Runalong Womble
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Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
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A list of books read this year - no commentary and not all will be reviewed 1 - Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
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Another book from the holiday that needed a more thorough look, here’s my review of On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle, (tr. Barbara J. Haveland).
As with vol. 1, Balle grounds the SFnal thoroughly in the human. The delight is that it manages to stay entirely fresh a second time round.
As with vol. 1, Balle grounds the SFnal thoroughly in the human. The delight is that it manages to stay entirely fresh a second time round.
On the Calculation of Volume II – Solvej Balle (tr. Barbara J. Haveland)
I didn’t review the first book of On the Calculation of Volume, and that was a mistake. It was exceptionally good, following an antiquarian bookseller called Tara Selter as she finds herself trappe…
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February 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Another book from the holiday that needed a more thorough look, here’s my review of On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle, (tr. Barbara J. Haveland).
As with vol. 1, Balle grounds the SFnal thoroughly in the human. The delight is that it manages to stay entirely fresh a second time round.
As with vol. 1, Balle grounds the SFnal thoroughly in the human. The delight is that it manages to stay entirely fresh a second time round.
Hello Evening Crowd I have an absolutely delicious witchy take for you tonight!
New Review - time to meet my new favourite witch Mehrab - run and get hold of this excellent story - A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter is out now and yes you need it. www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
A Forest, Darkly by A G Slatter — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Books Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 ebook ...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Hello Evening Crowd I have an absolutely delicious witchy take for you tonight!
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In case you, like me, had completely missed this...
If you, like me, realised that you can't find a link to @easterconuk.bsky.social's PlanZ where they're collecting participation requests (dealine tomorrow!), the only way I've found so far to get to the site is to go back to the email we got sent on Feb 6th and ask to reset your password again.
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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I'm pleased to join The Write Reads Book Tour to shine a spotlight on Jump by D.L. Orton.
Take a look!
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Take a look!
@thewritereads.bsky.social #bookblogger #booktour
The Write Reads on Tour: Jump (Madders of Time Book 2) by D.L. Orton
I’m excited to join the Write Reads book tour to shine a spotlight on Jump (Madders of Time Book Two) by D.L. Orton. This sequel continues the story started in Hive, with high stakes combining deep…
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February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'm pleased to join The Write Reads Book Tour to shine a spotlight on Jump by D.L. Orton.
Take a look!
@thewritereads.bsky.social #bookblogger #booktour
Take a look!
@thewritereads.bsky.social #bookblogger #booktour
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👀 I need this one, for reasons
"I have read the skies, I have read the river. I have read the birdsong, and the fall of leaves. I have read the factories and the shadow of the walking man. I have read the soldiers who died here, in several wars, separated by centuries. I have read the blood, and the ploughing of the fields."
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
👀 I need this one, for reasons
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A novel muted by design “We Spread,” by Iain Reid is not a book I felt the urge to hurl bodily into the nearest oxfam, but nor did it consume me in the way Reid’s best work has. I liked it well enough.
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Review: We Spread by Iain Reid | FanFiAddict
Synopsis: Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the ...
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February 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A novel muted by design “We Spread,” by Iain Reid is not a book I felt the urge to hurl bodily into the nearest oxfam, but nor did it consume me in the way Reid’s best work has. I liked it well enough.
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I don't read many short story collections but What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah was fantastic. It was powerful & engrossing. Light, The Future Looks Good, and Windfalls were my faves! #BookReview #BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookSky
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Book Review: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
What It Means When a Man Falls from the SkyPublisher: Riverhead BooksPub Date: 4 April 2017Genre: Literary Fiction, Short StoriesPanda Rating:(4.5 pandas) 📖 SYNOPSIS A dazzlingly accomplished debut…
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February 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I don't read many short story collections but What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah was fantastic. It was powerful & engrossing. Light, The Future Looks Good, and Windfalls were my faves! #BookReview #BookBlog #BookBlogger #BookSky
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and you won't be able to see that that's what's happening.
the park should not be full of broken glass.
you can't just ban children from the play area and call the problem solved.
1) they now have no play area
2) everyone else is still getting cut to ribbons
the park should not be full of broken glass.
you can't just ban children from the play area and call the problem solved.
1) they now have no play area
2) everyone else is still getting cut to ribbons
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
and you won't be able to see that that's what's happening.
the park should not be full of broken glass.
you can't just ban children from the play area and call the problem solved.
1) they now have no play area
2) everyone else is still getting cut to ribbons
the park should not be full of broken glass.
you can't just ban children from the play area and call the problem solved.
1) they now have no play area
2) everyone else is still getting cut to ribbons
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yes. the things that would make social media safer for children are almost all just the things that would make social media non-harmful/much less harmful for *all of us*.
if you do it by age verification then nothing will stop a child in a difficult home accessing stuff via parents' accounts
if you do it by age verification then nothing will stop a child in a difficult home accessing stuff via parents' accounts
The under-16 social media (and VPN, and chatbot) ban is part of a broader policy problem IMV, which is that it is politically easier to talk about e.g. 'child poverty', and you can do a lot of good with that approach, but it has hard limits because ultimately you are also just talking about poverty.
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
yes. the things that would make social media safer for children are almost all just the things that would make social media non-harmful/much less harmful for *all of us*.
if you do it by age verification then nothing will stop a child in a difficult home accessing stuff via parents' accounts
if you do it by age verification then nothing will stop a child in a difficult home accessing stuff via parents' accounts
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We are now open for Pride in Horror 2026 submissions! For more information PIHM, what we're looking for and how to submit, check out the PIHM page over at DHR
Pride in Horror Month — Divination Hollow Reviews
Every June, Divination Hollow Reviews celebrate Pride in Horror Month. This is an event that we, as a small, majority queer review team, feel passionate about. We promote diverse voices through the year, but June is when we throw our doors open and invite you all to join us. As always, queer voices and allies are welcome, and we’d love to spotlight your work. Just read the below for what we’re looking for and for the submission guidelines, and send us your work.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
We are now open for Pride in Horror 2026 submissions! For more information PIHM, what we're looking for and how to submit, check out the PIHM page over at DHR
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Meander, Curate, Lose: Susann Cokal reviews Crystal King's THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR (MIRA)
Meander, Curate, Lose: Review of Crystal King’s The Happiness Collector
Susann Cokal Under Review:The Happiness Collector. Crystal King. MIRA, December 2025. “Humans have always fed themselves on a diet of fear,” declares Sophie, the enigmatic benefactor in Crystal Ki…
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February 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Meander, Curate, Lose: Susann Cokal reviews Crystal King's THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR (MIRA)
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With apologies to everyone who followed me because of archeaology shitposting, but hey! Bookish friends!
If you're voting in the BSFAs, Locus, Nebula or Hugos (lol) I'd be so grateful for any consideration for my dark academia with added anti-capitalist orcas🖤
If you're voting in the BSFAs, Locus, Nebula or Hugos (lol) I'd be so grateful for any consideration for my dark academia with added anti-capitalist orcas🖤
It's odd posting about awards eligibility & asking please consider me when my book's barely out so not many of you have read it.
But I have one sole eligible thing this year, and I'm proud of it in all its briny strangeness. So hey, please consider THE SALT ORACLE if you're nominating? 🖤🖤🖤
But I have one sole eligible thing this year, and I'm proud of it in all its briny strangeness. So hey, please consider THE SALT ORACLE if you're nominating? 🖤🖤🖤
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
With apologies to everyone who followed me because of archeaology shitposting, but hey! Bookish friends!
If you're voting in the BSFAs, Locus, Nebula or Hugos (lol) I'd be so grateful for any consideration for my dark academia with added anti-capitalist orcas🖤
If you're voting in the BSFAs, Locus, Nebula or Hugos (lol) I'd be so grateful for any consideration for my dark academia with added anti-capitalist orcas🖤
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Today we're thrilled to share an excerpt from Bar Fridman-Tell's upcoming horror-tinged fairytale HONEYSUCKLE, publishing 2nd April from Tor Nightfire
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February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Today we're thrilled to share an excerpt from Bar Fridman-Tell's upcoming horror-tinged fairytale HONEYSUCKLE, publishing 2nd April from Tor Nightfire
Read more: tinyurl.com/yezd7k8n
@torbooks.bsky.social
@barfridmantell.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/yezd7k8n
@torbooks.bsky.social
@barfridmantell.bsky.social
Some #Bookpost to share - also up The Castle & The Cloister by Laura E Weymouth for epic fantasy with gods, intrigue and warring nations coming 4/8 thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Some #Bookpost to share - also up The Castle & The Cloister by Laura E Weymouth for epic fantasy with gods, intrigue and warring nations coming 4/8 thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
Some #Bookpost to share - first up The Sixth Nick by Daniel Kraus to space with added secrets and a strange crew to meet coming 23/8 thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Some #Bookpost to share - first up The Sixth Nick by Daniel Kraus to space with added secrets and a strange crew to meet coming 23/8 thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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Lets talk covers!
My new book THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out in August, and @headofzeus.bsky.social designer Simon Michelle with illustrator Marcela Bolívar have done a wondrous job.
Whats your fave fantasy with a monster/god/BEAST on the cover?
Pre-orders are live now- geni.us/TDATDcovrev
My new book THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out in August, and @headofzeus.bsky.social designer Simon Michelle with illustrator Marcela Bolívar have done a wondrous job.
Whats your fave fantasy with a monster/god/BEAST on the cover?
Pre-orders are live now- geni.us/TDATDcovrev
February 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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It’s the third Monday of the month, so here’s a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter.
feat. Julian Barnes, Alejandro Zambra, Antigone, a new Indian climate fiction anthology & more.
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As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this fortnightly.
feat. Julian Barnes, Alejandro Zambra, Antigone, a new Indian climate fiction anthology & more.
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As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this fortnightly.
Words for Worlds - Issue 115
Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of Words for Worlds.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
It’s the third Monday of the month, so here’s a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter.
feat. Julian Barnes, Alejandro Zambra, Antigone, a new Indian climate fiction anthology & more.
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this fortnightly.
feat. Julian Barnes, Alejandro Zambra, Antigone, a new Indian climate fiction anthology & more.
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this fortnightly.
Hello Lunchtime Crowd something excellent for you to start the week!
New Review - time to meet my new favourite witch Mehrab - run and get hold of this excellent story - A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter is out now and yes you need it. www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
A Forest, Darkly by A G Slatter — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Books Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 ebook ...
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February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Hello Lunchtime Crowd something excellent for you to start the week!
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My new novella has been out a couple of weeks, & it's started getting some nice reviews, so maybe you'd like to go read it? There's scientific research, high stakes action, & weird disfunctional people coping with a planet that wants to kill them. What more could you want?
My new novella, All That Is In The Earth, is out from @lunapress.bsky.social in less than a month! A quarantined planet, an incurable disease, & a band of survivors in a desperate race against infection, flesh-eating monsters, & each other. Plus bonus soil science!
February 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
My new novella has been out a couple of weeks, & it's started getting some nice reviews, so maybe you'd like to go read it? There's scientific research, high stakes action, & weird disfunctional people coping with a planet that wants to kill them. What more could you want?
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On the blog today is my book review of the children's book, The Man Who Wore All His Clothes and Other Stories by #author Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Katharine McEwen.
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The Man Who Wore All His Clothes and Other Stories by Allan Ahlberg and Katharine McEwen- #bookreview
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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February 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
On the blog today is my book review of the children's book, The Man Who Wore All His Clothes and Other Stories by #author Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Katharine McEwen.
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
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Film Review: Arco
Look up and make a wish
@carturo222.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog:
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/film...
Look up and make a wish
@carturo222.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog:
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/film...
Film Review: Arco
Look up and make a wish First we have the far future. People live on platforms above the clouds, where they practice subsistence farming. Wi...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Film Review: Arco
Look up and make a wish
@carturo222.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog:
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/film...
Look up and make a wish
@carturo222.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog:
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/film...
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Happy Monday! Today's Blog Plans?
Book Blitz for The Real Ones by J. Rose Black (after/12.10pm CET), Cover Reveal for Love at First Bloom by Valentina Iania (after/4.40pm CET).
#BookBloggers #Blogging #BlogPlans
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Book Blitz for The Real Ones by J. Rose Black (after/12.10pm CET), Cover Reveal for Love at First Bloom by Valentina Iania (after/4.40pm CET).
#BookBloggers #Blogging #BlogPlans
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February 16, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Happy Monday! Today's Blog Plans?
Book Blitz for The Real Ones by J. Rose Black (after/12.10pm CET), Cover Reveal for Love at First Bloom by Valentina Iania (after/4.40pm CET).
#BookBloggers #Blogging #BlogPlans
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Book Blitz for The Real Ones by J. Rose Black (after/12.10pm CET), Cover Reveal for Love at First Bloom by Valentina Iania (after/4.40pm CET).
#BookBloggers #Blogging #BlogPlans
twirlingbookprincess.com
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Heads up: there hasn't been an announcement yet, but I'm excited for this event in May at Waterstones Islington. I'll be alongside Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy, discussing our latest books: SOLACE HOUSE, NIGHT BABIES & my own COME SING FOR THE HARROWING.
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Will Maclean, Lucie McKnight Hardy & Dan Coxon in conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Will Maclean, Lucie McKnight Hardy & Dan Coxon in conversation today.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Heads up: there hasn't been an announcement yet, but I'm excited for this event in May at Waterstones Islington. I'll be alongside Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy, discussing our latest books: SOLACE HOUSE, NIGHT BABIES & my own COME SING FOR THE HARROWING.
www.waterstones.com/events/will-...
www.waterstones.com/events/will-...
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GNOH HQ reviews The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey today!
The Flesh King reads like Kadrey bet someone he could make body horror feel warm. Zero filler. One villain who'll live in your head rent-free. Monster hunters who bicker like family. More of this, please!!
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The Flesh King By Richard Kadrey Review: Blood, Banter, And Bad Decisions - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Richard Kadrey’s The Flesh King brings the Discreet Eliminators back to New York for a faster, meaner, and messier supernatural noir
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February 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
GNOH HQ reviews The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey today!
New Review - time to meet my new favourite witch Mehrab - run and get hold of this excellent story - A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter is out now and yes you need it. www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
A Forest, Darkly by A G Slatter — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Books Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 ebook ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
February 16, 2026 at 8:33 AM
New Review - time to meet my new favourite witch Mehrab - run and get hold of this excellent story - A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter is out now and yes you need it. www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...