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  1. So I have finished my 41st book of the year and have to pick what to read next: for me, this really is a no brainier! I have read and reread this book, although not necessarily this particular edition, at least once every year since the early to mid-1980s! The five books that make up The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (I know, I know) make up my absolute favourite book of all time!

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #H2G2 #DouglasAdams #42 #TowelDay

  2. So I have finished my 41st book of the year and have to pick what to read next: for me, this really is a no brainier! I have read and reread this book, although not necessarily this particular edition, at least once every year since the early to mid-1980s! The five books that make up The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (I know, I know) make up my absolute favourite book of all time!

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #H2G2 #DouglasAdams #42 #TowelDay

  3. So I have finished my 41st book of the year and have to pick what to read next: for me, this really is a no brainier! I have read and reread this book, although not necessarily this particular edition, at least once every year since the early to mid-1980s! The five books that make up The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (I know, I know) make up my absolute favourite book of all time!

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #H2G2 #DouglasAdams #42 #TowelDay

  4. Happy Wednesday I hope you are all well and the weather is being kind to you

    1. Got up early and went for a walk this morning and to mitigate the single digit temps (6°C) I wore fingerless gloves before the sun warmed me up

    2. Did a nice variety of quizzing before breakfast (Sporcle, Redactle and Geoguesser)

    3. Enjoying the sun warming our living room while reading and listening to 80s tunes (reading Ancestors by Prof Alice Roberts)

    #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #CurrentlyReading

  5. @RunalongWomble happy Sunday, I'm good thanks I hope you are well too. I'm currently re-reading Ancestors by Professor Alice Roberts which explores 7 burials from British Prehistory and explains how they expand our knowledge of early humans in the British Isles and how using the study of their genomes alongside the archeology is enhancing our knowledge

    #currentlyReading #bookstodon

  6. I have just realised that I finished book number 33 on the train from Norwich, but didn’t make a post here to show what my next book of the year would be, this was due to an overhead power line failure in the Colchester area

    #Goodreads #Readingchallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #AlreadyFinished #AMessageFromUkraine #VolodymyrZelensky

  7. I have just realised that I finished book number 33 on the train from Norwich, but didn’t make a post here to show what my next book of the year would be, this was due to an overhead power line failure in the Colchester area

    #Goodreads #Readingchallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #AlreadyFinished #AMessageFromUkraine #VolodymyrZelensky

  8. I have just realised that I finished book number 33 on the train from Norwich, but didn’t make a post here to show what my next book of the year would be, this was due to an overhead power line failure in the Colchester area

    #Goodreads #Readingchallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #AlreadyFinished #AMessageFromUkraine #VolodymyrZelensky

  9. #CurrentlyReading I have a mountain of #books in the house still to read but can't resist loaning more from the public library if they catch my attention.

  10. This week on #CurrentlyReading with Book Notification...

    📖 The Dinner Party - #FreidaMcFadden
    🎧 Running the Dream — #MattFitzgerald

    What are you reading right now? Drop it in the replies #bookstodon 👇

  11. Campfires, Courage, & Convicts

    (A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 27) SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDEUSA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.It is fall in Normal, KY, and the town is celebrating the season with a Bourbon Festival.Mae West is trying to enjoy the festival and a night out with Hank. While trying to dodge the one question every […]

    reluctantretireebookreviews.co

  12. I bought two different books on writing poetry, with prompts to get you started.

    Unfortunately, one of the books while encouraging you to "write deeply" the author also at many times criticises all the ways you can fall into "trite" and/or "workshop standard" poetry and how absolutely awful it is - as a way to try to convince you why it needs to be deep. Almost setting up rules to follow and expectations for qualities, or you'll inevitably be an unworthy poet (my interpretation of the introduction.) What a way to discourage people from even trying.

    Write that trite poem and play around with it, go to that poetry or writing workshop, enjoy the community. Express yourself.

    And yeah unfortunately that book is going to go straight into the next donation pile. I'll see what the other one brings for ideas.

    #writing #poetry #opinions #currentlyReading

  13. This week on #CurrentlyReading with Book Notification...

    📖 Yesteryear — #CaroClaireBurke
    🎧 The Fury — #AlexMichaelides with INCREDIBLE narration by #AlexJennings

    What are you reading right now? Drop it in the replies #bookstodon 👇

  14. @RunalongWomble hello, happy Sunday, I'm good thanks I hope you are well too. I'm currently rereading How to be a bad birdwatcher by Simon Barnes as I wanted a small easy read after finishing The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner yesterday

    #books #bookstodon #CurrentlyReading

  15. Saturday is turning into a lovely chill day. I'm sitting in our living room that has been warmed up nicely by the occasional sunshine; snooker is on the telly and I'm reading my book (The Ring of the Nibelung) with the occasional tea and snack break

    #Snooker #books #bookstodon #CurrentlyReading #Chill

  16. @dresden

    #currentlyReading #books #Dickens

    Trudging through The Pickwick Papers and recognizing the travelogue of story form from Terry Pratchett to Don Quixote. Plots? Who needs a long plot when you can have lots of little ones?

    In the audiobook, cracking up at the number of words containing "v" when Sam Wellington or his father expound on anything.

  17. Em semana de regresso ao trabalho, após uma leitura que será, muito provavelmente, das melhores do ano, e enquanto tento ganhar coragem para me dedicar ao Épico de Gilgamesh, o melhor é dedicar-me aos chamados cozy mysteries.

    Este tem um cão e uma diretora de museu, diria que é a minha cara. :blobcheerful:

    #aler #livros #currentlyreading #books #SallyBayless #bookstodon

  18. A ler isto e a pensar que, apesar da belíssima escrita, vou sair desta leitura com o coração apertadinho.

    #aler #livros #currentlyreading #books #ElifShafak #bookstodon

  19. After finishing book number 27 for the year, and continuing my commitment to reread all of the James Bond novels, this becomes my next challenge.

    By definition, if you have a favourite book in a series, then you also have to have a least favourite book. This is quite possibly the title holder of my least favourite Bond novel, and the sooner I get it out of the way, the sooner I can get started on some of Gardner’s better contributions to the series.

    #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JamesBond #JohnGardner #Icebreaker #JamesBond007

  20. After finishing book number 27 for the year, and continuing my commitment to reread all of the James Bond novels, this becomes my next challenge.

    By definition, if you have a favourite book in a series, then you also have to have a least favourite book. This is quite possibly the title holder of my least favourite Bond novel, and the sooner I get it out of the way, the sooner I can get started on some of Gardner’s better contributions to the series.

    #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JamesBond #JohnGardner #Icebreaker #JamesBond007

  21. After finishing book number 27 for the year, and continuing my commitment to reread all of the James Bond novels, this becomes my next challenge.

    By definition, if you have a favourite book in a series, then you also have to have a least favourite book. This is quite possibly the title holder of my least favourite Bond novel, and the sooner I get it out of the way, the sooner I can get started on some of Gardner’s better contributions to the series.

    #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JamesBond #JohnGardner #Icebreaker #JamesBond007

  22. "In no living thing are the lines of beauty more exquisitely defined than in the crescentic borders of these flukes. At its utmost expansion in the full grown whale, the tail will considerably exceed twenty feet across." this guy likes whales #MobyDick #Literature #CurrentlyReading

  23. Fake Book Club Podcast @fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com@fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com ·

    Season 3 Episode 2: Our Literary Unpopular Opinions

    Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast, Season three, episode two! We’re sharing our unpopular literary opinions about books, reading, and romance. Will you agree or disagree? Do we end this episode with our friendship intact? Listen and find out…

    Listen Below!

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x1PNDmSQZApeI1zOe5oII?si=kT6Rwmp5Q6G8urOV6iAHGg

    Listen on YouTube:

    https://youtu.be/0U_TdlAMyMQ

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    Things Discussed In This Episode

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    Books Mentioned

    Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

    Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

    Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu 

    The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera 

    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Soften The Blow by Bread Tarleton

    Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

    #BigBooks #BookAdaptations #BookEditions #BookLovers #BookPetPeeves #Bookmarks #Books #BooksToMovies #Bookworms #Conversation #ConversationalPodcast #CurrentlyReading #DogEarring #FakeBookClub #FantasySeries #JaneAusten #LeoTolstoy #LiteraryOpinions #Movies #music #NewEpisode #Opinions #Pandora #PetPeeves #Podcast #Romance #RomanceReaders #Season3 #ShortReads #SpecialEditions #Spotify #technology #TuneIn #UnpopularOpinions #YouTube
  24. After finishing my 23rd book of the year, my quest to reread all of the James Bond novels - and buy the new editions to replace my tatty old secondhand copies - continues with John Gardner’s second contribution to the series.

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JohnGardner #JamesBond #JamesBond007 #ForSpecialServices #BondJamesBond

  25. After finishing my 23rd book of the year, my quest to reread all of the James Bond novels - and buy the new editions to replace my tatty old secondhand copies - continues with John Gardner’s second contribution to the series.

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JohnGardner #JamesBond #JamesBond007 #ForSpecialServices #BondJamesBond

  26. After finishing my 23rd book of the year, my quest to reread all of the James Bond novels - and buy the new editions to replace my tatty old secondhand copies - continues with John Gardner’s second contribution to the series.

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JohnGardner #JamesBond #JamesBond007 #ForSpecialServices #BondJamesBond

  27. #CurrentlyReading “Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization” by Robert Wolfe. Page 63 quote: “All things come and go in the Self; therefore all but the Self is not genuine or truly existent. When the truth is clearly perceived, the ‘I-thought’ (the idea of self existence—for anything other than the Essence) falls away.…Anything which can be named is merely an alias for one thing: that Essence.”
    #SelfRealization #Reality #Spirituality #SBNR #SpiritualButNotReligious #Ramana #Brahman #God #Essence #Substance #Existence #Books #AmReading

  28. So I am now sixteen books into the year and my next read will be a new edition of a book I already own. I have read all of the James Bond novels, but all of my continuation novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson are tatty, second hand copies, so I’m buying them new.

    #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Booklovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JamesBond #JamesBond007 #JohnGardner #LicenceRenewed