Diana Tixier Herald
@didididit.bsky.social
Reader/writer/librarian/bookseller. Lover of family, sustainability, and nature.
Books I finished reading in January; everything from a middle grade graphic novel about a cryptid to a major award winner that had fallen behind a night stand not to mention new romances, westerns, mysteries, some more literary titles, and Bridgerton re-reads.
February 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Books I finished reading in January; everything from a middle grade graphic novel about a cryptid to a major award winner that had fallen behind a night stand not to mention new romances, westerns, mysteries, some more literary titles, and Bridgerton re-reads.
The new books shelf at Out West Books this week.
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The new books shelf at Out West Books this week.
One of the things I noticed is a section in there where I was doing lots of rereads of the Vorkosigan Saga and realized that was when my beloved was undergoing cancer treatment. They got me through.
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
One of the things I noticed is a section in there where I was doing lots of rereads of the Vorkosigan Saga and realized that was when my beloved was undergoing cancer treatment. They got me through.
💙📚🪐🌶️⏳⚡🔍 The 227 books read in 2025 with top recommendations at the end. lifeontheedge.substack.com/p/on-the-boo...
On the Bookish Side
Books read in 2025
lifeontheedge.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
💙📚🪐🌶️⏳⚡🔍 The 227 books read in 2025 with top recommendations at the end. lifeontheedge.substack.com/p/on-the-boo...
Books finished in December 2025.
January 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Books finished in December 2025.
Two of my favorite novels this year highlighted in today's Colorado Sun. Murder by Memory and The Adventures of Mary Darling. 💙📚🪐 #SFF coloradosun.com/2025/12/14/o...
Out West Books suggests tales of music, murder and a ferocious mom
The Grand Junction bookstore recommends stories of an aspiring songwriter, deleting minds and a mother who fights to save her kids.
coloradosun.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Two of my favorite novels this year highlighted in today's Colorado Sun. Murder by Memory and The Adventures of Mary Darling. 💙📚🪐 #SFF coloradosun.com/2025/12/14/o...
A middle school teacher was looking for a novel his school could use because HS teachers complained students had never read any and were not up to reading one. Asked at the bookstore because no librarians are in our middle schools anymore.
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A middle school teacher was looking for a novel his school could use because HS teachers complained students had never read any and were not up to reading one. Asked at the bookstore because no librarians are in our middle schools anymore.
This week’s new #sff releases and too tall books shelves. 💙📚🪐🐉 #OutWestBooks
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This week’s new #sff releases and too tall books shelves. 💙📚🪐🐉 #OutWestBooks
We have now lived in our #off-grid, #sustainable, #earthship for as many years as we worked toward being able to build it. Life is good. lifeontheedge.substack.com/p/our-sustai...
Our Sustainable Home
A silent movie of the images of building our house and a few of what it looked like when done.
lifeontheedge.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We have now lived in our #off-grid, #sustainable, #earthship for as many years as we worked toward being able to build it. Life is good. lifeontheedge.substack.com/p/our-sustai...
Enough of the backstory shows up organically throughout that I never felt anything was missing that I needed to know. I love it when a book in a series can stand on its own. I had picked it up because I loved Kowal's locked room mystery in space "The Spare Man".
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Enough of the backstory shows up organically throughout that I never felt anything was missing that I needed to know. I love it when a book in a series can stand on its own. I had picked it up because I loved Kowal's locked room mystery in space "The Spare Man".
"The Martian Contingency" is definitely worth reading. Turns out it is 4th! in her Lady Astronauts series, set in the mid twentieth century. I have not read any of the previous books in the series (but now I will.) It stands on its own.
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"The Martian Contingency" is definitely worth reading. Turns out it is 4th! in her Lady Astronauts series, set in the mid twentieth century. I have not read any of the previous books in the series (but now I will.) It stands on its own.
💙📚 #YA The Morris Award is one of my favorites. I was thrilled to be a member of the 2011 committee and every year I look for this list to find the best new authors of YA/teen books.
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
YALSA announces 2026 William C. Morris finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2026 William C. Morris Award.
www.ala.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
💙📚 #YA The Morris Award is one of my favorites. I was thrilled to be a member of the 2011 committee and every year I look for this list to find the best new authors of YA/teen books.
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
💙📚🪐🌶️🎧🐉⏳⚡ Books finished in November.
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
💙📚🪐🌶️🎧🐉⏳⚡ Books finished in November.
#SFF 💙📚🪐 One of the things I love about booktalking at Out West Books every week is people recommending books to me. Just finished listening to the audiobook of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio recommended by several book buyers. A great recommendation.
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#SFF 💙📚🪐 One of the things I love about booktalking at Out West Books every week is people recommending books to me. Just finished listening to the audiobook of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio recommended by several book buyers. A great recommendation.
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West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
finished reading this year 156 were published in 2025 which helped cut it down a bit. I did read dozens of thrillers but left them off because I couldn't figure out a clear favorite.
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
finished reading this year 156 were published in 2025 which helped cut it down a bit. I did read dozens of thrillers but left them off because I couldn't figure out a clear favorite.
I wanted to do this to help the folks at the bookstore find something for everyone. Of course, no 2 people ever read the same book so some folks will love some of these books while others won't connect to the same ones. Of the the 205 books I've
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I wanted to do this to help the folks at the bookstore find something for everyone. Of course, no 2 people ever read the same book so some folks will love some of these books while others won't connect to the same ones. Of the the 205 books I've
I woke up at 2:30 this morning and decided to work on a top 10 list of books read and published in 2025. It was an impossible task. So I then decided to just list 1 book per genre which gave me doable parameters but was it really fair to the genres I loved and read voraciously?
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I woke up at 2:30 this morning and decided to work on a top 10 list of books read and published in 2025. It was an impossible task. So I then decided to just list 1 book per genre which gave me doable parameters but was it really fair to the genres I loved and read voraciously?
Most of my collection of signed books just have squiggles. Loopy squiggles will look fine on Books & Bewitchment.
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Most of my collection of signed books just have squiggles. Loopy squiggles will look fine on Books & Bewitchment.
Old enough to stand in line with my husband and our 1 1/2 year old son for almost 3 hours to get in to see it.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Old enough to stand in line with my husband and our 1 1/2 year old son for almost 3 hours to get in to see it.
Just placed a hold on it at the library. Looking forward to reading it.
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just placed a hold on it at the library. Looking forward to reading it.
Western Colorado
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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