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SH Senhaji
@shsenhaji.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, editor, book reviewer
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Finally (for now), rounding off with my Can*Con (@canconsffh.bsky.social) 2025 retrospective: buttondown.com/SHSenhaji/ar...

So glad and grateful for the community I've found there, and for the amazing experiences year after year.
Writing, Community, and On Being Included: Can*Con 2025
What I have grown to love the most about Can*Con in the three years I’ve attended so far is truly the community. The wider writing community, both Canadian...
buttondown.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
Fifth newsletter post: The Great British Bake Off, and my complicated feelings about it (I did in fact go back to it at some point, and I'm now on season 4).

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Unique Story Elements that Draw You In (And the Perils of Changing the Formula): The Great British Bake Off
After years of hearing about it on Tumblr, catching glimpses and snippets of it on TV, and watching a few episodes of a spin-off, I finally started properly...
buttondown.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
Fourth newsletter post! A book review about the amazing graphic novel adaptation of Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Song of the Lioness quartet. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to her books, highly recommend this adaptation!

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Book Review - Song of the Lioness Book 1: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
A beautiful gem of a book. A few days ago I finally got around to reading an anticipated book, which came out recently: the graphic novel adaptation of...
buttondown.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 AM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
Third newsletter post! Epic: The Musical, which I discovered almost a year ago.

I also need to thank @kateerobert.com for their amazing and passionate social media posts about Epic: The Musical, which was what convinced me to give it a try in the first place!

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I Can't Help But Wonder - Epic: The Musical
There is no feeling like finding a story or piece of media that immediately touches you and rewires your brain chemistry, even to a small extent. I won’t say...
buttondown.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 AM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
Second newsletter post! Part 1 of 1 (so far), containing some of my thoughts on book recommendations - especially when they're recommended to you by someone else

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The Art of Recommending a Book - Part 1: The Self
I’ve been feeling like I’m in a bit of a reading slump, wanting to read so many things yet not actually in the mood for that particular story when I open the...
buttondown.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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bmwillows.bsky.social
none of these are DNFs, I just watched two episodes and forgot to go back because I wasn't in the right mood for them to grip me
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
In the spirit of starting fresh for 2026, I'm posting my remaining 2025 newsletters here, and I'll try to be better at posting here in the future.

To start with: Murderbot show! Absolutely loved it, and I also got to talk about it on an amazing panel at Can*Con 2025!

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I Was Wrong About the Murderbot Show and I'm Happy About It
What it says on the tin, essentially. I first read All Systems Red by Martha Wells a few years ago – the first book of her amazing and deservedly popular The...
buttondown.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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‪My review for Hammajang Luck by @makana-yama.bsky.social for @strangehorizons.bsky.social, where I gush about the story and get a bit personal, is finally out! An emotional, poignant, and heist-filled story about one last job.

The full review can be read at: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
I consider myself someone who can be comfortable in the not-knowing.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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bmwillows.bsky.social
Hey, guess what else: Preorders are officially open for THE HOWLING DARK, my scifi fantasy novel about fugitive werewolf brothers on a perilous journey home across a post-apocalyptic landscape! 🐺🌓

PREORDER: amazon.com/dp/B0G1KFVKVM
ADD ON GR/SG: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
Kindle pre-order promo graphic for THE HOWLING DARK, coming mid or late 2026. Centered in the graphic is the placeholder cover for the book, featuring the protagonist looking with a neutral expression into the camera, holding a spear. He's backlit and framed by leafless branches. He is a 22-year-old white man with long black and white hair, one brown eye and one blue, and a scar over his left eye. He's wearing a parka with a fur-lined hood over a tan sweater. Sylvain is an eclipse-born werewolf who knows neither his bestial form nor the post-nuclear wilds his kind hail from. Raised on the orbital research station Zodiac, he’s grown accustomed to a life of peaceful predictability. Though fantasies of visiting his birthplace may be out of reach due to medical restrictions, he has a loving boyfriend and all of his essential needs are met. What more could he want?In the opinion of his elder brother, the answer is: everything.Believing them abducted as children, Illia has always sworn to someday return with his brother to the mountains they were taken from. And when a peculiar turn in Sylvain’s health brings to light an ugly truth, someday becomes now—whether Sylvain is ready for it or not.Soon enough, the brothers find themselves fugitives on the planet’s surface, pursued by the government and bloodthirsty huntsmen, and under the unexpected guidance of the rebel Sundogs. All that lies between them and home is miles of unfamiliar countryside, toxic wastelands, a parasitic garden of death . . . and the question of how much they’re willing to risk in order to get there.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
I'm truly terrible at posting on social media... So here is me appearing briefly to mention my most recent newsletter post, a review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (which was absolutely amazing), before disappearing into the void once more: buttondown.com/SHSenhaji/ar...
Book Review - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7486121389 My only regret is that I didn’t listen to the audiobook. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue...
buttondown.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
I still need to write this a real review, but this was my favourite read of 2024! It is SO funny and charming, I love the romance, the awfulness of the horrible little gremlin MC, the gardening, the questing, and especially the godly pantheon and surrounding religion. HIGHLY recommend. It's lovely.
alexandrarowland.bsky.social Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · Mar 17
YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION has been out for six months! If you are looking for a cozy, queer romantasy that will make you cry and hug your tired, bruised heart, this is the book for you!
March 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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sarahgailey.bsky.social
Just got to look at a near-final proof of the printed version of Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive Issue #1. It goes out to backers at the end of Q1. What an absolutely glorious mail day that will be 🥰
January 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
I return to this—and her—so often, it's like a mantra.

Originally a drawing by Dylan Meconis published on the Nib posted in 2018 when she passed. thenib.com/nothing-is-i...

Quotes from her Nat'l Book Foundation speech in 2014: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2v7...
Drawing of Ursula K Le Guin on the event of her passing in 2018 by Dylan Meconis, with thought bubbles: WE LIVE IN CAPITALISM. ITS POWER SEEMS INESCAPABLE. SO DID THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS. ANY HUMAN POWER CAN BE RESISTED AND CHANGED BY HUMAN BEINGS.
January 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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kithrup.bsky.social
I read this the same day as I read @older.bsky.social's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, and that was a *fantastic* afternoon, so I highly recommend it. Also, I have just preordered the sequel to this -- A Drop of Corruption. I'm quite looking forward to it.
January 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Ahhhh the end of my very frazzled week just got SO MUCH better: the Publishers Weekly review for Wooing the Witch Queen is out, and it is fabulous! www.publishersweekly.com/9781250359599

#romancelandia
Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
Transporting readers to a gaslamp world, Burgis (the Regency Dragons series) unfurls an enchanting fantasy rom-com. After the so...
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November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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older.bsky.social
the covers of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (blue and purple) and The Mimicking of Known Successes (orange and yellow) (only the titles are showing)
November 21, 2024 at 9:34 PM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
Oops! Forgot to post last week's newsletter post on here. I'm probably not great at using social media... That's why I've chosen to write a newsletter instead, I guess 😆

In which I talk about agency, hope, and Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
@starbite.bsky.social

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Agency, Hope, and Batman
Hard to believe this was just last week... A lot of world events happened last week, including the U.S. Election. For many of us, it’s a lot to take in —...
buttondown.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
Tabling at Atlas Brewing with some rad vendors.
a bunch of books on a goth-adjacent table cloth alongside oracle cards and promo postcards
November 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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extropiccrusade.bsky.social
I finished _Glass Houses_ by @madelineashby.bsky.social last night, and _The Mimicking of Known Successes_ by @older.bsky.social this afternoon.

Very good SF mysteries both, but the protagonists couldn't be more different, and I have to admit that after Glass Houses, I needed a change.
November 16, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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undertow.bsky.social
This book recently won the World Fantasy Award AND the Ignyte Award. People (and some cats) seem to like it. You should own a copy. I know where you can procure one. @premeemohamed.com

undertowpublications.com/shop/no-one-...

We have an affordable eBook, as well!!
Cover of NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US by Premee Mohamed. Art features an untethered astronaut floating in space with giant tentacles behind them. I'm sure they will be fine.
November 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
⚔️ FUNDED ⚔️

Thanks to both the day-1’s and the recent avalanche of support. We can’t wait to bring this book to y’all.

~2 more days to get in on this crowdfund. And submissions open until Jan 15th.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
A very relieved FUNDED slashing across a blue banner on top of some moody reds and blue-greys. Text: Neon Hemlock. SHATTER THE SUN. QUEER SWORD & SORCERY.
November 13, 2024 at 1:24 AM
shsenhaji.bsky.social
I was luckily able to gush about how much I adored The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by @older.bsky.social for Strange Horizons, where you can read the full review: strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/...
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The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
This is a story of change, of embracing new perspectives, as well as of aftermaths.
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November 12, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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gianttourtiere.bsky.social
Yes hello if you would enjoy reading a story about a female version of James Bond taking on a Lovecraftian death cult in 19th century London then you might like my most recent book, 'Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood'.

... there's also a sword cane.

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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood by Evan May
books2read.com
October 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM