Tom Claver

[Tom Claver @Tom_Claver]

I'm worried that the Government is cutting the Winter Fuel Payment. @ageuk estimates around 2.5 million pensioners who really need the money will now lose it. I've signed their petition. https://t.co/RGiiH3S5xg

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

25 December 1800. The 1st Christmas tree in Great Britain was erected at the Queen’s Lodge, Windsor by the German-born Queen Consort Charlotte (the wife of George III). In the German states, Christmas trees were already popular during the festive season.

[Jane Austen @janeaustenlit]

At Christmas every body invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather.
#JaneAusten #Emma

[Emma Welton | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles]

#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#BookReview: The Appeal by Janice Hallett @ViperBooks #TheAppeal #damppebbles
➡️ https://t.co/BEeOeCebOl

#whattoread #bookish #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #bookrecommendation

[Georges Simenon @SimenonTweets]

🎄 "Il était ridicule, passé cinquante ans, d’être encore déçu parce qu’il n’y avait pas de neige un matin de Noël, mais les gens d’un certain âge ne sont jamais aussi sérieux que les jeunes le croient."
—— Georges Simenon, Un Noël de Maigret (1951) | https://t.co/sp2Q8M9uYI

[Emma Welton | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles]

#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#BookReview: Hangman by Daniel Cole @TrapezeBooks @orion_crime #Hangman #damppebbles
➡️ https://t.co/ivuu6B9806

#whattoread #bookish #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #bookrecommendation

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

#Onthisday in 1817 both Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were posthumously published just a matter of months after Jane Austen’s death. This is the title page from a first edition in our collection.

🔗 Find out more about this special object here: https://t.co/9LgpTIMf6V

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Hard Case Crime @HardCaseCrime]

One cool surprise for 2025: in November we'll be bringing back the brilliant black-comic "Max & Angela" trilogy by Ken Bruen and @JasonStarrBooks, for the first time ever in one big combined volume. The title? SUPERMAX.

[Emma Welton | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles]

*NEW BLOG POST*

My review of #WeUsedToLiveHere by Marcus Kliewer is live on #damppebbles!

Completely unnerving, totally unsettling and with a building sense of inescapable doom. Truly terrifying.

My review ➡️ https://t.co/AnRSmYeGJt
@TransworldBooks

#BookTwitter #booktwt

[LH Stacey Author 💖 @LyndaStacey]

How much do you really know about the people you live with?

Available now... https://t.co/Fw2eKtNBI8 #thriller #psychologicalthriller #mustread #amazonbooks #99p #newrelease #amazonprime #kindleunlimited #audibletok @Boldwoodbooks #audio

[Hard Case Crime @HardCaseCrime]

Looking ahead to 2025, we kick off the new year with THE ACTOR by Donald E. Westlake (a new edition of his brilliant novel MEMORY, titled and timed to coincide with the new movie adaptaton)...

[Bloodhound Books @Bloodhoundbook]

NEW COZY MYSTERY OUT NOW! 🕵️‍♀️📚

A small village. A brutal murder. And 'everyone' is a suspect…

‘A Turn Up for the Books’ is the unmissable second book in The Elderwick Mysteries—packed with twists and danger!

Order NOW: https://t.co/SM5UCZDiLu

[Emma Welton | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles]

#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#BookReview: The Curator by M.W. Craven @LittleBrownUK @TheCrimeVault #TheCurator #damppebbles
➡️ https://t.co/NLhVUhSFDr

#whattoread #bookish #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #bookrecommendation

[Emma Welton | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles]

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#BookReview: Little Girl Lost by Carol Wyer @bookouture #LittleGirlLost #damppebbles
➡️ https://t.co/x7hzFpyUID

#whattoread #bookish #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #bookrecommendation

[Zaffre Books @ZaffreBooks]

Satu Rämö’s The Cold in the Fjord is 99p today only on Kindle!

Dive into Hildur's haunting world of murder, secrets, and the icy west coast of Iceland.

🎄 Hurry—offer melts away after midnight!
https://t.co/2ERdt0qHlF

[Viking Books UK @VikingBooksUK]

Looking for something new to watch?

The eagerly anticipated adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's acclaimed book, One Hundred Years of Solitude, lands on @NetflixUK tomorrow!

[Bloodhound Books @Bloodhoundbook]

NEW THRILLER OUT NOW! 🖤

What happens when your home becomes your prison? What if your whole life is a lie? 🏠🔒
'A Safe Place' is here, don't miss your chance to order NOW! https://t.co/9JdzWMkrcu
#PsychBook #BookRecs #psychologicalthriller

[Emma Welton | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 @damppebbles]

*NEW BLOG POST*

My review of #TwentySevenMinutes by Ashley Tate is live on #damppebbles!

I adored Twenty-Seven Minutes. It's a rich, character-driven mystery full of well-written suspense and devastating secrets.

My review ➡️ https://t.co/J1dwzQDkO9
@headlinepg

#booktwt #book

[Library Mindset @librarymindset]

52 Books To Read In 2025