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Finn O'Callaghan-Doyle
@demibroseph.bsky.social
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They/He | 24 | UK | Irish descent
Writer, poet, queer, reviews, languages

Free Palestine, BLM, Trans Rights, Stop Asian Hate

Depressed Spinster Hermit in all but age

RTD fan | Dragon Age Nerd - Veilguard was good

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The amazing Sunstruck by William Rayfet Hunter is going to be released tomorrow!

It's one of the best books I've read and I'll keep saying it - if it isn't a classic in 50+ years it'll be a damn shame. @netgalley.bsky.social

My review is here:

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A view through a villa window of a rocky island outcrop and a body of water, and there is a young man in blue shorts standing looking out.
May 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A Duolingo streak milestone. On an orange background, Duo, glowing orange, outlined in a yellow phoenix shape, next to the words "I'm on a 1000 day learning streak!" With the 1000 being much bigger than the other words
March 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Due to some technical issues my review of Anthony Shapland's amazing A Room Above A Shop is slightly later than planned but now up on my blog.

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#netgalley #anthonyshapland #queerfiction #aroomaboveashop #granta #literaryfiction
Alt text/Image description: the cover of the novel, a pale background with a green mountain shape rising from the bottom (containing the author's name) and a black mountain shape looming down from the top (with the title).
March 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A woman lies slumped in bed, clothed and wearing glasses that aren't on properly and a tiara, holding a TV remote
March 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender—and please remember alt text 💞
A piece of artwork by Keith Haring of a yellow person standing in gradually bigger lower halves of their body, a turquoise background and a purple floor with black spots
March 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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My review of Paul McVeigh's I Hear You is now on my blog.

It's my first review of an upcoming release so it's even more special.

I Hear You by Paul McVeigh is a short story collection which will be published on 3rd March by @saltpublishing.com

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Image description/alt text: the story's cover, features a pair of legs under a tall stack of boom boxes and tape players, almost as if it is all one coherent being or the person carrying them is obscured by them.
February 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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End of Jan book haul only a week late

(Bitter Crop was given to me by @canongate.co.uk as part of their Top Influencer Books of 2024)
A stack of books inc. Bitter Crop by Paul Alexander, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, Best Men by Sidney Larger, The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore, Pole Position by Rebecca J. Caffery, Lucy Clarke's The Hike and Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends A stack of books by C.L. Taylor (The Accident, The Escape, The Missing, The Lie and The Fear) and one by Linwood Barclay (I Will Ruin You)
February 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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@jackstrangeauthor.bsky.social is an absolute legend and Look Up, Handsome is a must read for the festive season. I'll post a review soon but safe to say I loved it, it's every bit as gorgeous as Riccardo Bessa's cover.
A copy of Look Up, Handsome boy Jack Strange on my bookcase cardigan. the cover shows the main character Quinn (short with dark hair) standing with Noah (tall, blond, glasses) in the snowy street outside Quinn's shop. Noah leans against a lamppost and holds mistletoe above Quinn's head suggestively.
December 26, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Gonna tell my kids these were the Spice Girls
Today's edition of LinkedIn's Pinpoint puzzle, the clues being "baby", "sweet", "permanent", "canine", and "wisdom"
December 4, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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Assigned home of sexual by Spotify Wrapped
My Spotify wrapped because I'm gay and sad
December 4, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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One for the Sarah Jane Adventures bitches

Reskeet and show us what turned you gay
Davey in his human form is drenched and stares at his sister (I guess Mrs Wormwood counts as his sister)
November 19, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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4 new who stories to get to know me
Ncuti Gatwa as the doctor in a stripy blue and white jumper, yellow coat and red hat, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday in an orange jumper, plaid skirt and dark coat standing with the TARDIS on a hillside in the wind Rose and her Dad looks at each other in the church vestry I'm guessing it is Doctor and Donna look at each other over the plasticky beetle Rose touches the dalek
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

::DAY 7::
Cover of Sarah Schofield's short story collection Safely Gathered In, art features the head and shoulders of a woman, her head is in a bird cage and surrounded by five red birds. She is in black and white and has her eyes shut.
November 18, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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I was raised in these streets
Main Street from the game MySims Agents, visible are the entrance to the park, the pizzeria and the salon, cars are parked by the side of the road and people are walking around, including Poppy
November 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

::DAY 6::
The cover of After Dark by Haruki Murakami, featuring the title, author name and publisher on a black background. In the centre is a circle with two red skyscrapers on either side, the space in between them is black and vaguely human-shaped, what would be the head is haloed in white.
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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4 albums that serve as an introduction to my taste
Sara Bareilles standing on a Manhattan roof, her dress hanging over the edge Alessia Cara in a bubble on an orange and blue background A yellow butterfly in three parts pinned to a pale white background with a green/grey stripe off centre Alanis Morissette next to a cream, purple and yellow background
November 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

::DAY 5::
The cover of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, featuring the author's illustration of her adult self and a thought bubble style shape containing her illustration of her younger self on the sofa with her grandmother, flanked by her parents and uncle
November 16, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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That cancelled TV show that you'll never stop thinking about
Claudia (Allison Scagliotti), Helena (Jaime Murray), Myka (Joanne Kelly) and Leena (Genelle Williams) of Warehouse 13 are in Leena's Bed and Breakfast, in front of a large set of windows. Claudia and Leena are sitting, Helena and Myka are standing; Leena is looking casual and homely, the others ready for action Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as Sheila and Joel Hammond looking... Dishevelled to say the least Lidia (Rita Moreno), in a sparkly silver dress, dramatically opening her curtains Katie (Briga Heelan), in a pink coat, and her mum Carol (Andrea Martin), in a blue coat, look up at something off camera
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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People of bluesky, let's get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie?

Quote share your answer in GIF form only
Raimunda (Penelope Cruz), crying in a red cardigan stares at her daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo) before embracing her in front of a green wall
November 16, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Follow me, I look like this
Wirt from Over The Garden Wall (camera angle below looking up), wearing a white shirt under a yellow jumper
November 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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unlike you I get my news from a reputable source
Ava Coleman from Abbott Elementary talking over an intercom Sign over the door of Loretta's Beauty Shop from Murder, She Wrote
November 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

::DAY 4::
Cover of Folk by Zoe Gilbert, featuring a collage of flowers, leaves etc. on a yellow background. Two birds stare intently at one another, one with a berry in its beak. A bee flies alone, away from everything else.
November 15, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

::DAY 3::
The cover of Starring Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson, featuring a lit-up stage, and Tracy inset in a star (in a grey outfit - the edition I have has her in her usual red one but I have to cope), drawn by Nick Sharratt
November 14, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Donna Noble (in her wedding dress) and The Tenth Doctor in a busy London street, she is saying "they think I'm drunk" Jim Royle, slovenly as ever, in a dirty vest and jeans, sits in his chair rolling his eyes and getting angry Claudia from Warehouse 13 saying "I want to punch things" Thumbnail for "MoonQuest 5 Years On..." Simon Lane looks down like he's seen some shit
November 14, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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Idk if y'all are ready for this one

The The
Villain Real Villain
Harriet Jones, Prime Minister (Penelope Wilton), holds up her identification. She is wearing a black suit and pearls. The Sycorax Leader, an skeletal alien in red robes sporting bone-like jewellery
November 14, 2024 at 10:49 AM