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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
#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
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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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💙📚 #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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💙📚 #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
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💙📚 #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
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💙📚 #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
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #41 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#DonnaTrovato (Horror)
Photo of Donna Trovato. Born Worcester Mass. Author of horror short stories. Book cover. It's Coming for You, a Collection of Horrors by Donna Trovato (2020) Cover is blocked photos showing various items, an eye, a masked head, etc. (Contains 10 short stories) (4.0 stars)
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #40 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#JamesThompson (editor) #Various (authors)
Photo of James Thompson. American / Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki Book cover. Helsinki Noir editied by James Thompson (2014). Cover shows a dark cobblesstoned street at night. (3 stars)
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #39 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#TheodoreSturgeon (Fan / Sci-Fi)
Book cover. A Touch of Strange by Theodore Sturgeon (1958 / 11 stories) Cover shows a wooden face with bars in it eyes and eyes peaking out. And a girl in front. (4 stars) Photo of Theodore Sturgeon. Born NY City 1918, died Eugene Ore 1985. American author of fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror.
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks #BlueSkyHorror
Just finished Red X by #DavidDemchuk and have to say it's one of my favorite books of 2025. So much in it.
Book cover. Red X by David Demchuk (2021) Blackcover with a large Red X in the center and the word Red, vertically in black in the middle of the X. (5.0 stars)
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #38 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#RexStout (Mystery)
Photo of Rex Stout, taken 1942 as he sits in front of a CBS microphone, talking about Our Secret Weapon. Born Noblesville, Ind, 1886, died Danbury, Conn 1975. Creator of the Nero Wolfe mysteries. Book cover. Death Times Three by Rex Stout (1985 / Nero Wolfe #47) Cover is red (top) and black (bottom) Bottom shows a stack of money with a knife sticking through it (4.0 stars)
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #33 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#DorothyLSayers (Mystery)
Photo of Dorothy L. Sayers. Born Oxford, England 1893. Died Essex, England 1957. English crime novelist, playwright. Creator of the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series. Book cover. Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (1928 / Lord Peter Wimsey #4) Cover shows a man (back view) looking down at a table, holding something behind his back. (4 stars)
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks #NewlyPurchased
From 1968 but seems relevant today, alt history novel by Thomas Disch, Camp Concentration. "Disch imagines an alternate 1970s where America has declared war on the rest of the world & much of its own citizenry & is willing to use any weapon to assure victory. "
Book cover. Camp Concentration by Thomas Disch (1968) Cover shows the back of a man, head shaved with a bar code on the back of his neck.
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #36 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#MarjaneSatrapi (Non-Fic / Graphic)
Photo of Marjane Satrapi taken at Cannes 2008. Born Imperial State of Iran in 1969. French-Iranian cartoonist, graphic novelist, etc. Book cover. Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi and other writers. Cover shows head shots of Iranian people protesting. (2023) 4.5 stars
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #35 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#HHMunro #Saki (Fiction)
Photo of H.H. Munro by E.O. Hoppe taken 1913. H.H. Munro, who wrote under the pseudonym of Saki, born Burma 1870, died 1916 in Beaumont-Hamel, France. Book cover. The Best of Saki by H.H. Munro / Sake (1916) Hard cover, cream cover with a background of trees and in the foreground, a group of Victorian and women and right in front a small rose bush and a black cat. (5 stars) Book cover. The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki (H.H. Munro) (1911) Cover is a photo of a man in Victorian clothes, sitting on a side board and in front is a table with a floral arrangement in the center and two candles on either side (Penguin edition) (4.0 stars)
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #34 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#EdgarAllanPoe (Horror / Mystery)
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849. Born Boston, Mass 1809, died Baltimore, Maryland 1849. American writer, poet, editor, literary critic. Book cover. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe, Penguin Classic cover. (4 stars)
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #33 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#BaronessOrczy (Mys)
Photo of Baroness Emma Orczy taken 1920. Born Hungary 1865, died Henley-on-Thames, UK 1947. Created the Scarlet Pimpernel, the Old Man in the Corner mysteries. Book cover. The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy (1909) Cover has blue border top and bottom and in the middle drawing of various papers on a table top (4.5 stars)
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
Read Cracking the Nazi Code by Jason Bell. Hitler and his Nazis did exactly what Trump and his admin are doing. Somebody stopped Hitler. Who will stop Trump?
Book cover. Cracking the Nazi Code, The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell (2023) Cover shows one of Hitler's massive rallies with the Swastika flying in the background.
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks The Short Story
(Books by 46 authors I've read & enjoyed)
46 authors, various genres
Author #32 / 46
#Booksky
#ShortStory
#JoyceCarolOates (Fiction)
Photo of Joyce Carol Oates taken 2014. Born Lockport NY 1938. American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, etc. Book cover. The Museum of Dr. Moses; Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates (2007) Cover shows a house on a lake (maybe) with an outside light. Surrounded by trees. (4 stars)
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks #LatestPurchases
Latest editions to my book shelves, as of 23 Oct. Books by #VirginiaWoolf #SylviaPlath #BrianKeene #JohnScalzi
Book cover. A Haunted House, The Complete Shorter Fiction by Virginia Woolf (1921) Vintage Classics. Photo shows a candle with flame and hillside in background. Book cover. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath (1977) Short stories, prose and diary excerpts. White cover with what seems like an object orbiting the words 'and the' in a red circle. Book cover. Starter Villain by John Scalzi (2023) Cover shows a cat wearing a suit and above its head, the words 'Meet the new boss) Book cover. Terminal by Brian Keene (2004) A face wearing a black balaclava so you can only see its eyes. Above are the words, 'With one month to live, there's still time for one last horrific mistake....'
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM