Delightful mystery conversation tonight with authors Lori Rader-Day (@loriraderday.bsky.social), Catriona McPherson (@catrionamcp.bsky.social) and Jennifer J. Chow. Thanks, @peoplesbooktakoma.com, for hosting! #BookSky

For the end of dark sky week, I’m gonna recommend y’all read Under a Dark Sky, by @loriraderday.bsky.social. Because it’s a great mystery, and because it’s how I learned about the places you can go to experience dark skies. Which I’ve wanted to do since reading it.

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

At the Midwest Mystery Writer’s conference in Chicago. @loriraderday.bsky.social

It's @loriraderday.bsky.social's WRECK YOUR HEART for #FridayReads. Best domestic-thriller-slash-mystery with a Chicago-country-music-scene setting you'll read this year. Nah, seriously, it's really good.

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

Ten tantalizing mysteries you won’t want to put down /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... @loriraderday.bsky.social @crimereads.bsky.social

Let's all agree: Nazis get zero tacos.

It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all

My snow fort of new books is coming along nicely. All from indie bookstores while I launched my new book.

Happy pub day to @loriraderday.bsky.social! Check out her WRECK YOUR HEART interview with @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social over on substack: jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/50-five-fo...

On January 11, Lori Rader-Day (c.) celebrated the launch of her new mystery, Wreck Your Heart (Minotaur), with live music, line dancing, and an author panel with Lina Chern (l.) and Mia P. Manansala (r.) at Une Annee Brewery in Niles, Ill. (the author)

Did you miss my interview with Lori Rader-Day? No worries, here's a podcast! www.wyso.org/podcast/book... @loriraderday.bsky.social

First BQ&A Interview of 2026 is live w one of my favorite people in the world: @loriraderday.bsky.social We talk about art, inspiration, legacy and audience. Lori is such a smart and insightful writer and teacher. Enjoy! bryonquertermous.substack.com/p/bq-and-a-i...

Great interview with @bryonquertermous.com (BQ&A. Adorable.) I do some name dropping and float an early working theory that is gonna blow open the plotter/pantser dichotomy.

Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day was an engrossing mystery! #MacAudio2025 @macmillanaudio.bsky.social @minotaurbooks.bsky.social wavesoffiction.blogspot.com/2026/01/revi...

Thanks to critic Oline Cogdill for sharing her review of Lori Rader-Day's Wreck Your Heart @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social's blog. #BookSky @minotaurbooks.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ms8wmsjd

A new Lori Rader-Day mystery! www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/w... @loriraderday.bsky.social

Library cat Chance wants you to come over to the Thorntown, Indiana, Public Library to see Lori talk about her new book Wreck Your Heart. He's busy.

This. It's OK if your writing doesn't save lives. It's OK if your writing only saves you.

Do not miss my interview with Lori Rader-Day this Sunday at 10:30am ET. www.wyso.org @loriraderday.bsky.social

I got a text from my agent today while I was white-knuckle driving through a wintery mix situation. I didn't read it —because driving — but I saw many many exclamation points on my watch... and the words @usatoday.com First time! Thank you, booksellers, librarians, readers!

So looking forward to this. Are you one of @maryrobinettekowal.com ’s Patreon subscribers? Even the free kind! Why NOT, right? Peek in and say howdy!

Tonight, if you’re one of @maryrobinettekowal.com ’s Patreon subscribers, and why wouldn’t you want to be? This is her Patreon podcast but along these lines…

Have you picked up a copy of WRECK YOUR HEART by @loriraderday.bsky.social yet? I'm a sucker for well-written, witty, page turners. Loved it. I'm welcoming Lori to a bonus Q&A with my Patreon supporters tomorrow, Monday, January 12 at 8 PM ET, so join us at patreon.com/maryrobinette.

Relaxed, but charming--just like Lori Rader-Day her ownself. The cover art is almost as delicious as the writing.

Congratulations to @loriraderday.bsky.social on her newest book, WRECK YOUR HEART, which I am very much enjoying! I'm welcoming Lori to a bonus Q&A with my Patreon subscribers on Monday, January 12th at 8 PM ET. Join us at patreon.com/maryrobinette (free trial is available)

At this point if a real book club wanted to talk to me about one of my books I don't know how I would be convinced it was a real offer.

Start your 2026 reading challenge by coming out Thursday Jan 8 to meet me and Andrew Ludington. My new book Wreck Your Heart is the hot topic but we'll be talking about writing. Ask us anything! @bluehousebooks.bsky.social

Congrats to my friend @loriraderday.bsky.social (and one of my favorite writers) on the publication of her latest blockbuster, WRECK YOUR HEART! Can't wait to read this one!!!

A relaxed launch day for Wreck Your Heart. I put country music books for kids in the local little free libraries and then talked to Susanna Calkins about Dahlia Devine and country in Chicago at The Book Stall. I love talking to Susie, always fun.

There’s so much Miller on the timeline, cleansing with Dolly Parton and a cat ✨

We’re gonna do the boot-scootin’ boogie here at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to @loriraderday.bsky.social about community, country music, and her latest novel WRECK YOUR HEART.

Happy pub day to the wonderful @loriraderday.bsky.social! Her latest (and greatest, in my humble opinion) novel, WRECK YOUR HEART, is out today! Order it from your local indie or here: bookshop.org/p/books/wrec...

"I did want to explore a character who believed, truly believed, that her music was the truth, but who wasn’t living very authentically." Elisa Shoenberger's interview with @loriraderday.bsky.social on "Wreck Your Heart” (@minotaurbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/06/c...

#booktour @loriraderday.bsky.social @minotaurbooks.bsky.social @bluehousebooks.bsky.social @christinaclancy.bsky.social @tracyc1.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social @rebeccamckanna.bsky.social @murderbooks.bsky.social

Tonight's report, in photos. Boots, Mary Kubica, wine, Andersons Bookshop in Naperville, first book launch event for Wreck Your Heart, happy cowgirl.

Tonight! Support an indie bookstore and your favorite country music mystery writer (me). 7pm Andersons in Naperville IL Launch week starts now!

Day 4 title for #LibFaves25 is WRECK YOUR HEART by Lori Rader-Day. A big-hearted, funny, found-family mystery that delighted me from start to finish.

Ready for some book suggestions for January? Here's Deb Lewis' January picks @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social's blog. #BookSky #BookLists #ForthcomingBooks. bit.ly/4sh5Yhl

A week from today Wreck Your Heart comes out! I have been waiting a long time for you to meet Dahlia Devine... You can pre-order Wreck Your Heart from @barnesandnoble.com for 25 percent off for a short time. And then your wait will be short, too! @minotaurbooks.bsky.social

My last newsletter of the year is bursting with fun stuff including my favorite reads of the year from @maris.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social @greenwell.bsky.social and others!

If any Meta app says I "joined Meta AI" it's because I was trying to see if I could shut down the borg before it consumes us. Turns out no.

Finishing my joyful murder mystery (yes, really) Wreck Your Heart. Reading: Catherine Newman's entire catalogue, Lily King's Heart the Lover. Terry Prachett is always good in an emergency. And other times.

Happy Jane Austen's 250th birthday to ME with a rewatch of Sense and Sensibility. It is perfect and also popcorn was involved.

I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.

My quote of the day If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else. Rob Reiner

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.