It's my birthday! Buy my book! That's a gift for us both!

I don’t often write short stories, so seeing one of mine connect with readers is a special kind of thrill. Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And in case you missed it, you can read “Slake” at @morningtransport.bsky.social: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake

Dear Readers' Advisory Librarians--Here are new forthcoming books to love and share with your patrons in March '26: the LibraryReads Top 10! An easy to print list can be found at libraryreads.org. #BookSky

Look at that. So official.

This passage from Jennie Godfrey’s The List of Suspicious Things rings so true.

Hugo nominations are open for the 2026 Worldcon (LAcon V)! Eligible: full & WSFS-only members of Seattle Worldcon 2025. Check your email for “LAcon V Virtual Convention Access” or “Nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards” to submit. Questions? [email protected]

If you're a book reviewer or bookseller, LOVECRAFT'S BROOD (edited by the legendary Ellen Datlow) is now available on Netgalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/publ... Pretty happy that my cosmically weird story "Halogen Sky" is part of the brood.

This totally sounds like my kind of read. 😁

I'll be live this Friday with @madameaskew AND we'll be joined by one of my favorite people, Amanda from @yesterqueers talking about LGBTQ love stories (just in time for Valentine's Day). Find it on Madame Askew's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@madameaskew... or Twitch: www.twitch.tv/madameaskew

Really enjoyed Booklist's Swoon Worthy Reads webinar -- so many great titles coming up and all the publishers included queer love stories -- which makes me love each publisher even more, of course! So, now there's more romance on my TBR. 😅

I can verify this is a fantastic read (just finished an ARC yesterday!). Review to come. :) #booksky

He’s turned me onto many great stories!

Congratulations to LBGTQ+ HEROES for making ALA's 2026 Rainbow Book List 🎉🏳️‍🌈 In this extraordinary nonfiction book, meet 51 LGBTQ+ heroes from throughout history!

A big thank you to all who attended Booklist‘s Spring Adult Faves webinar! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about here! 📚👉 tinyurl.com/mwt274w7

Proud to be here for another Black History Month! Show some love to the Black creators who've been a part of FIYAH for the past decade: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the dead zone King: it's about this all-american guy named johnny smith who's always telling corny jokes and just all round being a lovable goofball King: in fact you might say King: that he's in King: the DAD zone

If you don't want to wait for the EarlyWord blog, the #ewgc catalog in Edelweiss Plus is ready! Happy downloading and requesting all the books we chatted about yesterday! www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=53...

(Not that I didn’t find a random box of my dad’s childhood paperbacks at my grandmother’s and love them, but those weren’t what got me IN to sci-fi) I think it might have been The Last Starfighter leading me to Foster’s novelization 😅 and a lot of MG alien books.

Today on the blog: Black History Month Displays and Genre: An Example For You To Use for All Identity Months raforall.blogspot.com/2026/02/blac...

#ewgc it's that time of year again when I wrap books for Blind Date with a Book. I always check what new books are coming out and wrap a few from the author's blacklist. Rest assured, several of the authors I mentioned are all wrapped up and ready to go.

Our next chat will be four weeks from today, March 5, so mark your calendar! Of course, I'll send a reminder a few days before the date. #ewgc

For my prospective up nexts: YEAR OF THE MER, A PLAGUED SEA, BODIES OF WORK, and THE DISASTER GAY DETECTIVE AGENCY. #ewgc

Been cooking from an e-galley of OHANA STYLE and so far the shoyu chicken, bulgogi bowls, and cucumber kimchi were amazing! I am eating so well. 😁 #ewgc

Kowal narrates WOLF WORM perfectly for this historical gothic horror novel dealing with naturalists, maggots, art, and an absent wife. Pretty gross in the best ways with fascinating takes on established horror tropes. #ewgc

AGNES AUBERT'S MYSTICAL CAT SHELTER feels very Howl's Moving Castle as a cat charity moves into a building on top of a grumpy wizard's black market relics shop. Practicality and good sense battle aloofness and clutter just as much as the wizard's duel dangerously in the streets. #ewgc

BONE OF MY BONE is set during the incredibly brutal Thirty Years War, so it's no surprise Ursula and Elsebeth cling to each other as the only good they've seen in years. But can their bond survive a quest to reunite a saint's skull and body for a wish and the restless dead that surround them? #ewgc

OUT LAW by Jim Butcher is a great Dresden Files novella in which Harry is tasked with helping an enemy henchman learn to be "good." But when Gentleman John Marcone is involved, nothing is ever quite what it seems. Loved what it has to say. #ewgc

HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY by Michiko Aoyama is Japanese healing fiction less focused on the cafe than how we impact our community in ways we'll never know for people we may know at all, and yet it comes back to us. #ewgc

One of my favorites of the year so far, THE MIDNIGHT TAXI, begins with a fascinating locked taxi murder -- how does the fare get murdered en route to the airport? Siriwathi, the driver, is the likeliest suspect so much team up with her public defender, Amaya, to solve the case. #ewgc

Multiple timelines converge at a murderer's burned ranch. The rumored Nowhere Children escape terrible lives to live free and with a little kidnapping and a crocodile. A weird, but fascinating one made particularly compelling by teenaged Riley who will do anything to save her little brother. #ewgc

Perhaps a bit Buffy meets The Scarlet Letter. Two women raised to be enemies fall in love before a curse that drains the joy from one and causes the other to take souls. They decide they hate the fighting each other, throw the miscommunication trope in the trash and decide to break the curse. #ewgc

Starting with Alex Grecian's The Boatman -- a perfectly eerie novella of a cruise ship noticing a man in a white suit rowing behind, keeping pace with their engines. As they theorize about what he is, they contemplate a never ending voyage to keep ahead of him. Heartfelt and creepy #ewgc #booksky

a fun, escapist romp perfect for your current couch potato season #BookSky #NewBooks #Books #CityOfOthers alisontcucchetti.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/s...

Can't remember if I posted the full list, but in case, here's the cookbook list my committee came up with: (I particularly recommend The Choi of Cooking, Yassou, Potluck Desserts, and Soju Party. 😁 rusaupdate.org/awards/the-c...

Do you need a queer haunted apartment story this morning? (Of COURSE you do!!!) Don't miss this gem by Everdeen Mason! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...

Guess I better put the “all opinions are my own and have nothing to do with my library” disclaimer in my profile after our morning meeting about how to interact with ICE in the library.

IOWA! There is a hearing today on a new bill that would ban partnerships between public schools and public libraries (based on a Des Moines partnership), as well as ban bookmobiles from schools if students are allow to borrow books from it. www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...

Th manga panels pinned up at my desk seem to be developing a theme…

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

Hear my full review of WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by @wenyilee.bsky.social (available now from @torbooks.bsky.social) and see how the drink is made at Bar Cart Bookshelf on YouTube. youtu.be/sZ6H51iyX48

Oof, the things that get me all teary these days. That's such a lovely letter (even if most my evenings seem pretty dark).

I made many coworkers happy with the breads I made from this one! (and the Lucky Charms cookies!)

The best non-spoilerly pitch I can make for my story in this is: “Have you ever arrived at a family dinner and wanted to murder everyone present?” * *please don’t do this 😆

I loved Yosha Gunasekera's Midnight Taxi! Siriwathi, a Sri-Lankan American cab driver whose fare is somehow murdered en route to the airport. When the police decide Siri looks guilty enough they don't need to investigate, she teams up with Amaya, a public defender, to solve it herself. #booksky

January reads. 😄 It was a fun month! #booksky

Five classes from college: Lithic Technology and Analysis Linguistics in Language Teaching Collection Development Magazine Production Paleontology

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

Janurary is almost over! Can you believe it? We still are working our public library map project. 😀 Here are the states we still need! Alabama Alaska Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Massachusetts Continued below...

Halt! This is a bookish opportunity. Last book: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie Current: Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera Newest on TBR: A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young Next: Nothing Tastes As Good by Luke Dumas

Free online RA training, now in its third year with a whole new set of topics! Woo!