Victoria Sterling | Poor Little Bookish Girl

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comThe Cultural Significance of Demons in “Demon Slayer”Holy smokes, my first guest post on my book blog! This is provided by my daughter, Loren Sterling-Kendrick. She wrote this essay for her English Composition class in college, and I thought it was a fascinating topic. Plus, it's about demons, so it's perfect for spooky season. Check it out, yo! Although manga and anime might be viewed as simply entertainment, it can also share messages about the country it came from, world mythology, and society’s ills.

My first #bookblog guest post comes from my daughter, and it's about the #manga Demon Slayer! 💙📚 #booksky #demonslayer

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “I’m Here to Help” by Victoria Helen StoneDonate to my “Read Every Day in August” Fundraiser for the American Cancer Society here! (Ends August 31, 2025) When reading is hard–and it has been for me lately, for a number of reasons&#82…

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“I’m Here to Help” by Victoria Helen Stone is available for purchase today! Here’s my review of the ARC… 💙📚 poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/r...

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You will take my em-dash from my cold, dead hands. 💙📚 #writingcommunity

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Y'know what I want for my birthday this year? For you to buy one of my creepy books or short stories! linktr.ee/poorlittlebo... 💙📚🩸 #booksky #indieauthor #horrorstory #selfpublished #horrorsky

Book 40 of 2026: “Dodging Bullets” by Matthew Rief, via ebook. Review will be up on my website soon! 💙📚 #booksky #thriller #novella #readersofbluesky

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “How to Sell a Haunted House” by Grady HendrixY’all, I wanted to feel spooky. All I wanted to feel in October was spooky. That’s why I downloaded the audiobook of How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix’s 2023 novel publis…

Throwback to this #bookreview from this day last year on my #bookblog… 💙📚🩸 #booksky #horrorsky #gradyhendrix poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/r...

Book 39 of 2026: “Trees & Broomsticks” byKimberly Bolton, via purchased book. Review will be up on my website soon! 💙📚 #booksky #poetrysky #indieauthor #halloween

Random thought of the day: “Gonna change my name to Dawn Treader.” 💙📚 #narnia

My author copies of “Mother Monster, Father Fiend” arrived today! 💙📚 #booksky #poetrysky #anthology #poems

I love how I can call out to my cat, “Riku, I lit a candle,” and she comes RUNNING to smell it. Much like me, the girl loves scented candle.

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3️⃣ I just need 3 more people to buy my poetry book “The Price We Pay: Poems about Death” so I can say I’ve had 15 sales…will you be one of them, please? It’s only $1.99 on Kindle! Get it here 👉 a.co/d/06JbiSgL 💙📚 #booksky #poetrysky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #poems #readersofbluesky

theguardian.comNew prize launches for books co-written with AIAfter months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the help of LLMs

“Co-written”? You mean stolen. 💙📚

Sheri Gu@sherigu.com

France’s new Prix Pascal is a literary prize for fiction co-written with AI. Entrants must submit a technical dossier describing their tools, prompts, and methods. Does documenting the process make authorship easier to define—or more complicated? #BookSky #WritingSky #AI

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More bad news for writers and readers. This group published so many great books. Awful. #BookSky

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Sad publishing news - www.ocregister.com/2026/10/22/c...

ocregister.comCalifornia publisher Catapult Book Group sold, staff to be let goNovelist Tod Goldberg, who published his Gangsterland series for the imprint, called the news ‘heartbreaking and devastating.’

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Me: "I have an important question: Do you need a Catwoman whip? For any reason whatsoever?" Neighbor: "...not yet." To clarify, this was while Halloween costume shopping.

I've got a "what if"... What if I release my novelette and poetry collection as audiobooks? I don't even know how to price an audiobook. Like, yeah, it would go on Audible, but for how much? 💙📚🎧

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comPen Names and GenderThere are plenty of reasons an author might choose to use a pen name. They may want to avoid making their private life public. They might want to use a name that sounds cool for the genre they&#821…

Throwback to my #bookblog post from this day last year... 💙📚 poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/p...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Happiness Falls” by Angie KimMy employer has a work retreat every autumn, and they always have teambuilding activities. This year, one of the activities was a book discussion, and the chosen book was Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, published in 2023 by Hogarth. It taps into two major facets of my work: investigations and people with developmental disabilities. Now, I knew I'd be doing a ton of driving for my job in the weeks leading up to the retreat, so the obvious solution was to get the audiobook read by Shannon Tyo.

Want a mystery? Want disability representation? Want a big oof of emotions? Check out my review of "Happiness Falls" by Angie Kim... 💙📚🖋️📚⚡️📚🎧 #booksky #bookblog #bookreview #litfic #mystery

I’m too much for everyone. Ah well, my husband loves me. Happy meetingversary, love.

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Lovesickness” by Junji ItoHere’s some Poor Little Bookish Girl personal lore for ya: When I was four years old, I announced to my mom, “When I grow up, I want to be a cartoonist.” Although that career path…

Since it's October and #Halloween month, here's a thread of all the #horror books I've reviewed on my #bookblog... 💙📚🩸 “Lovesickness” by Junji Ito poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Blood of the Witness Tree” by J. C. Vande ZandeI was a very good girl and stuck to my principles. I did not immediately read this book when it came out last year because I had already read one book by the author, J. C. Vande Zande, in 2025. I h…

“Blood of the Witness Tree” by @jeffvandezande.bsky.social poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/10/15/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Horrorstör” by Grady HendrixY’all know how horror author Grady Hendrix is an icon, right? Literal legend. I had previously listened to the audiobook How to Sell a Haunted House and adored it, so I wanted to read more fr…

“Horrorstör” by Grady Hendrix poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/10/19/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “I am Made of Death” by Kelly AndrewDonate to my “Read Every Day in August” Fundraiser for the American Cancer Society here! (Ends August 31, 2025) I have a confession to make: I bought this book because the cover art was so interest…

“I am Made of Death” by Kelly Andrew poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “The Way the Light Falls” by Elizabeth BedlamY’all, I really need to stop buying books blind. Sure, it worked out fine enough when I bought I am Made of Death, but I knew rationally that buying a book just because the cover looks nice i…

“The Way the Light Falls” by Elizabeth Bedlam poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Hollow Tongue” by Eden RoyceAs evidenced by the “Poor” part of this blog’s name, I try really, really hard to avoid buying books in order to save money. If I buy books, I really try to get them on the cheap.…

“Hollow Tongue” by Eden Royce poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Managing and Other Lies” by Willow HeathWhen I started watching the YouTube channel Willow Talks Books, I was impressed by the creator, Willow Heath. I’ve mentioned my fondness for her videos previously in my post “MORE Booki…

“Managing and Other Lies” by @willowtalksbooks.bsky.social poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Escape from Asylum” by Madeleine RouxDo you ever just really enjoy a piece of media to the point that it’s not even really justifiable? You know, like being a fan of “so bad, it’s good” movies, or continuing to…

“Escape from Asylum” by Madeleine Roux poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/r...

“How to Sell a Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “The Strange Grey Everything” by Rebecca CrundenHere in Midwest America, we are hyped up for autumn. (Not fall…autumn. I refuse to call it fall.) We’re getting our pumpkin spice lattes and apple cider, we’re putting on flannels…

“The Strange Grey Everything” by Rebecca Crunden poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks” by David E. HarkinsI am an Ozarks girl, born and bred. I spent the entirety of my formative years in southern Missouri, amid the rolling hills, glorious autumn foliage, and red clay earth. The Ozarks are in my blood&…

“Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks” by David E. Harkins poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Eminence Front” by Rebecca RowlandHere’s another Poor Little Bookish Girl lore drop for you: I’ve been fond of spooky stuff since childhood. I fell in love with cemeteries when I was four years old, and I started readin…

“Eminence Front” by @rebecca-rowland.bsky.social poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/r...

poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “Bad Moon on the Rise” edited by Mandy WebsterAs a book blogger, I come across books in fun and interesting ways. One day, I got tagged in a Facebook comment by my friend Krista (hi, Krista!) asking me to do a review on a book. The post she ha…

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poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.comReview: “The Dance of Rotten Sticks” by J. C. Vande ZandeI wasn’t planning on reading this book–it was not in my TBR pile at all. It wasn’t until I saw a post on BlueSky from the author, J. C. Vande Zande, requesting that more folks tak…

“The Dance of Rotten Sticks” by @jeffvandezande.bsky.social poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/r...

My childhooooooooood. 💙📚🩸

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After I get my #hauntedhouse novel back from my two readers, which will hopefully be next month, I plan to shop it around to publishers. (Women be shopping, amirite?) So, #Booksky, who is your favorite indie press accepting unsolicited, unagented, #horror novels in the 40K+ word count range? 💙📚🩸

When I'm on my phone and not copy/pasting from the browser on my laptop, I can never remember which pen emoji is used for the #litfic feed, so I'm just putting it here for future reference: 📚🖋️ <- that one

Boosting fellow book reviewers! 💙📚

Tiffany Oim@toughangelbooks.bsky.social

#booksky #fallreads #bannedbook

oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.comHorror Stories Double Feature – Old Paper & Cats, Reviews by S. HargraveI couldn’t decide which modern short story compilation I wanted to review this year, so it’s going to be a double feature.

Looks like some cool spooky books! 💙📚

S. Hargrave@oldpaperandcats.bsky.social

📚🖊️ It’s a double feature! Make Sure You’re Around After You’ve Gone, a collection of ghost stories, and Through the Night Like a Snake, a collection of horror stories specifically from Latin America. oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.com/horror-stori... #Booksky #readingcommunity @twolinespress.com

Throwback to my #bookblog post from this day last year! 💙📚🩸 #bookreview poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/r...

A haunted house for bookish people but it’s just the ending of “Time Enough at Last” from The Twilight Zone. 💙📚🩸

Me: “I can’t possibly keep up with my TBR. The pile is getting too big.” Them: “What do you want for your birthday?” Me: “BOOKS!” 💙📚

Book contest alert, my poor little bookish friends! 💙📚

Author Carla Conti@carlaconti.bsky.social

🔦 A hunting trip. A shotgun blast ruled an accident — until a body was exhumed 20 years later. THE JACKLIGHTER is out Oct. 27! Giving away 100 Kindle copies on Goodreads to celebrate launch week + Halloween 🎃 — enter by Oct. 31: bit.ly/4e3N87K #BookSky 📚💙 #TrueCrime 📚⚡️ #WritingCommunity