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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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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA) @billydee123.bsky.social · Mar 9
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We Will Survive
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Once again, that fateful addition, 'but'
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 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 55
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#JoanArmatrading (1977)
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JOAN ARMATRADING - WILLOW
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November 18, 2025 at 8:51 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
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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 54
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#JethroTull (1975)
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Jethro Tull - Skating Away (Sight And Sound In Concert: Jethro Tull Live, 19th Feb, 1977)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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💙📚 #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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💙📀 #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 53
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#JaneChild (1990)
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Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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November 16, 2025 at 5:16 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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💙📀 #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 52
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#ItsImmaterial (1986)
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It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (1986)
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November 15, 2025 at 5:13 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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💙📀 #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 51
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#HueandCry (1989)
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Hue and Cry Violently (Your Words Hit Me)
YouTube video by burdlow
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November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Support the #HellCats Turn the House blue
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 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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💙📀 #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 50
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#HowardJones (1983)
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Howard Jones - What Is Love
YouTube video by Howard Jones
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November 13, 2025 at 5:19 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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💙📀 #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 49
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#HollyHumberstone (2023)
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Holly Humberstone - Into Your Room (Live) | CURVED | Amazon Music
YouTube video by Holly Humberstone
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 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
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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 48
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#HermansHermits (1968)
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Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (1968)
YouTube video by Polydor 1000
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November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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💙📚 #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
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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 47
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#Halsey (2024)
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Halsey - Ego (Lyrics)
YouTube video by 7clouds
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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💙📚 #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
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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 46
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#HaileeSteinfeld (2023)
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Hailee Steinfeld - SunKissing (Lyrics)🎵
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November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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💙📚 #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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💙📀 #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 🪐📀
#Gossip (2023)
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Gossip - Crazy Again (6 Music Festival 2024)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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November 8, 2025 at 4:57 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 44
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#GoWest (1990)
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Go West - King Of Wishful Thinking (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
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November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM