Matthew

I missed this one when it came out. Curses to being a poor college student then. haha

Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

YouTube video by Bar Cart Bookshelf Cocktail Recipe & Book Review: Madam Butterfly (WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen-yi Lee)

Hear my full review of WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by @wenyilee.bsky.social (available now from @torbooks.bsky.social) and see how the drink is made at Bar Cart Bookshelf on YouTube.

youtu.be/sZ6H51iyX48

This was one of my favorite reads last year! And now I feel a burning desire to find some yuzu curaçao.

Oof, the things that get me all teary these days. That's such a lovely letter (even if most my evenings seem pretty dark).

I made many coworkers happy with the breads I made from this one! (and the Lucky Charms cookies!)

The best non-spoilerly pitch I can make for my story in this is:

“Have you ever arrived at a family dinner and wanted to murder everyone present?” *

*please don’t do this 😆

Despite the collections director telling us helpfully "if it's 51% romance put it in Romance, easy" the rest of us debate this a lot. 😅

🤣 Right? The initial trilogy, at least, got left on the YA shelves in a lot of libraries.

The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera cover

I loved Yosha Gunasekera's Midnight Taxi! Siriwathi, a Sri-Lankan American cab driver whose fare is somehow murdered en route to the airport. When the police decide Siri looks guilty enough they don't need to investigate, she teams up with Amaya, a public defender, to solve it herself. #booksky

I picked it up on a whim and was amazed at how good it was! The audio had all kinds of fun features. 😁

✴ Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q Sutanto ✴ The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie ✴ The Silent Paths of Night by David R Slayton ✴ Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett ✴ Bone of My Bone by Johanna van Veen ✴ The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates ✴ Dead and Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor ✴ Death and Dinuguan by Mia P Manansala ✴ Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis ✴ Hot Chocolate On Thursday by Michiko Aoyama ✴ How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson ✴ How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn ✴ A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldong by Lee Onhwa ✴ The Night That Finds Us All by John Hornor Jacobs ✴ Out Law by Jim Butcher ✴ Soyangri Book Kitchen by Kim Jee Hye ✴ There is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM ✴ Tower Dungeon, v.1 by Tsutomu Nihei ✴ Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher ✴ Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren ✴ The Big Four by Agatha Christie ✴ How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva ✴ The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie ✴ The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn by John Bellairs

✴ Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q Sutanto ✴ The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie ✴ The Silent Paths of Night by David R Slayton ✴ Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett ✴ Bone of My Bone by Johanna van Veen ✴ The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates ✴ Dead and Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor ✴ Death and Dinuguan by Mia P Manansala ✴ Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis ✴ Hot Chocolate On Thursday by Michiko Aoyama ✴ How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson ✴ How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn ✴ A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldong by Lee Onhwa ✴ The Night That Finds Us All by John Hornor Jacobs ✴ Out Law by Jim Butcher ✴ Soyangri Book Kitchen by Kim Jee Hye ✴ There is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM ✴ Tower Dungeon, v.1 by Tsutomu Nihei ✴ Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher ✴ Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren ✴ The Big Four by Agatha Christie ✴ How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva ✴ The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie ✴ The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn by John Bellairs

January reads. 😄 It was a fun month! #booksky

You seem very prepared for this day and age!

Sounds great! 😁

Good to know. 😁 I haven’t ever been.

I’ll have to look their menu up then. :)

Among other things, I now want to find a Sri Lankan restaurant to try!

Five classes from college:
Lithic Technology and Analysis
Linguistics in Language Teaching
Collection Development
Magazine Production
Paleontology

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

The Midnight Taxi is SOOOOO good so far!

Janurary is almost over! Can you believe it?

We still are working our public library map project. 😀

Here are the states we still need!

Alabama
Alaska
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Louisiana
Massachusetts

Continued below...

Halt! This is a bookish opportunity.

Last book: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

Current: Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera

Newest on TBR: A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young

Next: Nothing Tastes As Good by Luke Dumas

Free online RA training, now in its third year with a whole new set of topics! Woo!

A photo of a ton of book covers that are all kind of spooky

Made a little short story collection appreciation post!

Want to read some perfect short stories???

Start here :)

Screenshot of manuscript attached to an email

And that's a wrap on THE BIRD THAT DRINKS TEARS Vol. 4, the thrilling conclusion to the THE BIRD THAT DRINKS TEARS tetralogy, "Korea's Tolkien" fantasy epic for HarperVoyager US/UK/AUS!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FINISHED THIS JOB!!!!!

IT WAS THE TRANSLATION GIG OF A LIFETIME!!!!!!!!

Just about finished reading this and it’s so amazing so far!

"Librarians are librarians because they want to provide their community with a place to learn, to explore, to grow. Librarians want to provide more to their community, not ban books or make it difficult for people to access materials, as this provision would force librarians to do."

Black Sesame Tahini Swirl Cake with whipped cream and sauteed cherries

Oh yeah! The finished Black Sesame Tahini Swirl Cake from A Little Bit Extra by Meehan, out at the end of March. #cookbooks

Tshirt that says LIT A-F and showing a bookshelf

And then I remembered the tshirt I had underneath was this, so golden opportunity missed… or would that have been too many pun layers for one video…?

I know that there's a 1 like=1 random line from any of my works thing going on today but I am reading the galleys for THE FEYWILD JOB and I'm having trouble focusing

if you would reply with a number between 3 and 335, I would be happy to give you a line from that page. TYSM