Miss Bates 🇨🇦☁️📚✍️
@missbates.bsky.social
aka Kay, reader, schoolmarm, spinster, Montrealer. Reluctant cook, inept walker. Retiring, but not retired. I support the right to be cold.
Katherine Rundell’s Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne.
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Katherine Rundell’s Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne.
Anna Keay’s The Restless Republic and Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Anna Keay’s The Restless Republic and Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing.
In Demotic Greek? Vromogeronoterocracy?
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
In Demotic Greek? Vromogeronoterocracy?
Beautifully gloomy!
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Beautifully gloomy!
Given they’re the ones who started the disaster slide, we can only hope.
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Given they’re the ones who started the disaster slide, we can only hope.
😆I’m reading le letton & he stokes it on page 2!
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
😆I’m reading le letton & he stokes it on page 2!
It’s so good, I ignore the evil empire that is the ‘zon.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It’s so good, I ignore the evil empire that is the ‘zon.
When a character buys the other character the perfect gift.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
When a character buys the other character the perfect gift.
Exactly. The heroes in particular are utterly ho-hum. It’s not even low stakes romance, it’s none.
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Exactly. The heroes in particular are utterly ho-hum. It’s not even low stakes romance, it’s none.
Yes! Lumberingly sharp, seemingly thick.
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes! Lumberingly sharp, seemingly thick.
I’m reading the FIRST Maigret & he’s already pudgy and middle-aged. What’s with babyface?!?
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I’m reading the FIRST Maigret & he’s already pudgy and middle-aged. What’s with babyface?!?
Many many thanks!!
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Many many thanks!!