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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 8h

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.

Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 8h

💙📚🌶️ Charlie who goes by the pen name Wise Old Crone is a young, failing, agony aunt columnist specializing in human/supernatural relationships and is about to lose his job because of not enough supernatural problems. He goes undercover as a grad student to dig up some dirt and runs

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 9h

the Beast, she answers to have access to the funds and supplies 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.

Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 9h

💙📚 #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 ⏩

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 9h

Ace Books is bringing it out on March 10th. Now is a good time to preorder at your favorite independent bookstore. The ISBN is 9798217188420.

Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 10h

💙📚 🔍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.

Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 10h

The world building is interesting along with magical beasts he encounters, and slays. The plot doesn't go anywhere fast but it fits with Wu Ying's character. Glad to have read it so I can recommend it to readers who are looking for new martial arts or Asian themed fantasy.

Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 10h

Wu Ying is a likable character who does what he thinks he must without asking questions or for help. His adventures and fights lead him into new opportunities and challenging missions where he makes due and fights on through. So much fighting!

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 10h

💙📚 #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.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 2d

💙📚🔍 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.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 4d

You’re welcome. My mission in life is connecting people with the books they want or need to read so I’m always happy when reading, to find stories I know people will be thrilled to experience.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 6d

This is why and how I survived long enough to become an adult.

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 6d

I believe the true the motivation behind banning books is to keep readers in the dark. To keep them isolated and alone. Banning books disempowers readers, especially children. That's what this has always been about. That's why we can't stop fighting it. #BannedBooksWeek #kidlit

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 6d

When a child reads a book and sees how a character experienced something similar and survived, it provides a lifeline to that reader. They go from feeling completely alone in the world to receiving a shred of hope. #BannedBooksWeek #kidlit

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 8d

This is one of my favorite books of the last couple years. I have become so much more aware of the lagomorphs around me. It is also the book that pops into my mind every time I think of multiverses.

QuiteBrief @quitebrief.bsky.social · 9d

#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐
Fan of:
- Alternate realities
- Fighting AI
- Super high tech
- Rabbits
- Worldsbuilding
Try
@mikecarey.bsky.social's
Infinity Gate
bookshop.org/p/books/infi...
A small cast of characters play pivotal roles in a clash of empires that span every conceivable version of Earth

Cover of M. R. Carey's Infinity Gate

A view from space where half of a planet (Earth?) is visible on the left side of the cover with its sun is just peeking around the top right side of it, creating lens flare.
The planet has vertical strips of other landscapes superimposed over it that roughly match the geography (which could be North and South America). They are, left to right
A red tinted atmosphere
A dusty desert
Brown, rocky with clouds
Green with clouds and water
Orange and blocky, with clouds.

Cover text reads
The War For
The Multiverse
Has Begun
Inifinity
Gate
M. R. Carey
The Million-Copy Bestselling Author

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 10d

Looking forward to reading it.

Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 11d

💙📚🪐 #SFF I loved seeing this in an email today from BookRiot. @bookriot.bsky.social "🚀 Science Fiction leads the market with the fastest sales increases versus prior year. Growth accelerated in early July..." I didn't find much SF last year that I loved so I hope it means lots of new great SF.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 12d

Authors, check and see if your books were used. Five of my books were on the list.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Genrefluent @genrefluent.bsky.social · 13d

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 13d

💙📚🪐⏳⚡🎧 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.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 13d

💙📚🪐 At Out West Books #SFF new books Tuesday.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 20d

Have you read The Magician of Tiger Castle? I think it's his first adult fantasy.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 25d

the stairs. That was where I found and fell in love with Georgette Heyer's regencies. This chaste traditional regency in the classic tradition is a joy to read with great characters and a believable conflict.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 25d

💙📚 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

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26d

SCAM ALERT: If by chance you get contacted by a group advertising themselves as the “Crazy Old Bats Book Club” who would like to charge you for reading your book in their book club, and who claim I am one of the Satisfied Authors, and furthermore give you an email address for me—it’s not me.

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Diana Tixier Herald @didididit.bsky.social · 28d

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.