Boston-area eaters of good food, when are we rioting about this Sarma snub www.boston.com/food/food-ne...

On one hand, after a five-year taste of grim adulthood, it was a novelty to be treated like a rebelling teen.

“Do we really have to sit in here?” Alicia said tightly. “That creepy LARPer is up front.”

The scene couldn’t have been further from the dark neon crush of Natalie’s party.

“But here’s the thing. Maybe I’m underestimating your will. Maybe he is, too.”

“She’s not a friend,” L. Roman said. “She’s the little prince’s next meal.”

“I just need some sleep and a good cry. But not too loud of a good cry, because I don’t want tonight’s callers to ask who that wailing woman behind Pallas is.”

The sights and sounds of an exam room should have been intimately familiar to her by now: she’d fallen asleep so many nights with the smell of antiseptic still in her nose.

She was an appetizer. She wasn’t the prize.

“You’re on the air.”

1. Nice 2. “Welcome to the show, caller number 32.”

THRALL galleys are HERE!! I’ve got a proper giveaway planned for the upcoming week, but in the meantime, reply with a number between 1-386 and I’ll give you a line from that page! (There are also two prologue pages without numbers…)

New Boston achievement unlocked: I was rounding the corner to the Boston Medical Center cafeteria and I knew it was a Dunks by scent alone

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Why is it that every time the seasons officially turn, I completely forget how to dress

Tomorrow! It’s #LibraryConLive with @libraryjournal.bsky.social and @slj.com ! At 11:05 I will be moderating Not for the Faint of Heart with Alex Crespo, @spiritbored.bsky.social, @cafecliche.bsky.social, @helenmullane.bsky.social, Adrian Wassel & Nathan C. Gooden!

It is so beautiful and luxurious to have good election news before 10pm

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

So excited to share that I’ll be participating in Library Con’s horror panel this Thursday, talking about vampires, catharsis, and of course, Lucy Westenra! For the full schedule, head over to www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...

they keep letting me write things for some reason! anyway, here’s gothic horror (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...

My favorite book of last year is about to be a book that you can ALL get your hands on in 2027. I am so so happy for Ivy that I could burst, and I am just as happy for all of you that you're going to get your emotions juiced like a lemon just like I did. Congratulations Ivy!!!! Let's go Poppy Creek!

Crafting a new Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs where every level is “rice bowl with egg”

Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey

Can’t believe I’m saying this about Pennywise the Dancing Clown, but Welcome to Derry needs more restraint

Belatedly watched The Monkey last night and man. Osgood Perkins has experienced so much in his life

Where in Massachusetts do we think Mike Flanagan’s version of Hill House is located

To get your endometriosis treated you have to go through the seven medical tests of Hercules

What’s better than this: @thecoolidge.bsky.social nighttime outdoor showings in the Rocky Woods

Enough is enough: stop making tall cars

Just got blurb news that actually made me weak in the knees

Feeling the need to remind myself of this Ursula K LeGuin quote today: "We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

Our next Be the Change workshop is coming right up! This Sunday, October 12 at 5PM our friends from @mutualaidmamas.bsky.social will host a study group about mutual aid; what it is, why it matters, and how we can begin, build, or deepen our practice. And they get 20% of sales during the workshop!

I have a massive needle-phobia, which means that I have developed an appreciation for really good phlebotomists. And I encountered the GOD of phlebotomists this week. I went to close my eyes, per usual, and she was like "no don't do that, just talk to me and don't pay attention to what I'm doing."

Whenever I’m in an Uber with one of those cycling iPad quizzes and they do a colorblindness test, I’m always quietly like “you guys are really running the risk of a Paul Dano Little Miss Sunshine situation in here”

Me, at work, seeing the delivery guy I was expecting: Oh, are you looking for [x]? His office is next to the stairwell. Him: … so it’s not 211? Me: No, it is 211. It’s just in that little alcove next to the stairs to the third floor. Him: … so it’s not on this floor? Me: No,

AMAZING book launch from @marthawells.com at the Somerville Armory tonight! And @hollyblack.bsky.social was such a fun, thoughtful moderator!

I wonder if Joe Keery would appreciate me referring to him exclusively as “Newburyport’s own Joe Keery”

“The left has been calling us racist for years, and now they’re upset that we’re posting racist sombrero memes?” Yeah man! You’re getting it

Just made cream of mushroom soup despite a high of 80 today. It will be soup season by any means necessary

Damn… apparently not everyone whose book was run through LibGen is eligible for the class action payout. For example: me 🫠

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

Napheesa Collier you are so cool

Horror TV shows about how big Canada is: - The Terror - Yellowjackets

The place I’m staying at for a family wedding has a whole channel on the Roku dedicated to Midsomer Murders. There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

I’m traveling without my laptop for once and I felt so smug telling them at security that I had no electronics to remove 💕 Like oh no thank you, I’m 💕unplugged💕 this weekend 💕💕💕

My foreign language center learned one language exceptionally well and then said “we are closed”

Voting is now OPEN for the 2025 Mass Teen Choice Book Awards! Students in grades 7-12 can cast their vote either online or at participating school and public libraries. Will your favorite book win? Voting will be open until October 6th. Librarians - check our For Libraries page for ballots!

Listen its Latine Heritage month. Do yourself a favor and get this suburban horror novel where a butch Dominican has to struggle against an evil H.O.A while fighting a particularly haunted tree in her own backyard. you won't regret it! #booksky #horrorsky

PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week. Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition. The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.