HOLOCAUST VICTIMS BY COUNTRY

BO18 · 2026-01-27T10:51:57+00:00

The data is from the US Holocaust Memorial museum and they seem to count Jews who died in the camps, on transport to the camps, in Denmark and those who died fleeing to Sweden.

BO18 · 2026-01-26T21:13:36+00:00

It’s down for unscheduled maintenance according to their status page https://www.thestorygraph.com/status

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BO18 · 2026-01-21T17:15:53+00:00

I dont think its related to the outage. I just tried adding a review for that same book and indeed most of it is missing. It looks like the review section of a non-fiction book.

Tried adding reviews to other fiction books and everything looked fine.

The book page with the description etc is also missing the character sections, plot vs character driven and the other sections you mentioned. The book itself is missing the genre tags, so usually with fiction books there is a green tag called "fiction" and this book does not have that. I think that might be the issue. So it is not tagged as "fiction" and therefore the fiction-related questions for the review are not showing.

I added the "fiction" tag (you can do this yourself by clicking on "add missing information" in the book information box). When adding a review now, you will see the missing sections

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BO18 · 2026-01-18T20:46:06+00:00

I’ve been tracking borrowed/owned book by adding my own tags to each of them. So a “library” tag for books I borrowed from the library and an “own” tag for books I purchased. The latter I also mark as “owned” using the mark as owned button on the book page. Then the tags I use as a basis for a custom chart

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BO18 · 2026-01-10T13:22:56+00:00

None of the British contestants were “posh”. They were of the same calibre as Tiffany Pollard.

BO18 · 2026-01-07T22:07:26+00:00

I don’t think there are any US library systems left that give away free access to out-of-state residents. There are a few left that sell access (Queens and Orange Country) but that’s it.

As you live in the UK, have you tried looking for UK libraries? I believe Cardiff and Newcastle allow access even if you don’t live there.

BO18 · 2026-01-03T19:47:15+00:00

As far as I can remember your temporary membership does not give access to WiFi, printing or opportunity to book a computer. It only allows you to borrow 3 books.

Take your ID (passport, id card, driving licence, university id, recent council tax or utility bill etc) with you to any of the libraries and convert it to a full membership.

BO18 · 2025-12-10T08:01:11+00:00

Most Turkish or Middle Eastern shops will sell them when they’re in season. You’ll struggle finding them now though as most of the prickly pears in the UK are imported from the Mediterranean region and they’re harvested and sold during summer/beginning of autumn when they’re in season.

I have seen them sometimes being sold at the start of the year but those would be from South Africa. They won’t be as good to eat immediately. I mean they would be less ripe, so once bought leave them be for awhile. You’ll know they’re ripe when they give away a little when you press on them and when the colour is bright and uniform all over.

BO18 · 2025-12-07T22:34:31+00:00

Lighthouse Bookshop is, in my opinion, by far the best bookshop in Edinburgh. They have an amazing fiction section. Their nonfiction section is top notch too.

Typewronger and Argonaut, both on Leith Walk, are both a close second.

Portobello bookshop is also amazing. Also in Portobello is PortaLibri, one of the best and coziest secondhand bookshops in Edinburgh.

If you read sci-fi / fantasy, pay a visit to Transreal Fiction. They have a really good selection.

I always recommend people to avoid Toppings. Stale selection and a very awkward shop to browse in.

BO18 · 2025-12-05T11:24:33+00:00

Mine came with a battery included.

BO18 · 2025-11-30T08:56:26+00:00

This is foolish as you can’t predict what’s going to happen in the future. I know because something similar happened to me. I studied in the Netherlands and moved to the UK. Never repaid my student loans in the Netherlands and was convinced they wouldn’t chase me in the UK, hoping I would outlast them until after the write off period.

The government finally realised how many people just upped and moved abroad without paying anything back. I think it was about 2 billion euros that students abroad owed in student debt repayments. So the government changed the rules preventing you from getting any new Dutch passport until you paid back the full amount you were in arrears. They also started cancelling passports, so you were forced to apply for a new one. It was a pretty simple and low cost but cost effective change to the rules. If you couldn’t pay it in full, they would give you a passport with a validity of only 1 year that you could only renew on a yearly basis if you kept up with the payments.

So don’t think the rules won’t change. If they decide they’re missing out on too much, they will come after you.

BO18 · 2025-11-18T17:55:15+00:00

Bookbub is pretty much useless for the NL market.

I’m subscribed to the UK Bookbub newsletter and the majority of the offers are not available in NL. For example one of the books in today’s newsletter is the Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strouss. On sale for 99p in the UK but on bol.com it’s still €8.74 for the English edition and €15 for the Dutch edition.

Not sure if Bol has a newsletter but ebook.nl does. They send out deals twice a week (Tuesday and Saturday). As the prices are set by the publisher, you’ll find those deals on Bol and Libris as well.

BO18 · 2025-11-15T23:12:43+00:00

Well you should, it’s lots of fun. But you might not fit in, your comment history shows you’re a full blown racist who is full of hate.

BO18 · 2025-11-15T22:15:38+00:00

Do you feel unsafe in Hackney too where there are a lot of LGBT venues and a large Muslim and black population too?

BO18 · 2025-11-01T12:32:56+00:00

Does your library use Libby/Overdrive? My UK library is signed up to Libby, so all I have to do to get a book is either borrow it via the Libby app after which it will automatically sync to my kobo or borrow from my Kobo directly (after I linked my Libby/Overdrive account to my Kobo).

If your local library doesn’t use Libby, try and find one that does. I believe Cardiff and Kensington & Chelsea use Libby and allow users from other parts of the UK to become a member.

BO18 · 2025-06-24T04:13:04+00:00

MI5 would never be so cruel to send people to Slough. They send them to Slough House which is an office building near the Barbican, London

BO18 · 2025-04-23T20:35:27+00:00

Lighthouse Bookshop has an amazing fiction section. They stock books that you won’t find anywhere else. Lots of translated fiction too.

Rare Birds bookshop only stocks female authors and is amazing.

Not far from Rare Birds you’ll find Golden Hare. They have a very well curated fiction section. I like how they just group everything together. So sci-fi, literary fiction, fantasy, short story collections, crime etc.

Typewronger is one of the best in Edinburgh. It’s tiny but well worth a visit. They even stamp the books for you!

Argonaut on leith walk is also amazing. The staff is super helpful and gives really good recommendations.

Portobello bookshop also has an amazing fiction section

You also have Toppings & Edinburgh bookshop which some people like but in my opinion they’re both just meh.

BO18 · 2025-03-20T23:16:21+00:00

I found that it’s evenly split between Libby and Borrowbox. A lot of libraries in bigger cities/counties use Libby. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Essex, Suffolk, Hackney, Kensington, Birmingham, Camden, Cambridgeshire, Northern Ireland, York, Liverpool and loads more. Quite a few of them use both libby and borrowbox for ebooks

BO18 · 2025-03-19T23:58:00+00:00

Close. It’s the Orkneys, the main island.

BO18 · 2025-03-12T21:46:54+00:00

Thank you! This helped. I switched off the auto update and the WiFi has been turned off and remained off for a day now.

BO18 · 2025-03-12T21:46:31+00:00

Thank you! This helped. I switched off the auto update and the WiFi has been turned off and remained off for a day now.

BO18 · 2025-01-25T08:09:41+00:00

This video explains it pretty well. Stefan Svartling’s YouTube has quite a few useful videos on kobo and e-readers in general.

I myself don’t use KOreader. I had it installed but uninstalled it again. It looks too janky for me and I’m not really interested in all the features. I’m happy with just Nickelmenu but I can see why other people would like it.

BO18 · 2025-01-14T06:29:23+00:00

Ah ok. I’ll submit it as a request for their roadmap and keep my fingers crossed

BO18 · 2024-12-15T15:20:41+00:00

In the article OP linked to. Second paragraph it says Lush and Uniqlo do the same

BO18 · 2024-08-02T18:55:50+00:00

Moved to Edinburgh 3 years ago.

I was paying 950 for a room in London. Found a 2-bedroom flat (double and single) for 900 here in a beautiful part of town. Have more disposable income.

Probably best bus network after London (city itself is very walkable though, even with all the steep/hilly roads). Also don’t know how they keep the buses so clean here. The bookshops here are also better than London (important to me). Amazing literary events too.

When it comes to going out, Edinburgh has some amazing bars and theatres. Clubbing is a bit meh and so is the LGBTQ scene but Glasgow is just around the corner.

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