I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

I’m enjoying listening to Nessa Barrett’s “Tired of California”—“I keep saying that I’m leaving/But it doesn’t work that way” seems genuinely creepy to me.

Adrian Tchaikovsky, City of Last Chances: ( new fantasy world(s) )
John Scalzi, ( what if Starship Troopers but updated? )

Alexandra Rowland, A Taste of Gold and Iron: ( tropetastic fantasy )
Jason Pargin (previously David Wong), If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe: A John, Dave, and Amy Novel: ( wacky fun for us, not so much for them )
Edgar Cantero, Meddling Kids: A Novel: The less-weird book of which I spoke.( Read more... )
Simon Stephenson, Sometimes People Die: ( mystery of killer medical professionals )
Nghi Vo, Siren Queen: ( Hollywood glamour )
Frances Hardinge, Unraveller: ( Cursers, cursees )
Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves: ( destroying the enclaves )
R.F. Kuang, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution: ( wherein Britain is rich because others are poor )

I've been off of Tumblr for a month because I haven't been able to watch SPN, and of course the backlog grows. And I haven't even used it to increase my productivity! I did watch Shadowhunters, though, and fall further in love with Brooklyn 99 and The Good Place, so there's that.

Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows: ( Read more... )N.J. Jemisin, The Stone Sky: ( Read more... )
Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns( Read more... )
Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds: ( Read more... )
Dave Duncan, The Reluctant Swordsman: ( Read more... )
Alan Dean Foster, Strange Music: ( Read more... )
Molly Knox Ostertag, The Witch Boy: ( Read more... )

Okay, all else aside, #bae_of_pigs is a brilliant coinage, no? Perfect synthesis of present pop culture with historical political scandal.

( lots of old favorites, with sf, fantasy, sex, horror, and Richard Siken )