Pete Keeley MD ANT
@petekeeley1.bsky.social
Avid reader, music obsessive, NCFC supporting socialist.. Honoured to be an MD ANT. Mainly post about books, music and beer.
Books read in October. A particularly great month. Lots I loved.. Colette Snowden, Daniel Woodrell, P. D. James, Charles Willeford, Ian McEwan, Celia Dale, James Kelman, Tommy Orange were all terrific. And continued my daily visit to Ulysses.. Nearly finished it.
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Books read in October. A particularly great month. Lots I loved.. Colette Snowden, Daniel Woodrell, P. D. James, Charles Willeford, Ian McEwan, Celia Dale, James Kelman, Tommy Orange were all terrific. And continued my daily visit to Ulysses.. Nearly finished it.
Beast on prominent display in Stoke Newington Bookshop today @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @stokeybookshop.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Beast on prominent display in Stoke Newington Bookshop today @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @stokeybookshop.bsky.social
The new issue of New World (incorporating The New European) mag has just dropped through my letterbox. And it features a review of Ben Myers latest novel by me. You'll have to buy the paper to read it though. Issue 457 dated Oct 23rd-Nov 5th. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The new issue of New World (incorporating The New European) mag has just dropped through my letterbox. And it features a review of Ben Myers latest novel by me. You'll have to buy the paper to read it though. Issue 457 dated Oct 23rd-Nov 5th. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
Loved the new @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Jesus Christ Kinski. You can read my review in an upcoming issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social . My first published book review @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Loved the new @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Jesus Christ Kinski. You can read my review in an upcoming issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social . My first published book review @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Books read in September. Lots of goodness... Celia Dale, Benjamin Wood, Georges Simenon, Annie Proulx. A Woman In Berlin and The Warriors and more
October 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Books read in September. Lots of goodness... Celia Dale, Benjamin Wood, Georges Simenon, Annie Proulx. A Woman In Berlin and The Warriors and more
Beast in the wild today at Waterstones in Norwich @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Beast by Lulu Allison. One of my fave books of the year.
Beast by Lulu Allison. One of my fave books of the year.
September 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Beast in the wild today at Waterstones in Norwich @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Beast by Lulu Allison. One of my fave books of the year.
Beast by Lulu Allison. One of my fave books of the year.
In my happy place. A quiet pub, with a good pint and a book.
September 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In my happy place. A quiet pub, with a good pint and a book.
Books read in August. My favourite was Lulu Allison, closely followed by Tim O'Brien, Laura Hird and Han Kang. Twas a good month. @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Books read in August. My favourite was Lulu Allison, closely followed by Tim O'Brien, Laura Hird and Han Kang. Twas a good month. @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Loved Beast by Lulu Allison. A novel about hopes & dreams,music & the soul.Eve calls up Demon & his rabbit familiar at the crossroads of a model village (it's always at a crossroads). One of my books of the year. As rabbit says 'A beautiful strange wonderful work'
August 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Loved Beast by Lulu Allison. A novel about hopes & dreams,music & the soul.Eve calls up Demon & his rabbit familiar at the crossroads of a model village (it's always at a crossroads). One of my books of the year. As rabbit says 'A beautiful strange wonderful work'
Books read in July. Enjoyed them all. The Lowlife was a re-read and as great as I remember. James Curtis was a new writer to me, and loved it. Loved the Lynch and Rowland biogs too.
Enright/Murdoch/Gardam all great too
Enright/Murdoch/Gardam all great too
August 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Books read in July. Enjoyed them all. The Lowlife was a re-read and as great as I remember. James Curtis was a new writer to me, and loved it. Loved the Lynch and Rowland biogs too.
Enright/Murdoch/Gardam all great too
Enright/Murdoch/Gardam all great too
Cheers postie. A delivery from @bertsbooks.bsky.social with the new one from Lulu Allison published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @luluallison.bsky.social I can still hear the cows mooing from Salt Lick so looking forward to Beast
July 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Cheers postie. A delivery from @bertsbooks.bsky.social with the new one from Lulu Allison published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @luluallison.bsky.social I can still hear the cows mooing from Salt Lick so looking forward to Beast
Had a lovely couple of days in Hay-On-Wye with friends. Was regretting my haul on a nightmare 8 hour 3 train journey home last night, lugging them back. But no regrets today sitting in the sun browsing through them all. I think I showed admirable restraint restricting myself to just 28 books.
July 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Had a lovely couple of days in Hay-On-Wye with friends. Was regretting my haul on a nightmare 8 hour 3 train journey home last night, lugging them back. But no regrets today sitting in the sun browsing through them all. I think I showed admirable restraint restricting myself to just 28 books.
Chuffed. Just managed to run 5km in under 30 minutes for the first time. Not bad for a 62 year old, who up until a year ago hadn't run since leaving school. Managed to lose 2 stone in weight in the last 5 months too through improved diet and exercise. I will get this diabetes into remission
July 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Chuffed. Just managed to run 5km in under 30 minutes for the first time. Not bad for a 62 year old, who up until a year ago hadn't run since leaving school. Managed to lose 2 stone in weight in the last 5 months too through improved diet and exercise. I will get this diabetes into remission
Books read in June. A great month and lots I loved, but my absolute favourite was The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social . Such a great read by such a terrific writer. It's sure to be one of my faves of 2025 at years end.
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Books read in June. A great month and lots I loved, but my absolute favourite was The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social . Such a great read by such a terrific writer. It's sure to be one of my faves of 2025 at years end.
This has made my day. Delivery from @bertsbooks.bsky.social with the new @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social book.Her debut novel,The Benefactors,out today. I loved Wendy's short story collections & have been excitedly waiting for this for ages.Need to hurry up & finish what I'm reading so I can dive in.
June 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This has made my day. Delivery from @bertsbooks.bsky.social with the new @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social book.Her debut novel,The Benefactors,out today. I loved Wendy's short story collections & have been excitedly waiting for this for ages.Need to hurry up & finish what I'm reading so I can dive in.
My @nightingalesuk.bsky.social pill box has arrived. Lovely. Top merch.
June 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My @nightingalesuk.bsky.social pill box has arrived. Lovely. Top merch.
Books read in May. Favourites were the superb The Orange Notebooks by @susannacrossman.bsky.social , the wonderful and unhinged in the best way Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social , the prescient Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, and The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad..
June 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Books read in May. Favourites were the superb The Orange Notebooks by @susannacrossman.bsky.social , the wonderful and unhinged in the best way Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social , the prescient Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, and The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad..
The Orange Notebooks is a beautifully written novel that deals with the most difficult of griefs, a parent's loss of their child. Exquisitely told and ultimately offering hope. Along with bees and beige. Loved it. Another winner from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Orange Notebooks is a beautifully written novel that deals with the most difficult of griefs, a parent's loss of their child. Exquisitely told and ultimately offering hope. Along with bees and beige. Loved it. Another winner from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I loved Salt Lick by @luluallison.bsky.social , so am really looking forward to Beast. Coming in July, published by the mighty @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I loved Salt Lick by @luluallison.bsky.social , so am really looking forward to Beast. Coming in July, published by the mighty @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
#currentlyreading
About a third of the way through Butcher's Crossing by John Williams, and absolutely loving it. Don't know why I've never read it before. I'm guessing Cormac McCarthy was a fan.
About a third of the way through Butcher's Crossing by John Williams, and absolutely loving it. Don't know why I've never read it before. I'm guessing Cormac McCarthy was a fan.
April 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#currentlyreading
About a third of the way through Butcher's Crossing by John Williams, and absolutely loving it. Don't know why I've never read it before. I'm guessing Cormac McCarthy was a fan.
About a third of the way through Butcher's Crossing by John Williams, and absolutely loving it. Don't know why I've never read it before. I'm guessing Cormac McCarthy was a fan.
Books read in March. My favourites were Naomi Booth, Adelle Stripe, David Peace, Donald Ray Pollock and Colin Barrett, but all had their merits. A good month.
March 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Books read in March. My favourites were Naomi Booth, Adelle Stripe, David Peace, Donald Ray Pollock and Colin Barrett, but all had their merits. A good month.
Nice haul from secondhand bookshop today. Tenner for the lot.
March 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nice haul from secondhand bookshop today. Tenner for the lot.
What a terrific novel raw content by Naomi Booth is. @stuhennigan.bsky.social describes it much more eloquently than I - 'A haunting & bruising psychodrama about the anxieties of 21st motherhood, that links the primal potency of the female body with the northern landscape's elemental power'. 5*****
March 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
What a terrific novel raw content by Naomi Booth is. @stuhennigan.bsky.social describes it much more eloquently than I - 'A haunting & bruising psychodrama about the anxieties of 21st motherhood, that links the primal potency of the female body with the northern landscape's elemental power'. 5*****
Finally completed my collection of Colin MacInnes novels with the Peter Blake covers. All these were 1964 editions from Penguin.
March 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Finally completed my collection of Colin MacInnes novels with the Peter Blake covers. All these were 1964 editions from Penguin.