In a month where everything is romantic, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends an alternative. Here's 5 excellent backlist books featuring asexual characters!

Today Lupa and I walked in the woods on a trail where the only footprints ahead of us were deer and mice and rabbits. Pic thread! Here's Lupa forging her way through chest-deep powder (she had such a great time)

It's that time! It's LUPA CATCHING SNOWBALLS TIME!!!!!!! (Just a couple pics this time, since it was really cold and we weren't out for long)

Oh wow, I didn't even realize it was Superb Owl day today! To celebrate, here's a pic of me with my buddy Hazel in Edinburgh

Someone who churns out hundreds of AI "books" and makes money tricking people into buying them thinking they're getting a novel isn't a writer. They're a scammer. They're no more an author than a snake oil salesman is a doctor. It's just fundamentally a different thing.

Every single book, I have too many side characters in the first draft, and when I inevitably combine some of them in revisions it makes them so much stronger and more interesting.

ICYMI this is an incredible bargain — everything @annaleen.bsky.social and I have written for Tor, for $18 plus whatever you can spare. And it benefits a wonderful organization that supports Black trans people. If you wanna discover our work and do some good, here's your chance!

Delighted to find THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES on this list!!!!!

I have a bunch of their Locked Tomb blends and a few other things and have loved everything I've tried! Deeply nerdy and wonderfully delicious!!!

If you haven't bought one of my books this might be a good time, lolsob This is the new book for Jun 30 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721856... All the books on this page have earned out: www.clpolk.com

“Listen, Pearson, we have a problem.” “The kinds of things you think are problems tend to be absurdly dangerous, Kem.” “Yes, that is an accurate description.” @melissacaruso.bsky.social @malsportsjunkie.bsky.social #highlyrecommended buff.ly/OEE9WEN

New Review The Last Hour between Worlds by Melissa Caruso is a speculative fiction, multi world mystery. @melissacaruso.bsky.social @malsportsjunkie.bsky.social #highlyrecommended buff.ly/OEE9WEN

Lupa doesn't have much experience in moving through deep snow and was nervous about it but has been having fun learning

I second everything John said here. I already knew Greg Ketter from DreamHaven Books was a good person so this really isn’t surprising, but at 70 he shouldn’t have to be walking through tear gas on a Minneapolis street to try to protect his neighbors. Abolish Ice.

Lupa on her woods walk today

Thread: John has been having a bunch of health issues and now has rib fractures that will require time and rest Please consider chipping in Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person

Lupa on her woods walk today

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

And finally-for-now, I know I've posted this one before but I'm doing it again because I want to yell about it more: this bound manuscript of LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham, which was such a delightful surprise full of wit and intrigue and murder along with the romance and interstellar reality TV!

In the package along with THE TINDER BOX came the unexpected and delightful bonus of HOW TO LOSE A GOBLIN IN TEN DAYS, which looks fun and kind of adorable!

Just got this lovely ARC of THE TINDER BOX by M. R. Carey and am very excited to dive into this fantasy by my bookstore-shelf-neighbor!

Currently reading this proof of HEAVEN'S GRAVEYARD by Grace Curtis! A grouchy sapphic historian's mentor gets murdered right after telling her he's made a monumental discovery, and she has to team up with her ex to unravel the mystery and discover what he was working on that got him killed!

I was so happy to get a final copy of FATE'S BANE by C. L. Clark after reading a proof before publication! This bite-sized epic packs so much worldbuilding and character and action and FEELINGS into one slim novella! Incredibly well-written and all-around amazing!

FEAST YOUR EYES on this absolutely gorgeous ARC of ENTWINED by H. M. Long! This is another one I am absolutely salivating to read but work has kept me from having a chance yet. So excited for it!!!

I absolutely loved CITY OF OTHERS by Jared Poon! I read this bound proof (really appreciate publishers sending physical copies even when no ARCs are available) and the worldbuilding, characters, & fast-paced story were all great! Definitely recommend!

(Doing this as quote posts because all these books deserve not to be buried in a thread) I haven't had a chance to read it yet due to workload but was thrilled to get this copy of SISTER WAKE by Dave Rudden! It's got such a cool concept and I can't wait to read it!

I loved CIRCLE OF SHADOWS and was delighted to receive a final copy! This is a great historical speculative murder mystery with creepy occult vibes!

Okay, I'm WAY behind in posting pics of some excellent bookmail, and I think books are actually super important right now, so I'm going to try to catch up! Let's start with this absolute beauty: ETERNAL RUIN by Tigest Girma! The GORGEOUS and gripping sequel to IMMORTAL DARK!

🩸COVER REVEAL! 🩸 Arthur and Sal are back for another romp in SUMMER COVEN! This time, the summer solstice festival plays host to a mysterious coven of witches, some bold fashion choices, and one horrible murder. Artist: Liam Eisenberg Designer: Colleen Reinhart www.rosieethor.com/summer-coven

I have been lax in posting dog pics lately and I suspect we could all use a palate cleanser. Here's Lupa on a snowy woods walk today.

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 6 copies of The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives Book 1) by @melissacaruso.bsky.social, which I *have* and *have read* and *have liked*, quite a bit actually. Kinda a cross between Groundhog Day and Amber. I recommend it!

2026 Book 1: The Ivory Tomb by @melissacaruso.bsky.social (f 5/1). A great conclusion to the Rooks & Ruin series, and a very fast-paced read with stuff happening to our poor characters All The Time. I really enjoyed it 😊

Just filled this out with a big hell no. I know there's a lot going on but thought some of you might want to do the same so am reposting.

I experienced So Much Joy reading that line and then joy again as Moira Quirk re-read it to me. Time and again I come back to how freaking Thoroughly @melissacaruso.bsky.social stuck the landing with that one.

Taking a brief break from this latest horrifying news to discuss my absolute favorite books I read in 2025. Per usual, with extremely normal categories like Favorite Reminder that the Ocean is a Terrible Place or Most Cannibalism (Complimentary). With excellent work written by ...

We survived the year-turning! Woohoo!!! Naming the new year is kind of a big deal in THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS. I've had chats with friends about what they'd name the year and I think my favorite suggestion was the Year of Delicious Pastries (technically it shoud be 1 word, but shhhhh pastries).

Couldn’t let the year end without finishing @melissacaruso.bsky.social’s Rooks & Ruin trilogy. The Ivory Tomb is a hell of a pageturner with twists, shocking deaths, and character payoffs around every corner. It’s also a lovely examination of identity and the nature of self. Check it out! #Booksky

Hey can we talk about Leslye Penelope because I don't see enough people talk about Leslye Penelope I haven't read all her stuff yet but THE MONSTERS WE DEFY was a masterpiece so maybe start there

Delighted to find THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES in excellent company on this list!!!!!!

*kicks in door* GUESS WHAT TIME OF YEAR IT IS?! IT'S THE *BEST* TIME! IT'S LUPA CATCHING SNOWBALLS TIME!!!!!! (Thread)

I just got an email saying B&N is offering 25% off everything in store for like 2 days? I'm just saying, if you got a gift card, THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS happens to be the perfect New Year's Eve read (sapphic murder time loop at a fancy NYE party starring a very tired but badass new mom)

ALSO I saw an OWL

IMPORTANT NEWS: My sister-in-law got Lupa a sweater for Christmas (She loves it ❤️)

Congrats to everyone at Standing Stone Games (including multiple good friends and my husband) for Lord of the Rings Online winning Classic MMO of the Year!!!

Was excited to see THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS on a table at my local Barnes & Noble the other day! It's been out for a year and was really not a big deal in the US, so I was not expecting that at all!

So I wanted to do a proper holiday gift book rec thread, but it's just been intensely busy (note to self: never have a deadline around Christmas again), so I'm just going to sort of haphazardly list some books I really loved this year and who I think they would make great gifts for! Here we go...

Today I went to a holiday party wearing my swishy red coat and a new raven hair thingy a friend gave me and I felt both very on-brand and also very happy to be meeting my own particular and personal definition of looking cool 😆

I was delighted to see TLHBW in this advent thread, but then I scrolled up to see what other books were there, and enough of them were huge favorites of mine that now I really need to check out the others as well...👀

In case you needed some Jaycel Morningray in your day: "I’m just coming along in case there’s trouble.” “You’re going to keep me out of trouble?” “Oh, Void no, darling. But if you get into some, I certainly want to be there.”

Snow!!!!!!