AYFKM?

On May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 By Luther M. SilerIn Reading3 Comments

Authors, I thought we discussed this last week, but somehow today’s is worse; of the three highly anticipated books I got last Tuesday, I’ve finished one of them (The Last Contract of Isako, which I enjoyed but did not, sadly, set my world on fire) and now you’ve hit me with not only a new Dungeon Crawler Carl but also the second Amina al-Sirafi book and the new Bobiverse? Get your shit together, damn it, and come up with a release schedule. This is nonsense. Have you seen my Unread Shelf?

The good news, I suppose, is I don’t have anything else on pre-order until late June, but still. Damn.

Also, I definitely read the first 100 pages of Horribles before posting this.

This isn’t fair

On May 5, 2026 By Luther M. SilerIn Reading1 Comment

These three books were waiting for me when I got home. That’s Sisters of the Lizard, the sequel to my ninth-favorite book of 2025, She Knows All the Names, the sequel to my twelfth-favorite book of 2025, and The Last Contract of Isako, the first book in a new trilogy by Fonda Lee, whose last trilogy was my favorite book of the year three fucking books in a row. And next week I get a new Dungeon Crawler Carl book, the latest book in a series that was first in my list of favorite books of 2025.

Come on, God damn it. Slow down. I read faster than 95% of the entire human race and that may be an understatement, and I can’t keep up with this shit. I need all the writers to get together and put themselves on a schedule. This is crazy.

Unread Shelves: May 3, 2026

On May 3, 2026 By Luther M. SilerIn Photography, Reading1 Comment

I put the new bookshelves in place today— two full-size Billys from our friends at Ikea– and … sigh:

Sooooo much to read.

Unread Shelf: April 30, 2026

On April 30, 2026 By Luther M. SilerIn Photography, ReadingLeave a comment

Looks kinda rough, right? Hahaha you have no idea:

And we aren’t fucking done:

Minor milestone: this will be the final Unread Shelf for the bookshelf in the top picture, which has hosted my unread books since I began this series ten thousand years ago. It is being replaced this weekend with something sturdier and just barely wider, and also I can never leave the house again because I have too much to read.