#DecRecs
If you also want to take part in my annual reccing fest the "rules" are simple

Rec something things you want to rec in December and use #DecRecs

Things can be anything! You can rec as often as you want!
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
DecRecs is only an month away! This the first year since I started doing it that I have an account here so I'm planning to crosspost all my recs here
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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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.
The Christmas Book Hunt: A Short Story
The Christmas Book Hunt: A Short Story eBook : Colgan, Jenny: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 31, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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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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Madam, Will You Talk?
The original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart leads her readers on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence in this tale perfect for ...
www.hachette.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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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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Fox And I — Spiegel & Grau
www.spiegelandgrau.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM

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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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Small Gods - Sir Terry Pratchett
On the Discworld, religion is a controversial business.... Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
www.terrypratchettbooks.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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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?
A Bad Feline - ERYN SCOTT
Things just got purrsonal. February unleashes a whirlwind of surprises in the charming town of Button, Washington. While Lou preps the bookshop for another Valentine’s Day, Willow has her hands full w...
erynscott.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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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.
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The Books | Rosemary Kirstein
www.rosemarykirstein.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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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.
The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel - The History Press
Caroline Herschel was a prolific writer and recorder of her private and academic life, through diaries, autobiographies for family members, notebooks and observation notes. Yet for reasons unknown she...
thehistorypress.co.uk
December 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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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.
A Morbid Taste For Bones
In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the...
www.littlebrown.co.uk
December 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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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.
Life, Loss, and Puffins: A Novel
Buy Life, Loss, and Puffins: A Novel by Hyde, Catherine Ryan (ISBN: 9781662504433) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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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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The Daughter Of Time
'A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES 'As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays' OBSERVER ...
www.penguin.co.uk
December 22, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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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.
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Paws and Portals: A more cozy than grim eco-fantasy adventure by Ellie Warren
books2read.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:15 PM
#decrecs some high quality #cat subreddits to cleanse your mind 🐱

1. r/vampurr
https://www.reddit.com/r/vampurr/s/QZbWU3CqTC

2. r/blurrypicturesofcats
https://www.reddit.com/r/blurrypicturesofcats/s/LDOWQpU1VI

3. r/tuckedinkitties
https://www.reddit.com/r/tuckedinkitties/s/W3BkhVC583

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December 20, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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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.
The Worm Forgives the Plough
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANE During the Second World War, John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort. His account...
www.penguin.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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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.
One Midsummer's Day
It takes a whole universe to make one small black bird The bestselling author of Crow Country and writer of The Guardian's Country Diary tells the story of all life on Earth through a single day spen...
www.penguin.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Not sure it’s DecRecs worthy but gosh, emotionally at least, I recommend spending weeks reading in detail about one of your special interests, then staying up all night* writing horror fiction about it and having your friends respond to it. 🥹

Proper promo post coming! Sorry, I know I keep […]
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December 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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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.
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually bei...
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December 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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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.
Elliott & Thompson | Taking Flight
eandtbooks.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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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.
Tom's Midnight Garden 65th Anniversary Edition
When Tom is sent to his aunt and uncle’s house for the summer, he resigns himself to boredom. At night, he hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike eleven, twelve, thirteen… Thirt...
shop.scholastic.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 7:24 PM
#decrecs i stumbled across this really cool video of someone revisiting their fursonas over time (from age 13-24). i love seeing how people reimagine their old characters! the artist shares a little about what would have influenced each fursona and trends in the furry community. definitely […]
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December 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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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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Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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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.
The Stone Book Quartet (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
A classic work of rural magic realism from one of Britain’s greatest children’s novelists. Through four interconnected fables of a way of living in rural England that has now disappeared, Alan Garner ...
harpercollins.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
#decrecs - recipe edition

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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December 15, 2024 at 4:06 AM