Here's what I read in September. 11 books total. Of those, one was 5 stars, five were 4 stars, three were 3 stars, and two were 2 stars. N...

Nineteen turbulent stories recount love, loss, and punk rock through the lens of midlife.

Lee Upton has a large and diverse body of work--her first novel, Tabitha, Get Up, is a current semi-finalist for the 2026 Thurber Prize in American Humor. She’s also written the novels Wrongful, The W...

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33 likes, 8 comments - lorihettler.tnbbc on April 19, 2026: "#bookishexpectations I thought it would be fun to look back over the first few months of the reading year and see which books exceeded, m...

I am thrilled to share that I've joined the World Editions launch team, helping to celebrate this timely and much needed translation serie...

22 likes, 10 comments - lorihettler.tnbbc on March 18, 2026: "I've seen so many of you posting what's on your netgalley shelf and I figured, ok, sure, why not, I'll show mine too! Good lord people....

47 likes, 26 comments - lorihettler.tnbbc on March 15, 2026: "#shouldhavednfd I don't like to bash books. Especially when they are review copies and super especially when they are from small presses...

February is a short month and yet I was able to squeeze in more books than I have in a long while. I read a total of 14 books - 4 on audio,...

D isclaimer:  The Page 69 Test  is not mine. It has been around since 2007, asking authors to compare page 69 against the meat of the actual...

In winter 2026, author Lee Upton answered questions about her new book “The Withers” with managing editor Wesley R. Bishop via email. Below is that conversation that explores Upton’s new novel, her wr...

0 likes, 0 comments - lorihettler.tnbbc on January 13, 2026: "#reviewcopies You guys. What a proud publicist I am! Look at this gorgeous review copy of @leeupton45's forthcoming novel The Withers. I...

Closing out 2025 with a strong December! I read a total of 13 books - some were hot as fuck, others were cool as a cucumber. Why not just ju...

The collection’s opening salvo asserts this tension in a whiplash, maximalist mad dash. Stories steer their readership past one visceral image after another: burnt oil engines, boiled feet, metalli…

A decent month of reading, clocking in with 12 books (well, two of them were a DNF but I made it a good chunk of the way through so I'm cou...

Wow, this month flew by and I barely read a thing. Nine books total, which is defintely lower than I've been averaging. But, we'd had a lot...

10th Anniversary release: The Dark Will End the Dark by Darrin Doyle + read the new story here!

While presenting stories that may initially seem to explore aspects and struggles of the familiar, relatively common, or trials of everyday life, the fifteen short stories in The Dark Will End The …

As the end of the year creeps closer, the time seems to just fly by, doesn't it? I didn't read as many books as last month, but I am clocki...