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All the Lonely People | Martin Edwards

Your mind's playing tricks, Harry Devlin said to himself.

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MaGoose

All the Lonely People | Martin Edwards

Book mail today.

I'm already 51 pages into All the Lonely People by Martin Edwards, despite all the books I already have started. 🙄😆

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An Awfully Big Adventure: A Novel | Beryl Bainbridge

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I‘ve loved all the Beryl I read this past year, and this was no exception. I really enjoyed Stella, a most unusual young girl and her start in the theatre. My only issue is that I don‘t really understand what happened at the end of the book. I keep going over it in my mind. 🤔

BarbaraBB I need to read more by her. I only read and enjoyed

The Bottle Factory Outing: A Novel

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Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I have that one on kindle 👍🏻. I really enjoy her. 3mo

Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB This one is a favorite

The Dressmaker: A Novel

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BarbaraBB Thanks! I‘ll start with that one! 3mo

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I liked that one, too! I need to read a few more this year. 3mo

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen You can‘t go wrong with her. ❤️ 3mo

Tamra Gorgeous knit hat! 3mo

Ruthiella Oh no! Now I MUST read it to see what I think of the ending! 3mo

Cathythoughts @Tamra A Christmas present I gave my husband 😁 3mo

Cathythoughts @Ruthiella I‘d be the same. 😂 Maybe you‘ll be able to enlighten me. 3mo

CarolynM Glad you enjoyed 🙂 I want to try her soon. 3mo

Cathythoughts @CarolynM I look forward to your thoughts when you get to her 😁 3mo

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The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | Walker Art Gallery

Well, the catalogue isn't out yet (!) but the art was amazing.
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walker-art-gallery/exhibition/conver...

Bookwomble One to catch! 5mo

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Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North | Stuart Maconie

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I loved this book. It made me feel nostalgic and homesick for the place I actually live and work in, which is no mean feat!
Maconie is unashamedly prejudiced about his love for the North, but his humour and "warts and all" approach saves him from being bigoted or boorish.
I spent the middle third of my life as an economic migrant to The South, which has many attractions, but home is where the pies and gravy are ??? and coming home is a ⬇️

Bookwomble ... decision we've never regretted.
I was surprised by how bookish Stuart is, and his references to his literary favourites was endearing. He also has me hankering for a quiet pub corner where I can nurse a pint for an hour over a book, though in reality I usually find pubs too noisy and distracting an environment, so, again, a testament to his ability to evoke a mood.
A delightful surprise of a 5⭐ read. 7mo

TrishB Sounds fun! 7mo

Bookwomble @TrishB Have you not read this, Trish? I would have bet a week's wage that you would have! I'd recommend it 😊 7mo

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TrishB I went and checked hubby‘s shelves and he has it! It must have passed me by somehow 🤷‍♀️ 7mo

The_Book_Ninja The south wasn‘t big enough for the both of us 👯 7mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja I'm sure we could make it work - you take the East Side and I'll take the West 🤠🤠 7mo

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Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North | Stuart Maconie

"The rivalry between Liverpool & Manchester is...a vendetta, a blood feud that's Sicilian in intensity, contemptuous at best, raw visceral hatred at worst, each always out for vengeance & reparation...The malice & ill-will borne by fans of Liverpool & Manchester United's football teams outweighs by far that felt by either team for their traditional rivals across the city."
Followed by examples of appalling impoliteness. I don't get football ?‍♂️

Bookwomble With apologies to the majority of football fans who I'm sure are less vehement and aggressive in their passion 😊 8mo

bibliothecarivs That is one weird AI image 😆 I wish I could zoom in further to better examine its strangeness. 8mo

The_Book_Ninja I supports Arsenal I do 🙃 8mo

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Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Yeah, don't look at the hands too closely, and the limbs don't always quite start and end where they should. A lot of the AI images are off just enough to enter the Uncanny Valley and give the heebee-geebies 🥶 8mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja I'm so sorry, Jay Tee 😞 Is there a Just Giving page where I can donate to the relief effort for you and other sufferers? 😅 8mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble so….you do footy banter, ehhh?🤣🤣🤣 8mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja It's more of an anthropological cognitive exercise for me than a thorough cultural immersion and understanding 😄 8mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble OK Lévi-Strauss 8mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja 😂 8mo

bibliothecarivs 😆 8mo

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Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North | Stuart Maconie

"Scousers are different. They are the Basques of Lancashire, a race apart with a language and culture that seems to bear no relation to any of the people around them."

Itchyfeetreader Aha I loved this book and remember this quote well! 8mo

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Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North | Stuart Maconie

"Jeremy Clarkson: How come if you're tragically obsessed with vile, globe-destroying, penis substitutes you get the nickname petrolhead but if you like trains you're an anorak? It says something about our world that if you are an enthusiast for anything, if you dare lose your ironic modern detachment and world-weariness, you become 'sad' or 'a loser'."
[Glances sheepishly at own extensive bookmark 'enthusiasm'??]

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Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North | Stuart Maconie