Rec something things you want to rec in December and use #DecRecs
Things can be anything! You can rec as often as you want!
Rec something things you want to rec in December and use #DecRecs
Things can be anything! You can rec as often as you want!
December 31: The Christmas Book Hunt - Jenny Colgan
Mirren’s great-aunt Violet is ill. Her one Christmas wish is to be reunited with a long-lost book from childhood, a challenge Mirren gladly accepts. She follows leads up & down the country until it turns up where it's least expected.
December 31: The Christmas Book Hunt - Jenny Colgan
Mirren’s great-aunt Violet is ill. Her one Christmas wish is to be reunited with a long-lost book from childhood, a challenge Mirren gladly accepts. She follows leads up & down the country until it turns up where it's least expected.
December 30: Madam, Will You Talk? - Mary Stewart
It sounds idyllic: a leisurely drive through the sun-drenched landscape of Provence. But Charity's dream holiday turns into a nightmare when she becomes embroiled in a sinister plot to kidnap a young boy.
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December 29: Fox and I - Catherine Raven
An inspiring, moving, surprising, & often funny memoir about the transformative power of Raven's unusual friendship with a wild fox who began regularly turning up at her home at 4.15pm every day. A compelling and moving read.
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December 28: Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Pratchett's brilliant and hilarious exploration of religion via the misadventures of a god-turned-tortoise and his unwilling "Chosen One", Brutha, who has a rock hard faith in Om. Which might prove unfortunate for them both.
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December 27: A Bad Feline - Eryn Scott
Owner of Words & Whiskers Bookshop (which also features cats!), Lou, is called upon to help her best friend Willow & her partner Easton when their tenants report a dead body in the backyard. Can they figure out whodunnit before Valentine's Day?
December 27: A Bad Feline - Eryn Scott
Owner of Words & Whiskers Bookshop (which also features cats!), Lou, is called upon to help her best friend Willow & her partner Easton when their tenants report a dead body in the backyard. Can they figure out whodunnit before Valentine's Day?
December 26: The Steerswoman - @rosemarykirstein.bsky.social
Steerswomen collect (and share) knowledge about anything and everything. But one steerswoman's innocent questions lead her and others into danger and the sort of information that can turn the entire world upside down.
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December 26: The Steerswoman - @rosemarykirstein.bsky.social
Steerswomen collect (and share) knowledge about anything and everything. But one steerswoman's innocent questions lead her and others into danger and the sort of information that can turn the entire world upside down.
#BookSky 💙📚
December 25: The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel - Dr Emily Winterburn
Winterburn investigates Herschel's 'missing decade' when she destroyed all her notebooks & diaries for the period when she discovered 8 comets & become the first woman to have a paper read at the Royal Society.
December 25: The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel - Dr Emily Winterburn
Winterburn investigates Herschel's 'missing decade' when she destroyed all her notebooks & diaries for the period when she discovered 8 comets & become the first woman to have a paper read at the Royal Society.
December 24: A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
First of the Brother Cadfael mysteries in which a cloistered monk (and former Crusader) investigates the murder of the leading opponent to the removal of a Welsh saint's bones to Shrewsbury Abbey. Still a compelling read 40+ years later.
December 24: A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
First of the Brother Cadfael mysteries in which a cloistered monk (and former Crusader) investigates the murder of the leading opponent to the removal of a Welsh saint's bones to Shrewsbury Abbey. Still a compelling read 40+ years later.
December 23: Life, Loss, and Puffins - @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social
Ultra-smart 13 yo Ru Evans & 17yo outsider Gabriel form a sibling-like bond & embark on a road trip to see Atlantic Puffins in the wild. This tale about grief, hope, friendship, and seizing the day is utterly compelling.
December 23: Life, Loss, and Puffins - @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social
Ultra-smart 13 yo Ru Evans & 17yo outsider Gabriel form a sibling-like bond & embark on a road trip to see Atlantic Puffins in the wild. This tale about grief, hope, friendship, and seizing the day is utterly compelling.
December 22: The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey
Inspector Alan Grant of The Yard is flat on his back after being injured chasing a suspect and to cure the prickles of boredom besetting him he and young researcher investigate the murder of the Princes in the Tower.
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December 21: Paws and Portals - @patchworkbunny.bsky.social
A fun modern fantasy featuring humans using magic in place of electricity while the Ratatoskr shun technology in favour of what nature provides. A human & a Ratatoskr combine forces when magical anomalies increase & danger builds.
December 21: Paws and Portals - @patchworkbunny.bsky.social
A fun modern fantasy featuring humans using magic in place of electricity while the Ratatoskr shun technology in favour of what nature provides. A human & a Ratatoskr combine forces when magical anomalies increase & danger builds.
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December 20: The Worm Forgives the Plough - John Stewart Collis
During WW2 Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort. His account captures a city-dweller's naivety & wonder at the workings of nature & the toughness of farm life.
December 20: The Worm Forgives the Plough - John Stewart Collis
During WW2 Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort. His account captures a city-dweller's naivety & wonder at the workings of nature & the toughness of farm life.
December 19: One Midsummer's Day: Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth - Mark Cocker
Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents and their twelve-week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer.
December 19: One Midsummer's Day: Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth - Mark Cocker
Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents and their twelve-week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer.
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December 18: Bleak House - Charles Dickens
The interminable legal wrangling of Jarndyce & Jarndyce brings Richard Carstone & Ada Clare into the care of John Jarndyce. Ada's companion's Esther Summerson, but behind her orphan past lies a dark secret that leads to deceit, blackmail & murder.
December 18: Bleak House - Charles Dickens
The interminable legal wrangling of Jarndyce & Jarndyce brings Richard Carstone & Ada Clare into the care of John Jarndyce. Ada's companion's Esther Summerson, but behind her orphan past lies a dark secret that leads to deceit, blackmail & murder.
December 17: Taking Flight - @levparikian.bsky.social
Taking Flight is a mind-expanding feat of the imagination, a close encounter with flight in its myriad forms, urging us to look up and drink in the spectacle of these gravity-defying marvels that continue to shape life on Earth.
December 17: Taking Flight - @levparikian.bsky.social
Taking Flight is a mind-expanding feat of the imagination, a close encounter with flight in its myriad forms, urging us to look up and drink in the spectacle of these gravity-defying marvels that continue to shape life on Earth.
December 16: Tom's Midnight Garden - Philippa Pearce
One summer Tom stays with relatives, resigning himself to endless boredom. But one night he hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike 13. Investigating, he discovers a magical garden which only exists in this enchanted 13th hour.
December 16: Tom's Midnight Garden - Philippa Pearce
One summer Tom stays with relatives, resigning himself to endless boredom. But one night he hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike 13. Investigating, he discovers a magical garden which only exists in this enchanted 13th hour.
December 15: Operation: Secret Santa - MJ Duncan
When Holly Burke sees who she’s drawn for Secret Santa, she knows she has to do something to make it special. It's Christmas, after all, and if anyone deserves some extra Christmas cheer, it's Mo Davy.
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December 14: The Stone Book Quartet - Alan Garner
Four interconnected tales about life in rural England. Garner vividly brings to life a landscape situated on the outskirts of industrial Manchester where skilled artisans live & work hand in hand with the seasons, the elements, & the land.
December 14: The Stone Book Quartet - Alan Garner
Four interconnected tales about life in rural England. Garner vividly brings to life a landscape situated on the outskirts of industrial Manchester where skilled artisans live & work hand in hand with the seasons, the elements, & the land.
for several years of my childhood my family would make gorgonzola pasta if we were having a special winter holiday dinner. if it wasn't latkes or pot roast it was this pasta. simple and straightforward and very very tasty. it's a […]
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for several years of my childhood my family would make gorgonzola pasta if we were having a special winter holiday dinner. if it wasn't latkes or pot roast it was this pasta. simple and straightforward and very very tasty. it's a […]
[Original post on blorbo.social]