Rachel
@rachelreadit.bsky.social
Book lover
COTE nurse when not corralling books
Horror fan
Did I mention the books?
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COTE nurse when not corralling books
Horror fan
Did I mention the books?
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We are two months away from WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT WELL ENOUGH ALONE by @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social! 🖤
Twenty haunting stories exploring the dark side of humanity, rich in character and atmosphere.
Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/3mpkbr7j
Twenty haunting stories exploring the dark side of humanity, rich in character and atmosphere.
Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/3mpkbr7j
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We are two months away from WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT WELL ENOUGH ALONE by @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social! 🖤
Twenty haunting stories exploring the dark side of humanity, rich in character and atmosphere.
Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/3mpkbr7j
Twenty haunting stories exploring the dark side of humanity, rich in character and atmosphere.
Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/3mpkbr7j
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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This is very, very good, and exceptionally unsettling. My favorite sort of cultural criticism (being that which is also art criticism).
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
without-care – HILOBROW
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November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is very, very good, and exceptionally unsettling. My favorite sort of cultural criticism (being that which is also art criticism).
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
So grateful to @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social for letting me read #QueenOfTheDead by @sarahbroadway.bsky.social !
5 star read, this horror mystery novel is the first in what I hope will be a long running series.
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5 star read, this horror mystery novel is the first in what I hope will be a long running series.
www.rachelreadit.co.uk/bookreview-q...
#BookReview 'Queen Of The Dead' by Sarah Broadway - Book Reviews and Tours by Rachel Read it
About the book… Speaking with the dead is nothing new for Lou. It’s a curse she’s learned to hide from everyone – sometimes even herself. After running away from a past that took advantage of those ab...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
So grateful to @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social for letting me read #QueenOfTheDead by @sarahbroadway.bsky.social !
5 star read, this horror mystery novel is the first in what I hope will be a long running series.
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5 star read, this horror mystery novel is the first in what I hope will be a long running series.
www.rachelreadit.co.uk/bookreview-q...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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In about an hour’s time…
Cover reveal for my 22nd book coming tomorrow. Stay tuned!
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In about an hour’s time…
In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callghan josbookblog.co.uk/2025/07/25/i...
In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callghan
In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instinc…
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July 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callghan josbookblog.co.uk/2025/07/25/i...
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This Week in Books – 23-07-25 josbookblog.co.uk/2025/07/23/t...
This Week in Books – 23-07-25
This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve recently finished reading What they are currently reading What they ar…
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July 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This Week in Books – 23-07-25 josbookblog.co.uk/2025/07/23/t...
My thanks to @tracyfenton.bsky.social and @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for my invite to the #BlogTour and review copy of #DearFutureMe by Deborah O'Connor
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#BlogTour 'Dear Future Me' by Deborah O'Connor - Book Reviews and Tours by Rachel Read it
About the book… In 2003 Mr. Danler’s high school class got an assignment to write letters to their future selves. Twenty years later they receive them in the mail. Upon opening them the students are s...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My thanks to @tracyfenton.bsky.social and @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for my invite to the #BlogTour and review copy of #DearFutureMe by Deborah O'Connor
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This has become one of a handful of central pillars of our overall strategy. Expect more of this.
As an obsessive collector, it thrills me to see publishers like @badhandbooks.bsky.social, @valancourtbooks.bsky.social & @shortwavebooks.bsky.social taking steps to keep authors' back catalogs in print ❤️
May 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This has become one of a handful of central pillars of our overall strategy. Expect more of this.
There is a #BankHoliday weekend incoming, and the start of #HayFestival in Hay on Wye!
On Saturday 24th, midwife @leahhazard.bsky.social will be in conversation about her debut #Audible #Original #TheAnatomyOfUs
www.hayfestival.com/p-23941-leah...
On Saturday 24th, midwife @leahhazard.bsky.social will be in conversation about her debut #Audible #Original #TheAnatomyOfUs
www.hayfestival.com/p-23941-leah...
May 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There is a #BankHoliday weekend incoming, and the start of #HayFestival in Hay on Wye!
On Saturday 24th, midwife @leahhazard.bsky.social will be in conversation about her debut #Audible #Original #TheAnatomyOfUs
www.hayfestival.com/p-23941-leah...
On Saturday 24th, midwife @leahhazard.bsky.social will be in conversation about her debut #Audible #Original #TheAnatomyOfUs
www.hayfestival.com/p-23941-leah...
May 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I can only compare it to reading Stephen King’s “The Jaunt” for the first time: mind-bending existential dread, with a twist of PKD. It’s buried in an obscure literary journal from 2011 & has never been reprinted: @sgj.bsky.social’s “The Lazarus Complex.” Link to buy ebook below. For cool kids only.
Wrong Tree Review, volume 1, issue 1
First issue of the independent literary magazine, Wrong Tree Review, featuring short stories, flash fiction and excerpts from today's best up-and-coming, cutting-edge writers.
This issue features an...
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April 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I can only compare it to reading Stephen King’s “The Jaunt” for the first time: mind-bending existential dread, with a twist of PKD. It’s buried in an obscure literary journal from 2011 & has never been reprinted: @sgj.bsky.social’s “The Lazarus Complex.” Link to buy ebook below. For cool kids only.
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WHERE THE BONES LIE by @nkolakowski.bsky.social is out now! To celebrate, the online tour will be kicking off today! Follow along to see what others have to say about this electrifying, new mystery noir novel...
March 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
WHERE THE BONES LIE by @nkolakowski.bsky.social is out now! To celebrate, the online tour will be kicking off today! Follow along to see what others have to say about this electrifying, new mystery noir novel...
@daturabooks.bsky.social thank you so much for my #Gifted #Review copy of #TheFolly by @manylittlewords.bsky.social !
What an amazing read, so grateful to lose myself in another world for a few hours!
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What an amazing read, so grateful to lose myself in another world for a few hours!
www.rachelreadit.co.uk/bookreview-t...
#BookReview 'The Folly' by Gemma Amor - Book Reviews and Tours by Rachel Read it
About the book… From Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award nominated author Gemma Amor comes an atmospheric gothic mystery that will haunt you long after the final page is turned. Morgan always knew h...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@daturabooks.bsky.social thank you so much for my #Gifted #Review copy of #TheFolly by @manylittlewords.bsky.social !
What an amazing read, so grateful to lose myself in another world for a few hours!
www.rachelreadit.co.uk/bookreview-t...
What an amazing read, so grateful to lose myself in another world for a few hours!
www.rachelreadit.co.uk/bookreview-t...
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The Secret Romantic’s Book of Magic is now on Netgalley! Follow the link to request a copy… www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
March 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Secret Romantic’s Book of Magic is now on Netgalley! Follow the link to request a copy… www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
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The Polari Prize is open for submissions
One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.
Check it out and please share.
Queer fiction!
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One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.
Check it out and please share.
Queer fiction!
www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...
Submissions Now Open! - Polari
submissions now OPEN How To Submit:For further information about submissions, please email polariprize@gmail.com including the title of the book and the name of the prize you wish to enter in the subj...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Signed and sharing. The principle here matters, and it should be beyond dispute: if a person’s labour is required by a business in order to make money then they should pay that person for their labour.
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
March 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Signed and sharing. The principle here matters, and it should be beyond dispute: if a person’s labour is required by a business in order to make money then they should pay that person for their labour.
#BookReview
#TheLockedDoor by #FreidaMcFadden from @poisonedpen.bsky.social
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#TheLockedDoor by #FreidaMcFadden from @poisonedpen.bsky.social
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#BookReview 'The Locked Door' by Freida McFadden - Book Reviews and Tours by Rachel Read it
About the book… Some doors are locked for a reason… While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day t...
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March 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Interesting read. Thoughts?
I also think the title is misleading. The article is focused more so on the success models of self-published authors. What are there numbers? What are they doing?
Ultimately — they’re listening to their readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
I also think the title is misleading. The article is focused more so on the success models of self-published authors. What are there numbers? What are they doing?
Ultimately — they’re listening to their readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘More are published than could ever succeed’: are there too many books?
While some say the rise of the self-publishing model is damaging the industry, others feel it gives authors a fairer deal
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Interesting read. Thoughts?
I also think the title is misleading. The article is focused more so on the success models of self-published authors. What are there numbers? What are they doing?
Ultimately — they’re listening to their readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
I also think the title is misleading. The article is focused more so on the success models of self-published authors. What are there numbers? What are they doing?
Ultimately — they’re listening to their readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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A valuable reminder from @crobertcargill.bsky.social: your favorite author’s, screenwriter’s, or artist’s Patreon is a GREAT way to directly support them, and often comes with exclusive goodies. I subscribe to @lairdbarron.bsky.social’s Patreon, along with 830 other fans! www.patreon.com/LairdBarron
By the way, many of your favorite film writers have Patreons, Substacks, Koffee accounts and the like. Paying to support your favorite writers not only fills the world with great writing, but keeps those writers from having to work shit gig jobs to pay the bills.
Check their pages or ask them.
Check their pages or ask them.
March 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A valuable reminder from @crobertcargill.bsky.social: your favorite author’s, screenwriter’s, or artist’s Patreon is a GREAT way to directly support them, and often comes with exclusive goodies. I subscribe to @lairdbarron.bsky.social’s Patreon, along with 830 other fans! www.patreon.com/LairdBarron
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A nice little shout out for my story, Shoes as Red as Blood!
How lovely, shoutouts at @reactorsff.bsky.social for stories in our bestselling Cursed duology by Alison Littlewood and @acwise.bsky.social
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March 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A nice little shout out for my story, Shoes as Red as Blood!