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Jill Minor
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E-resources librarian; blog at jillsreads.com. Compile posts and blog for EarlyWord GalleyChat #ewgc at earlyword.com. LibraryReads Ambassador @libraryreads.bsky.social. Love a good fantasy or flipped fairytale.
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HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER by @ninamcconigley.bsky.social is mesmerizing. Georgie's narrative voice is powerful, and even though this short book is incredibly weird, I was hooked. I do enjoy a mystery in which the motive, not the killer(s), is the mystery. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder a Novel Nina McConigley author of Cowboys and East Indians
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Cat lovers who also love cozy fantasy, and librarians who love order (there is significant overlap here) must get themselves a copy of AGNES AUBERT'S MYSTICAL CAT SHELTER by Heather Fawcett, the author who gave me my beloved MC Emily Wilde. It's sooooooo delicious. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Heather Fawcett author of Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Murderbot is life. PLATFORM DECAY by @marthawells.com is up next in the series. Look for this treasure May 5 as our favorite SecUnit hilariously learns how to cope with emotions while, as always, rescuing and protecting hapless humans. @macmillanlib.bsky.social #ewgc
Martha Wells Hugo and Nebula Award Winning Series! Platform Decay The Murderbot Diaries New York Times Bestselling Series.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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PLACELESS by self-described NYC homeless advocate Patrick Markee really flips the script on the unhoused–and draws a throughline (decades long) of social and political paths not taken that would have sheltered everyone. Bet Markee is happy about the new mayor! @prhlibrary.bksy.social #ewgc
Cover art of two fire hydrants with spikes on top. Placeless Homeless in the new Gilded Age Patrick Markee
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Got an ARC of Immorata by Ava Reid 🥰 #ARC #booksky #sff
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Halfway through BOOK OF LIVES (November 4), a memoir by @margaretatwood.bsky.social Witty and fascinating. Too much about Graeme Gibson IMO, but this is understandable. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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A Welsh fairy tale retold, HONEYSUCKLE will be one of my 2026 fantasy faves. Big sister makes her little brother a magical playmate out of flowers who must play any game he chooses. How sweet! For a while. #ewgc @barfridmantell.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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We need more multiple-wives-in-the-middle-of-nowhere horror, judging from THE FOURTH WIFE.
YIKES @lhamiltonwriter.bsky.social -I actually felt suffocated! Coming March 31. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Nonstop enjoyment: VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE by @writersofrohan.bsky.social Cozy romantasy with a twist in the plot (villainess redemption) and an even tastier twist at the end. Coming November 18. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Minus the thrillers that my coworker nabbed, my ARC box from @prhlibrary.bsky.social contained these babies. Lauren Groff! A doorstop of Atwood! Etc. @legroff.bsky.social @margaretatwood.bsky.social #ARCs #ReadingAhead #bookhaul #ARChaul #booksky
In a mini library cart, paperback galleys from Penguin Random House. From left to right: Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (memoir), Definitely Maybe Not a Detective by Sarah Fox, Abundance by Hafeez Lakhani, Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood, Strangers by Belle Burden, And Now Back to You by B.K. Borison, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley, The Exes by Leodora Darlington, Laws of Love and Logic by Debra Curtis, The End of Romance by Lily Meyer, This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page, You’ll Never Forget Me by Isha Raya, Operation Buncle House by Matt Dinnamin, Detour by Jeff Rake, and When the Museum is Closed by Emi Yagi. On top! Brawler by Lauren Groff.
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Nobody juxtaposes exhaustive research and compassionate activism like @bethmacy.bsky.social. Like DOPESICK, her October 7 nonfiction release, PAPER GIRL, is disturbing but stunning. Part memoir, part social commentary. @prhlibrary.bsky.social #ewgc
A child in a dress stands in a yard with a shed and a hose. Text: 'Paper Girl A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America Beth Macy New York Times Bestselling Author of Dopesick'
July 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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KATABASIS had a bit too much trudging through a wasteland when 2025 has felt like same, but now I can't get the good parts out of my head. The ending was particularly choice (sigh!). Kudos to @rfkuang.bsky.social for another banger, and thanks to @librarylovefest.bsky.social for the DRC #ewgc
Cover image: Two figures walk through a roughly rectangular Escher house. The stairs appear to be made of paper, which is coming loose and blowing around the structure Text: '#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Babel R.F. Kuang Katabasis A Novel'
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Fantasy-wise, Naomi Novik just never misses! THE SUMMER WAR is delectable from beginning to end and I love the sibling relationships and how they evolve. Also, fae. Thank you Del Ray, for the DRC and @naominovik.bsky.social for the enchantment. #ewgc
A medieval instrument with a sword for a fretboard surrounded by flowers and vines. Text: 'The Summer War Naomi Novik New York Times Bestselling author of A Deadly Education.' Cover blurb: 'One of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time.-Bookpage'
July 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The sheer scope of F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES by Liz Gotauco, with folklore from many cultures, and the snarky off-color commentary within the stories totally won this chuckling reader over! Ended too soon! Thanks to @cosbrarian.bsky.social and @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social for a fun ride! #ewgc
Two standing bug-eyed stepsisters look down at a seated bug-eyed swearing Cinderella who is peeling something edible (?) and wearing rags. Text says 'F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics Liz Gotauco'
July 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Compiling #ewgc with three monitors
July 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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It's summer, post a character in a swimsuit!

Gotta be these two.
Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in old-fashioned swimwear in "Sweeney Todd" in the beach scene (Mrs. Lovett's fantasy)
June 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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ARCs arrived today from Penguin Random House! Instantly drawn to the Ian McEwan and the Rebecca Ferrier titles. All authors and titles are listed in the alt text. #ARCs #ReadingAhead #galleys #booksky
Image of a stack of paperback books with titles top to bottom: The Ex-Boyfriend's Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee, Saki Kawashiro; The Night That Finds Us All, John Hornor Jacobs; The Devil She Knows, Alexandria Bellefleur; It's Different This Time, Joss Richard; The White Octopus Hotel, Alexandra Bell; A Spell for Drowning, Rebecca Ferrier; Akiko's Quiet Happiness, Jan-Philipp Sendker; The White Hot, Quiara Alegria Hudes; Big Kiss, Bye-Bye, Claire-Louise Bennett; Front Street, Brian Barth; Play The Game, Change the Game, Love the Game, Robert Livingston; We Survived the Night, Julian Brave Noisecat; What We Can Know, Ian McEwan; Hole in the Sky, Daniel H. Wilson; Conform, Ariel Sullivan.
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I’m catching up on the news on international waters and lemme tell you, these international waters feel pretty safe and soothing #travel
The ocean in the Carribean with another cruise ship in the distance
June 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Top of the ol' TBR: THE UNDERCUTTING OF ROSIE AND ADAM by Megan Bannen. The quirky romantasies in the Hart and Mercy series, set in the world of Tanria, have been a ton of fun to read. July 8, Orbit/Hachette. #sff #booksky #ewgc @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
Image: A couple stand around a portal in a heart surrounded by branches and dragons. Text: "The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam Megan Bannen" Cover Blurb: "'Playfully unique, delightfully steamy, and utterly romantic. Unmissable!'-Ali Hazelwood"
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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THE EVERLASTING by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, a checklist. Incredible time-travel fantasy. Check. Characters to adore. Check. In-your-face feminism and inclusivity. Check. An epic romance that made me weep? I'll take it! From Tor October 28. #sff #booksky #ewgc @macmillanlib.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Rattkin bookseller Fern goes on an adventure with a knight named Astryx in BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social. A "Legends and Lattes" tale about defying expectations and following your heart. #sff #booksky #ewgc From Tor/Macmillan. November 11 release. @macmillanlib.bsky.social
Image: A rattkin with books, a horse, a silver-haired knight and a goblin wearing a huge coat with a lot of pockets make camp. Text: Brigands & Breadknives Travis Baldree #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Legends & Lattes. Cover blurb: "'Hilarious, heartwarming, and wholesome as heck.'-Nicholas Eames on Bookshops & Bonedust."
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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THE NIGHTSHADE GOD concludes Hannah Whitten's thrilling, compulsively readable trilogy with one of the best trios of characters ever, Lore, Bastian, and Gabe. #ewgc July 15 from Orbit/Hachette @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
Image: Amid frozen roses, a silver crown with a sun over a silver chalice with a skill. Text: The Nightshade God Hannah Whitten New York Times Bestselling Author. Blurb: "'Hannah Whitten is my new favorite obsession.'-Jodi Picoult, New York Times Bestselling Author."
June 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Stayed up way too late engrossed in THE WILL OF THE MANY by James Islington which made #booktok waves in 2023 and got huge acclaim. On to my DRC of THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW, Heirarchy no. 2, Nov 2025 release. #sff #fantasy #DarkAcademia #booksky
On my desk at the library, a hardcover copy of James Islington’s fantasy novel ‘The Will of the Many,’ first book in the Hierarchy series, at left, and a DRC cover image of ‘The Strength of the Few’ at right displayed on a Kindle Scribe.
May 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Yet another Independent Bookstore haul, this time from Loganberry Books in Cleveland #bookhaul #bookstore #independentbookstore #booksky
Tote from Loganberry Books in Cleveland Ohio, with two novels: Hild by Nicola Griffith and The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
May 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I'm reading BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES by Travis Baldree, which veers from the cozy small-town vibe into road trip adventure, but is just as fun and hilarious. November 11 release from Tor. #CurrentlyReading #AmReading #ARC #sff #fantasy #booksky @macmillanlib.bsky.social
An elf knight with a cool sword, a red-haired goblin with a huge coat made of pockets, and the rattkin bookseller Fern, and a horse-drawn carriage grace the cover of the book Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, of the Legends and Lattes fantasy series.
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM