Ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae.

The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston) The Fifth Book of Peace (also MHK) Beyond Illusions (Duong Thu Huong) Memories of a Pure Spring (also DTH)

LILITH'S BROOD FTW

It was: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston a classic case of Alice Walker mentioning something in one of her books, that helped me to stop reading Alice Walker

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

also I thought this showed a pleasing indifference to *some* of the current discourse!

man: I want a novel about self-discovery and it has to be written by a woman what did I immediately recommend

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. From NYT Science: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

The 12" is banging youtu.be/Z01sTfv57ow?...

Wikipedia: "a fix-up novel based on short stories" Never heard "fix-up novel" before (aren't they all fix-ups) anyway I like the sound of that

"Barefoot in the Head" is back in print. Any good?

I wonder if we would sell the new Bob Dylan book

The 🇺🇸 American pre-Code  musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933 🎬 Paramount Pictures

I just reread recently and had forgotten how funny it is. The dry, sly dialogue almost reminds me of the classic country house murder mysteries (which feels very intentional / part of how she's playing w/ the traditional genre trappings of horror/ghost stories to emphasize or subvert certain things)

In the Abbey we saw the man who plays P.C. Quilley in "Z Cars".

Further evidence that The Haunting of Hill House is funny "Those are Arthur's bags right there. He brought his golf clubs, just in case." "Just in case of what?" Theodora asked blankly

I just noticed we currently have a second-hand copy of "The Best of Myles", which I sometimes think might be my next favourite thing Flann ever did (apart from The Third Policeman of course). It doesn't turn up all that often. come and get it!

Alexei ❤️

Hint Impending Wonders

Sensitive, seldom and sad are we

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If my calculations are correct, the amazing Australian writer Rodney Hall should be turning 90 in about an hour's time. Happy birthday to him! #Vortex

"The one where he bangs his chest"

HT @john-self.bsky.social I was not previously aware of Rushdie's own quote about Grimus! lol www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Hey I wonder how the Anniversaries crew are* getting on *is

Monday

Aaaaaaaaaaaand we have chosen our Book Group title for January. Superstitiously, we never *name* it until after the current group has met. But we now have a new tradition where the January choice is set in space.

"The big act was on." What a great book

"You should never give up hope before the dogs have crossed the finishing-line.” readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...

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you've all still got time to read this before Wednesday. It's short (well, fairly short)!

Not enormously keen on the new Composer of the Week (ALTHOUGH seeing Parsifal after L*ckd*wn was mind-bogglingly intense) *BUT* have a look at who NEXT week's Composer is!!!

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Elf Uhr.

bonan matenon

@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social the prophecy is fulfilled! 🇯🇵

The Mindless Eternal

Ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae.

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

Later in Hill House you also get this, which I imagine is better known en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winches...

Day of the Mounds

Robot First = chapeau

Customer picks up an @andotherstories.bsky.social title.. "This looks like... like the book is.. the book?"

re-ordering things as we sell them, sometimes I only put in key words in order to save time and thus I have invented a new book called "Johnson's Pocket"

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Another Hill House thing At one point it's Thursday the 21st of June Does that mean the book is set in 1956?

showing cards to a customer how about this one ah no, that's a bit peely-wally isn't it