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@Best_Books

book review service for people to share their good, bad and ugly views on novels, non fiction books & literary gossip.

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Joined February 2009
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.@marksandspencer asked me2review a recent order but they didn’t like my comments saying ‘Your review didn’t meet all our website guidelines as it shipping or fulfilment focused so we’re unable to publish it’. Banning all -ve reviews is censorship - but at least now we know.
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Hope you get a speedy response - stores are notoriously poor at training staff in how to treat elderly and vulnerable customers - I hope this wasn’t the case in this instance (feel M&S should be beat in practice here). Keep us posted and consider contacting Age UK too for advice
VeggieV (@VeggieV) profile pictureVeggieV@VeggieVJun 2
. @marksandspencer please reply to my DM regarding your treatment of my 80 + year old mother in law.
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New partner klaxon! We are delighted to announce that Richard Whitmill - a Chartered Governance Institute fellow with 16 yrs+ of charity & not-for-profit experience-has joined us! Read more about Richard here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5n6ssu4w
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Sad news - RIP Edna O’Brien. Groundbreaking and fearless author, I came to her late in her career being drawn into her books by Girl - her novel about a girl kidnapped by Boko Haram. Still so much of her work to explore. bbc.com/news/articles/cpwweg…

Obituary: Edna O'Brien, the controversial Irish novelist

Edna O'Brien will always be known as the controversial Irish novelist who scandalised Catholic Ireland.

bbc.com
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Today @SouthernRailUK are only running 1 train an hr to my destination (20 mins away). They say they only have to offer a replacement bus service if there are no trains at all. They suggested I get a cab& then told me they can’t take a complaint. #Howdotheystillhavethiscontract ?
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France makes history #womensrighttochoose bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…
France makes abortion a constitutional right

France makes abortion a constitutional right

France becomes the first country to explicitly include the right to terminate a pregnancy in its constitution.

bbc.co.uk
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Went to see this last night & cannot tell you how good it was. Absolutely loved the script, set, acting - everything - and Adrian Scarborough Stephen Campbell Moore and all the cast were just brilliant . It’s on until 29 July @DonmarWarehouse - pl go see it!
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And carrying on from my tweet yesterday … this is 2023 America. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…
Principal resigns after Florida students shown Michelangelo statue

Principal resigns after Florida students shown Michelangelo statue

One Florida parent complained Michelangelo's iconic statue amounted to pornography.

bbc.co.uk
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Around the world the lack of accurate health education on issues affecting girls causes fear, inequality and increased health risks. To be clear 6th grade kids are 11/12. Girls usually start their periods between 10-15 & the average age in America is 12. theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade

Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade

Planned Parenthood advocates say the ‘absurd’ draft legislation regarding periods would present a ‘reductive and binary view of sex’

theguardian.com
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How to Ride a Dragonfly by Kitty Donohoe: 9780593175644 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Book is coming May 23,2023! Pre-order links are here. Dreams do come true! ⁦@fraserstephena⁩ ⁦@anneschwartzbks⁩ penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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16 Chinese artists on display at the #HammerMuseum - trying to position their art in a conflicted post Cultural Revolution China . If you are looking for great art in #LA this is def worth a shout!
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So this has just arrived . I almost don’t want to start reading because it will be finished before I know it. Thank you @edouard_louis for your amazingly powerful, evocative books!
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It’s never 2 early for Xmas books! This is a festive adventure e-book for emerging readers -Amazon kindle unlimited or just 99p/$1.12 Eddie the Christmas Elf eBook : Rustom, Viv: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store #christmasbooks #christmasbooksforkids amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BM3S2KQK/r…
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Kicking off the #alliwantforchristmas book list is this gorgeous picture book by @donohoe_kitty . It isn’t actually out until next Spring - but the good news is you can pre-order it now #HowtoRideaDragonfly amzn.eu/eYoDNDC
Kitty Donohoe (@donohoe_kitty) profile pictureKitty Donohoe@donohoe_kitty11 Nov 2022
Pre - order https://www.amazon.com/How-Ride-Dragonfly-Kitty-Donohoe/dp/0593175646/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34S8V4AHT4QEP&keywords=how+to+ride+a+dragonfly&qid=1668138486&sprefix=how+to+ride+a+dragonfly%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1

ALT Pre - order https://www.amazon.com/How-Ride-Dragonfly-Kitty-Donohoe/dp/0593175646/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34S8V4AHT4QEP&keywords=how+to+ride+a+dragonfly&qid=1668138486&sprefix=how+to+ride+a+dragonfly%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1

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I KNOW it is only November but what books are people hoping to give or receive this Christmas? Paperback or kindle? For younger or older readers? #askingforafriend #ideasforbestbooks
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Such sad sad news . #RIPHilaryMantel
Lucy Worsley (@Lucy_Worsley) profile pictureLucy Worsley
@Lucy_Worsley23 Sep 2022
In 2009, a lady came to a conference we had at Hampton Court, about the life of Henry VIII. She sat quietly at the back making notes. She was reputed to be a novelist. I did not know then that a goddess was walking among us.
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And @DFSCare u have started the finance plan so I am now paying for the broken sofa. You could send me battery and I could send old one back and sorted within days why would you waste engineer time and lose all my and my family’s good will for a battery ?
So disappointed in @DFSCare - ordered super expensive sofa - it took longer than it should of to arrive and then when it turned up this am one of the batteries for recliner not working They won’t send new one just an engineer in 3 weeks. (1/2)
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Just finished watching @bbcthree #conversationswithfriends - loved #SallyRooney book and loved this series. Beautiful, moving, fresh drama - total pleasure.
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Clever PR to highlight growing issues of literary censorship and curtailment of freedom of thought & choice … ⁦@MargaretAtwood⁩ creates an ‘unburnable’ edition of Handmaid’s Tale. theguardian.com/books/2022/m…
Atwood responds to book bans with ‘unburnable’ edition of Handmaid’s Tale

Atwood responds to book bans with ‘unburnable’ edition of Handmaid’s Tale

Auction of fire-resistant edition comes ahead of an expected US supreme court ruling reversing the right to abortion

theguardian.com
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