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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this novel is going on my Best Writing of 2026 list, no question. i cannot recommend highly enough bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/08/unpr...

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Unprecedented Times by Malavika Kannan

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

upside: tamora pierce's Tempests and Slaughter scratched the same itch as rothfuss's Doors of Stone will. (if it is ever released) downside: the sequel to Tempests and Slaughter is also to this date unreleased. (we are cursed) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/temp... #booksky

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Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

sure, thrillers are about the thrill, but the really good ones are actually about the protagonist's very damaged psyche. see: sharp objects by gillian flynn. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/shar...

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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

why do metafictions always, always flop at the end? even when they're otherwise excellent books? case in point: percival everett's Erasure bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/eras...

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Erasure by Percival Everett

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

my broken language took me by surprise & is now one of my favorite memoirs i’ve ever read?? its about language & life, and also thinks about art so beautifully. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-b...

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My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes

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When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called ‘footage.'

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

if you need some sweet, fluffy, well-executed escapist fantasy, here she is bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/pala... #booksky @tkingfisher.com

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Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

why is every Alex Michaelides book after The Silent Patient just a little bit less excellent than The Silent Patient? his newest book was fun, but i had higher hopes. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #booksky

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The Fury by Alex Michaelides

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

if you have not read If Beale Street Could Talk, please put down whatever less-excellent book you might be reading and read it immediately. Baldwin is magic; this book is magic. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/if-b... #booksky

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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

ironically, Hell of a Book failed to be a hell of a book in the end—why does metafiction always fail in its conclusion? bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/hell... #booksky

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Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

should i be concerned that samuel beckett's Murphy is extremely relatable? maybe! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/murp... #booksky

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Murphy by Samuel Beckett

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

i can't believe i'm the one saying this (you could not pay me enough to convince me to do math most days) but shakespeare's King Lear is a fascinatingly mathematical play bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/king...

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King Lear by William Shakespeare

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

can someone convince me that i should have liked Virginia Woolf's novel To The Lighthouse? because everyone talks about it so glowingly but i just. could not. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-l... #booksky #classics

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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

why do i keep taking classes that make me read Oedipus Rex? somebody save me pleaseee i hope i never have to read it again, but also—we already know Oedipus is a killer; why does it only become a problem when he realizes his victim was his dad? bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/oedi... #booksky

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Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

is anyone searching desperately for a short, escapist novel so they can stop thinking about the world for two seconds? here's my pitch. (yes, it inspired the movie. no, it's nothing like the movie.) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/anni... #booksky

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Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach # 1)

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

can anyone recommend a *very good* ann patchett to me? i read Tom Lake and was underwhelmed, but i've heard such good things i want to give her another try bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/tom-... #booksky

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Tom Lake by Anne Patchett

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

i picked up Disappoint Me by chance in a bookstore, and was blown away within the first pages by how strong the narrative voice is bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/disa... #booksky

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Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

i was NOT expecting to love Anna Karenina this much. if you haven't read it, i would recommend adding it to the top of your list bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/anna... #booksky #classic

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

i love getting pleasantly surprised by a classic—The Count of Monte Cristo was so exciting?? as long as i was able to tune out all of the patriarchal classist weirdness, i was on the edge of my seat through every page bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #booksky

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Book by Book: 365 Days of Reading

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

was the movie or the book better? usually i think the answer to this question is very clear, but in the case of Hamnet, i'm not so sure. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/hamn... #booksky

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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

if anyone is looking for a good way to dip their toe into theory surrounding modern-day criticism, i highly recommend this book. it's both broadly intelligent and gloriously scathing: bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/auth... #booksky

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Authority by Andrea Long Chu

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

for all i'd heard about A Room of One's Own, it honestly doesn't seem to be worth its page count. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ro... #booksky #classics

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A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

"The girl had nothing on under her shirt. Her skin was pleasantly sunburned and her shoulders and fine breasts shone with health ... the impression of a healthy animal peasant girl was heightened by the chunky hips ..." um. help. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/from... #booksky

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From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming (James Bond # 5)

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

i had some issues with this novel (horror is not at its best when it's purely overt commentary!!) but for being a book about sexism written by a man, i was quite impressed bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #horrorsky

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

if you haven't read barbara kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, you're missing out on a dickens retelling, a story of love and family and opioid addiction, and one of the most charming and compelling narrators i've ever read. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/demo... #booksky #classics

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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics

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The Scar by China Miéville

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

for all the readers who love a good book-within-a-book situation, i highly recommend you check out The History of Love bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

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The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

i'm not sure if i would consider isabel allende's novel Maya's Notebook to be true YA, but it was certainly a compelling read. for allende fans interested in seeing her do something new, i highly recommend you check this book out. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/maya... #booksky

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Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

if you love toni morrison's Beloved, i highly recommend you read maggie stiefvater's The Raven Cycle series. the series' second book, The Dream Thieves, is both lovely & similar in a lot of interesting ways bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

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The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle # 2)

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

i think we would all be a lot better off if we were reading more books by aging women about aging women. isabel allende's The Japanese Lover is a great place to start. bookbybook365.blogspot.com #booksky

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Book by Book: 365 Days of Reading

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

for anyone who has audible and likes metafiction or thought experiments in pretty packages: you should absolutely listen to the audioplay of david henry hwang's "yellow face." it's incredible, and very thought-provoking. bookbybook365.blogspot.com #booksky #theater

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Book by Book: 365 Days of Reading

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

what is your favorite poe story? i (re)read & reviewed half a dozen of my favorites this weekend, but i'm ready to branch out. give me your recs!! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/asso... #booksky #horror

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Assorted Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Basil Rathbone

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

is Toni Morrison's novel Beloved a gothic novel? no. is it a southern gothic? absolutely. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/belo... #booksky #ghosts #gothic #classic

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Beloved by Toni Morrison

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

even if Fourth Wing is basically just a genre-bent, aged-up Divergent, it's still an impressively fun read bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/four... #booksky #romantasy #romance #fantasy

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

what makes a good middle grade novel? i think kelly yang's Front Desk is a pretty solid example of one bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/10/fron... #booksky #middlegrade #readers #fiction

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Front Desk by Kelly Yang

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

i love when people set vaguely gothic stories in unconventional places—case in point: this book, where instead of a gothic manor it's a very very creepy island bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/09/wild... #booksky

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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The Raven Boys is a beautiful book, but the plot structure is surprisingly hard to pin down bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #booksky #trc #ya

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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

i cannot stop thinking about Ivan in Intermezzo. his brother is arguably never presented as desirable, but Ivan is—purely because we view him (and never his brother) through the eyes of someone who thinks he is. excellent use of mimetic desire! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/inte... #booksky

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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Sally Rooney's Intermezzo is not about good people—it's simply about people, an honest snapshot of two brothers grieving. if you like character-based stories, or gorgeous and syntactically interesting writing, you should give this one a try. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/inte... #booksky

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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

this has to be one of the more creative book premises i've ever seen: a serial killer's daughter who becomes a matchmaker for psychopaths. (spoiler alert: things go horribly wrong.) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/matc... #booksky #horror

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Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo meets the great gatsby—if you like beautiful writing and an effortlessly clever female protagonist, this should be your next read bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/rule... #booksky #literature #classics

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Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

if you're looking for one last fun beach-y read before the summer is up, here's my pitch: a billionaire's island. a complicated game to win the inheritance. a family full of secrets. a very sexy stranger. 'nuff said. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/thes... #booksky

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These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

it's so upsetting when a twist ruins a book. they are . . . not supposed to do that? how rude. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/leav... #booksky

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Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

i read this book over a month ago and i'm still not over it. it's absolutely fascinating??? i review a ton of books; i genuinely approve of very few of them. i promise, this one is worth reading.

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

novelists currently trying to get published—are you overwhelmed by all the options (what is hybrid pub?) and all the no's? getting a book published is hard, and if you're looking for some guidance this book might really help. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/07/imag... #booksky #writers

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Imagine A Door by Laura Stanfill

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ella kirshbaum @ella-celeste.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

y'all if you read & loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, you HAVE to read Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch. it's a super nuanced novel about a golden age hollywood gossip columnist, and it's fabulous. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/07/do-t... #booksky #hollywood

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Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch

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