ᒪIᔕᗩ GᑌIᗪᗩᖇIᑎI
@bluestalking.bsky.social
📚 Book Reviewing Coddiwompler 📚
Current: New York Journal of Books, words in: Chicago Tribune, Glasgow Review 🏴, Foreword, etc. NBCC voting member.
Resister of fascism, happy cooker, garden dabbler, infrequent blogger. New role: Nana to Ruth.
Current: New York Journal of Books, words in: Chicago Tribune, Glasgow Review 🏴, Foreword, etc. NBCC voting member.
Resister of fascism, happy cooker, garden dabbler, infrequent blogger. New role: Nana to Ruth.
Salacious gossip about one of our greatest writers is keeping me going at the moment. Finally feeling a spark of interest in SOMETHING and I'm pondering an autumn return to the New England homes of several dead writers, including Melville's Arrowhead, with lighthouses and lobster dinners. 🦞📚
May 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Salacious gossip about one of our greatest writers is keeping me going at the moment. Finally feeling a spark of interest in SOMETHING and I'm pondering an autumn return to the New England homes of several dead writers, including Melville's Arrowhead, with lighthouses and lobster dinners. 🦞📚
Films 2025
#9
L'été dernier/Last Summer
NR
2023-France
Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
#9
L'été dernier/Last Summer
NR
2023-France
Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
March 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Films 2025
#9
L'été dernier/Last Summer
NR
2023-France
Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
#9
L'été dernier/Last Summer
NR
2023-France
Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Curling up to read @rebeccaromney.com 's lovely new book about the women writers who shaped Austen's writing. Delicious!
It's the perfect complement to my Austen 250 in 2025 re-read of all the novels. My Facebook group finished S&S, headed into P&P starting tomorrow.
It's the perfect complement to my Austen 250 in 2025 re-read of all the novels. My Facebook group finished S&S, headed into P&P starting tomorrow.
March 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Curling up to read @rebeccaromney.com 's lovely new book about the women writers who shaped Austen's writing. Delicious!
It's the perfect complement to my Austen 250 in 2025 re-read of all the novels. My Facebook group finished S&S, headed into P&P starting tomorrow.
It's the perfect complement to my Austen 250 in 2025 re-read of all the novels. My Facebook group finished S&S, headed into P&P starting tomorrow.
Films 2025
#9
The Neon Bible
UR
1995-U.S.
Drama
Director: Terence Davies
#9
The Neon Bible
UR
1995-U.S.
Drama
Director: Terence Davies
March 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Films 2025
#9
The Neon Bible
UR
1995-U.S.
Drama
Director: Terence Davies
#9
The Neon Bible
UR
1995-U.S.
Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Stand your ground against the tangerine twat. Let the chips fall.
February 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Stand your ground against the tangerine twat. Let the chips fall.
Films 2025
#8
Ladri di Bicicletta/Bicycle Thieves
NR
1948-Italian
Drama
Director: Vittorio di Sica
#8
Ladri di Bicicletta/Bicycle Thieves
NR
1948-Italian
Drama
Director: Vittorio di Sica
February 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Films 2025
#8
Ladri di Bicicletta/Bicycle Thieves
NR
1948-Italian
Drama
Director: Vittorio di Sica
#8
Ladri di Bicicletta/Bicycle Thieves
NR
1948-Italian
Drama
Director: Vittorio di Sica
Films 2025
#7
Poor Things
R
2024-Ireland, US, UK, Hungary
Dramedy/Steampunk
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
#7
Poor Things
R
2024-Ireland, US, UK, Hungary
Dramedy/Steampunk
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
January 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Films 2025
#7
Poor Things
R
2024-Ireland, US, UK, Hungary
Dramedy/Steampunk
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
#7
Poor Things
R
2024-Ireland, US, UK, Hungary
Dramedy/Steampunk
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Films 2025
#6
Loving Highsmith
NR
2022-Switzerland, Germany
Biography/Documentary
Director: Eva Vitija
#6
Loving Highsmith
NR
2022-Switzerland, Germany
Biography/Documentary
Director: Eva Vitija
January 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Films 2025
#6
Loving Highsmith
NR
2022-Switzerland, Germany
Biography/Documentary
Director: Eva Vitija
#6
Loving Highsmith
NR
2022-Switzerland, Germany
Biography/Documentary
Director: Eva Vitija
Finishing Volume 1 in Sense and Sensibility, wrapped up chapter summaries for my FB group #Austen250in2025. Though it's a weaker novel than her later works, the biting satire and outright comedy is strong. Enjoying the re-read.
Just reached the Lucy Steele revelation... 🥺
#janeausten
Just reached the Lucy Steele revelation... 🥺
#janeausten
January 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Finishing Volume 1 in Sense and Sensibility, wrapped up chapter summaries for my FB group #Austen250in2025. Though it's a weaker novel than her later works, the biting satire and outright comedy is strong. Enjoying the re-read.
Just reached the Lucy Steele revelation... 🥺
#janeausten
Just reached the Lucy Steele revelation... 🥺
#janeausten
Films 2025
#5
Mary Shelley
PG-13
2017-UK
Docudrama
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
#5
Mary Shelley
PG-13
2017-UK
Docudrama
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
January 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Films 2025
#5
Mary Shelley
PG-13
2017-UK
Docudrama
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
#5
Mary Shelley
PG-13
2017-UK
Docudrama
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Films 2025
#4
A Real Pain
R
2024-U.S
Dramedy/Buddy film
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
#4
A Real Pain
R
2024-U.S
Dramedy/Buddy film
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
January 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Films 2025
#4
A Real Pain
R
2024-U.S
Dramedy/Buddy film
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
#4
A Real Pain
R
2024-U.S
Dramedy/Buddy film
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Films 2025
#3
Here
NR
2023-Belgian
Drama
Director: Bas Devos
#3
Here
NR
2023-Belgian
Drama
Director: Bas Devos
January 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Films 2025
#3
Here
NR
2023-Belgian
Drama
Director: Bas Devos
#3
Here
NR
2023-Belgian
Drama
Director: Bas Devos
Catching up with Lies and Sorcery (the novel, too, haha).
"She seemed intoxicated by this poison, her thin blue veins swelling under her delicate skin, her pupils dilating, as if bewitched by the image of her own hatred."
#NYRBwomen25
"She seemed intoxicated by this poison, her thin blue veins swelling under her delicate skin, her pupils dilating, as if bewitched by the image of her own hatred."
#NYRBwomen25
January 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Catching up with Lies and Sorcery (the novel, too, haha).
"She seemed intoxicated by this poison, her thin blue veins swelling under her delicate skin, her pupils dilating, as if bewitched by the image of her own hatred."
#NYRBwomen25
"She seemed intoxicated by this poison, her thin blue veins swelling under her delicate skin, her pupils dilating, as if bewitched by the image of her own hatred."
#NYRBwomen25
Wait ... @charcopress.com is located in Edinburgh?! I'll need to become a completist, then.
Not difficult when the quality of the books is exquisite.
Feebleminded was my final read of 2024. Calling it brutal is high praise. Other descriptors are raw, passionate, fearless ... Urgent fiction.
Not difficult when the quality of the books is exquisite.
Feebleminded was my final read of 2024. Calling it brutal is high praise. Other descriptors are raw, passionate, fearless ... Urgent fiction.
January 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wait ... @charcopress.com is located in Edinburgh?! I'll need to become a completist, then.
Not difficult when the quality of the books is exquisite.
Feebleminded was my final read of 2024. Calling it brutal is high praise. Other descriptors are raw, passionate, fearless ... Urgent fiction.
Not difficult when the quality of the books is exquisite.
Feebleminded was my final read of 2024. Calling it brutal is high praise. Other descriptors are raw, passionate, fearless ... Urgent fiction.
Originally had this on my Christmas list for myself. Broke down and bought it less than a month later...
It was inevitable! Frankly shocked it took me this long. 📚 @wwnorton.bsky.social
It was inevitable! Frankly shocked it took me this long. 📚 @wwnorton.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Originally had this on my Christmas list for myself. Broke down and bought it less than a month later...
It was inevitable! Frankly shocked it took me this long. 📚 @wwnorton.bsky.social
It was inevitable! Frankly shocked it took me this long. 📚 @wwnorton.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
My weekends are pretty much dedicated to unstructured research of whatever my pet project is. Today I'm reading about John Willoughby from my #austen250in2025 re-read of S&S, considering him as the "rake" harkening back to 18th-C lit, namely Tom Jones - which we know Austen read.
January 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My weekends are pretty much dedicated to unstructured research of whatever my pet project is. Today I'm reading about John Willoughby from my #austen250in2025 re-read of S&S, considering him as the "rake" harkening back to 18th-C lit, namely Tom Jones - which we know Austen read.
Working on a niche interest in the almost unknown 19-C Scottish novelist Susan Ferrier, accumulating the little I can about her. Lucky to have the memoir-correspondence reprint I do, slowly beginning to dig.
Can't explain the fixation I've had these past several years never fully explored.
Can't explain the fixation I've had these past several years never fully explored.
January 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Working on a niche interest in the almost unknown 19-C Scottish novelist Susan Ferrier, accumulating the little I can about her. Lucky to have the memoir-correspondence reprint I do, slowly beginning to dig.
Can't explain the fixation I've had these past several years never fully explored.
Can't explain the fixation I've had these past several years never fully explored.
Fabulous book mail today: NYRB editions of women writers. Gearing up for #NYRBWomen25 with @joiedevivre9.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fabulous book mail today: NYRB editions of women writers. Gearing up for #NYRBWomen25 with @joiedevivre9.bsky.social
Finished The Safekeep, which was gorgeous, and heading into book #2 of 2025.
#booksky #thevegetarian #hankang #bluestalking #2025reads
#booksky #thevegetarian #hankang #bluestalking #2025reads
January 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Finished The Safekeep, which was gorgeous, and heading into book #2 of 2025.
#booksky #thevegetarian #hankang #bluestalking #2025reads
#booksky #thevegetarian #hankang #bluestalking #2025reads
