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Vicki
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Eclectic mix of books, games, football and UK politics 😊
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Time for a bit of reality - a thread.

Sales in the shop are doing well, but we're reliant on sales on the website to help pay the bills.

The website is reliant on social media, particularly twitter.

Since September, we've seen a big decline in people seeing our tweets.
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.

I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.

One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!

UK only.
4 shelves of books: Shelf 1: A Curtain Twitcher's Book of Murder; Sandwich; The Other Valley; Orbital; Sometimes People Die; The List of Suspicious Things Shelf 2: Ink Ribbon Red; Falling Animals; All the Colours of the Dark; Freakslaw; Leading Man; William Shelf 3: Anyone's Ghost; Bored Gay Werewolf; The Betrayal of Thomas True; Guilty By Definition; The Pairing; The Actor Shelf 4: The Last Murder at the End of the World; The Examiner; The Husbands; Helle & Death; Death on the Lusitania; The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers
December 24, 2024 at 8:57 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 20:
Cover of ‘A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Facism’ by Julia Boyd & Angelika Patel
December 4, 2024 at 1:57 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 19:
Cover of ‘Away with the Penguins’ by Hazel Prior
December 3, 2024 at 1:47 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 18:
Cover of ‘The Alice Network’ by Kate Quinn
December 2, 2024 at 11:04 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 17:
Cover of ‘Red Notice’ by Bill Browder
December 1, 2024 at 1:25 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 16:
Cover of ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens
November 30, 2024 at 11:05 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 15:
Cover of ‘The Four Winds’ by Kristin Hannah
November 29, 2024 at 11:42 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 14:
Cover of ‘Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone’ by JK Rowling
November 28, 2024 at 3:57 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 13:
Cover of ‘Of Mice & Men’ by John Steinbeck
November 27, 2024 at 5:49 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 12:
Cover of ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett
November 26, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Books.

When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.

Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
November 26, 2024 at 11:07 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 11:
Cover of ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ by Amor Towles
November 25, 2024 at 2:14 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 10:
Cover of ‘The Library’ by Bella Osbourne
November 23, 2024 at 5:51 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 9:
Cover of ‘Ten Thousand Sorrows’ by Elizabeth Kim
November 22, 2024 at 10:37 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 8:
Cover of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
November 21, 2024 at 10:44 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 7:
Cover of ‘1984’ by George Orwell
November 20, 2024 at 8:29 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 6:
Cover of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 5:
Cover for ‘The Chimp Paradox’ by Dr Steve Peters
November 18, 2024 at 9:32 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 4:
Cover for ‘The Island’ by Victoria Hislop
November 17, 2024 at 2:20 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 3:
Cover for ‘The People on Platform 5’ by Clare Pooley
November 16, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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“Work is the curse of the drinking classes”

Oscar Wilde, I completely agree with you
November 15, 2024 at 3:47 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.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 2:
November 15, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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I’m seeing a lot about Stardew Valley on here, is it worth taking the plunge?
November 15, 2024 at 10:16 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
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 1:
November 14, 2024 at 11:44 PM