yikes the animosity towards indie/self pub fantasy books today in the fantasy sub is at an all time high

if Virginia wins this against Florida State, does that mean Alabama’s ranking can fall even more. is that how this works (I know this is just wishful thinking lol)

BREAKING: More than three decades after four teen girls were found dead inside a burned-down yogurt shop in North Austin, investigators say they finally know who killed them.

I regretted giving away my copies of the Girl Meets Duke series and decided to rebuy when I noticed stock started looking a bit iffy online

huh B&N is on DoorDash now. saw people talking about it. and I did not believe until I saw it on the app with my own eyes lol

so if anyone was planning on going to the Texas State Fair in Dallas, it looks like Harlequin books will also be there and you can get a free book 👀

Bloom Books is signing seven figure book deals…

I know print runs listed on EW might now always be accurate, but seeing a wizard of oz inspired why choose dark romance getting a half million print run is kinda wild (the trilogy sold for seven figures so the print run might not be that far off if the pub wants to make their money back?)

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sometimes I forget readers have MONEY. this auction JUST started and it started at $100 😨

B&N might not have a color e-ink screen but they have a new TEAL ereader?? 😩 it’s so pretty

I’m not surprised Starbucks is doing sudden store closures instead of cutting the CEO after all the terrible decisions he’s made at the company, but I am surprised they closed the flagship roastery store in Seattle. that one is a surprise.

when an author gives an update on ~10 books in the works and none of them are the one you’re waiting on 😭

enough with trying to come up with unique nicknames in romance books. we have to go back to basics y’all 😭 I can’t decide if my current read with “pretty little” is worse than “little purple” from other book.

I see people managed to bully Vera Bradley into bringing back actual straps on their bags and get rid of their spaghetti string straps they were calling “friendship knots” lol I need them to bring back zippers too

yay Dooney came out with the bag I’ve been waiting for 🥳🥳🥳 (listen y’all I’ve been put off by the LV speedy 20 costing over $2000 USD for something that’s only CANVAS and was waiting for anyone else to make one in leather for cheaper lol)

Starting 24 hours from now, #AO3 will be down for about 20 hours.

so. for one very popular author, my library only has 1 copy of the audiobook and there’s a wait with 151 people already. and this is the library card I have that has the SHORTEST wait time 😨

saw an event in town where RL Stine will be at and the prices for the con, sitting on his panel, and signing are diabolical prices he’ll also be at Texas Book Fest in Austin and panel and signing will be free

hearing Reeve is very good in Cabaret as the new Emcee in the West End production 👀 (we already knew Eva was going to be excellent)

anyways I muted that thread because I can’t handle more than like 3 notifications on a post 😭🫡

seeing a very popular book cover artist being accused of AI on threads and seeing from comments apparently we were allll thinking it 😭 (I had her blocked ages ago on ig)

film updates????? I wonder if any deal is being worked out to air this in other countries at the same time because if it remains available only in Canada…

I ordered one scarf. why does this package weigh over 10 pounds 😭

oh no I saw the new Wicked For Good trailer and yeah I’m going cry watching that movie in theaters 😭

success y’all. I got my flu AND covid vaccines in Texas at a CVS MinuteClinic. 🥳 the nurse was very apologetic and did ask me to give a reason for getting the covid vaccine but you can say anything as long as they have something to check off. he said my insurance covered both.

I saw that this was a space book in first person POV and kinda just requested it based on that lol I got approved in less than a day 😌 thank you, Orbit

just when I was saying yesterday to someone that hardly anything sells out in IC’s presale so it doesn’t matter if you’re a sub or not… one book sold out in presale today. rare but apparently it does happen 😶

I feel like if the book description is written in first-person, the book itself needs to be in first-person POV. I got tricked once where the book turned out to be third-person so now I feel untrusting and need to check.

this book that contains a MOUNTAIN FULL OF YEARNING is out today and I guess the publishers and author aren’t on here to post about it so here you go toribovalino.com/the-second-d...

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soooo I’m reading 4 different fantasy books at the same time. I’m sure this will be fine and I’m totally not going to get confused when one book contains 3 universes and clones to keep track of and a second book has 2 timelines lol

what on earth

the response to Illumicrate’s updated skip policy is really annoying. on ig, people are complaining they’re doing too much romantasy books (they have not). on fb, people are complaining they’ve done too many sapphic romances in their Afterlight box (which is not true).

the way I want to comment on publisher posts during cover reveals to ask them to include the blurb 🙃 what is the book about???

see this is the kind of stuff I have to learn about on the other app

going to finish this book this time. it’s just such a LONG commitment for a contemporary romance (17 hours on audio 😭) that I still haven’t even found out why this book is supposed to be devastating and a tear jerker. it’s apparently the last third that does everyone in.

Ana Huang’s Twisted series audiobooks are getting re-recorded in duet narration by the same narrators who did the originals 👀 www.audible.com/series/Twist...

random Chess musical promo at tonight’s NFL game???? lol one of the ensemble members (Samantha Pollino) sang the anthem

so curious what the wider reaction is going to be for a book coming out tomorrow (what fury brings) that’s being promoted like a standard romantasy with sprayed edges when it should be promoted as a dark romance with all the warnings at least 😬

I guess the panel schedule just got uploaded for the local comic con. tickets are actually pretty cheap but I feel meh on this year’s line up

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priced it out on Air Canada’s site and lol who are they expecting to pay ~$820 USD in standard economy?? I’ll just book a flight to Europe?

I need another book box to step up. I am not paying TBB resale prices for this book 😭

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I’m usually pretty good at telling adult romance book covers apart from YA book covers (outside of pubs using the same illustrator across both adult and YA) but finally saw one that really stumped me

I actually finished reading a book for the first time in 4 weeks 🥳

got an email from a publisher trying to promote their audiobooks and this was the subject title 💀

Here’s last night’s story about Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, freedom of speech in the U.S., and why certain broadcast groups could learn a thing or two from Love Island. youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g