englishliterature

Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel | David Barnett

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#roll100 #hauntedshelf #screamteam I really enjoyed this weird folk horror-esque story… living basically exactly where it is set definitely added to it!

ImperfectCJ, PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w

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Lcsmcat

Emily & Herman: A Literary Romance | John J. Healey

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OMG, this was so unbelievable, so overwrought. And the author couldn‘t stop writing about nipples. 🙄At least I‘ve knocked off one #readyoirkobo for September. But don‘t waste your time on this one. @CBee

CBee Omg, well this sounds….. terrible 😅 4w

Lcsmcat @CBee Yeah, especially if you like Dickinson, Melville, Hawthorn, or Whitman, stay away from this one. 4w

CBee @Lcsmcat I very much like Dickinson and Whitman 💚 4w

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Texreader

The Kelmscott Chaucer | Geoffrey Chaucer

https://www.instagram.com/p/DORIc65iCBW/?igsh=dXhzdmluczgxNWUw

KadaGul L😍VE this. Thank you 🫶so much for sharing🧡📚💛😍🤎 2mo

Bette Beautiful books 👍❤️ 2mo

GingerAntics Wow 2mo

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dabbe

John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose | John Clare

#poemaday
@lil1inblue @Cuilin
💛💜🧡

TheBookHippie So beautiful. 2mo

Cuilin Oh, I love all those verbs rustling, crunching, trample. 🧡 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 'Tis the most wonderful time of the year. 🧡💜💛 2mo

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dabbe @Cuilin 🧡💜💛 2mo

ShelleyBooksie Gorgeous. One of my fav parts of my early morning dog walks is listening to the squirrels throw acorns on the ground. 2mo

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie OMG! I could listen to that sound on a repetitive track to fall asleep with! 🧡💜💛 2mo

lil1inblue Oh, I love this! I can hear all the rustles and crunches! ❤ 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🧡💜🧡 2mo

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Make dumb choices, win stupid prizes. A hauntingly written battle of conscience.

#TheElements

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bekakins

The Future Future | Adam Thirlwell

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#roll100 felt like I missed something with this one 🤷🏻‍♀️ I enjoyed the experimental moon section more than of the others… just didn‘t really know what was going on for most of it!

PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Boo! Hope your next book is better 2mo

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

Been a while since I‘ve relaxed with a book at soccer practice. It‘s warm but pretty nice out! 📖⚽️

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Hooked_on_books

Earth | John Boyne

I know Boyne is well liked, but apparently he‘s as bad as JKR and I thought people might want to know.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/polari-prize-nominees-and-judges-w...

mcctrish This came up in my feed too 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading This is so disappointing. 😞 3mo

EKonrad Oof. So disappointing. 😢 3mo

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TheBookHippie I knew this. Also he‘s hugely antisemitic… covered in writing so you feel bad for the non Jewish person in his writing… hugely problematic. It is disappointing as I loved some of his books… there have been articles before about him. Not this huge however. 😵‍💫 3mo

lil1inblue Ugh. Gross. The statement from Polari gave me so much ick. 3mo

TrishB I‘ve been following this on Twitter….its been known for a while, sadly. 3mo

BarbaraBB Wow this is new to me. 3mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie @TrishB My guess is this story hasn‘t been as big as JKR because he lacks her level of fame. But it makes me glad I‘ve never read any of his books. I for sure won‘t now. 3mo

TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I loved The Hearts invisible Furies by him … then I read quotes from him on how there were good Nazis 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. 3mo

marleed Oh dang. I‘ve loved his books but have now dropped him from my auto read authors. 3mo

AmyG NOOOOOOOO. Goddammit. @TheBookHippie WTF? (edited) 3mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie What the what now? 😵 3mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG yup even got into a war of words with THE Auschwitz Memorial and others …. @lil1inblue (edited) 3mo

Deblovestoread So incredibly disappointing! I don‘t know why I expect better from authors but I do. (edited) 3mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie Sure, all those good Nazis! What were the rest of us thinking? 😵‍💫 3mo

peaKnit @AmyG I think you were reading my mind with your comment. WTF indeed! 💩 3mo

CarolynM Seems a bizarre decision by Polari. I didn‘t know Boyne was problematic but I didn‘t much like the only one of his books I‘ve read so I wasn‘t planning on reading any more anyway. 3mo

Amiable DAMN. I love(d) Boyne‘s books. I‘d heard none of this. It feels like a kick in the stomach. 3mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sounds like an author to avoid. 3mo

AmyG @Amiable Same. 😢 3mo

janeycanuck I heard rumblings about this a few years after The Heart‘s Invisible Furies came out but nothing definitive. How disappointing that he‘s still on this train. 3mo

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bibliothecarivs

A Glastonbury Romance | John Cowper Powys

Recent acquisition for our personal library.

#glastonbury #powys #novel

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Nicos

Raw Material: A Family Biography | Alan Sillitoe

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An odd format, described as a novel but containing much biography and thoughts on the life of a writer. Thoroughly enjoyable mostly but the literary critical segments sometimes get a little convoluted. Definite pick though.

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