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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 11m

Today’s lovely words about SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL come from @elianeboey.bsky.social. Thank you so much Eliane. 🥹

"A heartfelt story about trust, love, and the other unsaid things that light the path to our dreams; even to the moon. I read it in one sitting!"
— Eliane Boey, author of Club Contango

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 35m

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 3h

The beast needs to talk with you.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 4h

Sounds pretty similar to my relationship with cycling.

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 7h

Repost with working link!

Super thrilled to have acquired The Riven Kingdom by
@julietemckenna.bsky.social

A high fantasy blending politics, religion and a battle for a dead king’s throne.

Click to go to The British Fantasy Society for more details:

britishfantasysociety.org/book-news-an...

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 7h

👀 Nice!

Jamedi @jamreads.com · 7h

Straight to the "Ambitious 2026 TBR" (name is still a work in progress)

Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 9h

In other news: Angry Robot Books has acquired Juliet E. McKenna’s The Riven Kingdom, described as a “fresh and gripping fantasy” that “blends politics, religion, and a battle for a dead king’s throne, perfect for fans of the Realm of the Elderlings series.”
britishfantasysociety.org/book-news-an...

Book News: Angry Robot Acquires New Juliet E. McKenna Novel – The British Fantasy Society

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 9h

In other news: Angry Robot Books has acquired Juliet E. McKenna’s The Riven Kingdom, described as a “fresh and gripping fantasy” that “blends politics, religion, and a battle for a dead king’s throne, perfect for fans of the Realm of the Elderlings series.”
britishfantasysociety.org/book-news-an...

Book News: Angry Robot Acquires New Juliet E. McKenna Novel – The British Fantasy Society

britishfantasysociety.org

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 9h

Yay!
This sounds amazing!

Jamedi @jamreads.com · 10h

159.- A Sword of Gold and Ruin, by @annasmithspark.bsky.social (pub by Flame Tree Press)

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 13h

ICYMI!

Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

The Maiden and Her Monster, by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social (pub @torbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent dark fantasy novel, a Jewish inspired story with complex politics and sapphic romance; a note-worthy debut.

Full thoughts:
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Livia J. Elliot ~ Author & Podcaster @liviajelliot.com · 1d

⚔️The omens of war will be heard by all ⚔️

Lovecraft meets George R.R. Martin meets Marcus Aurelius and Jean-Paul Sartre in this cosmic horror fantasy. Grim but never gratuitous, morally grey, and psychologically intense.

Coming February 2026! 🔗👇🏻

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

The Maiden and Her Monster, by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social (pub @torbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent dark fantasy novel, a Jewish inspired story with complex politics and sapphic romance; a note-worthy debut.

Full thoughts:
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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 1d

What Gareth said.

NOTHING sells books better than the enthusiasm of a friend or someone whose opinion you trust who has read it.

(Which is not to say that publishers should rely on it.)

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Excellent news Cat!

Full novel on 2026, I guess?

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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 1d

We're taking part in Angry Robot's blog tour for OUR GIFTED HEARTS, out today! Author Jennifer Kennedy joins us and tells us why she loves the Gothic genre so much:

"It pulls you into another world where our shadow selves have a voice"

Read more: tinyurl.com/3hxjz55j

@angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Happy book birthday @nuzo.bsky.social!

An author I'm always in awe to read!

Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Happy book birthday to FUTILITY by @nuzo.bsky.social! 👁️

This is a monstrous, gleeful, bitingly funny tale of murder, body-swapping and bloody vengeance from the recipient of the ‘Queen of African Horror’.🩸🥣

Out now! https://tinyurl.com/2re64uh6

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

A last reminder!

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The Captive, by Kit Burgoyne (pub by @titanbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent horror novel that while painting the evil of late-stage capitalism also gives us a great character dynamic, all with many great action scenes.

Full thoughts:
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Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 1d

I received some fab ARCs recently!

The Apple and the Pearl by @rymkechacha.bsky.social - “a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms” Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social

The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell - “a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps”
Thanks Del Rey

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Idiocracy wasn't supposed to be a documentary

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 2d

For the evening people!

Jamedi @jamreads.com · 2d

The Captive, by Kit Burgoyne (pub by @titanbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent horror novel that while painting the evil of late-stage capitalism also gives us a great character dynamic, all with many great action scenes.

Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/the-...

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158.- The Possession of Alba Díaz, by Isabel Cañas (pub by @solarisbooks.bsky.social)

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 2d

The Captive, by Kit Burgoyne (pub by @titanbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent horror novel that while painting the evil of late-stage capitalism also gives us a great character dynamic, all with many great action scenes.

Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/the-...

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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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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

You could, if you wished, read my folk horror novels WITHERED HILL & SCUTTLER'S COVE this spooky season, and thus be prepared for the third, SCRATCH MOSS, published in March. All standalones but subtly linked. Paperback, ebook and audiobook formats from all good (and possibly some rubbish) vendors.

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