Billy by Leigh
@leighkp.bsky.social
Dork behind Billy Book News https://billy-1.ghost.io
Literary Fiction. Books in translation. Audiobooks. Children's literature. Sass.
I read slowly.
QC 🇨🇦
Literary Fiction. Books in translation. Audiobooks. Children's literature. Sass.
I read slowly.
QC 🇨🇦
I love Karl Ove. I recognize that it is weird to love reading about a man cleaning out his tub, but there's something about big crises happening in the background of the day-to-day that really gets me.
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I love Karl Ove. I recognize that it is weird to love reading about a man cleaning out his tub, but there's something about big crises happening in the background of the day-to-day that really gets me.
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading #booksky #litfic
Here's my October recap #booksky
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here's my October recap #booksky
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
Lots of non-fiction. I've been talking about Being Mortal a lot, especially in shared-decision making conversations with patients advocates.
#currentlyreading #nonfiction @thestorygraph.com
Made it to Toronto. Didn't even try to make it inside. Despite the frown, I am jacked to be here (like my new favourite Jay, home plate unit).
#BlueJays 1 down!
#BlueJays 1 down!
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Made it to Toronto. Didn't even try to make it inside. Despite the frown, I am jacked to be here (like my new favourite Jay, home plate unit).
#BlueJays 1 down!
#BlueJays 1 down!
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My first Erik Larson.
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My first Erik Larson.
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
So far so good.
Oddly enjoying the nostalgia of "this book continues on disk 8"
#currentlyreading #nonfiction #audiobooks #booksky
Get ready, family. I'm about to spew a bunch of cool facts about prostheses.
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Get ready, family. I'm about to spew a bunch of cool facts about prostheses.
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
I love Mary Roach!
#currentlyreading #booksky
This inspired me to be a better caregiver, one who has slow and careful conversations about my loved one's priorities and fears. #currentlyreading #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This inspired me to be a better caregiver, one who has slow and careful conversations about my loved one's priorities and fears. #currentlyreading #booksky
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande has been so helpful as I care for my aging family members. The historical perspective and the science are really comforting. Being a caregiver is really hard, and it's nice to know the science backs me up on that.
#currentlyreading #booksky #nonfiction #audiobook
#currentlyreading #booksky #nonfiction #audiobook
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande has been so helpful as I care for my aging family members. The historical perspective and the science are really comforting. Being a caregiver is really hard, and it's nice to know the science backs me up on that.
#currentlyreading #booksky #nonfiction #audiobook
#currentlyreading #booksky #nonfiction #audiobook
First published in 1956, The King of a Rainy Country is now gorgeously published by McNally Editions.
#currentlyreading this lovely bit of queer fiction.
#booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading this lovely bit of queer fiction.
#booksky #litfic
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
First published in 1956, The King of a Rainy Country is now gorgeously published by McNally Editions.
#currentlyreading this lovely bit of queer fiction.
#booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading this lovely bit of queer fiction.
#booksky #litfic
Diving deep on this 14hr #audiobook. Not sure what I think about it yet but I'm definitely learning new things. #currentlyreading #booksky
September 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Diving deep on this 14hr #audiobook. Not sure what I think about it yet but I'm definitely learning new things. #currentlyreading #booksky
September 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#currentlyreading / listening to A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall and it is destroying me.
Read hard books, people!
#booksky #nonfiction #Palestine
Read hard books, people!
#booksky #nonfiction #Palestine
August 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#currentlyreading / listening to A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall and it is destroying me.
Read hard books, people!
#booksky #nonfiction #Palestine
Read hard books, people!
#booksky #nonfiction #Palestine
#currentlyreading
I'll be a Didion superfan for life. It's a thrill to find books of hers that I haven't read. #booksky #litfic
I'll be a Didion superfan for life. It's a thrill to find books of hers that I haven't read. #booksky #litfic
August 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#currentlyreading
I'll be a Didion superfan for life. It's a thrill to find books of hers that I haven't read. #booksky #litfic
I'll be a Didion superfan for life. It's a thrill to find books of hers that I haven't read. #booksky #litfic
#currentlyreading and learning from Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. So far it's a stark depiction of a real killer that so much of the west assumes forgotten.
#audiobooks #booksky #nonfiction
#audiobooks #booksky #nonfiction
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#currentlyreading and learning from Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. So far it's a stark depiction of a real killer that so much of the west assumes forgotten.
#audiobooks #booksky #nonfiction
#audiobooks #booksky #nonfiction
Still working through the International @thebookerprizes.com longlist. This one was not my favourite, though, as a wayward millennial, it cut deeply.
#booksky 🖋️📚 #translation
#booksky 🖋️📚 #translation
July 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Still working through the International @thebookerprizes.com longlist. This one was not my favourite, though, as a wayward millennial, it cut deeply.
#booksky 🖋️📚 #translation
#booksky 🖋️📚 #translation
Another International @thebookerprizes.com longlist treat for the summer. Fast paced meandering. Is that a thing? If it is, Kracht is a master of it. #booksky 🖋️📚
July 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Another International @thebookerprizes.com longlist treat for the summer. Fast paced meandering. Is that a thing? If it is, Kracht is a master of it. #booksky 🖋️📚
#currentlyreading and soaking up the lessons from Timothy Snyder.
Lesson 2: Defend institutions. I choose #libraries!
#booksky #nonfiction #books
Lesson 2: Defend institutions. I choose #libraries!
#booksky #nonfiction #books
July 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#currentlyreading and soaking up the lessons from Timothy Snyder.
Lesson 2: Defend institutions. I choose #libraries!
#booksky #nonfiction #books
Lesson 2: Defend institutions. I choose #libraries!
#booksky #nonfiction #books
Just a short stack for the rest of my vacation
July 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Just a short stack for the rest of my vacation
If you didn't know the name of the place, if you didn't read the street signs or know anything about its history, could you still sense its story?
I learned so much from Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance.
@thebookerprizes.com longlisted. #booksky #litfic #translation #palestine
I learned so much from Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance.
@thebookerprizes.com longlisted. #booksky #litfic #translation #palestine
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you didn't know the name of the place, if you didn't read the street signs or know anything about its history, could you still sense its story?
I learned so much from Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance.
@thebookerprizes.com longlisted. #booksky #litfic #translation #palestine
I learned so much from Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance.
@thebookerprizes.com longlisted. #booksky #litfic #translation #palestine