Debra Hamel
@hamsky.bsky.social
Reading, writing, crosswords, squirrels, Esperanto. http://www.dhamel.com
Robin Becker, Brains: A Zombie Memoir
The memoir of English professor turned unusually self-aware zombie Jack Barnes. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robin-becker-brains-a-zombie-memoir/
The memoir of English professor turned unusually self-aware zombie Jack Barnes. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robin-becker-brains-a-zombie-memoir/
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Robin Becker, Brains: A Zombie Memoir
The memoir of English professor turned unusually self-aware zombie Jack Barnes. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robin-becker-brains-a-zombie-memoir/
The memoir of English professor turned unusually self-aware zombie Jack Barnes. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robin-becker-brains-a-zombie-memoir/
Jason Pargin, I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
A motley collection of misfits get involved in transporting a big black box—potentially of doom—across country.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/jason-pargin-im-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom/
A motley collection of misfits get involved in transporting a big black box—potentially of doom—across country.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/jason-pargin-im-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom/
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Jason Pargin, I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
A motley collection of misfits get involved in transporting a big black box—potentially of doom—across country.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/jason-pargin-im-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom/
A motley collection of misfits get involved in transporting a big black box—potentially of doom—across country.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/jason-pargin-im-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom/
Alexander McCall Smith, A Distant View of Everything
The 11th book in McCall Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series. This time Isabel ponders ethics while looking into a guy who seems to be targeting wealthy women.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/alexander-mccall-smith-a-distant-view-of-everything/
The 11th book in McCall Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series. This time Isabel ponders ethics while looking into a guy who seems to be targeting wealthy women.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/alexander-mccall-smith-a-distant-view-of-everything/
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Alexander McCall Smith, A Distant View of Everything
The 11th book in McCall Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series. This time Isabel ponders ethics while looking into a guy who seems to be targeting wealthy women.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/alexander-mccall-smith-a-distant-view-of-everything/
The 11th book in McCall Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series. This time Isabel ponders ethics while looking into a guy who seems to be targeting wealthy women.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/alexander-mccall-smith-a-distant-view-of-everything/
Anthony Horowitz, A Line to Kill
Third book in Horowitz’s reality-blurring Hawthorne and Horowitz series, in which the author appears as a Dr Watson-like tagalong tasked with documenting a psychologically opaque detective’s cases.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/anthony-horowitz-a-line-to-kill/
Third book in Horowitz’s reality-blurring Hawthorne and Horowitz series, in which the author appears as a Dr Watson-like tagalong tasked with documenting a psychologically opaque detective’s cases.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/anthony-horowitz-a-line-to-kill/
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Anthony Horowitz, A Line to Kill
Third book in Horowitz’s reality-blurring Hawthorne and Horowitz series, in which the author appears as a Dr Watson-like tagalong tasked with documenting a psychologically opaque detective’s cases.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/anthony-horowitz-a-line-to-kill/
Third book in Horowitz’s reality-blurring Hawthorne and Horowitz series, in which the author appears as a Dr Watson-like tagalong tasked with documenting a psychologically opaque detective’s cases.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/anthony-horowitz-a-line-to-kill/
Michael Finkel, The Art Thief
Nonfiction detailing the crime spree and eventual comeuppance of intrepid thief Stéphane Breitweiser, who, with the help of his girlfriend, stole over a billion dollars’ worth of art across seven European countries between 1994 and 2001.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/m
Nonfiction detailing the crime spree and eventual comeuppance of intrepid thief Stéphane Breitweiser, who, with the help of his girlfriend, stole over a billion dollars’ worth of art across seven European countries between 1994 and 2001.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/m
January 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Michael Finkel, The Art Thief
Nonfiction detailing the crime spree and eventual comeuppance of intrepid thief Stéphane Breitweiser, who, with the help of his girlfriend, stole over a billion dollars’ worth of art across seven European countries between 1994 and 2001.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/m
Nonfiction detailing the crime spree and eventual comeuppance of intrepid thief Stéphane Breitweiser, who, with the help of his girlfriend, stole over a billion dollars’ worth of art across seven European countries between 1994 and 2001.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/m
Myrtis Smith, Short Stories in Esperanto. Volume 3
Jen dulingva aro da 20 mallongaj noveloj verkitaj en la angla de Myrtis Smith kaj tradukitaj en Esperanton de Chuck Smith. #bookreview #esperanto
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/myrtis-smith-short-stories-in-esperanto-volume-3/
Jen dulingva aro da 20 mallongaj noveloj verkitaj en la angla de Myrtis Smith kaj tradukitaj en Esperanton de Chuck Smith. #bookreview #esperanto
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/myrtis-smith-short-stories-in-esperanto-volume-3/
January 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Myrtis Smith, Short Stories in Esperanto. Volume 3
Jen dulingva aro da 20 mallongaj noveloj verkitaj en la angla de Myrtis Smith kaj tradukitaj en Esperanton de Chuck Smith. #bookreview #esperanto
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/myrtis-smith-short-stories-in-esperanto-volume-3/
Jen dulingva aro da 20 mallongaj noveloj verkitaj en la angla de Myrtis Smith kaj tradukitaj en Esperanton de Chuck Smith. #bookreview #esperanto
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/myrtis-smith-short-stories-in-esperanto-volume-3/
Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast
A day in the mind of Mr. Lemony Snicket as he takes a walk and thinks about breakfast, poetry, death, tea, libraries, music, bees, chickens, eggs, and bewilderment, for a start. #bookreview
debra-hamel.ghost.io/lemony-snick...
A day in the mind of Mr. Lemony Snicket as he takes a walk and thinks about breakfast, poetry, death, tea, libraries, music, bees, chickens, eggs, and bewilderment, for a start. #bookreview
debra-hamel.ghost.io/lemony-snick...
January 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast
A day in the mind of Mr. Lemony Snicket as he takes a walk and thinks about breakfast, poetry, death, tea, libraries, music, bees, chickens, eggs, and bewilderment, for a start. #bookreview
debra-hamel.ghost.io/lemony-snick...
A day in the mind of Mr. Lemony Snicket as he takes a walk and thinks about breakfast, poetry, death, tea, libraries, music, bees, chickens, eggs, and bewilderment, for a start. #bookreview
debra-hamel.ghost.io/lemony-snick...
John Scalzi, 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years
Kindle original short story about a day in the life of a time machine operator who works for a temporal tourism business. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/john-scalzi-3-days-9-months-27-years/
Kindle original short story about a day in the life of a time machine operator who works for a temporal tourism business. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/john-scalzi-3-days-9-months-27-years/
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
John Scalzi, 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years
Kindle original short story about a day in the life of a time machine operator who works for a temporal tourism business. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/john-scalzi-3-days-9-months-27-years/
Kindle original short story about a day in the life of a time machine operator who works for a temporal tourism business. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/john-scalzi-3-days-9-months-27-years/
A.J. Rich, The Hand That Feeds You
A grad student studying the psychology of victims comes home to find her fiancé mauled by dogs—an incident that leads to her learning he was not who he said he was.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/a-j-rich-the-hand-that-feeds-you/
A grad student studying the psychology of victims comes home to find her fiancé mauled by dogs—an incident that leads to her learning he was not who he said he was.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/a-j-rich-the-hand-that-feeds-you/
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
A.J. Rich, The Hand That Feeds You
A grad student studying the psychology of victims comes home to find her fiancé mauled by dogs—an incident that leads to her learning he was not who he said he was.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/a-j-rich-the-hand-that-feeds-you/
A grad student studying the psychology of victims comes home to find her fiancé mauled by dogs—an incident that leads to her learning he was not who he said he was.
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/a-j-rich-the-hand-that-feeds-you/
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
A collection of 11 stories by Nobel Prize–winning author, translated from the original Yiddish. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/isaac-bashevis-singer-gimpel-the-fool-and-other-stories/
A collection of 11 stories by Nobel Prize–winning author, translated from the original Yiddish. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/isaac-bashevis-singer-gimpel-the-fool-and-other-stories/
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
A collection of 11 stories by Nobel Prize–winning author, translated from the original Yiddish. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/isaac-bashevis-singer-gimpel-the-fool-and-other-stories/
A collection of 11 stories by Nobel Prize–winning author, translated from the original Yiddish. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/isaac-bashevis-singer-gimpel-the-fool-and-other-stories/
Ken Follett, Circle of Days
Formulaic Follett saga about the construction of Stonehenge. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/ken-follett-circle-of-days/
Formulaic Follett saga about the construction of Stonehenge. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/ken-follett-circle-of-days/
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ken Follett, Circle of Days
Formulaic Follett saga about the construction of Stonehenge. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/ken-follett-circle-of-days/
Formulaic Follett saga about the construction of Stonehenge. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/ken-follett-circle-of-days/
Claudia Lux, Sign Here
The damaged and damned on the fifth floor of Hell endure a bureaucratic … well, hellscape while trying to make their quotas. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/claudia-lux-sign-here/
The damaged and damned on the fifth floor of Hell endure a bureaucratic … well, hellscape while trying to make their quotas. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/claudia-lux-sign-here/
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Claudia Lux, Sign Here
The damaged and damned on the fifth floor of Hell endure a bureaucratic … well, hellscape while trying to make their quotas. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/claudia-lux-sign-here/
The damaged and damned on the fifth floor of Hell endure a bureaucratic … well, hellscape while trying to make their quotas. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/claudia-lux-sign-here/
Amy Meyerson, The Water Lies
Psychological suspense set in the claustrophobic, Rear Window-esque Venice Canals neighborhood of L.A. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/amy-meyerson-the-water-lies/
Psychological suspense set in the claustrophobic, Rear Window-esque Venice Canals neighborhood of L.A. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/amy-meyerson-the-water-lies/
December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Amy Meyerson, The Water Lies
Psychological suspense set in the claustrophobic, Rear Window-esque Venice Canals neighborhood of L.A. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/amy-meyerson-the-water-lies/
Psychological suspense set in the claustrophobic, Rear Window-esque Venice Canals neighborhood of L.A. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/amy-meyerson-the-water-lies/
Peter Swanson, The Girl With a Clock for a Heart
Psychological suspense novel whose dual timelines follow George Foss’s involvement with a name-shifting siren—a one-time college girlfriend whose troubled past and dangerous future stamp his life for decades. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io
Psychological suspense novel whose dual timelines follow George Foss’s involvement with a name-shifting siren—a one-time college girlfriend whose troubled past and dangerous future stamp his life for decades. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Peter Swanson, The Girl With a Clock for a Heart
Psychological suspense novel whose dual timelines follow George Foss’s involvement with a name-shifting siren—a one-time college girlfriend whose troubled past and dangerous future stamp his life for decades. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io
Psychological suspense novel whose dual timelines follow George Foss’s involvement with a name-shifting siren—a one-time college girlfriend whose troubled past and dangerous future stamp his life for decades. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io
Robert Silverberg, Hawksbill Station
Cool hook, likable protagonist, good writing, and a poignant ending. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robert-silverberg-hawksbill-station/
Cool hook, likable protagonist, good writing, and a poignant ending. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robert-silverberg-hawksbill-station/
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Robert Silverberg, Hawksbill Station
Cool hook, likable protagonist, good writing, and a poignant ending. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robert-silverberg-hawksbill-station/
Cool hook, likable protagonist, good writing, and a poignant ending. #bookreview
https://debra-hamel.ghost.io/robert-silverberg-hawksbill-station/
Life of the party disses Twister sister at sorority soirée.
July 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Life of the party disses Twister sister at sorority soirée.
Pedal polycule bereft after spin cycle.
July 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Pedal polycule bereft after spin cycle.
Normally ChatGPT and I get along very well, but we were having a bit of a tiff just now about conjugating EO participles. Crazy, right? But we'll get past this. BFFs 4 ever.
May 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Normally ChatGPT and I get along very well, but we were having a bit of a tiff just now about conjugating EO participles. Crazy, right? But we'll get past this. BFFs 4 ever.
It’s 1:30 in the morning. I just want to brush my teeth. (Now wondering if this is strictly sanitary, actually….)
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It’s 1:30 in the morning. I just want to brush my teeth. (Now wondering if this is strictly sanitary, actually….)
Are you $@&!!! kidding me?! I just opened up a new tube of Crest. I can’t go through this hell a second time! @cresttoothpaste.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Are you $@&!!! kidding me?! I just opened up a new tube of Crest. I can’t go through this hell a second time! @cresttoothpaste.bsky.social
So this is what the inside of a toothpaste tube looks like. Squeezed the tube just now and it split along the seam.
January 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So this is what the inside of a toothpaste tube looks like. Squeezed the tube just now and it split along the seam.
It just occurred to me that Magilla Gorilla's name was probably related to "megillah," and lo, Wikipedia seems to think so too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magilla...
December 27, 2024 at 7:33 PM
It just occurred to me that Magilla Gorilla's name was probably related to "megillah," and lo, Wikipedia seems to think so too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magilla...
Another day, another social app. I'm struggling to think of an identity to put in the bio. But here's a picture of a cool tree stump in my yard.
October 12, 2023 at 11:52 PM
Another day, another social app. I'm struggling to think of an identity to put in the bio. But here's a picture of a cool tree stump in my yard.