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Favorite Books of 2024, Pt 2: Abandon Me by Melissa Febos (NF) The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (F) All Systems Red by Martha Wells (F) Geisha by Mineko Iwasaki (NF)

Favorite books of 2024, Pt 1: Redshirts by John Scalzi (F) Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (F) The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen (NF) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (F) Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan (F) Looking for Alaska by John Green (F)

Honorable Mentions for 2024, Pt 2: Wordslut by Amanda Montell Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander (F) Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier (NF) Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming(NF)

I present my list of favorites and honorable mentions from 2024 for your consideration! Honorable mentions, Pt 1: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (F) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (F) Rememberings by Sinead O'Coner (NF) Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell (F)

I had an opportunity to watch the National Theatre's production of Amadeus this past weekend. My head damn near exploded at how amazing it was.

Favorite reads of 2021: The Lover's Dictionary Kink: Stories Not My Father's Son Hamnet The City We Became The Book of M Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage Beyond the Gender Binary Binti: Night Masquerade The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Favorite reads of 2022 (in no particular order): Girlhood The Starless Sea Loveless Madam The Perfect Marriage Neverwhere 355 There, There Ninth House Wanting: Women Writing About Desire A few of these are 2023 books that counted for my 2022 reading (it's complicated and not important).

Favorite reads of 2023 (in no particular order): The Castle on Sunset Piranesi The Lost King Ajax Penumbra 1969 Legends and Lattes Bodywork Ocean at the End of the Lane Kaiju Preservation Society My Dearest Darkest and a tie between Fangirl and Will Grayson, Will Grayson

2023 Reading Challenge—finis! I’ll be highlighting some of my favorites soon!

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Thank you so much for the wonderful reading and Q&A at NJPAC today. We love your books and can’t wait to read and see you again 😁

It’s Piesgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

@scalzi.com On the recommendation of a partner I read ā€œKaiju Preservation Societyā€ and I want to thank you—because I laughed out loud every few pages. I’ll be reading ā€œStarter Villainā€ for one of my 2024 reading challenges—because I can’t even look at the cover without grinning!