#FridayReads Just finished The Great Believers, and wow. The way the threads entwine, emotion- and plot-wise, is so satisfying, heartbreaking, and well done.

This holiday season, get a gift that you can hold on to forever. Bid on a personalized, handwritten postcard from brilliant writers like Jessica Francis Kane, author of Fonseca, This Close, and Bending Heaven. buff.ly/RbbGfon

Lincoln in the Bardo fans, you're in luck! There's still time to receive a personalized postcard from one of your favorite authors. Click the link below to get a personal holiday gift from George Saunders @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!

So excited to see Automatic Noodle on @bookriot.bsky.social's best books of 2025, along with great new work from @charliejane.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, Lee Lai, @khanwong.bsky.social, @kimberlylemming.bsky.social and more!! bookriot.com/best-books-o...

Sky shark!

Hey you can support some trans folks on the Trans Day of Remembrance! Donate to the Trans Lifeline if you can. Or to someone's gofundme. It's a rough time out there. translifeline.org

Therapist: weirdly over-rendered 3D bluesky logo isn't real, it can't hurt you Weirdly over-rendered 3D bluesky logo:

I always love browsing the list of authors offering personalized postcards in the annual auction to support @commonmag.bsky.social - charityauction.bid/AuthorPostca...

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. . Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

Enjoying that it's finally the season of fall foliage in Northern California.

Best quote from a student all year: "My privilege does not make me guilty, it makes me responsible" Beautiful

Happy pub day to SLOW GODS by Claire North, a book where I kept asking myself HOW IS SHE DOING THIS? A space opera with a plot that does not stop which is also a meditation on morality in the face of unfolding crisis! A story of love, loss, and power, with humor and verve! Fun, profound, incredible.

And following up on my #FridayReads from 2 weeks ago: The Unveiling by Quan Barry was intense and fascinating. Recommended for fans of psychological horror who can handle some gore and some ambiguity.

#FridayReads Really getting into the characters of The Great Believers by @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social and excited to see where the story threads are going in both timelines. I previously read and was enthralled by I Have Some Questions For You.

Author Postcard Auction for @commonmag.bsky.social! Bid on a postcard from me or another writer (there are so many good ones!). Could be for yourself or to give as a gift. #booksky

I just called my former senators in SC to ask them to take the lead in calling for the release of the Epstein files and I have to admit I enjoyed making those calls so much. If you've got Republican senators, give them a call, just as a nice treat for yourself.

Seconding the recommendation for this delightful game!

Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚

I bought some persimmons to eat myself, but I also gave the rest of the household persimmon permission. (None of them want to eat persimmons. Or to hear me make this same little wordplay every fall.)

I have knitted half (ish*) of a cardigan! (*After knitting the matching other side, I'll extend at the bottom and the front, so I'm less than 50% done.)

Good clouds this morning.

Bright color day

This story is so wild, well-reported, and infuriating.

Look At My Book Everyone :)

October Reading Recap - My reviews of Lessons in Magic and Disaster, The Wilderness, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Audition: www.lisaeckstein.com/2025/11/octo...

Gonna keep the vibe going with another donation to a food bank. Find yours here: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

🎼If we defeat them here We'll defeat them anywhere It's up to you---

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November plays host to many reading challenges this month. I'll do my best to fit in as many recs as possible ! This week I have queer books with nonbinary characters, or written by nonbinary authors. I've read a few of these, but there are so many good ones here I'm looking forward to. (1/2)

hey Squad (by me and @lisasterle.bsky.social) is available for the extremely impossible to argue with price of $0 in eBook now. So if you want a place to put the anger you're feeling toward shitty men, have I got the book for you. Don't suffer bad men. Eat them. www.amazon.com/Squad-Maggie...

I voted. (Over a week ago, by mail, an option I am so grateful that California provides to everyone!)

PLEASE vote in local elections–mayors (of small towns, even), board members, etc. They have a direct effect on your life AND are currently the last line of defense against destructive federal policies. In many places so few people vote for city council etc. that your 1 vote can change the result

PRORDER CHERRY BABY ANYWHERE and get this cute cherry bag charm! Just submit your receipt here -- www.harpercollins.com/pages/cherry... And remember, if you preorder from the Bookworm in Omaha, I'll sign and personalize your book! www.bookwormomaha.com/rainbow-rowell

Seeing mention of a Godzilla Minus One sequel is causing me to realize that I had been interpreting it as Godzilla Minus Godzilla, a la Garfield.

I am one of the recommenders for n+1 Bookmatch this year and I can't pretend to be cool about it bc this is like my world series, Oscars, etc. Naturally I took the quiz & got an incredible list of books, none of which were my recommendations. They know me better than I know myself

Not sure how long it will last but paperback & hardcover copies of A Hunger with No Name are on sale through the @utampapress.bsky.social website! If you're looking for a way to level up your book collection or get a jump on your holiday shopping, now is the time! utampapress.org/product/a-hu...

Have you been looking for an absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist? Well, pick up your jaws and do your stretches. We were joined by @raxkingisdead.bsky.social, author of Sloppy and Tacky, to discuss The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. www.frowl.org/worstbestsel...

Happy #NaNoWriMo Day 1, to all who celebrate! It's time for that time-honored tradition of sharing your first sentence with the world... or at least with the other folks reading this post. 🤭

#FridayReads Just started The Unveiling by Quan Barry. So far we have an Antarctic cruise that's sure to go terribly wrong, and a narrator I am excited to experience the horrors with.

Check out FONSECA and this free giveaway! It's a delightful read!

Fall's Back - It's writing season! www.lisaeckstein.com/2025/10/fall...

2. The novel being on a Men's Health sci-fi booklist delights me. If their audience dives into a novel with queer women senior citizens, a gender ? AI who runs on altruism, a book gently pushing revolution through acts and empathy, well. I can ask for nothing more. www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

Want to know what you can expect from Transactional Intercourse? A book packed with info about marginalized sex workers, from our own mouths rather than people who seek to speak over us and use our trauma or joy to promote their rhetoric. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

Boston friends, check out Bear's show! I was lucky enough to see it last year, and it was such a great evening of storytelling!

In the lead-up to #Novellavember, I am going to do some rec threads! I decided to dedicate day one to tiny presses, the true loves of my heart. I have yelled about all of these books before. I will yell about them again. You're welcome.

I did not love seeing a security robot at my health care clinic, but I did love the ensuing conversation with my awesome peeps.

I requested a STACK of trans books at my local library back in the leadup to the Trans Rights Readathon! They ordered most of them immediately, and then I spied a copy of a title they hadn't picked up at the time in the New Books section a few weeks ago!

Adorned my latest batch of @votefwd.bsky.social letters with Life Magnified stamps and happy frog stickers. Still time to claim letters and write this weekend to get out the vote for Prop 50!

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

We only have until Oct. 28 to send letters to voters in Pennsylvania and California. The future of democracy depends on testing new tactics, learning what works to turn out voters, & scaling it fast. Adopt a batch of voters before the window to mail letters closes!