Jenny Hamilton
@readingtheend.bsky.social
she/her. southern geek feminist and scholar of boning. bylines at NYT Book Review, Booklist, Strange Horizons, Lady Business, Reactor. author of SFF romance column Ships in the Night for Reactor.
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Intergalactic Mixtape is always great but particularly enjoyed this article from @readingtheend.bsky.social this time.
Whether through awards shortlists, picking up more translated fiction or otherwise there's gems to find when you step outside your comfort zone even if your hit rate drops.
Whether through awards shortlists, picking up more translated fiction or otherwise there's gems to find when you step outside your comfort zone even if your hit rate drops.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Intergalactic Mixtape is always great but particularly enjoyed this article from @readingtheend.bsky.social this time.
Whether through awards shortlists, picking up more translated fiction or otherwise there's gems to find when you step outside your comfort zone even if your hit rate drops.
Whether through awards shortlists, picking up more translated fiction or otherwise there's gems to find when you step outside your comfort zone even if your hit rate drops.
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Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookshops.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookshops.
uk.bookshop.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
I cannot WAIT to see this movie.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I cannot WAIT to see this movie.
a nun who was running the retreat I was on said to me "you've done very well on the washing-up. full marks!" and I'll be coasting on that high for the rest of my life
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
a nun who was running the retreat I was on said to me "you've done very well on the washing-up. full marks!" and I'll be coasting on that high for the rest of my life
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
say what you will about Andrew Lloyd Webber but he does not commit the sin of making all the characters in Phantom wax poetic about the innovative genius of "Don Juan Triumphant."
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
say what you will about Andrew Lloyd Webber but he does not commit the sin of making all the characters in Phantom wax poetic about the innovative genius of "Don Juan Triumphant."
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“PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is a lovely meditation on life, death, and choice. Eden Royce has another home run on her hands with this one.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews Eden Rocye
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce: Review by Alex Brown
Psychopomp & Circumstance, Eden Royce (Tordotcom 978-1-25033-096-3, $24.99, 176pp, hc) October 2025. Cover by Greg Ruth. Eden Royce’s latest work of literary brilliance, Psychopomp & Circu…
locusmag.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is a lovely meditation on life, death, and choice. Eden Royce has another home run on her hands with this one.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews Eden Rocye
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We have two - count that, TWO - Solaris books on @NPR's Best Books of 2025 list!
Pinch us, we must be dreaming
🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA, epic fantasy by Caskey Russell https://geni.us/doorsea
🖤 THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ, standalone horroromance by @isabelcanas.bsky.social https://geni.us/palbad
Pinch us, we must be dreaming
🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA, epic fantasy by Caskey Russell https://geni.us/doorsea
🖤 THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ, standalone horroromance by @isabelcanas.bsky.social https://geni.us/palbad
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We have two - count that, TWO - Solaris books on @NPR's Best Books of 2025 list!
Pinch us, we must be dreaming
🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA, epic fantasy by Caskey Russell https://geni.us/doorsea
🖤 THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ, standalone horroromance by @isabelcanas.bsky.social https://geni.us/palbad
Pinch us, we must be dreaming
🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA, epic fantasy by Caskey Russell https://geni.us/doorsea
🖤 THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ, standalone horroromance by @isabelcanas.bsky.social https://geni.us/palbad
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Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
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So many things are grim and cold right now. But if you'd like to admire something soft and happy and warm for a moment, please see my heartachingly gorgeous cover for SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE (out 11/25)?
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/SCRamz
(Cover artist info & other links below!)
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/SCRamz
(Cover artist info & other links below!)
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So many things are grim and cold right now. But if you'd like to admire something soft and happy and warm for a moment, please see my heartachingly gorgeous cover for SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE (out 11/25)?
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/SCRamz
(Cover artist info & other links below!)
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/SCRamz
(Cover artist info & other links below!)
I miss my fucking dog. pets should live forever is what should happen.
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I miss my fucking dog. pets should live forever is what should happen.
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'Beyond the Gates' is beyond a soap opera. It's an instant classic — and some of the best TV of 2025. @brettwhite.bsky.social has a review-so-far (and a really intense infographic) to get you up to speed — check it out! #btg #beyondthegates
'Beyond the Gates' Family Tree: Who's Who in Fairmont Crest
Fairmont Crest is a community populated with nurses, lawyers, models, doctors, professional singers, professional schemers, and even an EGOT.
popheist.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
'Beyond the Gates' is beyond a soap opera. It's an instant classic — and some of the best TV of 2025. @brettwhite.bsky.social has a review-so-far (and a really intense infographic) to get you up to speed — check it out! #btg #beyondthegates
🎵 it's the mooooost wonderful tiiiiiime of the year 🎵
One of the coolest days in NPR-land is here! Books We Love, the gigantic compendium of bite-size book reviews publishes today. Under staff picks, you'll see my take on books about Desi Arnaz and Lorne Michaels. But there's much more to love here. READ: https://loom.ly/DqKKH90
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🎵 it's the mooooost wonderful tiiiiiime of the year 🎵
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She’s resigning to spend more time yelling racial and ethnic slurs at cashiers
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
She’s resigning to spend more time yelling racial and ethnic slurs at cashiers
huge news for Magic the Gathering fans
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
huge news for Magic the Gathering fans
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It’s #RomanceColumn time and this month’s books are: a sweet and sexy second-chance m/m romance in Italy, a queer fake-dating Jewish baseball contemporary, and a light but tart romantasy about a villain’s henchwitch trying to do good after the villain’s defeat (gift link!).
#booksky #Romancelandia
#booksky #Romancelandia
Smart, Sizzling New Romance Novels
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November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It’s #RomanceColumn time and this month’s books are: a sweet and sexy second-chance m/m romance in Italy, a queer fake-dating Jewish baseball contemporary, and a light but tart romantasy about a villain’s henchwitch trying to do good after the villain’s defeat (gift link!).
#booksky #Romancelandia
#booksky #Romancelandia
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um holy cow?!?! IT HAD TO BE HIM is in the New York Times Book Review?!?!
Smart, Sizzling New Romance Novels
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
um holy cow?!?! IT HAD TO BE HIM is in the New York Times Book Review?!?!
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Carol has done some WILD stuff on #Pluribus so far, but her latest drastic decision in Episode 4 is all but primed to backfire on her. My recap:
'Pluribus' Episode 4 Recap: I Can't Wait To See Carol's Drastic Decision Backfire on Her After This Week
In Pluribus Episode 4, Rhea Seehorn's Carol makes a drastic decision to get answers out of Zosia that is primed to backfire on her with the Others.
collider.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Carol has done some WILD stuff on #Pluribus so far, but her latest drastic decision in Episode 4 is all but primed to backfire on her. My recap:
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"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
happy Friday! it's Intergalactic Mixtape day! get it while it's hot!
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
Intergalactic Mixtape #29
Hey! There’s lots of article recs this week, some film trailers I’m excited about, plus the usual collection of recent reviews. Also, CRITICAL NEWS: one of...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
happy Friday! it's Intergalactic Mixtape day! get it while it's hot!
any chair can become a weird chair if you just buy a big bag of plastic teeth and glue them all over
It's almost Thanksgiving! Got an ICE member coming for dinner at your house? No you don't! Can't stop them because you're not the one hosting? No problem. You can shun them, mock them, shame them, cough in their food. They get the weird chair. No weird chair? Make a weird chair.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
any chair can become a weird chair if you just buy a big bag of plastic teeth and glue them all over
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Happy, happy release week!! I love this book very much
THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out now! I hope you enjoy my novel about a magical midlife midwife dealing with generational trauma while discovering her true power.
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Happy, happy release week!! I love this book very much
this is the greatest thing I have ever read, everyone say thank you, Rebecca Alter
Fiyero Is Kind of the Christ of Oz, If You Think About It
A steamy, Technicolor Passion of the Christ is happening right under our noses in Wicked: For Good.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
this is the greatest thing I have ever read, everyone say thank you, Rebecca Alter
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