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 STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence. Sad, poignant, memorable. She was one of Canada's very best novelists. #booksky #skylibrarians
July 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence. Sad, poignant, memorable. She was one of Canada's very best novelists. #booksky #skylibrarians
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: WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND by W.O. Mitchell. Classic Canadian novel that touches the heart. I studied 1st yr English at Trent University with his son, Orm Mitchell, who didn't particularly like me. #BookSky #WritingAndBooks
June 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND by W.O. Mitchell. Classic Canadian novel that touches the heart. I studied 1st yr English at Trent University with his son, Orm Mitchell, who didn't particularly like me. #BookSky #WritingAndBooks
Today's edition of #BooksI'veRead: THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER. The master of 20th c. American short stories. Sad; amusing; profound. My fav. #booksky
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today's edition of #BooksI'veRead: THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER. The master of 20th c. American short stories. Sad; amusing; profound. My fav. #booksky
Today's edition of #BooksI'veRead: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf. Stream of consciousness is always a challenge, but this is an unquestioned masterpiece.
June 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Today's edition of #BooksI'veRead: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf. Stream of consciousness is always a challenge, but this is an unquestioned masterpiece.
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir. Inspirational self-published novel that is over-the-top good. #booksky #ScienceFiction #Skylibrarian
July 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir. Inspirational self-published novel that is over-the-top good. #booksky #ScienceFiction #Skylibrarian
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN by Michael Crichton. A great author of thrillers, this one was perhaps his best. And a great movie by Robert Wise starring Arthur Hill, James Olson, David Wayne and the irrepressible Canadian legend Kate Reid. #booksky #skylibrarian
July 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN by Michael Crichton. A great author of thrillers, this one was perhaps his best. And a great movie by Robert Wise starring Arthur Hill, James Olson, David Wayne and the irrepressible Canadian legend Kate Reid. #booksky #skylibrarian
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 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: 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
June 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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 ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho. A remarkable fable. Picked it up on a whim & was blown away. #booksky #skylibrarians
July 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho. A remarkable fable. Picked it up on a whim & was blown away. #booksky #skylibrarians
#BooksI'veRead Day of the Jackel 10/10
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
July 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#BooksI'veRead Day of the Jackel 10/10
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: 1984 by George Orwell. When I think of this book I still smell stale gin and boiled cabbage in hallways. The concepts of thought control & political authoritarianism he explored still ring true today. #booksky #skylibrarian
July 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: 1984 by George Orwell. When I think of this book I still smell stale gin and boiled cabbage in hallways. The concepts of thought control & political authoritarianism he explored still ring true today. #booksky #skylibrarian
#BooksI'veRead Day of the Jackel 10/10
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
July 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#BooksI'veRead Day of the Jackel 10/10
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
Tony 7.5/10
a fan for all seasons , a generous 8 /10
For Arsenal fans only 😁
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE by Don Winslow. I loved his recent City trilogy, but FRANKIE has a special place in my heart. Would have loved to have seen DiNiro in the role. #booksky #skylibrarian @donwinslow.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE by Don Winslow. I loved his recent City trilogy, but FRANKIE has a special place in my heart. Would have loved to have seen DiNiro in the role. #booksky #skylibrarian @donwinslow.bsky.social
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: 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: 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: TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The best history book I've ever read. #booksky #skylibrarians
July 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The best history book I've ever read. #booksky #skylibrarians
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE FALL OF THE TOWERS by Samuel R. Delany. I've read this trilogy many times & consider it Delany's best work. "The green of beetles' wings... the red of polished carbuncle... a web of silver fire." #booksky #skylibrarians #sciencefiction
July 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: THE FALL OF THE TOWERS by Samuel R. Delany. I've read this trilogy many times & consider it Delany's best work. "The green of beetles' wings... the red of polished carbuncle... a web of silver fire." #booksky #skylibrarians #sciencefiction
Today's edition of #BooksI'veRead: MOBY DICK BY Herman Melville. Better understood as a classical romance rather than as a novel: heavily allegorical. Still fascinating!
June 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today's edition of #BooksI'veRead: MOBY DICK BY Herman Melville. Better understood as a classical romance rather than as a novel: heavily allegorical. Still fascinating!
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: JIM MARSHALL: JAZZ FESTIVAL published by Reel Art Press. A collection of photographs by the renowned music photographer is a stunning volume that should be on your bookshelf! A treasure. #booksky #skylibrarian
July 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Today's installment of #BooksI'veRead: JIM MARSHALL: JAZZ FESTIVAL published by Reel Art Press. A collection of photographs by the renowned music photographer is a stunning volume that should be on your bookshelf! A treasure. #booksky #skylibrarian