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Countdown! The People's Library will be released in 1 week. Preorder at your local bookstore or get a signed copy here: sistahscifi.com/products/the...
We suggest Saltcrop by @yumewrites.bsky.social if you want to read "Eco-fiction for fans of Lily Brooks-Dalton and Charlotte McConaghy." #AskALibrarian
The cover of THE STARDUST GRAIL, featuring red clouds and blue tentacles against a starfield
A photo of author Yume Kitasei
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 29: For your exhausted friend who specializes in impossible quests
THE STARDUST GRAIL, Yume Kitasei's (@yumewrites.bsky.social) brilliant, anti-colonialist space heist. Maya Hoshimoto, art thief and anthropologist, thinks she's settled down into a quiet academic life...
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A photo of the cover of Yume Kitasei's novel Saltcrop against a background of a green blanket. The cover is green and black with a striking pink used for the title and a little boat sailing across the front.
Finished on Christmas Eve after snagging from the library impulsively when I saw it was in. Loved The Stardust Grail so had to read this!
Thanks @yumewrites.bsky.social for a stunning book about sisterhood, environmental collapse, and sailing. It was exactly what I needed right now in my life! π±β΅οΈπ
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Seriously look what getting NYT best books of the year does π
@bingewriting.bsky.social literally everything is a competition
For some reason my book club decided to read my arch rival @bingewriting.bsky.social new book DISSOLUTION this month and unfortunately Iβm really enjoying it.
5 astronauts were sent to make first contact. 1 of them brought something back they shouldnβt have. It might be why someone wants them dead. ARRIVAL x Lucy Foley
The latest F&SF, edited by the amazing Sheree RenΓ©e Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, includes (with MANY fantastic things) my latest By the Numbers column, "Why We Need To Count On Each Other": 53 BIPOC authors filled out a survey asking about their experiences in publishing!
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Graphic for The King Must Die Giveaway. The background is from the cover, illustrated by Eleonor Piteira, but with a purple/orange tint. A Black woman stands before an alien sky--a glowing sun and and dramatic rings.
THE KING MUST DIE has been out for a whole month! To celebrate, Iβm giving away 3 signed + personalized author copies. To enter, repost this and comment below with the last great story you read!
In a new interview with @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, @victormanibo.com discusses Filipino history, "gloomth", and what drew him to gothic horror with his latest novel The Villa, Once Beloved!
Thank you so much for coming!
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I feel the same about you!!
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I feel this in the leftover crumbs of my remaining soul
Me three.
Iβm really impressionable when it comes to food in books
Oh also, I forgot to mention I have a new book out too, Saltcrop - a climate dystopian novel about sisters who sail across the ocean in search of their missing sister β΅οΈ
Did you immediately go out and get noodles?
Oooh. Lots of kinds of book in here.
These are just some of the amazing books I read this year!
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Everyone Who Is Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer - for your friends who love history and political context, are unafraid of being depressed, and want to understand how we got here with immigration
Ebony Gate by @juliavee.bsky.social and @kenbebelle.bsky.social - for your urban fantasy friends who are fully expect their city is defended by a badass sword wielding lady who knows where the best bao are at
The Space Between Worlds by @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social - for your smartest friends whom you would stay up until three am talking to about the world and how to fix it - or burn it down
To Clutch a Razor, an excellent sequel to When Among Crows, by @veronicarothbooks.com - for your gothic contemporary fantasy friends who would definitely fall in love with a monster