If you like your literary fiction with gorgeous prose and more than a touch of horror, grab Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS. There are just 6 review copies left on Book Sirens!

The book is also currently on Netgalley, till the end of the month.

https://booksirens.com/bundle/literary-fiction-arcs-you-ll-love-march-2025-batch/90TGEF6

I have not been squeeing enough about the #BookSirens reader copy I #amReading, Lines of Flight: Capitalism and Mental Illness by Joseph T. Mendoza-Green. There are 95 review slots left and the reading period is well into April, if you're interested in a book that examines #psychiatry as a part of imperialist and capitalist systems. https://booksirens.com/book/TXGZ2H9

Mendoza-Green, a working counselor for over a decade, questions the field of psychiatry and the construct of "mental illness" as he pores over modern statistics, media theory, histories of madness and melancholy, and the systemic demands of #imperialism and #capitalism to take apart the medical model for non-normative minds.

In parts sprawling intellectual inquiry, cranky musings of a frontline worker, and extended civ-critical rant, Lines of Flight isn't exactly light reading at over 400 pages of text and over 60 pages of footnotes and references. Rather it's a pugnacious line of thought that simply refuses to stop gnawing at its central question in its far-ranging travels, and I'm finding it a fun and idiosyncratic ride.

Retooting because I fail

Are you on Book Sirens? Do you like vampires? You can review my book #ImmortalGifts here: https://booksirens.com/book/HRGGLWJ #booksirens @bookstodon

Are you on Book Sirens? Do you like vampires? You can review my book #ImmortalGifts here: https://booksirens.com/book/HRGGLWJ #booksirens #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

Another thing about the review site #NetGalley is that, unlike #BookSirens, the reader copies are provided as DRM files. I ended up downloading the mobile app to get my copy of the requested book.

Any writers who have used BookSirens for ARCs...

If reviewers leave you personal feedback in addition to their review, do you ever respond with a personal thanks?

They provide their emails in case you want to (because there's no way to do it on BookSirens), but I'm just not sure what's proper. Like, I want to thank them, but don't want to be awkward. You know?

I finally unchecked the "fantasy" box from genre preferences on my #BookSirens account. It was not without a small pang of regret, but fantasy was flooding my recs and drowning out my more-preferred genres of historical fiction and non-fiction. After months without a single fantasy work that grabbed me enough to request an ARC (not a knock on these books--I have to be grabbed pretty dang hard to commit to a review and my tastes are very specific), it was time to let it go.

And hey presto, I instantly discovered historical fiction and a book on novel-writing that piqued my interest so much, I made two simultaneous requests for the first time since I was given that power. Just goes to show that sometimes you have to give up on good things to make room for even better. #amReading

I've gotten some really cool comps from advance readers, and I also have my own, so:

if you like these things you might like my book, Imbued, coming out on 6th September, available for pre-order now!

OR you can still yoink ARCs from #NetGalley and #BookSirens

Get my book, break your heart!

NetGalley: https://netgalley.com/catalog/book/446893
BookSirens: https://booksirens.com/book/YCW7PLL/HICIN4H
Pre-order: http://books2read.com/imbued

I've reviewed two books for #BookSirens so far which unlocked the ability to download two books simultaneously, so I guess I have enough experience to post about early impressions. I am not affiliated with the service in any way other than being a member who has a little experience with it.

Basically, the site delivers on its promise to let you select and download advance reader copies in exchange for honest reviews. It's a good way to read some free and DRM-free books while helping small authors out with reviews, and on the reader side everything is free. Don't expect a broad selection unless you're into popular genres like fantasy or romance, though.

Overall I find it a nice pressure-free way to read a few more books while keeping up my reviewing chops. If interested you can sign up here: https://booksirens.com/ #amReading #bookstodon

This has never happened before in the history of the press, but all review slots for Tiffany Morris's GREEN FUSE BURNING have been claimed on Book Sirens! Reviewers can still grab a digital review copy via our publisher's link: https://booksirens.com/book/Q76JIL6/V3NDODX. Thank you for your interest!

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