Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Also in May I read these two very different dystopian novels. 📚 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026My May reads are “prep” for upcoming Ireland trip. Books and travel: my two favourite things 😎 130
Reposted by Freda JohnsonLucas J.W. Johnson 🏳️🌈 @lucasjwjohnson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Our game Greenhearth Necromancer is out now! I am so proud of what this team was able to put together over the last few years. A lovely story, deep gameplay, beautiful visuals; something very different than we've ever done before. Please check it out! Tell your friends! 🌱🔮💀🐝 12610
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Four of my reads in April. All worth reading. 📚😍 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Independent Bookstore Day (last Saturday) is always a treat at my “local” @bookwarehouse.bsky.social on Main Street. 📚😍 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026In 1950’s Tehran, Ellie and Homa become best friends at age 7. They and the country go through tremendous upheaval. Strong female characters and excellent detail on history, culture, food and life in Tehran, and then the immigrant experience in 1980s NYC. I liked the story but thought it overwritten 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026On our way to Cairo I read “Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller,” a great memoir of the author, her sister and friend starting the Diwan bookstore. While in Cairo we went to the flagship store in Zamalek neighbourhood and I bought Beer in the Snooker Club, which I’ve just read. Perfect reading journey. 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The latest in one of my favourite series is a page tuner as always. #MarchMysteryMadness 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This was a delightful cozy taking place on a fictional Gulf Island in BC that was very atmospheric, and involved butlers solving the murder. I’ll read more in this series. #MarchMysteryMadness 020
Reposted by Freda JohnsonLucas J.W. Johnson 🏳️🌈 @lucasjwjohnson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026It's Steam Next Fest, and Greenhearth Necromancer has a brand new updated demo! If you check it out today or tomorrow and leave us a positive review it goes a LONG WAY -- Steam will promote the games that do well in the first 2 days of Next Fest! store.steampowered.com/app/4049130/... 0196
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Our book club read this month was a compelling, beautifully written atmospheric story of the complexities of teaching in a remote northern Vancouver Island Indigenous community, the power of story. A novel of heart break and hope. Highly recommend! 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Volume II ends with even more of a cliffhanger. More of reliving one day over and over, and yet completely different from volume I. So brilliant. 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This recent phenomenon in the book world lives up to the hype. Just finished it and I’m off to find volume II because I can’t wait! 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I haven’t read this book for almost 50 years (!) so with the upcoming movie I thought I’d revisit it. I remembered nothing except an impression of gothic romance, which turns out to be barely half the tale. I can’t wait to see what director Emerald Fennell makes of this story! 000
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This tome of a memoir took some time, but I was hooked from the beginning. Full of details of life, the writing process, the growth of Canadian literature scene, travel, birds, all fascinating, and told with candor and humour. Makes me want to revisit what I’ve read and search out what I haven’t. 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026My first read of 2026 is as beautiful and powerful as everyone says. Just read it. 130
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I haven’t been here for a while. Time to get back. Here’s my 2025 year in reading: I read 88 books: 45 fiction, 19 mysteries, 6 NF, 4 memoir, 2 sci-fi, 2 fantasy, 5 children & YA, 4 graphic novels and 1 play. One of my faves was this one. 📚 130
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Still thinking about the wonderful week @writersfest.bc.ca and the 10 excellent, thought provoking and fun events I took in, as I happily delve into my pile of new reads 📚 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Front of the room for my favourite event of a week of fantastic events @writersfest.bc.ca 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I’ve never had front row seats! This was a compelling and comprehensive discussion on Writing in America today @writersfest.bc.ca excellently moderated. 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We (readers) all miss hearing Eleanor Wachtel on CBC radio. Thank you @writersfest.bc.ca for bringing her to the festival. It was a wonderful interview with the incomparable Miriam Toews. 041
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025The addition of a harpist at Gems of the Emerald Isle @writersfest.bc.ca was beautiful 😍 041
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Last night’s opening event at the @writersfest.bc.ca was inspiring, moving, funny and hopeful. A brilliant start to my favourite week of the year 😍📚 071
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Kyiv 1919 was a chaotic time of political turmoil. Kirkov’s wry, dry humour perfectly captures the time, place and characters. First in a new mystery series. 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Just finished, and loved, the new novel by @jesswalter.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing him at @writersfest.bc.ca this fall. 040
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025My 55th read of the year is this excellent graphic memoir I can’t recommend highly enough. 5 stars ⭐️ @georgetakei.bsky.social is an actor & civil rights activist extraordinaire and both this and his earlier memoir, They Call Us Enemy, should be required reading. 040
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 15/07/2025What a rollicking set of adventure/romance stories with wonderful historical details these books are. Can’t wait for the next one! @alisongoodman.bsky.social has cleverly used the “invisibility” of women of a certain age that allows her intrepid twin sisters to fight horrid restrictions. 5 ⭐️ 030
Reposted by Freda JohnsonSilverstring Media 🌱💀🐝 @silverstringmedia.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Want to *hear* the latest about Greenhearth Necromancer? We've got a devlog for you! 🎵 In this month's devlog, we learn more about the sound & audio design from audio director @dmvibe.bsky.social himself. Plus: a brand new song visualizer! ✨ store.steampowered.com/news/app/212...store.steampowered.comGreenhearth Necromancer - The Sounds of Settling - Steam NewsAs the evening sun sets on the concrete balconies of a brutalist apartment building, let's listen in... 175
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I’m so glad this was one of the books I picked up at the recent @writersfest.bc.ca fundraiser book sale. Thank you @dannyramadan.com for trusting us with your extraordinary story: excellent writing and I really liked the structure too. 071
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025This powerful, taut and expansive novel had me appreciating rural police work to a much greater extent. Unsung heroes. Another extraordinary story from @marinaendicott.bsky.social one of my favourite authors. 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A sweet MG novel about friendship between unlikely characters and personal acceptance/growth. Beautifully illustrated. Highly recommend. 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Historical fiction account of Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval, 16th century noblewoman, forced by her guardian to sail to Canada with her maid, abandoned by her guardian with maid and “husband” on a deserted island. Her survival was miraculous. Well written; another woman who should be known. 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Followed up Standard Deviation with this delightful and heartfelt novel by the same author. I will now read *anything* by her! 010
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This was a laugh-out-loud funny, smart, heartfelt novel. Highly recommend! 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025On Independent Bookstore Day, I love that my local independent bookstore gives a surprise gift with purchases of a certain amount. 📚😎 @bookwarehouse.bsky.social 041
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025This biography of American Elizabeth Packard, committed to an insane asylum in 1860, for the audacity of thinking for herself and expressing her views, should be required history reading, especially in the U.S. She went on to get changes made to the laws. A remarkable woman, largely unknown. 020
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025This Booker winner is a beautifully written meditation on the wonders of our world as seen from above by astronauts on a space station, orbiting the planet 16 times in a day. Not much happens; we are compelled to linger in contemplation. 030
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025My #MarchMysteryMadness was a delight of great mysteries. Booksky.club/mystery📚⚡️ 120
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025February reads - a most compelling nonfiction that paired well with Demon Copperhead (from January) Booksky.club/main 📚💙 1111
Freda Johnson @fredajohnson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025January reads - an awesome start to the year! Booksky.club/main 📚💙 080
