Books, Notes and Wickets

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Happy Halloween

[everythingfox]

He tried his best

(via)

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Happy Halloween

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julie & the phantoms’ performances

[youreamonocoque]

'Racism made me doubt my love for cricket'

Ebony Rainford-Brent says she sometimes questioned why she remained in cricket after being subjected to racial comments during her career in the sport.

This is some of what Sky just aired. Hopefully the live segment will be up somewhere soon as well. 

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Holding: Society has to change

Michael Holding was close to tears talking about some of his experiences with racism and says society must change.

Michael Holding’s live piece 🐐

[battingonjakku]

The twitter feed also has the interview with Ebony Rainford-Brent that followed, will probably be on the website soon. Watch these.

[woakesy]

What a double century!

B J Watling, you’re a god.

[woakesy]

Hugs and half hugs

[whitepeopletwitter]

[booksnotesandwickets]

Goodreads Challenge 2018

So this time last year I set myself the target of reading 99 books during 2018. Well I sort of went past that a bit...

In 2018 I read...... 170 books!

I’ve read some great books and I’ve read some, quite frankly, crap books but I only gave up on two books because I’m one of those readers that have to read the entire book just incase it turns out to be not as bad as it seems.

 Now to decide what to read next....

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Book Advent Calendar 2018

Here they are: all the books in my book advent calendar for 2018.

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My attempt at a book Christmas tree. 

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Book Advent Calendar 2018

Well the year has gone by incredibly quickly yet again, which means it is time for this year’s book advent calendar.

All 24 books were bought from a local charity shop and since I wrapped them in July I now have no idea what I’ll be encountering over the next month.

Last year’s was great fun and helped me discover a few really good authors that I probably wouldn’t have tried otherwise.

Looking forward to seeing what this batch will reveal.

[hawt-me33]

Coming into a fandom late

[baxterdamus-deactivated20130513]

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

[valorious]

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

[leatherpatches-deactivated20150]

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war. 

[fauxmoux]

Accuracy at its best

[street-of-mercy]

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

[my-reylo]

all of this shit…lol

[nerdsagainstfandomracism]

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

[not-so-secret-nerd]

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

[jupiter235]

This gets better every time I see it. 

[sageblackrose95]

@fuboos-mess

[inverted-mind-inc-sideblog-deac]

Being in a dead fandom…

[illogicalarchive]

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

[erilias]

The accuracy hurts.

[fanfic-yes-please]

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

[it-is-bugs]

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

[sweetferalbaby]

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

[teaganvamp]

This just gets better..

[hamboj2]

@mi-kleos

[thatcrazysonicchick]

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

[knightofbloodcancer]

Fandom hell in general

[morathavictoria]

Yes.

[marvelanimelover]

This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.

[stop-talking-babe-deactivated20]

Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on

[raise-cain-archived]

THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!

[crochanblackbeak]

Trying to recruit people to your fandom

[kateriverameliawolfe]

Annnnnnndddd it’s back

[ishipwhatiship247]

Being in a fandom which has so many antis

[ravenhilarious]

I’ve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.

[swanqueen-author]

Being in a fandom that actually works together

[commanderunhingedmongoose]

Why is this so true? All of it.

[pillowprincesslexa]

being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs

[hangingfire]

I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.

[priory-of-stars]

Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions

[marianagmt]

When you are in a fandom and don’t care for others people opinion…..even if they are right…(believe me, I have met several of those)

[batbyte-alghul]

Being in a fandom you never meant to join

[tirnel-sutcliff-spears]

I love this. and it’s gotten better

[cartoonjessie]

After abandoning a fandom you’re still a little bit emotionally invested in….

[booksnotesandwickets]

Books! Lots of Books!

Went on a bit of road-trip today down to a magical place somewhere between Bristol and Wells (Somerset-ish) called THE BOOKBARN 

It is a magnificent haven of secondhand books, they say about a million or so, and the best bit is that the very large majority of them are only £1 each!!!!

I may have bought one or two.....or ten ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Only thing is I now not only have to pick which one of these to read first (I’ve already got four on the go) I’m also going to have to reorganise my shelves...

Maybe tomorrow...

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Oh dear. 

Not so sure about the new look lads.

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Sometimes coincidence can be downright creepy.

Yesterday I went on a road trip with my choir to take part in a chorus festival and i decided to try out an audiobook for the first time. 

As I was listening it mentioned two songs that were important to the character’s mother... one of which we were performing as part of our set. This morning, put the iPod on shuffle and what should come up but the other song.

If that wasn’t creepy enough, I then picked up another book and the page I was reading contained the line “rearranging the deckchairs on a certain doomed vessel”. As I turned the page the iPod came up with ‘My Heart will go on’

Either this is a set of curious and creepy coincidences or the iPod is sentient and maybe possessed. 

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Another steam railway sign.