Mini-Reviews: Five Romances Reviews of Conform, The Mating Game, Zomromcom, Original Sinner, and Shield of Sparrows.

Some (very late) mini-reviews!
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The Overachievers’ Book Club AKA 2026 Reading List Awards The first rule of Book Club is: You do not talk about Book Club. However, we’ve done our work for the year, so now I CAN talk about what we did this year. Specifically, THIS particular book club, otherwise known as the American Library Association RUSA CODES Reading List Council. Sometimes, in discussion, usually while celebrating AND bemoaning the literal mountain of books we have to get through in any single year, we call it the Overachievers’ Book Club.

The Overachievers' Book Club AKA 2026 Reading List Awards #booksky @ala-rusa.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #AdultMediaAwards #ReadingListAwards

Watch Amy tell everyone about the fun (and difficult) work we did this year to evaluate hundreds of works of genre fiction and pick the best!

Historical fiction isn’t usually my thing, but the voice is so good!

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My favorite reads of 2025 These were my favorite reads in 2025! Twelve fantastic books and series worth your time!

My favorite reads of 2025

Thank you for the rec!

My Favorite Books of 2025 My favorite fiction and non-fiction books of 2023!

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Hopefully I can cook up a Faves of 2025 list this weekend. I love reading them from fellow readers.

Does your local NPR affiliate have the best mug design? Show me so I can restock my cupboard. WBHM in Birmingham, AL had chickens a few years back…

I realize I'm late to the party on this but WTAF Harpercollins?! Even Macmillan signed this. FFS MACMILLAN! global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcement...

Also, The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (out in a few weeks) is very good so far.

Black ewe laying on straw with a white lamb on either side of her

Two white lambs curled up together

First lambs of the season, less than a day old.
In a pen for the first several days so mama can have extra food and bond with babies.
Some things are still okay.

Using apartheid money to pay for romance movies does feel very normal and fine

Tosca is still a fan of her big bro, so wigs are the least of it I guess

It's been like 20 years since Jacob's wig, come on ppl

Did we learn nothing from Twilight

New erotic comics antho from the folx at @filthyfigments.bsky.social now funding on Kickstarter!
Transfixed - Trans & Genderqueer Erotic FairyTales Anthology
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Half my household was at a sport tournament this weekend and half the participants were from QC. Entire healthy communities exist along international borders and we seem to focus only on the “baddies.”

An explainer on immigration enforcement in libraries and ways to protect patron privacy: www.oif.ala.org/libraries-an...

2025 Reading Challenge: Does the post you're sharing have any linked or named sources? When and where is that photo from? I'm not doing 2017 again, friends. Definitely not doing Version 2.0, New and Improved with Deepfakes. We've got enough *intentional* lies flying around.

I’ve had a Discord server for years. There’s a learning curve but once you create the right channels, it flows well. Best of all, no algorithm to prioritize certain posts over others. You can also thread conversations now.

My kids have loved the Science Comics series for years, so it’s great that we’re finally getting fun nonfiction comics for adults! Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games is my latest love.

Picket line.

Really enjoying this romance from Shirlene Obuobi. The mental health rep is well written and nuanced. And I’m not reading romance for “book boyfriends,” but Mal is a great one.

Find the right light and never move them.

More cacti. This time a pale pink and a dark orange.

One of only two shows we’re watching right now. I’m shocked how few people know about it.