Diana Tixier Herald
@didididit.bsky.social
Reader/writer/librarian/bookseller. Lover of family, sustainability, and nature.
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.
Western Colorado
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Western Colorado
💙📚 #SFF New books shelves at Out West Books. Marissa Meyer’s THE HOUSE SAPHIR also released today but was on display in YA. Definitely worth the read.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
💙📚 #SFF New books shelves at Out West Books. Marissa Meyer’s THE HOUSE SAPHIR also released today but was on display in YA. Definitely worth the read.
Books finished reading in October 2025.
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Books finished reading in October 2025.
💙📚🐉 #SFF Somehow I missed Carol Berg's TRANSFORMATION when it was published 25 years ago. It is magnificent! Superb world building makes it epic fantasy at its finest featuring an unique and imaginative magic system and complex characters. 2 libraries in Colorado still have it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
💙📚🐉 #SFF Somehow I missed Carol Berg's TRANSFORMATION when it was published 25 years ago. It is magnificent! Superb world building makes it epic fantasy at its finest featuring an unique and imaginative magic system and complex characters. 2 libraries in Colorado still have it.
the two sisters' landlady demands her several months of back rent be paid. The current Saphir Count hires them to get rid of a powerful ghost at his estate and things get wild. Very satisfying fantasy with interesting characters and magical beasts along with mortal danger keeps the reader engaged.
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
the two sisters' landlady demands her several months of back rent be paid. The current Saphir Count hires them to get rid of a powerful ghost at his estate and things get wild. Very satisfying fantasy with interesting characters and magical beasts along with mortal danger keeps the reader engaged.
💙📚🪐 #SFF Just finished Sunward by William Alexander. When the docks on Luna collapse and all bots seemingly disappear, Captain Tova Lir, a courier hunts down what happened and on a quest to find help for his baby "bot" mentee,
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
💙📚🪐 #SFF Just finished Sunward by William Alexander. When the docks on Luna collapse and all bots seemingly disappear, Captain Tova Lir, a courier hunts down what happened and on a quest to find help for his baby "bot" mentee,
💙📚🪐 #SFF Just finished The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel. It will be in indie bookstores 2/17/26 and you do not want to miss it...As terraforming creates changes on the vast empty vistas of the planet, rain becomes a possibility. Told with tenderness and sensitivity, the stories of the lives of
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💙📚🪐 #SFF Just finished The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel. It will be in indie bookstores 2/17/26 and you do not want to miss it...As terraforming creates changes on the vast empty vistas of the planet, rain becomes a possibility. Told with tenderness and sensitivity, the stories of the lives of
Nathaniel doesn't want a tenant but his family's apothecary shop is in trouble and needs the rent. I love the cozy fantasy trend, being tired and bored with recent romantasy. The characters with their challenges and relationships stand out as well as major danger to face. In bookstores 11/18/25.
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nathaniel doesn't want a tenant but his family's apothecary shop is in trouble and needs the rent. I love the cozy fantasy trend, being tired and bored with recent romantasy. The characters with their challenges and relationships stand out as well as major danger to face. In bookstores 11/18/25.
for someone to kill the Beast, she answers to gain access to the funds and supplies needed to find the Beast and to forge the weapons slay him. Terrific world building and full of surprises it will appeal to readers who love T. Kingfisher's and Diana Wynne Jones's fantasy novels.
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
for someone to kill the Beast, she answers to gain access to the funds and supplies needed to find the Beast and to forge the weapons slay him. Terrific world building and full of surprises it will appeal to readers who love T. Kingfisher's and Diana Wynne Jones's fantasy novels.
into Lorenzo in a coffee shop. Lorenzo is a centuries old vampire living with with roommates - a 7 ft tall half troll, a Haunted who is host to a poltergeist, and, a unicorn.
Who even knew teen werewolves have proms?
Engaging and entertaining.
Who even knew teen werewolves have proms?
Engaging and entertaining.
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
into Lorenzo in a coffee shop. Lorenzo is a centuries old vampire living with with roommates - a 7 ft tall half troll, a Haunted who is host to a poltergeist, and, a unicorn.
Who even knew teen werewolves have proms?
Engaging and entertaining.
Who even knew teen werewolves have proms?
Engaging and entertaining.
💙📚 #SFF Tomorrow is going to be a great New Release Tuesday. "Kill the Beast" is an excellent debut fantasy and a page turner. Lyssa a hunter of monsters has vowed to avenge her brother who was killed by the Beast. When Alderick, an immensely wealthy foppish man advertises for someone to kill ⏩
October 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
💙📚 #SFF Tomorrow is going to be a great New Release Tuesday. "Kill the Beast" is an excellent debut fantasy and a page turner. Lyssa a hunter of monsters has vowed to avenge her brother who was killed by the Beast. When Alderick, an immensely wealthy foppish man advertises for someone to kill ⏩
💙📚 🔍Truth be told, I live to unite folks with the stories they will love. One of my favorites of last year, a delightful odyssey of a morose pony, comes out in paperback tomorrow. Rick and I listened to the audiobook on a roadtrip and both loved it. If you missed it in hardcover pick it up now.
October 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
💙📚 🔍Truth be told, I live to unite folks with the stories they will love. One of my favorites of last year, a delightful odyssey of a morose pony, comes out in paperback tomorrow. Rick and I listened to the audiobook on a roadtrip and both loved it. If you missed it in hardcover pick it up now.
💙📚 #SSF When Wu Ying, a teenaged peasant farmer is conscripted into the army in this xianxia novel, first in a formerly self-published series, his lifelong nemesis it also taken. Endless martial arts training sessions and real fighting ensue.
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
💙📚 #SSF When Wu Ying, a teenaged peasant farmer is conscripted into the army in this xianxia novel, first in a formerly self-published series, his lifelong nemesis it also taken. Endless martial arts training sessions and real fighting ensue.
💙📚🔍 I love being a reviewer and reading advance copies of forthcoming books but I feel so mean raving about books most people won't get to read for months. Today I finished Blood Relay by Devon Mihesuah, a superb mystery/thriller and re-read Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite. Pub dates in Feb & March.
October 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
💙📚🔍 I love being a reviewer and reading advance copies of forthcoming books but I feel so mean raving about books most people won't get to read for months. Today I finished Blood Relay by Devon Mihesuah, a superb mystery/thriller and re-read Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite. Pub dates in Feb & March.
💙📚🪐⏳⚡🎧 Books finished in September 2025. All were enjoyable, some more than others. Some won't be out for a few months but are well worth the wait. Sisters in the Wind and Where Rabbits Gathered were standouts. I loved Nobody's Baby, a SF mystery that won't be out until March.
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
💙📚🪐⏳⚡🎧 Books finished in September 2025. All were enjoyable, some more than others. Some won't be out for a few months but are well worth the wait. Sisters in the Wind and Where Rabbits Gathered were standouts. I loved Nobody's Baby, a SF mystery that won't be out until March.
The new #SFF books section at Out West Books today. No room for face out on the top shelf because some publishers have started making hardcovers about a 1/4" too tall for the regular shelves.
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The new #SFF books section at Out West Books today. No room for face out on the top shelf because some publishers have started making hardcovers about a 1/4" too tall for the regular shelves.
💙📚 This thoroughly enjoyable regency romance took me back to when I first fell in love with the genre. When I was in high school I cleaned houses to save for college and one day an old retired librarian (the same age as my grandma!) I cleaned for sent me to the basement to clean some shelves under
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
💙📚 This thoroughly enjoyable regency romance took me back to when I first fell in love with the genre. When I was in high school I cleaned houses to save for college and one day an old retired librarian (the same age as my grandma!) I cleaned for sent me to the basement to clean some shelves under
she believes she is Sabrina, the character in the novel she has been writing, and is taken in by a kind woman whose son owns the local Italian restaurant.
September 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
she believes she is Sabrina, the character in the novel she has been writing, and is taken in by a kind woman whose son owns the local Italian restaurant.
💙🪐 #SFF Finished rereading the classic Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre. It's 1 of 8 novels that won both Hugo & Nebula awards in the '70s. Was astounded by how they have held up. In a post-nuclear world, a traveling healer uses snakes in her practice experiencing loss, adventure, and love. Loved it
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
💙🪐 #SFF Finished rereading the classic Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre. It's 1 of 8 novels that won both Hugo & Nebula awards in the '70s. Was astounded by how they have held up. In a post-nuclear world, a traveling healer uses snakes in her practice experiencing loss, adventure, and love. Loved it
💙🪐🩸 #SFF #Horror Finished ARC of The Veil by Jonathan Janz. Terrific horror/SF. Alien abductions instigate violent anarchy. A dad whose family has been taken is recruited by a group of strangers for a mission to retrieve their missing family members. @blackstonepub.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
💙🪐🩸 #SFF #Horror Finished ARC of The Veil by Jonathan Janz. Terrific horror/SF. Alien abductions instigate violent anarchy. A dad whose family has been taken is recruited by a group of strangers for a mission to retrieve their missing family members. @blackstonepub.bsky.social
💙📚🪐⚡ Just finished listening to the ARC of Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer courtesy of Libro.fm. Past lives, future lives, parallel lives, and a serial killer bring a DHS agent, a mystic, and a therapist who does past lives regression together for a pulse pounding read. Pub date 10/28. Pre-order!
September 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
💙📚🪐⚡ Just finished listening to the ARC of Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer courtesy of Libro.fm. Past lives, future lives, parallel lives, and a serial killer bring a DHS agent, a mystic, and a therapist who does past lives regression together for a pulse pounding read. Pub date 10/28. Pre-order!