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Serious Concerns | Wendy Cope
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"Bloody men are like bloody buses -
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear."

- Bloody Men

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bibliothecarivs I'm intrigued by this cover. Was your copy published around 2009, as the Litsy listing indicates? If so, that's some serious retro design. I would have thought it was decades earlier. 3d
bibliothecarivs And I just noticed there's something about it being an anniversary edition on the cover, though my phone won't allow me to enlarge the image so I can't read the number. Also, I like the cover! I think it's to do with the wood grain and that classic font. 3d
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs This edition was published in 2019 as one of the Faber 90 poetry series. They were celebrating 90 years of publishing and reissued a poetry book from each decade. This one was originally published in 1992. The cover image is a detail from a 1968 woodcut titled Blue Spectrum by Peter Green. The full image is at the link below, and I'd recommend looking through his galleries 😍 3d
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Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Also, if your phone settings has accessibility functions, you might find a screen magnifier tool in there 📱🔍😊 3d
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Blueberry
The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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Teresereading
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‘To my lawyer, Saxonberg
I can‘t say that I enjoyed your last visit.‘
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Texreader
The Whitewashed Tombs | Kwei Quartey
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“DIANA CORTLAND, IN ALL her luminous blondness, burst onstage in a sparkling scarlet gown. A white orb over a sea of black faces, she floated to the podium amid thunderous applause.”

It really only works if I include the first two sentences

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"It was a strange reality to be on the precipice of tragedy and not be able to stop it."

From: For A Lifetime (Timeless 3) by Gabrielle Meyer

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Butcher and Blackbird | Brynne Weaver
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" Being a serial killer who kills serial killers is a great hobby......"

Based on the TWs, the dedication page and the first sentence, I know this is going to be an interesting read. What have I gotten myself into?
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Whiskey Tender: A Memoir | Deborah Taffa
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Hyperion | Dan Simmons
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“The Hegemony Consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff‘s Prelude in C-sharp Minor on an ancient but well-maintained Steinway while great, green, saurian things surged and bellowed in the swamps below.”

Really good sci-fi book!

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CogsOfEncouragement
Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier
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It was a cold grey day in late November.