Jamobo
@jamobo.bsky.social
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Sound of Metal
Wildcards:
On-Gaku
Liz and the Bluebird
Steven Universe: The Movie
Sound of Metal
Wildcards:
On-Gaku
Liz and the Bluebird
Steven Universe: The Movie
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Sound of Metal
Wildcards:
On-Gaku
Liz and the Bluebird
Steven Universe: The Movie
Sound of Metal
Wildcards:
On-Gaku
Liz and the Bluebird
Steven Universe: The Movie
Recent Read: Looking Glass Sound by @catrionaward.bsky.social
"Engrossing, mysterious, and often beautiful; with so little blood and gore this could be an excellent entry point into the thriller and horror genres" #booksky
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"Engrossing, mysterious, and often beautiful; with so little blood and gore this could be an excellent entry point into the thriller and horror genres" #booksky
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December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Recent Read: Looking Glass Sound by @catrionaward.bsky.social
"Engrossing, mysterious, and often beautiful; with so little blood and gore this could be an excellent entry point into the thriller and horror genres" #booksky
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"Engrossing, mysterious, and often beautiful; with so little blood and gore this could be an excellent entry point into the thriller and horror genres" #booksky
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Recent Read: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
"Lincoln in the Bardo swells with all its voices crying to be heard from beyond the grave."
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"Lincoln in the Bardo swells with all its voices crying to be heard from beyond the grave."
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November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Recent Read: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
"Lincoln in the Bardo swells with all its voices crying to be heard from beyond the grave."
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"Lincoln in the Bardo swells with all its voices crying to be heard from beyond the grave."
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Recent Read: The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
"questions of magic and danger; of justice and power and who wields them; as well as of friendship and companionship, especially between women"
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"questions of magic and danger; of justice and power and who wields them; as well as of friendship and companionship, especially between women"
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November 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Recent Read: The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
"questions of magic and danger; of justice and power and who wields them; as well as of friendship and companionship, especially between women"
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4df9... #booksky
"questions of magic and danger; of justice and power and who wields them; as well as of friendship and companionship, especially between women"
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4df9... #booksky
Recent Read: Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
"As a saga, as a whole, Earthsea is wonderful and a fantastic example of a series being more than the sum of its parts."
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"As a saga, as a whole, Earthsea is wonderful and a fantastic example of a series being more than the sum of its parts."
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Recent Read: Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
"As a saga, as a whole, Earthsea is wonderful and a fantastic example of a series being more than the sum of its parts."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b489... #booksky
"As a saga, as a whole, Earthsea is wonderful and a fantastic example of a series being more than the sum of its parts."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b489... #booksky
Recent Read: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
"The high concept pitch for Pale Fire is thus: what if a somewhat looney professor analysed and remarked on the final work of a revered poet and close friend."
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"The high concept pitch for Pale Fire is thus: what if a somewhat looney professor analysed and remarked on the final work of a revered poet and close friend."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1a40... #Booksky
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Recent Read: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
"The high concept pitch for Pale Fire is thus: what if a somewhat looney professor analysed and remarked on the final work of a revered poet and close friend."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1a40... #Booksky
"The high concept pitch for Pale Fire is thus: what if a somewhat looney professor analysed and remarked on the final work of a revered poet and close friend."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1a40... #Booksky
Recent Read: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
"...but captures both the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in great clarity and the atmospheres of the world the women are in: the dreariness of the bunker and the bittersweet hope of freedom"
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"...but captures both the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in great clarity and the atmospheres of the world the women are in: the dreariness of the bunker and the bittersweet hope of freedom"
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October 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Recent Read: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
"...but captures both the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in great clarity and the atmospheres of the world the women are in: the dreariness of the bunker and the bittersweet hope of freedom"
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/15f7...
"...but captures both the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in great clarity and the atmospheres of the world the women are in: the dreariness of the bunker and the bittersweet hope of freedom"
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Recent Read: The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
"within 30 pages of this 180 page book, Highway will have bought Marilyn Monroe’s teeth and transplanted them into his own mouth."
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"within 30 pages of this 180 page book, Highway will have bought Marilyn Monroe’s teeth and transplanted them into his own mouth."
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October 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Recent Read: The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
"within 30 pages of this 180 page book, Highway will have bought Marilyn Monroe’s teeth and transplanted them into his own mouth."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7d48...
"within 30 pages of this 180 page book, Highway will have bought Marilyn Monroe’s teeth and transplanted them into his own mouth."
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Recent Read: These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed
"In just 150 pages we’re introduced to both of these characters, the groups they’re a part of, the situations both are in, and how both want to solve the great mystery: who is/was attacking humanity?"
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"In just 150 pages we’re introduced to both of these characters, the groups they’re a part of, the situations both are in, and how both want to solve the great mystery: who is/was attacking humanity?"
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October 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Recent Read: These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed
"In just 150 pages we’re introduced to both of these characters, the groups they’re a part of, the situations both are in, and how both want to solve the great mystery: who is/was attacking humanity?"
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/12d6...
"In just 150 pages we’re introduced to both of these characters, the groups they’re a part of, the situations both are in, and how both want to solve the great mystery: who is/was attacking humanity?"
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/12d6...
Recent Read: The Ægypt Cycle by John Crowley
"Crowley’s prose holds its readers in place, enchanting them to his world, while the dense exploration of ideas, philosophies, and emotions comes together as one of the most convoluted, yet most beautiful bows I’ve ever seen."
"Crowley’s prose holds its readers in place, enchanting them to his world, while the dense exploration of ideas, philosophies, and emotions comes together as one of the most convoluted, yet most beautiful bows I’ve ever seen."
September 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Recent Read: The Ægypt Cycle by John Crowley
"Crowley’s prose holds its readers in place, enchanting them to his world, while the dense exploration of ideas, philosophies, and emotions comes together as one of the most convoluted, yet most beautiful bows I’ve ever seen."
"Crowley’s prose holds its readers in place, enchanting them to his world, while the dense exploration of ideas, philosophies, and emotions comes together as one of the most convoluted, yet most beautiful bows I’ve ever seen."
When I heard about @augursociety.bsky.social's #AugurMicros2025 contest this was the single idea that floated round my head for the past week or so:
September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When I heard about @augursociety.bsky.social's #AugurMicros2025 contest this was the single idea that floated round my head for the past week or so:
Whelp, this is what it's coming to: entire websites now unusable if you're in the UK
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Whelp, this is what it's coming to: entire websites now unusable if you're in the UK
Recent Read: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls
"He pulls an incredible world from seemingly out of nowhere and fills it with even more amazing creatures, ever evolving and a sign that the world itself isn’t over, only humanity."
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"He pulls an incredible world from seemingly out of nowhere and fills it with even more amazing creatures, ever evolving and a sign that the world itself isn’t over, only humanity."
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August 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Recent Read: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls
"He pulls an incredible world from seemingly out of nowhere and fills it with even more amazing creatures, ever evolving and a sign that the world itself isn’t over, only humanity."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/df8b...
"He pulls an incredible world from seemingly out of nowhere and fills it with even more amazing creatures, ever evolving and a sign that the world itself isn’t over, only humanity."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/df8b...
If you're not already reading it, you should check out Shiba Inu Rooms, about an apartment building haunted by talking ghost dogs
August 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you're not already reading it, you should check out Shiba Inu Rooms, about an apartment building haunted by talking ghost dogs
Recent Read: Ice by Anna Kavan
"beautiful prose, unreliable narrator, twisted imagery, and dense writing this is a gorgeous and layered read, one that could tax you, but with its short length and effortless character work I believe the challenge is worth it."
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"beautiful prose, unreliable narrator, twisted imagery, and dense writing this is a gorgeous and layered read, one that could tax you, but with its short length and effortless character work I believe the challenge is worth it."
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August 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Recent Read: Ice by Anna Kavan
"beautiful prose, unreliable narrator, twisted imagery, and dense writing this is a gorgeous and layered read, one that could tax you, but with its short length and effortless character work I believe the challenge is worth it."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2b8d...
"beautiful prose, unreliable narrator, twisted imagery, and dense writing this is a gorgeous and layered read, one that could tax you, but with its short length and effortless character work I believe the challenge is worth it."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2b8d...
Just finished The Residence, a great comedy mystery about the death of the head usher at the white house and the unusual circumstances surrounding it.
July 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Just finished The Residence, a great comedy mystery about the death of the head usher at the white house and the unusual circumstances surrounding it.
Recent Read: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
"He compiles this mixture of mad scientists, demon bargains, sentient parasites, developing artificial intelligence, and so much more all so he can smash them together in his little playground."
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"He compiles this mixture of mad scientists, demon bargains, sentient parasites, developing artificial intelligence, and so much more all so he can smash them together in his little playground."
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July 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Recent Read: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
"He compiles this mixture of mad scientists, demon bargains, sentient parasites, developing artificial intelligence, and so much more all so he can smash them together in his little playground."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e7d7...
"He compiles this mixture of mad scientists, demon bargains, sentient parasites, developing artificial intelligence, and so much more all so he can smash them together in his little playground."
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Recent Read: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
"Cloud Cuckoo Land is a wonderful meditation on the past, present and future of humanity, on what changes over time and what must never change lest we lose what makes us human."
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"Cloud Cuckoo Land is a wonderful meditation on the past, present and future of humanity, on what changes over time and what must never change lest we lose what makes us human."
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June 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Recent Read: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
"Cloud Cuckoo Land is a wonderful meditation on the past, present and future of humanity, on what changes over time and what must never change lest we lose what makes us human."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a3d8...
"Cloud Cuckoo Land is a wonderful meditation on the past, present and future of humanity, on what changes over time and what must never change lest we lose what makes us human."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a3d8...
Did that NYT ballot thing, did anyone else have to add films? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Did that NYT ballot thing, did anyone else have to add films? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Been a while since I did my not-a-Topster of what's on my iPod www.albumoftheyear.org/user/jamobo/...
June 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Been a while since I did my not-a-Topster of what's on my iPod www.albumoftheyear.org/user/jamobo/...
Do you think she prefers Lays or Walkers?
June 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Do you think she prefers Lays or Walkers?
Recent Read: The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
"I don’t think I’ve read a science fiction series that feels so much like a fantasy as this one."
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"I don’t think I’ve read a science fiction series that feels so much like a fantasy as this one."
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June 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Recent Read: The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
"I don’t think I’ve read a science fiction series that feels so much like a fantasy as this one."
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/da4c...
"I don’t think I’ve read a science fiction series that feels so much like a fantasy as this one."
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Recent Read: The Bridge Trilogy by William Gibson
"still a decent read... but it didn’t hook me and pull me in the way the Sprawl trilogy did, nor the way a good mystery or interesting character exploration would. "
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"still a decent read... but it didn’t hook me and pull me in the way the Sprawl trilogy did, nor the way a good mystery or interesting character exploration would. "
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May 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Recent Read: The Bridge Trilogy by William Gibson
"still a decent read... but it didn’t hook me and pull me in the way the Sprawl trilogy did, nor the way a good mystery or interesting character exploration would. "
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e475...
"still a decent read... but it didn’t hook me and pull me in the way the Sprawl trilogy did, nor the way a good mystery or interesting character exploration would. "
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e475...