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Meg

@lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social
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Unable to type with boxing gloves 🥊 on. Unapologetic BOOK 📖 lover. Bacon 🥓 enthusiast. Book dragon 🐉/ nerd 🤓/ worm 🐛 NZ 🇳🇿based Canadian 🇨🇦 📧 mrs.moose.reads@gmail.com

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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I need a job where I can be paid to read all day, surrounded by books. My own bookstore? Or putting my library degree to good use? Being an adult is stupid in many ways. Then I remember I have adult money.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
My TBR pile is becoming a “problem” … or so I’m told. Well, Susan, the fact that you’re speaking to me while I’m reading is a problem, but here we are
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
How does one decide they’re confident enough to be in front of the camera for doing reels or TikToks? Is there a gene I do not possess?
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Books take you everywhere. Cats remind you that you don’t actually need to leave the couch.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Books take you everywhere. Cats remind you that you don’t actually need to leave the couch.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Yeah I’m a Margaret that goes by Meg and I always have to make sure tickets are booked in my full name. Heck, I even had to jump through hoops with the phone company because they didn’t believe Meg was a proper nickname for Margaret.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Reading a book while your cat stares at you is like being graded on your focus.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Just published 14th January! Beautifully written by @mickeydubrow.bsky.social and is a blend of history and time-travel fantasy. Small but meaningful insights into Judaism which added depth for me. Thoroughly captivating from start to finish. I devoured this! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Thanks NetGalley for the ARC)
A tablet showing the cover of “The Magic Maker” by Mickey Dubrow is overlaid on a background of shelves books.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Hahaha you’re so welcome!!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Every time I start a new book, my cat starts plotting how to knock it out of my hands. (Or chase the book light like he’s prey for an angler fish)
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I currently have 2 paperbacks, 1 e-book, & 1 audiobook on the go. I also added 100+ books to my collection. And 50+ in my kindle, 10+ in my kobo, & a few on NetGalley. Does that mean I won’t buy new books this year? Hell no. Have you seen what’s coming out?! #booksky #readingislife
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Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Buying another book even though the four I bought last week are still sitting untouched. It’s called self-care, look it up.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
It’s Xmas Eve and it’s the least stressful Xmas we have had in years! We aren’t doing gifts. We didn’t decorate. We aren’t going anywhere. Just making a ham and some potato salad and some brownies….and just hanging out. Bliss!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Every book is a new adventure, and my cats are the sceptical sidekicks questioning my life choices. 💙📚 #booksky
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I finish work for the year tomorrow and have two glorious weeks off. Just think of all the reading I can get done!! 💙📚
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I know that the people who are living in winter right now will probably hate me for this but… ….uuugghhhh…… It’s so HOT here today. And hot again for the next two days. 30°C/86°F I’m melting!! I do NOT cope well with heat. Anyone want to swap??
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The Sunforge The Dawnhounds Both by Sascha Stronach @understatesmen.bsky.social
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Books: the perfect excuse for not hearing someone call your name. 💙📚 #booksky
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Oh I learned my lesson!! Now that I’m in, I’m IN!!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I’m about half way through. For some reason I was finding some of the writing a bit stilted but I think it’s because I was getting distracted. Now that I’ve settled in, I’m enjoying it.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
They’ve discovered the secret room! And now I want a Tinker!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It’s great so far but I’m only a third of the way through the first one 😊
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I’m loving it so far and I’m only a third of the way through the first book 😊
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
We were just saying how proud we both are for not busting out singing in the cinema. If we had been alone we absolutely would have but there were two other people there.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Right! I’m diving into the Timeless Fate series. It’s been recommended a ton of times and I’m jumping in finally! 💙📚 #timelessfate #ilanamarkov
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Got to see Wicked this afternoon and it was AMAZING!!! Got me a little crush on Cynthia Erivo and this just sealed the deal. What a brilliantly done movie!! Can’t wait for part 2. #wickedmovie
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I wish I loved anything as much as my cat loves sitting on my open book. 💙📚 🐈
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Oh I love Stuart little
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Yeah I think I’m gonna end the #booksky #bookchallenge at just 10 books. Not because I don’t have more to share but because it feels a bit tedious and repetitive.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
OMG We are living in SUCH TUMULTUOUS TIMES and Here ya go The COW jumped over the moon... (it looks like a cow to me ..yes)
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Getting there… Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge 11/20
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Looks perfect!!!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
That’s fair. So have I. I don’t mind the occasional one but when a book is riddled with them, I have to wonder what the ‘editor’ was doing.
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Liz 🏳️‍⚧️ (girl enjoyer) @secreteraliz.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
the boobs of life are heavy and its giving me back pain
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
If only you had a spelling/grammer obsessed librarian mother with a decent understanding of French who could have helped with that question.
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I can never understand why children's books get left out of "great book" lists. The books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes no-one. They are books for EVERYONE - and if you exclude them, you miss the most important books of all!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Woo! Got a copy of “The Theory of Everything Else” by @schreiberland.bsky.social So excited to read this! 💙📚 #booksky
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
YES!!! So often I read books full of typos and grammatical errors. It’s obvious they weren’t edited professionally.
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Getting there… Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge 10/20
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero. 🖖
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Oh that looks awesome!!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Every time I open a book, my cat tries to close it. I think we’re fighting over custody for my attention. 💙📚 #booksky #catsofbluesky
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge 9/20
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It’s 30°C / 86°F here today and it isn’t even officially summer yet. So I’m parked up in my new hanging chair, with a drink, a new book, and the breeze. Bliss. 💙📚 #booksky #nzsummer
Blonde woman in sunglasses lounges in hanging chair outside, holding the book “The Society for Soulless Girls”
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
“Get your tail OUT of my pants!” #thingsIneverthoughtIwouldsay ….to one of the cats as I tried to get dressed this morning, and felt something weird as I tucked in my shirt
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hi! Little light on the reviews at the moment but working on getting back to it!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
It’s so good!
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Oops…keep forgetting. This is why I don’t often do these. I get distracted by the shiny things!! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge 8/20
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Meg @lackofshelfcontrol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Anyone who contests this choice needs to take a leap. Raw cookie dough = bliss
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