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WhyAlice24
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Just a left leaning girl who likes ,theatre, books, cats and justice for all
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What are you reading this weekend? Here is my current book. The 2nd in Marc Almonds biographies discovers his youth in various cities. #Booksky #booksattheweekend
Cover of book showing author's name marc almond in red. The title in search of the pleasure palace in white. A photo of Marc Almond dressed as an undertaker eith a black top hat and duot. Vague skull like figures in the background and a bottle of alcohol in front of him
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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What's your read this weekend? Started on this as was drawn to it after finding it mentioned in another book. Dark, compelling, almost evil. The uncertainty of the character Emerence draws you in. Would make a great horror film if there isn't one already #Booksky
The cover of the book The Door by Magda Szabo showing a dark, elaborately carved door
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Merging #Booksky with #Caturday here is my current read, along with one of my cats. What are you reading this weekend? #books #cats
Holding a copy of Death In Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh which has a black cover with white/silver tree trunks. In the background a tortoiseshell cat looks on bemused
October 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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It's #BookshopDay today. If you have an independent bookshop near you go and visit and buy a book. So many great ones out there. Don't forget the great ones online as well #booksky
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Today is National Do Something Nice Day, National Be Nice Day, National Get Funky Day and Global James Bond Day. So do something nice and be nice today. Get funky and reminisce about your favourite James Bond.

Big hugs to anyone that needs one #nationalbeniceday
October 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Anyone fancy helping to make a Guiness World Record for the longest pub quiz? Started 10am this morning at The Railway pub, Streatham, Greyhound Lane. Going on until 10pm tomorrow. Early morning and insomniacs welcome to come join in #Streatham #London #pubquiz
#Guinnessworldrecords
September 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Saturday is #Caturday and here is Kitcat blissfully watching the Last Night of the Proms #catsofbluesky
Ginger and white cat lying on sofa curled up with his head on his paws
September 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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What are you reading this weekend? I am reading Blue Self Portrait by Noémi Lefebvre. A strange tale of a woman's musings about her obsession with Schoenberg, and also her romantic dalliance with a composer #Booksky #strangebooks
Black cover of book with title Blue Self-Portrait in white and name of author Noémi Lefebvre in blue. Also has translated by Sophie Leiws in Blue below title Self Portrait of the composer Schoenberg. Face of a man who is balding,distinctive features, all in blue, on an orange background. Paiting is entitled Blue Self-Portrait
September 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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This offer from @whyalice24.bsky.social is still unclaimed!

#buyastrangerabook
September 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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biggreenbooks.bsky.social
It's #buyastrangerabook day!

And here's a lovely offer from @humanaqvi.bsky.social who'll buy someone the book of their choice up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!

UK only.
humanaqvi.bsky.social Huma Naqvi @humanaqvi.bsky.social · Sep 10
👋🏾 @biggreenbooks.bsky.social 😊 £20 please to #buyastrangerabook 💜
biggreenbooks.bsky.social Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10
IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

The grooviest of all the days.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

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September 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about.

@61jab.bsky.social is offering to buy a book for a child, up to £10!

So if there's something you have in mind (anything at all, not just what's on my website), get in touch!

UK only
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Another #buyastrangerabook day offer!

@whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a book by either Sam Selvon or James Baldwin.

Here's a selection, so if there's one you'd like , just get in touch!

UK only.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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It's that wonderful day again with the kindness of strangers. #buyastrangerabook
September 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Today is National Read A Book Day. What book are you reading? I am reading the Housing Lark by Sam Selvon. Extremely funny, about West Indian migrants in Brixton clubbing together to buy a house...or not #Booksky #classicbooks
A bland white photo of a barbershop in Sourh London. A Trinidadian is sitting in the barber's chair with a towel round his front. 2 men sitting in background, one reading a newspaper, one lighting a cigarette. A barber has his back to us to the forefront
September 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Today is Ginger Cat Appreciation Day. Here's my Kitcat who is the first tomcat I have owned, and is slightly bonkers #CatsofBluesky #gingercatappreciationday #cats
A ginger cat in a zipped black bag A ginger cat in a green plastic bag A ginger cat in a big blue plastic shopping bag A ginger cat sitting on a sofa with his tail curled round his front paws
September 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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So it seems cat posts are more popular than book posts! So I am now onto my next book 'Too Loud A Solitude' which is about trashing and pulping books but I have added some art and cat photos for your enjoyment #Booksky ##catsofbluesky #art
Cover of book Too Loud A Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal. Black and white photo of an arched covering with glimpses of a street scene, vans and cars through the arched openings A painting on an orange background of a girl with large yellow round sunglasses, and orange hair with a straight mouth. She is wearing a dark orange jumper. She is cartoonist. Above her head is the expression Can't Stop Thinking About It Two cats on a black sofa with red cushions. One tortoiseshell, one ginger and white. The ginger cat is lying on the tortoiseshell side, cuddled up to her A clear vase of yellow sunflowers
August 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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What are people reading this weekend. I am reading McGlue by Otessa Moshfegh. A seafaring drunken journey through the mind of a 19th century sailor who may have killed his best friend. Compulsive reading although disturbing #Booksky #alternativebooks
The book cover of McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh. A man's tattooed arm showing a tattoo of an anchor and the name MCGLUE under it
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Saturday is #Caturday
Both mine relaxing 🙂
Two cats on a sofa one on the left is a tortoiseshell with her paw outstretched, the one on the right is a ginger/ white with his paws tucked u der him. Both looking at the camera A ginger and white cat with his right paw poking out from under him A head shot of a tortoiseshell cat with her left paw stretched out
August 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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New 6 part BBC TV series of Leonard and Hungry Paul coming to our screens soon...The 2nd BBC adaptation of a book published by Bluemoose Books in two years...something of a record for a small indie based in the north of England?
August 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Percival Everett has been brought to people's attention by his recent book James. I really urge people to read his back catalogue. Currently reading his first novel Suder. Hard hitting, direct, frank and open reference to everyday racism. In short, brilliant #Booksky
Cover of Percival Everett's book Suder. Arches of purple red and orange with the silhouette of a man in one, a birds wing in another, a window with a grate across it and a yellow baseball on a red background in the centre
August 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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biggreenbooks.bsky.social
This #buyastrangerabook offer from @whyalice24.bsky.social is still up for grabs.
August 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about.

@sophiaburnett.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? : A Comedian's Guide to Autism by Pierre Novellie.

If you'd like a copy, just get in touch!

UK only
Front cover of book. The blurb to the book. *Nominated for Best Book at the 2025 Chortle Awards* 'Outstanding, I want to press it into the hands of every newly diagnosed person' Fern Brady 'Like a Martian's guide to living on Earth. Funny, enlightening and gobsmacking' Frank Skinner 'A hilarious, crystal-clear guide to autism' Phil Wang 'An illuminating and joyously entertaining book' Daily Express Why were the other kids at school obsessed with Britney Spears instead of The Goon Show?Why don't people ever say what they mean? And... Why is everyone chewing so loudly? Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to be absolutely right. This random encounter led to a diagnosis of autism at the age of 31 that unravelled his world, explained his struggles and answered questions that had bothered him for his entire life. At once a hilarious and insightful journey through autism and neurodivergence, an entertaining explainer for the uninitiated and observational comedy for the neurodiverse, this is the perfect read for anyone who has ever asked themselves: why can't I just enjoy things?
August 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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biggreenbooks.bsky.social
Another #buyastrangerabook day (Sunday version) offer to tell you about.

@humanaqvi.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £15!

Any book at all, not just what's on my website.

So, if you have a book in mind, get in touch.

UK only
humanaqvi.bsky.social Huma Naqvi @humanaqvi.bsky.social · Aug 10
£15 please @biggreenbooks.bsky.social to #buyastrangerabook 💜😊
biggreenbooks.bsky.social Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Aug 10
IT'S SUNDAY

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

What??

Yep (see attached post)

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

UK only.
August 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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More #buyastrangerabook (Sunday Special) magic!

@sarahalba.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £15!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch.

UK only.
sarahalba.bsky.social Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · Aug 10
I can buy a stranger a book up to £15 @biggreenbooks.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Here are TWO #buyastrangerabook day offers!

@whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy TWO people a copy of either When The Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi, or So Much Blue by Percival Everett.

Blurb in pic.

If you'd like either of these, get in touch!

UK only.
The front covers "When the Museum is Closed" & "So Much Blue" Also the blurb about each of the books. Blurb for “When the Museum is Closed” Rika Horauchi’s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus – in Latin – every Monday, when the museum is closed. Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do? When the Museum is Closed is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. This fresh and original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today. Translated by Yuki Tejima Blurb for “So Much Blue” A gorgeous novel about art, memory and self-deception from the author of Erasure, now an Oscar-nominated film. Kevin Pace is working on a painting that he won't allow anyone to see: not his children; not his best friend, Richard; not even his wife, Linda. The painting is a canvas of twelve feet by twenty-one feet and three inches, covered entirely in shades of blue. It may be his masterpiece or it may not; he doesn't know, nor does he particularly care. What Kevin does care about are the events of the past: the affair he had with a young artist in Paris ten years ago and, further back, his journey to an El Salvador on the brink of war to retrieve Richard’s drug-dealing brother. So Much Blue is a brilliant examination of how the past collides with present, and the secrets we keep from even ourselves.
August 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM