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Dr. Melissa Schuh @melissaschuh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook 🤗 Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚 @biggreenbooks.bsky.social

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. A groovy kind of day all round.. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. UK only It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'd like mine to go to people who've not asked before, so don't be shy!

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day and this is the THIRD offer from @sarahalba.bsky.social today! Sarah is offering to buy someone a copy of The Crows by C M Rosens. If gothic paranormal cosmic horror is your bag, check this beauty out and get in touch if you'd like it. UK only

The Crows

Her fate is sealed. Her death is inevitable...Carrie Rickard, leaving an abusive relationship back in London, tries to escape her past by throwing herself into her restoration project: Fairwood House, known to locals of Pagham-on-Sea as The Crows. Unable to resist as it whispers to her, Carrie's obsession only grows when she discovers it was the site of a gruesome unsolved murder.
As she digs deeper into the mystery, she awakens dark and dangerous forces. Cue an introduction to her foul-mouthed neighbour, Ricky Porter, who is as obsessed with The Crows as Carrie is, and who has several secrets of his own. Not least of which are what's really under his hood, and what he's got in the cellar...
A chilling gothic horror novel of haunted houses, eldritch monsters and things that go bump in the night.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day and this is the second of THREE offers from @sarahalba.bsky.social Sarah is offering to buy someone a copy of Needfire by MK Hardy Check out the description and get in touch if you'd like a copy. UK only

Needfire

Norah seeks a fresh start in the halls of Corrain House. What she finds are dark secrets that will haunt her every step. You are afraid of the border places.
You are afraid of the fork in the road. Fleeing her mistakes in Glasgow for a marriage of convenience, Norah Mackenzie's new home on an estate far in the north of Scotland is a chance for freedom, a fresh start. But in the dim corridors of Corrain House, something is very wrong.
Despite their warm correspondence, her distant, melancholic husband does not seem to know her. She is plagued by ghost ships on the sea, spectres at the corner of her eye, by winding, grasping roots. Her only possible companion, the housekeeper Agnes Gunn, is by turns unnerving and alluring, and harbours uncanny secrets of her own.
As the foundations crumble beneath her feet, Norah must uncover the truth about Corrain House, her husband, Agnes, and herself, if she is to find the freedom she has been chasing.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have another wonderful #buyastrangerabook day offer for you. @ultrasteve.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of any book by Ronan Hession. So, if there's one in particular you'd like, get in touch. UK only

three books by Ronan.

Leonard & Hungry Paul
Panenka
Ghost Mountain

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have more amazing #buyastrangerabook day magic. @lacrapule.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of a book by Sarah Moss. Here are three books that come highly recommended. If you'd like one of these (or any others of Sarah's), let us know! UK only

Three Sarah Moss titles.

Ripeness
Ghost Wall
The Tidal Zone

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! And in honour of her sister's birthday last week, @jammyface.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice. So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch. UK only

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'd like mine to go to people who haven't benefitted from #buyastrangerabook day before. So don't be shy! UK only.

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lamenting about spurs could be a full time job in and of itself

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hmmm, my Manchester pub knowledge is a touch limited. But if anyone will be able to help, I'd imagine it'd be @totalcurtis.bsky.social. Given he wrote a book on the pubs of Manchester

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There's a bar that's an old public toilet - doesn't quite have the same glamour mind

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am absolutely coming back to this for when I'm back home and browsing my local Asian supermarkets. Do you do them straight? So no adding externalities such as an egg or spring onions?

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Five cheeses Simon! That's insane

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Genuinely think remembering 15 Tories is the most impressive thing here

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm impressed with 78. I can't get over 50. How are there so many forgettable MPs?

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I can get ANY BOOK AT ALL! please for the love of all that floats your boat, don't look at my website and pick a book from there. It's charming, but it only lists about 300 books. I can get over half a million.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! And @hmann07.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Alom Shaha's book Why Don't Things Fall Up? The second offer for this today! So, if this is something you'd like, just get in touch. UK only

Alom Shaha's mission is to show that science is one of humanity's greatest cultural achievements, which can enrich our lives in the same way as art, music, and literature. So he wrote the acclaimed Why Don't Things Fall Up? to deliver what he believes every adult and schoolchild deserves, but rarely gets: an authoritative and accessible exploration of the key ideas in science.

Alom is the ideal guide to this world. He is acknowledged as one of our best science communicators, having worked with leading scientific institutions and scientists to help them explain their ideas and work to the public. Perhaps more importantly, he has a wealth of classroom teaching experience, and has spent decades teaching these ideas to thousands of young people.

He really knows how to make science come alive, whether you're already fascinated or struggling to grasp the fundamentals. In seven chapters, each starting with a simple question, Alom takes us on a journey to understand everything from the physics of space and matter to the biology of our bodies - and even the origins of life itself. Why Don't Things Fall Up? answers the big questions about life and the universe in a way that makes us realise that science is the most exciting story ever told.

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have too much of a backlog, and have benefited far too many times - but the temptation is always there

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I might have to bring out my Harry Hill / Stouffer picture in a minute...

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hmmm, my guess is that in theory it'll be Tonali/Bentancur with Fernandes and an actual 10 ahead of them. Bergvall I really like, but spends far too long on the ball at the moment. But as you say, not getting the chances. Grey is playing RB for the next couple, but yes, also lacking in chances

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @humanaqvi.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice up to £20. ANY BOOK (not just what's on my website). So, if there's a particular book that you're after, let us know! UK only

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm convinced if we actually play Fernandes alongside either Tonali or Bentancur (preferences vary) he'll be good. I think Savio is good. I still think JPVH and Senesi are good signings

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is where I disagree - I think some of the signings are genuinely fantastic - I know you don't rate a lot of them though. I have mixed feelings on Poch. To an extent it's always better to keep the good memories and never return. Equally, he'd bring more positive vibes.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More lovely #buyastrangerabook day action. @stuarthedges.eurosky.social has send me £10 to buy someone a book with! So, if there's a paperback that you've got your eye on, get in touch and let us know what it is. UK only

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I did hear the view from the lane lot discussing that presser where he said he'd come back. Definitely sounded like timings had never worked out before, but if they had/did in the future he'd be up for it

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh fair enough. I assumed the contracts would have been similar

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Poch has signed a new contract with the US mens team hasn't he? I suspect that ship has sailed

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have another #buyastrangerabook offer for you. @lizmakesit.bsky.social has bought a copy of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah for me to give out. Please check it out and get in touch if it's something you'd like. UK only

Black tackles urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explores the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In the first, unforgettable story of this collection, The Finkelstein Five, Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unstinting reckoning of the brutal prejudice of the US justice system. In Zimmer Land we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport.

And Friday Black and How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all. Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary, Friday Black will appeal to people who love Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, the TV show Black Mirror, the work of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, and anyone looking for stories that speak to the world we live in now.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @melissaschuh.bsky.social will BUY someone a book! Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you enjoy reading. She will then offer you a choice of 4 books, based on your literary tastes. Choose your favourite, Melissa will buy it for you! Get in touch! UK only.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! And in honour of her sister's birthday @jammyface.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice. So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch. UK only

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@oldenoughtosay.com Hey Madeleine - I asked someone else this but didn't get a response (no hate at all people are entitled to ignore random messages). What's the prevailing opinion on John Paul 2? I'm in Poland at the moment, and he's quite revered over here, but was interested in a historical take

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bah, I can watch it live on holiday, but can't use catch up. Rude

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@clairewillett.bsky.social Hi Claire - you don't know me from anyone, but I started following you after your amazing #schismwatch. Quick question, as I'm on holiday in Poland at the moment, what's the historical judgement on JP2? Aware it's almost certainly more complex than good v bad!

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A Publisher's Weekly Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2018 Friday Black tackles urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explores the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In the first, unforgettable story of this collection, The Finkelstein Five, Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unstinting reckoning of the brutal prejudice of the US justice system. In Zimmer Land we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport.

And Friday Black and How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all. Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary, Friday Black will appeal to people who love Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, the TV show Black Mirror, the work of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, and anyone looking for stories that speak to the world we live in now.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

More #buyastrangerabook day magic! @humanaqvi.bsky.social will buy one of you the book of your choice, up to £20! Any book at all, not just what's on my website. So, don't dilly dally. If there's something you'd like, let us know what it is. UK only

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you! @jenillustrates.bsky.social will buy one of you a copy of any of Tom Cox's books! You can see what's available HERE www.tom-cox.com#books. If there's one you'd like, just ask! UK only

an image of six books by Tom Cox.

Everything will Swallow You.
21st Century Yokel
Help the Witch
Ring the Hill
Villager
1983

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

biggreenbookshop.com

Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Jamie O'Connor @jamieoconnor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Second the Clair Obscura recommendation. Other (older) games I'd recommend are the Banner Saga trilogy and Disco Elysium

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