I finished Olivia Atwater’s The Witchwood Knot this evening and it was just very delightful to be back within her magical human faerie world again. I’m pleased there will be more books in this series.
I’ve been enjoying a lot of faerie / fae / fair folk books lately - another one was heather fawcett’s emily wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries.
TFW you think, “I really ought to read that novel,” and you go into Amazon, find that book’s product page, and Amazon displays a text bar at the top of the page saying “You bought this on so and so date in 2014” and you go “I did?” and a moment later “Oh yeah I guess I did” and then a moment later “I wonder where it is” and then spend the rest of the day sifting through 4000 books stuffed into dusty bookshelves wondering where it is…
This week, I learned all about audiobook narration from David H. Lawrence, a professional actor and audiobook narrator who helps authors narrate their own books.
If you've ever dreamed of being a narrator — or wondered what it's like — this episode is for you!
#WhatWereReading :
Omar Abed & Hatem Aly's picture book The Book That Almost Rhymed has totally delighted our little bookshop crew! Yes of course we read it out loud to each other!
Let the official preorder campaign begin: anovelideaphilly.com/lakemonsters/
If you preordered elsewhere or request your local library buy a copy, you can still get in on the bookmark! Request a bookmark with proof of purchase or library request here: shorturl.at/euPR6
Also, I'm so relieved that this day is finally here. It's 3 months until the book comes out--yay!
'Medusa’s Sisters' is the debut novel of Boston author Lauren J. A. Bear, and follows the lesser known sisters of Medusa from birth and past the death of their beloved sister. #books#bookstadon#mythology
'The Fights That Make Us:' A Book Review
'The Fights That Make Us:' A multigenerational story of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Beautifully told with an impressive emotional heft. #books#bookstadon
I finished Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland last night and it was a nice mostly low-stress #cozyfantasy akin to the style of Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree.
The style of the warrior finding community after war/adventure, set in a magical land of elves and humans and dwarves.
Not in a bad way - it's still a fresh angle, you've got a blood mage, and monsters, and friends and conviviality. #bookstadon@bookstadon
Would you like to read more queer books? Today's Queer Your Bookshelf event has more than 300 ebooks, including my novel Carving a New Shape, discounted to their lowest prices (99 cents or equivalent).
Finally getting back to writing Book 5 of The Silk Rope Masters. It's slowly coming together - all those green lines mean I'm happy with the chapter for the time being.
I had hoped it would have been completed by now but Cancer stuffed up my progress. I'm still trying to get used to the many side effects from radiation and drug therapy.
For the love of FUCK please tell me an entire story in a single book. Stop with this ending everything unfinished and unraveled, and on a cliffhanger, with no resolution or satisfaction.
Edging is fun in the bedroom, not in book series.
Tell me a goddamn story. A whole story. Start, middle AND FUCKING ENDING.
Write a good story and I'll read your second book. You don't have to trick me.
They say that the music you loved at 14 years of age shapes your musical tastes for life. Those are the songs that evoke the memories you can slide into the easiest.
I feel the same things applies to books.
At 13 I had a ravenous appetite for books that took me outside of the ridiculousness of early teen emotions and situations; and catapulted me into what I considered maturity - lust, vileness, tortured souls, darkness and disparity.
It's ALIVE! #OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' is published anonymously. Her gothic novel is also one of the first science-fiction novels.
Migrating Goodreads to StoryGraph is good from the perspective of being in a supported community. I haven’t found people there yet: I’m iamleeg.
My focus for reading this coming year (other than finishing my PhD) is fantasy. I know so little about the genre that I don’t know where to start. Also, carrying on with SF. #books#bookstadon#storygraph