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Miss Bates πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ“šβœοΈ

@missbates.bsky.social

aka Kay, reader, schoolmarm, spinster, Montrealer. Reluctant cook, inept walker. Retiring, but not retired. I support the right to be cold.

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Thank you!

15.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile in Canada πŸ’”

14.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@azteclady.bsky.social Thank you! ❀️

14.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Historical Crime Fiction Review: Philip Kerr’s MARCH VIOLETS (Bernie GuntherΒ #1) Kerr's hardboiled, Nazi-Germany-set murder mystery and metaphor-quipping detective, Gunther, plays the Chandler game and emerges equal to the master.

Historical Crime Fiction Review: Philip Kerr’s MARCH VIOLETS (Bernie GuntherΒ #1)

Kerr's hardboiled, Nazi-Germany-set murder mystery and metaphor-quipping detective, Gunther, plays the Chandler game and emerges equal to the master.

14.02.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it!

13.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

13.02.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like watching My Brilliant Career.

13.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t take my eyeballs from it, though I’m in peak work mode this week!!

12.02.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m watching S1 and I love it!

12.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜•boo to that.

10.02.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you?! We’re getting snow tomorrow.

10.02.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Super cold, but lovely!

10.02.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bright blue clear sky with bare tree tops on the image’s left and right sides.

Bright blue clear sky with bare tree tops on the image’s left and right sides.

Montreal’s morning sky.

09.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too!!

09.02.2026 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favourite novels. Deserves ALL the readers and study.

08.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What??!! For shame.

08.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I second this.

08.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ew.

08.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I loved her books!!!

08.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œUndetectable.” β€œReaders will not care.” I have no words. But I do know @superwendy.bsky.social vintage or trusted authors (countable on one hand) are the only ones to appear on my humble not-AI-generated reviews.

08.02.2026 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is both about time & structured by the protagonist’s journey back in time.

08.02.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Alejo Carpentier’s The Lost Steps.

08.02.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why oh why did we send our Olympic athletes to Italy, with its magnificent fashion sense, looking like red-clad bonhommes wearing fezzes?!? 🫣😱

08.02.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ditto.

07.02.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup.

07.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cory Doctorow’s enshittification: romance too.

07.02.2026 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bleak. Sad.

07.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ«ΆπŸΌπŸ€—

07.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ I think next month’s TBR Challenge theme: vintage should be adjective to every theme!!

07.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wendy’s right & the comments are gold. Romance is flattened & boring. It’s the end of the world as we knew it and I don’t feel great. But I’m going to keep blogging, though my blog is culled by AI daily, because we cranky few have to hold on.

07.02.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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