Ruth
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Ruth
@Ruthyrambles
London based bookseller for 10 years. Avid reader. Cricket lover and mum to Kuki my little Staffie.
Leeds 가입일 Temmuz 2012
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@MAGANEWS_X Yes-totally managed to destroy America in the eyes of the world and made it a laughing stock!
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@AmandaPCraig @JonathanCoe @ClareDChambers @EstherCoren @VesnainLondon @janethynne Yipee-not long now🤗
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So grateful for all the fabulous quotes for High & Low @jonathancoe @FrancisSpufford @ClareDChambers @EstherCoren @VesnainLondon @janethynne and Rose Tremain! Out 7 May

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@PeterNotDrury Certainly wouldn’t revisit Lampard &Maresca,John Terry is learning the ropes¬ sure Alonso is the right fit.So between Simeone an established , flamboyant manager and Iraola,an up and coming force, it’s between these two.Who would want job,under BlueCo 🤡!
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@Ruthyrambles @pepcalma How rude! Nowt wrong with us Gooners, apart from being the nearly men again.
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@Ruthyrambles @pepcalma For a Leeds fan Ruth you do seem to have a certain fondness for the Chelski!
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🚨Ruben Amorim is the leading candidate to replace Liam Rosenior if he gets sacked
(via @SkySportPL)


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@ChelsTransfer As a Leeds supporter I would have preferred Rosenior in charge because they were not playing for him!Now they are rid of him, I suspect Chelsea will play out of their skins on Sunday.
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This morning I finished BURIAL RITES by Hannah Kent, which was first published in 2013.
I closed the book about an hour ago, and since then I have been staring into space, trying to come to terms with the inside of my own head. This book is utterly brutal. In so many different ways. But it is also completely sublime, exquisitely written, and ... strangely intoxicating. I have experienced such an extreme physical reaction to the story, I think because the writing is so profound, and visceral. Also, because it's true.
BURIAL RITES is inspired by the life of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, a servant who was condemned to death for the murder of two men, and the last woman to be executed in Iceland. Awaiting the date of her beheading (because this is how Iceland dealt with murderers in the 1800s), she is sent to live with a family on a remote farm, where a visiting priest is tasked with her absolution. As the narrative switches between Agnes and the priest, we gradually learn the truth behind Agnes's story.
I knew how this book ended, because it's based on real life, but STILL I clung to the hope that somehow the conclusion would be different. I had grown so fond of Agnes and I was totally invested in her story, such is the power of Hannah Kent's writing. The last few chapters were some of the hardest I have ever read, but the most necessary. It was a small comfort to read that the site of Agnes's execution is now a memorial, and leading to it are paths decorated with plaques quoting lines from this novel.
This book won countless awards, and quite rightly so. It's an absolute masterpiece and I have no idea why it took me so long to read it. If, like me, BURIAL RITES somehow passed you by, maybe it's still sitting on your shelf waiting for you, I would urge you to read it. I have Laura (justmereadingwithacupoftea on IG) to thank for heavily influencing me to pick up this book, and I am deeply grateful, because otherwise I would never have met Agnes. And I will remember her forever.

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