J Booksy
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Here to share books I've read & liked. Mostly.
A friend visited me and, as anyone would, brought along her copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology. When we naturally tried to recall if the Minotaur has a name (no) or what exactly started the Curse on the House of Atreus (cannibalism), we looked up the answers. Makes for excellent reading.
December 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A friend visited me and, as anyone would, brought along her copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology. When we naturally tried to recall if the Minotaur has a name (no) or what exactly started the Curse on the House of Atreus (cannibalism), we looked up the answers. Makes for excellent reading.
3rd re-read, this time only of My House in Umbria. Mrs. Emily Delahunty--not her real name--is a woman w a past. Sold as a child to a couple who abused her, taken in by a man who did the same, Worked in a Café before coming to Umbria w a man who still uses her, she is now the victim of a bombing /
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
3rd re-read, this time only of My House in Umbria. Mrs. Emily Delahunty--not her real name--is a woman w a past. Sold as a child to a couple who abused her, taken in by a man who did the same, Worked in a Café before coming to Umbria w a man who still uses her, she is now the victim of a bombing /
After I purchased the new copy of Frog and Toad, I thought to check the stack of children's books I kept from my parents' house. Sure enough, this one was in that stack. One of my family's longtime favorites. /
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
After I purchased the new copy of Frog and Toad, I thought to check the stack of children's books I kept from my parents' house. Sure enough, this one was in that stack. One of my family's longtime favorites. /
I have been following the Frog and Toad Bot. I have enjoyed the tidbits it posts so much, I was inspired to go to the store and buy a Frog and Toad book.
The only one they had was this 50th anniversary commemorative edition. It is 8.5 x 11 and fancy, with a dust jacket. /
The only one they had was this 50th anniversary commemorative edition. It is 8.5 x 11 and fancy, with a dust jacket. /
December 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I have been following the Frog and Toad Bot. I have enjoyed the tidbits it posts so much, I was inspired to go to the store and buy a Frog and Toad book.
The only one they had was this 50th anniversary commemorative edition. It is 8.5 x 11 and fancy, with a dust jacket. /
The only one they had was this 50th anniversary commemorative edition. It is 8.5 x 11 and fancy, with a dust jacket. /
Southern Gothic autobiographical coming-of-age fever dream, populated by a host of characters bizarre and quintessentially Southern, all of whom long for acceptance, love, belonging, which remain elusive. 12 y.o. Joel is young Truman, fabricates when stressed or to entertain, slides into other /
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Southern Gothic autobiographical coming-of-age fever dream, populated by a host of characters bizarre and quintessentially Southern, all of whom long for acceptance, love, belonging, which remain elusive. 12 y.o. Joel is young Truman, fabricates when stressed or to entertain, slides into other /
Basket case Vi who works at a hotel reception desk, lives in a crappy apt, & was recently broken up with, leaves a bar and spots a transparent blob on the ground. With eyes. She takes it home, it grows. Becomes human. She takes a long time to do the same, is a jerk to a lot of people first. /
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Basket case Vi who works at a hotel reception desk, lives in a crappy apt, & was recently broken up with, leaves a bar and spots a transparent blob on the ground. With eyes. She takes it home, it grows. Becomes human. She takes a long time to do the same, is a jerk to a lot of people first. /
Fiction/autobiography of the author's experiences in a mental hospital where she was treated w electroshock therapy. Loosely, the first 1/3 is her description of the hospital, its staff, the treatments, the effects. Then she begins answering ?s posed by Maria--Dr, nurse, figment?--about her past /
December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fiction/autobiography of the author's experiences in a mental hospital where she was treated w electroshock therapy. Loosely, the first 1/3 is her description of the hospital, its staff, the treatments, the effects. Then she begins answering ?s posed by Maria--Dr, nurse, figment?--about her past /
I had no high-speed internet for a month bc searching the Epstein emails turned out to mean downloading them. Mostly what I got was the advance text of Michael Wolff's book. That he sent in the body of an email. So, now I have high-speed internet & I'll catch you up on what I read in the interim.
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I had no high-speed internet for a month bc searching the Epstein emails turned out to mean downloading them. Mostly what I got was the advance text of Michael Wolff's book. That he sent in the body of an email. So, now I have high-speed internet & I'll catch you up on what I read in the interim.
Peace
Love
Joy.
This is what it's all about.
I feel like everyone has forgotten this for the most part.
What if we spent most of our day pursuing any or all 3 of these? How different could our world become?
Peace
Love
Joy.
Love
Joy.
This is what it's all about.
I feel like everyone has forgotten this for the most part.
What if we spent most of our day pursuing any or all 3 of these? How different could our world become?
Peace
Love
Joy.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Peace
Love
Joy.
This is what it's all about.
I feel like everyone has forgotten this for the most part.
What if we spent most of our day pursuing any or all 3 of these? How different could our world become?
Peace
Love
Joy.
Love
Joy.
This is what it's all about.
I feel like everyone has forgotten this for the most part.
What if we spent most of our day pursuing any or all 3 of these? How different could our world become?
Peace
Love
Joy.
Boy lives in a mansion with Father and he has not left it. Outside is luring beauty and ghosts--figments of life taking human shape. If you get near them, they will possess you. This is what Father has told him. Except now Father is aging & wants him to leave the mansion. Father is making friends /
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Boy lives in a mansion with Father and he has not left it. Outside is luring beauty and ghosts--figments of life taking human shape. If you get near them, they will possess you. This is what Father has told him. Except now Father is aging & wants him to leave the mansion. Father is making friends /
Devoured this in 3.5 hours last week. 21 yo woman learns how to act to get men to give her money for her looks & for sex. Held off on posting bc it seemed wrong in Epstein climate. But it could be viewed as a behind-the-scenes tale of how readily rich men will pay for ego inflation & sex. /
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Devoured this in 3.5 hours last week. 21 yo woman learns how to act to get men to give her money for her looks & for sex. Held off on posting bc it seemed wrong in Epstein climate. But it could be viewed as a behind-the-scenes tale of how readily rich men will pay for ego inflation & sex. /
I am betting that the intersection of the Epstein files set and the Sarajevo civilian safari set is not zero.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid £80k for weekend safaris to kill civilians’ in Sarajevo
Wealthy foreigners paid tens of thousands of pounds to become “weekend snipers” and shoot civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, according to allegations being investigated by Italian authorities.
www.yahoo.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I am betting that the intersection of the Epstein files set and the Sarajevo civilian safari set is not zero.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
With a title like that, how could I resist? She is a young chef looking for potential wealthy clients--and a virgin in a red dress. He is a race-car driving playboy w emerald eyes who is strangely captivated by her, dammit. She does not remove her mask but she discards all else. /
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
With a title like that, how could I resist? She is a young chef looking for potential wealthy clients--and a virgin in a red dress. He is a race-car driving playboy w emerald eyes who is strangely captivated by her, dammit. She does not remove her mask but she discards all else. /
Not my fave J Trollope. Stacey gets fired the same day ber husband gets a big promotion. One of her friends--Melissa, Gaby, or Beth, very hard to tell them apart--recommended the husband for the promotion & didn't tell Stacey. Apparently this was Quel Betrayal, but it seems like [shrug] to me /
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Not my fave J Trollope. Stacey gets fired the same day ber husband gets a big promotion. One of her friends--Melissa, Gaby, or Beth, very hard to tell them apart--recommended the husband for the promotion & didn't tell Stacey. Apparently this was Quel Betrayal, but it seems like [shrug] to me /
Another library find: The Executioner's Song on DVD. Watched this for the Tommy Lee Jones, for the 1970s stuff, to be reminded what actually happened. Taut plot, moves inexorably, media are vultures, Tommy & Rosanna Arquette are excellent.
Bonus fact: the priest who gives him his last rites /
Bonus fact: the priest who gives him his last rites /
November 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Another library find: The Executioner's Song on DVD. Watched this for the Tommy Lee Jones, for the 1970s stuff, to be reminded what actually happened. Taut plot, moves inexorably, media are vultures, Tommy & Rosanna Arquette are excellent.
Bonus fact: the priest who gives him his last rites /
Bonus fact: the priest who gives him his last rites /
Not as good as Girl on the Train, which totally sucked me in. This has multiple POVs, each read by a different actor (one person voiced 2 parts). Felt manipulative. One person would feel spooked by someone else, to make you think that could be the suspect. Final chapter was the best.
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Not as good as Girl on the Train, which totally sucked me in. This has multiple POVs, each read by a different actor (one person voiced 2 parts). Felt manipulative. One person would feel spooked by someone else, to make you think that could be the suspect. Final chapter was the best.
Apparently lots of people do not know this. To defeat a lie, do this:
1. Start with the truth. The first frame gets the advantage.
2. Indicate the lie. Avoid amplifying the specific language if possible.
3. Return to the truth. Always repeat truths more than lies.
1. Start with the truth. The first frame gets the advantage.
2. Indicate the lie. Avoid amplifying the specific language if possible.
3. Return to the truth. Always repeat truths more than lies.
October 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Apparently lots of people do not know this. To defeat a lie, do this:
1. Start with the truth. The first frame gets the advantage.
2. Indicate the lie. Avoid amplifying the specific language if possible.
3. Return to the truth. Always repeat truths more than lies.
1. Start with the truth. The first frame gets the advantage.
2. Indicate the lie. Avoid amplifying the specific language if possible.
3. Return to the truth. Always repeat truths more than lies.
A Tolstoy thing I did not know existed! Found this in the library. Written at the end of his life, is a moral fable with the Sermon on the Mount at its center--literally. Leo still packs a punch, and he calls out hypocrisy like no one else. Plot follows a forged coupon, all the lives it touches
October 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A Tolstoy thing I did not know existed! Found this in the library. Written at the end of his life, is a moral fable with the Sermon on the Mount at its center--literally. Leo still packs a punch, and he calls out hypocrisy like no one else. Plot follows a forged coupon, all the lives it touches
Another one I finished in less than a day. I got hooked reading about a guy in 2022 who finds out he has cancer & climbs unto the freezer case in the grocery store. He does not share his news w his daughter. Then it jumps back to 1982 to Dawn, who it turns out is his wife, meeting a woman Hazel /
September 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Another one I finished in less than a day. I got hooked reading about a guy in 2022 who finds out he has cancer & climbs unto the freezer case in the grocery store. He does not share his news w his daughter. Then it jumps back to 1982 to Dawn, who it turns out is his wife, meeting a woman Hazel /
Woman's husband apparently drowned--you know what that means--and finds out he left her in a world of debt w a daughter. She goes back home to TN with syrupy daughter, finds perfect job, man, etc. Amazing how boring a novel gets once you know she's going to get every single thing she wants.
September 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Woman's husband apparently drowned--you know what that means--and finds out he left her in a world of debt w a daughter. She goes back home to TN with syrupy daughter, finds perfect job, man, etc. Amazing how boring a novel gets once you know she's going to get every single thing she wants.
Macabre, gripping, can't stop thinking about it. Sheriff/undertaker/pastor in small-town Friendship, WI in late 1800s faces impossible choices during a diphtheria epidemic. Is it heroic or tragic to keep doing his duty as all is falling apart? Oh, and here comes a wildfire. Oh, and here's more
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Macabre, gripping, can't stop thinking about it. Sheriff/undertaker/pastor in small-town Friendship, WI in late 1800s faces impossible choices during a diphtheria epidemic. Is it heroic or tragic to keep doing his duty as all is falling apart? Oh, and here comes a wildfire. Oh, and here's more
I finished this book a couple days ago, and I miss it. I miss the people in it. Very tall Dylan MacRae has lived in London w his mother & g'mother until recently when they both died. He has to close up the indie cinema they've run bc it's broke. He goes to Scotland, aiming
September 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I finished this book a couple days ago, and I miss it. I miss the people in it. Very tall Dylan MacRae has lived in London w his mother & g'mother until recently when they both died. He has to close up the indie cinema they've run bc it's broke. He goes to Scotland, aiming