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AAnonymous (a3d8) replied to the thread The Jocose January Challenge!.Stepping Out, a bestseller, winner of awards, the reason she gave up her well paid job, but since waking with bloodstained hands, she hadn't written a single sentence.
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AgentPete posted the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 8th January 2026 in Café Life.Daily Book News Thursday, 8th January 2026 Publishing Industry News B&T Liquidation Firm Holds Closeout Sale The GA Group is selling more than 465,000 books left from Baker & Taylor’s liquidation, with the stock valued at roughly $7.8 million... -
RadioGirl63 replied to the thread The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time.Looking forward to seeing everyone! Happy New Year and count me in. -
AAnonymous (9bcf) replied to the thread The Jocose January Challenge!.Setting her now blood-free sword on the kitchen counter, and stepping out of her undercrakers to get some air to her nether regions, a great thud at the front door sounded.
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Jonny reacted to MattScho's post in the thread The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time with
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Please include me, as well, Jonny. Let's hope 2026 is less painful, on many levels -
Jonny reacted to BrianY's post in the thread The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time with Like.
I've been missing you all! Please sign me up.
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Jonny reacted to Claire G's post in the thread The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time with Like.
Me please @Jonny Hope you're doing well xx
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Jonny reacted to James Charles's post in the thread The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time with Like.
Please, Jonny.
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Paul Whybrow posted the thread Thought for the Day We are all a little weird and life's a little weird ... in Café Life.“We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” Dr. Seuss
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wrightstuff reacted to Sedayne's post in the thread What are you reading at the moment? Recommendations welcome with Like.
Almost a decade late to the party, but I've recently finished Autumn and Winter by Ali Smith. I really loved them both. Compelling and slightly odd characters who despite (or maybe because of) a sense of distance, I really warmed to. I... -
wrightstuff reacted to Sedayne's post in the thread What are you reading at the moment? Recommendations welcome with Like.
I've recently read two new novels by two of my favourite authors: Queen Esther by John Irving and What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. I enjoyed them both very much, but I don't know if I would have gone for either if I wasn't already a fan of their...
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wrightstuff reacted to E G Logan's post in the thread What are you reading at the moment? Recommendations welcome with Like.
I've just finished Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure, by (surprisingly enough) Andy Wilman. It made me laugh out loud in many places. I won't say too much about it, except that of you are a fan of Top Gear, Grand Tour, etc, you will love it. (And...
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I'm re-reading Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, and I am finding it a great example of a protagonist who is incredibly constrained, meaning she has little room to make the choices and decisions that would drive the plot. It would...
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wrightstuff replied to the thread What are you reading at the moment? Recommendations welcome.I recently finished two books in first person limited, by 'difficult' narrators. I'm late to the party with both books, as I am still working my way through a long (and growing) back-list from when I was not reading much. The first, Creation...
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AAnonymous (2825) replied to the thread The Jocose January Challenge!.Stepping out onto the ledge, he confronted his fear, and stepping off the ledge, he challenged his immortality.
