A year flew by and December saw the announcement of @specawards.bsky.social finalists and winners. I chatted with the Fantasy authors about this wonderful accolade. 💙📚 Take a read: armedwithabook.com/2025-ssba-fa...

Launch Day! Welcome to the first article in The Blogging Shelf. In this one, I share some lessons I have learned and why I keep returning. armedwithabook.com/blogging-as-...

Have you read the new book in The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse series? Take a look at my book review! It features some pages from this breathtakingly beautiful story. #booksky #armedwithabook #AlwaysRemember armedwithabook.com/always-remem...

I loved @aijiang.bsky.social's Linghun and it was an honor to chat with her about it! Take a look at the interview and be sure to check out this book for spooky season. It has ghosts, haunted houses, and so much more. It will linger. armedwithabook.com/ai-jiang/

What's your favorite way to spend a Fall day? 🍂 Fall is in full swing here in Canada and I love this time of the year cozying up with a hot drink and a book. I didn't post an update last week so here is all that has gone live on the blog so far this month. #armedwithabook #bookblogger

Here are 8 books featuring spirits and ghosts to check out this spooky season. Let me know if you know of any of these and your own recommendations. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/spirits-ghos...

New releases of October - In our round up, Ariel and I feature @millieabecassis.com @lucyamclaren.bsky.social and many more. What are you excited to dive into? 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/new-book-rel...

✨ Author interviews help me connect more deeply with the voices behind the stories I love. Ariel and I had the absolute joy of chatting with @premeemohamed.com about the concluding book in one of our favorite series. A dream come true! Interview and book discussion is live on the blog. 💙📚

Happy Sunday! Before we jump into the next week, here is a look at what I posted on #armedwithabook. 💙📚

Happy Friday! Here's a round up of what I posted to #armedwithabook this week. :) What did you post to your blog? #booksky

Happy first Friday of September/Fall! Here is a round up of posts from #armedwithabook this week. Also including a popular book review from August. :) #bookbloggers #booksky

Happy Friday friends! Here is a round up of what I shared on #armedwithabook. Add links to your latest in the comments and I will give it a read! #booksky #bookblogger #bookreview

I am not an undercover agent... more of an undercover reader! A silly reel I posted today to Instagram. What's in your book bag? #bookbloggers #booksky 💙📚 www.instagram.com/reel/DN3MGKu...

Now that the deadline for the first round has closed, we would encourage both enthusiasts & newcomers to the small & indie press scene to check out the work our influencers have been doing. This time between rounds is perfect for learning about SSBA nominees and their stories. 💙

Happy weekend! Here is your weekly a roundup of posts from #armedwithabook. Comment with you favorite or share a link to your latest blog post. I will check it out. 💙📚

Happy Friday! What did you share on your blog this week? Drop a link in the comments for me to check out! #bookblogger #booksky 💙📚 This thread has the roundup of all my posts this week on #armedwithabook.

Hey #bloggers ✍️ share something from your blog archives! I’ll give it a read. 😊 #booksky #bookreviewer #amreading #amwriting 💙📚

👀We spy Ova Ceren's 💙THE BOOK OF HEARTBREAK💗 and Cammy Gitter's 💚CAMMY STTING SHIVA💚 on @armedwithabook.bsky.social's August New Releases list! https://loom.ly/J4Q7Wxk

Recently, I have been getting emails about promoting "my book". Except the email is always addressed to the author of a book which I may or may not have featured on my blog. Reviewer life is full of mysteries. 🤷‍♀️

Hello, friend! I rarely post reviews right after reading the book but this one is very special! Fresh from my writer’s desk, let’s talk about The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. 💙📚 #bookreview #themidnightlibrary Have you read this book? armedwithabook.com/the-midnight...

Happy Friday! Here is a roundup of all that I posted to #armedwithabook this week. As always, let me know what you liked and feel free to share a link to one of your posts in the comments for me to check out! #booksky #bookreviewer #blogger 💙📚

Here is a round-up of what I posted on #armedwithabook. Feel free to drop a link to your latest blog post and I will check it out. #booksky #bookreviewers 💙📚

Share your latest #blogpost and I’ll give it a read! #booksky 💙📚 #blog #blogger #writers #writing #amwriting

Hey #booksky! Happy Friday! Here is a wrap up of all that went live on the blog #armedwithabook this week. Let me know which blog post you found the most interesting. 💙📚

Hey #booksky! Here is a wrap up of all that went live on the blog #armedwithabook this week. Let me know which blog post you found the most interesting. 💙📚

Ariel and I recently discussed 𝘽𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙕𝙚𝙣𝙜. This is an intense and emotional book that explores grief, cultural identity, and supernatural horror in the wake of pandemic-fueled racism. #booksky 💙📚 #bookreview armedwithabook.com/bat-eater-an...

With parenthood begins a new era on the blog - reviewing books about parenting! ✨ We begin at Janet Lansbury's Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting and I already feel so loved to have a comment on this. 💙📚 #booksky armedwithabook.com/elevating-ch...

Ariel's review of this book has me convinced to pick it up. Have you read or plan to read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter? 💙📚 #booksky #bookreview armedwithabook.com/the-buffalo-...

I am not hanging out here a lot but lots still happening on the book blog. :) Take a look at the new page - it has an overview of all that goes on there! Since 2019! Subscribe if it vibes with you. 💙📚 #bookblog #blog #blogger #amwriting armedwithabook.com/subscribe-to...

Here are the Fantasy nominees for @specawards.bsky.social this year!✨ armedwithabook.com/fantasy-nomi...

Wrote this between newborn naps and long reflections — it took 2 months, but it’s finally live. My Four Trimesters Reading List a story told through the books that shaped my journey — from early pregnancy to the first weeks of motherhood. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/the-four-tri...

A love letter to this book through its quotes. Here is a tale about love, loss, and the difficult ties we form with our homeland. #booksky 💙📚 #bookreview armedwithabook.com/a-curse-for-...

Millie Abecassis, SSBA cofounder, participated in the “Indie Recommends Indie” series over at @armedwithabook.bsky.social. Find some of her favorite reads here: armedwithabook.com/indie-recomm...

I shared indie book recommendations with @armedwithabook.bsky.social! Learn more about the books I picked, including works by @zacharyashford.bsky.social, @johndurginauthor.bsky.social, @cwroseauthor.bsky.social, @aprilyates.bsky.social, @chriscampeau.bsky.social, and @ruthannaevans.bsky.social.

I first heard about I Who Have Never Known Men in an article discussing its rising popularity. A translated work from French, it is a post-apocalyptic story narrated by a nameless woman. Read the book discussion with Ariel! 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/i-who-have-n...

Which books releasing in February are you looking forward to? armedwithabook.com/new-book-rel...

💙📚 Inspired by our reading experience categories, Ariel and I went through the 200+ books we read in 2024 and selected the ones we loved the most for best cover, cast, world building, plot, and 3 other categories. Come take a look:  armedwithabook.com/armed-with-a...

Wishing everyone happy holidays with a holiday romcom! 💙📚 Join the chat with Kerri Lane Mariano about her latest novel, The Gingerbread Games. Excerpt included. armedwithabook.com/the-gingerbr...

Ariel and I have discovered a must read for book clubs and a book to discuss with a reading partner. - A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum is a thoughtful meditation on the lives of the members of one conservative Arab family in Brooklyn. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/a-woman-is-n...

"Biweekly I host a live story-writing event where I gather prompts from the audience, take a few minutes to come up with a general plot, and then write a story for them in real time. " - Viktor F. Krown about how his short stories collection, The Pledge. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/the-pledge-a...

If you could swap your soul with another person, would you make the crossing? In Crossings, Alex Landragin examines the lives of two people who did and how the next century turned out for them. Here are my thoughts on a linear read. There is another way to read. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/crossings/

Today's focus is the beloved books from 2019-2023 in this second of two part article on TBR Tales. 2019 was the year I started my book blog and I have had a great time analyzing my reading trends compared to Goodreads broadly. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/beloved-book...

Let's talk about the beloved books from 2014-2018 in this first of two part article on TBR Tales. I look at Goodreads trends and compare to my TBR and Read piles. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/beloved-book...

Discover indie scifi that Drew Harrison has loved on the latest Indie Recommends Indie series. 💙📚 #indie #scifi armedwithabook.com/indie-recomm...

Join the chat with Rebekah L. Webb about Burrows of Blood and Shadow, a unique literary horror that can be seen as an interconnected short story collection. 💙📚@rebekahlwebb.bsky.social armedwithabook.com/burrows-of-b...

Private Rites by Julia Armfield is a speculative fiction about three sisters, set in a world where it rains all the time. A sombre page turning read! 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/private-rites/

There is something about the happenings at the cozy Japanese cafe that invites me back over and over again. Here are my thoughts on the third installment, Before Your Memory Fades of Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/before-your-...

💙📚 The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong is an immersive cozy fantasy, focused on friendship and self-discovery. Ariel and I enjoyed the audiobook. Here is our discussion:  armedwithabook.com/the-teller-o...

What's a book you are excited for this month? I am looking forward to diving into The Shadowed Land by Signe Pike & The Way by Cary Groner. Here are some other December releases that I wanted to note. A lot more horror than I was expecting! 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/new-book-rel...

November was an amazing month of reading! Ariel and I read two books together and both were immersive and enjoyable. Check out the rest of our update on the blog. 💙📚 armedwithabook.com/november-202...