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reilly, a cat
@reillyacat.bsky.social
Reilly Hadden, (they/them) creator of Kricket the Cat. Blogger at reillyacat.ghost.io
Library assistant. Comics educator. Handheld video games enthusiast. Aew fan.
I have children. kricketthecat.com
Reading today
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New post. The news this week is that I unlocked comments for free subscribers and am commiting to mailing printed stuff to all paid subscribers. Also some Two Towers thoughts.

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October 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I’m so happy with how my new comic is turning out. Feeling very proud of this page especially
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today's picture book recs, all new releases today by @liantomato.bsky.social @audreyhelenweber.bsky.social and Eric Velasquez

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October 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
October 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Covid and flu shotted
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Todays horror rec: Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social edited by @joemts.bsky.social

My favorite author gets me every time, my goodness.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
todays picture book recs: "No One Slept" by Rafael Sica, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato and "Piccolo" by Dan Yaccarino.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today's YA rec: "When the World Tips Over" by @jandynelson.bsky.social is out in paperback today. It's one of my all time favorite books and everyone should read it. My review is at reillyacat.ghost.io/gonna-pounce...
September 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Todays picture book rec's:
"Late Today" by Jungyoon Huh and Myunngae Lee from @ebyrbooks.bsky.social and "The Lighthouse Keeper" by Eugenio Fernandez Vasquez and Mariana Millanueva Segovia

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September 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Progress update
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How did I miss this one, it's really incredible. Dude has a fish beard.
"The Lighthouse Keeper"
Eugenio Fernández Vázquez, Mariana Villanueva Segovia (Illustrated by), Kit Maude (Translated by)

You should buy it: bookshop.org/a/116476/979...
September 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Also I reviewed this sci-fi horror novel that comes out today. "Exiles" by the late Mason Coile
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September 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
this week's recs: "The Witch in the Tower" By Julia Sarda, "All Around a Year" by Mariana Ruiz Johnson and "The Village Beyond the Mist" by Sachiko Kashiwaba
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September 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is a big one, it's coming out next tuesday. One of the best picture books I've read in a while.

pre-order: bookshop.org/a/116476/978...
September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
recs today: "Fox and the Mystery Letter" by @alexggriffiths.bsky.social , "Little Shrew" by Akiko Miyakoshi and "A Day With Mousse" by Claire Lebourg

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September 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
today I posted some comics and i recommended three esoteric and beautiful picture books about solitary dudes with comforting routines

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September 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's Tuesday! I posted four pages of my new comic as well as a recommendation for "Bog Myrtle" by Sid Sharp, which is a work of genius.

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September 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sid Sharp is a genius
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy Labor day from Bog Myrtle.
This is one of my favorite books from the last 12 months and a sorta subversive (but not really) pro-union kids comic. Full rec tomorrow at reillyacat.ghost.io

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September 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
todays YA recs from Ava Reid and Rex Ogle, plus a grown up book rec from Carys Davies

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August 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today's kids lit recs from Meg Medina and Dave Eggers

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August 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM