Cover of The Map of Lost Places, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner. It's dark green with yellow accents, with illustrations of various types of compass for measuring angles/direction. As well as the title and editors' names in white, it also includes the words 'A Guide to Finding Evil!' and 'Stories from Strange & Haunted Realms'.

Today, I'm reviewing The Map of Lost Places. Read about my favourite stories from this compelling collection of unsettling stories set around the world – and beyond: www.draliceviolett.com/the-map-of-lost-places-e... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Composite of four book covers: Everything is OK by Debbie Tung, Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett, To The Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage, the The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

April reading round-up is here! See what I read last month and what I plan to read this month: www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-march-202... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of To The Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage, featuring the book's title on a background of an illustrated night sky partially obscured by rocket smoke

Today's my stop on the To The Moon and Back blog tour! Read my review of this propulsive and engaging novel that contains multitudes: www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-to-the-moon-an...

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Part cover of Reaper by Vanda Symon, with the book's title in pale green, half-submerhed in water

Today's my stop on the Reaper blog tour! Read my review of this fast-paced, heart-in-your-mouth, and deceptively deep thriller: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-reaper/ #bookstodon #BookMastodon

'The Seed Vault' in big white letters over a picture of patt of a gravel and concrete ramp

Today's my stop on the blog tour for The Seed Vault! Read my review of this sophisticated, tense, and unsettling speculative novel: www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-seed-vault... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

'The Hiroshima Boy' in red over a blue sky marred by brown from a nuclear bomb

Today, I'm on the blog tour for The Hiroshima Boy by Akiko Mikamo, as told to her by Shinji Mikamo. Read my review of this devastating and profound account of surviving one of the darkest chapters in human history: www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-hiroshima-... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, with the book's title in magenta on a lemon-yellow background

Today's my stop on the Ordinary Saints blog tour! Read my full review of this touching, thought-provoking, and darkly humorous novel: www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-ordinary-saint... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Book covers of: The Expansion Project by Ben Pester; The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune; Tombstoning by Doug Johnstone; The Silver Wind by Nina Allan; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett

Behold! The February reading round-up I was trying to publish for most of Sunday 😁 www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-february-... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Cover of Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise, featuring an illustration of a woman in a swimsuit and green towel on a beach, visible between her lips and hips, as well as a complimentary quote and the strapline 'Can a great love survive a great deception?'

Morning fedi :comfy: today's my stop on the Saoirse blog tour. Read my review of this enthralling and heart-rending novel: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-saoirse #bookstodon #BookMastodon

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Periodic call for #betareaders for current collection of noire #shortstories that are a little Poe, a tad Dahl, a bit Gorey. "The Monkey’s Paw" meets "Final Destination", just with stronger female characters and more satisfying deaths […]

6 books read in February 2026, 3 finished (soon 4).

My month in books.

#LukuApp #Reading #BookMastodon #Bookstodon #KirjaMastodon #KirjaMasto

Cover of Nameless by Zoe Ann Wendler, featuring the book's title with a line going through it, sideways and running the length of the left-hand side of a plain white background

On the bright side, everyone can see my posts, so I can show you my review of Nameless by @Impossible_PhD ! It's an exciting, nail-biting and well thought-through sci-fi thriller and I very much recommend it 😊 #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of Tombstoning by Doug Johnstone, featuring a hand reaching down towards a big splash in the sea

Morning fedi :blobcatsleep: today's my stop on the Tombstoning blog tour. Read my review of the tightly-plotted and compelling debut from long-time fave Doug Johnstone: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-tombstoning #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Book covers of: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders, Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, and The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty

I remembered 😁 here's what I read in January and hope to read in February: www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-january-2... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams, featuring the book's title in shiny blue on a yellow background surrounded by vines with red flowers and blue leaves

Today's my stop on the blog tour for The Seven Daughters of Dupree! Read my review of this staggering and stirring novel that contains multitudes: www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-seven-daug... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty, featuring the book's title and a striking illustration of a flaming raised fist against a blue background with foliage

Today's my stop on the blog tour for The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty. Read my review of this scarily plausible post-apocalyptic thriller and love letter to books and reading: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-hope #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

#NowPlaying Health - Death Magic

An album title which also makes for a pretty good summary of most of my reading so far this year. (The Everlasting, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Under the Whispering Door, Katabasis.)

Part cover of Into The Dark by Ørjan Karlsson, translated by Ian Giles, featuring the book's title over pines, the top of a cabin, and a glass orb containing flying ravens

It's my stop on the Into The Dark blog tour! Read my review of this compulsive and sophisticated instalment of Nordic noir: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-into-the-dark #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Book covers of: Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Larry's Party by Carol Shields, The Whale at the End of the World by John Ironmonger, The Race by Nina Allan and Into The Dark by Orjan Karlsson

Done my December round-up, finally: www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-december-... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Just finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and now I'm an emotional wreck, bawwwww 😭 #BookMastodon #bookstodon

Current read: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow.

The main character has just received a book in the post. #bookstodon #BookMastodon #IYKYK

Composite of four book covers: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo, The Whisper of Stars by Cristin Williams, Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins, and In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

It's here! Take a look at my top 30 (I know...) reads of 2025: https://www.draliceviolett.com/best-of-2025 #bookstodon #BookMastodon

A 2026 Annie Soudain wall calendar in a cover featuring a colourful lino printed flower field with swallows flying over it, surrounded by books: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang, The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow, and Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

I'm SUPPORTING THE ARTS, godammit. #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, edited by Marissa van Uden, with the book's title visible over a strange pink flower

New book review on the blog, tho. ECO24 is a moving and thought-provoking collection featuring some of my favourite themes in speculative fiction 😊
www.draliceviolett.com/eco24-edited-by-marissa-... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Just finished In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune and oh, my heart :blobcatmelttears: #BookMastodon #bookstodon

Book covers of: Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, and The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva

November round-up is here! See what I read last month and plan to read this month:
www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-november-... #BookMastodon #bookstodon #AmReading

Hand holding a black cotton tote bag open to show five book spines: Go Back At Once and Dark Entries by Robert Aickman, Larry's Party by Carol Shields, The Proof of my Innocence by Jonathan Coe, and Wise Children by Angela Carter.

They've let Alice loose in the superlative charity bookshop again. #BookMastodon #bookstodon

Part cover of Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins, featuring a pink and purple hued, stylised upside down image of a young woman sleeping woth a headset on, but in the bottom half of the image, the headset is a big pinecone. As well as the book's title, there's the subtitle 'where every dream is a battle cry'

Morning fedi :comfy: today I'm on the blog tour for Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins. Read my review of this imaginative, sophisticated, and suspenseful sci-fi novel: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-opposite-world #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of Scars of Silence by Johana Gustawsson and translated by David Warriner, featuring the book's title and a pair of red candles trailing red ribbon instead of flames

Today's my stop on the blog tour for Scars of Silence. Read my review of this gripping, twisty, and powerful crime thriller: www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-scars-of-silen... #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Part cover of The Whisper of Stats by Cristin Williams, featuring the book's title and an illustration of a Russian monastery surrounded by flames, and a wolf and bear.

Today I'm reviewing The Whisper of Stars for the blog tour. Read my thoughts on this captivating alternate history:
www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-whisper-of... #BookMastodon #bookstodon