I'm still discovering some real gems as I #readtheworld. A recent surprise hit was from Chile norfolkbookworm.blogspot.com/2025/09/micr... #namethetranslator 📚💙 #booksky

I don't work afternoons and Mr Norfolkbookworm had some holiday to use or lose so we went for an afternoon walk by the river and then on for a beer in a sunny pub garden. A bit too breezy to see much wildlife but being outside was a real bonus. 📷🪶🦉

I picked up a couple of the Penguin Archive 90 books recently and they were so good I've bought myself quite a few more - their 5 for £25 offer is proving just too tempting! I finished Maryse Conde's Tales from the Heart last night & it might make my top reads of the year! 📚💙 #BookSky #ReadTheWorld

the booker prize judges make a lot of fuss about having to read 153 books. but assuming an average weight of 750g per book, that comes in at 115kg of literature - or just under the weight of a single adult male ostrich

I’d only read two of the long listed titles but I liked them both a lot - no surprise that they didn’t make the shortlist. I feel ever more out of step with ‘popular’ and/or award worthy books! 📚💙 #BookSky

Having just savoured Relearning to Read by @annmorgan.bsky.social I’ve now got a reading list that’s grown enormously and a huge wish to attend an Incomprehension Workshop (or go to more events looking at/discussing works in translation). I really recommend the book! 💙📚 #BookSky #translation

I’m really hoping that a cinema somewhere near me (Norwich, UK) shows @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social #BannedBooksWeek was one of my favourite campaigns to mark as library event coordinator. News from America & Afghanistan www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... highlight the importance of this week 💙📚

A glorious equinox walk on the marsh this morning. Not a long walk but always amazed at his rural this location feels as it is so close to the city centre! 📷

The rig I used at Kelling Heath star party during my daytime imaging session of the occultation of Venus. This image was taken a few seconds after the planet popped out from behind the Moon 🔭

A friend sent me these pictures earlier - he saw the lorry carrying these space themed infrastructure on the A14 not too far from Leicester but does anyone (paging @spacekate.bsky.social) know what it is/where it’s going? 🔭🚀 #space #museum 🏛️

We got far wetter on our walk today than any of the weather apps predicted but this made it ideal for finishing up in the pub for lunch! Lots of cormorants on & around the Broad, and robins and wrens in the wet woodland getting there. 📷

I've been reading a MG/YA book (The Line They Drew Through Us by Hiba Noor Kahn) for several weeks now, it is excellent but I know it is moving towards a horrific crescendo & I keep having to stop reading. It's the sign of a great book, but does anyone else find themselves doing this? 📚💙 #BookSky

I’m very excited to share this. My first time co-writing with a student who won a year-long fellowship to help compile the data. Many thanks owed to those who read, edited, and supported along the way. Please share widely!!

Still feeling headachey and washed out after this week's migraine but even though the weather wasn't as nice as the forecast we went for a walk at the coast. I think it helped...

While I’m not neurodivergent following my brain injury I certainly am no longer neurotypical. I’m finding Joe Harkness’ book Neurodivergent by Nature fascinating as I love the natural world, feel better mentally & physically when outside & would love to work in the conservation field one day. 💙📚

As warm as midsummer here today but all around were signs we're moving into autumn - including photogenic squirrels. Here's hoping that we have another burst of nice weather like this next month when we're going to Brownsea with family to hopefully see red squirrels 🐿️ instead of the greys!

I’m not saying I’m tired and completely brain fogged but I have just tapped the right hand side of my paperback in an attempt to turn the page… 💙📚

A day in the office while recovering from a migraine wasn’t ideal, but a cup of tea and a scone afterwards with a friend did make it feel better. It was also nice to see the Norwich Print Fair exhibition and wish I had more wall space. Shockingly our day didn’t include any book shopping - next time!

Eurgh. Another horrible migraine. That makes 8, two being scary enough to remind me of my brain haemorrhage thunderclaps, in 6 weeks feels a bit much. On the list for my annual neurologist appointment but he's running 3 months behind... 🤕🤢

In a strange feat of synchronicity my non fiction read & my fiction cover pretty much the same time frame and issues… I love when my books have conversations with each other! #ReadTheWorld #namethetranslator #Albania 📚💙 #BookSky

Today's treat from the archive was a 14 page document typed up by a member of the 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment giving explanations for how men (and officers) got their nicknames in WWII. Some were poignant but some need to come back into every day use ASAP! #Museums🏛️ #humour #WeWillRemember

I wasn’t expecting it to be warm and calm for a walk today, definitely the most autumnal walk so far this year - more the smells than anything but the colours are also starting to pop. 🍂

Huge thanks to @cleyspy.bsky.social at the NWT visitor centre for their patience as we tried almost every pair of binoculars before Mr Norfolkbookworm made a decision this morning. It was also great to talk about the art on display in the gallery with the NWT volunteer. #art #norfolk

Well this is quite some storm - including hail. Hard to believe it was so glorious at the coast just a couple of hours ago, we even managed an ice cream on the prom! #Norfolk #landscape #marsh 📷

I read On The Calculation of Volume (Book 1) by Solvej Balle (tr. Barbara J. Haveland) yesterday & boy did thar give me some weird dreams. When a book penetrates my brain in such a way I'm totally in awe of the author & translator. 📚💙 #BookSky #NameTheTranslator but sadly no #TranslatorOnTheCover

Thank heavens it’sFriday. A trip to the library to stock up on books in case the weather is as forecast (yes I know I’ve got 100s around the house/on the kindle that I own but haven’t read but you never know!) 1st off the pile is Waugh’s The Loved One as recommended by @sarahmatthews.bsky.social 📚💙

Waking up and listening to the news today is all just a bit much. I *really* just want to hide under the duvet until the world improves. What happened to respect, peace, and nuance?

Well after that cloud burst I’m glad we walked earlier when it was both warm & almost summery in look! Saw our first small copper #butterfly 🦋 in this location too.

Pretty sure the squirrels were throwing cankers and walnuts at us as we walked earlier but I'm keeping a close eye on the sweet chestnuts as I'm hoping for a little foraging luck later this autumn 🍁

The world is full of conincidences Last week I was reading a dire biography of the Durrell family which included Larry's time in Cyprus during the Emergency. Today while volunteering at the Regimental Museum I came across lots of propaganda leaflets etc collected on the island at the time 🧵 1/4

Incredibly just as we got home there was a gap in the cloud and at 19:34 (+1 UTC) my view of the lunar eclipse was this - from my city centre back garden. #lunareclipse 🔭

Really hoping that the gap in the cloud expands so we can see the lunar eclipse! #lunareclipse 🔭

Another gap in my film watching history being filled tonight with Jaws. It’s always been a cultural touchstone - we played sharks in the water as kids (and dad did clear a beach in Mallorca once by asking if we thought a boat in the distance was a shark…) but I’ve not actually seen the film! 🎥🍿🦈

Sooty looks very interested in my book - almost as if he wants to join in with #ReadABookDay. It’s all show - I’d just reached for the book and disturbed the cat treat bag which was next to it so he thought it was time for a snack!

Absolute joy to get such a long and close view of a kingfisher this morning. We just missed (this could be our name if we're honest) a sparrowhawk chase it from an even closer view point to a side on location but in the sunshine who can really complain? 🪶🦉📷

Today's post was 'Relearning to Read' by @annmorgan.bsky.social . I've been a fan since I heard Ann talk about her read the world project at the FreeWord Centre in c.2012 I'm definitely being challenged by my reading project so looking at the complexity of world lit in depth sounds great 📚💙 #BookSky

Some exciting and happy news today so treated myself tothe penultimate volume of the Cat + Gamer series. Books definitely make the best rewards! 📚💙

Grabbed a gap in the weather and took a walk - it was weirdly warm but very autumnal, and so many conkers & walnuts falling from the trees that I thought I might need a hard hat! 🍁

I did manage to sum up my #WITMonth books before we are too far into September! 7 of my reads for August counted and all were interesting if not ones that would make my top books of the year - with the exception of Just A Little Dinner 📚💙 #BookSky norfolkbookworm.blogspot.com/2025/09/wome...

Someone loved his time at the cat hotel - to the extent he howled the whole way home! He does seem happier now he’s realised his favourite cuddle spot is back! 🐈‍⬛

I do need to write up a couple more blogposts for this year's Women in Translation Month #WITMonth but I love that my StoryGraph wrap up is all qualifying reads! 📚💙 #BookSky

A nice day with family even if we did have to shelter under a tree due to a downpour that came out of nowhere! Walk, pub lunch, more family, life admin, cream tea and now the Thursday Murder Club film.

With the family for the weekend which is lovely. I have however already missed my afternoon reading session. I’ve reread the same page 4 times… 📚💙

A month ago the cat sat completely out of reach for 6+ hours when we needed to take him to the cattery before going away. This time we booked him in a day early just in case. Somehow he still got wind of it & vanished for much of the day. He finally came in at exactly the time we needed him to! 🐈‍⬛

Norfolk folk, anti-fascists & anyone with a conscience: there’s a neo-Nazi music festival coming to Great Yarmouth in September, you can help stop this by emailing the Home Office ⬇️ Nazi scum off our streets & out of our seaside towns

When I was a kid I used to pick books by how long they were - as a fast reader it meant they lasted longer between library trips & having the pocket money to buy more. Now I really admire novella & short story writers for their skill (plus they're good for my brain injury concentration levels) 📚💙

One of my top 5 reads of 2025 so far - how great to be able to go to an online book club about it!

I think this will be the last full (but mini) review I’ll post for this year’s #WITMonth - I’ve read a few others that I’ll round up but this one from @foundryeditions.bsky.social was brilliant norfolkbookworm.blogspot.com/2025/08/micr... #namethetranslator #TranslatorsOnTheCover

Going back to work after the long weekend was hard this morning especially as 17 years ago Mr Norfolkbookworm and I were in Greece getting married in secret! It was just the two of us in the sunshine! No idea what my beach reads were that year but I know it was one of the best holidays of my life!

Absolutely glorious weather for the Bank Holiday but as it is so hit we took a nice shady walk at Barton Broad. Not a lot of wildlife around but watery landscapes always soothe me. 📷⛵️