C G Belcher
@fledgling0130.bsky.social
Always looking out for my next delicious meal and my next interesting book.
‘‘People had done worse to nature, far worse. You of all people are aware of the perniciousness of humankind’s presence on Earth’
Someone was listening to her! Or at least overhearing her as she wedged her warnings about ecological collapse into the most benign of conversations
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Someone was listening to her! Or at least overhearing her as she wedged her warnings about ecological collapse into the most benign of conversations
#BookSky #Books
October 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
‘Yeah, but they can’t take what happened, what we found out.’
‘Easy. They just let us forget. Give us too much to process…’
Perhaps Pynchon‘s most accessible novel, though the plot does tend to meander. A lot of fun and prophetic, too! Pynchon was looking both back and forward. #BookSky #Books
‘Easy. They just let us forget. Give us too much to process…’
Perhaps Pynchon‘s most accessible novel, though the plot does tend to meander. A lot of fun and prophetic, too! Pynchon was looking both back and forward. #BookSky #Books
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
‘Language is a mechanism for expressing thought. But language is thought. Thought is information given form. The form is language.’
A unique S/F novel that, while including aliens & space battles, also posits that we underestimate the importance of language to our own peril.
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A unique S/F novel that, while including aliens & space battles, also posits that we underestimate the importance of language to our own peril.
#Books #BookSky
October 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Residents of a small seaside village struggle to survive off meager harvests from the sea. Sometimes, though, O-fune-sama - a shipwreck- occurs and supplies the villagers with ill gotten goods that eases their lives for a while. But their survival also depends on keeping secrets #Books #BookSky
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
‘I love the bleakness of this place. I’ve never seen a beach so uninviting.’
‘Well, it scrubs up better in the summer.’
‘Don’t get me wrong, it’s the bleakness that I’m looking for. It’s nothing but a positive.’
‘Perhaps for you, the rest of us have got to live here.’
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‘Well, it scrubs up better in the summer.’
‘Don’t get me wrong, it’s the bleakness that I’m looking for. It’s nothing but a positive.’
‘Perhaps for you, the rest of us have got to live here.’
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October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
‘…the displaced Tutsis’ shadow, their true shadow that never left them, that ignored the sun’s course through the sky, that clung to them even deep in the night, was fear.’
Five stories about surviving ethnic purges in Rwanda. Devastating, poetic and at times, beautiful & hopeful.
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Five stories about surviving ethnic purges in Rwanda. Devastating, poetic and at times, beautiful & hopeful.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
‘I guess I made the wrong decision. Or maybe, between the possibility of being happier & buying more things, I chose to buy more things.’
A young Spanish professional suffers through working with her insipid corporate overlords in a trivial, boring job.Very funny! #Books #BookSky
A young Spanish professional suffers through working with her insipid corporate overlords in a trivial, boring job.Very funny! #Books #BookSky
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘I am simply reaping the punishment I am due as a woman incapable of enduring the pain of loving, who wanted herself the joy of being loved.’
A chance meeting and a poem expose a decades long love triangle. #BookSky
A chance meeting and a poem expose a decades long love triangle. #BookSky
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
‘I am simply reaping the punishment I am due as a woman incapable of enduring the pain of loving, who wanted herself the joy of being loved.’
A chance meeting and a poem expose a decades long love triangle. #BookSky
A chance meeting and a poem expose a decades long love triangle. #BookSky
‘Each thing we love takes a little piece of us, whether we give it willingly or not. By the time we find the person we were meant to be with, we’re a honeycomb shell of what we once were.’
A stark, vivid collection of horror stories. Gripping & very well written. #BookSky #HalloweenSky
A stark, vivid collection of horror stories. Gripping & very well written. #BookSky #HalloweenSky
September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
‘Each thing we love takes a little piece of us, whether we give it willingly or not. By the time we find the person we were meant to be with, we’re a honeycomb shell of what we once were.’
A stark, vivid collection of horror stories. Gripping & very well written. #BookSky #HalloweenSky
A stark, vivid collection of horror stories. Gripping & very well written. #BookSky #HalloweenSky
An academic couple from the 22nd century make it their mission to find a famous missing poem -written on vellum, never published & only heard by a few people - from the past. With a lot of hard work and some luck, they make a discovery that’s so much more than what they bargained for. #BookSky
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
An academic couple from the 22nd century make it their mission to find a famous missing poem -written on vellum, never published & only heard by a few people - from the past. With a lot of hard work and some luck, they make a discovery that’s so much more than what they bargained for. #BookSky
‘There is no good and evil, only healed and broken.’
An excellent novel following the enduring and complicated friendships of 4 young women as they navigate adulthood and stare down becoming middle-aged. It’s also a love/hate letter to LA, past, present & future. #BookSky
An excellent novel following the enduring and complicated friendships of 4 young women as they navigate adulthood and stare down becoming middle-aged. It’s also a love/hate letter to LA, past, present & future. #BookSky
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
‘There is no good and evil, only healed and broken.’
An excellent novel following the enduring and complicated friendships of 4 young women as they navigate adulthood and stare down becoming middle-aged. It’s also a love/hate letter to LA, past, present & future. #BookSky
An excellent novel following the enduring and complicated friendships of 4 young women as they navigate adulthood and stare down becoming middle-aged. It’s also a love/hate letter to LA, past, present & future. #BookSky
Excellent until the author decided to implode the narrative about 2/3 of the way in: an exposition dump, one of the main characters not understanding the info from the dump, a chance meeting that gets the character to finally figure things out & an even bigger exposition dump. Sad.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Excellent until the author decided to implode the narrative about 2/3 of the way in: an exposition dump, one of the main characters not understanding the info from the dump, a chance meeting that gets the character to finally figure things out & an even bigger exposition dump. Sad.
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Did I know that I needed a feminist Gothic horror novel in my life? Not until I read ‘Hungerstone’ by Kat Dunn. Well paced. atmospheric and very, very creepy!
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September 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Did I know that I needed a feminist Gothic horror novel in my life? Not until I read ‘Hungerstone’ by Kat Dunn. Well paced. atmospheric and very, very creepy!
#BookSky
#BookSky
‘The fluke of being born at a slightly different time, or in a slightly different place, all that might gift you or cost you.’ Helping her cancer stricken dad sort through a mass of old papers & photos, a daughter uncovers a painful secret from their past. Deftly written & heartfelt.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
‘The fluke of being born at a slightly different time, or in a slightly different place, all that might gift you or cost you.’ Helping her cancer stricken dad sort through a mass of old papers & photos, a daughter uncovers a painful secret from their past. Deftly written & heartfelt.
#BookSky
#BookSky
An aging actress has her world shook when she meets a young aspiring actor. She questions the durability of both her career & marriage. Are they as strong as she thought? What if she had made different choices. Down go the stage lights and a different reality plays out in front of her. #BookSky
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
An aging actress has her world shook when she meets a young aspiring actor. She questions the durability of both her career & marriage. Are they as strong as she thought? What if she had made different choices. Down go the stage lights and a different reality plays out in front of her. #BookSky
A slug researcher, a mail order bride and her translator sister invite 12 aspiring US grooms to an after party in the back of their RV and in up on an insane roadtrip across war torn Ukraine. Very funny and a wild ride! #BookSky
September 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A slug researcher, a mail order bride and her translator sister invite 12 aspiring US grooms to an after party in the back of their RV and in up on an insane roadtrip across war torn Ukraine. Very funny and a wild ride! #BookSky
‘The world gives itself over to those in our favor. Do you believe in continuity? Do you prefer interruption and whimsy?’ A wild ride - kind of a cross of ‘Moby Dick’ & ‘Blood Meridian’. A stark criticism of capitalism wrapped in a sea saga. Definitely going to be in my top 10 for 2025 #BookSky
September 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
‘The world gives itself over to those in our favor. Do you believe in continuity? Do you prefer interruption and whimsy?’ A wild ride - kind of a cross of ‘Moby Dick’ & ‘Blood Meridian’. A stark criticism of capitalism wrapped in a sea saga. Definitely going to be in my top 10 for 2025 #BookSky
In Ishtvan’s life he’s used for his physicality - secret sexual partner, muscle for a drug dealer, soldier, bouncer, chauffeur…
It’s easy to judge him for not living with more purpose, but given what life has shown him - utility in his flesh, not his mind - who’s to say that he’s wrong? #BookSky
It’s easy to judge him for not living with more purpose, but given what life has shown him - utility in his flesh, not his mind - who’s to say that he’s wrong? #BookSky
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In Ishtvan’s life he’s used for his physicality - secret sexual partner, muscle for a drug dealer, soldier, bouncer, chauffeur…
It’s easy to judge him for not living with more purpose, but given what life has shown him - utility in his flesh, not his mind - who’s to say that he’s wrong? #BookSky
It’s easy to judge him for not living with more purpose, but given what life has shown him - utility in his flesh, not his mind - who’s to say that he’s wrong? #BookSky
‘What do you call that sets something in motion? What do you call an eagerness that cannot be ignored?’
Still stuck in 11/18, Tara travels the breadth of Europe in a hope to experience all 4 seasons in a regular year. A lot of provocative thoughts throughout the narrative & a cliffhanger! #BookSky
Still stuck in 11/18, Tara travels the breadth of Europe in a hope to experience all 4 seasons in a regular year. A lot of provocative thoughts throughout the narrative & a cliffhanger! #BookSky
September 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
‘What do you call that sets something in motion? What do you call an eagerness that cannot be ignored?’
Still stuck in 11/18, Tara travels the breadth of Europe in a hope to experience all 4 seasons in a regular year. A lot of provocative thoughts throughout the narrative & a cliffhanger! #BookSky
Still stuck in 11/18, Tara travels the breadth of Europe in a hope to experience all 4 seasons in a regular year. A lot of provocative thoughts throughout the narrative & a cliffhanger! #BookSky
In a small Irish fishing village an infant is found adrift in the harbor and is adopted into a good-natured, but down on his luck fisherman’s family. As the boy ages questions shroud him in mystery. Quirky, in the best of ways,heartfelt and very, very Irish. #BookSky #Ireland
September 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Twins, brother and sister, on their own since the deaths of their criminal parents, try to survive in the 19th century Australian Highlands. Scorned by everyone, they confront hard choices. Is it worth the risk to track and hunt a man-killing puma for the bounty on the big cat’s head? #BookSky
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Twins, brother and sister, on their own since the deaths of their criminal parents, try to survive in the 19th century Australian Highlands. Scorned by everyone, they confront hard choices. Is it worth the risk to track and hunt a man-killing puma for the bounty on the big cat’s head? #BookSky
‘You can’t go to your room,’ she said. ‘How can I not speak to you if you’re not here for me not to speak to?’
A funny, poignant look at a middle-aged son & his mother who try to navigate their own thorny history while surviving decades of turmoil in Beruit. Very funny, really enjoyed it! #BookSky
A funny, poignant look at a middle-aged son & his mother who try to navigate their own thorny history while surviving decades of turmoil in Beruit. Very funny, really enjoyed it! #BookSky
September 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
‘You can’t go to your room,’ she said. ‘How can I not speak to you if you’re not here for me not to speak to?’
A funny, poignant look at a middle-aged son & his mother who try to navigate their own thorny history while surviving decades of turmoil in Beruit. Very funny, really enjoyed it! #BookSky
A funny, poignant look at a middle-aged son & his mother who try to navigate their own thorny history while surviving decades of turmoil in Beruit. Very funny, really enjoyed it! #BookSky
‘No one knew what they were doing, but they all kept doing it - wavering, waffling, making decisions on the basis of factors they had called into being themselves,’
A funny novella that follows a trans girl who meets up with her dad’s rich & eccentric friends at a literary award banquet #BookSky
A funny novella that follows a trans girl who meets up with her dad’s rich & eccentric friends at a literary award banquet #BookSky
May 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
‘No one knew what they were doing, but they all kept doing it - wavering, waffling, making decisions on the basis of factors they had called into being themselves,’
A funny novella that follows a trans girl who meets up with her dad’s rich & eccentric friends at a literary award banquet #BookSky
A funny novella that follows a trans girl who meets up with her dad’s rich & eccentric friends at a literary award banquet #BookSky