repost for @GatheringBooks
Very excited to share our 2026 reading theme over at GatheringBooks: #AuthorAMonth2026 and #BIPOCIntlAuthorArtist2026. Will do my best to highlight authors who are BIPOC and whose books are published in languages other than English (and translated into English).
Here‘s the link to our announcement post: https://wp.me/pDlzr-s78 Do join us, too, if you are so inclined. What reading challenges are you joining this year?
Thank you Christine for the cute card featuring the Yule Cat (if you haven‘t seen the Icelandic Air ads with Yule Cat go find them right now and enjoy!). The info sheet about Yule customs is also such fun! @thebacklistbook and @TheBookHippie #yuleseasonswap
For August, I‘ve selected this collection of dark, twisted, angry fairy tale retelling short stories.
Wonderfully creepy and full of rage, these were everything I wanted out of them.
#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo
pickIt feels like cheating that this was my December #DoubleSpin, but I can‘t argue with the #BookSpin fates! I loved reading these cozy stories for #KindredSpiritsChristmas—a delightful respite from the busy-ness of the season.
pickThis was a really good but twisted story. Will wakes his best friend Barry up at gun point to confront him on all the horrible luck he's been having 💚
June‘s pick is Naomi Novik‘s collection of short stories! From an atmospheric dark fairy tale, to the short story that eventually became Spinning Silver, to Dragon Rider Elizabeth Bennet, there was not a single miss in this collection for me!
#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo
November #wrapup
I was pleasantly surprised with the short stories and articles in the tagged title and it was my favorite of the month. I dnf‘d Tom Hanks, too dense and boring and Fahrenheit was a reread.
Good morning! Back to work for me today, but I did take advantage of the slower pace of late December to read some ghost stories and noir from the December holidays. Hoping to finish these two books before midnight tomorrow.
