BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Maryam Moshiri and Doug Naylor The newsreader and the Red Dwarf creator discuss their chosen books with Harriett Gilbert.

#AGoodRead
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Bridget Jones's DiaryHelen Fielding @bbcmaryam.bsky.social
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise Katherine Rundell @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social
Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson @harriettsg.bsky.social
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It Has to Be Read. • We Said Farewell by Amanda Quintero Aguerrevere Presenting my It Has to Be Read. selection for the month of July, 2025, We Said Farewell: stories of forced exile by Amanda Quintero Aguerrevere

I found this conversation insightful. #Venezuela
It Has To Be Read: We Said Farewell by Amanda Quintero Aguerrevere. #AGoodRead #BookSky #Book #Readingiscool #BookClub #ItHasToBeRead #FrankSchaeffer #Libro #Leer #LibroBueno
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Another brilliant book just read - The Women by Kristin Hannah - just so nice to read about the women who were involved in the Vietnam war as combat nurses. A very powerful story. #books #agoodread

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Roma Agrawal and Kate Lister A structural engineer and a historian of sex share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

#AGoodRead
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WEDLOCK: HOW GEORGIAN BRITAIN'S WORST HUSBAND MET HIS MATCH Wendy Moore Kate Lister
GRAYSON PERRY: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG GIRL Wendy Jones @harriettsg.bsky.social
PLASTIC EMOTIONS by Shiromi Pinto @romatheengineer.bsky.social
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I listen to #Radio4 a lot. Often just on in the background.

Every now and then somebody comes out with the biggest pile of bollocks.

On #AGoodRead one of the contributors came out with 'writing a thesis is fun'.

It certainly wasn't for me and not for the fifty plus students I've known over […]

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.

Cannibal mothers; sex; fanaticism: novelist Sarah Waters and filmmaker Walter Murch introduce the usual heterogeneous mix of books on #agoodread @BBCRadio4 3pm today, online thereafter www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Why Aren’t We Partying Like It’s 1999? Fear, not hope, permeates today’s technology hype

#AGoodRead #RetirementAccounts #Noticias #Migente #Money #Dinero #Billions
"looking at consumer sentiment, which was very high at the end of the 1990s but is now about where it was during the depths of the global financial crisis"
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“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, pub. 1937
#HobbitDay2025 #Tolkien #AGoodRead #BookSky #Book

"Trump is not the dealmaker that he has spent decades touting himself as being. Rather, he’s a chaos agent who wants to be the center of attention. If the world is a tinderbox, Trump is a foolish child who loves playing with matches."

So true, so true. Thanks for telling the #truth.

#AGoodRead.

RIP #StellaRimmington she wrote some bloody good books too. #AGoodRead

A hammock, a good read, and nothing but the trees and sky above.
This is how summer afternoons are meant to be spent.
#cottagelife #saturdaymood #agoodread

July news: shorturl.at/RkCCz

@poems-not-opinions.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social; @pascalepetit.bsky.social on #PoetryPlease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on #AGoodRead; #JaneCommane & #KayceeHill @societyofauthors.bsky.social awards; & much more!

'You are Here ' - David Nichols
Tender, engaging and, at times, laugh out loud funny.
I was totally invested in Marnie and Michael's journey.
#booksky
#bookishlife
#bookreview
#read
#reading
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@jkbjournalist.bsky.social wrote an enlightening book, Perversion of Justice. #AGoodRead
She continues to follow the Epstein story, writing articles and posting online.

Front cover of Peter May's The Night Gate, night scene with dark outside stairs

Just read this, a good read, entertaining and definitely leaves you wondering...
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My Mom’s Disappearance Was A Mystery. Then I Saw An Old Photo — And What I Discovered Next Left Me Shaken. — BuzzFeed

My Mom’s Disappearance Was A Mystery. Then I Saw An Old Photo — And What I Discovered Next Left Me Shaken. - BuzzFeed #agoodread apple.news/Aa4-STXa3TK6...

@harriettsg.bsky.social Sorry but, increasingly, I have no idea who your guests are on #AGoodRead. Do other #BBCRadio4 listeners?

Quantum Networking: How Cisco is Accelerating Practical Quantum Computing We're now creating quantum networking technology that will be the foundation for the quantum internet, making quantum computing practical years ahead of current timelines – Announcing two milestones: ...

#Science #AGoodRead #Cisco Unveils #Quantum Networking Lab and Entanglement Source Chip Prototype to Enable Scalable Quantum Data Centers
#Energy efficiency - Consumes less than 1mW of power

#aGoodread
#TheWorldaFamilyHistory
#SimonSeabagMontefiore
It’s a big door stopper , of a history book, that reads like a thriller
Take your time and enjoy
Highly recommended 👍👏

I thought the free market was forever - then Trump came along Why the reign of the free market is facing its biggest ever challenge

A condensed summary of the recent history of economic changes, locally and globally.
#AGoodRead
BBC News - I thought the free market was forever - then Trump came along - BBC News
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'Stories don't live in a vacuum; they need an audience to survive.'

Thank you for this great read Joanne @joannechocolat.bsky.social

#AgoodRead
#TheThursdayClub #RichardOsman
Late to the party, but I thoroughly enjoyed RO’s excellent writing and compelling characters….Highly recommended!!!!!

This is so sad. If they could just stop, find a good book from a recommendation & fall into that new world, I know they’d regret not doing it sooner #AGoodRead

My favourite books of the last 12 months
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#booklovers
#read
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#agoodread

Row of books on a bookshelves waiting to be read.

The current TBR shelf but what next? 🤔 Don’t seem to have my decisive head on today!
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#toberead
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Overwhelm… Overreach… Overthrown. How Trump Is Cooking His Own Goose.

Nobody, especially #Trump, knows it yet.

His fate, his downfall, and his doom is, as we speak, being set in stone.

>> www.michaelmoore.com/p/overwhelm-... <<

#MichaelMoore #AGoodRead #DonaldTrump #USAFailedState #DonOLD #ShockAndAwe #HisGooseIsCooked #Drumpf #MAGA #SlashAndBurn #merica #USA

The opening words of DEATH ON THE ALGARVE: DCI Jonah Porter was afraid. As the aircraft taxied towards the runway and the cabin crew went through the safety announcements he felt the muscles in his neck tightening and his pulse racing. Yes, he was afraid – not of flying: that would have been absurd. Jonah knew the statistics: he was safer flying to Portugal than crossing the street. No. His fear was of something completely different.

Reader review: ‘Not just an intriguing “whodunnit”, Death on the Algarve also asks questions about faith, friendship and ethics. It’s mystery for thinking people.’ sites.google.com/view/bernie-... #crimefiction #Algarve #books #agoodread #WritingCommunity

Post Quantum Computing Security Post Quantum Computing Security details the urgent need for the telecommunications industry to prepare for the challenges posed by quantum computing to current wireless network security. The paper out...

#AGoodRead #Post #Quantum Computing #Security #CRQC - Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer coupled with Shor’s Algorithm, has the potential to break traditional public key cryptography

Hi Harriet, my nomination for #AGoodRead is The Night Land, by Wiliam Hope Hodgeson.