In December and January I typically read books that my buddies (librarians and booksellers) thought were great but I didn’t get around to. Just finished C Pam Zhang’s Land of Milk and Honey and it was incredible. Reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim now and then will read North Woods by Daniel Mason. What were your best reads published this year? #AmReading#BestBooksOf2023#Bookstodon@bookstodon @librarians
ICYMI: In this recent blog post, I talk about my upcoming book, "The Spiral and The Threads" and how it "completes" The Nod/Wells Timelines. Give it a read!
I didn't read a huge amount in November, but I finished the ATY reading challenge and some fantastic books.
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 5/5
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 5/5
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 4/5
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab 4/5
Starter Villain by John Scalzi 3/5 #books#bookstodon@bookstodon
#CurrentlyReading Sarah Denzil's One for Sorrow. Diving into this psychological thriller before moving on to my planned holiday read: Legends and Lattes.
What book are you planning to immerse yourself in this holiday season? I'd love to know so I can also add them to my TBR list. 😊
The Challenges of Being Me comes out tomorrow! This is a coming of age #novel dealing with the challenges of not knowing who you are, yet still supposed to project confidence about yourself to those around you.
I’m excited about this book coming out and would love for you to join me on this journey
"In those streets everyone moved faster than me, but what they didn’t know was that I had already moved too fast, too far, and wished to travel no further."
Gaspery Roberts, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
My whole life I’ve been into geography and yet — after 50+ trips around the Sun — it was like two weeks ago that I learned that Appalachia is pronounced Appa-LATCH-ia … not Appa-LAY-chia 🤦🏾♂️
Also, Y’ALL (Young Appalachian Leaders and Learners) apparently got issues with JD Vance’s best-selling #book “Hillbilly Elegy”
Could horror be exactly the right kind of fiction for the holidays? "Whether the festive season makes you happy or miserable, you can read about people who are (hopefully) in more immediate and serious trouble than you," argues author Erika Johansen. She selects 10 slow-build tales, from "The Terror," by Dan Simmons, which will get you through a long plane ride, to "The Witching Hour," the only Anne Rice she's ever liked.
Have you written a #holiday book and would you like to promote it in December? I'm booking guests for the #WriteTalkWednesday show and would love to chat with and promote holiday books (any winter holiday or winter-themed).
Today's release: Aaron Frale's queer LitRPG fantasy: My Three-Year-Old is a Barbarian and Other Parenting Problems.
Necromantic rituals, murderous ogres, battle-scarred rangers: not a typical Saturday detention for unsuspecting teaching assistant, Petra, and her delinquent teen charges. The Beaverton High School Breakfast Club...
Today's review! Barnabas Bopwright Saves the City by J. Marshall Freeman:
"Excellent writing, believable, relatable characters, a delightful coming-of-age story... Filled with adventure and angst, and a lovely cast of characters who were relatable, believable, and very charming."
Roberto Saviano, el hombre en la diana de la Mafia, recuerda al juez Falcone
El autor publica 'Los valientes están solos’ (Anagrama), una biografía novelada del malogrado juez que tiene la friolera de 60 páginas de bibliografía, por si a alguien se le ocurre pensar que ha inventado algo