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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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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · Jan 1
A list of books read this year - no commentary and not all will be reviewed 1 - Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
Teenage Girls Can be Demons by Hailey Piper - cover shows a girl with her moth appearing to be a demon with large teeth
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acwise.bsky.social
Psst! The WSFA Small Press Awards are now open for submission of works originally published in 2025.

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2026 WSFA Small Press Award Opens
The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is now accepting nominations of works “published for the first time in the English language” in 2025 for its Small Press Award, given a…
locusmag.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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wsbookclub.bsky.social
I'm back with another post about books with great relationships for readers who don't love love in books.
Happy Valentine's Day!

#bookblogger #booksky #books
Books with Relationships for People who Don’t Love Love: 2026 Edition
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you probably suspect that I much prefer stabby fantasy to smoochy fantasy. When it comes to reading, I have the romantic sensibilities of a rock. That bein…
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February 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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cherylmorgan.bsky.social
My thanks to @seananmcguire.bsky.social for this great recommendation of the @r-emrys.bsky.social novella in Wiz Duo #3
wtpress.bsky.social Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 4h
"Ruthanna Emrys has done what she does best and most brilliantly: she has crafted a new twist on something that feels effortlessly familiar, compelling and intriguing, with a magic system like I've never seen before. I want so much more of this universe!" -- Seanan McGuire
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The cover of Wiz Duo book 3 with stories by Ruthanna Emrys and Andrew Knighton. The images are an old, wooden house seen against a mountainous background for Ruthanna's story; and a hiker walking towards the sunset in Andrew's.
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Queer Knights killing Nazis 👀👀👀
thomasdlee.bsky.social Thomas D. Lee @thomasdlee.bsky.social · 4h
Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!
February 17, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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jonathanlhoward.bsky.social
Advertise your account with a gif.
February 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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simonguy.bsky.social
Am I impartial? Not entirely.

Honestly, will you love this book if you enjoy the novels of Alan Garner? Or those of Ray Bradbury? It's very possible.

Will you at least save 25% on this gamble, if you take advantage of this offer via Waterstones? Definitely.
jeffnoon.bsky.social Jeff Noon @jeffnoon.bsky.social · 6h
Special pre-order offer from Waterstone's on my upcoming novel, Moon Over Brendle. Check it out!
www.waterstones.com/book/moon-ov...
February 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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2026 Nerds of a Feather Awards Recommended Reading, Part 1: Fiction Categories

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2026 Nerds of a Feather Awards Recommended Reading, Part 1: Fiction Categories
The wheel turns, the turtle flies through space, and once more time brings our feet marching dutifully back to the foot of Mount Awards Seas...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
runalongwomble.bsky.social
Advertise your account with a gif
February 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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stewarthotston.com
A great novella from Andrew Knighton
February 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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NEW REVIEW: Today’s review is a look at Blessed is the Rot by Sheri Singerling. Unfortunately, this was a book that did not work for me.

www.fantasybooknerd.com/2026/02/book...
BOOK REVIEW | BLESSED IS THE ROT | SHERI SINGERLING
www.fantasybooknerd.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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rjbarker.bsky.social
Good news and bad news, friends. BAD NEWS first. My evil twin's book is up for a 25% off pre-order promotion at WATERSTONES! But why would you order this funny, violent, working class detective story with two really engaging leads, using the code FEB26?

WHY DO THAT TO YOURSELF?

#WPreorder
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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A.M. Shine's Grace. Gorgeous atmosphere, Irish folk horror credentials, and a genuinely creepy setup, undermined by a sagging middle, forgettable characters, and a modern setting the plot conveniently ignores. Full review:

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Grace By A.M. Shine: Beautifully Built Dread That Never Quite Takes Hold - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
review of A.M. Shine's Grace. The Irish folk horror builds atmosphere beautifully on a cursed island, but loses its grip when characters forget the modern world exists.
gnofhorror.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
This piece on book reviews in papers has reminded me that I have discovered a new form of serendipity in books - the libby app. Its search is very strange (or I am bad at using it) and often spits out completely the wrong book...and I've now read two of the accidents and thoroughly enjoyed them.
drsurekhadavies.bsky.social Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 2d
Fine words from Becca Rothfeld on the WaPo sh#tshow and the value of book reviews in newspapers - in @newyorker.com.

The books section of a newspaper fulfils a different role from a literary magazine or blog. “It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits.”
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The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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carturo222.bsky.social
Thanks to Draft2Digital's new deal with Bookshop, my alternate history novel To Climates Unknown can now be bought as an ebook via Bookshop:
To Climates Unknown
Check out To Climates Unknown - <p><strong>"A masterful and epic novel . . . a stunning portrayal of how things that seem infinitesimal can shake the entire world." &#8212;History that Never Was<br><b...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Read @garykwolfe’s review of NONESUCH by Tealin: “The novel ends with the tantalizing note “to be continued”, promising a second volume that I suspect most readers, like myself, will want to see right now.”
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Nonesuch, Francis Spufford (Faber & Faber UK 978-0-5713-9716-7, £20.00, 480pp, hc) February 2026. (Scribner 978-1-66821-437-4, $31.00, 496pp, hc) March 2026. Francis Spufford’s gradual migratio…
locusmag.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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stephengm.bsky.social
I'm very strongly in agreement with Paul that our Skiffy & Fanty colleague @pematson.bsky.social really merits your consideration for a Best Fan Writer Hugo nomination this year!
February 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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chloroformtea.bsky.social
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.
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
runalongwomble.bsky.social
Hello Evening Crowd I have an absolutely delicious witchy take for you tonight!
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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In case you, like me, had completely missed this...
mikebrooks668.bsky.social Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h
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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wsbookclub.bsky.social
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
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…
wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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jamreads.com
👀 I need this one, for reasons
angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 23h
"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."
A photo of a copy of the Angry Robot ARC of Moon Over Brendle by Jeff Noon. The shoutline reads: A magical and deeply personal tour de force from an award-winning master of SF.
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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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 ...
fanfiaddict.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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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
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naomialderman.bsky.social
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
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
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
stephenkb.bsky.social Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d
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