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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Guess who's the better human being, more popular in death that Muskolini is right now.

ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On the last Sunday of the month it's time for a few short #BookReviews! Each month I do some @Nancy_Pearl -inspired explanations of unenjoyed books; some @NathanBurgoine -inspired quick takes on enjoyed ones. This month's crop is here: expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/08/sept...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the last Sunday of the month it's time for a few short #BookReviews! Some @nancypearl.bsky.social-inspired explanations of unenjoyed books; some @nathanburgoine.bsky.social-inspired quick takes on enjoyed ones. This month's crop is here: expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/08/sept...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

BEGINNING MIDDLE END, Valeria Luiselli speaks infrequently but always eloquently via @aaknopf.bsky.social Her first novel in seven years is worth the wait and then some...and on the 2026 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction. #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/07/begi...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Other Press's National Book Award for Translated Literature-nominated PURE MEN, Prix Goncourt-winning Senegalese author MOHAMED MBOUGAR SARR's récit of homophobia's viciousness. Translator Lara Vergnaud works her magic again! 🌈📚 #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/06/pure...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

They literally *told*us*in*writing* what the plan was.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is the most ass-backwards way the US has functioned internally in the past EIGHTY years. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Black Lagoon fiasco still doesn't distract from the fact he's started wars to keep citizens from discovering how deeply enmeshed he is in the #EpsteinFiles.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

@summitbooks.bsky.social brought SYMPATHY TOWER TOKYO by Japanese Akutagawa-Prize winner RIE QUDAN (and translated by Jesse Kirkwood) this week. It's very timely-so very deep-not very lovable to me, but super-trenchant. #NationalTranslationMonth #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/09/symp...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

One of the most apt titles of any #WITMonth read *ever*: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, tr. Michele Hutchison: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2022/08/augu...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@coffeehousepress.bsky.social likes Juan Cárdenas a lot and has for a while. The Devil of the Provinces by Juan Cárdenas & translated by Lizzie Davis came out in 2024. #WITMonth #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2024/09/edel...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#WITMonth mystery stories, like RED TIDE by IRMA VENTER (translated by Karin Schimke), are good dip-your-toe reads for those not sure about reading translations. #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/usin...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#WITMonth group reviews...the ones I call "Burgoines" for @nathanburgoine.bsky.social , who introduced me to the concept, has five good ideas for reads: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2024/08/augu...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It's the last Sunday of the month...time for a few short #BookReviews! Some @nancypearl.bsky.social-inspired explanations of unenjoyed books; some @nathanburgoine.bsky.social-inspired quick takes on enjoyed ones. This month's crop is here: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/07/july...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

When did the conversation get so flippin' twisted? Oh right...when the US President became a rapist and pedophile. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles #RapistPedoTrump #EpsteinFiles

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

BALSAM KARAM (with Translator Saskia Vogel) writes feminist novels using pieces of the SFF toolkit to great effect without writing either SF or F in EVENT HORIZON (out now) and THE SINGULARITY (2024) via @feministpress.bsky.social: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/07/bals...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#ReleaseEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles Your voice matters. If it didn't, "They" wouldn't tell you to shut up.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I did too, and was *sure* he'd be climbing the charts with that one. *sigh* And was just as certain US readers would batten on SECOND BEST. *deeper sigh*

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My 13.5-year-old blog (expendablemudge.blogspot.com) has, as of today, reached a cumulative lifetime viewership total of 3,000,430. Stick with it and they will come? Persevere and people will notice? Whatever, whichever, however it worked, I'm right pleased with my results. #Booksky

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It's the last Sunday of #PrideMonth Time for a few short #BookReviews! Each month I do some @nancypearl.bsky.social-inspired explanations of unenjoyed books; some @nathanburgoine.bsky.social-inspired quick takes on enjoyed ones. This month's crop is here: expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/06/june...

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#EpsteinFiles scare the upper layer of scum so much they're willing to sacrifice human lives to keep you from demanding their release. NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT #ReleaseAllEpsteinFiles.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Keep yapping about the #EpsteinFiles. "They" really want their criminal/immortal/embarrassing sexual abuse of young girls to go away. Refuse to allow it to.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm always tempting you with my "Use your gift cards on this" series of reviews. The DRC aggregators have supplied excellent, trenchant non-fiction reads abundantly, like these: expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/usin...

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