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Useless Etymology by Jess Zafarris: REVIEW

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 5d

The ultimate OG spooky read: Dracula

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Bluesky Bookclub @bluebookclub.bsky.social · 5d

What’s your favorite spooky season read?

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 5d

#BookReview: Useless Etymology by Jess Zafarris

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Proud word nerd Jess Zafarris takes us on a fun ride through the origins and evolutions of everyday English words and phrases, and I LOVED IT SO MUCH.

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Proud word nerd Jess Zafarris takes us on a fun ride through the origins and evolutions of everyday English words and phrases.

On the Ground by Brian Stewart: REVIEW

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 7d

#BookReview: On the Ground by Brian Stewart

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An informative and engaging memoir about life as a CBC foreign correspondent during the turbulent 1980s and beyond.

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An informative and engaging memoir about life as a CBC foreign correspondent during the turbulent 1980s and beyond.

How to Survive a Reading Slump

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 10d

New Blog Post: How to Survive a Reading Slump

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My 3-step plan for nipping a reading slump in the bud, and 5 ways to dispel a slump that's already slumping.

Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 12d

The audacity of colonization in terms everyone can understand. Bravo, BMothePrince! www.youtube.com/shorts/D6bKy...

YouTube video by Brian Moller | B Mo the Prince

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 13d

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 17d

#BookReview: A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi

A unique and somewhat confusing tale of Kinga and her 7 alters. Each alter leaves a diary entry for the next, but one of them must be keeping secrets.

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A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi: REVIEW

A unique and somewhat confusing tale of Kinga and her 7 alters. Each alter leaves a diary for the next, but one of them is keeping secrets.

World LiteraTour Bookshop

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 18d

Just letting everyone know that Bookshop .org is offering free shipping today & tomorrow on all orders! It's a "stick it to Prime Day" kind of thing & helps out your local bookstore while still giving the comfort of shopping online.

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Reading the world's greatest stories. https://worldliteratour.com/

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The Giller Prize Shortlist - My Thoughts

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 19d

New Blog Post: The Giller Prize 2025 Shortlist - My Thoughts

The Giller Prize announced its 2025 shortlist today! Here are my thoughts on each of the contenders. (Spoiler alert: I have some reading to do before November 17.)

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In which I talk about the Giller Prize and each of the books and authors selected for the Giller Prize 2025 shortlist.

Goodreads Spine Tinglers Challenge

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 21d

New Blog Post: Goodreads' Spine Tinglers Challenge

In which I spend way too much time and energy contemplating what to read for Goodreads' new Spine Tinglers challenge. 🤣

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In which I talk about Goodreads' new Spine Tinglers challenge, figure out which ones I'd like to read, and plan a TBR.

September Reading Wrap-Up 2025

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 21d

estivate: verb (zoology) to spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.

How to use estivate in a sentence:

I'm going to estivate until Mother Nature finally figures out IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FALL!!!!

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 21d

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES newsflash! Open Road's reissue of @sgj.bsky.social's ultra-rare flash fiction collection, STATES OF GRACE, gets an expanded edition on 12/9/25, with 20 stories not in the original, 10 of them published here for the first time! SGJ's flash fiction is the bourbon of storytelling 🥃

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 22d

New Blog Post: September Reading Wrap-Up

I read 14 books in September, and I gave 8 of them 5 stars! Horror, thriller, sci-fi, historical fiction, literary fiction, memoir... come see what I was reading over the past month.

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In which I talk about the 14 books I read in September and rank them all from least favourite to favourite.

6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk: REVIEW

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 23d

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Bluesky Bookclub @bluebookclub.bsky.social · 23d

What's a book you were hesitant to read but ended up loving?

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 26d

#BookReview: 6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk

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Not your mom's murder-on-a-train mystery, this is a page-turner of a psychological thriller with a pinch of weird-girl-fiction for flavour.

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Not your mom's murder-on-a-train mystery, this is a page-turner of a psychological thriller with a pinch of weird-girl-fiction for flavour.

Victober 2025 TBR and Plans

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 26d

Anne of Green Gables

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Bluesky Bookclub @bluebookclub.bsky.social · 26d

What book does the enemies to lovers trope best?

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 27d

New Blog Post: Victober 2025 TBR!!!

The most wonderful time of the readerly year is upon us, and I've gone a little too crazy with my TBR. But who needs a life anyway, am I right?

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In which I explain what Victober is and how I will be participating, and then reveal my Victober 2025 TBR.

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you!

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · 28d

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#shelfiesaturday #shelfie #personallibrary #booksky

3 white bookcases full of books and wonderfulness

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Devon W. @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 29d

Canada Post is on strike again, so reminder:

divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · Sep 25

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · Sep 25

No, your list is the best!

Iceland: The Night Guest (Diplomatica's 'Great Reads')

Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · Sep 25

New Blog Post: Iceland: The Night Guest (Diplomatica’s ‘Great Reads’)

In which I ponder why the Icelandic embassy chose a dark, eerie, literary horror novella to represent Iceland's culture and literature. (Not that I'm complaining. I loved it!)

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The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir is the Embassy of Iceland's pick for a book that best represents their culture and literature.

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Faye Lilley @fayelilley.bsky.social · Sep 25

I'M SO EXCITED, BUNNY!! 😁🐰📚🥰

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The cover of Mona Awad's new novel We Love You, Bunny, featuring a rabbit mask made out of flowers