So many unrealistic body standards these days! 😡

Hmmm, I'm collecting my short stories to maybe print a collection, and a member of my writing group said "hey, what about [that one story], I really liked it." But to me that story was written by a very naive young me, and even looking over it to revise and update makes me cringe.

For the sake of posterity: Here's Hank admitting he's writing his new non-fiction book about cancer with the help of Claude Might want to skip buying this book, folks!

Hey #booksky! What are some of your favorite novels with asexual and/or aromantic main characters?

It's Pride! It's a rainbow stack! I'm gonna be posting one a week this month because I have so many wonderful queer books on my shelves to celebrate. See any favorites?

Hey, there's an interview with me about Murderbot, Platform Decay, and lots of other stuff on @smartbitches.bsky.social smartbitchestrashybooks.com/podcast/721-...

BRB, trademarking Homely Nonbinaries Read

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Just turned in final revisions on "AND LOKI IN HIS PRISON" It's going to exist at last, everyone!!! Big, deeply-built, intricate Norse myth fantasy. Book 1 of "HANGED GOD'S GAME" Coming from Tor Books Summer 2027

Snapping up what mass market paperbacks are still being printed... I do like some of these covers, though.

I cannot get over how gorgeous Mushishi's art is. And I'm so happy for the new reprints that allow more people to discover and enjoy it.

I got to read the ARC of Whalefall in 2023 and have been religiously pushing it on customers ever since, so I am celebrating @danielkraus.com winning the Pulitzer for Angel Down as though I'm personally responsible 😆

Enormous congratulations to this year’s Winner & Finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Daniel Kraus - ANGEL DOWN (W) Katie Kitamaura - AUDITION (F) Torrey Peters - STAG DANCE (F) It was enormous honor to serve on this year’s jury & highlight such ambitious, amazing books. Read all three!

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I can finally tell you that I was the fiction jury chair for this year's Pulitzer. I had a blast, and am so grateful for the experience.

Customer: "ohhh, if I'd known you have a cat I would have come in sooner!"

Shoutout to my top two: @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social and @villagebookswa.bsky.social! I've got to put this holiday on my calendar so I stop forgetting it.

If you're an author visiting a bookstore, please don't litter your business card all over the shelves of your genre. It's annoying to clean up, and it HAS YOUR NAME ON IT so that's immediately going on my mental "do not order books by" list.

No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.

Reminder with the news that B&N is forcing people to charge 14.99 per paperback or have their listings deleted, you can get my pocket-size dyke knight novellas for just 10 from me directly: riengray.shop

I wish we bookstores collectively weren't so obsessed with being the first/only bookstore in an area/of a kind, if it leads to being dismissive or outright deceitful. I saw a fundraiser for a store opening in a certain city and was excited, ready to donate and repost--

I'm not actually going to do an April Fool's joke but I will put this book with boobies on the cover on our spicy books shelf (no customers have come in today, so no one will notice)

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books: pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are helping to boost them, but also shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit

Trying out the dating app thing and of course if I say I own a bookstore they ask for recommendations. I did name a few I thought they'd like based on profile, but why am I doing this for free AND in my free time?

a cartoon character from south park says i don t work for free

ALT: a cartoon character from south park says i don t work for free

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If you're enjoying the new season of One Piece on Netflix especially Mr. 3, I just need to make sure you know that actor, David Dastmalchian, also writes comics and his newest THROUGH just came out with absolutely amazing art by Cat Staggs. bookshop.org/a/214/979888... (affiliate link)

David Dastmalchian's Through

Check out David Dastmalchian's Through - <B>For fans of dark fantasy and psychological thrillers, a graphic novel about a perfectionist caught between reality and a crumbling dream realm where saving ...

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I do like this trend of red-green covers to make the reader feel unsettled because it suggests Christmas and as we all know, Christmas is *terrifying*

All I want is to read my favorite genre: what if women, but worse

NEW COVER NEW COVER NEW COVER! I've been dying to show off this incredible piece of art by Martina Fačkova, and here it is! On October 6, 2026, you're all going to meet Judith Ban, and I cannot wait.

Things I do as a bookseller that could be in the Olympics: Carrying a stack of books (vertical) Moving a stack of book (horizontal) from one shelf to another Lifting a box of encyclopedia volumes onto the post office counter Pushing a cart full of books

Customer: I thought you were wearing a fur coat.