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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

This week I've been mainly reading, no. 228.

On one level Ruth Jones, novel of unstated love & love miss-told, Love Untold (2022) is a very readable romantic fiction, well put together & often compellingly written. But, for some reason, which I'm not quite able to put my finger on, it doesn't quite catch fire as a narrative, being in a sense less then the sum of its (at times excellent) parts. So well worth reading, but in some way lacking something....

#books @bookstodon #romance

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UB Chemnitz

🇬🇧 We wish you a happy #blackandwhiteFriday!

Gloves or no gloves - that's the question! Some say so, others say so. When looking at old and precious #books it naturally offers protection from greasy fingers and dirt. On the other hand, you have less feeling in your hands and occasionally tear the pages.

Either way, it is always a pleasure to hold a piece of history in your hands!

An open book lies on a table. In front of it is a pair of white protective gloves.
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Ken Lussey

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

The Rolls-Royce ‘shadow factory’ at Hillington has a central role in one strand of the story. It was established just before the war to produce Merlin aircraft engines. Parts of it remain standing and its scale is astounding.

Find out more on my website:
kenlussey.com/dol/index.html

The image shows a view along a broad empty road that has dirty cream-painted factory walls on both sides, rising to almost serrated angled rooflines. The wall on the right has a series of large multi-pane windows at high level while that on the left is blank. The light is grey. The front cover of ‘The Danger of Life’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
#Books#Bookstodon
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Bitmap Books

Our latest blog has just dropped - FROM 2D TO 3D: THE VISUAL EVOLUTION OF FOOTBALL VIDEO GAMES ⚽️

Graeme ‘Wizwords’ Mason looks back at eight football games that altered how we viewed, and played them.

Check it out: bitmapbooks.com/blogs/news/fro

Read all about these iconic football video games and more in Bitmap Books’ fantastic A Tale Of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games by Richard Moss: bitmapbooks.com/collections/al

#bitmapbooks#books#retrogaming
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Graham Downs

Saw an email now from a book news site I follow, about how "spicy #romantasy" is getting more popular, and also more explicit, and wondering where do you draw the line between romance and #erotica.

To me, I think that no matter how explicit and graphic the sex in romance novels gets, at the end of the day the main point of romance is still... well, the romance. With erotica, I would think that while the romance might be there, it exists as a backdrop to or a way to justify the sex. The sex is front and centre, and there might not even be any actual love involved.

I could be wrong, but that'd be my gut-feel, off-the-cuff answer. :) #books @bookstodon

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Esa Lackström

I finished this one last night. I had no idea how Darcy was as a writer but decided to buy this and see what this is. I expected a generic horror story but the story suddenly started to take unexpected turns and I was hooked. One of the best "haunted house"-stories I've ever experienced.
I will look more into Darcy's material, "From below" most likely next on the list that I will buy.

Awesome.
#books#horror#novel
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