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November 9, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Shared for #ReadingOverTheWeekend
📖 “The Passenger” ~ Cormac McCarthy, 2022
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
📖 “The Passenger” ~ Cormac McCarthy, 2022
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
November 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Shared for #ReadingOverTheWeekend
📖 “The Passenger” ~ Cormac McCarthy, 2022
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
📖 “The Passenger” ~ Cormac McCarthy, 2022
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
#FolkloreSunday #BookChatWeekly
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world."
Arthur Conan Doyle - Selecting A Ghost
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world."
Arthur Conan Doyle - Selecting A Ghost
November 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
#FolkloreSunday #BookChatWeekly
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world."
Arthur Conan Doyle - Selecting A Ghost
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world."
Arthur Conan Doyle - Selecting A Ghost
"The Prince of Darkness is a gentleman. Modo he’s called, and Mahu."
- William Shakespeare, "King Lear" (Act 3, Scene 4)
#ShakespeareSunday #BookChatWeekly
- William Shakespeare, "King Lear" (Act 3, Scene 4)
#ShakespeareSunday #BookChatWeekly
Satan Robot Enjoys Fire with a Teacup
Alt: The Robot Devil from "Futurama" enjoys drinking fire in a teacup.
static.klipy.com
November 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
"The Prince of Darkness is a gentleman. Modo he’s called, and Mahu."
- William Shakespeare, "King Lear" (Act 3, Scene 4)
#ShakespeareSunday #BookChatWeekly
- William Shakespeare, "King Lear" (Act 3, Scene 4)
#ShakespeareSunday #BookChatWeekly
"I must take the view, your Grace, that when a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it."
📖 “The Adventure of the Priory School” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1904
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
2pm TODAY on #ITV4
📺 “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”
📖 “The Adventure of the Priory School” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1904
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
2pm TODAY on #ITV4
📺 “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”
November 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"I must take the view, your Grace, that when a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it."
📖 “The Adventure of the Priory School” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1904
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
2pm TODAY on #ITV4
📺 “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”
📖 “The Adventure of the Priory School” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1904
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
2pm TODAY on #ITV4
📺 “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”
George Orwell, Jura and me
Alice Lascelles traces the writer’s years on the Scottish island – and her own first steps into the world of whisky
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
Alice Lascelles traces the writer’s years on the Scottish island – and her own first steps into the world of whisky
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
George Orwell, Jura and me
Alice Lascelles traces the writer’s years on the Scottish island – and her own first steps into the world of whisky
www.ft.com
November 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
George Orwell, Jura and me
Alice Lascelles traces the writer’s years on the Scottish island – and her own first steps into the world of whisky
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
Alice Lascelles traces the writer’s years on the Scottish island – and her own first steps into the world of whisky
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
1/6 The Snow Storm
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1641... #art #BookwormSat #poetry #literature #bookchatweekly #winter
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1641... #art #BookwormSat #poetry #literature #bookchatweekly #winter
Christmas Troll - Theodor Kittelsen Christmas by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Christmas Troll - Theodor Kittelsen
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November 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
1/6 The Snow Storm
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1641... #art #BookwormSat #poetry #literature #bookchatweekly #winter
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1641... #art #BookwormSat #poetry #literature #bookchatweekly #winter
5/5 "Dreamer of Dreams" was written by Marie, Queen Consort of Romania and can be read online here: archive.org/stream/dream... #FolkloreSunday #bookchatweekly #LiteraturePosts #fairytale #literature
Full text of "The dreamer of dreams"
archive.org
November 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
5/5 "Dreamer of Dreams" was written by Marie, Queen Consort of Romania and can be read online here: archive.org/stream/dream... #FolkloreSunday #bookchatweekly #LiteraturePosts #fairytale #literature
Daisy Lester has read the Booker Prize shortlist 2026 – 📖 'John of John' by Douglas Stuart is her winning book
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky #BookerPrize
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky #BookerPrize
I've read the full Booker Prize shortlist 2026 – this is my winning book
The long-awaited Booker Prize winner is announced this evening – and two novels are leading the predictions
www.standard.co.uk
November 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Daisy Lester has read the Booker Prize shortlist 2026 – 📖 'John of John' by Douglas Stuart is her winning book
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky #BookerPrize
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky #BookerPrize
3/6 Come see the north wind's masonry.
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1848... #art #vintage #illustration #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1848... #art #vintage #illustration #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Christmas Tree - Theodor Kittelsen by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Christmas Tree - Theodor Kittelsen
www.redbubble.com
November 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
3/6 Come see the north wind's masonry.
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1848... #art #vintage #illustration #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1848... #art #vintage #illustration #Christmas #bookchatweekly
An acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great wins the Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize
📖 “Alexander: God, King, Man” by Edmund Richardson, a professor of classics at Durham University, is the first book on ancient history to win the prize
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #NonFictionSaturday
📖 “Alexander: God, King, Man” by Edmund Richardson, a professor of classics at Durham University, is the first book on ancient history to win the prize
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #NonFictionSaturday
Historian wins £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize
It is the first time a title covering ancient history has won the prize since the award was launched in 1999
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
An acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great wins the Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize
📖 “Alexander: God, King, Man” by Edmund Richardson, a professor of classics at Durham University, is the first book on ancient history to win the prize
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #NonFictionSaturday
📖 “Alexander: God, King, Man” by Edmund Richardson, a professor of classics at Durham University, is the first book on ancient history to win the prize
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #NonFictionSaturday
Nikita Gill on her book journey
📖 My earliest reading memory
📖 My favourite book growing up
📖 The book that changed me as a teenager
📖 The writer who changed my mind
📖 The book that made me want to be a writer
📖 The book I came back to
& more ………..
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
📖 My earliest reading memory
📖 My favourite book growing up
📖 The book that changed me as a teenager
📖 The writer who changed my mind
📖 The book that made me want to be a writer
📖 The book I came back to
& more ………..
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
Nikita Gill: ‘I read Flowers in the Attic too young. Someone should have stopped me’
The Indian-Irish poet on the Mahabharata retelling that inspired her to write, Arundhati Roy’s courage, and the poetry of Lucille Clifton
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Nikita Gill on her book journey
📖 My earliest reading memory
📖 My favourite book growing up
📖 The book that changed me as a teenager
📖 The writer who changed my mind
📖 The book that made me want to be a writer
📖 The book I came back to
& more ………..
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
📖 My earliest reading memory
📖 My favourite book growing up
📖 The book that changed me as a teenager
📖 The writer who changed my mind
📖 The book that made me want to be a writer
📖 The book I came back to
& more ………..
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky
Philippe Jaenada’s true crime novel 📖 “L’Inconnue du quai de Javel” (“The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel”) about the 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
True crime novel about 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize
Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its victim
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Philippe Jaenada’s true crime novel 📖 “L’Inconnue du quai de Javel” (“The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel”) about the 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
5/6 Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and, at the gate,
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3416...
#art #vintage #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and, at the gate,
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3416...
#art #vintage #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Victorian Christmas Winter Scene Greetings by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Victorian Christmas Winter Scene Greetings
Please see my Christmas section for more.
www.redbubble.com
November 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
5/6 Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and, at the gate,
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3416...
#art #vintage #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and, at the gate,
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3416...
#art #vintage #Christmas #bookchatweekly
Sarah Vaughan selects five books that are better than their screen adaptations
📖 Slow Horses ~ Mick Herron
📖 Atonement ~ Ian McEwan
📖 The Perfect Couple ~ Elin Hilderbrand
📖 Wolf Hall ~ Hilary Mantel
📖 The Talented Mr Ripley ~ Patricia Highsmith
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
📖 Slow Horses ~ Mick Herron
📖 Atonement ~ Ian McEwan
📖 The Perfect Couple ~ Elin Hilderbrand
📖 Wolf Hall ~ Hilary Mantel
📖 The Talented Mr Ripley ~ Patricia Highsmith
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
Five books that are better than their screen adaptations, according to Sarah Vaughan
The best-selling author of ‘Anatomy of a Scandal’ picks the stories you'll enjoy even more on the page
inews.co.uk
November 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Sarah Vaughan selects five books that are better than their screen adaptations
📖 Slow Horses ~ Mick Herron
📖 Atonement ~ Ian McEwan
📖 The Perfect Couple ~ Elin Hilderbrand
📖 Wolf Hall ~ Hilary Mantel
📖 The Talented Mr Ripley ~ Patricia Highsmith
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
📖 Slow Horses ~ Mick Herron
📖 Atonement ~ Ian McEwan
📖 The Perfect Couple ~ Elin Hilderbrand
📖 Wolf Hall ~ Hilary Mantel
📖 The Talented Mr Ripley ~ Patricia Highsmith
#BookchatWeekly #FictionFriday #BookSky
Narrative threads: How to write a Booker-shortlisted novel, by Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout & more
A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment … the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their inspirations
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment … the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their inspirations
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
Narrative threads: How to write a Booker-shortlisted novel, by Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout and more
A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment, a chance encounter in a drugstore… the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their inspirations
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Narrative threads: How to write a Booker-shortlisted novel, by Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout & more
A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment … the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their inspirations
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment … the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their inspirations
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
Do you enjoy books about books? I've created a new page on my blog with links to my reviews of some of these. suestrifles.wordpress.com/books-about-...
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BookChatWeekly #BookReviews #BookRecommendations
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BookChatWeekly #BookReviews #BookRecommendations
Books about Books
The Author index of books Sue has reviewed is rather long. This page is an attempt to list books which include lists of other books. I have previously created pages for Books about Nature and Clima…
suestrifles.wordpress.com
November 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Do you enjoy books about books? I've created a new page on my blog with links to my reviews of some of these. suestrifles.wordpress.com/books-about-...
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BookChatWeekly #BookReviews #BookRecommendations
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BookChatWeekly #BookReviews #BookRecommendations
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November 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
#MythologyMonday #BookChatWeekly
"Hir yw'r dydd a hir yw'r nos, a hir yw aros Arawn."
"Long is the day and long is the night, and long is the waiting of Arawn."
Arawn - Welsh god of darkness, night and the underworld [Annwn] - is associated with the long, dark nights of autumn and winter.
"Hir yw'r dydd a hir yw'r nos, a hir yw aros Arawn."
"Long is the day and long is the night, and long is the waiting of Arawn."
Arawn - Welsh god of darkness, night and the underworld [Annwn] - is associated with the long, dark nights of autumn and winter.
November 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
#MythologyMonday #BookChatWeekly
"Hir yw'r dydd a hir yw'r nos, a hir yw aros Arawn."
"Long is the day and long is the night, and long is the waiting of Arawn."
Arawn - Welsh god of darkness, night and the underworld [Annwn] - is associated with the long, dark nights of autumn and winter.
"Hir yw'r dydd a hir yw'r nos, a hir yw aros Arawn."
"Long is the day and long is the night, and long is the waiting of Arawn."
Arawn - Welsh god of darkness, night and the underworld [Annwn] - is associated with the long, dark nights of autumn and winter.
China Miéville has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for 📖 “The Rouse”, a 1264-page epic that is part paranormal thriller, part historical saga moving through decades of British imperial and cold war history.
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
‘He was destined for this award’: China Miéville wins Goldsmiths prize for 1,200-page novel
The Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
China Miéville has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for 📖 “The Rouse”, a 1264-page epic that is part paranormal thriller, part historical saga moving through decades of British imperial and cold war history.
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
5 new books to read this week
Fiction
📖 Discipline ~ Randa Abdel-Fattah
📖 A Very Cold Winter ~ Fausta Cialente
📖 Hollow Bones ~ Jodi Picoult
Non-Fiction
📖 Castles: A Fortified History Of The World ~ Dan Jones
Children
📖 Otto’s Jumper ~ Sadhbh Devlin & Roisin Hahessy
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
Fiction
📖 Discipline ~ Randa Abdel-Fattah
📖 A Very Cold Winter ~ Fausta Cialente
📖 Hollow Bones ~ Jodi Picoult
Non-Fiction
📖 Castles: A Fortified History Of The World ~ Dan Jones
Children
📖 Otto’s Jumper ~ Sadhbh Devlin & Roisin Hahessy
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
5 new books to read this week
This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah and A Very Cold Winter by Fausta Cialente, translated by Julia Nelsen.
www.irishnews.com
November 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
5 new books to read this week
Fiction
📖 Discipline ~ Randa Abdel-Fattah
📖 A Very Cold Winter ~ Fausta Cialente
📖 Hollow Bones ~ Jodi Picoult
Non-Fiction
📖 Castles: A Fortified History Of The World ~ Dan Jones
Children
📖 Otto’s Jumper ~ Sadhbh Devlin & Roisin Hahessy
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
Fiction
📖 Discipline ~ Randa Abdel-Fattah
📖 A Very Cold Winter ~ Fausta Cialente
📖 Hollow Bones ~ Jodi Picoult
Non-Fiction
📖 Castles: A Fortified History Of The World ~ Dan Jones
Children
📖 Otto’s Jumper ~ Sadhbh Devlin & Roisin Hahessy
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
📖 “A Table for Fortune” by William T Vollmann review – a hugely ambitious 3,000-page portrait of America’s decline.
This insider’s history of the CIA explores the last 50 years of US foreign policy with granular detail & mordant humour.
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
This insider’s history of the CIA explores the last 50 years of US foreign policy with granular detail & mordant humour.
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
A Table for Fortune by William T Vollmann review – a hugely ambitious 3,000-page portrait of America’s decline
This insider’s history of the CIA explores the last 50 years of US foreign policy with granular detail and mordant humour
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
📖 “A Table for Fortune” by William T Vollmann review – a hugely ambitious 3,000-page portrait of America’s decline.
This insider’s history of the CIA explores the last 50 years of US foreign policy with granular detail & mordant humour.
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky
This insider’s history of the CIA explores the last 50 years of US foreign policy with granular detail & mordant humour.
#BookchatWeekly #BookSky