All I’ll say is the day absolutely went downhill from here and maybe someday it’ll be a wild story to tell but for now I am exhausted on every possible level 🫠

Spent the morning watching a group of 4-to-6-year-olds play soccer and it was the cutest thing ever, highly recommend

I look at everything from THE SHEIK to TWILIGHT, all beautifully illustrated and small enough to fit in a purse. It's perfect for starting a book club (hell, I might start one myself). Pre-orders help a ton so consider purchasing now. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/krist...

Intergalactic Mixtape is live and filled with excellent thoughts and opinions, and most importantly: recs. :D

What I’m promising you all tomorrow.. three fake engagements is too many they said… put down those tropes with your hands up, they said…

Wrote about the apparent end of Neil Gaiman's TV empire, something that I (along with a lot of other people, I'm sure) have a lot of complicated feelings about! consequence.net/2026/05/neil...

I reviewed Dutton Ranch, which does a sufficient job of washing away the bitter aftertaste of Yellowstone's slapdash final season. Turns out giving the two best characters their own spin-off that isn't solely written by Taylor Sheridan can result in some decent TV!

it's aapi month so let me tell you about this book that is a very, very funny look at growing up as a first gen Indian American kid through the lens of a 2000s teen rom com www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

Peeps! I have arisen from my social media slumber (again 😅) to come promote my new article with Fansplaining! Super excited for this to be out as it's been in the works for a while now. 5,000 words. African fandom deep dive. Language capital. Decolonialism. Let's go! 🚀

this is an actual Bluesky Rule: if you have ever so much as exchanged a single like, you are required to hold up the book in the shop and say "hey my friend wrote this"

FROM is the best show. This interview was great.

I spoke with #From star Hannah Cheramy on Julie stress-testing her storywalker abilities this week, that haircut scene that should make every fan sit up and take notice, and more:

If you became as obsessed with #Neighbors as I did, you might want to know that Season 2 of HBO and A24's wildest-ever docuseries is officially in production — I spoke with creators, directors, and EPs Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford for the exclusive details:

very good news!! i loved this series

My book comes out in the US today. If you spot her, say hi? www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/danai...

Widow’s Bay deserves six seasons and a movie

WE GOT NIA DACOSTA!!!!! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...

This is an “and” and not a “but”: It’s fascinating that this show has been so attention-grabbing on HBO, because the thrust of it is pure Discovery networks—ID and so forth have a metric ton of these shows that chronicle beefs, fights, self-styled weirdos.

I spoke with #From star Hannah Cheramy on Julie stress-testing her storywalker abilities this week, that haircut scene that should make every fan sit up and take notice, and more:

If you became as obsessed with #Neighbors as I did, you might want to know that Season 2 of HBO and A24's wildest-ever docuseries is officially in production — I spoke with creators, directors, and EPs Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford for the exclusive details:

this Word Suitcase is about "songe-creux," "pipe dream," my writing process, and, of course, romance novels www.feliciadavin.com/pipes-and-ot...

guys it's Sunday morning could we maybe have a couple of hours of pleasant chitchat before we dive straight into political doom again

Getting to talk to Caitríona Balfe about Outlander coming to an end for Elle was such a privilege (from one Fraser to another) www.elle.com/culture/movi...

The cover dropped last night so I can finally share this! It's a real treat to illustrate the covers for @zoeydraven.bsky.social's 'Brides of the Kylorr' series. I am in my element. Many thanks of course to Regina Flath at Del Rey Books 🖤🦇

this week, what does transformative mean anyway? please enjoy j9's David Attenborough earrings in honour of his 100th birthday. newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/make...

Hot off the digital press, it's issue #52 of Intergalactic Mixtape!

One thing I was thinking about incorporating into my newsletter (once I become less of a flop about posting to it) is author interviews, so I guess my general question is: would people be interested in author interviews on Kissing Books? 👀

No joke, Wishbone is how I read The Odyssey before I read The Odyssey

I had a great conversation with Margo's Got Money Troubles makeup dept head Erin Ayanian Monroe, hair dept head Jaime Leigh McIntosh, costume designer Mirren Gordon-Crozier and prosthetics designer Jason Collins for Elle www.elle.com/culture/movi...

I was already on board with Widow's Bay thanks to the killer one-two punch of Katie Dippold + Hiro Murai, but the game cabinet jokes had me and @thespencerperry.bsky.social ROLLING

And also, I would add, lots of Emmy nominations. I’ve only seen what’s been released, but each episode is better than the next.

Widow’s Bay deserves six seasons and a movie

I really wouldn't have predicted that in this life, I would write a #longread about THREE BAGS FULL, the sheep mystery novel that blew up on Bluesky in 2023 and inspired THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, but here we are. @fansplaining.bsky.social made it happen.

I think it’s bad that the social internet has been reduced to short clips of the full version of things, and creatives will suffer even more because of this demand.

I was already on board with Widow's Bay thanks to the killer one-two punch of Katie Dippold + Hiro Murai, but the game cabinet jokes had me and @thespencerperry.bsky.social ROLLING

Spoke with Catalina Sandino Moreno about Tabitha's most brutal loss in #From so far, how she even prepared to tackle those emotional scenes, what that character death sets up about Season 4's biggest theme, and more:

Egwene, Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha.

okay but also I would bring back Television Without Pity and pay people exorbitant wages to write 14-page analytical essays on every episode of the things I like

This month’s #RomanceColumn has pirates and princesses and Faerie lords, oh my! Books reviewed: Rears and Vices by E.M. Caro, Stay for a Spell by Amy Coombe, and Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan. (Gift link)

As the man once sang, "Now the more I get connected, the less I know who I am"

Netflix’s #ManOnFire reboot is a satisfying action thriller binge that gets even better as its main conspiracy builds, with an absolutely incendiary lead performance from Yahya Abdul-Mateen II:

It's our launch day—so of course we had to start things off with a bang. 😎 Editor (& footnote lover) @lincodega.com goes deep on The Pitt and the elements that make it ripe for fanfic. (With a little critique of all those bad Pitt fandom pieces along the way.) Read or listen to an audio version:

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 WE'RE LIVE!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

A24 Alexis Hall TV series??? 🤯🤯🤯

Once again, it's a Tuesday, and that means there are many good books being published today. Buy or borrow one and it will be an automatic distraction from the daily horrors.

Had a great spoiler conversation with Harold Perrineau about #From Season 4, the town’s biggest “asshole” move so far in this week’s episode, why he never wants to film in winter again, and more:

this essay does good work on exploring the thematic issues of fatherless characters, but doesn't really see why this must be the case for storytelling reasons, which is in English-set artistocratic romances, the dads have to be dead so the male main characters will have inherited their titles.

Had a great spoiler conversation with Harold Perrineau about #From Season 4, the town’s biggest “asshole” move so far in this week’s episode, why he never wants to film in winter again, and more:

WE HAVE A LAUNCH DATE FOR (NEW) FANSPLAINING! And it is very soon: next Wednesday, April 29th. 🎉🎉🎉 We (@elizabethminkel.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, and @bookshop.bsky.social) are so excited to share everything we've been working on these past few months!!

This is my new favorite game ever.