Yeah, I would definitely say the last month or so has been very blessed with #bookmail.

Oh, hello. You didn't miss me on here but I am back. But I did miss Murderbot and I'm glad she is back.

Second Monday of the month, it's book club night! Bottom is the group read, top is my current read. And the beer is a delicious local stout by Fair State.
#booksandbrews

500+ pages but I flew throught it. Excellent world-building and characters with originality and diversity without ever feeling forced. Epic story with large POV cast that works perfectly. Read this now and get ready to fall in love with a new world.

Honestly, and I've never dared to even think this was possible, but this series could be my Fitz and Fool replacement. It's that good. Hope that Hearne stays in this world for a long time.

Hot freaking damn. @Schlinkles completely outdid herself, all of these books are perfect. Your goodreads stalking paid off! I can't tell you which book I'm most excited about because they are all awesome but I think I'm gonna start with the tagged book!
#halloweengoespostal
@BookishMarginalia

Oh, guys. The best ending to a series that I've loved all the way, from the start to a beautiful finish. I literally gasped at the final sentences.

I've said it before and I'll say it again a thousand times. I love this series so hard-core. Crazy science, great characters, and heart-pumping action.

@Liberty
#giveawayartemis

This is what my evening looks like, so I'm in for the night with a great book and breakfast for dinner. Cheers to October snow! ❄❄❄

Reading in the work cafeteria isn't terribly relaxing but at least I'm doing some traveling in my mind with this book. I've done a cross country drive twice and the plains are one of my favorite parts, just so damned big and empty.

Looking for a sweet but spooky fairy tale? How about one set on an island and with creatures from Trinidadian folktales? Middle-grade but definitely not middle of the road boring.

Going in the mail tomorrow! The wrap job is almost as good as my handrawn Halloween characters!
#halloweengoespostal
@BookishMarginalia

Look what I got in the mail! Let the waiting impatiently begin!
#halloweengoespostal
@BookishMarginalia

This month's #booksandbrews brought to you by a delicious hot toddy as it got quite chilly* today. Bottom is this month's book club pick and top is current read.

*And by chilly, I mean thank-god-I-put-the-flannel-sheets-on-cold.

Super excited to get back to this world. Restarting at Ship Breaker in anticipation of Tool of War being published this week.

This book was a complete revelation in how robot stories could be written. Told entirely with robot characters (except flashbacks), an amazingly well-built history, and super detailed tech descriptions of the different robot species (?), this is the book of my dreams.

I would compare this to Becky Chambers in the sensitive humanity brought to characters that aren't technically human. I would love to read more about this world.

Just got this from the library...but can I read it without having watched the movie or read any comics? Any thoughts? Is this truly something that can stand alone?

The next book in the Expanse series might not be in the Litsy database as it's not out until December but the library still let me put it on hold. I love putting pre-release titles on hold, I would never cut in line in person but for some reason this feels so tricky, like it's cheating.

Amazing fall color on my sedum and a book that I hope is amazing. Today's reading promises to be depressing but with great fall blue skies, hard to be too down.

Sometimes starting a new book by a favorite author is terrifying. I'm gonna push through that fear and start this today. Wish me luck!

Today's reading.

71% excited. 29% percent disappointed that it's not slugs and a literal salt line.

Finishing out the bottom which was a present from @TheLudicReader last Christmas exchange and starting a favorite author on top. Plus, oh my golly holly, the beer is a sweet potato ale and it is yummy.
#booksandbrews

Book club picks! From top to bottom: October, November, December, January, and February. Always feels good to have them planned out so people have time for longer library holds and longer books, ahem...the Rothfuss. Such a good looking couple of months!

Watching the start of the new Ken Burns documentary on the Vietnam War and I am reminded of one of the best books I've ever read. And the ebook version is on super sale, for only $1.99. If you are fascinated by this part of our history, I highly recommend it.

Complete and utter synopsis and cover fail. This book is way, way smarter and deep than everything about it implies. There are some excellent things about race here. Plus, loved how the main character writes comics and that really lays the foundation for the story. I would pay money to read the comics she writes and draws. There is just no way that this cover should have been used for this book.

Complete Con: I had to get out of bed this morning.

Acceptable Pro: The morning glories are still blooming and I get to start this on the commute to work.

I know there are some Mudbound fans here that will appreciate this news, coming to screens in November. If you haven't read this yet, I urge you to do so. Even after many years since I originally read it, Mudbound sticks with me as perhaps top ten books ever.

Stopped into a local comics shop for the bottom two and the top came in the mail. Pork belly and fennel is in the oven. This is shaping up to be a great fall Saturday.

True Confession. I bought the ebook version because I don't know if I'm strong enough to read this in hardback on the train. I can totally bet that I would get some very negative comments and I can't handle that.

This month's #mylitbox is a super surprise as the book is actually October's book club pick. And oddly, the boyfriend was super excited for the smudge stick and has already used it.

Calling all my fellow friends in Weird. The plot summary does not even come close to capturing the wtf-ness that is this book. If you're looking to get your mind blown, this is it.

When somebody you admire recommends a book on Twitter, the only possible outcome is to immediately go buy it.

Timed my re-read perfectly for today's release of The Stone Sky, I'm about halfway through The Obelisk Gate. And man, I am amazed all over again at the world-building and originality. So excited to finish this story!

Book club night! And while I'm finishing this sans cover as it was getting torn in my bag...I did now finally, finally realize that the cover is a pachinko machine. #booksandbrews

Hey! @Tiffy_Reads Given your love of the tagged book...I'm betting you'll get a giggle out of this amazing Twitter conversation. And everybody needs more giggles, right?
https://storify.com/ChuckWendig/you-might-be-the-killer

Needed a palate cleanser between finishing The Expanse published works and starting The Broken Earth series again in anticipation of the third coming out this month. True crime non-fiction seems like a good break.

My binge read is almost over with about a hundred pages left in my current read, this is the last of the published books in the Expanse series. Number seven isn't out until October. I know that I've raved and raved about this series but seriously, epic science fiction. Great world-building, great science foundation, and amazing character development. Rocinante forever.
#weekendgiveaway
@Liberty

A very, very good month for #mylitbox. Super excited for this book. And love the little pencil bag!

Pretty excited for all of this. Great book, an amazing pastie, and fresh veggies at the market.

August 15th! So, when do I start my reread of the first two? Take into account I've got Pachinko book club on the 14th and am working on finishing The Expanse series. Ack, soon!

1. St. Paul, MN. In my kitchen, watching the baby bunnies eat my flowers in the back yard.
2. Best is tough. One that I wanted to scream at people to read? Fact of a Body.
3. The rest of the Expanse series. I'm on five and I'm not stopping until I hit the end.
4. Cornwall, Kellerman, etc. Loved going to the library to get books to share with mom.
5. American Gods, because of Swearengen.
6. See number three.
#letstalkaboutbooksbaby
@Liberty

A half-hour on the train going to work, a half-hour at lunch, a half-hour on the train coming home, and maybe if I'm lucky an hour at home after dinner and before bed. It is just not enough when people's lives are at risk. People that I have come to care deeply for. My kingdom for a reading vacation.

Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above on the case. Like a book made of lace.
#spacejam
@Liberty

Most disappointing #bookmail ever. WTF, man, WTF. What happened to book 5? Why do publishers do this? It's just so aesthetically unpleasant. I could get over the title to author to title switch but the size change is just awful. And they are all about the same number of pages so that's not the issue.

Holy mary mother of aliens! Did you ever finish a book on such a cliffhanger that your body gets itchy with adrenaline to start the next? I finished the second on the train this morning and had to wait through work to get home to start the third. And thank freaking god I had the third waiting for me. And now I'm off to Amazon to buy out the rest of the series, just in case of more big cliffhangers.

1. Beer. All day, every day.
2. Definitely covers. At least then I would end up with pretty bookcases.
3. Beeeeeeach.
4. Fantasy!
5. Rochester, as then maybe I'll get to hang out on the moors.
@Kalalalatja
#bookishwouldyourather

No books today...just lots of berries. But one time, my mom and I made a ton of jelly and labeled it all using images from one of my favorite children's books, Jamberry.

Having one of those horrible, no good, very bad days. I just want to take my grumpy butt home and check back in with my friends on the Rocinante and make sure they are okay.

Early for a (friend) date means ya'll get a #booksandbrews post! This book is so amazing and so is my cherry wheat!