Michael J McCann
@mjmccann1.bsky.social
Author of the March and Walker Crime Novel series, including SORROW LAKE, Hammett Prize finalist. I live and write in Oxford Station, ON, Canada. Cat person. Dog person. Person person. NO AI, please.
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE IRISH HEDGE SCHOOL AND ITS BOOKS by Antonia McManus. A book I relied on while writing my Irish family history. #booksky #IrishHistory
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE IRISH HEDGE SCHOOL AND ITS BOOKS by Antonia McManus. A book I relied on while writing my Irish family history. #booksky #IrishHistory
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead" THE METAMORPHOSIS by Franz Kafka. Surrealism was difficult for me to grasp as a young man, but this novel echoed, and still does. #booksky #skybrarians
October 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead" THE METAMORPHOSIS by Franz Kafka. Surrealism was difficult for me to grasp as a young man, but this novel echoed, and still does. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: RED SNOW by Kenneth Robeson. One of many delightful adventures featuring Doc Savage and his team. I devoured these novels as a youth and still re-read them today. #booksky #skybrarians
September 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: RED SNOW by Kenneth Robeson. One of many delightful adventures featuring Doc Savage and his team. I devoured these novels as a youth and still re-read them today. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: MIDNIGHT AND BLUE by Ian Rankin. A courageous novel featuring Rebus in prison. Very well done. #skybooks #skybrarians
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: MIDNIGHT AND BLUE by Ian Rankin. A courageous novel featuring Rebus in prison. Very well done. #skybooks #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: NAME YOUR BABY by Lareina Rule. I use it all the time as a reference when creating new characters. The first time my wife saw it on the shelf, she said, "Is there something you're not telling me?" #booksky
September 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: NAME YOUR BABY by Lareina Rule. I use it all the time as a reference when creating new characters. The first time my wife saw it on the shelf, she said, "Is there something you're not telling me?" #booksky
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: BILL EVANS: HOW MY HEART SINGS by Peter Pettinger (2002). A great bio of an incredible jazz pianist whose sound will always sing in my heart. #booksky #skybrarians
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: BILL EVANS: HOW MY HEART SINGS by Peter Pettinger (2002). A great bio of an incredible jazz pianist whose sound will always sing in my heart. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: BERLIN GAME by Len Deighton. The true master of espionage fiction. Currently rereading the trilogy. His fiction never fails to engage. #booksky #skybrarians
September 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: BERLIN GAME by Len Deighton. The true master of espionage fiction. Currently rereading the trilogy. His fiction never fails to engage. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING: THE STORY OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY by Simon Winchester. I admit I listened to the audiobook version before getting a hardcover copy. Incredibly fascinating. A writer's dream adventure. #booksky #skybrarians
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING: THE STORY OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY by Simon Winchester. I admit I listened to the audiobook version before getting a hardcover copy. Incredibly fascinating. A writer's dream adventure. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE by Dee Brown. This book made a big impression on me when I read it as a young man, and it's still on my shelf. #booksky #skybrarians
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE by Dee Brown. This book made a big impression on me when I read it as a young man, and it's still on my shelf. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE GARDEN PARTY and OTHER STORIES by Kathryn Mansfield. My, oh my. What a master of the short story form. When I was a young man trying to learn the art, I studied her and John Cheever very closely. #booksky #skybrarians
September 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE GARDEN PARTY and OTHER STORIES by Kathryn Mansfield. My, oh my. What a master of the short story form. When I was a young man trying to learn the art, I studied her and John Cheever very closely. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF by Dr. Norman Doidge. Neuroplasticity explained as the way our brain can heal itself. Excellent stuff. #booksky #skylibrarians
August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF by Dr. Norman Doidge. Neuroplasticity explained as the way our brain can heal itself. Excellent stuff. #booksky #skylibrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: NOVA by Samuel R. Delany. I stopped reading him with DHALGREN, in which I thought he lost his voice for good. NOVA was his finest moment--lyrical, important themes, resonant characters. Top 5 SF ever, for me. Katin/Mouse. #booksky #skybrarians
August 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: NOVA by Samuel R. Delany. I stopped reading him with DHALGREN, in which I thought he lost his voice for good. NOVA was his finest moment--lyrical, important themes, resonant characters. Top 5 SF ever, for me. Katin/Mouse. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: WE ARE BELLINGCAT by Eliot Higgins. The amazing story of how an incredible team of ad hoc investigative journalists revolutionized independent intelligence gathering. Highly recommended. #booksky #skybrarians
August 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: WE ARE BELLINGCAT by Eliot Higgins. The amazing story of how an incredible team of ad hoc investigative journalists revolutionized independent intelligence gathering. Highly recommended. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL by Sujata Massey. One of my fav historical mystery series, without a doubt. Charming protagonist, great depth of themes and historical details. #booksky #skybrarians
August 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL by Sujata Massey. One of my fav historical mystery series, without a doubt. Charming protagonist, great depth of themes and historical details. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE SACRED BRIDGE by Anne Hillerman. I've said it before & I'll say it again, Anne Hillerman has made her father's beloved series her own with top-notch novels like this one. #booksky #skybrarians
August 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE SACRED BRIDGE by Anne Hillerman. I've said it before & I'll say it again, Anne Hillerman has made her father's beloved series her own with top-notch novels like this one. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE GREAT MIGRATION by Edwin C. Guillet. An invaluable reference for those studying the tumultuous Atlantic crossings from Ireland & Britain in the 18th & 19th centuries. #booksky #skybrarians
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE GREAT MIGRATION by Edwin C. Guillet. An invaluable reference for those studying the tumultuous Atlantic crossings from Ireland & Britain in the 18th & 19th centuries. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: SELECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST. I know his work has been subjected to revisionist appraisals by today's readers & critics, but I still take great pleasure in rereading his poetry during quiet times. #booksky #skybrarians
August 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: SELECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST. I know his work has been subjected to revisionist appraisals by today's readers & critics, but I still take great pleasure in rereading his poetry during quiet times. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE WATER RAT OF WANCHAI by Ian Hamilton. His first novel in the Ava Lee series of mystery/thrillers. Welsh-Canadian, former journalist and federal public servant, still writing as he hits 80. A model for me! Love the Ava Lee stories. #booksky #skybrarians
August 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE WATER RAT OF WANCHAI by Ian Hamilton. His first novel in the Ava Lee series of mystery/thrillers. Welsh-Canadian, former journalist and federal public servant, still writing as he hits 80. A model for me! Love the Ava Lee stories. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE RAINMAKER by John Grisham. I fully believe that Grisham went off the rails with The Reckoning & confirmed it with Camino Island, which was awful, but this one was an excellent novel that I reread often.
August 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE RAINMAKER by John Grisham. I fully believe that Grisham went off the rails with The Reckoning & confirmed it with Camino Island, which was awful, but this one was an excellent novel that I reread often.
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway. As an American lit specialist, I was stopped in my tracks by this novel because of the crisp simplicity of its prose, the controversial story, & the images of wine chilled in country streams. #booksky #skybrarians
August 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway. As an American lit specialist, I was stopped in my tracks by this novel because of the crisp simplicity of its prose, the controversial story, & the images of wine chilled in country streams. #booksky #skybrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: HOME BEFORE DARK by Susan Cheever. A sad bio of one of my fav American authors by his daughter. Sigh. #booksky #skylbrarians #skyboomiesthatscaremydogs
August 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: HOME BEFORE DARK by Susan Cheever. A sad bio of one of my fav American authors by his daughter. Sigh. #booksky #skylbrarians #skyboomiesthatscaremydogs
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE HARROWSMITH ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HERBS by Patrick Lima. This has been my herb bible for many years. I always wished I could meet Patrick to say thanks. #booksky #skybrarians
August 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE HARROWSMITH ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HERBS by Patrick Lima. This has been my herb bible for many years. I always wished I could meet Patrick to say thanks. #booksky #skybrarians
August 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE HORSE'S MOUTH by Joyce Cary. The sad, memorable, & oddly inspiring story of Gulley Jimson, a painter who's forced to scrounge for pigment & canvas to bring his visions to life. A compelling novel I come back to time and again. #booksky #skybrarians
August 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE HORSE'S MOUTH by Joyce Cary. The sad, memorable, & oddly inspiring story of Gulley Jimson, a painter who's forced to scrounge for pigment & canvas to bring his visions to life. A compelling novel I come back to time and again. #booksky #skybrarians