Runalong Womble
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Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
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A list of books read this year - no commentary and not all will be reviewed 1 - Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
So much stuff to settle down with this weekend and enjoy reading!
Happy Saturday! It’s the first Wombling Along of the year with a bumper set of people looking back at the year, reviews and other online articles I saw this week! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Wombling along — Runalong The Shelves
Helllloo!!! Happy New Year! For New Reader think of this as the blog’s weekend supplement where I gather up the reviews and other book related things that caught my eye this week. This week I went b...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
So much stuff to settle down with this weekend and enjoy reading!
The work begins again!
A new year means new challenges for my reading www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Helloooo 2026! New Challenges for a New Year! — Runalong The Shelves
Helloooo! Happy New Year! I like to look forward not backwards so New Year’s Day for me is mich more my kind of celebration than New Year’s Eve What do I want to focus on going forward. This year I...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The work begins again!
It was a year of highs and lows but great books were found
The year ended so I looked back at my reading year and my favourite reads www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Farewell 2025! The challenges, the stats and my favourite reads of the year! — Runalong The Shelves
Helllooo! Another year passes and I have to say this was a bit of hard one. We lost our beloved dog Maisie, I had a parent in hospital, work had a number of unexpected challenges and I even caught a ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
It was a year of highs and lows but great books were found
Let me as always help you clear your TBR pile a bit
You want to clear some of that TBR Pile - my annual challenge may help! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
The 2026 BookTempter’s TBR Challenge — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo!! Occasionally I am weirdly accused of just wanting to make your TBR piles creak but deep down I just want to help! To Be Read Piles and reading are said to be different hobbies but I say we ...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Let me as always help you clear your TBR pile a bit
This end of the world felt salt a little too by the numbers
I was less than impressed by The Feeding by AJ Ryan www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
The Feeding by AJ Ryan — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Orbit for an advance copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher -Orbit Published - Out Now Price - £9.99 paperback £5.49 ebook Layla has sp...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
This end of the world felt salt a little too by the numbers
This week I was impressed how this series gave up some secrets
On the blog this week I really enjoyed the changes brought by A Judgment of Powers by Benedict Jacka www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
A Judgement of Powers by Benedict Jacka — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Orbit for an advance copy this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Orbit Published - Out Now Price - £22 hardback £12.99 ebook Stephen Oakwoo...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
This week I was impressed how this series gave up some secrets
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Today’s the day! We can’t wait to chat live with @plstuart-author.bsky.social at 2pm Pacific/5pm Eastern as part of his fabulous SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEWS series. Come join us!
What a way to start the New Year on
SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEWS with
Lilly & Sara
the fab ladies of
@fictionfanspod.bsky.social !
Sat. Jan 3, 2026 at 5pm Eastern!
***Live!***
Join us!
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SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEWS with
Lilly & Sara
the fab ladies of
@fictionfanspod.bsky.social !
Sat. Jan 3, 2026 at 5pm Eastern!
***Live!***
Join us!
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SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEW #55 with FICTION FANS Lilly & Sara
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January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Today’s the day! We can’t wait to chat live with @plstuart-author.bsky.social at 2pm Pacific/5pm Eastern as part of his fabulous SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEWS series. Come join us!
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Stunning setbacks. Back below the starting place. I hate the way this is phrased as it seems to imply women don't make commercial movies but it's another drop in opportunities for women to be hired on anything that will get promoted.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Women Directors Make Up 8% of This Year’s 100 Top-Grossing Filmmakers in a Steep Drop From 2024, Study Shows
A new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows nine women directors among the 100 top-grossing films of 2025, a sharp drop from 2024.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Stunning setbacks. Back below the starting place. I hate the way this is phrased as it seems to imply women don't make commercial movies but it's another drop in opportunities for women to be hired on anything that will get promoted.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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For the start of the year, a fantasy story about the challenge of renewal when life feels unwinnable...
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andrewknighton.com/midnight-moo...
Midnight Moonlight - a fantasy short story
As the lapping waves count down towards the end of the year, Kelly faces a strange version of herself.
andrewknighton.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
For the start of the year, a fantasy story about the challenge of renewal when life feels unwinnable...
andrewknighton.com/midnight-moo...
andrewknighton.com/midnight-moo...
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We've updated our Procedures & Style guide slightly: hoping to provide a little more clarity on what we're looking for in reviews.
Procedures & Style Guide
How It Works: The Production Process If your pitch is accepted, an ARB editor will reach out to you! They will ask you to read our style guide (this document), provide information about review copi…
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January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
We've updated our Procedures & Style guide slightly: hoping to provide a little more clarity on what we're looking for in reviews.
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Project Hanuman, by @stewarthotston.com (pub by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social) is a big ideas space opera, an adventure that blends together thought-provoking concepts and thrilling scenes.
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/proj...
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Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/proj...
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JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Project Hanuman, by @stewarthotston.com (pub by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social) is a big ideas space opera, an adventure that blends together thought-provoking concepts and thrilling scenes.
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/proj...
💙📚
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/proj...
💙📚
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ICYMI, my latest review at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social
tackles THE GRYPHON KING by Sara Omer
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book...
tackles THE GRYPHON KING by Sara Omer
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book...
Book Review: The Gryphon King by Sara Omer
A monster-filled secondary-world fantasy that takes its cues and worldbuilding inspirations from points east of the Bosporus Strait In a wor...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
ICYMI, my latest review at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social
tackles THE GRYPHON KING by Sara Omer
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book...
tackles THE GRYPHON KING by Sara Omer
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book...
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Every year I make an effort to finish some of the book series I've started along the years. This time I focused on a few I started a loooong time ago. Did you finish any series this year, or discover any new favs? #booksky💙📚🪐
www.behindthepages.org/post/what-bo...
www.behindthepages.org/post/what-bo...
What Book Series Did I Finish Reading in 2025? | Book Talk
So what book series did I finish reading in 2025? Let's take a look!
www.behindthepages.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Every year I make an effort to finish some of the book series I've started along the years. This time I focused on a few I started a loooong time ago. Did you finish any series this year, or discover any new favs? #booksky💙📚🪐
www.behindthepages.org/post/what-bo...
www.behindthepages.org/post/what-bo...
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The Catalan edition of alien Clay is looking amazing. Editorial Chronos always have incredible covers.
Ja podeu demanar a llibreries la nostra novetat:
«Argila alienígena»
📖 @aptshadow.bsky.social
🖋️ @octavigilpujol.bsky.social
🎨 @davidgvaquero.bsky.social
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
«Argila alienígena»
📖 @aptshadow.bsky.social
🖋️ @octavigilpujol.bsky.social
🎨 @davidgvaquero.bsky.social
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
Argila alienígena
Adrian Tchaikovsky redissenya l’evolució com una economia de bescanvi en aquesta sorprenent aventura que critica els totalitarismes i enarbora els estendards de la solidaritat i la cooperació.
L’objec...
llegirencatala.cat
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The Catalan edition of alien Clay is looking amazing. Editorial Chronos always have incredible covers.
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Happy Saturday! It’s the first Wombling Along of the year with a bumper set of people looking back at the year, reviews and other online articles I saw this week! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Wombling along — Runalong The Shelves
Helllloo!!! Happy New Year! For New Reader think of this as the blog’s weekend supplement where I gather up the reviews and other book related things that caught my eye this week. This week I went b...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Happy Saturday! It’s the first Wombling Along of the year with a bumper set of people looking back at the year, reviews and other online articles I saw this week! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
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A new year means new challenges for my reading www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Helloooo 2026! New Challenges for a New Year! — Runalong The Shelves
Helloooo! Happy New Year! I like to look forward not backwards so New Year’s Day for me is mich more my kind of celebration than New Year’s Eve What do I want to focus on going forward. This year I...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
A new year means new challenges for my reading www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
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The year ended so I looked back at my reading year and my favourite reads www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Farewell 2025! The challenges, the stats and my favourite reads of the year! — Runalong The Shelves
Helllooo! Another year passes and I have to say this was a bit of hard one. We lost our beloved dog Maisie, I had a parent in hospital, work had a number of unexpected challenges and I even caught a ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The year ended so I looked back at my reading year and my favourite reads www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Reposted by Runalong Womble
You want to clear some of that TBR Pile - my annual challenge may help! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
The 2026 BookTempter’s TBR Challenge — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo!! Occasionally I am weirdly accused of just wanting to make your TBR piles creak but deep down I just want to help! To Be Read Piles and reading are said to be different hobbies but I say we ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
You want to clear some of that TBR Pile - my annual challenge may help! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
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I was less than impressed by The Feeding by AJ Ryan www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
The Feeding by AJ Ryan — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Orbit for an advance copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher -Orbit Published - Out Now Price - £9.99 paperback £5.49 ebook Layla has sp...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I was less than impressed by The Feeding by AJ Ryan www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
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On the blog this week I really enjoyed the changes brought by A Judgment of Powers by Benedict Jacka www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
A Judgement of Powers by Benedict Jacka — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Orbit for an advance copy this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Orbit Published - Out Now Price - £22 hardback £12.99 ebook Stephen Oakwoo...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 AM
On the blog this week I really enjoyed the changes brought by A Judgment of Powers by Benedict Jacka www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
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We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
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we’re closing in on the end of 2025, so here’s my year in books! 66 in total, and a list of my favourites for you to peruse 📚
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2025 in Books
Well, 2025 has certainly been a year!
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December 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
we’re closing in on the end of 2025, so here’s my year in books! 66 in total, and a list of my favourites for you to peruse 📚
notesfromanunrulybody.substack.com/p/2025-in-bo...
notesfromanunrulybody.substack.com/p/2025-in-bo...
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Absolutely delighted to spot @rainewilson.bsky.social ‘s THE SALT ORACLE in here - thank you @runalongwomble.bsky.social !!!!
The year ended so I looked back at my reading year and my favourite reads www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
Farewell 2025! The challenges, the stats and my favourite reads of the year! — Runalong The Shelves
Helllooo! Another year passes and I have to say this was a bit of hard one. We lost our beloved dog Maisie, I had a parent in hospital, work had a number of unexpected challenges and I even caught a ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Absolutely delighted to spot @rainewilson.bsky.social ‘s THE SALT ORACLE in here - thank you @runalongwomble.bsky.social !!!!