Lost the Plot Venusian Bookstore Buzz

Another fabulous indie bookstore match for To Love Like Venus. Lost The Plot is a new mobile bookstore “that sells new & used adult fiction, prioritizing stories by and about underrepresented voices… sold in a charming converted step van around the Greater Seattle area… Our mobile bookstore is full of incredible stories, many of which…

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Auraist Considers To Love Like Venus

Honored that the lauded Auraist substack included To Love Like Venus in their list of literary fiction under consideration for “The best-written recent releases»“. “Auraist’s main purpose, then: to cherrypick from prize shortlists, end-of-year lists, and major reviews the most stylishly, most humanly written books, and in doing so to help support those who write them.“…

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Mesa Public Library in Arizona Venusian Buzz

The city of Mesa, Arizona, has a commitment to sustainability, evident in their official city website. They have a designated Mesa Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a commitment to “improve social equity for a vibrant healthy future” and sustainability goals. With this focus of environmentalism and sustainability in mind, how wonderful that their public library has…

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Kenosha Public Library Wisconsin

Kenosha Public Library in Wisconsin has a wonderful vision: “The Kenosha Community will be universally literate, civically engaged, and embrace multiple cultures and generations.” I love how reading, democracy and inclusivity is valued here as the foundation to achieving a better society. They have a copy of To Love Like Venus that they have, and…

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Launched with love

All smiles for the book launch of my novel To Love Like Venus at Korres in New York City on 3/21/2026. Thank you to everyone who was there with us, to those who celebrated from afar by buying a copy of the book, or checking it out from their local library. Raffles were won. Trivia…

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Las Vegas-Clark County Library Loves Like Venus

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District has been “the recipient of three consecutive ALA Library of the Future Awards in 2022, 2023 & 2024 (the first library system to ever accomplish this)”. In visiting their website, the total vibe I get is this is the Mister Rogers of library personalities. Their tagline and motto? “Free to…

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Smith Memorial Library Collection at Chautauqua

The Chautauqua Institution is a beautiful example of how, when an institution values the work of an artist; they don’t hold back in continued celebration and respect of that artist’s works. My time there was truly remarkable, and continues to be. Smith Memorial Library (Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System) has two copies of To Love Like Venus…

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The Corner Bookstore, a Trip to Venus

Old jokes used to introduce themselves with “So-and-so [a trio usually] walk into a bar…” Today I walked into a bookstore (leaving two outside to wait for me, so there’s the trio) to pick up a book I preordered a few months ago “Big Nobody” by Alex Kadis. Because the book sounded hysterical, it got…

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Let’s Get Book Physical San Francisco

Switching to the physical… California! Super excited that San Francisco Public Library has two hardcovers of To Love Like Venus waiting for your HOLD ME’s. One in the main branch first floor, one in Sunset. Hold the physical. https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C7407828