Louise Penny Agatha Christie Tess Gerritsen Kathy Reichs Marion Todd

If you want to start an excellent crime series, here is book one for only 99p!

Women, if you ever needed an excuse to carb up, do it in the name of self preservation… (and holy red flag 🚩 Batman)

Well damn 😢. Farewell McSteamy ❤️

Oh, the grand old duke of york He ██████████████████ He ██████████████████ And he ██████████████████

Well hot damn…

Midweek day off to see Miss Saigon in Plymouth, found 4 new books in the charity shops ❤️

Guess what's available to request @netgalley.bsky.social UK?

Unmute, but I still maintain the Benny Hill Theme would be perfect for this.

you also need to unmute this for the perfect song / visual combo

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “What are you here for?”

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

ah the regular reminder that my work password is going to expire and I really wish my employer would read the NCSC guidance on passwords www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/p...

@matterdays.bsky.social @handymaam.bsky.social

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

Ooh a good morning for @netgalley.bsky.social approvals I see!

One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com

✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️

Here are my top 10 dogs and their grandparents!

Bookish comes to @pbs.org tomorrow!

"Why joining the local library is the best thing you can do in 2026" H/T: @j2bryson.bsky.social

If someone used their phone's LLM in a museum to give an out-loud guide to the exhibits, while holding a conversation with it, I would beat them to death with the roof tile they somehow think is a book.

2026 1) Death by Misdirection - Ali Simpson. Cosy historical mystery set locally to me in Torquay.

Preorder for a New Year bargain! #ABadBadPlace @sohopress.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com

#bargain CITY OF VENGEANCE is just 99p on Kindle UK right now! Read the award-winning first Cesare Aldo historical thriller for less than a quid: www.amazon.co.uk/City-Vengean...

I know 2025 wasn’t the best for many reasons. But overall, I treasure the 4 trips to Germany and Austria I did with Mum, I paid off my mortgage, started volunteering at the library, completed a year at work, and read 184 books. I’ll take that.

Starting the new year off well, by buying 3 books in the Kindle deal 🤣. Normally I try and have read one before I buy any, so my Beat the Backlog is briefly a minus rather than a plus… but I nearly bought the Lancaster and Cornwell in sales, so let’s just embrace having saved some money by waiting?

And time for the annual “can I finish reading all the books I was juggling before NYE?” Starting point yesterday was 5 books, now down to 4!

Funny ‘cos its true 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp3o...

Harry Potter and the Half Boiled Prince #EggAMovie

In case anyone is looking for some motivation to be active in January… www.redjanuary.com

Christmas present books in the left photo, and sales books in the right photo. £40 of Waterstones points, and the remaining money is covered by a well timed share dividend, hurrah! Better get reading 🤣❤️

Props to the Caffè Nero at the bottom of Exeter’s High St, for having a quieter section upstairs with a sign. And when a party of 9 teenagers came in and went straight up without buying anything, the staff were straight on it. And they made a delicious salted caramel hot chocolate!

No. Just no. This was on Christmas Eve in Poundland.

There are some lovely people in the world. Sometimes with all that’s going on it’s easy to forget, but there is good to be found. Merry Christmas. We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?

Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄

Feeling alone at Christmas? Why not join an annual virtual party started by Sarah Millican on X but now here?! I’m doing my best to keep this tradition going. Use #JoinIn on Dec 25 if you need company or just want a chat. Like/Save this feed to see all the #JoinIn posts bsky.app/profile/did:...

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I'm hosting a 2026 Reading Challenge & would love you to join me! The challenge? Read 26 #cozymysteries - 1 for each letter of the alphabet, represented by an author whose last name starts with that letter. For info & tracking templates, check out my blog post! www.bookfrolic.com/reading-chal... 💙📚

What a lovely pre-Christmas present, and my 700th @netgalley.bsky.social approval! @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social

Rest in Peace Sophie Kinsella. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today’s Kindle daily deal - I loved this book, highly recommend it! www.amazon.co.uk/Paris-Librar...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

For UK #MidsomerMurders fans Series 24 is finally coming to ITV. Kicking off with.. 29 December at 8.30pm - The Devil's Work 30 December at 8.30pm - Book of the Dead

Just realised I’ve beaten last year’s reading goal by one book, as of 3 December 👍🏻. Still time to get a few more in!

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Thanks for spreading the word 🥰 Lots more science and sci fi pins getting sent out all around the world tonight, meaning lots more donations to help homeless lgbtq people. I donate 100% of the profit. This little collection is off to Ohio. Get your Christmas orders in www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop