In the eyes: Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin In the ears: finishing House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds today then I have 20 Years Later by Charlie Donlea lined up.
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In the eyes: Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin In the ears: finishing House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds today then I have 20 Years Later by Charlie Donlea lined up.
Birthday hugs to you!
Uh huh. Of course it is.
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin In the ears: Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Murder essays!??? Murder essays!?!?! *Grabs the evidence file*
The chronicles of st mary's by Jodi Taylor are my favourites. opposite end of the spectrum from most / all of the other replies but sometimes you need a fun, non-technical, adventure story. Also the audio narrator (Sara Ramm) is perfection.
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner In the ears: Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls
I worked with a guy who programmed another guys computer to say "po-tay-toe" at max volume every time he got an email. It was properly hilarious.
Possibly, just not mine 😉
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner In the ears: Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (still got House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds on the go but need all my brain cells engaged for that one)
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Found the most lovely path through a birch forest. Magical.
Went for a stroll and came across this fella, we were maybe 3 feet away and he didn't bat an eyelid.
If you like a lighter zero brain cells required read in between meatier books, yes. Otherwise, no.
Yes, I know but trust me it resonates more with Fractured Europe than Groundhog Day.
Fans of Fractured Europe series by @hutchinsondave.bsky.social you need to check out On The Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle. They are totally different but also not. Similar vibes or echoes or something, anyway this also goes vise versa so just read them all and be happy.
Yeah, hopefully get some good photos.
Going camping later this week and as I don't take library books camping it means I have to make decisions. It's a bucket list trip - I'm finally going to drive the Bealach na Bà !!!!
This weekend has been a massive dopamine hug and I don't know that I've ever been this content. In part due to kayaking yesterday afternoon on a local loch, just me, my dog, and my friend.
As if, at this stage of my career, I would need to measure. I mean, if that was indeed my career. Which it is not.
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: On the Calculation of Volume 1 by Solvej Balle In the ears: House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: Never Flinch by Stephen King In the ears: Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: You All Die Tonight by Simon Kernick In the ears: Long Island by Colm Tóibín
A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde is fan-bloody-tastic and you need to get on this.
Starting a new book. It's "You All Die Tonight" by Simon Kernick. Let's not tell @runalongwomble.bsky.social, they'll only start jumping around, waving their arms and shouting about it being evidence or something. 🤫😆
You're much more likely to become destitute or a displaced refugee than you are a millionaire, so stop dreaming about your personal gain and start acting in the interests of a fair and equal society, devoid of kings and tyrants.
I love Gresham College, their YouTube channel is excellent if you like learning stuff for free.
Depends on the type of holiday. Minimum is 3 audio and 3 ebook / print.
Your crimes cover the globe!
OR It's your insomnia knowing I'm getting closer to catching you and exposing your crimes!
I miss pet battles....
If you see this post a castle Dunrobin, Scotland
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde (I am LOVING this book) In the ears: Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough
Non fiction pick for August is... The Siege by Ben MacIntyre
The first book in my Scarlet Revolution trilogy, SCARLET, is currently just 99p on Amazon. Revolutionary France, vampires, the Scarlet Pimpernel, guillotines, and one poor maid just trying to keep her head down - and on their shoulders… www.amazon.co.uk/Scarlet-Gene...
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde In the ears: The Tensorate Series by Neon Yang
"Assassin" comes from Arabic "hashishi," referring to a secret sect that supposedly consumed hashish before carrying out murders. #etymology
See, I don't commit crimes so wouldn't have thought of that. Interesting that you did.....
Put up my spray painting thing and it looks like a mini CSI tent 😂
That sounds like far too much work.
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde In the ears: The Generation by Holly Cave
Does anyone else remember the 80's computer game called "Rockstar Ate My Hamster"? I played it on amstrad 464, I assume it was also out for spectrum and C64
I finished Bridge 108 by @annecharnock.bsky.social last night and it's a full 5 star banger. Every character is just....
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: Human Remains by Jo Callaghan In the ears: Black Chamber by S.M. Stirling
Surely that depends how you define "little"......
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent In the ears: Black Chamber by S.M. Stirling
Well, cheese does make everything better.
I don't mind crushed but the min you add milk and make a sloppy mess I'm out 😆
Steak. I hated the texture of it. Once I tried it cooked *properly* and learned to cook it myself, I love it. Mashed potatoes have always and will always give me the boak 🤢
They've gone to earth.
Just realised that my second novel THE CATHEDRAL OF KNOWN THINGS is over 10 years old now. It’s part of THE RELIC GUILD TRILOGY and is well worth visiting if you haven’t already. Check it! www.edwardcox.net/relic-guild-...
Library pick up day, 3 new additions to the stack...
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: The Gathering by C J Tudor with Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent lined up. In the ears: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
I'm about 40% in and enjoying it so far 😀
Oh my sweet summer child, you really have no idea. *Smirks*
Who said anything about a hotel? *Laughs*
To attempt infiltration even though that always fails?
Your secret group of assassins who weren't invited?
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: The Gathering by C. J. Tudor In the ears: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
My mum went out with her friends, I developed the worst ear infection of my life and the poor baby sitter missed all of the concert.
Top ten writers by whom I've read more than five books 1. Ursula K. Le Guin 2. Guy Gavriel Kay 3. Iain M. Banks 4. Octavia Butler 5. Steven Erikson 6. William Shakespeare lolololol 7. Stephen Brust 8. George R.R. Martin 9. Janny Wurts 10. Robert Jordan
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books 1. Stephen King 2. Michael Wood 3. Jodi Taylor 4. Anna Stephens 5. Sebastian de Castell 6. Ben Aaronovitch 7. Marie Brennan 8. Martha Wells 9. Tim Sullivan 10. Adrian Tchaikovsky
There was a small indy bookshop near where I was camping so by law I had to purchase 2* books. Exhalation by Ted Chiang Loch of the Dead by Oscar De Muriel * You must never buy just 1 book because it will get lonely on the trip home.
A cool breeze! Oh the immediate joy!
Camping trip!
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood In the ears: Parade by Rachel Cusk
Took the dog to a man trailing thing today and it was excellent. If you have a dog, look to see if there are sessions nearby, all the dogs loved it.
As if I would leave bodies just lying about like that! I mean, IF I was an assassin (I'm not) that's not something I would do.
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: The Crow Folk by Mark Stay In the ears: Parade by Rachel Cusk
One of the joys of Libby and BorrowBox for audiobooks is no decisions needed, just listen to the one that's due back soonest. Next up for me is Parade by Rachel Cusk
Next up in fiction is The Crow Folk by Mark Stay. It was rec'd ages and ages ago by @fantasybooknerd.bsky.social
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Non fiction pick for July East West Street: on the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity by Philippe Sands
It's Monday again and today I'm reading Cursed in the Lost City by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR alt text in images please
Happy Monday BBB 😀 In the eyes: The Mind of a Murderer by Michael Wood In the ears: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr or marvel
OR I'm reading about YOU.....
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: The Mind of a Murderer by Michael Wood In the ears: Mordew by Alex Pheby
I miss being able to breathe
Hay fever this year has been brutal.
Finished my audiobook, next up is one of these three.... Mordew by Alex Pheby. Small Things like These by Claire Keegan. The next Shardlake, I think it's Heartstone Decisions, decisions.....
Wow. The president of the United States just bombed the Middle East because they are building weapons of mass destruction - and the UK is supporting this. I had heard trends from your teenage years will come around again when you’re old, but this isn’t what I thought they meant.
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: King of Ashes by Raymond E Feist In the ears: Below Ground by Michael Wood (Isn't private rites written by Julia Armfield?)
Riiiiight. Of course that's why...
Reading about assassins...... interesting.
Book lovers... The elements series by John Boyne, Water, Earth, Fire, Air. best thing I've read in a long time.
Library pick up day!!
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist In the ears: The Last Mortal Bond By Brian Staveley
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: Black Hearts by Doug Johnstone In the ears: The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare
Lucky I'm a patient person 😀
Audio delayed?
Happy Monday BBB 😄 In the eyes: Black Dragon Rice by Dominic Ziegler / Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin In the ears: Blood Over Bright Haven by M L Wang Lots of driving this week so my reading will mainly be audio.
Rubin Eynon's Gallos at Tintagel is like a crystallisation of myth, standing on land drenched in Arthurian legend. This ideal of kingship - the king as servant & protector of both people & Land - is a major theme in Song of the Huntress. Ebook is just 99p in June! www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Huntres...
Morning ToberMoriarty 😆 In the eyes: Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin (I feel like I've known Rebus my whole life without actually having read any) In the ears: Blood Over Bright Haven by M L Wang
No, at the weekend the rules are different. You only need to have been awake for 35 mins to be allowed a nap 😎
*waves* solid 4*, I've ordered book 2. I say yes, give it a go.
Listen to Stephen talk about one of my favourite series OF ALL TIME.
Went camping last week, tied the dog outside the bathrooms for 2 mins, came out, a queue of people had formed to pet him. Went a walk today, 3 times people stopped me to pet him. He LOVES it. How did I, the most socially awkward person, end up with this creature??? 😆