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Formerly bookfella on Twitter. Book reviewer (Booklist, the Winnipeg Free Press, others). Former radio playwright. Bookseller. Amateur smart-ass, hoping to turn pro. Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Website: reviewsbybookfella.wordpress.com.

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · Nov 13

This post is close-captioned for the herring-impaired.

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 22h

THAT OCTOBER is only $1.06 on kindle now!

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 12h

Super cute.

Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 13h

“Hey, remember how you said you’d never be the kind of dog owner who dressed his dog up in costumes? Remember that?”

A white husky mix wearing a Krypto the Superdog cape.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 12h

I mean, I'll watch anything with him in it, and he's done some subtle, nuanced work, but when he's in scenery-chewing mode he's unmatched.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 13h

I confess: I love this movie. Also Ricochet and Cliffhanger, with Lithgow in his delightful manic-villain mode.

Brandon Barrows @brandonbarrows.bsky.social · 13h

Watching

#horrorfilm #horroraddict #horrormovies #horror #horrorjunkie #horrorfan #Slashers #slashermovies

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 13h

Well, it's weird, I'll give you that.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 19h

That's good advice. I pulled those quotes from an otherwise very good, but perhaps self-edited, novel. Thanks again.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

"Every page was...watermarked."

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. What I thought.

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe you start calling him that...would he notice?

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

This would be even cooler if the cat's name was Alfred.

Jonathan Janz @jonathanjanz.bsky.social · 1d

My daughter Jewel’s boyfriend made Albert a Batman mask. He looks like the Dark Knight!

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

...and right-wing hack media outlets trying to influence elections by spreading the lies.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

@bcdreyer.social, may I ask a question?

Which, if either, of these constructions is correct?

"It was a beautiful, spring day."

Or:

"It was a beautiful spring day."

(Similarly, "cushy, desk job" versus "cushy desk job".)

Thanks.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

I just found out my dog can float in the water. He's a good buoy.

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David Moody @davidmoody.bsky.social · 1d

THERE’S EITHER A SERIAL KILLER PREYING ON THE PEOPLE OF THUSSOCK, OR SOMETHING FAR WORSE

Strangers is 99p/99c throughout October

amzn.to/42GhWpz

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

The Leverage episode "The Radio Job" includes a delightful spoof of Die Hard.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

Do indeed buy Beau's books. But not from their rancid publisher, and not from Amazon. Buy direct from Beau. That way he gets paid.

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Retweet this tweet and tell us what you want retweeted. Me, I’ve found out my publisher is not who they said they were. Please do not buy my books. I will receive no portion of the funds. #BookSky #PayYourAuthors

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 1d

Please somebody hire Eugene Levy so he can stop doing bad television commercials. They're a waste of his talent.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks! Do you have pub date, page count, Canadian price?

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone ever overlooked Keaton's contributions to the Godfather films?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Diane Keaton’s ability to show you a character’s vulnerability was as striking as her gift for showing you what can lie beneath such sensitivity, including neediness at its rawest and most acutely exposed, our chief film critic Manohla Dargis writes.

Often Overlooked, Diane Keaton Was Essential to ‘The Godfather’ Saga

The star’s emotional transparency and expressive eyes helped us see the Corleones as both fascinating and repellent, just as her character did.

nyti.ms

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Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 3d

I don't usually cry when celebrities die, but Diane Keaton? You bet I did.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 3d

I want one of these, but for Donald E. Westlake.

Raven Crime Reads @ravencrime.bsky.social · 3d

Wee bit chilly tonight so out comes the #StephenKing
blanket... Sweet dreams 😱😈

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 3d

Garbage AI. Delete this.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 3d

I am dressed appropriately for the season.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 3d

Book and film are so different that someone could make a movie using Brandner's story and it would not feel like a retread of @thejoedante.bsky.social's masterpiece.

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 4d

Haven't read this in, oh, 45 years or so. @thejoedante.bsky.social's film is quite different, I remember that much.

Cover of 2025 reissue of The Howling (1977).

Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social · 4d

Haven't read this in, oh, 45 years or so. @thejoedante.bsky.social's film is quite different, I remember that much.