Dr Val Derbyshire

@BexBookaholic Take the kindle... and a few other books as well in case of battery failure etc. Can't be too careful.

I've got 50 unread books on my kindle, including 2 Women's Prize books I really want to read before the winner is announced. And yet as I consider packing for my holiday, my physical TBR pile keeps calling me. I genuinely need one of you to tell me to STFU and take the Kindle.

As many nations ban books... Finland has started teaching school children how to identify fake news and propaganda as a part of its curriculum. Be like Finland.

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I should add, the text about furniture is on the back of the piece of paper

I found this Homemade bookmark in a copy of "100 Years of Lenni and Margot" which I bought from a charity shop in Matlock on Saturday (sorry, I can't remember which one) - I'm guessing this is precious to someone as it has been laminated. Happy to post it back if I can the owner.

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Just been out to Matlock to have a little walk round. Anyway, long story short, I bought 15 more books.

@VeganBigBro @HawkwindHQ Still got mine from 1989 - and it (just) still fits me.

A good t-shirt is like a fine wine ... it never ages. #Hawkwind #TubilahDog #Leicester #1987 @HawkwindHQ

This is absurd. How about, instead of using the social care sector as a stick to beat migrants with (who we should actually be thanking), we actually invest in the sector? Social care needs investment, not xenophobia. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

Anyway, not bad this one, and it's up to you how you read it: literary masterpiece questioning the implications of a flawed narrator at the mercy of her unreliable memory, or just the ramblings of a thick-as-mince heroine who somehow bags a billionaire. I enjoyed it anyway.

As mentioned, Daniel is barely ever there (apart from one crucial scene where he has to be, around page 170. Trust me, it wouldn't have worked without him.)

Oh go on then, it's been a while but... Here we have 2007's Innocent on her Wedding Night by Sara Craven, the tale of Laine, who we first meet limping home after losing all her money in an ill-advised business venture, only to find that in the time she has been away...

Today's reading - a sharply observed description of the first four days in the lives of the passengers travelling in first class on the Titanic. I won't tell you how it ends...