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We did it! 🎉 We're not sorry to see the end of the dumpster fire that was 2025, and we're sure hoping -- for all of us -- for more joy, hope, respite, caretaking, community, and resistance in 2026. Get some rest, friends. 💗
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
We did it! 🎉 We're not sorry to see the end of the dumpster fire that was 2025, and we're sure hoping -- for all of us -- for more joy, hope, respite, caretaking, community, and resistance in 2026. Get some rest, friends. 💗
@Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 31: For all you recovering capitalists
GIFTED & TALENTED by the incomparable Olivie Blake (@olivieblake.bsky.social). In a world of magical biotech, capitalists are still fucking assholes. Blake sets up her family-driven novel with gorgeous care--and then sets it on fire
GIFTED & TALENTED by the incomparable Olivie Blake (@olivieblake.bsky.social). In a world of magical biotech, capitalists are still fucking assholes. Blake sets up her family-driven novel with gorgeous care--and then sets it on fire
January 1, 2026 at 6:05 AM
@Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 31: For all you recovering capitalists
GIFTED & TALENTED by the incomparable Olivie Blake (@olivieblake.bsky.social). In a world of magical biotech, capitalists are still fucking assholes. Blake sets up her family-driven novel with gorgeous care--and then sets it on fire
GIFTED & TALENTED by the incomparable Olivie Blake (@olivieblake.bsky.social). In a world of magical biotech, capitalists are still fucking assholes. Blake sets up her family-driven novel with gorgeous care--and then sets it on fire
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 30: For anyone who swoons for a bad boy with a heart of gold(ish)
ALL SUPERHEROES NEED PR, a fizzy, funny romance by Elizabeth Stephens. PR director Vanessa gets a big challenge: redeeming supervillain hottie Pyro's image, so he can be a good guy. Fake-dating commence!
ALL SUPERHEROES NEED PR, a fizzy, funny romance by Elizabeth Stephens. PR director Vanessa gets a big challenge: redeeming supervillain hottie Pyro's image, so he can be a good guy. Fake-dating commence!
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 29: For your exhausted friend who specializes in impossible quests
THE STARDUST GRAIL, Yume Kitasei's (@yumewrites.bsky.social) brilliant, anti-colonialist space heist. Maya Hoshimoto, art thief and anthropologist, thinks she's settled down into a quiet academic life...
THE STARDUST GRAIL, Yume Kitasei's (@yumewrites.bsky.social) brilliant, anti-colonialist space heist. Maya Hoshimoto, art thief and anthropologist, thinks she's settled down into a quiet academic life...
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 29: For your exhausted friend who specializes in impossible quests
THE STARDUST GRAIL, Yume Kitasei's (@yumewrites.bsky.social) brilliant, anti-colonialist space heist. Maya Hoshimoto, art thief and anthropologist, thinks she's settled down into a quiet academic life...
THE STARDUST GRAIL, Yume Kitasei's (@yumewrites.bsky.social) brilliant, anti-colonialist space heist. Maya Hoshimoto, art thief and anthropologist, thinks she's settled down into a quiet academic life...
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 28: For all of us who want to reclaim our own bildungsroman from the heroine's-journey-as-side-quest trap
HEKATE, the novel-in-verse debut of legendary poet Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social), in which Hekate, relegated to the Underworld, grows into a mfing goddess
HEKATE, the novel-in-verse debut of legendary poet Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social), in which Hekate, relegated to the Underworld, grows into a mfing goddess
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 28: For all of us who want to reclaim our own bildungsroman from the heroine's-journey-as-side-quest trap
HEKATE, the novel-in-verse debut of legendary poet Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social), in which Hekate, relegated to the Underworld, grows into a mfing goddess
HEKATE, the novel-in-verse debut of legendary poet Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social), in which Hekate, relegated to the Underworld, grows into a mfing goddess
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 27: Ain't nobody judging your monster porn, fam
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 27: Ain't nobody judging your monster porn, fam
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 26: For anyone who needs some whimsy and delight
WATER MOON, Samantha Sotto Yambao's wondrous, fabulist tale in which Hana inherits a pawn shop where you can barter your regrets. But in a world where night markets are made of clouds, journeys can be enchanting and dangerous
WATER MOON, Samantha Sotto Yambao's wondrous, fabulist tale in which Hana inherits a pawn shop where you can barter your regrets. But in a world where night markets are made of clouds, journeys can be enchanting and dangerous
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 25: For PAPER BAG PRINCESS fans
THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS, a whimsical, queer, fairy tale misadventure by Ry Herman (@ryherman.bsky.social). Melilot is a stepsister, a murder target, and a bit of a mess, but nevertheless, the hero of this hilarious romp with so much heart!
THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS, a whimsical, queer, fairy tale misadventure by Ry Herman (@ryherman.bsky.social). Melilot is a stepsister, a murder target, and a bit of a mess, but nevertheless, the hero of this hilarious romp with so much heart!
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 25: For PAPER BAG PRINCESS fans
THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS, a whimsical, queer, fairy tale misadventure by Ry Herman (@ryherman.bsky.social). Melilot is a stepsister, a murder target, and a bit of a mess, but nevertheless, the hero of this hilarious romp with so much heart!
THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS, a whimsical, queer, fairy tale misadventure by Ry Herman (@ryherman.bsky.social). Melilot is a stepsister, a murder target, and a bit of a mess, but nevertheless, the hero of this hilarious romp with so much heart!
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 24: For birthing parents up for a horror novel
THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. With La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro's anticolonial work deftly deconstructs systemic oppression and the violence of motherhood
THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. With La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro's anticolonial work deftly deconstructs systemic oppression and the violence of motherhood
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 24: For birthing parents up for a horror novel
THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. With La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro's anticolonial work deftly deconstructs systemic oppression and the violence of motherhood
THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. With La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro's anticolonial work deftly deconstructs systemic oppression and the violence of motherhood
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 23: For your criminal friends, obvs
A TEMPEST OF TEA, a delicious tale of a criminal mastermind by Hafsah Faizal. Arthie runs a posh tearoom--during the day. At night, she runs a vampire bloodhouse. But then a threat, a heist, a conspiracy--and if you're lucky, some revenge!
A TEMPEST OF TEA, a delicious tale of a criminal mastermind by Hafsah Faizal. Arthie runs a posh tearoom--during the day. At night, she runs a vampire bloodhouse. But then a threat, a heist, a conspiracy--and if you're lucky, some revenge!
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 22: For all of us, drowning in cortisol, just trying to make everything work
A MAGICAL GIRL RETIRES, a beautiful, illustrated work by Park Seolyeon (trans. Anton Hur). A depressed woman learns she might be the most magical girl of all time, but that seems like an awful lot...
A MAGICAL GIRL RETIRES, a beautiful, illustrated work by Park Seolyeon (trans. Anton Hur). A depressed woman learns she might be the most magical girl of all time, but that seems like an awful lot...
January 1, 2026 at 4:53 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 21: For everyone who needs to cry or scream or howl
a body more tolerable, a searing collection by writer, activist, and drag queen jaye simpson (@jayesimpson.bsky.social). Told through faerie tales, simpson's poetry keens: with grief, with rage, with tenderness, with love
a body more tolerable, a searing collection by writer, activist, and drag queen jaye simpson (@jayesimpson.bsky.social). Told through faerie tales, simpson's poetry keens: with grief, with rage, with tenderness, with love
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 21: For everyone who needs to cry or scream or howl
a body more tolerable, a searing collection by writer, activist, and drag queen jaye simpson (@jayesimpson.bsky.social). Told through faerie tales, simpson's poetry keens: with grief, with rage, with tenderness, with love
a body more tolerable, a searing collection by writer, activist, and drag queen jaye simpson (@jayesimpson.bsky.social). Told through faerie tales, simpson's poetry keens: with grief, with rage, with tenderness, with love
#SIrens26 #Bookmas Day 20: For anyone who loved SING, UNBURIED, SING
MODEL HOME, Rivers Solomon's (@riverssolomon.bsky.social) blazing exploration of segregation and racism through the haunting of the only Black family in a Texas suburb. Years later, after mysterious deaths, the kids return...
MODEL HOME, Rivers Solomon's (@riverssolomon.bsky.social) blazing exploration of segregation and racism through the haunting of the only Black family in a Texas suburb. Years later, after mysterious deaths, the kids return...
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
#SIrens26 #Bookmas Day 20: For anyone who loved SING, UNBURIED, SING
MODEL HOME, Rivers Solomon's (@riverssolomon.bsky.social) blazing exploration of segregation and racism through the haunting of the only Black family in a Texas suburb. Years later, after mysterious deaths, the kids return...
MODEL HOME, Rivers Solomon's (@riverssolomon.bsky.social) blazing exploration of segregation and racism through the haunting of the only Black family in a Texas suburb. Years later, after mysterious deaths, the kids return...
@Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 19: For all your 2025-era Star Wars friends
HAMMAJANG LUCK by Makana Yamamoto (@makana-yama.bsky.social), a swashbuckling, space opera heist novel that's compulsively readable. It's anticapitalist, it's queer af, it's hilarious, and it's unmistakably a love letter to Hawai'i
HAMMAJANG LUCK by Makana Yamamoto (@makana-yama.bsky.social), a swashbuckling, space opera heist novel that's compulsively readable. It's anticapitalist, it's queer af, it's hilarious, and it's unmistakably a love letter to Hawai'i
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 AM
@Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 19: For all your 2025-era Star Wars friends
HAMMAJANG LUCK by Makana Yamamoto (@makana-yama.bsky.social), a swashbuckling, space opera heist novel that's compulsively readable. It's anticapitalist, it's queer af, it's hilarious, and it's unmistakably a love letter to Hawai'i
HAMMAJANG LUCK by Makana Yamamoto (@makana-yama.bsky.social), a swashbuckling, space opera heist novel that's compulsively readable. It's anticapitalist, it's queer af, it's hilarious, and it's unmistakably a love letter to Hawai'i
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 18: For your poetry-loving friends looking for something equally lyrical in prose
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, by Amal El-Mohtar's (@amalelmohtar.com). Cherished sisters, closer than death, tend the enchanted willows. But when one of them takes a lover, their lives are torn asunder
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, by Amal El-Mohtar's (@amalelmohtar.com). Cherished sisters, closer than death, tend the enchanted willows. But when one of them takes a lover, their lives are torn asunder
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 18: For your poetry-loving friends looking for something equally lyrical in prose
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, by Amal El-Mohtar's (@amalelmohtar.com). Cherished sisters, closer than death, tend the enchanted willows. But when one of them takes a lover, their lives are torn asunder
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, by Amal El-Mohtar's (@amalelmohtar.com). Cherished sisters, closer than death, tend the enchanted willows. But when one of them takes a lover, their lives are torn asunder
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 17: For that friend who is trying to get you to run a bookstore as vacation
THE BOOKSHOP BELOW, in which Georgia Summers (@georgiasummers.bsky.social), who writes likes she loves words, conjures a beguiling, dangerous world of magical words and the bookstores that hold them
THE BOOKSHOP BELOW, in which Georgia Summers (@georgiasummers.bsky.social), who writes likes she loves words, conjures a beguiling, dangerous world of magical words and the bookstores that hold them
January 1, 2026 at 4:22 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 17: For that friend who is trying to get you to run a bookstore as vacation
THE BOOKSHOP BELOW, in which Georgia Summers (@georgiasummers.bsky.social), who writes likes she loves words, conjures a beguiling, dangerous world of magical words and the bookstores that hold them
THE BOOKSHOP BELOW, in which Georgia Summers (@georgiasummers.bsky.social), who writes likes she loves words, conjures a beguiling, dangerous world of magical words and the bookstores that hold them
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 16: For your friend who loves a messy, desperate, maybe-villain
GODLY HEATHENS: Gem feels like they're a hot, anxious mess, but maybe that's just what it's like to be a god in a human body. H.E. Edgmon's prose captivates: anxious, raw, gloriously human, gorgeously divine
GODLY HEATHENS: Gem feels like they're a hot, anxious mess, but maybe that's just what it's like to be a god in a human body. H.E. Edgmon's prose captivates: anxious, raw, gloriously human, gorgeously divine
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 15: For your political friends who like to watch women shape the future
QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, Isabelle Olmo's (@isabelleolmo.bsky.social) chess match of a political fantasy. Almira was raised to be cunning--and to rule. Here's her story as she plays the game of a lifetime
QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, Isabelle Olmo's (@isabelleolmo.bsky.social) chess match of a political fantasy. Almira was raised to be cunning--and to rule. Here's her story as she plays the game of a lifetime
January 1, 2026 at 4:08 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 15: For your political friends who like to watch women shape the future
QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, Isabelle Olmo's (@isabelleolmo.bsky.social) chess match of a political fantasy. Almira was raised to be cunning--and to rule. Here's her story as she plays the game of a lifetime
QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, Isabelle Olmo's (@isabelleolmo.bsky.social) chess match of a political fantasy. Almira was raised to be cunning--and to rule. Here's her story as she plays the game of a lifetime
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 14: For anyone who just wants something fun that won't cause any more anxiety
LADY EVE'S LAST CON, Rebecca Fraimrow's romp of a romcom set in a version of the Roaring '20s...in space. Ruth wants to scam the man who broke her sister's heart. But then she meets his sister...
LADY EVE'S LAST CON, Rebecca Fraimrow's romp of a romcom set in a version of the Roaring '20s...in space. Ruth wants to scam the man who broke her sister's heart. But then she meets his sister...
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 13: For anyone looking for a light of resistance in our current dark
THE POISONS WE DRINK, a brilliantly political urban fantasy by Bethany Baptiste (@storysorcery.bsky.social). When her mother is killed, brewer Venus has the chance to overthrow an oppressive government...
THE POISONS WE DRINK, a brilliantly political urban fantasy by Bethany Baptiste (@storysorcery.bsky.social). When her mother is killed, brewer Venus has the chance to overthrow an oppressive government...
January 1, 2026 at 3:53 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 12: For anyone who revels in inimitably exquisite prose
THE CITY IN GLASS, a dazzling fantasy in which Nghi Vo (@nghivo.bsky.social) turns her peerless craft to a city, a history, a love story. Azril is Vitrine's city--until the angels come and leave her with ashes...
THE CITY IN GLASS, a dazzling fantasy in which Nghi Vo (@nghivo.bsky.social) turns her peerless craft to a city, a history, a love story. Azril is Vitrine's city--until the angels come and leave her with ashes...
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 12: For anyone who revels in inimitably exquisite prose
THE CITY IN GLASS, a dazzling fantasy in which Nghi Vo (@nghivo.bsky.social) turns her peerless craft to a city, a history, a love story. Azril is Vitrine's city--until the angels come and leave her with ashes...
THE CITY IN GLASS, a dazzling fantasy in which Nghi Vo (@nghivo.bsky.social) turns her peerless craft to a city, a history, a love story. Azril is Vitrine's city--until the angels come and leave her with ashes...
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 11: For literally everyone because WHO DOES NOT WANT A SAPPHIC, COMPETING-ASSASSIN, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS, ONLY-ONE-BED, SPICY AF HEIST NOVEL?!?!?!
A GAME OF HEARTS AND HEISTS, the deliciously steamy romantasy by Ruby Roe (@rubyroeauthor.bsky.social). This book is EVERYTHING.
A GAME OF HEARTS AND HEISTS, the deliciously steamy romantasy by Ruby Roe (@rubyroeauthor.bsky.social). This book is EVERYTHING.
January 1, 2026 at 3:42 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 11: For literally everyone because WHO DOES NOT WANT A SAPPHIC, COMPETING-ASSASSIN, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS, ONLY-ONE-BED, SPICY AF HEIST NOVEL?!?!?!
A GAME OF HEARTS AND HEISTS, the deliciously steamy romantasy by Ruby Roe (@rubyroeauthor.bsky.social). This book is EVERYTHING.
A GAME OF HEARTS AND HEISTS, the deliciously steamy romantasy by Ruby Roe (@rubyroeauthor.bsky.social). This book is EVERYTHING.
#SIrens26 #Bookmas Day 10: For, per the author, "everyone who feels betrayed by J.K. Rowling"
AWAKENED, a hilarious, joy-filled urban fantasy full of trans witches battling a villainous AI. Author A.E. Osworth's (@aeosworth.bsky.social) magnificent work sings with community, caretaking, and charm
AWAKENED, a hilarious, joy-filled urban fantasy full of trans witches battling a villainous AI. Author A.E. Osworth's (@aeosworth.bsky.social) magnificent work sings with community, caretaking, and charm
January 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
#SIrens26 #Bookmas Day 10: For, per the author, "everyone who feels betrayed by J.K. Rowling"
AWAKENED, a hilarious, joy-filled urban fantasy full of trans witches battling a villainous AI. Author A.E. Osworth's (@aeosworth.bsky.social) magnificent work sings with community, caretaking, and charm
AWAKENED, a hilarious, joy-filled urban fantasy full of trans witches battling a villainous AI. Author A.E. Osworth's (@aeosworth.bsky.social) magnificent work sings with community, caretaking, and charm
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 9: For anyone who wants to watch an absolute master work
THE SALT GROWS HEAVY, Cassandra Khaw's (@casskhaw.bsky.social) splatterpunk fairy tale. A land-bound mermaid and a plague doctor flee her kingdom, laid waste by her children, and only their cruelty will keep them alive
THE SALT GROWS HEAVY, Cassandra Khaw's (@casskhaw.bsky.social) splatterpunk fairy tale. A land-bound mermaid and a plague doctor flee her kingdom, laid waste by her children, and only their cruelty will keep them alive
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 9: For anyone who wants to watch an absolute master work
THE SALT GROWS HEAVY, Cassandra Khaw's (@casskhaw.bsky.social) splatterpunk fairy tale. A land-bound mermaid and a plague doctor flee her kingdom, laid waste by her children, and only their cruelty will keep them alive
THE SALT GROWS HEAVY, Cassandra Khaw's (@casskhaw.bsky.social) splatterpunk fairy tale. A land-bound mermaid and a plague doctor flee her kingdom, laid waste by her children, and only their cruelty will keep them alive