New week, new book picks. whattoreadif.substack.com/p/my-murder-ka…

Enter your villain era with Laura Lippman Has Not Paid Anyone Eight Dollars's essay collection: whattoreadif.substack.com/p/my-murder-ka…

Talked a lot this weekend about how BMC Alumnae are such interesting people. For example: Andrea Tang, fantasy novelist AND Jiu-Jitsu champion.

Shoutout to Reacher Superfan JenReadsRomance for helping me prep for this interview. parade.com/books/jack-rea…

Fanfic to romance is the new category to trade/mmpb.

This is something I think about a lot when trying to choose books/authors to highlight.

For Post Book World, I reviewed a new book that argues Mr. Darcy is a (gasp!) monster. washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/…

Review: According to English professor Rachel Feder, the romantic hero of “Pride and Prejudice” has set us up to love men who treat us like dirt. wapo.st/3MuYHY7

Great discussion here by my bookstacker buddy Elizabeth Held - w/ 5 thoughts: 1/5-In the text, Darcy evolves & apologizes, in what I like to call Austen's post-game analysis. 2/5-It's Elizabeth standing up to him that spurs his reckoning washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/…

The Slate Political Gabfest is the first podcast I ever listened to so hearing David Plotz talk about me and Really Reading Romance was WILD. Thanks for recognizing the community we've built! open.spotify.com/episode/6JJscq…

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.

Where are my Gamache fans.

For Quartz, I wrote about the career of bestselling writer Colleen Hoover, who's outperforming John Grisham and the Bible. Cheers to Elizabeth Held and Jane Friedman for providing comment :)

So honored by this review of Why We Read in the The Washington Post. Thank you for seeing the book so clearly, Elizabeth Held.

Rental Person Who Does Nothing by shoji morimoto is the best book I've read on doing nothing. whattoreadif.substack.com/p/rental-perso…

Thanks to Leigh Kamping-Carder and Dan Oshinsky for highlighting What To Read If in Inbox Collective. inboxcollective.com/one-newsletter…

What newsletter do I always make time to read? @elizabethheld's What to Read If. Dan Oshinsky of Inbox Collective asked me and a bunch of other newsletter folks for our favorites. Of course, the real answer is about 10 or 12 or 15 different newsletters! inboxcollective.com/one-newsletter…

So incredibly delighted to see “Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend” among these fabulous titles to hold you over until Bridgerton S3 Part 2!! Thank you Elizabeth Held! washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/…

These eight novels from Jenny Holiday, Joanna Lowell and others feature all of the dukes, spies and political intrigue you could want. wapo.st/4dMRDC8