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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 1d

Thank you! You, too with all yout travels!

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 1d

Thank you! I always do. (I'm generally in Canada a few times a year to stay with friends.)

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 1d

Tonight I fly out to Canada for 3 days where I'll be MCing a friend's wedding.

I *could* have just packed a suit and probably got away with a carry-on case but apparently I've become the sort of person who takes 3 completely different outfits for a 3 day celebration.

(I lost my Bro-card at birth.)

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 2d

Right?!

Don't *do* that to us, Freida!

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Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

Have you followed my posts about Can You Solve the Murder? Live, but been unable to make an event? Now you can play along as I host it for a panel of friends on The Incomparable Game Show instead! Plus, we're giving away copies of the book 😀🔍

www.theincomparable.com/gameshow/266/

Can You Solve the Murder? (Game Show 266)

Antony Johnston brings the live event inspired by his latest book, Can You Solve the Murder?, to The Incomparable Game Show! Can our panelists sleuth their way to a solution? Plus: we have three copie...

www.theincomparable.com

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 2d

Oh, that should be a fun show!

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 2d

Phew Dolly is apparently fine!

"Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’."

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 2d

It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 3d

That's the pattern! 😏

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 3d

Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 5d

Oct 7 Politics and Prose, Washington DC 2/11

politics-prose.com/martha-wells...

Martha Wells — Queen Demon (Rising World #2) - with Dr. Leigha McReynolds — at Union Market

politics-prose.com

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 3d

Having ADHD memory (or just generic unbranded poor memory) is so expensive!

I keep having to pay to replace things I know are here, somewhere.

My favourite headphones cost me a little over £400, and I'd like to take them away with me in a few days. More likely is that I'll buy a cheap replacement.

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 4d

In the spelling test she objected to being given 'abracadabra' to spell, as (she said) it's not a real word, it's an onomatopoeia.

Firstly, *many* onomatopoeia are real words, and secondly, 'abracadabra'... isn't one. Not even close. She'd know what an onomatopoeia is, and know that this isn't one.

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 4d

Anyway, back to Margo Martindale.

Someone give her and Kathy Bates a series where they can be old and grumpy, together.

Maybe they solve crimes, or they terrorise the care home they're in, or they're criminal masterminds planning one last heist.

I don't care what it is. Give them a show!
(5 of 5)

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 4d

The two juvenile leads were wonderful (thank god!)
Eva Jade Halford as Stephanie oozed menace. I would not be surprised to see her in a mainstream horror movie soon!
Callum Vinson as Elijah was perfect. An understated performance with real nuance; I believed everything he did.

(4 of probably 5)

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 4d

2) The glorious Margo Martindale had to make do with the only character in the episode that was written poorly. I'd watch her recite the phone book, but she really deserves better. When you have a guest star of her calibre, you should always use her in a better-written role!

(3 of well, at least 4)

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 4d

Two niggles, though:
1) The psychopathic kid got a word definition incorrect at the start. This was so out of character for this genius-level kid that I believe the writers didn't understand the word, making them less smart than the smart 8 yr-old they were writing.

(2 of 3 or maybe 4; not me!)

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 4d

I just watched the Poker Face episode about the psychopathic 8 yr-old. The most fun one of the season, so far!

(1 of 3 or maybe 4; who knows?)

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 4d

Tour dates and stops:

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 5d

Book tour for Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, next book in the Rising World series) starts tomorrow! 1/11

artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-...

Bill Blumenreich Presents Martha Wells - The Center for the Arts at the Armory

Martha Wells in conversation with Holly Black for the new book, Queen Demon

artsatthearmory.org

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 5d

Book tour for Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, next book in the Rising World series) starts tomorrow! 1/11

artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-...

Bill Blumenreich Presents Martha Wells - The Center for the Arts at the Armory

Martha Wells in conversation with Holly Black for the new book, Queen Demon

artsatthearmory.org

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 5d

😀👍

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 5d

Good write-up, but note that this is a novel, not a novella.

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 7d

I like Jordan's cereal.
What I don't like it seeing the claim on the box that it "contains 10 servings", when clearly it averages to around 3.5.

In other news, I *may* need to cut down on the size of my breakfasts.

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 23d

That's an astonishing milestone. Congratulations!!!

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sᴉɹɹɐH ǝǝ˥ 🇪🇺 @leeharris.net · 24d

Gareth's short stories are always worth a read. Grab this collection!

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 24d

Published today! Order WHO WILL YOU SAVE? by Gareth L Powell from your favourite bookseller.

#books

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