Thanks, Jude! Slow reading - I’ve been doing it with a few books this year. Also rereading.

Ooo must try that. Have quite a lot coming this year. Lots of leaves so far and by chance just this morning I found this:

sownsow.com/10-unbelieva...

I want to try the mini quiches.

So glad the gift just keeps on giving!

And thank you for taking us back! 😘

I think the world needs Cozy Academia! Plus musicals of course 🎭👩🏻‍🏫💃🏻

Retired librarian here. There’s another thing you can do: put a hold on the book once it appears in the online catalog (yes, even when it’s still on order). Many libraries have a policy of purchasing additional copies when the reserves-to-copies ratio exceeds a specified point (say 5-1).

So many things waiting to be heard. Today:
‘I know I’m not happy. I know I’m not happy. I know I’m not happy because my body tells me I’m not happy.’
All simply and powerfully put.

And the repetition was emphatic. It made me think how writing is often scared to repeat itself.

What about Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Library Journal?
I have questions about things that don’t fit the pigeonholes or noise generators of influencer programmes or social media fashions.
(Sorry. I am OLD. I worked as an editor in house in another century 🦕)

You should tell the author of the article!
I had heard of her, and her work has been publicised in the trade press.
Am curious: where do influencers find out about forthcoming titles?

I know! What a way to start 2025 - hard one to follow. It came along after a spate of underwhelming summer reads too so I felt most appreciative.
And to read that quickly and be consumed by it (I was). So layered and so much happening in such a short span.

That would have been a spoiler for me! I love a good plot with spoilers - tho prefer them unspoilt 🤣 Such a great immersive read. It really had me gripped.

You're right - this sounded scaled up, slick, professional. And surely staffed? I wanted to know how many people worked there. I had heard of her, but what she was doing sounded more like a version of, e.g., the Oprah or Jenna Bush Hager book clubs.