Billy by Leigh
@leighkp.bsky.social
Dork behind Billy Book News https://billy-1.ghost.io
Literary Fiction. Books in translation. Audiobooks. Children's literature. Sass.
I read slowly.
QC 🇨🇦
Literary Fiction. Books in translation. Audiobooks. Children's literature. Sass.
I read slowly.
QC 🇨🇦
Pinned
I love Karl Ove. I recognize that it is weird to love reading about a man cleaning out his tub, but there's something about big crises happening in the background of the day-to-day that really gets me.
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I love Karl Ove. I recognize that it is weird to love reading about a man cleaning out his tub, but there's something about big crises happening in the background of the day-to-day that really gets me.
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
Is doyen/doyenne the new hip word? I hadn't heard it at all before November. Now every podcast I'm hearing pops it in.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Is doyen/doyenne the new hip word? I hadn't heard it at all before November. Now every podcast I'm hearing pops it in.
Hey book friends,
I'm reviving my book recs newsletter & would love a few more readers.
My recent post was about The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem.
I write mostly about #litfic and #podcasts. I can be a bit snarky, but I'm mostly sincere. #booksky
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I'm reviving my book recs newsletter & would love a few more readers.
My recent post was about The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem.
I write mostly about #litfic and #podcasts. I can be a bit snarky, but I'm mostly sincere. #booksky
Sign up: billy-1.ghost.io
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hey book friends,
I'm reviving my book recs newsletter & would love a few more readers.
My recent post was about The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem.
I write mostly about #litfic and #podcasts. I can be a bit snarky, but I'm mostly sincere. #booksky
Sign up: billy-1.ghost.io
I'm reviving my book recs newsletter & would love a few more readers.
My recent post was about The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem.
I write mostly about #litfic and #podcasts. I can be a bit snarky, but I'm mostly sincere. #booksky
Sign up: billy-1.ghost.io
You should probably read The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem. It was an intense but necessary start to my reading of Palestine.
Here is my recommendation: billy-1.ghost.io/books-help-m...
#booksky #litfic
Here is my recommendation: billy-1.ghost.io/books-help-m...
#booksky #litfic
Books, help me see Palestine
On reading to see
Lately, I’ve been reading about Palestine. At first I thought I was doing it to understand what has been happening in Gaza and the West Bank, but I realize now I am reading to see. ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
You should probably read The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem. It was an intense but necessary start to my reading of Palestine.
Here is my recommendation: billy-1.ghost.io/books-help-m...
#booksky #litfic
Here is my recommendation: billy-1.ghost.io/books-help-m...
#booksky #litfic
Isaiah Kiner-Falefa has contributed to the Blue Jays team since he came back. He didn't ruin anything for us. He gave us hope.
This team gave the Dodgers hell and gave us fans an incredible series. I'm so proud of them.
This team gave the Dodgers hell and gave us fans an incredible series. I'm so proud of them.
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Isaiah Kiner-Falefa has contributed to the Blue Jays team since he came back. He didn't ruin anything for us. He gave us hope.
This team gave the Dodgers hell and gave us fans an incredible series. I'm so proud of them.
This team gave the Dodgers hell and gave us fans an incredible series. I'm so proud of them.
Here's my October recap #booksky
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here's my October recap #booksky
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
I played Mrs Webb in my high school production of Our Town, but barely remember it. Anyone else got Thornton Wilder memories?
Do you have a passion for, hot take about, or inexplicable animosity towards the literary work of Thornton Wilder? Especially about the novels as opposed to the plays? Would loooove to hear from you for a pod thing—voicemail would be groovy but also could possibly swing a short chat! d/l: Thurs.
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I played Mrs Webb in my high school production of Our Town, but barely remember it. Anyone else got Thornton Wilder memories?
Feeling pretty old today as my friends' kids show off their costumes and I don't get a single reference.
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Feeling pretty old today as my friends' kids show off their costumes and I don't get a single reference.
Today I had a nice cry in my car just thinking about the fact that the #BlueJays could take the World Series tomorrow.
I call myself a 162-er. I watch ball all year long, I'm up on the off season transactions & I listen to all the podcasts. This is my game. This is my team and it's all happening.
I call myself a 162-er. I watch ball all year long, I'm up on the off season transactions & I listen to all the podcasts. This is my game. This is my team and it's all happening.
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today I had a nice cry in my car just thinking about the fact that the #BlueJays could take the World Series tomorrow.
I call myself a 162-er. I watch ball all year long, I'm up on the off season transactions & I listen to all the podcasts. This is my game. This is my team and it's all happening.
I call myself a 162-er. I watch ball all year long, I'm up on the off season transactions & I listen to all the podcasts. This is my game. This is my team and it's all happening.
Sportsnet crap out for any other Blue Jays fans in the top of the seventh?
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Sportsnet crap out for any other Blue Jays fans in the top of the seventh?
No thank you to baseball halftime shows.
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No thank you to baseball halftime shows.
Ernie Clement is already Canada's hero 🩵
If the #BlueJays win the World Series, Ernie Clement is a hero in this city forever.
What a postseason, what a player.
What a postseason, what a player.
October 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ernie Clement is already Canada's hero 🩵
Made it to Toronto. Didn't even try to make it inside. Despite the frown, I am jacked to be here (like my new favourite Jay, home plate unit).
#BlueJays 1 down!
#BlueJays 1 down!
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Made it to Toronto. Didn't even try to make it inside. Despite the frown, I am jacked to be here (like my new favourite Jay, home plate unit).
#BlueJays 1 down!
#BlueJays 1 down!
Grown men showing their beautiful emotions, body diversity and athleticism, so many stories of thinking you're washed and rising back up to have the season of your life--baseball has it all.
Let's go #BlueJays
Let's go #BlueJays
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Grown men showing their beautiful emotions, body diversity and athleticism, so many stories of thinking you're washed and rising back up to have the season of your life--baseball has it all.
Let's go #BlueJays
Let's go #BlueJays
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
October 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My first Erik Larson.
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My first Erik Larson.
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
Get ready, family. I'm about to spew a bunch of cool facts about prostheses.
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Get ready, family. I'm about to spew a bunch of cool facts about prostheses.
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
This inspired me to be a better caregiver, one who has slow and careful conversations about my loved one's priorities and fears. #currentlyreading #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This inspired me to be a better caregiver, one who has slow and careful conversations about my loved one's priorities and fears. #currentlyreading #booksky