Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I can't believe I omitted the Oxford comma. The shame!! 081
Reposted by Kat BlackJacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026New on the blog today, my thoughts on A FEW GREEN LEAVES by Barbara Pym. A charming, beautifully observed novel, laced with Pym's trademark gentle humour & quiet insights into the social dynamics of village life. A delightful read for #SpinsterSeptember! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/a...jacquiwine.wordpress.comA Few Green Leaves by Barbara PymI love Barbara Pym, an underappreciated writer whose gentle comedies of manners and unrequited love among the genteel middle classes are charming and quietly poignant. She creates an idiosyncratic … 3289
Reposted by Kat BlackSimon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Avoiding the vet box at all costs! 740988
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The detective. DS Miller is laugh out loud funny and very smart, but there's pain beneath the surface. Billingham's plots are always clever (I also like the Tom Thorne series), but if I'm not intrigued by the detective, I usually don't return to a series. 002
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 07/09/2026So many good books. Last week's reads: Daniel Mason's COUNTRY PEOPLE and Ann Patchett's WHISTLER. 💙📚 Now it's Mark Billingham's THE SHADOW STEP--I love a police procedural with a heart. 120
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I unequivocally endorse Dave. Can someone remind me what I'm endorsing him for? 4332
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Am I the only one who's seen the Beatles? god, I'm old. 110
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Finally catching up with the rest of the world, I'm reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. 010
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Here we go: angry young man big bang theory cargo pants happy hour Murphy's Law 000
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 09/08/2026When you call her Mombther, she knows you're serious. 040
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Oracle of the Dump. Do they have to answer a riddle or bring an offering before he dispenses his advice? 100
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I grew up watching him play at Forbes Field and Three Rivers. In fact, this morning's mug 011
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Mary Beard's TALKING CLASSICS: THE SHOCK OF THE OLD. 010
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The Foreigner series is one of my all time favorites. 010
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Wonderful idea! (Urgent to Dave's followers: Is it finally time to stage an intervention??) 120
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I think I got it. Golden Age mysteries as a coping mechanism for grief? Somehow it works. 100
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 14/07/2026That's why you should have packed Sandal. You could be posting pics for the rest of us. 0100
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Pure entertainment this week--EVERYONE IN THIS BANK IS A THIEF by Benjamin Stevenson. Great fun. 010
Reposted by Kat BlackBebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Dammit. Now where the hell did I park my. . . Ah. Found it. 622842234
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I was just thinking the same thing, but now everyone will say I only got a baby wombat because Dave got one. 190
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 28/06/2026in the lives of the victims, enablers, and even the perpetrators. But here's the thing--there are tentacles of hope as well--no easy answers, just hard achieved healing through relationships. I need to rethink a lot of things. 000
Kat Black @katblack51.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I finished John Boyne's The Elements a few days ago and I can't stop thinking about it. The subject matter, child sex abuse and its insidious legacy, could hardly be more grim. The four separate but interlocking stories are a perfect vehicle for exploring the tentacles of abuse 100
