newsletter drop!! something pacy for your autumn read— open.substack.com/pub/reshsusa...

Summer's fleeting, so have you read the best books of summer 2025 yet? www.thebooksatchel.com/books-summer...

and that’s five stars// mother mary comes to me by arundhati roy

today's book rec: MONSTRESS, set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, about a teen girl struggling post-war trauma, and sharing a psychic link with a powerful monster. "a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk"

meghna rao describes Nadia Asparouhova’s new book Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading, as a "user guide to social media" and writes about it— meghnarao.substack.com/p/if-everyth...

why is the browser version of bluesky bsky? i am always landing up on other websites because i always forget

really enjoyed reading this conversation with samin nosrat www.ft.com/content/75b7...

obsessed with your husband? women in translation 2025, reshsusan.substack.com/p/66-women-i...

this weekend in books —

Currently reading I deliver parcels in Beijing, which provides good insight into the gig economy and the problems faced by gig workers,

you've got mail!! the latest newsletter talks about a book that made me forget everything else in life reshsusan.substack.com/p/66-women-i...

books by women in translation to add to your tbr www.thebooksatchel.com/women-in-tra...

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Literally flew through this murder mystery SHE DIDN’T SEE IT COMING by Shari Lapena. About a wife who goes missing (and there’s no footage of her leaving the building or being kidnapped). Many characters with lots of secrets and several twists to keep you engaged—

Read Salma, an Indian writer who explores Muslim women’s desires and dreams with thought provoking stories. She writes about ordinary lives of women and the hypocrisy of religions, institutions and societal barriers. Read more— #womenintranslation reshsusan.substack.com/p/693108_nov...

🚨 Book Recs Alert! 🚨 For August, I put together a list of 25+ books by women in translation—most of them releasing in 2025! It is a nice mix of genres and languages. Happy browsing and reading, #womenintranslation #WITmonth www.thebooksatchel.com/women-in-tra...

"She was less beautiful than he had remembered her, and very tall and thin in her black dress. Her composure did not astonish him; her smile, undimmed, and the sound of her voice recalled to him the poignancy of his feelings when he had first known her.." 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/s...

with the million social media apps around us, i realized i have not opened wordpress reader in years. my updates to blogs i love are either done manually or when i see an update on socials. gonna read through some favorite blogs and leave some 'likes' on Wp reader

🚨 Book Recs Alert! 🚨 For August, I put together a list of 25+ books by women in translation—most of them releasing in 2025! It is a nice mix of genres and languages. Happy browsing and reading, #womenintranslation #WITmonth www.thebooksatchel.com/women-in-tra...

a fantastic new book rec is coming your way SOON. if you have missed the previous editions of the newsletter, read them before the new one arrives. subscribe to never miss— reshsusan.substack.com

all my e-galleys have come in, it’s a good day, but now I have 793 books to read RIGHT NOW

New book on the pile — The Ex Daughters of Tolstoy house is supposed to have a gothic flavor and has obedient daughters and a lot of blood spilling. Intrigued!

Skin care products have their function but if you can’t afford them, remember that a good diet, staying hydrated, moisturizer and sunscreen go a LONG way. Sleep too, but we are all stressed in diff ways I’d imagine

reading margo’s got money troubles by rufi thorpe because of self induced peer pressure. this was everybody’s favorite book last year and i need to know what the praise is about. have you read it?

What I am reading at the moment. Have you read any?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Excited to be reading a book that I’ve kept on the reading pile forever. Every time I pick it up, something interrupts me in real life. Gonna finish it this time fingers crossed

New on the blog this week, I've written about some of my favourite novels set in London. Featuring books by Rosamond Lehmann, Brigid Brophy, Margaret Drabble, Hisham Matar and more! #BookSky #London #Books #BookReview 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/l...

You've got mail my friend, #63// doing nothing, looking for home open.substack.com/pub/reshsusa...

Today on the blog:💙📚 Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by #ElaineFeeney a young Irish woman pushes back against ingrained roles, behaviours, excavating the source of repressed feelings. A thought provoking read of past acting on present, needing change. Loved it! clairemcalpine.com/2025/07/12/l...

Melting again today as I clear out stuff, so here are 15 Books (and a Play) About Heat and Summer findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/1...

I put together all the little things that’ll make a summer nicer. Also the best books to read in summer 2025 reshsusan.substack.com/p/64-things-...

hello hello, i've got some ideas and books for summer— reshsusan.substack.com/p/64-things-...

You might want to get your name on the subscriber list– reshsusan.substack.com

Looking for a book to pick up this summer? Would a mix of crime, horror, romance, and cozy books interest you? Here you go— www.thebooksatchel.com/books-summer...

Felt nostalgic—5 voracious readers on the internet reveal their reading habits. Also READING TIPS and book recs. Some readers in the list are no longer on socials, some are published authors; I hope all are still readers. Miss old times! www.thebooksatchel.com/reading-tips...

Remember the elbow nudges in school days? Imagine if a left handed student is made to sit with a right handed student. Laughed some with the left-right desk wars and leftfully regaining power over some words in LEFT-OUT PARU by Bijal V. Fun books forever!

STUNNING graphic novel SONG OF THE ASUNAM By C. G. Salamader, Rajiv Eipe, about friendship and kindness about a wannabe hunter boy and an asunam with rainbow scales. The art is amazing and the story makes you feel warm inside

You've got mail my friend, #63// doing nothing, looking for home open.substack.com/pub/reshsusa...

I've written a book review in what feels like forever. If you have a few minutes to spare, do read and support, www.thebooksatchel.com/book-review-...

i had such a good time with 'the dairy of a bookseller' and i am so excited for 'let the bad times roll' by Alice Slater about an intimate dinner party turned interrogation; including a missing man and a psychic who claims to have seen him

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why we read

currently with this book—mad sisters of esi—with the most gorgeous cover. those who know me say i would love the real. i was completely sold on the blurb and i enjoy writings by the author, but wasn't in the mental space to pick it up until now. fables, worlds, stories, sisters

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In modern India, where people are turning to algorithmns to help with arranged marriages. AI in matchmaking— (other things : 90% of marriages in India are arranged, Matrimony dot com has a market value of $160 mil, there are 1500 matrimony sites) thewalrus.ca/ai-arranged-...

honestly i am in love with how the newsletter looks <3

if you have no valentine, i have a new newsletter for you. if you have a valentine, read out my newsletter to them. ok bye love you reshsusan.substack.com/p/59-before-...

days with tea and the blaft book of anti-caste sf— @kandasamy.bsky.social @blaft.bsky.social @blaftrakesh.bsky.social