Al

The last of the snow should be gone today…

@williamboyd.bsky.social

I'm really enjoying 'Gabriels Moon', I think you must have had a lot of fun writing it (though I don't doubt it was hard work too 🙂)

Lovely morning in North Wales

World beating UK, energy prices nearly double anywhere else.

Also the UK, every energy firm making 4-10x profits.

I wonder if they are related?

Chilly in North Wales

You're gong to be busy 🫣

Mood

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Lazy 10 minutes

A wall of fiction in alphabetical order by author surname; six shelves on each of four bookcases can be seen, ranging from Nadine Gordimer through Cheikh Hamidou Kane.

A wall of fiction alphabetised by author surname, ranging from Susan Sontag through William Wharton.

A wall of non-fiction alphabetised by author surname ranging from Sigmund Freud through Frank Kermode.

A wall of non-fiction alphabetised by author surname ranging from Roberto Bolaño through Michel Foucault.

[A] library ought to be composed half of books we have read and that have really counted for us, and half of books we propose to read and presume will come to count—leaving a section of empty shelves for surprises and occasional discoveries.
▪️Italo Calvino, 1981

Sure is 👍

Love a wet dog 😳 🤦😁

Don’t give me any of your partisan football thoughts - these 400+ people slept outside at Goodison last night and raised over £100k for #Everton in the Community - they are all AMAZING!!!!

👍

A BOOK IS NOT O̲L̲D̲ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT!

Rent-More Book Jacket Co. speaks to my soul.

That is quiet a library 😎
I will check him out 👍

Embarrassed to say I don't know that author 😳

Genuinely just had an email from my couriers saying they've added an extra collection day, so parcels can arrive up to 3 says earlier than before.

Be a shame if somebody in the EU tested that out by buying something 👀

So...5 recommendations for mil history books which aren't in the classification described?

Lake of Darkness - Adam Roberts

I'm hooked 😎
💙📚 #scifi

Happy lad

Reading this
📚💙 #scifi #adamroberts

This is due re-read

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Thanks that looks like a good place to start 👍

Before I Google some suggestions I wonder if anyone has a particular recommendation? #Books

Ash Before Oak - Jeremy Cooper

Hey BlueSky what are your recommendations for books about Shackleton? 📚💙

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.

#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #20BookChallenge

The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books #BookChallenge

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,182,932, Al ‪@aldeva.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 17, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,182,932!