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undertones of war by Edmund blunden
books misc, ness talks books, reading log

the god of small DNFs | reading log #4

January 28, 2025December 6, 2025 nesskingsley

I've been reading nearly all my life, saving those few years when I was impossibly lazy and also under the age of four.

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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.

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ness talks about life

reading books, writing books, and buying fish, and so on and so forth

September 8, 2020September 7, 2020 nesskingsley

In short, there isn't a series I've read that surpasses this one.

Tagged a suffragist abroad, amelia peabody, book, bookworm, fish, history, life, reading, writing6 Comments
books misc

i compose book blurbs

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 nesskingsley

'I love it but at the same time I don’t.’

Tagged books, bookworm, reviews4 Comments
books misc

the joys of a book buying ban

December 17, 2019 nesskingsley

My bookworm soul was beginning to bear an unflattering resemblance to Jabba the Hutt.

Tagged ban, book buying, books, bookworm, fiction, life, reading, update1 Comment

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