What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
If you happen to be looking for all-real books to read this summer, selected by real humans, @cybilw.bsky.social and I have you covered with our Summer Reading coverage for Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2947
I’m looking forward to Joanna Lowell’s next book! Histrom with a nonbinary main character: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
"I'm not saying I sent Kristen Arnett's publicist an all-caps email saying 'PLEASE SEND ME THE SEXY CLOWN BOOK I NEED IT,' but I'm also not NOT saying that." Check out the 20 books @cybilw.bsky.social and I can't wait to get our hands on in March!
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
Bookstore owner @ahablives.bsky.social reflects on the total destruction, by fire, of East Bay Booksellers (and its rebirth!).
LIFT EV’RY JAWN AND SING
i feel like medievalists probably get tired of always having to answer "the fucking 19th century" to the question "where did *this* bullshit take on the middle ages come from?"
What!!!!!!!!!
One the most interesting recent publishing trends is the rise of the self-pubbed megahit and how that's changing the industry...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/b...
Dec 20 work expectations vs. Dec 20 work reality
Today’s the day. It’s the 2024 Hater’s Guide to the Williams Sonoma catalog!
defector.com/the-2024-hat...
The Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2025 list is here!
debutiful.net/2024/12/09/t...
the bay area warning has about cleared, but for future reference, alameda county peeps, there's an official map of the inundation zone here lhmp.acgov.org/map.html?map...
Some ALTER EGO love from Goodreads on the eve of release - including being listed as one of the site's Most Anticipated December Books + a lovely mention from bestie @kellyekell.bsky.social!
Most Anticipated: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
20204 overview: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
Another month of books, another month of @cybilw.bsky.social and me going feral and unhinged for new books: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2854
I am cackling at this!
For a minute, earlier this year, I considered rebooting my newsletter as a bimonthly review of new-ish children’s books — picture books and middle readers, not YA. I didn’t, but, since it’s the holidays, I’m going to post about some books I probably would have reviewed. Call it a gift guide! 1/x
A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep Water
A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof Beats
A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our Moon
A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
I'm chatting with @maggietokudahall.bsky.social on today's episode of Hey YA about Authors Against Book Bans, the current book censorship climate, and more.
Tune in --> bookriot.com/listen/hey-y...
Oh you are in for SUCH a treat!!!
