upside: tamora pierce's Tempests and Slaughter scratched the same itch as rothfuss's Doors of Stone will. (if it is ever released) downside: the sequel to Tempests and Slaughter is also to this date unreleased. (we are cursed) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/temp... #booksky

see also: madwoman by chelsea bieker bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/madw... #booksky

sure, thrillers are about the thrill, but the really good ones are actually about the protagonist's very damaged psyche. see: sharp objects by gillian flynn. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/shar...

why do metafictions always, always flop at the end? even when they're otherwise excellent books? case in point: percival everett's Erasure bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/eras...

my broken language took me by surprise & is now one of my favorite memoirs i’ve ever read?? its about language & life, and also thinks about art so beautifully. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-b...

When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called ‘footage.'

if you need some sweet, fluffy, well-executed escapist fantasy, here she is bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/pala... #booksky @tkingfisher.com

why is every Alex Michaelides book after The Silent Patient just a little bit less excellent than The Silent Patient? his newest book was fun, but i had higher hopes. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #booksky

if you have not read If Beale Street Could Talk, please put down whatever less-excellent book you might be reading and read it immediately. Baldwin is magic; this book is magic. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/if-b... #booksky

ironically, Hell of a Book failed to be a hell of a book in the end—why does metafiction always fail in its conclusion? bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/hell... #booksky

should i be concerned that samuel beckett's Murphy is extremely relatable? maybe! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/murp... #booksky

i can't believe i'm the one saying this (you could not pay me enough to convince me to do math most days) but shakespeare's King Lear is a fascinatingly mathematical play bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/king...

can someone convince me that i should have liked Virginia Woolf's novel To The Lighthouse? because everyone talks about it so glowingly but i just. could not. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-l... #booksky #classics

why do i keep taking classes that make me read Oedipus Rex? somebody save me pleaseee i hope i never have to read it again, but also—we already know Oedipus is a killer; why does it only become a problem when he realizes his victim was his dad? bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/oedi... #booksky

is anyone searching desperately for a short, escapist novel so they can stop thinking about the world for two seconds? here's my pitch. (yes, it inspired the movie. no, it's nothing like the movie.) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/anni... #booksky

did any of you read A–Z Mysteries as a kid? i forgot how clever they are bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #booksky #kidlit #mystery

can anyone recommend a *very good* ann patchett to me? i read Tom Lake and was underwhelmed, but i've heard such good things i want to give her another try bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/tom-... #booksky

i picked up Disappoint Me by chance in a bookstore, and was blown away within the first pages by how strong the narrative voice is bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/disa... #booksky

i was NOT expecting to love Anna Karenina this much. if you haven't read it, i would recommend adding it to the top of your list bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/anna... #booksky #classic

i love getting pleasantly surprised by a classic—The Count of Monte Cristo was so exciting?? as long as i was able to tune out all of the patriarchal classist weirdness, i was on the edge of my seat through every page bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #booksky

was the movie or the book better? usually i think the answer to this question is very clear, but in the case of Hamnet, i'm not so sure. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/hamn... #booksky

if anyone is looking for a good way to dip their toe into theory surrounding modern-day criticism, i highly recommend this book. it's both broadly intelligent and gloriously scathing: bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/auth... #booksky

for all i'd heard about A Room of One's Own, it honestly doesn't seem to be worth its page count. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ro... #booksky #classics

"The girl had nothing on under her shirt. Her skin was pleasantly sunburned and her shoulders and fine breasts shone with health ... the impression of a healthy animal peasant girl was heightened by the chunky hips ..." um. help. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/from... #booksky

wow the james bond novels have not held up well over time bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

i had some issues with this novel (horror is not at its best when it's purely overt commentary!!) but for being a book about sexism written by a man, i was quite impressed bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #horrorsky

if you haven't read barbara kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, you're missing out on a dickens retelling, a story of love and family and opioid addiction, and one of the most charming and compelling narrators i've ever read. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/demo... #booksky #classics

y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics

for all the readers who love a good book-within-a-book situation, i highly recommend you check out The History of Love bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

i'm not sure if i would consider isabel allende's novel Maya's Notebook to be true YA, but it was certainly a compelling read. for allende fans interested in seeing her do something new, i highly recommend you check this book out. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/maya... #booksky

if you love toni morrison's Beloved, i highly recommend you read maggie stiefvater's The Raven Cycle series. the series' second book, The Dream Thieves, is both lovely & similar in a lot of interesting ways bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

i think we would all be a lot better off if we were reading more books by aging women about aging women. isabel allende's The Japanese Lover is a great place to start. bookbybook365.blogspot.com #booksky

for anyone who has audible and likes metafiction or thought experiments in pretty packages: you should absolutely listen to the audioplay of david henry hwang's "yellow face." it's incredible, and very thought-provoking. bookbybook365.blogspot.com #booksky #theater

what is your favorite poe story? i (re)read & reviewed half a dozen of my favorites this weekend, but i'm ready to branch out. give me your recs!! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/asso... #booksky #horror

is Toni Morrison's novel Beloved a gothic novel? no. is it a southern gothic? absolutely. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/belo... #booksky #ghosts #gothic #classic

people are not kidding when they say carmilla is very queer bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/carm... #booksky #vampire #classics

even if Fourth Wing is basically just a genre-bent, aged-up Divergent, it's still an impressively fun read bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/four... #booksky #romantasy #romance #fantasy

what makes a good middle grade novel? i think kelly yang's Front Desk is a pretty solid example of one bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/10/fron... #booksky #middlegrade #readers #fiction

i love when people set vaguely gothic stories in unconventional places—case in point: this book, where instead of a gothic manor it's a very very creepy island bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/09/wild... #booksky

The Raven Boys is a beautiful book, but the plot structure is surprisingly hard to pin down bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #booksky #trc #ya

i cannot stop thinking about Ivan in Intermezzo. his brother is arguably never presented as desirable, but Ivan is—purely because we view him (and never his brother) through the eyes of someone who thinks he is. excellent use of mimetic desire! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/inte... #booksky

Sally Rooney's Intermezzo is not about good people—it's simply about people, an honest snapshot of two brothers grieving. if you like character-based stories, or gorgeous and syntactically interesting writing, you should give this one a try. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/inte... #booksky

this has to be one of the more creative book premises i've ever seen: a serial killer's daughter who becomes a matchmaker for psychopaths. (spoiler alert: things go horribly wrong.) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/matc... #booksky #horror

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo meets the great gatsby—if you like beautiful writing and an effortlessly clever female protagonist, this should be your next read bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/rule... #booksky #literature #classics

if you're looking for one last fun beach-y read before the summer is up, here's my pitch: a billionaire's island. a complicated game to win the inheritance. a family full of secrets. a very sexy stranger. 'nuff said. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/thes... #booksky

it's so upsetting when a twist ruins a book. they are . . . not supposed to do that? how rude. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/leav... #booksky

i read this book over a month ago and i'm still not over it. it's absolutely fascinating??? i review a ton of books; i genuinely approve of very few of them. i promise, this one is worth reading.

novelists currently trying to get published—are you overwhelmed by all the options (what is hybrid pub?) and all the no's? getting a book published is hard, and if you're looking for some guidance this book might really help. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/07/imag... #booksky #writers

y'all if you read & loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, you HAVE to read Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch. it's a super nuanced novel about a golden age hollywood gossip columnist, and it's fabulous. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/07/do-t... #booksky #hollywood

i love a good bald and unapologetic baring of the horrible thought processes that patriarchy forces women to have and then hide. this is a fucked up novel, but a really compelling one. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/07/love... #booksky #thriller