In case anyone is wondering if there is any engagement on here— this is the list of every book recommended after I asked if you’d share one book you enjoyed this year. You can scroll underneath the post to see these, but I think seeing them all together shows the true awesomeness of the people on here.
Hey bookish folks, I'd love your help! How do you find new-to-you books to read?
I'm trying to figure out where to advertise my books now that I have a fourth book out ( https://buy.bookfunnel.com/vxvlyi6b0v ). I'm rather unknown so can't spend big $$ but it's hard to know where is best to find readers. And yet, it's hard to have a budget without readers, too!
I read Iron Curtain by #VesnaGoldsworthy. A page-turner set in the 1980s. A young privileged 'red princess' from a poor unnamed central European country elopes to London in the name of love. The sense of displacement has echoes of the Patricia Engel book I read just before this. There's also enjoyable farce here even if the clichés about the UK are laid on a little thick at times. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads
The Narratess Indie Sale is tomorrow! My books Windward and Between Starfalls are both reduced to 99cents for this sale (for US, Canada, Europe, and Australia), and that price is in effect already for most book sellers!
Tomorrow the sale page goes live with tons of amazing deals: prices Free, 99cents, or $1.99.
Check out https://promotions.narratess.com before the weekend is over.
Boosts appreciated to help others find incredible #IndieBooks to snatch up!
If an #ebook subscription service sounds like it might be for you, please consider supporting one that isn't owned by #Amazon, that exploits its dominant position to force authors into exclusivity deals preventing their work from being available elsewhere. There are alternatives to #KindleUnlimited, including (but not limited to) #KoboPlus. @bookstodon
Good writing & a story you’re interested in. A novel idea, I know, but in this day & age we are all but told who & what we should be reading. Don’t listen, read what & who you enjoy.
Below are a stack of books by Richard Russo, who I think is an incredible writer. You may totally disagree & that’s 100% alright with me. #books#photography#read#booktoot@bookstodon
crossposting from bluesky (no need to respond in both places)
A 13 yo in my life LOVES the #Twilight series. Does anyone have any modern readalike #books suggestions? I know a bunch from around the time that series came out but I don't know what the newer diverse ones are out if there are any?
For the record, I was not obsessed or even mildly interested in collecting Beanie Babies, maybe if I had been I’d be rich. Anyway, this was a fun read, I especially recommend it if you remember when these were all the rage. #books#nonfiction#read#booktoot#beaniebabies@bookstodon
The Books of Blood volumes 1-6 by Clive Barker (a must-read for every horror fan...the basis for Candyman & other Barker films 😍) $3.99-$4.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0841Y8D9L
When you find something in life that you love doing, make the time to do it. There are lots of things we like, but not quite so many that we love— it’s these things which are most important, because they shape the very core of who we are.
This was a surprising book for me. Struggled a bit in the beginning, but then got completely absorbed.
A nomadic performer's life in the after-apocalypse world without the gruesomeness we (too often?) get to experience in modern stories.
3 of my favorite articles from the weekly blog by @BookJotter . I highly recommend signing up for her blog posts for all things books from all over the world. She is on here, too 📚
I should probably wait until I've finished it and make a proper #Bookstodon#BookToot about it, but Susanna Clarke's Piranesi is scratching SO MANY ITCHES as I read it. It is deeply wonderful and I adore the experience of reading it.