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Sad but not surprising that the Associated Press will no longer review books. The audience is "relatively low." #FridayReads #Books #Booksky
dankennedy.net Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · Aug 8
The @apnews.com says that its ending its weekly book reviews.
AP to end its weekly book reviews In a note from Anthony McCartney, AP Global Entertainment and Lifestyles Editor, on Wednesday, shared by Jeff Rowe: Dear AP book reviewers, I am writing to share that the AP is ending its weekly book reviews, beginning Sept. 1. This was a difficult decision but one made after a thorough review of AP’s story offerings and what is being most read on our website and mobile apps as well as what customers are using. Unfortunately, the audience for book reviews is relatively low and we can no longer sustain the time it takes to plan, coordinate, write and edit reviews. AP will continue covering books as stories, but at the moment those will handled exclusively by staffers. I want to thank you for your time and commitment to reviewing books for the AP. All current review assignments through Aug. 31 will be honored and your invoices will be paid. (Please submit those as you normally would, and file final invoices by Sept. 15.) I want to take a moment to thank Carolyn, who has coordinated reviews and made sure relevant titles were covered, and Mark, who has edited the reviews and incorporated best practices for trying to get reviews to appear in search results and get as many readers as possible. Thank you again for your diligence and work on reviews. I wish you all the best.
August 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
tonyriches.bsky.social
Book Review: The Shadow Network by Deborah Swift

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February 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM
paulacappa.bsky.social
Review: "Immerses the reader into that strange & horrible immortality of the spectral. A brilliantly imagined realm.Tricks of eerie landscapes, beguiling psychological tension, walking astutely on either side between horror and beauty." www.amazon.com/Draakensky-S... #Booksky #FridayReads #horror
February 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
qospress.bsky.social
#Booksky #Fridayreads Kicking off the day with a splendid 5 star review of Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social’s TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE on DriveThruFiction! Reviewer Bill Bodden says it’s “a great action/adventure tale!” Do you have your copy yet?
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DriveThruFiction.com - Terror at Tierra de Cobre Reviews
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April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
chriswriter.bsky.social
#Awardwinningwriter #Indieauthor #Ebooks #Multigenres #Amazon #Shorttories #Poetry #AuthorCSDixon #Mustread #Repost #Share #Review#Fridayreads #Christmasreads Check out my books, lots to choose from!
"A talented and versatle writer!"
December 13, 2024 at 10:19 AM
law.wisc.edu
Hastie Fellow Arti Walker-Peddakotla recently published "Resisting Surveillance Procurement." The paper is forthcoming in the 74.3 Buffalo Law Review. Read more: buff.ly/6bJ8hEP. #FridayReads
April 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM
stevencwriter.bsky.social
Happy #FridayReads! My novel DRYAD has been out in the world for two weeks now. A 5 star Goodreads review calls it: "The perfect amount of sex, gore, and surprises." www.amazon.com/dp/1685101860/
Amazon.com: Dryad: 9781685101862: Caumo, Steven: Books
Amazon.com: Dryad: 9781685101862: Caumo, Steven: Books
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August 14, 2026 at 1:33 PM
paulacappa.bsky.social
Wolf Magick, Secret Mysteries of Draakensky. Gothic, dark fantasy thriller. Crystal Lake Publishing www.amazon.com/Wolf-Magick-... 4.5-stars SanFrancisco Book Review #booksky #blueskyers #blueskyreaders #FridayReads #Weekends #WeekendReads #blueskybooks #Readersky #repost #blueskylit #bookrecs #read
June 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
alexkudera.bsky.social
#booksky #shortstory #novelette #fridayreads

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book review of Scotty Plays Guitar
Travis Shosa reviews Dimitry Kogan's Scotty Plays Guitar .
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September 19, 2026 at 10:25 PM
stephellis.bsky.social
Review for this will go up @horrortree.com at some point in October but making a point of sharing this for #FridayReads.

The one thing missing from the picture below is a box of tissues - you will be sobbing at the end.

Beautiful writing.

#BookSky
katsilvaauthor.bsky.social Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · Sep 25
Just another beautiful gloomy fall day. How about curling up with a gloomy book by candlelight and getting your gastrohorror on?

Where The Soul Goes is now available via paperback or ebook. Buy directly from Truborn Press or from any of your favorite booksellers now.

Links in my profile!
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
stephellis.bsky.social
This beautiful little book arrived today for me to review.

I finished it in a few hours. Fitcher's Bird by @angelaslatter.bsky.social is a terrific read. Review on its way to @horrortree.com 😊

Highly recommend!

#booksky #gothic #horror #FridayReads
Cover of Fitcher's Bird by A.G. Slatter. shows bird skull and skeletal wings in the centre. Above is the title, below the author name. On left and right sides are red-tipped blue leaves, above title and author name are blue feathers. Background is black.
September 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
alexkudera.bsky.social
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Auggie adds another five-star review
It was nice to see another five-star review for Auggie's Revenge.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
peterrosch.bsky.social
happy #fridayreads! if one of these wonderful reviews is yours, thank you! Hope to have big new news to share soon, leaving a review or buying What The Dead Can Do probably wouldn’t hurt. Me, anyway, as it already did. It could still very much destroy you. a.co/d/2C80X0H thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🤙 🖤
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
barbtaub.bsky.social
📚'A delightful dual-timeline novel'. Sandra Reviews #Romance A Venice Summer by @LynneShelby5 for Rosie's #BookReview Team #RBRT #FridayReads rosieamber.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/%...
📚’A delightful dual-timeline novel’. Sandra Reviews #Romance A Venice Summer by @LynneShelby5 for Rosie’s #BookReview Team #RBRT #FridayReads
Today’s team review is from Sandra. Sandra blogs here Rosie’s Book Review Team Sandra has been reading A Venice Summer by Lynne Shelby. A Venice Summer is a delightful dual-timeline nov…
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July 24, 2026 at 5:15 AM
michaelwegener.bsky.social
Thanks Gabino.
Out now: Starlite Pulp Review #6, featuring my Prohibition-era gangster horror mash-up "Black Well Crossing". If you loved Sinners, you should check this out. Just don't expect vampires...

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#fridayreads #crimefiction #horror #horrorstories
July 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
stephellis.bsky.social
Finished this the other day, my review has been sent to Horror Tree but can truly recommend Frankenstein's Monster by J.S. Barnes. Out via @titanbooks.bsky.social Sept 2025

It gifts you new monsters - but they are not what you expect.

#FridayReads #booksky
Giant gothic ornamental F in the centre of the page with decomposing wrists and hands forming the 'spine'. Swirling green leaves on black background around it. Title in gold above the F.
August 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
danielolivas.bsky.social
Happy #FridayReads, hermano!

"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet: an absurdist tragicomedy that transplants Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot into the terrain of U.S. immigration policy...."
—Gerald A. Padilla, Latino Book Review #playwriting #immigration
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
tezmilleroz.bsky.social
Kelley Armstrong, HEMLOCK ISLAND

My spoilery review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My spoiler-free review: www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1Y58...

#BookTwt #BookTwitter #ReadingCommunity #KelleyArmstrong #HemlockIsland #FridayReads #BookReview #BookBlogger #Books #Reading #Horror #Fiction
October 27, 2023 at 1:44 PM
danielolivas.bsky.social
Happy #FridayReads, hermano! Pallas Gutierrez of The Coachella Review interviewed me about my new book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (University of New Mexico Press). Enjoy! thecoachellareview.com/2025/10/02/t... #playwriting #writinglife
TCR Talks to Daniel A. Olivas, author of Waiting for Godínez
By Pallas Gutierrez The last time The Coachella Review checked in with Daniel A. Olivas, we published a review of his short story collection My Chicano Heart, a work that we described as both experi...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Thanks, Gabino! 🖤

#FridayReads - discover new-to-you horror writers with twenty short stories that tackle

THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY

ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12

#TheShadowsThatWeCarry
Book promotion graphic. A Charity #HorrorWritersChat Anthology: THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY. Twenty tales from members of Horror Writers Chat. Five Stars: "like sitting down to watch Twilight Zone episodes" Amazon Review. Four Stars: "a delightfully spooky anthology...wonderfully macabre." Amazon Review. Proceeds will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of author MG Mason (Matt Mason), creator of #HorrorWritersChat - Image of an ereader with the cover of THE SHADOWS THAT WE KEEP - a black book cover, illustrated with a large campfire burning with yellow and red flames. A smiling face, eyes closed, lives within the flames. - Book cover designed by Daniel Lorn. Book from Black Cat Reading via William Beck. Book promo by Mary Wyrd.
August 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
paulacappa.bsky.social
REVIEW: "I've not seen anything like it since Hitchcock and du Maurier gave us The Birds. Greylock is a stunning masterpiece." —Veteran Book Reviewer Don Sloan.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0168XVNZS/ #Booksky #Readersky #FRidayReads #Supernaturalthrillers #Supernaturalmysteries #romanticthrillers #readers
August 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
boondock60mm.bsky.social
"a love letter to horror as a genre."
Haunted Space: Paradise for Extinction publishes 11/16 from @maudlinhouse.bsky.social and already has a stellar review. Head over to Goodreads and join those who've added it to the list of books they want to read.
#FridayReads
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Haunted Space: Paradise for Extinction
Auggie Gorrizán isn't out to save the galaxy. He just w…
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September 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
michaelwegener.bsky.social
Thanks Gabino.
Out now: Starlite Pulp Review #6, featuring my Prohibition-era gangster horror mash-up "Black Well Crossing". If you loved Sinners, you should check this out. Just don't expect vampires...

starlitepulp.com
a.co/d/6gDnSmW

#fridayreads #crimefiction #horror #horrorstories
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
danielolivas.bsky.social
Happy #FridayReads, hermano! I want to acknowledge the recent passing of the great writer, Benjamin Alire Sáenz. I interviewed Ben in 2013 to discuss one of his story collections. He will live on in our memories and through his wonderful books. ¡Presente! lareviewofbooks.org/article/just...
Just This Side of Tragic: An Interview with Benjamin Alire Sáenz | Los Angeles Review of Books
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August 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
bevvincent.bsky.social
#FridayReads

75% through The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand, edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

95% through Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

Just started my second pass through Never Flinch by Stephen King, in preparation for writing my review.
May 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM