books, boardgames, RPGs, evolutionary computation, graph DB
Autistic; Gay

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Book 71 is "Lukenbooth" by Jenni Fagan.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #jennifagan #luckenbooth
The cover of the book. A seven storey tenament house stand alone in the middle; it has a large keyhole overlaid over the floors, and an eye peers through. Red leaves fall all around the cover, and there is an organic pattern behind the image.
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Book 70 of 2025 is "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers, first in the Wayfarers series.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #beckychambers #wayfarers #TheLongWaytoaSmallAngryPlanet
The cover of the book. The silhouette of a woman stands on a slight hilltop, with a vast starscape above and behind her filling the rest of the image.
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Book 69 is "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #EmilyBrontë #wutheringheights
The cover of the book. The roof of a house can just be seen peaking out of the rolling hills and moorland. A gaunt tree sticks up in front of it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Book 68 is "My Brother's Keeper" by Tim Powers.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #timpowers #mybrotherskeeper
The cover of the book. An animal skull with two sabre-like teeth is in the middle of the image, with four cameo-like images of people in the corners. There are bones and daggers in decoration, and curling stone-like leaves.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Book 67 is "An Instruction in Shadow" by Benedict Jacka, book 2 of the Inheritance of Magic series.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #benedictjacka #aninheritanceofmagic #aninstructioninshadow
The cover of the book. A five pointed star shape made of red raven's wings radiating out from a central point. Over the top is laid a golden downward facing pentagon and pentagram, as well as a five pointed star. There are lines and alchemical symbols decorating the shapes, and leaves in the background.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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3rd December. A bookmark that looks like a book spine titled "Folk & Faerie Tales: Volume IV".

#advent2025 #adventcalendar
As described in the post.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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2nd December. A deck of cards to help you choose what to read next from your To Read pile.

#advent2025 #adventcalendar
A deck of cards next to their box. The top card says "Read a book with gold on the cover". The box says "TBR prompts".
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Book 66 is "The Society of Unknowable Objects" by Gareth Brown.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #garethbrown #thesocietyofunknowableobjects
The cover of the book. A leather bag that clasps closed along the top is open and glowing golden from within. A number of objects are floating above it in a swirl of golden glitter including: a chess rock, a locket, an old fashioned hand mirror, and an hourglass.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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@Artemis201 Thanks. :⁠-⁠)
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Book 65 is "Fool Moon" by Jim Butcher, the second Dresden Files book.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #JimButcher #DresdenFiles #foolmoon
The cover of the book. A man in a fedora and long coat, holding wooden staff. A large full moon behind him and a blurred out city skyline.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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1st December. A wooden tag of a ribbon saying "Reader", to hang up.

#advent2025 #adventcalendar
The tag as described on top of a light blue bag, with a 1 in the corner.
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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NaNo Day 30: 64,062 (vs 50,000)

And that's a wrap (+4,969). Far ahead of where I expected to be at the start of the month.

Finished Part 2 of the novel as well, so only 30k left to finish the book. Maybe a slower pace for December though...

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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NaNo Day 29: 59,093 (vs 48,333)

Within touching distance of 60k, which I didn't think I'd actually say (+2,087). Tomorrow is obligation free, so we'll see how productive that ends up being for the final push.

This should also bring me to the end of Part 2 (of 3) as I've got a chapter and a […]
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November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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NaNo Day 28: 57,006 (vs 46,666)

Technically a short day because I was busy this evening but... (+1,698)

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November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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NaNo Day 27: 55,308 (vs 45,000)

Continuing on to see where I can get to by the end of the month. There's a slim chance of 60k...

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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NaNo Day 26: 52,200 (vs 43,333)

Ta da! NaNo completed on day 26 (+3,844).

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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NaNo Day 25: 48,356 (vs 41,666)

Another short day (+1,339), but still staying four days ahead. Should finish up tomorrow.

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Book 64 is "Ascension" by Nicholas Binge.

#currentlyreading #bookstodon #nicholasbinge #ascension
A large sheer rock of an island juts up out of the water with a light sky splattered with stars overheard. The title runs vertically down the middle of the image.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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NaNo Day 24: 47,017 (vs 40,000)

Bad news at work channeled into productive evening word count (+1,268) to stay 4 days ahead.

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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NaNo Day 23: 45,749 (vs 38,333)

Second best day this month (+4,015) which was also a Sunday. Shame last Sunday was so rudely interrupted by car troubles...

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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NaNo Day 22: 41,734 (vs 36,666)

Still managed to hit the daily par today (+1,713) even though I had less time than normal.

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM