Y.M. Resnik

The title says “spotted on the commute February edition”. Below are the covers for the following books: The Body Keep the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Trial by Fire by Danielle Steel Still Life by Sarah Winman Up, Up, and AI by Luv Tulsidas The Wedding People by Alison Espach Heart of a Goon by Jahquel J. The Misanthrope by Moliere Psalms A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven Deep End by Ali Hazelwood Wild Faith by Talia Lavin Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell London Immigrant CIty Nazneen Khan-Østrem (Author), Alison McCullough (Translator) The Edge by Laura Huang Misbehaving at the Crossroads by Honoree Fannone Jeffers Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Brimstone by Callie Hart Fifth Business by Robertson Davies Big Nate: Revenge of the Cream Puffs by Lincoln Peirce Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig Hothouse Flower by Krista and Becca Ritchie Ohr Gedalyahu by Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr Never

Whoever says people don’t read is clearly not paying attention on the subway. 29 books spotted this month! Titles in the alt text.

How many have you read?

This is some amazing company I’m keeping on that list. Thank you so much for reading. 🥹🥰🤩

Hello fellow book spotter! I’m on the other side of the pond. The hardest is when a book is in another language and I can’t get anyone to ID it. I’d like to support books of all languages!

If you ever want to do a compilation I could make us a London to NY venn diagram

Commute reads: books spotted on the January commute Little White Lies by Robert B. Parker On The Edge by Nate Silver The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Bummer In The Summer by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot illustrator Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Case Histories by Kate Atkinson The Therapist As A Person by Barbara Gerson Anathema by Keri Lake Life After Life by Late Atkinson Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl Shadows Of Self by Brandon Sanderson Tower Of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Twenty Years After by Alexander Dumas So Far Gone by Jess Walter It by Stephen King Foster Dade Explores The Cosmos by Nash Jenkins The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Dancing Barefoot by the Patti Smith Story by Dave Thompson

What I learned this month:
-More people in the front car of my train read physical books than in the last car
-books with movies coming out get read A LOT
-it can be really hard to figure out what someone is reading if you can’t get a good look at the cover

Titles in the alt text

A photo of the challenger shuttle crew in uniform holding their helmets.

I chose my pen name for a personal hero - Judith Resnik, the first Jewish woman to fly in space. Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of her death in the tragic challenger disaster.

I write Jewish women in space. her story taught me that such a thing is possible. May her memory be for a blessing.

I have written one cat story and I cannot believe it found a home with @catscast.org ! Maybe I should write MORE cat stories.

Now free for everyone wherever you podcast.

The book covers for: Under the Volcano by Malcom lowry The Road by Cormac McCarthy Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Les Miserables by Victor Hugo The Color Purple by Alice Walker Fear of Flying by Erica Jong For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen Reaper by Will Wight Provocations by Camille Paglia Nemesis by Peter Evans In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Crossings by Alex Landragin The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson La Librairie des Livres Interdits by Marc Levy The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen

Books I spotted people reading on my commute in December. Not recommendations, just reporting and observing.

It has been my pleasure to work with Julia and have three of my stories published in Worlds of Possibility 2! Grab yourself some joy while the ebook is free!

I adore my cover. Seriously, even if you never read the book you could buy it just to own that piece of art on the cover. It’s so pretty!

I really, really adored your book!!!!

LADY EVE’S LAST CON by @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social who needs to choose a genera? Queer sci fi heist romance for the win.

FIRST COMES DEATH by Avrah C. Baren - epic superhero’s. Epic heat.

THE ELYSIUM HEIST - by me. Which is why it changed my life. My debut! Thank you readers!!!

FINN AND EXTA’S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP by @joshuaslevy.bsky.social - orthodox AND hilarious. Aspirational.

A HALF BUILT GARDEN by @r-emrys.bsky.social parenting can be plot prevent!

SEE YOU YESTERDAY by Rachel Lynn Solomon - time loop romance. Science is sexy. So are girls that aren’t a size two.

A blue background with the covers of all the books mentioned in the post on it. And I the center is text that says “Jewish book month 100 - Jewish science fiction that changed my life”

A pink graphic from the Jewish book council that says “share yourself share your story” in fancy font with the Jewish book council logo on top.

It’s Jewish Book Month! Here are 8 Jewish Sci Fi books that changed my life!

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!

Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope

(continues in comments)

Jewish book month is almost here! If you’re a reviewer looking for some Jewish sci fi, or a fun content collaboration, hit me up!

Yes, I do plan on positing shelfies. 🤩

A screen garb of the review page for the Elysium heist on the Jewish book council website.

Check out The Elysium Heist book review on the Jewish Book Council website!

They are absolutely correct - this book is accessible sci-fi. It does not lean on technical science but rather emotional complexity and romance!

https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-elysium-heist

Appreciate it!

A screen grab of my Libby app showing the listing for The Elysium Heist with the “notify me” bell circled in blue.

The Elysium Heist is now on Libby!!!
Help a girl out and click that “notify me” bell to anonymously signal your interest to all your libraries. It’s totally free. And it will make me very happy.

Regular patron requests to your libraries are also super appreciated!

Two rows with the covers of: Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps The Art of Exile by Andrea Max Cammy SItting Shiva by Cary Gitter D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik Feast and Famine by Carina Finn Fine I'm A Terrible Person by Lisa F. Rosenberg Hopelessly Teavoted by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez Rise Up! by Rachel C. Katz, illustrated by Sophie Bass Trial Run by S.M. Levine Twinkle, Twinkle, Hanukkah by Talia Benamy And then in middle it says “2025 Jewishdebuts”

2025 debuts!
I’m going to use my characters for tags. Books listed in the alt text.

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2498

@emilyzipps.bsky.social @andreamax.bsky.social @abbywhitewrites.bsky.social @ymresnik.bsky.social @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social @smlevine.bsky.social @taliabenamy.bsky.social

I’ve had the honor to be reviewed in this column several times, but this one, for this particular story, was deeply moving for me.

I just wrote my first blurb (for The Gods Must Burn by T R Moore) and same.

Thank you Tessa! I wish shipping was easier across countries.

Ends 9/21 at midnight EST. I’ll draw the winner next morning.

Gold background with a copy of the Elysium heist on it and scattered poker chips around it. White text reads GIVEAWAY ALERT!!

The cover page of the ElYSIUM heist, with signed initial YMR

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!
I’m giving away the ONLY signed copy of my debut sci fi romance, THE ELYSIUM HEIST, currently in existence.

To Enter:
-like this post
-follow me
-tag a friend who might like the book in the comments
-US mailing addresses only

Bonus entries:
-reskeet
-enter on Instagram

Against a background of the Lesbian Pride Flag, pink text "Solaris Recs for #Sapphic September with a black Solaris logo at either side in the middle section. Tiled book covers to the top and bottom for: INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminaryan THE ELYSIUM HEIST by Y. M. Resnik THE NEEDFIRE by MK HARDY NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron CRY VOIDBRINGER by Elaine Ho THE VENGEANCE by Emma Newman THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang LADY EVE'S LAST CON by Rebecca Fraimow SNOWBLOODED by Emma Sterner-Radley A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY by R. A. Sinn METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke REDSIGHT by Meredith Mooring.

Fancy some #FridayFun?

Here are Solaris' recs for #SapphicSeptember! From Scifi heists & cons to alluring housekeepers & vulnerable brides in crumbling Scottish mansions, regency romantasy to anarchist fantasy, vampirates & wuxia rebels to blind space nuns, we've got it all!

Ft authors below👇
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The book cover for THE ELYSIUM HEIST by Y. M. Resnik against a pink space background. The white Solaris Nova logo is in the bottom left corner.

@ymresnik.bsky.social 's THE ELYSIUM HEIST: a sapphic, SciFi OCEAN'S 11!

Psalome is a Dazzler, a hostess working the floors of the galaxy’s most decadent space casino, and a prisoner to the debt she inherited from her father.

Now, freedom is only a dice roll away...

geni.us/elysiumh

The k you for reading!

Thank you for a fun conversation Myna!

White text: "Sappic Ocean's Eleven in space, full of love, revenge and glittering lights!" Eli Snow, author of THE DIVINE GARDENER'S HANDBOOK. Against a pink and purple space background, with a 3D paperback of THE ELYSIUM HEIST to the right. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom right corner.

Out today: @ymresnik.bsky.social's THE ELYSIUM HEIST!

Psalome is a Dazzler, a hostess working the floors of the galaxy’s most decadent space casino, & a prisoner to the debt she inherited from her father.

Now, freedom is only a dice roll away...

Buy in eBook for £2.99! geni.us/elysiumh

Thank you Ella!

Thank you Devan!