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Momster of Elsebub, Sindre & #SookieTheFarmCat living in the arse-end of Norway.
-I mostly post about (horror)books and cats. Sometimes I review the odd read.
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generalsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · Jan 2
My friend Dave, his wife Jen & their feline friends are currently living in their car & could do with any help people are able to give:
Their GFM can be found here:

gofund.me/8a801e14
Their latest GFM reads: “My husband and I along with all our fur babies are in dire need of car brakes and general maintenance. We are all living in our car. Any funds earned will be used for fixing our car and taking care of all our cats. We appreciate all the help given prior for our storage unit. That has given us some piece of mind during these trying times. Still waiting for SSI approval which could take some time. Thank you for all the help it truly means a lot.” Friendly felines seen in the back of a car
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
I placed an order for this (2 actually, so that I can add one of them to a future giveaway). You might want to as well? 😊
-also saw fit to get a copy of ‘Hickory Nuts and Bones’ while I was at it

#booksky
davidniallwilson.com David Niall Wilson @davidniallwilson.com · 2d
I see the Donald has dropped into his odd time machine gain to suggest JP Morgan had email contact with Epstein - you know, like when he said he'd heard Frederick Douglass was "doing great things" and it spawned the novel "Remember Bowling Green," (royalties to the aclu) books2read.com/u/m202Q7
Frederick Douglass on a book cover, with a time portal of varying colors behind him -
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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September 25:
Didn’t get around to reading as much as I would have liked partly due to work and a couple of these being kinda heavy and slow going. That being said; all of these authors were new to me and I’ll be quite happy to pick up more by Kat Dunn & Kat Hausler❤️
#booksky
September reads: -Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn (very enjoyable) -The Woman Who Had Two Navels & Tales of the Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquin 🇵🇭 (not light reading material but interesting) -Skritt i mørket by Ebba Haslund🇳🇴 (described as “horror”, it’s more of a comedic mystery) -Å hate Gud by Jenny Hval🇳🇴 (also described by some of horror, it’s more of a feminist stream of consciousness manifesto and one of the heavier reads I’ve come across in 2025) -What I Know About July by Cat Hausler (I enjoyed this one a lot)
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
So far this year:

-16 Norwegian & 15 Filipino books read (mostly horror- or horror adjacent)
-3/5 books read from the ones Graham handpicked for me to read in 2025
-total no.of reads: 81
-current read: The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

-I’m behind on 3 reviews..

#booksky
sheenalouisef.bsky.social generalsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · Feb 1
What I read this month, a 🧵
#booksky
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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2 reads remain from this selection:

-To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
-The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

#booksky
sheenalouisef.bsky.social generalsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · 15d
The current selection of my prioritized TBR. I’m starting Vindens Datter, Bjørnens Bror by Øyvind Myhre tonight & hoping to get to at least one more before Monday rolls up
#booksky
The 6 books I’m prioritizing out of my ~850 TBR: -To be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers (the penultimate book out of the 5 Graham chose for me to read in 2025) -The Sundowner’s Dance by Todd Keisling -The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw -Vindens Datter, Bjørnens Bror by Øyvind Myhre -Stray Cats by Irene Sarmiento -Calvaria Fell by Cat Sparks & Kaaron Warren
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I asked Roxie if she’d be able to source an additional 5 Filipino (mostly) horror books for me 😂 one of them is a bit of a stretch seeing as it is almost as old as me
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Me @ mom today: “I’ve got some Ketchum books headed my way. I’ll send them along with Graham and the kids when they get here”

Mom: 😃
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Starting to sort out Yuletide gifts for my friends’ kids and I’m finding it surprisingly fun. I’m going to have to find some decent crayons and sketchbook for the older one as she’s really gotten into drawing. Any suggestions? She’s ~5 y.o.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Things are hard for Dave, Jen & the cats. They’re going to need new brakes for the car. They’d been able to stay with Jen’s cousin for a bit but an eviction notice was served in October. Any help appreciated:

gofund.me/1edf122b0
We need help. Our car has no brakes. David can fix them if we can just buy them. Does anyone know if there's help for this? I've not been sleeping cause of my stress over our situation. If we end up back in our car, we won't be able to drive it. On a good note, Paul is doing great, he's even been playing with his sister.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Bookmail!
‘Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural’ has finally arrived. I see a few names I’m familiar with and I’m looking forward to getting to know more.
#booksky #filipinobooks
Signos PB Interior art by Dennis Madamba. Fruit of some sort; atis? Interior illustration by Dennis Madamba; a fruit sprouting
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Else is looking forward to loosing her first tooth because “there’s a chick who’ll take her tooth and leave a coin”

That’s how I learned she knows about the tooth fairy. The way she explained it made it sound like someone would be yanking the tooth straight outta her mouth, tho 😂
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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crap start to today: woke up only to realize that my phone is a POS that tanks out in spite of being put to charge. I’d missed the bus but somehow managed to scurry, borrow Graham’s phone & give the dpt a heads up that I might be late AND make it just in time with a much later bus and power walking
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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andrewcull.bsky.social 🎃 Andy Cull 🎃 @andrewcull.bsky.social · 4d
Hey everyone! It's time for my next giveaway! Like and follow for a chance to win a signed paperback of my collection WHILE I WAS GONE! I'll draw a winner on 11/16 👻🖤
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Heading home from my 08:00-21:30 shift.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The 4 y.o is afraid of mushrooms but these ones are apparently not scary because they’re dark?
Two mushrooms in different sizes on our lawn. No idea what they are. Dark brown in color and therefore not scary according to the 4 y.o
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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One week into a new job: I’m enjoying it, mostly looking forward to going into the office (depending on how much sleep I’ve gotten) & not struggling with feeling down about having to learn new stuff. All of the above is kinda new to me
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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It’s Sunday; our weekly bird feeding day which makes our 4 y.o happy
The 4 y.o on Graham’s shoulders puts the last ball of bird food into the metal feeder seen in the foreground.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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This one is feeling the effects of yesterday’s party and 4 year-olds. She dealt surprisingly well. I had assumed she’d be hiding away upstairs but she came in and joined us many times.
#catsky #SookieTheFarmCat
Tuxedo cat resting on the window sill after the chaos of the 4 y.o’s birthday party.
November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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I’ve placed an order for something nice for my SO’s Yuletide stocking, maybe you will too? 😊
leannareneehieber.bsky.social Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 8d
In addition to what is threaded above (crystal hair comb sold, bat clips still available) I'm adding fresh bat/gargoyle/owl tie clips to the shop! A few currently available, all 1-of-a-kind, restored vintage or repurposed/accented: www.etsy.com/shop/Torchan...
Torch & Arrow: torchandarrow.etsy.com
Left to right panels of tie bars, Left, a gunmetal 2 inch by 1 inch tie bar with a blackened brass gargoyle head affixed to the 1970s bar, to it's right is a 2.2inch by 1 inch golden 1960s tie bar with a blackened brass owl head with outstretched wings around its face, with hand-painted metallic golden-brass wash, to it's right is a restored 1960s small oval tie clip with a Knight chess piece like horse head in golden brass, to it's right is another small tie clip in 1960s bright silver with a radiant pattern and a tiny blackened brass bat, like the bat symbol in batman, affixed to the center of the small clip.
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Glimpses from today:
The girlie turned 4 yesterday & celebrated with her 2 besties from kindergarten. She ate her own weight in cake & got lots of unicorn-stuff.
The 4 y.o said she wanted to be a princess on her bday and decided to wear a pink gown and tiara. -here she is, sitting by the window waiting for the guests to arrive The spread: bowls of fruit, veg, mini-hotdogs and a few cupcakes as snacks before the cake. Oh, the paper plates/cups featured flowers and unicorns Cupcakes, fruit and chocolate chip shortbread (which Graham made this morning) Unicorn cake made by Graham. Unicorns are the 4 y.o’s favorite thing at the moment. She’s obsessed with them.
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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FIL also brought me the Albert Szilagyi decor I placed an order for (he adds spiderweb to his items).
-a candle holder
-framed print
Victorian print; a woman sits with her cat and little dog. But, oh wait! Her face is in her hand and the place where her face should have been is nothing but spiderweb Vintage brass (?) candleholder; part of it contains spiderweb Closeup of the framed print. I love how I missed that it includes a cat when I ordered it. On the wall of cat art it will go!!
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Aside from the previously mentioned stack of books, my FIL also brought me the Leela Chakravarti ceramic lighthouse for my windowsill ❤️
Ceramic lighthouse/luminary by artist Leela Chakravarti The lighthouse seen on my window sill along with some of my Leela Chakravarti cottages as well as a few really tiny ones
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Alright, here’s part 1 of 3 of the books FIL brought with him:
My latest @nepenthepress.bsky.social additions: Poe & The Fall of the House of Usher

#booksky #horrorbooks
Nepenthe Press’ Poe (deluxe/slipcased). The cover depicts an ominous raven we might be familiar with & the slipcase shows Poe and a human skull Eli John does great stuff The Fall of the House of Usher; the cover is composed of lovely marbled paper Signed by Eli John (and remarqued!!!)
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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My girl turned 4 today and I don’t understand where the time went.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Bookmail pt. 1 of 2:
Coffin Moon by the wonderful @keithrosson.bsky.social

*sidenote: there’s more books coming because FIL will be visiting and bringing stuff I got delivered via Edinburgh

#booksky #horrorbooks
Coffin moon by Keith Rosson (Black Crow Books edition) Numbered & Signed by the author. Love the skull doodle Vampiric skull foil hiding beneath the DJ
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Artmail!
Ophelia Redpath prints titled “Milk for Morgan” & “Evening Out”.
My latest cat art-additions: -“Milk for Morgan”: Shows a large ginger cat looming over a woman about to put down a bowl of milk -“Evening out” depicts a man walking his dog. He has stopped and is studying a missing cat poster; as it would seem… the very same and humongous cat looming from behind the building. The dog has spotted the cat.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM