A gorgeous early summer day made even better by a package from Manchester with new stuff from @confingopublishing.bsky.social including the latest collection from @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Happy days. 🖋️📚 #booksky #books

Meet Monty, he's been living around us for the last 15 years (we can hand feed him) but he is currently suffering from a totally dislocated lower hip joint which means he's helping raise two youngsters on one leg. Comes for a rest on our deck every afternoon on this chair. #australia #birds

2020 #1 The first novel from one of the great writers of the 20th century. In 1940s Ohio, a poor black girl wishes for the blue eyes of her white schoolfellows leading us into a tale of racism, sexual abuse and self-hate. A most assured debut. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📚💙 #booksky #books

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

November reading 🧵 Started the month with this, undoubtedly the strangest work from Thomas McGuane. Follows the misadventures of the highly dubious Nicholas Payne with plenty of strange goings-on and equally strange language. Witty and weird, more in the alt text. ⭐⭐⭐ 📚💙 #booksky #books

Usually see 8 or 9 species of Orchids in a given year while walking in the Brisbane Ranges and here's a few of the best seen so far (names in alt text). #orchids #wildflowers #australiannativeflora

New resident in the kitchen. She was eyeing up my breakfast for some reason... #spider

Ordered these from the publisher in the UK just 7 days ago and they've already turned up down here. Nice! More Recovered Books from Boilerhouse Press and @neglectedbooks.com and they haven't let me down with anything in this series yet. #booksky📚💙 #books

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 20/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 19/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 18/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 17/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

So October starts with this fine set of stories from Chile's Alejandro Zambra. There's a nice blurb in the alt text and as always Megan McDowell's translation helps bring the writer into our language very nicely indeed. Just more excellence from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky💙📚 #books

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 16/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 15/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 14/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 13/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 12/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 11/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 10/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 9/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 8/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 7/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 6/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 5/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 4/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 3/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 2/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 1/20 #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

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. 20/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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. 19/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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. 18/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

I'm reposting the below with an apology to @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social as they too reside on that bookcase. #booksky #books

September reading 🧵 A second visit to the small Alsace border town of St. Louis and its put-upon chief of police Inspector Gorski. This time there's been a road accident but there is something not quite right about it. A mystery to be solved but who by? ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💙📚 #booksky #books

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. 17/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

After a recent comment about the avatar pic, I've decided to return to keeping my books by publisher starting with this, the current @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social collection, all 71 together for the first time. The Books of Jacob is a bit of a pain though! #booksky💙📚 #books

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. 16/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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. 15/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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. 14/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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. 13/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

I'm 65 pages into this excellent book by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and I've already got another dozen books on my "must get" list. This could get expensive...😬 #booksky

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge

This young lady has taken up residence behind our sofa on the back verandah. She's a growing girl and should more than double in size! #australia #spiders

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 #booksky #books #bookchallenge