The Booktender
Abra McAndrew, FisherBecause reading alone is overrated. Curated lists and what to read now from the Executive Director, Tucson Festival of Books\ud83c\udf35. All views my own.
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the anxiety of being well-read
Hello readers,
If you have ever taken a screenshot or downloaded a tally of how many books you’ve read from some interactive “100 Best Novels” list because you secretly suspect other people know something you don’t about taste, seriousness...
Shelf Talk: London Falling
This book hit two of my reading kinks
Hello readers,
If we're lucky, time is what kills us
If we’re lucky, time is what kills us. More precisely, it eats us alive. The tick-tick-tick of the clock pecks at us like a scavenger.
On the other hand, time is an occasion. Once and never again. It’s happening! Get ready. See and be seen...
Shelf Talk: Medium Rare
On flying too close to the sun + a highlight from Tucson Festival of Books
Hello readers. I’m back in the nick of time with a March 2026 release for your consideration.
It’s Not a Slump, It’s a Marriage
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For the past few years, books and I have been insufferable. We ignored texts. I underlined like I was leaving lipstick on a collar. I woke up in the middle of the night and thought, why not? We did it so...
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"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."--Lee to Abra, in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Executive Director, Tucson Festival of Books. Writer at The Booktender, a newsletter about literature. All views my own.
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