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Jo Walton
@bluejo.bsky.social
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Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
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bluejo.bsky.social
#SomethingBeautiful Floomp
Red panda spread out asleep as if absolutely exhausted
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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twistedsoup.bsky.social
This is one of my favourites from one of my fabourite authors, if you like fantasy at all I cannot recommend it enough!
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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bminsker.bsky.social
Good morning, Womble. I just finished Farthing by @bluejo.bsky.social and started right in on its sequel, Ha'penny. I suspect the stories are hitting me a bit different than it did those who read it when it came out.
The cover of Farthing by Jo Walton. A couple walks arm in arm across a foggy London street in front of a double-decker bus with the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in the background. The cover of Ha'penny by Jo Walton. A man in a coat and hat walks around the corner of a foggy, wet street in front of lit theater marquees, one of which is advertising Hamlet.
January 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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singlecrow.bsky.social
This is one of my most favourite books. I read it in March 2020 and it was intensely sustaining.
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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marnanightingale.bsky.social
I adore this book beyond all sense and you should read it because I think you will too.
January 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
bluejo.bsky.social
#SomethingBeautiful the Iris garden in the Boboli Gardens, Florence
Purple and pink irises in green grass under olive trees, the whole thing just really calming and lovely
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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tyburntree.bsky.social
INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE by Ada Palmer.
This is pretty much the best history book I've read this year, certainly the one that was the most eye-opening and page-turning (partially due to having the opportunity to visit Florence for the first time). A brilliant book!
December 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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andrewtroth.bsky.social
Or What You Will was the best. I’m lining up more Jo Walton to read.

How to Kill a Dragon is a hardcore academic linguistics book, just to be clear.

Both books earned their five stars, but in very different ways.
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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aiun.bsky.social
Notable that the THESSALY trilogy by Jo Walton is available on Kindle Unlimited right now! It's one of my all-time favorites, frequently on my mind, I just sent it to someone as a holiday gift, and if you're on KU you can read it for free. That's wild. Do it!
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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kizzia.bsky.social
Or What You Will by Jo Walton - it offered me a new perspective on what a book could be and do.
December 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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raenbowpunk.bsky.social
The one, the only: the ✨UNMISSABLE SFF of 2026✨ list!

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aka all the fantasy and sci-fi that should definitely be on your tbr, how are these not on your tbr already??? you poor unfortunate soul, let's fix that!
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Unmissable Fantasy and SciFi of 2026!
The EXTREMELY MANY SFF releases of 2026 that I consider unmissable!
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January 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
bluejo.bsky.social
Lifelode, my Mythopoeic Award winning novel of domesticity, high magic, and magical timezones is $2.99 as an ebook right now all over the world

www.amazon.com/Lifelode-Jo-...
Lifelode
Lifelode - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lifelode.
www.amazon.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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hyperlexic.bsky.social
this is great alt history
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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hogan590.bsky.social
Buy this. Read this.
December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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rstanek.bsky.social
This trilogy is so good! Highly recommend (especially if you watched Downton Abbey with a skeptical eye)
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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duncaneagleson.bsky.social
Terrific book at a great price. Grab it while you can.

(Of course then you'll want to get the rest of the series).
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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cjcoyote.bsky.social
I really enjoyed the whole Small Change series. If you're not familiar, this is your chance to jump on the train for... small change.
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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elenagaillard.bsky.social
Fabulous book. The two sequels finish the story. I read these awhile ago...they surely hit different now.
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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rainbowrowell.bsky.social
Great book on sale!
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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kurtbusiek.bsky.social
Excellent book.
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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toomuchnick.com
I loved Walton's "Tooth and Claw" so I snapped this up
December 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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libbyb.bsky.social
SUCH a good book. Grab it for next to nothing!
December 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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nickpheas.bsky.social
#UKSFFBookBargains

While the link in the text is to .com, when I checked it rput me onto .co.uk where this excellent book was only £1.47, which it is certainly worth.

AH in which Rudolf Hess's flight resulted in the overthrow of Churchill and appeasers capitulating in WW2.
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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bquittman.bsky.social
The perfect place for you to spend that $1.99 credit you earned by choosing slower shipping!
December 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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revdphilippa.bsky.social
I LOVED this and its two sequels. Timely, insightful, clever, and unputdownable. Bleak without being hopeless, sometimes very funny, excellent characters, all around cracking reads.
(I realise most of you aren't in the US, but if you are, grab it, and if you're not, it's worth full price imo)
December 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM