tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Borrowed this from @braeslibrary.bsky.social and jeez Louise it was dark and intense and brilliant and unpredictable and such a good ending!! 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t really listen to audiobooks but I did this week and i actually found myself looking forward to doing housework because I wanted to know what was going to happen next. Clever and tightly written plot! Borrowed from @falkirklibraries.bsky.social because why pay money to listen to audiobooks 010
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ooh my goodness, I read this today and it was was ridiculously funny and such a satisfying plot. Thank you very much to the staff at Meadowbank @falkirklibraries.bsky.social who recommended it to me, it was absolutely my cup of tea! Just right for a rainy Sunday afternoon. 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Borrowed this from @braeslibrary.bsky.social and recommend it! 021
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Borrowed this from @falkirklibraries.bsky.social and have immediately bought it for @braeslibrary.bsky.social. It’s about a boy on remand in Polmont YOI and it has really opened my eyes. 001
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Borrowed this from @braeslibrary.bsky.social and I liked it! I think Heartstopper fans would appreciate this book. 001
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Reread this today because an S1 in my school book group suggested it. I loved this author so very much in the early 90s and it’s a relief to see my taste hasn’t changed that much. What a punch to the stomach this book is! Can’t wait to talk about it on Friday! 130
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I ripped through this today and yesterday and loved it, completely understand why it’s had all the hype. Loved it even tho I generally hate books featuring deeply unpleasant people ! Thanks for the loan @falkirklibraries.bsky.social 010
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This week I reread these two as one of the AH English students has chosen them for their dissertation. Lolita was so much harder to read the second time around (I think due to so many high profile cases of abusive men) but Fight Club was like talking to my best friend in 2005… 010
Reposted by @tortytales.bsky.socialLaura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Breaking my usual "no reposting content without alt text" rule for this because it is beautiful 🥰 151
Reposted by @tortytales.bsky.socialPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted over 150 million books (yes, 150 million) around the world. This is what goodness looks like. She ALSO brought us Buffy. She ALSO funded the Covid vaccine. She ALSO wrote “Jolene”. The most remarkable person. donate.imaginationlibrary.comdonate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 115444
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This book got under my skin for sure! It would pair up very nicely with Sunset Song for AH English… 020
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Thank you @readforgood.bsky.social for these guys, they are making my daughter’s stay at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital For Children that much easier, and we just just enjoyed a song and a story from one of your volunteers too! Love it! 😍 020
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 28/12/2025I’ve been waiting to read this for so long. It is time! 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 17/12/2025It would appear that ‘tis the season to jump into some (probably) harrowing climate fiction! 020
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 12/12/2025From being devastated about the end of Neighbours yesterday to achieving this Duolingo milestone today, this week is an actual rollercoaster! 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 05/12/2025And now this. Borrowed from @falkirklibraries.bsky.social and this feels like the perfect weekend to get stuck into it 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 04/12/2025My current dog endorsed read is this, borrowed from my library. Jodie collects her favourite sentences from books and harbours a dark secret about something that happened a few years earlier. I’m so very intrigued to find out what that thing is… 100
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Mixing up my reading with these two now, Songlight is from my library, and The Impossible Fortune from @falkirklibraries.bsky.social… I was 70th in line for it and my reservation arrived remarkably quickly! 011
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Oooof. This was a lot. Methodical and utterly terrifying. 100
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 16/11/2025@stuartmaconie.bsky.social New Order’s Tutti Frutti is indeed a perfect choice for a 5K soundtrack. What other songs would you suggest? 010
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I promise myself that the next thing I read will not be quite so grim… 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Oooft this was good! Read it in one sitting, big Black Mirror energy! 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Leaning into more unnerving science fiction… 010
Reposted by @tortytales.bsky.socialwalkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 05/11/2025One of Scotland's most popular wee hills, did you know Dumyat is pronounced 'DUMB-eye-at'? An alternative to the usual shorter route from the Sherrifmuir road, we've just replaced our old Dumyat from Blairlogie route to make a fine circuit - live now. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fife-stirlin... 1263
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Not sure what to expect from this but I’m going in! 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I was strongly recommended this by a couple of folk I work with and I’m glad they did. Cora reminded me so very much of a flatmate of mine from my first year of university… 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Moving on to this, I suspect this will be my entertainment for at least the start of the tatty holidays 🙌 Thanks for the loan @falkirklibraries.bsky.social 151
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 06/10/202544 cakes baked for Books and Bakes group tomorrow. Well, technically I made 48 but my kids and their friends persuaded me that they needed to taste test some… 020
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Finished this yesterday, it’s the next book to be discussed at @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social book group. I think this is yet another example of a book where the cover wildly misrepresents the content… 010
Reposted by @tortytales.bsky.socialCILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England. Here at CILIP we hope that means trained library staff too #GreatSchoolLibraries www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comRachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in EnglandExclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech 22512
Reposted by @tortytales.bsky.socialBookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 29/09/2025"Being read to when you’re very young is such a great boost." Great to see our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @ #LabourConference2025 talking the importance of shared reading & our #ReadingRights report on @news.sky.com. 📺 From 52 mins: news.sky.com/sunday-morni...news.sky.comSunday Morning with Trevor PhillipsSky News' flagship Sunday morning programme each week at 8:30am 175
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Now moving onto this, borrowed from @falkirklibraries.bsky.social and I chose this because of an unbelievably strong and persuasive recommendation from a colleague! 010
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This is what I’m reading today and I love it! A Classic @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social 021
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 22/09/2025One chapter in from this loan from @falkirklibraries.bsky.social and I think this is going to hurt my head in the same way as To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara 010
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Going through my bookshelves at home, deciding which ones to take into work for the staff room book swap. Other School Librarians who spend many hours moving books from home to school and vice versa: I see you! 000
Reposted by @tortytales.bsky.socialThe Ferret @theferret.scot · 01/09/2025📢 We're launching a new training project to help young people spot and challenge disinformation online. In partnership with @cilipscotland.bsky.social, @youngscot.bsky.social, thanks to support from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk. Find out more more: theferret.scot/the-ferret-h...theferret.scotThe Ferret helps young people to tackle disinformation in new training projectYoung people in Scotland will be empowered to challenge disinformation thanks to a new project from The Ferret, CILIPS and Young Scot. 25932
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Now reading this, borrowed from @braeslibrary.bsky.social Removing the dust jacket always makes for a classier reading experience… 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Going to read this now, borrowed it from @braeslibrary.bsky.social 🙌 011
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 25/08/2025 Borrowed this from my daughter. It’s a choose your own adventure novel, I love the concept! Actually, I love everything about it! I want to have a book group chat about it to see what versions/timelines we all explored… 010
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Really enjoying this book but utterly distracted by the fact @katiekirby.bsky.social threw into her Edinburgh book fest event that sprayed edges are done by hand 🤯 000
tortytales.bsky.social @tortytales.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Spending the evening reading this in prep for tomorrows @redbookawards.bsky.social shortlisting meeting (thanks for the loan @falkirklibraries.bsky.social ) and also watching Katie Kirby talk about her Lottie Brooks books on catch-up from her #EdinburghInternationalBookFestival event on Sunday 000
