Reposted by Leila Riley WrightAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Would 100% watch a sitcom in which Cuomo and Dershowitz end up roommates, Dershowitz is denied a pierogi every episode in exactly the same way, and Cuomo runs for successively lower-stakes office each week, only to lose again. 2186496899
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightDak @dak.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Avoid difficult conversations by sitting at the bottom of a swimming pool. 913217
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Thank you! 1985, Southern California, steeped in The Clash and Bukowski. 000
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Oh! Can't wait to listen to this one. 010
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025As usual, Fiona McFarlane's gifts astonished me with 'The Sun Walks Down'. I read the physical book. 020
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025'Our Evenings' by Alan Hollinghurst was languorous and delightful company, as read by Prasanna Puwanarajah. 120
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025I found Belinda Probert's 'Bill's Secrets' respectful approach in uncovering her father's history quite poignant. I got the physical book from Upswell Publishing Australia. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Holly Brickley's 'Deep Cuts' is a music lover's deep dive, a love story, and a hoot. I read the physical book. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Jessica Stanley delivers with 'Consider Yourself Kissed', a beautifully written love story that weaves in current affairs and contemporary challenges for women and mothers. I listened to the audiobook narrated by the fabulous Lydia Leonard. 110
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025I also enjoyed the audio production of Ashley Kalagian Blunt's 'Like Follow Die', a compelling story told exceedingly well and exposing current societal fissures in a clear (and terrifying) way. 110
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Wow, I read/listened to some great books in June. My favourite for this month (and possibly this year) is Catherine Chidgey's amazing 'The Book of Guilt' which I read a physical copy of. #BookSky 250
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Things are so dire that I found this hilarious. 030
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Incredible aerial scene from San Diego where a massive crowd of 20,000+ protesters are marching through the streets for the No Kings Day rally against Donald Trump. 161678212
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice. 645251575933
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty. 21465540217607
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightEric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities. 25975646016806
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I can imagine. Still, many congratulations. 210
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightAbe & Eddie @abdecker.bsky.social · 03/06/2025"Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!" A must-read article with astute insights from @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social and others on why it's best to avoid AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at homeIs artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it 053
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it 672152304190
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2025I’m embarrassed that it is only 63%. 031
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Credit Marisa Kabas @washingtonpost.com 020
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I don't wish to dump on any writer—I know how hard it is—if I didn't like a book or didn't finish it, I say nothing at all. #booksky 040
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The books I mention in my monthly round-up are books I would recommend. I DNF others that received rave reviews as thrillers (or 'TikTok favourite!') and all three deeply disappointed me. #booksky 130
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025'Eileen' by Ottessa Moshfegh is a dark psychological thriller in the mode of Patricia Highsmith. Set in 1960s Massachusetts, Eileen is a pretty unlikeable narrator whose intense point-of-view makes it impossible to look away. #booksky 110
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025'We All Live Here' by Jojo Moyes is a breezy, character-driven domestic tale that satisfyingly brings home the themes of forgiveness and the importance of family. A balm for the soul. #booksky 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025'Elena Knows' by Argentinan crime writer Claudia Piñeiro is a powerful mystery that explores disability, caregiving, agency and messy familial love. A slim novel that packs a big punch. #booksky 110
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025'Highway Thirteen' is a collection of linked stories by my new favourite author Fiona McFarlane. They orbit around a serial killer's crimes (think Ivan Milat) but focus on the victims, the greater impact of the crimes, and the weird ways we as society deal with evil. McFarlane is a master. #booksky 220
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Harriet Walter, who has played many of Shakepeare's woman, has imagined speeches for them, exploring their deeper feelings and motivations. I actually preferred the sections preceding her imaginative takes, where Walter discusses the characters, the plays and her experiences on stage. #booksky 160
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Today in San Diego (courtesy of a friend) - 0263
Reposted by Leila Riley WrightJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/04/2025While doing some research, I stumbled across this great listing of YA books on Japanese internment in WWII, which feels like good reading for today's kids, so, I'm sharing. densho.org/catalyst/you...densho.orgDive into These YA Books on the Wartime Incarceration of Japanese Americans - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese InternmentHere are some new and classic books on Japanese American incarceration during WWII for young adult readers. 471592464
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Helen Garner occupies the same corner in my brain as Joan Didion - two clear-eyed observers who could write about anything and I would read it. This is a beautiful book about boys growing into men, ageing, love and loss, community and joy. It is about bearing witness, and about being a writer. 020
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Careless People, the memoir that Meta tried to stop (thus ensuring its best-seller status) is a fantastic read. Sarah Wynn-Williams is a great storyteller with an eye for the absurd. The details shared in this book reflect the dangerous technocratic era we are living in. 140
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Kerry Anderson's WIP, The Women of Parker's Flat, is set in rural Victoria and centres around a businesswoman and her intuitive daughter. It is an exploration and celebration of bush women, now and in the past, and has the warmth of a Fiona Palmer novel with a dash of Picnic at Hanging Rock. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I adored Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence. It's clear that Coe had a wonderful time devising this clever, fun and engrossing political thriller/cosy mystery/detective novel/memoir/brilliant satire. Highly recommended. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Rachel Khong's Real Americans is a real feat - three POVs, a moving timeline, and a mystery at its core. This complex story kept my attention though the ending left me a little flat. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025From the first paragraph, All Fours by Miranda July had me hooked, but as the story progressed and got progressively weirder, I was less engaged. Still, I would recommend All Fours to particular people, but not generally. What I admired most about it was July's courage as a writer. 140
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Kerry Anderson's WIP,The Women of Parker's Flat, is set in rural Victoria and centres around a businesswoman and her intuitive daughter. It is an exploration and celebration of bush women, now and in the past, and has the warmth of a Fiona Palmer novel with a dash of Picnic at Hanging Rock. 010
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I adored Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence. It's clear that Coe had a wonderful time devising this clever, fun and engrossing political thriller/cosy mystery/detective novel/memoir/brilliant satire. Highly recommended. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Rachel Khong's Real Americans is a real feat - three POVs, a moving timeline, and a mystery at its core. This complex story kept my attention though the ending left me a little flat. 100
Leila Riley Wright @leilawrightwrites.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Yes, that screenshot is from Query Tracker. 100
