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• Jumble Hole Clough

  

  Some years ago, Adele and I on a grand day out from Blackpool ventured across the old county line between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Read more

  The 14 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
  @ashleylister
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• Beloved Books for Valentine’s Day, and the Libraro Prize

  

  Here are seven books I love, for Valentine’s Day: * Pincher Martin by William Golding – for his entirely unexpected ending * Citizen: An American Lyric by... Read more

  The 14 february 2026 by   Angela Young
  @AngelaYoung4
  

• Review: Our Numbered Bones by Katya Balen

  

  If you’re looking for a short but powerful read about love, family and grief, I recommend this one. I also liked the way it combined history, science, and... Read more

  The 13 february 2026 by   Curlygeek04
  @curlygeek04
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• Jumble

  

  I can think of six second hand bookshops within an hour’s travel of where I live. Four of them are a delight and I have spent many happy hours browsing their... Read more

  The 11 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
  @ashleylister
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• Fruit Tree

  

  It has to be Tangerine. Apples are awesome, bananas are brilliant, cherries are cute (fabulous blossom too), damsons are delicious, entawaks are exotic (look... Read more

  The 10 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
  @ashleylister
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• REMEMBER THE CARD CATALOG: Celebrating LAPL’s 100th Anniversary

  

  Souvenir catalog card with anniversary stamp of the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public LibraryDo you remember thumbing through the library card catalog,... Read more

  The 09 february 2026 by   Carolinearnoldtravel
  @CarolineSArnold
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• Review: Solito by Javier Zamora

  

  I first learned about this book when I was working with a grant to the state of Rhode Island to support a statewide read along of this book... Read more

  The 09 february 2026 by   Curlygeek04
  @curlygeek04
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• Beolsae (House of Hummingbird)

  

  In Kim Bo-ra’s House of Hummingbird, teenager Eun-hee (Park Ji-huk, giving a stunning performance) goes unrecognised and isolated in most of the spheres she... Read more

  The 06 february 2026 by   Cathy Leaves
  @cathyleaves
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• Vinyl Junkies

  

  For Christmas in 2025 my sister-in-law bought me a mug with the legend “It’s Not Hoarding if it’s Vinyl” emblazoned across it. She knows me well. It now stands... Read more

  The 05 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
  @ashleylister
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• Fruit Tree

  

  When I moved into my previous house in Thornton Cleveleys it was the garden that sold me on the deal. It was an really ugly house, the kitchen was drab and... Read more

  The 05 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
  @ashleylister
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