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Shannon Fallon
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Programmer by day, writer by night. A lover of books working on a futuristic fantasy novel

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Shannon Fallon @shannonfallon.com · Jan 13
To those who don't know me yet, hello! I'm a writer with a fantasy novel in progress, a few short pieces you can find on my website, and a book blog as well.

My favorite genres are fantasy, sci-fi, and classics, although I like to mix it up sometimes! Follow for lots of book-related goodness 💙📚
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A reading challenge with audiobook credits and a bookshop.org gift card as raffle prizes? Sign me up!

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January Pages Challenge 2026
Welcome to The StoryGraph’s January Pages Challenge for 2026! 🥳 This is the fifth year of us h...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Still making my way through Orhan Pamuk's Snow bit by bit. This morning, I read a chapter in which many characters from a troubled Turkish town discuss what they'd say if it could be printed in a German newspaper. What would be their "message to the West?" I want to share some quotes that stood out
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Pre-holiday library haul

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A stack of books, including Carpe Jugulum, The Tainted Cup, and The Circle
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The holiday season can be especially hard on writers trying to get their work into the world. If you can help, share, or boost, this is a good place to do it. Supporting authors doesn’t always mean buying a book, sometimes it’s just showing up.

#Booksky #WritersSupportingWriters #IndieAuthors
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Excerpt: It was refreshing to have a "chosen one" who actually knows what she's doing when it comes to things like combat and military strategy, so it made sense for other characters to look up to her. She isn't just handed power "because the prophecy says so"

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Should You Read How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler?
“It takes me two weeks to die, locked in my own dungeon. “Not for lack of trying on my part, mind, but orders have come down from the Dark Lord that the Princess isn’t allowed to …
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December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
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“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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"The rooms were so dark he could barely make out the shape of the furniture, so when he was compelled to look at the snow outside, it blinded him—it was as if a curtain of tulle had fallen before his eyes, as if he had retreated into the silence of snow to escape..."
- Snow

#SundaySentence
The cover of Snow, featuring a blurry image of a people walking through a blanket of snow, with a building in the background
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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If you're looking for some great nonfiction to read (or gift), I've put together my top five out of all the books I read this year. Enjoy!

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Top 5 Nonfiction Reads of 2025
I won’t be reading any more nonfiction before the end of the year, so I’m releasing my top favorites a little early! This list is separate from my favorite fiction of the year (still to…
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December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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December TBR:

- How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
- Snow by Orhan Pamuk
- Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky

Details on each below!
The cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, featuring a cartoon-like image of a figure wearing a cape and horned helmet and carrying a staff with a skull on top, with a forest of evergreen trees and a dark tower in the background The cover of Snow, featuring a blurry image of a people walking through a blanket of snow, with a building in the background The cover of Simplicity, featuring an illustration of a young man falling upside down as a set of flowering vines encircle his arms and creep up one leg. Above, a pair of hands reaches towards him
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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A November well spent! My personal favorites were Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (cozy mystery with great humor) and Our History is the Future (eye-opening non-fiction about Indigenous resistance against settler colonialism in the US)

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A graphic showing the covers of 9 books read in November, including Dreaming in Indian, There but for the, James, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, The Strength of the Few, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man, Our History is the Future, Replay, and The Round House
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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This book was emotionally challenging, so much so in the middle portion that I almost couldn't bear to continue reading. I'm glad I did. I learned so much, and I feel as though I see the world a bit more clearly now

Highly recommended for anyone whose education had the same gaps in it as mine

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The cover of Our History is the Future by Nick Estes, featuring three people on horseback, two with a hand raised
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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I'm excited to read The Strength of the Few, but I haven't yet... because it was just published today. How was it nominated for an award that claims to be "readers' favorite"?
A screenshot of the Goodreads Choice Awards, with text reading "Readers' Favorite Books of 2025". The Strength of the Few is highlighted as a nominee on my Goodreads shelves
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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If your TBR's not long enough already, today's post gives you many ways to fill it with books outside the beaten path

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How I Find Underpublicized Books
If you’ve been subscribed to me for a while, you may have noticed that I read and recommend a wide variety of books. Some are famous, some are popular, but others are far lesser known. It&#82…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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THEY KEPT A LIST. VOTERS KEPT RECEIPTS.
Election Day 2025: Voters Consistently Rejected Book Restrictions in School Board Races - The Authors Guild
While book challenges reached historic highs in 2024 and 2025, voters responded decisively. Beginning with pivotal Texas school board races in May and continuing nationwide through November, voters re...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The Indigenous Books I Can’t Stop Talking About
Author Vanessa Lillie (Cherokee) shares the new and upcoming Native reads lighting up her nightstand—and her soul.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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November TBR:

- Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
- James by Percival Everett
- The Strength of the Few by James Islington
- Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family by Jordan Mechner

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The cover of Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, featuring a sepia-toned image of people on horseback, two with one hand raised The cover of James, with the title in large golden orange letters on a black background. In the curve of the J is an illustration of a runaway carrying a bindle The cover of The Strength of the Few, showing floating scraps of paper or cloth shaped like birds with pointed sticks poking out like beaks. Below, a pair of people in long white robes walk across a desert towards a large black pyramid looming in the distance. The cover of Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family, with illustrations split into three vertical sections. On top, a man dressed like a soldier stands waiting for an approaching steam train. In the middle, a group of people sit in a train compartment, outside of which is a man wearing a long coat with a red armband. At the bottom, a boy walks away from a modern train holding what appears to be a large computer with a man at his side.
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I made an effort to reduce screen time this month

Most of these were good, but standout novels include Happiness Falls, Davita's Harp, Several People are Typing, When Stars are Scattered, and Maskerade. I'd also recommend The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide (nonfiction) if it's relevant to you!

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A graphic showing October 2025 reads, with eleven books pictured: Beasts of Carnaval, Several People are Typing, Maskerade, Elena Knows, Happiness Falls, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, An Unkindness of Magicians, Davita's Harp, When Stars are Scattered, The Turn of the Screw, and The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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"we slap on our educator hat because sometimes our aspec identities require us to teach a semester of Gender and Sexuality Studies just to get to the end of a party."
- The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide by Cody Daigle-Orians

#SundaySentence
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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🚨 Texas just lost — AGAIN — trying to ban books from schools. A federal judge has permanently blocked the READER Act for violating the First Amendment.

Here's why this matters 🧵

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Authors Guild Victory: Plaintiffs Prevail as Judge Rules READER Act Violated First Amendment   - The Authors Guild
The Authors Guild, together with booksellers, publishers, and fellow advocacy organizations, has secured a decisive victory on summary judgement against Texas’s controversial book rating mandate. On O...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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If you (like me) are tired of seeing AI results at the top of Google results, I found this website that automatically take them out (and seemingly ads as well?)

No tricks. It just redirects you to Google with a few extra characters in the URL to make the search work this way. Enjoy!

udm14.org
&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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One of the many wonders of libraries: sometimes you put a book on hold and have no idea you're about to enjoy a beautiful collector's edition!

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The first page of The Turn of the Screw, featuring a full page illustration of a tree lined path with dark clouds and fog opposite a page with a decorated title and the opening paragraph
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"the box heteronormativity creates around what makes a relationship worthwhile is so rigid... that aspec folks are almost always forced to give up parts of themselves to inhabit any relationship heteronormativity approves of."
- The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide: Cody Daigle-Orains

#SundaySentence
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Happy #AceWeek!

A great way to celebrate is to read books by asexual authors. I've got a list of ten great ones here. You can buy using my affiliate link if you want to help offset costs for my website or you can browse my recommendations and head to the library 🖤🩶🤍💜

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Own Voices: Aromanticism and Asexuality
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Beasts of Carnaval - a fantasy novel with horror aspects, highlighting Puerto Rican and Taíno culture. My honest, spoiler-free review

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Should You Read Beasts of Carnaval by Rosália Rodrigo?
“The monster arrived as night descended. “At the knock on the door, the boy’s knife stilled. He’d not been expecting his visitor for another hour at least.” – Op…
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October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM