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PickPoppies

@PickPoppies@mastodon.social

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Stockholm Sweden
I used to have a garden, all I have now is a concrete terrace in a rental. Reading a lot of #HistoricalMystery and #CozyMystery (I need to stop assuming people recognize Greta Garbo these days...)

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jarulf , to bookstodon group
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Trying this new thing graphic from @bookstodon

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@jarulf @bookstodon Är det bara om man betalar? Extra feature?

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@jarulf @bookstodon Jaha, kollar på appen sen, var på datan. Tackar

RolloTreadway , to random
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Can anyone help with a quick question?

I have these dahlias growing. They're doing quite well. Do I need to thin them out or will they be happy as they are?

Many thanks.

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@RolloTreadway They need more space for them to fully perform. Even shorter dahlias need a pretty large pot and if it's a tall on it really needs a large pot and a stake to prevent it from breaking.

wendypalmer , to bookstodon group
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For some reason, ’s recommendation algorithm is phenomenally accurate for me compared to the commercial options…this is six for six, the downside being I’ve read every one of them already 😂

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@wendypalmer @bookstodon Feels like a congratulation is in order, I need to find someone or something that gets me so I have some good recommendations. On to the next books, hope they are as good!

dvmheather , to bookstodon group
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I read a book series and gradually realized that the author didn't understand the area in which she had set her novel at all.....

https://www.spiritblog.net/i-love-authors-who-do-their-research

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@dvmheather @bookstodon There's been plenty of times when I've read a book only to go, "This author is not from X" and I have to look to make sure. I once stopped reading a book set in Sweden written by an American as it was obvious they had never been in Sweden.

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@janus @dvmheather @bookstodon Yes, that's what we're saying. You need to do some research and ask a few questions if you're not familiar with the time and/or place. Or you might look like an idiot.

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@Phiznlil @janus @dvmheather @bookstodon I've read many books when it feels like "place holder" dialog. A story set in 1920's London and a maid sounds like modern day cliche New York. I read a lot of murder mystery and I never know if it's a clue or bad writing, maybe the maid is from New York? Nope, well okay...

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@JonSparks @janus @dvmheather @bookstodon Historicals can be very tricky. We read with modern minds and sometimes if we make things too historical correct we get confused or dislike the character.

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@SteveClough @janus @dvmheather @bookstodon Yes, 100% The book set in Sweden will probably only annoy a few picky Swedes e.g.
This conversation started with me replying to a blog post and was about stretching things a little too much. In the end everyone experience of a time and place will be different but if you get on a I don't know, a cable car in London to look at the city from the mountains, you've gone to far (this was a made up example, never read this)

beexcessivelydiverting , to bookstodon group
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What is your name? I am Miss Federica Martin of Pemberley!

https://janeaustens.house/pride-and-prejudice-day/whats-your-jane-austen-name/

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PickPoppies ,
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@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon Guess I'm a bastard, I don't have a last name. Julia Snow I guess. (I always forget these things doesn't have my alphabet 😆 )

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@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon Swedish so no ÅÄÖ, sure I could have gone with O but that's not really the same.

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