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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Jan 2014

    <3 At The American Bookstore in Amsterdam: mystery books with only keywords to go by.pic.twitter.com/O3FxB5eH3s

    12:49 PM - 18 Jan 2014
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    21 replies 244 retweets 129 likes
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      2. Hannah Wood‏ @notsowiseowl 18 Jan 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @CalMorgan I love this! We need to run some @HarperPerennial contests based on this!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @notsowiseowl

        @notsowiseowl @CalMorgan @HarperPerennial Neat :) +@wwwabcnl

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      1. Sewer Pirouette‏ @Wouter_Pieterse 18 Jan 2014
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        “@aral: <3 At The American Bookstore in Amsterdam: mystery books with only keywords to go by. pic.twitter.com/Rzx0qJxss2” most left one please!!

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      2. Jas‏ @Jasminbath 21 Jan 2014
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        “@aral: <3 At The American Bookstore in Amsterdam: mystery books with only keywords to go by. pic.twitter.com/81SgljX5Wg”. @abigailporterxo

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      3. Abigail 🌼‏ @abigailporterxo 21 Jan 2014
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        @Jasminbath yes😭 this is exactly what I'm talking about 😭😭😭

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      2. Martin Bell‏ @backhand 18 Jan 2014
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        @aral @pablod one on the right: "Player of Games" by Iain Banks

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      3. Pablo Defendini‏Verified account @pablod 18 Jan 2014
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        @backhand Ha! Definitely has the stench of the Culture about it! @aral

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      1. Romy‏ @romy_dcrl 19 Jan 2014
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        Excellent ! RT @aral: <3 At The American Bookstore in Amsterdam: mystery books with only keywords to go by.pic.twitter.com/eV7dPSkWT3

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      1. Lalex‏ @LalexAndrea 19 Jan 2014
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        Idée marrante ! “@aral: <3 At The American Bookstore in Amsterdam: mystery books with only keywords to go by. pic.twitter.com/Z9nuGEJ6iD”

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      1. Kim Jackson‏ @Scellanis 19 Jan 2014
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        @aral @Heliomass That looks fun

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      1. Cathy Brunton-Spall‏ @icklecat 18 Jan 2014
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        @aral what an excellent idea!

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      1. Emily Haberman‏ @emilyhaberman 18 Jan 2014
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        “@aral: <3 At The American Bookstore in Amsterdam: mystery books with only keywords to go by. pic.twitter.com/0jtL762T60”Always wanted 2 do this

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      1. Judson‏ @judsonlester 18 Jan 2014
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        @aral @olivierlacan I know 100% what two of those are and have even money guesses on the others

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      1. Costa T‏ @CostaHere 18 Jan 2014
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        Costa T Retweeted Costa T

        @aral @pablod "blind date w/ a book" is going around:https://twitter.com/CostaHere/status/424622771671285760 …

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        "blind date w/ a book" aka don't judge a book by its cover (literally) RT @ememess: VERY cool idea from @bookshopSC pic.twitter.com/fgHGZjydu5
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      1. Foamcow  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺‏ @foamcow 18 Jan 2014
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        @aral one of those has the worst title of any book ever

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      1. Thibault Lemaitre |  🇫🇷 ⚽️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🇪🇺‏ @iTibz 18 Jan 2014
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        @aral very SEO :P

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      1. Carrie Ballard‏ @AtelierEnglish 20 Oct 2014
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        @aral Very cool idea indeed.

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      1. Carrie Ballard‏ @AtelierEnglish 20 Oct 2014
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        @aral A terrific bookstore with lots of ideas, community events, local outreach, magazines, galore,a book-making machine (!), and ...books

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      1. FullertonsBooksearch‏ @FullBookSearch 20 Jan 2014
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        @aral Interestingly, people are under the false impression that just because a book in not a bestseller it isn't a good book. #BestSellers

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      1. Will Stephenson‏ @wstephenson 20 Jan 2014
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        @aral @garrett Is that The Player of Games on the right?

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