Nat Leach
@gnatleech.bsky.social
Reading great books from A to Z (literally)
Back to my classic Canlit (although I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book with the words “#1 Bestseller” on the cover before)
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Back to my classic Canlit (although I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book with the words “#1 Bestseller” on the cover before)
Laughing already. Milligan spoofs the language of the original very closely.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Laughing already. Milligan spoofs the language of the original very closely.
Nothing against Del Toro, but this is the Frankenstein I need right now.
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nothing against Del Toro, but this is the Frankenstein I need right now.
Blue Jays exceeded expectations by so much this year… which in a way makes this loss even more painful.
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Blue Jays exceeded expectations by so much this year… which in a way makes this loss even more painful.
Now listening:
And the devil asked me to supper - he said “Careful with the spoons!”
And God said “Oh, ignore him! I’ve got all your albums.”
I said “Yes, but who’s got all the tunes?” (“When I Was Dead”)
And the devil asked me to supper - he said “Careful with the spoons!”
And God said “Oh, ignore him! I’ve got all your albums.”
I said “Yes, but who’s got all the tunes?” (“When I Was Dead”)
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Now listening:
And the devil asked me to supper - he said “Careful with the spoons!”
And God said “Oh, ignore him! I’ve got all your albums.”
I said “Yes, but who’s got all the tunes?” (“When I Was Dead”)
And the devil asked me to supper - he said “Careful with the spoons!”
And God said “Oh, ignore him! I’ve got all your albums.”
I said “Yes, but who’s got all the tunes?” (“When I Was Dead”)
Now watching: Henri-Georges Clouzot’s La Verite (1960) including a courtroom discussion of the corrupting power of literature.
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Now watching: Henri-Georges Clouzot’s La Verite (1960) including a courtroom discussion of the corrupting power of literature.
This edition of the play takes the “non-monstrous” approach to the extreme.
September 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This edition of the play takes the “non-monstrous” approach to the extreme.
Leigh Hunt’s political commentary from 1807 still seems relevant somehow (from Prospectus to the Examiner)
September 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Leigh Hunt’s political commentary from 1807 still seems relevant somehow (from Prospectus to the Examiner)
I know this is usually my secret distress signal, but I really am reading another book *that was written in this century*. Holding @ds228.bsky.social responsible for this one.
September 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I know this is usually my secret distress signal, but I really am reading another book *that was written in this century*. Holding @ds228.bsky.social responsible for this one.
Now reading: bawdy Jacobean comedy (A Chaste Maid in Cheapside)
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Now reading: bawdy Jacobean comedy (A Chaste Maid in Cheapside)
Great, I make a joke and you guys are making me do research!? Anyway, I found roughly equal numbers of online articles referring to him as “Perez Galdos” and “Galdos”. But if we trust the Library of Congress (do we?) he is a “P”
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Great, I make a joke and you guys are making me do research!? Anyway, I found roughly equal numbers of online articles referring to him as “Perez Galdos” and “Galdos”. But if we trust the Library of Congress (do we?) he is a “P”
Here’s one of my favourites as an example
September 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Here’s one of my favourites as an example
Now reading: my favourite neglected Victorian poet
September 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Now reading: my favourite neglected Victorian poet
Could not park here as I was unable to achieve the requisite angle.
September 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Could not park here as I was unable to achieve the requisite angle.
Matthew Lewis (of all people) taking a shot at Homer (of all people!) (from Journal of a West India Proprietor)
August 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Matthew Lewis (of all people) taking a shot at Homer (of all people!) (from Journal of a West India Proprietor)
18th century zinger about the bookish (from Hannah Cowley’s Which is the Man? -1782)
August 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
18th century zinger about the bookish (from Hannah Cowley’s Which is the Man? -1782)
Interesting! I was just researching him after finding some of his books advertised at the back of an early 20th century theatre book I was reading. I didn’t realize that NYRB Classics had published this!
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Interesting! I was just researching him after finding some of his books advertised at the back of an early 20th century theatre book I was reading. I didn’t realize that NYRB Classics had published this!
Next up: I must admit that I have never read Cormac McCarthy, as I have had the vague feeling that he might not really be my sort of thing. Only one way to find out though…
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Next up: I must admit that I have never read Cormac McCarthy, as I have had the vague feeling that he might not really be my sort of thing. Only one way to find out though…
Only in France (probably): car advertisements on the backs of books.
July 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Only in France (probably): car advertisements on the backs of books.
Was feeling nostalgic so ordered some 19th century novels from my favourite local publisher (as one does)
June 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Was feeling nostalgic so ordered some 19th century novels from my favourite local publisher (as one does)