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The books quiz of 2025 – set by Mick Herron, Bernardine Evaristo, Ali Smith and more https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/21/books-quiz-of-2025-bernardine-evaristo-mick-herron-ali-smith-and-more #BernardineEvaristo #Quizandtriviagames #YaelvanderWouden #Lifeandstyle #WilliamBoyd #SaraPascoe #SarahMoss #PhilWang #AliSmith #Culture #Books

The books quiz of 2025 – set by Mick Herron, Bernardine Evaristo, Ali Smith and more

The romantic proclivities of the Shelleys, a notable corpse and a diner delight – test your knowledge with questions posed by favourite authors

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US Dec 13

‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/13/this-extraordinary-story-never-goes-out-of-fashion-30-authors-on-the-books-they-give-to-everyone #Scienceandnaturebooks #Childrenandteenagers #JeanetteWinterson #RobertMacfarlane #KatherineRundell #KamilaShamsie #MichaelRosen #NikeshShukla #TessaHadley #WilliamBoyd #JonathanCoe #ElifShafak #ColmTóibín #DianaEvans #NinaStibbe #Christmas #MaxPorter

‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone

Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect gift

The Guardian

Steve Mitchell Nov 26

Moving on to my next book of the year. This will be number 104 for 2025, equalling the total number of books that I read last year!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #BookLovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #JamesBond #JamesBond007 #Solo #WilliamBoyd

Book Notification Sep 12, 2025

Vince is back with our Weekly Picks just in time for your weekend reading!

Featuring:

📖 The Society of Unknowable Objects by #GarethBrown
📖 Gabriel’s Moon by #WilliamBoyd
📖 Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by #ToddSPurdum

Read all of Vince’s picks online at our site. 📚

#reading #books #getnotified
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https://www.booknotification.com/blog/weekly-picks/book-notification-weekly-picks-14/

Culture | The Guardian US Jun 30, 2025

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/30/what-were-reading-writers-and-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-june #YaelvanderWouden #RebeccaSolnit #WilliamBoyd #SylviaPlath #Culture #Books

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian

Jim Richmond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📷⛳️ 🏉🇪🇺🏏May 12, 2025

Dean Castle, Kilmarnock
#deancastlecountrypark #jacobite #williamboyd #photography #fotografia #fotografie #canon

Gary Johnstone Feb 15, 2025

A couple of hours writing the outline of the novel using a pen and notebook. Apparently it can take #WilliamBoyd 2 years to plan. I've got a few hundred days to go then. #writing #writers #writerslife

Davida (Chocolate Lady) Chazan Dec 8, 2024

Burning Rivers of Faith. My #bookreview for Gabriel's Moon by #WilliamBoyd, on my #bookblog now! Thanks Atlantic Monthly Press Ingram Publisher Services @uk_publishers for the Edelweiss ARC. #histficreadingchallenge
#2024NewReleaseChallenge #bookstodon

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2024/12/09/burning-rivers-of-faith/

Burning Rivers of Faith.

Book Review for “Gabriel’s Moon” by William Boyd. Summary: “Gabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a fire that took his mother’s life. Every night, when sleep finally com…

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