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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)

@billydee123.bsky.social

Ex military (Canadian Forces), retired, love my pets & family, enjoy reading. https://bill-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com/ #LoveCanada #VoteLiberal #SchnauzerGang 🇨🇦 Being Canadian according to Eric Walter - "We are a tough people, but we are a caring people"

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 3h ago

Thank you #Mindcite. That's much more accurate.

Mindcite💥@mindcite.bsky.social · 20h ago

Fixed it. Repost patriotically! 🇺🇸

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 7h ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 298 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #TPau (1988) www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuV9...

T'Pau - Secret Garden - 13th October 1988

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 7h ago

💙📀 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 3 authors, 4 books. 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. Kraken by China Mieville (2010) Cover shows the suckers on a kraken's tentacles (TBR)

Book cover. This Census-Taker by China Mieville (2016) Cover shows mountain peaks surrounded by swirling clouds (TBR)

Book cover. Our Love Will Devour Us by R.L. Meza (2023) Title in blood red letters. A night scene with a cottage in the woods covered with snow, lights glowing inside (2.5 stars)

Book cover. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon (2014) White cover with titles in purple and black. Cover shows a snowy scene and through the snow a house and a barn (4.0 stars)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · yesterday

#ForeverCanadian Get your lawn sign!

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk@lukaszukab.bsky.social · yesterday

OKOTOKS, DIAMOND VALLEY and COCHRANE, see you today with the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus. Come and pick up your free lawn sign.

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · yesterday

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 297 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #MonieLove (1989) www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPrO...

Monie Love - Grandpa's Party (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Chrysalis Records

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · yesterday

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 3 authors, 3 books. 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. House of Small Shadows by Adam LG Nevill (2013) Cover shows a damaged doll's face, with one blue eye (TBR)

Book cover. The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (2024) Cover shows night time forest and creatures surrounding it; a unicorn, a wolf, a bird, all with skulls for heads (4.5 stars)

Book cover. Fire will Freeze by Margaret Millar (1944) Cover shows a woman in a fur coat with sun glasses on, armed with a rifle, standing on a snow covered road as a bus approaches (TBR)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 2d ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 296 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #Madness (1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXo...

Madness - Uncle Sam

YouTube video by Madness

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 2d ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 3 authors, 4 books. 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. Relic by Preston & Child (Pendergast #1 / 1995) Cover shows a basement in a museum, lights in ceiling, brick walls (3.0 stars)

Book cover. The Fall of the House of Usher and other writings (Short stories / 1967) Penguin Classics edition. shows a raven on a wall (4.0 stars)

Book cover. Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper (2025) Titles in white lettering shows a demonic girl with misshapen face and fangs (TBR)

Book cover. Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper (2021) Eerie psychedelic cover, shows tentacles and a woman's face misshapen by the tentacles (TBR)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 3d ago

#BlueJays I can't wait for the trade deadline to pass. I'm so sick & tired of the BJays broadcaster, Shulman speculating on Gausman being traded. The way he's been talking the past few days it's like it's already happened. Personally, I'd like the BJays to offer him a one or two year contract.

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 3d ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 295 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #ThomasDolby (1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkj4...

Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins

YouTube video by Thomas Dolby

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 3d ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 2 authors, 4 books. 1 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. The Furies by Keith Roberts (1966) Cover shows large hives with wasps flying about. (TBR)

Book cover. The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper (CanLit / 2008) Cover is white, author's name in red, title in black. A bloody fingerprint in the bottom right corner and what looks like a story being written under the titles (4 stars)

Book cover. Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper (CanLit / 2000) Cover shows a snowy background and titles in a cursive script (3.0 stars)

Book cover. The Guardians by Andrew Pyper (Can Lit / 2011) Cover shows an old mansion behind leafless trees with one window on the 2nd floor lit. (4.0 stars)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 4d ago

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 4d ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 294 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #PetShopBoys (1986) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHaA...

Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly

YouTube video by PetShopBoys Parlophone

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 4d ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 1 authors, 4 books. The Fu Manchu series consisted of 14 books #BookSky

Book cover. The Mask of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer (Fan Hor / 1932 / Manchu #5) Cover shows a man with a golden mask holding a sabre over his head. (3.0 stars)

Book cover. The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer (Fu-Manchu #1 / 1913) Cover shows Fu Manchu at the top of the cover and below various sword wielding warriors and a dragon and Big Ben (3.0 stars)

Book cover. The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer (Pyramid books / Fu Manchu #2 / 1916) Cover is orange with yellow lettering. Shows various people, a man with a gun, a woman in yellow with a head scarf, a black cat and Fu Manchu leering in the background (3.0 stars)

Book cover. Daughter of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer (Fu Manchu #4 / 1931 / Pyramid Books edition) Black cover with blue lettering. Shows a man with a gun, an Asian man with a garrote, a woman in a white shawl, statue of the Sphinx and Fu Manchu leering in background (3.0 stars)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 5d ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 293 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #WetWetWet (1995) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNv7...

Wet Wet Wet - Julia Says - Top Of The Pops (Exclusive)

YouTube video by GoodnightGirl1

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 5d ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 4 authors, 4 books, 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. The Girls in the Cabin by Caleb Stephens (2023) Cover shows a cabin in the woods with one lighted window and a shadowy figure silhouetted within. Title in white and author's name in yellow (4.0 stars)

Book cover. Why I Love Horror; Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegel Spratford (Non Fic / 2025) Cover shows a large shadowy creature holding onto a young man's hand (4.0 stars)

Book cover. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Classic / 1818) Dover Thrift Edition. Cover shows a man in dark clothing with a walking stick, standing on a mountain top. (TBR)

Book cover. Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (2016) Shows a house on a hilltop, which looks also a bit like a stylized octopus (TBR)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 6d ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 292 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #TheReynoldsGirls (1989) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R1B...

Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack - Top Of The Pops - Thursday 9th March 1989

YouTube video by mymusicfootage

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 6d ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 1 authors, 4 books here, 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker (Classic / 1903) Cover shows a shadowy mummy with a 7-sided star in its mouth (3.5 stars)

Book cover. The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker (Classic Horror / 1902) Cover has blue border on left side and bottom with title and author's name. Centered is a photo of Bram Stoker sitting (4.0 stars)

Book cover. The Lair of the White Worm (1911) & The Lady of the Shroud (1909) by Bram Stoker (Classic Horror) Black cover with titles in white and showing a large worm (TBR)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 291 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #ElvisCostello (1978) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITx5...

Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Rockpalast)

YouTube video by sinfonolamusical

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 4 authors, 4 books here, 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. Kill Creek by Scott Thomas (2017) White cover, title in a red smear, shows a silhouette of a house with two people standing on the 2nd story roof. (TBR)

Book cover. The Voices by F.R. Tallis (2014) Cover shows a door with a keyhole and smoke or a spider web (TBR)

Book cover. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (1985) Cover shows a shadow of a woman as her body seems to be disintegrating (3.0 stars)

Book cover. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886 / Signet Classic) Cover shows a man in a top hat in shadow walking down a street (4.0 stars)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 290 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #EddyGrant (1988) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH2z...

Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna (Live at Nelson Mandela Concert)

YouTube video by EddyGrantOfficial

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. 4 authors, 4 books here, 1 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. The Croquet Player by H.G. Wells (1936) Cover shows a man sitting on a field of croquet hoops, holding a mallet and watched over by two ghosts (TBR)

Book cover. The Other by Thomas Tryon (1971) Cover shows a farmhouse at twilight and in the center, two heads, an old woman and a young boy. (4.5 stars)

Book cover. It's Coming for You, a Collection of Horrors by Donna Trovato (2020 / short stories) Cover shows various inset drawings, all blurry. (4.0 stars)

Book cover. The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (2009) Cover is all words, author's names in gold, title in silver with a red slash down the center. (3.0 stars)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 289 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #Showaddywaddy (1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qigU...

Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love • TopPop

YouTube video by TopPop

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. Two authors, 4 books here, 1 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. To the Devil - a Daughter by Dennis Wheatley (Molly Fountain #1 / 1953) Hard cover, read with gold trim (4.0 stars)

Book cover. The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley (Duke de Richeleau #6 / 1934) Cover shows the devil on a winged horse, holding a cat of 9 tails, and other demons (3.0 stars)

Book cover. Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (Wanderers #1 / 2019) Cover shows a water tower and a dirt road with a person walking down it. (4.5 stars)

Book cover. The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig (2021) Shows a house on a lake with a red tinge, surrounded by pine trees and cloudy skies. One light shines in an upstairs window (TBR)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 288 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #Supertramp (1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmWC...

Take the Long Way Home - Written and Composed by Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)

YouTube video by Roger Hodgson

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · last wk.

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. Three authors, 4 books here, 2 TBR #BookSky

Book cover. Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies by Lindsay Wong (2026 / Can Lit) Cover is green, lettering black and shows death moths. (TBR)

Book cover. Zone One by Colson Whitehead (2011) Black cover, shows a cityscape and in front a man armed with many weapons. (TBR)

Book cover. The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson (1976) Cover is white, hard cover. Title in a black space, of what looks like a tear in the cover. (3.5 stars)

Book cover. The Mind Parasites by Colion Wilson (1967) Cover shows a river and in front a head broken into pieces. (4.0 stars)

Randy Samples💙@randysamples.bsky.social · 2w ago

The president of the United States is a convicted rapist. Republicans want us to forget that.

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 2w ago

💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs Songs from a USB Music I listen to when I'm driving All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily Day 287 #Musicsky 🪐📀 #TheStranglers (1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFO...

The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

YouTube video by stranglersofficial

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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 2w ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks A new theme #Horror. Working by authors, not including graphic novels as I've covered them previously. Today's author is #JohnWyhdham. Known for Sci Fi, also wrote horror. 3 books here, one a TBR #BookSky

Book cover. Web by John Wyndham (1979) Penguin edition, shows a skull with spiders about it and a huge web and behind a man wearing glasses (4.0 stars)

Book cover. Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter by John Wyndham (Short Stories / 1956) Cover shows a futuristic city with space craft flying about (3.5 stars)

Book cover. Jizzle by John Wyndham (Short Stories / 1954) Shows a train on tracks on a barren landscape and above a skull floating. (TBR)

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)@billydee123.bsky.social · 2w ago

💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks #JulyReads Completed 7 books in July so far. These are my 4 favorites #BookSky

Book cover. How to Survive the End of the World, A Graphic Exploration of How to (Maybe) Avoid Extinction by Katy Doughty (2026) Cover shows various extinction events, nuclear, asteroid, pandemic, robots, pollutions, etc. (3.5 stars)

Book cover. Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark (Hor / Hist Fic / 2020) Red cover, shows a Klan hood and black hands in front (5.0 stars)

Book cover. Talk Treaty to Me, Understanding the Basics of Treaties and Land in Canada by Crystal Gail Fraser & Sara Komarnisky (Non Fiction / 2026) Shows red sky and yellow sun and a river with trees. (4.0 stars)

Book cover. The Unquiet Night by Patricia Carlon (Australian Mys / 2001) A woman lying in a field, shows her legs and the bottom of a red skirt. (4.0 stars)