My well-worn copy of It finally fell apart, so now it lives on my wall. We all float down here. #booksky #horrorsky

Finished the audiobook of Come Knocking by @mikebockoven.bsky.social last night. Hoping my muscles start to relax at some point. This book just never lets up! It was intense, claustrophobic, and panic-inducing. And I could NOT stop listening! Highly recommend!

Grabbed this little gem from the library over the weekend because my older sister is named Jenny, so it seemed appropriate. Holy hell, what a fun, nasty little story by @paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social. Freaking LOVED it ❤️ Do yourself a favor and read this! #booksky #horrorbooks

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One thing that is true in this age of "AI" is that authenticity is going to be prized more than ever before. A single hand-scrawled sign is going have more impact than the smoothest "AI" image because the people seeing it knows it comes from someone's brain, not a tuned algorithm.

Finally got around to watching The Sadness last night, and I am not okay.

Some safety tips for the big storm! Be safe, everybody.

Grabbed 2 @blacktopkid.bsky.social books I had on hold, bonded with a stranger over his choice of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social, librarian approved of our choices to ride out the impending bad weather. Protect and defend our libraries at all costs. #LibrariesAreForEveryone #BookSky

Prepared for a cold winter weekend. #booksky #librariesareforeveryone

Libraries are places of pure magic.

Just finished King of Ashes by @blacktopkid.bsky.social and I need to meditate, do yoga, or take a gummie. Maybe all three? The last 100 pages were such a blur of audible WTFs and holy shits, my dog bailed off the couch and ran into the bedroom. BRB, going to read everything he’s ever written.

Couldn’t listen to the audiobook fast enough. Had to grab the book. Local library for the win! And for my sanity 😂 #booksky #librariesareforeveryone

Holy shit. Just finished listening to Chapter 6 of @blacktopkid.bsky.social's King of Ashes. Don't know if I should keep going or take a break before my nervous system files a formal complaint.

Today’s march took the same Fifth Ave route as the 1917 anti-lynching Silent Parade, one of the first American civil rights protests. Both started at 59th, by General Sherman’s statue, and headed downtown. For more on the Silent Parade: hyperallergic.com/naacp-silent...

Got @johnlangan.bsky.social's new collection after @talkscaredpod.bsky.social's Best of 2025 ep and 😳 Ever get that feeling something’s about to grab your foot when you get out of bed? Terrified even while telling yourself it’s irrational? Yeah. I checked under the bed after reading the title story.

My parents got me a new chair, and it might be the best one I’ve ever owned. They sponsored a seat in our library’s new auditorium, with my name on it. The library is my happy place, safe space, and escape. Now I get to be part of it forever. 💛 #LibrariesAreForEveryone #BookSky

If Patrick Bateman were a social platform, he would be LinkedIn.

The FIFA Peace Prize doesn't mean what it used to

Ohhhhhh, I can't wait! @comptonwrites.bsky.social is one of my insta-buy, just take my money horror authors 🥰 That cover is SPECTACULAR!

Who has made this 🤣

I have a gift card to a bookstore. Do I use it to buy a book I know I love & check out from the library over & over again, or do I buy something completely new & unknown? I feel like my TBR pile may attack me in my sleep if I add another to their numbers. Is it worth the risk? The struggle is real

Spending Halloween night with @rebelsam94.bsky.social's Galloway's Gospel. What could possibly go wrong???

What an incredible, slow burn, deeply satisfying read on Halloween day.

Get to go stalk - I mean, meet! - one of my all-time favorite authors at the Springfield-Greene County Library tonight 🤯 @claymcleod.bsky.social has a direct line to the terror center of my brain!

I just rewatched the Luke Wilson/Maya Rudolph documentary "Idiocracy," and that shit is bleak.

Apparently em dashes are seen as evidence of AI writing. Well, based on examples I've seen, they're random, stupidly used em dashes, because AI is ignorant and artless, but more pertinent to this post, you'll have to pry my "em dashes in place of parentheses" preference from my dead hands.

My library just released its line-up for their Oh, The Horror series in October, and my black little horror heart is SOOOO happy! @ericlarocca.bsky.social, @rebelsam94.bsky.social, @rachelharrison.bsky.social? Are you kidding me? And I'm not saying that I'm @claymcleod.bsky.social #1 fan, but...

Travel tip: Download @cgolden.bsky.social's audiobook House of Last Resort. Time your roadtrip so the last 1/4 of the book plays as you drive through the dark, nearly deserted two lane highways of Arkansas, and you feel like the only person left in the world. Absolute nightmare fuel.

I have the BEST library in the world! Thank you so much to @torbooks.bsky.social, @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social, @scribnerbooks.bsky.social and @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social for providing these ARCs for Book Buzz!

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

My best friend lives 530 miles from me. I go to see them at least 2x a year. Finished reading Rest Stop by @natcassidy.bsky.social. So the question is how do I make that trip without stopping for gas, snacks, or a bathroom break? Cause that just ain't happening now. #horrorsky #booksky

I hate @sgj.bsky.social. Don't get me wrong. I love Jade & Leetha, & a large chunk of my heart will forever live in Proofrock. But I really hate Stephen Graham Jones. Also, go read My Heart is a Chainsaw, Don't Fear the Reaper, & Angel of Indian Lake. I want you to be as miserably happy as I am.

That moment when Mom gets your favorite wolf blanket out of the dryer and wraps you in it just the right way. #weimaraner #weimaranersky

My husband is a local sports photographer. Sometimes I go with him. Sometimes, I watch whatever game he's covering. Sometimes, I read. Tonight, I am sitting in a little gym, trying hard not to ugly cry while reading The Angel of Indian Lake by @sgj.bsky.social. Soooo...cool. #bookysky #horrorbooks

If you’re in line to sack Patrick Mahomes, STAY IN LINE

Mahomes is getting intercepted more than a classified document in the Trump admin.

More relevant than ever

Did some therapeutic cross stitching last night. Think I might make it into a throw pillow? #crossstitch

Look, do I buy myself lots of little treats? Yes. Do I deserve them for putting up with me every day? Also a big yes.

New friends on my neighbor's house. The neighbors who moved out in the middle of the night... Someone should check the backyard for feshly turned dirt. Just sayin.

Want one? One of these ARCs is for me. The other could be for you! Share this photo and tomorrow I'll choose one sharer at random to receive an ARC of SECRET LIVES OF THE DEAD by @timlebbon.bsky.social!

Good morning! What hot fresh hell awaits us today? Has Musk stolen all our dogs overnight? Does your toothbrush now have AI in it, and is suddenly racist? Has Trump thrown Santa Claus in an El Salvadoran prison? Why is everything sticky?? Tune in to the SERIES FINALE OF AMERICA to find out!

I finished the audiobook of At Dark I Become Loathsome by @ericlarocca.bsky.social, and yes, it's intense & gory & horrific & all the things. But it is also one the most emotionally difficult books I have read in a while. It hurt to read (listen to?). And worth every moment of agony. Beautiful.

PSA: Indivisible, Move On, and the Working Families Party are jointly holding a mass organizing call on Zoom tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 2nd 2025) at 8pm ET/5pm PT for all U.S. residents who want to stop Trump's funding freeze, and presumably other policies as well. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

There is a quote from @ericlarocca.bsky.social At Dark, I Become Loathsome, "... I've learned that human decency only exists when it's convenient." Nothing has hit me quite as hard since November as that line. I wish that didn't feel so fucking accurate right now.