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G @therealg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My wife, Brandy, and some friends host this on Instagram - online book sale tonight at 6:30 CT along with some fun chat… #BookSky 💙📚 www.instagram.com/p/DeZxPHao_1...

Books, Banter & Besties 10/12/26 6:30 CT

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeZxPHao_1k/?psln=MWpqcDE2YTJwcHl3eA==

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Starting the last of this obscure trilogy my wife found for me… #BookSky 💙📚

Photo of cover of The Return Of The King by J.R.R. Tolkien…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Started this a while back and have been slowing reading through it - finished it today. #BookSky 💙📚

Photo of cover of Paul Harvey’s The Rest Of The Story: Destiny by Paul Harvey, Jr.

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Anyone read these? Have seen a ton of them in antique/thrift stores and had just mention to Brandy, my wife, that if I ever found the “A” one I would pick it up…found at a thrift store up here in Maine (on vacation) yesterday…I’ve never seen the low letter (A, B, C, etc.) ones before… #BookSky 📚💙

Photo of cover of A Is For Alibi by Sue Grafton…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Started up The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin today…anyone remember this from childhood? It was a Newbery Winner from 1978. I think I read it in early 80s but don’t remember anything about it…it’s a whodunit that you get to play along with - don’t spoil it if you remember it! #BookSky 💙📚

Photo of cover of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Started this one a while back and it got shuffled under some other books…it’s great… #BookSky 💙📚 #70sMusic #80sMusic #DonnyOsmond

Photo of cover of Donny Osmond’s autobiography Life Is Just What You Make It…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Never had any of those (read a few, methinks) but had/still have these that you’d buy through the weekly/monthly Scholastic Arrow Book Club flyers you’d get in elementary school…

Photo of collection of TwistAPlot books…

Photo of Find Your Fate Books (Indiana Jones)…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Started this one fresh yesterday…I really liked this one from 1987 but never completed it…maybe I got busy at 15 and decided different things were priority 🤣 #C64 #Commodore64 #Commodore

Photo of cover of Legacy Of The Ancients game folder…

Photo of back cover of Legacy Of The Ancients game folder…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Starting over on Moebius after 40 years… #C64 #Commodore64 #Commodore

Photo of Moebius game box and C64 monitor…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Here are my Emergency toys (they look like they need some Ringer’s lactate!) or what’s left of them from the 70s…and the board game…RIP Randolph Mantooth (and another part of my childhood)

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@charleshawn66.bsky.social Finally broke down and bought a Commodore 64 - I’m back, baby!! Hope all is well with you!

Photo of Commodore 64, disk drive, & monitor…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I’m back, Baby!! Just bought a Commodore 64 and was testing it quickly on the TV to be sure it worked - seems like my original games still work so I’ll be back in the 80s games soon - can’t wait!! #Commodore64 #C64

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My Domino Rally set from the 80s!!

Photo of cover of Domino Rally set from the 1980s…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Started this obscure book last night for my second ever read through… #BookSky 💙📚

Photo of cover of The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Started up this one by @paultremblay.bsky.social last night…how many of you have read this one? #Booksky 📚💙

Photo of cover of Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Read this as part of If It Bleeds by Uncle @stephenking.bsky.social but this is a neat standalone, movie tie-in hardback…won’t take long… (also is a flip book which is cool 😎) #Booksky 📚💙 #StephenKing

Photo of cover of The Life Of Chuck by Stephen King…standalone, movie tie-in hardback…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Started this one up a few days ago and just can’t put it down…Al Pacino is such a complicated person by his telling… #Booksky 📚💙 #AlPacino

Photo of cover of Al Pacino’s autobiography, Sonny Boy…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Started this one up today…still have my original Thriller cassette from 1982 and did watch the Motown 25 special in 1983…pop music forever pivoted on that day… #MichaelJackson #BookSky 📚💙 #80s #Music #80sMusic

Photo of cover of Moonwalk by Michael Jackson…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Starting this one up today - let’s get me back…to the future!! #MichaelJFox #80s #booksky 📚💙

Photo of the cover of Future Boy by Michael J. Fox…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@rolandofgilead19.bsky.social Not sure if you’ve read this but it’s pretty good and funny (like Joe Abercrombie weaves in humor) - been listening to it on Spotify - like the narrator…I think it’s a trilogy (only 2 out, methinks)…

Screenshot of cover of Nicholas Eames’s novel, Kings Of The Wyld…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Excited to finally get started on this @joeabercrombie.com that came out last May 😬 (but I was still on my “thrift only” books) - also a picture of me and the man himself, a new young voice of fantasy, 20 years running, at a book reading & signing… #booksky 📚💙

Photo of the cover of Joe Abercrombie’s novel, The Devil’s…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

May have read a few at school but these are the ones I purchased in the early/mid 80s…same thing…

Picture of Indiana Jones Choose Your Fate books…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Excited to finally get started on this @joe-hill.bsky.social that came out in October, I received for Christmas but was still on my “thrift only” books… #booksky 📚💙

Photo of cover of Joe Hill’s, King Sorrow…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Reading Truly by Lionel Richie; not really watching anything this weekend…how about you, G?

Photo of book cover: Truly by Lionel Richie…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Next up is Lionel Richie’s autobiography, Truly, that my wife got me for Christmas - can’t wait!! #booksky 📚💙 #80s #music #80sMusic

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Just finished my 2nd book of the year - great travel back through video game history!! #booksky 📚💙 #retro #gaming #retrogaming

Photo of book cover: Retro Gaming: A Byte-Sized History Of Video Games by Mike Diver

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Came across mine last year at my Mom’s…also had the board game…

1970’s Emergency! toys - a little worse for the wear…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Books I read in 2025 - 34 paper, 44 audio…all paper books came from #thriftstore or #antiquestore - read a ton of new authors (for me) and a lot of “not my genre” type books - was a great year & I’ll definitely do this plan again!! #booksky 📚💙

2025 Books Finished

1. Faller - Will McIntosh
Audio
2. Horror Movie - Paul Tremblay
Paper
3. Arthas: Rise Of The Lich King - Christie Golden
Audio
4. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
Paper
5. From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsbur, Paper

6. Open - Andre Agassi
Paper
7. The Neverending Story - Michael Ende
Audio
8. Ghost Camera - Darcy Coates
Audio
9. Bones Don't Lie - Melinda Leigh
Audio
10. Murder Beyond The Grave - James Patterson
Audio
11. Harriet The Spy - Louise Fitzhugh
Audio
12. The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
Paper
13. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Audio
14. The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen
Paper
15. The Gift - Danielle Steel
Paper
16. The Return - Nicholas Sparks
Audio
17. To Sir, With Love - E. R. Braithwaite
Paper
18. The Last Honest Woman - Nora Roberts
Paper
19. Dance To The Piper - Nora Roberts
Paper
20. We Were Liars - E. Lockhart
Audio
21. Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben
Paper
22. The Keeper Of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
Audio
23. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Paper
24. All The Ugly And Wonderful Things - Bryn Greenwood
Audio
25. Before I Go To Sleep - S.J. Watson
Audio
26. How Happiness Happens - Max Lucado
Paper
27. The Secret Life Of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
Audio
28. Camber Of Culdi - Katherine Kurtz
Paper
29. Bowling - Joan Martin
Paper
30. The Girl Who Chased The Moon - Sarah Addison Allen
Audio
31. Down And Across - Arvin Ahmadi
Audio
32. Chicken Soup For The Golfer's Soul - Various
Paper
33. Star Wars: E3 Revenge Of The Sith - Matthew Stover
Audio
34. Ashes To Ashes - Tami Hoag
Paper
35. All The Missing Girls - Megan Miranda
Audio
36. Autobiography Of A Face - Lucy Grealy
Audio
37. The Book Of Murdock - Loren D. Estleman
Audio
38. The Alienist (abridged) - Caleb Carr
Audio
39. The Pine Tar Game - Filip Bondy
Paper

2025 Books Finished

40. Encyclopedia Brown Saves The Day - Donald J. Sobol
Paper
41. Dangerous Personalities - Joe Navarro
Audio
42. The Big Book Of 30 Day Challenges - Rosanna Casper
Audio
43. Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger
Paper
44. Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
Audio
45. A Father..A Son..And A Three-Mile Run - Keith J. Leenhouts
Paper
46. Craven Manor - Darcy Coates
Audio
47. Star Wars: E4 A New Hope (abridged) - George Lucas
Audio
48. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis
Paper
49. How I Play Golf (abridged) - Tiger Woods
Audio
50. William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back - Ian Doescher
Paper
51. Eat & Run - Scott Jurek
Audio
52. The Borrowers - Mary Norton
Audio
53. Harlequin's Romantic Short Stories (2nd Anthology) - Various
Paper
54. Everything We Keep - Kerry Lonsdale
Audio
55. The Plumed Serpent - Anabel Murray
Paper
56. Tarik's Mountain - Dana James
Paper
57. Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller
Audio
58. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
Audio
59. The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Audio
60. Dead Men Can't Complain + Other Stories - Peter Clines
Audio
61. From The Outside - Ray Allen (with Michael Arkush)
Audio
62. Return Of The Jedi - James Kahn
Paper
63. Everything Happens For A Reason - Kate Bowler
Audio
64. Ralph S. Mouse - Beverly Cleary
Paper
65. An Imperfect Hero - Jo Morrison
Paper
66. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Audio
67. The Sea Of Monsters - Rick Riordan
Audio
68. Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Revisited - adapted by Walter B. Gibson
Paper
69. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
Audio
70. Dark In Death - J.D. Robb
Paper
71. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara Robinson
Paper
72. The Battle Of The Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
Audio
73. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
Audio
74. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Paper
75. Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben
Audio
76. An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison
Audio
y7. Christmas Journeys (Four Festive Holiday Romances) - 4 Authors
Paper
78. The Holy Bible (KJV) - Bible App
Audio

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Found mine earlier this year along with the Twist-A-Plot books…

Photo of covers of 4 books: all Indiana Jones Find Your Fate books from the 80s…

Photo of 7 books: Twist-A-Plot books from the 80s…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…not thrifted and I read it every year…but have never read this copy…’tis the season!! #AChristmasCarol 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo of book cover: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…a few more festive Harlequin stories…’tis the season!! 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo of book cover: Christmas Journeys, Four Festive Holiday Romances by Emma Richmond, Catherine George, Lynsey Stevens, and Kay Gregory…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…it’s a re-read that I found but ‘tis the season! Anyone remember/like this one? 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo of book cover: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@joeleypants.bsky.social Cranked this bad boy on Monday in practice but it’s my personal high…

Photo of bowling scoreboard showing 231 score…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…first time reading J.D. Robb - it’s a little weird but 🤷‍♂️ Anyone read any of these in the “___ in Death” series? I think this is #46… 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo of cover: J.D. Robb’s book, Dark In Death…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…found this one yesterday (overpaid but whatevs) - that’s the signpost up ahead - your next stop, The Twilight Zone!! 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo: cover of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Revisited book…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…the last of my 4/$1 #harlequin romance books I picked up previously…this is a Harlequin Temptation 🤔 🌶️📚 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photograph - cover of An Imperfect Hero by Jo Morrison…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…wasn’t a reader when I was a kid so picked this up - anyone remember this one… 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo - cover of Beverly Cleary’s Ralph S. Mouse…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo of the cover of the novelization of Return Of The Jedi by James Kahn…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…who has read this? Anyone remember the commercials that used to play in the 1980’s for this book? (See below)… 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore

Photo of cover of L. Ron Hubbard’s book, Dianetics…

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G @therealg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Next up in my 2025 thrift store only reading finds…another Harlequin Romance (got 4/$1)- LFG!!…who has read any Harlequin’s? C’mon, now…let’s hear it! #Harlequin #RomanceSky 📚💙 #booksky #books #thriftstore #antiquestore 🌶️📚

Photo of cover of Tarik’s Mountain by Dana James…

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