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On the blog today - a look at October’s reading (hint - it was a lot…) plus I think about the many reading events of November!! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.word…😊📚/

October reading, plus another wonderful club week! 😊📚

October really was a bumper month for books, and despite real life being a bit frantic, I have read some amazing titles – probably because reading has always been my coping mechanism! Here’s …

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Winding Up the Week #396 bookjotter.com/2024/10/26/wi… via @GaiaBird1 #1952Club #AmReading #BookTwitter @Bookmunch @Bookaround @kaggsy59 @stuck_inabook @tony_malone

Winding Up the Week #396

This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the 1952 Club, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight f…

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The available brain time of young Europeans is not a currency for social media—and it never will be ⏳🧠 We have obtained the permanent withdrawal of #TikTokLite “rewards”program, which could have had very addictive consequences. The #DSA effect in full swing 🇪🇺
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With great audience comes greater responsibility #DSA As there is a risk of amplification of potentially harmful content in 🇪🇺 in connection with events with major audience around the world, I sent this letter to @elonmusk 📧⤵️
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Histoire de l’extrême droite, des ligues au Front national 4 émissions dans Le Cours de l'histoire sur @franceculture #radio #replay #podcast [PODCAST] #extrêmedroite Les ligues Pétain et Cie Fascismes européens Front national [THREAD⬇️] 1/16 radiofrance.fr/franceculture…
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« Ce qu’il y a de frappant dans l’ « accélération de l’histoire » que nous vivons, c’est que cette vitesse vertigineuse à laquelle le monde court vers l’avenir s’accompagne d’une absence de contrôle sur la direction de la marche », Romain Gary
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“Throw everything out of your mind. Read a little, sleep. The world will still be here when you wake up, and there'll still be everything left to do.”
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Best of 2023 for Vanity Fair and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, winner of the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction, and now the unanimous winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award. If you haven’t read Those We Thought We Knew, I hope you will.
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The #1937Club – some reading recommendations for next week jacquiwine.wordpress.com/202… via @JacquiWine
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Today on the blog I'm previewing some of the novels by Irish authors coming in 2024 that I'm most looking forward to! Featuring @CaoilinnHughes @NualaNiC @MumblinDeafRo @thereadparts @catriona_shine @sineadgleeson @SarahCrossan
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Elmet by Fiona Mozley bookaroundthecorner.com/2023… via @Bookaround
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The longest dinner party in literature... #proust #theguermantesway kaggsysbookishramblings.word… via @kaggsy59
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StuckinaBook's Weekend Miscellany stuckinabook.com/stuckinaboo… via @stuck_inabook
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C’est un chef d’œuvre, que dis-je ? C’est un monument de la littérature mondiale ! Alors oui, la lecture sera longue. Mais elle en vaut la peine. Page après page, vous découvrirez tout le génie de ce dandy maladif pour sublimer la mémoire et les sensations retrouvées !
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Ron’s new novel, The Caretaker, is about to release, and same as always goes with mine, if you’re looking for an indie bookstore to preorder a signed or personalized copy, give my friends at @citylightsnc a call. They’ll be happy to help you out and will ship most anyplace.
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Ranchers vs federal agents and environmentalists: books by Joe Wilkins and C.J. Box bookaroundthecorner.com/2023… via @Bookaround
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Ranchers vs federal agents and environmentalists: books by Joe Wilkins and C.J. Box bookaroundthecorner.com/2023… via @Bookaround
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The Sandhamn Murders series by Viveca Sten bookaroundthecorner.com/2023… via @Bookaround
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20 Books of Summer 2023 - It's a wrap bookaroundthecorner.com/2023… via @Bookaround
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - I got a bang out of it bookaroundthecorner.com/2023… via @Bookaround
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