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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)
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Ex military (Canadian Forces), retired, love my pets and family, enjoy reading. https://bill-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com/ #LoveCanada #VoteLiberal #SchnauzerGang 🇨🇦
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
A genre I started as a kid when they were $.10 comics. Always read & am now so interested in their variety. So.... for the next while, the Graphic novel in its many forms
Various authors, various genres
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels (Gene Luen Yang / YA)
Book cover. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006) Cover shows young boy with a toy robot on a yellow background (4.0 stars) Book cover. Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang (2013 / 2 books) Features the Boxer Rebellion from perspective of both sides. Two books in a box holder features a man grimacing and in the background a soldier with a sword (4.0 stars) Book cover. Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang & Leuyen Pham (2024) A man and a woman standing together against a fence while fireworks go off behind them (4.5 stars)
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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#Bubba We are Bubba....
China's President Xi Jinping Vlad Putin Saudi Shah MBS
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
A genre I started as a kid when they were $.10 comics. Always read & am now so interested in their variety. So.... for the next while, the Graphic novel in its many forms
Various authors, various genres
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels
#CharlesArdai (Hard Case Crime)
Book cover. Gun Honey #3 - Collision Course by Charles Ardai (2024) Cover shows a woman in a jump suit, armed with a hand gun, looking around a corner Book cover. Gun Honey #1 by Charles Ardai (2022) Woman in a jump suit standing holding two weapons. Book cover. Gun Honey, Vol. 2, Heat Seeker by Charles Ardai (2023) Woman squatting in front of flames holding what looks like a flame thrower of some kind.
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
A genre I started as a kid when they were $.10 comics. Always read & am now so interested in their variety. So.... for the next while, the Graphic novel in its many forms
Various authors, various genres
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels
#KwameAlexander (YA)
Book cover. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (2019) Cover shows young man dribbling a basketball (4.5 stars) Book cover. Booked by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (2022) Cover shows a young man in green and white footie kit, dribbling a football down the pitch (4.5 stars)
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks
#NewPurchases (I saw this at my local independent book store and since I've read On Freedom, I thought I should read On Tyranny as well, especially a graphic novelization of it)
#BookSky
#NovemberPurchases
#TimothySnyder
Book cover. On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, illustrated by Nora Krug (2017) Cover shows a human form but the head is made of paper
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks
#UpcomingReads
#BookSky
As the year winds down, my possible next reads (subject to change as always) 😁😎
#JJMarric #UrsulaKLeGuin #VeraCaspary #HowardWaldrop
#Book Cover. Bedelia by Vera Caspary (Mys / 1945). Book cover shows a woman in a pink gown with a man in a tuxedo. Title on the right, written in cursive from top to bottom Book cover. The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (#Earthsea #6 / 2001) The final book in the Earthsea saga. Cover shows a sailing boat on the sea with a full moon behind. Book cover. Gideon's Press by J.J. Marric (Commander Gideon #19 / 1973) British police procedural series. Big Ben in the center with various objects around the outside; a pipe, bobbies hat and truncheon, dice, bowler hat and brolly, dagger, etc. Book cover. Howard Who? by Howard Waldrop (Short Stories / 1980). Shows a dodo and 3 chickens in a farmyard.
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks
#NewPurchases
#BookSky
#NovemberPurchases
#NicoleKornherStace
#RachelSmythe
#ThomasMDisch
Book cover. Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace (Fantasy / 2015) Cover in reds and greens, shows ragged peaks with a woman looking up at another person Book cover. Lore Olympus, Volume Eight by Rachel Smythe (2025) Cover shows rain falling on Persephone as she kneels on the ground. Below is Hades in a mirror image Book cover. Echo Round His Bones by Thomas M. Disch (Sci Fi / 1967) Green cover showing space ship flying into a circle of sorts.
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
(Graphic novel collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
4th of 4 groups
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels
Book cover. Ms. Tree, Fallen Tree, Vol. 6 by Michael Allan Collins & Terry Beatty (2024) Cover shows a woman in red leaning back holding a smoking revolver. Book Cover. Botticelli's Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted (2025) Cover shows a young girl holding paint brushes and rolled paintings standing on a road, surrounded by buildings and chickens. Book cover. It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei (2025) Various pictures of George Takei from times in his life, running through a door down a rainbow path. Book cover. Y The Last Man, One Last Step by Brian K. Vaughan (Vol 3 / 2004) Cover shows a spacesuit with a smiling skull inside.
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
(Graphic novel collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
3rd of 4 groups
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels
Book cover. Monstress, Volume Five, Warchild by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (2020) Drawing shows a creature of many eyes with a glowing center. Book cover. The Reckoner Rises, Volume 3, God Flare by David A. Robertson, Scott B. Henderson and Andrew Thomas (2024) Drawing of the outline of a man, like an xray, in yellow and green, mouth open, looking up. Book cover. Brzrkr, Volume Two by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kinot, Ron Garney and Bill Crabtree (2021) white / red background with a Berserker type character in the center. Book cover. Mooncakes by Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker & Joamette Gil (2019)Two girls working at a bookcase, one sitting reading, the other on a stepladder pulling a book from the shelf, two cats on the top
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
(Graphic novel collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
2nd of 4 groups
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels
#2026Reads
Book cover Sandman Vol 10 - The Wake by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth & Charles Vess (1996) Cover shows Sandman in the center surrounded by various objects and creatures. Book cover. The Amulet, Book Three, the Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi (2010) Cover shows a boy with flying goggles, holding a wrench, a girl with a stick and a fox. Below is a aerial vessel heading towards a city in the clouds. Book cover. East of West, #3, There is No Us by Hickman, Dragotta and Martin (2014) White cover features a woman's face, dark make up around the mouth and forehead, lighter make up around the eyes and white hair Book cover. Lore Olympus Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe (2024) Cover shows Hades in a suite and tie and beside Persephone wearing a white suit with a cape and white hate, both looking towards something.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Graphic Novel
(Graphic novel collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
1st of 4 groups
#Booksky
#GraphicNovels
#2026Reads
Book cover. American Gods, Vol. 1, Shadows by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton (2018) Cover shows a raven flying and inset a man's face. White cover, teal lettering. Book cover. Sin City Vol. 3 The Big Fat Kill by Frank Miller (1994) Top border in red, title in white lettering. Shows drawing of a woman's face Book cover. Tank Girl, the Odyssey by Milligan and Hewlett (2003). Gray cover with a drawing of Tank Girl, wearing an army helmet with knives and arrows stuck in it. Also smoking a cigarette and holding a revolver. Over her shoulder is Kanga, similarly garbed. Book cover. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, with Steve Whitaker and Siobhan Dodds (1990) Drawing of V's head on the cover.
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks #November2025Favs
Read 10 so far, my 4 favorites to this point
#MRCarey #MargaretAtwood #ThomasMDisch #NaomiMitchison
#BookSky
Book cover. Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch (1999) Cover shows back of man's shaved head with a bar code imprinted on his neck. (Sci Fi / Dystopia) 5.0 stars Book cover. The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey (Girl with #1 / 2014) Yellow cover. Shows a silhouette of a young girl with arms upraised. Title in white lettering (Horror) 4.0 stars Book cover. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Handmaids #2 / 2019) Dark blue cover with silhouette of a handmaid, green cape, white hat. rest in dark blue. Lettering in white. (Dystopia) (4.0 stars) Book cover. Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison (1952) Peapod edition. Green borders on top and bottom with black lettering. A pair of feet dangle from top border. Clouds. Various people and creatures in the main drawing, an eye=patched man, a flying horse, a unicorn, a dragon, a valkyrie, etc. (Fantasy) (4.0 stars)
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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💙📚 What are you reading? (The West Passage by #JaredPechacek, Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson, Our Love Will Devour Us by #R.L.Meza & The Snow Queen by #JoanD.Vinge)
#BookSky #CurrentlyReading #books
Book cover. Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson (Hor / 1951) Cover shows half of a girl, the rest just off screen with her hair blowing behind her. Book cover. Our Love Will Devour Us by R.L. Meza (Hor / 2023) Cover shows a snow covered cabin in the night with lights shining in the windows. Book cover. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (Snow Queen Cycle #1 / Fan / Sci Fi / 1980) Cover shows a woman with an elaborate white headdress and a white cape. Book cover. The West Passage by Jared Pechacek (Fan / 2024) Cover sows a tower in the far background and various beings in front and in the immediate front two shadowed people.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks
#NewPurchases
#BookSky
#NovemberPurchases
#HLeightonDickson
#HowardWaldrop
Book cover. Howard Who? by Howard Waldrop, intro by George RR Martin Peapod Classics No. 3. (1986) Cover is bordered top and bottom in cream. Center shows a dodo and 3 chickens in a farm yard. (Short stories) Book cover. Ship of Spells by H. Leighton Dickson (Nov 2025). Fantasy. Cover shows stylized waves and an anchor.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks
#NewPurchases
#BookSky
#NovemberPurchases
Book cover. Memoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison (from Naomi Mitchison Library / 1962) Intro by Isobel Murray. Orange cover with large NM in center and title below. Book cover. We Are All Perfectly Fine, A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing by Jillian Horton, M.D. (2021) White cover with blue circle in center and title in black letters Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper (2021) Red cover with woman's face split by teeth and eyes. Book cover. The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2024) tan cover which looks like torn pages / words and the title and author's name in white.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Short story collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
4th of 4 groups
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#2026Reads
Book cover. The Best of John W. Campbell (1973). Cover shows a giant claw bursting out of the ocean and grabbing a helicopter. (Sci Fi) Bookc cover. Worlds Without End by Clifford D. Simak (1964) Green cover (Belmont Edition) with a space ship launching from a futuristic city (Sci Fi) Book cover. Guardians of Time by Poul Anderson (1960 / Time Patrol #1) Strange cover, what appears to be a space ship and in front various circles, which may be time portals, each showing cities or planets. (Sci Fi) Book cover. Holidays on Ice, with six new stories, including one never before published by David Sedaris (1997) Cover shows Victorian Christmas scene with an elf crashing through the ice and various other characters.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Short story collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
3rd of 4 groups
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#2026Reads
Book cover. The Poison Belt and Other Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle (Prof Challenger stories / 1966) Cover shows a moon and shadowed behind, a man's face. Book cover. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories by John Buchan (Penguin edition / 1932) Cover shows a bowler hat, 2 clocks, a pair of shoes and 3 books Book cover. The Neil Gaiman Reader, Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman (2020) Cover shows black and white photo of Neil Gaiman. Book cover Sleep No More, Six Murderous Tales by P.D. James (2017) Cover shows a window looking in from outside with a burning candle in the window.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Short story collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
2nd of 4 groups
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#2026Reads
The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (1971) Cream cover with doily inset and inside some cherries and a necklace. Cobra Trap by Peter O'Donnell (Modesty Blaise #13 / 1996) Cover shows Modesty Blaise holding a revolver. Book cover. Dark Benediction by Walter M. Miller (1951) Sci Fi collection. Blue cover with veins or branches. A woman's head in the middle, long blonde hair. Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi (2008) Sci Fi collection. Cover shows part of a gear, the outline of a town and maybe a mastodon's skull
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Short story collections planned to read in 2026)
Various authors, various genres
1st of 4 groups
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#2026Reads
Book cover. Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G. Wodehouse (1927) Cover shows a group of men sitting and standing in a pub. (Penguin edition) (Humour) Book cover. Game Without Rules by Michael Gilbert (Calder & Behrens #1 / 1967) Cover shows a man's head wearing a white mask over his eyes. (Mystery) Book cover. A Week of Love by James Leasor (Doctor Jason Love #5 / 1971) Pan Books edition. Cover shows a key on a chain frozen in a block of ice.(Thriller) Book cover. More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov (The Black Widowers #2 / 1976) Panther edition. Black cover with a match stick burning. Subtitle; Twelve classic detection mysteries from the world's master story teller. (Mystery)
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #46 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#JohnWyndham (Hor / Sci Fi)
Photo of John Wyndham Born Dorridge, Warwickshire 1993, died Petersfield, Hampshire 1969. English science fiction writer, known for The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos, etc. Book cover. The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham (1956) contains 5 short stories, 5 novelettes. Cover is yellow and in the background is a tree or plant. (4.0 stars) Book cover. Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter by John Wyndham (1956). Contains 11 stories. Cover shows what appears to be a landscape and spaceships or craft flying about. 3.5 stars
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 45
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#CornellWoolrich (Mystery)
Photo of Cornell Woolrich. Born New York City 1903, died New York City 1968. American novelist and short story writer. Book cover Rear Window and Four Short Stories by Cornell Woolrich (1942) Contains Rear Window, Post-Mortem, Three O'Clock, Change of Murder and Momentum. Cover shows night time scene of man looking out his window onto other building. (4.0 stars) Book cover. Darkness at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich (1985). 13 stories. Cover shows moon shining over a city. Inset in the moon is a smiling skull (4.0 stars)
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Happy Birthday to my dad who is celebrating his 101st birthday today. Ex gold miner as a youngster, fought in the Royal Can Navy in WWII, served in the Royal Can Air Force after and then worked as a Canada Post mail carrier. Great man and lovely Dad. ❣️🎂
My Dad and my daughter at his 100th birthday party last year. Happy Birthday Dad!
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #44 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#GeneWolfe (Fantasy)
Photo of Gene Wolfe. Born New York City 1931, died Peoria, Ill 2019. American Sci-Fi & Fantasy writer Book cover. Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe, winner of the World Fantasy Award (1988) Cover shows a spiral staircase inside a building. (4.0 stars)
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #43 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#PGWodehouse (Humour)
Photo of P.G. Wodehouse. Born Oct 1881, died Feb 1975. English writer and humorist. Book cover. The Man with Two Left Feet and other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse (1917) Cover is a Penguin edition and shows a group of people dancing.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #42 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#JanwillemvandeWetering (Mystery)
Photo of Janwillem van de Wetering from 1982. Born Rotterdam, Netherlands 1931, died Blue Hill, Maine 2008. Creator of the Grijpstra and de Gier mystery novels. Book cover. The Sergeant's Cat and other Stories by Janwillem van de Wetering (1987 / Amsterdam Cops short stories) Red cover with a black cat in the forefront (4.0 stars)
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM