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SMAWJ
@smawj.bsky.social
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Generic sad sack anarchist shouting into the void. Musician, writer, poet? Expect: Shitposts/poetry, misanthropy, new music & politics. He/Him/They/Them #acab #ftp
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Got double serving of @sgj.bsky.social from library. Almost devoured Killer On The Road in one sitting but I accidentally gave myself massive anxiety by listening to Closet Witch at the same time. Incredible novella, gory in all the best HE JUST TORE OFF WHAT ways alongside the usual great writing
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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do non serious writers get front page on cbc books!?! Glad they at least are putting some respect on your name
August 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Did a lot of #reading last month and always enjoy @thestorygraph.com graphic representations #books #booksky
August 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Devoured the MemoryPolice in two sittings. The most spiritually claustrophobic novel I've read in awhile. How far would you go to keep your memories? To maintain your bodily autonomy and stay safe from an oppressive surveillance state that can literally make the concepts of
July 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Finished this today. A solid 2.5-3 stars. Especially rough in the beginning but by the time they get to the court room the rhythm gets established. The twist is....unforeseeable and stupid. #books #booksky #library
the cover of Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
January 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Read this in one sitting & am utterly baffled by the praise. The prose is tedious, pretentious & the author has never met a run on sentence they didn't absolutely adore. In desperate need of an honest editor. In a world where her brother uses Microsoft Teams how is there not Google Translate???
the cover of Study For Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
January 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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what i listened to this past week
a 5x5 collage of album covers
December 31, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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What i listened to this week
December 16, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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Currently devouring @scalzi.com brilliant novel and also the cat likes it very much
December 12, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12/20
#Books

#BookSky📚📚📚

#BookChallenge
the cover for hailey pipers novel The Worm And His Kings, the title is in all caps in two rows at the top, in the middle is a figure outlined in black walking into an eerie, green coloured sewer tunnel
December 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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Reading Mad About The 50s and giggling like an idiot to myself
December 8, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12/20
#Books

#BookSky📚📚📚

#BookChallenge
the cover of a novel Amal El-Mohtar This Is How You Lose The Time War this book has it all madeline miller new york times betselling author of circe max gladstone two birds, a red one on top and blue on reversed both distorted
December 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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what i listened to today
a 5x5 collage of album covers that I listened to this week, in order right to left top to bottom they are The Man Who Lives for Love - Spencer Dickinson & Jon Spencer Spencer Sings the Hits! - Jon Spencer Spencer Gets It Lit - Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers Now I Got Worry - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan Chariot, Vol. 1 - Haunt Windows of Your Heart - Haunt Complete Jazz Series 1939 - 1946 - Albert Ammons uknowhatimsayin¿ - Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown Complete Jazz Series 1936 - 1939 - Albert Ammons Now I Got Worry (Deluxe) - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Quaranta - Danny Brown Controversial Negro - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Fiends Of Dope Island - The Cramps Flamejob - The Cramps Big Beat from Badsville - The Cramps Stay, Sick! - The Cramps Complete Jazz Series 1946 - 1948 - Albert Ammons Presenting Albert Ammons - Albert Ammons Live at Easy Street - The Sonics Look Mom No Head! - The Cramps Here Are The Sonics - The Sonics Unplugged Vol. 1 - Haunt Classics 1937-1939 - Lionel Hampton
December 8, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11/20
#Books
#BookSky📚📚📚
#BookChallenge
cover for chris walters novel chase the dragon, an illustration of hands holding foil and a lighter with a figure running to the side off the foil
December 7, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
10/20
#Books
#BookSky📚📚📚
#BookChallenge
Cover of "Annihilation" by Jeff VanderMeer, featuring a green plant illustration and a sticker indicating it's a major motion picture.
December 6, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
#Books

#BookSky📚📚📚

#BookChallenge
the cover of nestor makhnos book the russian revolution in ukraine, the background is a exploded parts view of a gun
December 4, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20
#Books

#BookSky📚📚📚

#BookChallenge
"The Conspiracy Against the Human Race" by Thomas Ligotti, illustrated with haunting artwork that reflects its existential themes.
December 2, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#Books

#BookSky📚📚📚

#BookChallenge
the cover of isaac asimov novel foundation
December 1, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Lots of metal, lots of rap and lots of jazz is what I've been listening to this past month
December 1, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6/20
#Books

#BookSky📚📚📚

#BookChallenge
cover of jack kerouacs novel On The Road, background colour yellow with additional text: the rioutous odyssey of two american drop-outs, by the drop-out who started it all...." and "hip, cool, beat and frantic" the nation, a hand drawn illustartion of a car with one flat tire and a woman and man embracing on their knees on the hood of the car
December 1, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
#Books
#BookSky📚📚📚
#BookChallenge
cover of a book called Custer Died For your Sins An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr. A yellow background with an orange outline around the book. Under the title and author name is a black & white hand drawn eagle holding a colourful war axe in its beak
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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This is why I don't get to sleep in #cats #catswhoyell
November 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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It's a harsh kind of beauty but it's still home
A picture of a road with scrub land on the side and clouds in the sky
November 28, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20
#Books
#BookSky📚📚📚
#BookChallenge
the cover of jonathen lethems novel gun, with occasional music, that text repeats 5 lines in front of a black & white picture showing part of car and a man fleeing to the right side. "marries chandlers style and philip k dicks vision" - newsweek
November 28, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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The one I read today was a man cheating with his bosses wife, boss kidnaps him, locks him in a room and hires a woman to....cover him in tattoos!?!? I got this for a $1 from the friend's of peterborough library used book sale and there's some chilling stuff especially the illustration one but jeeez
November 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM