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photo taken from a boat on the Lake District of a green hill
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unconscious planetary suicide: losing eden by lucy jones

January 6, 2025January 1, 2025 nesskingsley

The politicisation of taking care of the world we live in is a great tragedy; it should be a natural priority to us. Taking care of it, takes care of us.

Tagged environment, losing eden, Lucy jones, natural world, nature, reading1 Comment
reading a book whilst sitting at a table with a cup of tea, a teapot, and a book on it
books misc, ness talks books

2024: book snapshots

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 nesskingsley

Did it make me want to abandon the world to retreat to peaceful lands and a barren room with a cross and the ever present scent of feral cat pee? No. Did it plant a book idea in my brain? Oh yes, yes it did indeed.

Tagged 2024, book-review, books, bookworm, fiction, reading, reading goals, reading-goalsLeave a comment
the custom of the country by Edith Wharton
books misc, deffo my cuppa

the most appalling ‘heroine’ you ever did read

November 15, 2024 nesskingsley

Her actual desires are, to put it bluntly, as shallow as a flattened teaspoon.

Tagged american literature, book reviews, book-review, books, Edith wharton, fiction, reading, the custom of the country10 Comments
book and tea on a chair
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indie publishing and what i wish i’d done differently

October 17, 2024October 16, 2024 nesskingsley

I'd hoped that my book would spread like a contagion through word of mouth and develop a cult following without trying to do a jot of marketing. No, I don't harbour delusions of grandeur. Pfft.

Tagged a most irregular prophecy, indie publishing, marketing, writing2 Comments
books misc, ness talks about life

slow down & visit a bookshop

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 nesskingsley

It was, naturally, impossible to walk out of the bookshop without purchasing one or two or, possibly, three volumes. Which I did. Who am I but a leaf, drifting on the rivers of fate?

Tagged book-review, books, bookshop, bookshops, cromford, reading, Rebecca Yarros, Sarah j maas, scarthin books, trains, ursula k le guin6 Comments

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