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katharina

I can't remember who recommended this book to me (someone on here) but I just finished it and thought it was very good. If is about an elderly couple that lose their home and with it their income. Unsure what to do they decide to walk "the salt path" along the coast living in a tent. Homeless and hungry they struggle along and we with them. Totally recommend it. I listened to the audiobook through the library app borrowbox.
#book #books #bookstodon #borrowbox #library #audiobook

An illustration of waves crashing against some cliffs. There are swifts, a seagull and a dolphin. In the distance is a lighthouse and on a cliff path are two figures. It looks a bit like lino print and the colours are very muted. The book is called "the salt path" and was written by Raynor winn.
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katharina

Just finished "down and out in London and Paris" by George Orwell and it was a great book. Its kind of a biography of when Orwell was dirt poor, first in paris, where he at least managed to keep his accommodation but went hungry a lot and then in London where he was homeless. I think a lot of it still applies today and it's an interesting read regardless. So highly recommend!
#poverty #bookstodon #literature #book #audiobook #borrowbox

The publisher is penguin books and the cover depicts a rundown city street with a bunch of man standing around. One has a box bike loaded full of things
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katharina

Another great murder mystery by Anthony horowitz. This is the 4th? Book in the hawthorn series and I really like his style. The self deprecating humour, the blurring of lines between reality and fiction, the unlikeable detective and the secrecy. Well anyways if you like murder mysteries I highly recommend this one! I listened to it on the borrowbox app and I think horowitz reads it himself.
#book #bookstodon #murdermystery #fiction #crimefiction #audiobook #borrowbox

A read book cover with a black arrow next it. The arrows shadow is the shape of a pen. The book is called close to death, published by belinda audio.
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CB Uí Foghlú

To continue my thread:

I didn't get to finish #Jingo before my library membership ended, so it got returned by #Borrowbox.
Sooooo, I started some re-reads, coz ya never take it all in on the 1st read, do ya 😁

(Reading order👇)
29: Wintersmith
30: Interesting Times
31: Going Postal
32: Witches Abroad
33: Hogfather
34: Jingo (½)

(Re-reads 👇)
1: Lords & Ladies
2: Sourcery
3: Reaper Man
4: Guards Guards
5: Equal Rites (starting now)

#Discworld#TerryPratchett#Pratchett
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katharina

Good morning. I have just finished listening to "about a boy" by nick hornby on the Borrowbox app. I really liked it. I came across it by reading "just like you" reviews on goodreads (which I also listened to but thought felt a little flat). What I liked about "about a boy" compared to "just like you" was that you actually understood why the characters liked each other and that they grew fond of each other over time.
#BorrowBox #borrowbooks #books #bookstodon #library #literature #novels

A very simple graphic cover of "just like you" published by penguin books. One side is a yellow puzzle piece, the other side a teal one and they fit together. In the middle are two people sitting on a sofa, a black man on the left side, a white woman on the right.
The cover of "about a boy, published by penguin books, is light blue. The writing is in a dark grey blue and a sort of pink red. The word "about" is written in a thick, square font and has a boy sitting on it. The words "a boy" use a swirly font with the y going into a hammock like swirl in which the silhouette of aman lies. His shoes dangle on the end of it.
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CB Uí Foghlú

I turned the last page of #InterestingTimes last night. I can't say I've read it or finished it. My eyes saw the words but my brain didn't register the story (probably due to current circumstances). Will try it again another time.
#GoingPostal was in my #BorrowBox, so I've started that even though I listened to the audiobook version.

(Reading order 👇)
26: Maskerade
27: Pyramids
28: The Wee Free Men
29: Wintersmith
30: Interesting Times
31: Going Postal

#TerryPratchett#Pratchett#Discworld
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CB Uí Foghlú

I can't believe it took me 43 days to get through #RaisingSteam. Very enjoyable but I'm still not sure of this Moist character & whether I like him or not
#Maskerade & #Pyramids were delivered to #BorrowBox weeks ago. I started Maskerade as its got the shortest lend time left

(Reading order 👇)
18: Soul Music
19: I Shall Wear Midnight
20: Making Money
21: Night Watch
22: Unseen Academicals
23: The Fifth Elephant
24: Snuff
25: Raising Steam
26: Maskerade

#TerryPratchett#Pratchett#Discworld
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Katharina

Finished "It" by Stephen king and am now listening to "the sanctuary" by Andrew hunter Murray. Another book I knew nothing about, I didn't even read the blurb so I donn't even know what genre it is (Sci fi by the sounds of it so far). It describes a future Britain (I presume, although places are just called cities or villages) that is rather bleak and society is older and vastly more unequal than it is now.
#bookstodon #audiobooks #books #scifi #novel #BorrowBox #library

A green snd black cover with an island on it. There is the silhouette of a man standing on a beach in front of the island. The title is in bright orange and it has the penguin logo on it.
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