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I am super honoured to have my book Wild Vancouver Island on Global News Morning Weekend anchor Jennifer Palma's list. 😊
https://globalnews.ca/news/10958688/palmas-picks/

You can order my book here: https://www.catherinebabault.com/book/wild-vancouver-island-photo-book

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I just finished reading "The Icarus Hunt", by #TimothyZahn (1999). I give it 7.5/10.
Very good fun overall, but I feel like it asks us to suspend to much disbelief regarding one of the central characters before their backstory is fully revealed with only a couple of pages left.
The action and the intrigue were very well done, as is usual by Zahn's standards, and the characters are distinct enough.

#scifi #sciencefiction #boosktodon #TimZahn #theicarushunt #bantam

Cover for the mass-market paperback edition of Timothy Zahn's "The Icarus Hunt".
Top, in white letters: "Timothy Zahn - #1 New York Times bestselling author of 'Vision of the Future'"
In golden letters: The Icarus Hunt
Smaller white letters: "A masterpiece of imagination, intrige and adventure"

The illustration depicts a long, odd-looking spaceship with big orbs attached to it, while a smaller ship approaches. This against the backdrop of a sandy-looking planet and its sun and stars in the distance.

#RingmerReview

Seldon and Newell: Johnson at 10

This is, of course, all about Boris, but it is more than that as well. Very well written, in a clear and interesting style, it will give anyone interested in finding out how politics, the civil service, and the administration of the UK operate (or should operate) at the top level. The authors look at Johnson with the perspective of historians comparing him to past Prime Ministers good and bad. 1/2 #books #boosktodon #UKPolitics

Text: "Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell Johnson at 10 the inside story"

Text of the review is in this and the next toots.

Picture: tousle haired Boris Johnson in a relatively neat shirt, tie and jacket.

Update: A fourth request came in and was added to my hold stack before I got to the #library! The challenge intensifies!! 😄

"Bedbugs" should be a quick read. "Hester," I'm not too sure about, could be awful, but I have to check it out because a) my own ancestors were lured here from Scotland to work in the textile trade; b) I love 17th-19th c. American domestic history; and c) Nate Hawthorne looks quite handsome in that one portrait by Charles Osgood. So. Duh.
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