Resh Susan
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Writer + editor for hire | Visual storyteller | Words :HuffPostIndia, VOGUE India etc; can be bribed with books, #kdrama & food (✉️:thebooksatchel@gmail.com)
and that’s five stars//
mother mary comes to me by arundhati roy
mother mary comes to me by arundhati roy
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
and that’s five stars//
mother mary comes to me by arundhati roy
mother mary comes to me by arundhati roy
today's book rec: MONSTRESS, set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, about a teen girl struggling post-war trauma, and sharing a psychic link with a powerful monster. "a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk"
September 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
today's book rec: MONSTRESS, set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, about a teen girl struggling post-war trauma, and sharing a psychic link with a powerful monster. "a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk"
meghna rao describes Nadia Asparouhova’s new book Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading, as a "user guide to social media" and writes about it—
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September 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
meghna rao describes Nadia Asparouhova’s new book Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading, as a "user guide to social media" and writes about it—
meghnarao.substack.com/p/if-everyth...
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this weekend in books —
August 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
this weekend in books —
Currently reading I deliver parcels in Beijing, which provides good insight into the gig economy and the problems faced by gig workers,
August 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Currently reading I deliver parcels in Beijing, which provides good insight into the gig economy and the problems faced by gig workers,
you've got mail!! the latest newsletter talks about a book that made me forget everything else in life
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August 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
you've got mail!! the latest newsletter talks about a book that made me forget everything else in life
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Literally flew through this murder mystery SHE DIDN’T SEE IT COMING by Shari Lapena. About a wife who goes missing (and there’s no footage of her leaving the building or being kidnapped). Many characters with lots of secrets and several twists to keep you engaged—
August 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Literally flew through this murder mystery SHE DIDN’T SEE IT COMING by Shari Lapena. About a wife who goes missing (and there’s no footage of her leaving the building or being kidnapped). Many characters with lots of secrets and several twists to keep you engaged—
a fantastic new book rec is coming your way SOON. if you have missed the previous editions of the newsletter, read them before the new one arrives. subscribe to never miss—
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July 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
a fantastic new book rec is coming your way SOON. if you have missed the previous editions of the newsletter, read them before the new one arrives. subscribe to never miss—
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New book on the pile — The Ex Daughters of Tolstoy house is supposed to have a gothic flavor and has obedient daughters and a lot of blood spilling. Intrigued!
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New book on the pile — The Ex Daughters of Tolstoy house is supposed to have a gothic flavor and has obedient daughters and a lot of blood spilling. Intrigued!
reading margo’s got money troubles by rufi thorpe because of self induced peer pressure. this was everybody’s favorite book last year and i need to know what the praise is about. have you read it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
reading margo’s got money troubles by rufi thorpe because of self induced peer pressure. this was everybody’s favorite book last year and i need to know what the praise is about. have you read it?
What I am reading at the moment. Have you read any?
July 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What I am reading at the moment. Have you read any?
Excited to be reading a book that I’ve kept on the reading pile forever. Every time I pick it up, something interrupts me in real life. Gonna finish it this time fingers crossed
July 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Excited to be reading a book that I’ve kept on the reading pile forever. Every time I pick it up, something interrupts me in real life. Gonna finish it this time fingers crossed
hello hello, i've got some ideas and books for summer—
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July 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
hello hello, i've got some ideas and books for summer—
reshsusan.substack.com/p/64-things-...
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Remember the elbow nudges in school days? Imagine if a left handed student is made to sit with a right handed student. Laughed some with the left-right desk wars and leftfully regaining power over some words in LEFT-OUT PARU by Bijal V. Fun books forever!
July 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Remember the elbow nudges in school days? Imagine if a left handed student is made to sit with a right handed student. Laughed some with the left-right desk wars and leftfully regaining power over some words in LEFT-OUT PARU by Bijal V. Fun books forever!
STUNNING graphic novel SONG OF THE ASUNAM By C. G. Salamader, Rajiv Eipe, about friendship and kindness about a wannabe hunter boy and an asunam with rainbow scales. The art is amazing and the story makes you feel warm inside
June 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
STUNNING graphic novel SONG OF THE ASUNAM By C. G. Salamader, Rajiv Eipe, about friendship and kindness about a wannabe hunter boy and an asunam with rainbow scales. The art is amazing and the story makes you feel warm inside
i had such a good time with 'the dairy of a bookseller' and i am so excited for 'let the bad times roll' by Alice Slater about an intimate dinner party turned interrogation; including a missing man and a psychic who claims to have seen him
June 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
i had such a good time with 'the dairy of a bookseller' and i am so excited for 'let the bad times roll' by Alice Slater about an intimate dinner party turned interrogation; including a missing man and a psychic who claims to have seen him
currently with this book—mad sisters of esi—with the most gorgeous cover. those who know me say i would love the real. i was completely sold on the blurb and i enjoy writings by the author, but wasn't in the mental space to pick it up until now. fables, worlds, stories, sisters
May 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
currently with this book—mad sisters of esi—with the most gorgeous cover. those who know me say i would love the real. i was completely sold on the blurb and i enjoy writings by the author, but wasn't in the mental space to pick it up until now. fables, worlds, stories, sisters
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April 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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what's up dear friends? i have a new newsletter for you
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March 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
what's up dear friends? i have a new newsletter for you
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honestly i am in love with how the newsletter looks <3
February 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
honestly i am in love with how the newsletter looks <3
days with tea and the blaft book of anti-caste sf—
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February 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
days with tea and the blaft book of anti-caste sf—
@kandasamy.bsky.social @blaft.bsky.social @blaftrakesh.bsky.social
@kandasamy.bsky.social @blaft.bsky.social @blaftrakesh.bsky.social
YES!! well written
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January 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
YES!! well written
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re-reading GOOD BEHAVIOUR—dark humour filled with jealousy, deep desires, mother-daughter tension, a crumbling aristocratic Anglo-Irish family in 1920s. funny with a dark soul. it begins with the heroine feeding her mom rabbit mousse which leads to the mom's death
January 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
re-reading GOOD BEHAVIOUR—dark humour filled with jealousy, deep desires, mother-daughter tension, a crumbling aristocratic Anglo-Irish family in 1920s. funny with a dark soul. it begins with the heroine feeding her mom rabbit mousse which leads to the mom's death
I remember reading this on the train on the way home and trying to stop my tears. Loved the book and loved the movie too @peterbrownstudio.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I remember reading this on the train on the way home and trying to stop my tears. Loved the book and loved the movie too @peterbrownstudio.com