Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf

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Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️‍🌈
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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about NAVOLA by @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social. A literary fantasy drawing on the Italian Renaissance, I was captivated by the intimate character study amid a dangerous world just on the edge of familiarity. Our drink is The Dragon’s Eye.

Hey, I made some charts over the weekend. Think I should make more?

Having a normal one this week

Heard it was pecan pie day, if you even care.

Hey hey!! It’s another Barnes and Noble preorder sale AND it’s exactly two months until COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES debuts. When I tell you this is THEE nifty gifty beverage book of the season, I mean it! I’m so proud of the recipes and Solji Lee’s illustrations are simply to die for!

Probably not great to be on the same phone wavelength as her tbh

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE SKY ON FIRE by @jennlyons.bsky.social. A fantasy heist of vicious dragons, audacious bisexuals, magic, mayhem, & might, this is a truly delightful summer read. Our drink, Deeper, looks down from the mountains & up to the skylands.

I'm ASCENDING

We are thrilled to help announce Mad Sisters of Esi, a new "meta fantasy" from @tashanmehta.bsky.social coming to North America from DAW Books! Fables, family, ghosts - this is a story you won't want to miss. reactormag.com/daw-books-an...

A Haunting Tale of Sisterhood: DAW Books Announces Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta - Reactorreactormag.com In the devastating chaos of the world, what stories will you choose to tell?

Better with a boulevardier, no?

Came back from Canada to a true abundance of bookmail! Some I’d ordered myself and some wonderful review copies from publishers. My July reading is all set! What looks good to you?

Inside Out 2 if it was filmed in my head

Bar Cart Bookshelf is on hiatus this week, but I have a very exciting announcement!! The 3rd anniversary of Bar Cart Bookshelf is Saturday, July 6th, and to celebrate I will be hosting a special live conversation with two of my dearest friends: @leemandelo.bsky.social & @eakilcoyne.bsky.social!!

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Gotta show up for my boy!!

I always seem to be talking about a Freya Marske book in the late fall and winter (at least in my hemisphere), but the Last Binding trilogy is pure summer! Parties on the lawn, golden evenings on cruise ships, the swelter of a gala and the glittering lights of dusky evening.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about SMUGGLER’S COVE by Martin Cate with Rebecca Cate. A tome of classic lore and tropical favorites, an invaluable addition to any libation library, and the Tradewinds, our drink, is an undersung favorite from the summer tropical canon.

Challenge to the willing. Selfie right now. Desperately seeking stimulation as a passenger prince

Mean lesbian stack? Mean lesbian stack! Longtime viewers of Bar Cart Bookshelf know I love some toxic in the community, so I pulled together this stack of some of the most sinister sapphics in my library. Mad scientists, warlords, contract killers, vamps, empresses, mercs. It’s a good day to be bad!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about RAKESFALL by @vajra.me. An epic in the skin of a sci-fi novel, deeply weird & rewarding, a tide seizes you & bears you through whirling eddies to an inevitable end. Our drink, the Red Web, is for summer sipping at the end of earth.

Thank you Tor Books for sending THE NAMING SONG by @jedediahberry.bsky.social my way!! Surreal and dreamlike fantasy with deep magic and the power of knowing. I am so excited to travel alongside the unnamed courier and see what marvels await me! And trains!!!

Some highlights from a zoo day

Thinking today about Ken Liu’s DANDELION DYNASTY, books that I hold in tremendously high regard for their erudition, their commitment to bring the epic to epic fantasy, and their deep relevance. These books are essential reading as far as I’m concerned. And perfect for long summer road trips!

Clarification is one of the most alchemical processes in my kitchen. Actually magic.

Plotting, scheming even, a birthday punch.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we’re talking about DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY by Rosalie M. Lin. A jazz age fantasy of gangsters, goddesses, and cabaret dancers, this is a marvelous summer read. Our drink, the Jingwen Julep, is a refreshing summer sipper with a bite.

This meknek is OSHA compliant.

Rainbow stack, but make it all secondary world fantasy! Epic adventures along the full spectrum from the deserts of Sharakhai & the Empire of Quur to the city of Janloon. Cancer cults & talking turtles, crumbling ruins & shining high rises. Secondary world fantasy is always my first & favorite home!

Pull up a chair for Fluffy Cat Friday!

It’s fluffy cat Friday!!

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 11/20 #booksky 💙📚

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 10/20 #booksky 💙📚

Talking absinthe over on IG today, so let’s all take a moment to appreciate my fountain, which I adore.

I went and got a trim yesterday and it’s all still very long, but also feels noticeably shorter and summery. Perfect for the changing time of year!

I’m 30 today! To celebrate, I pulled together a stack of some well-loved favorites from my childhood. Looking forward to another wonderful year of books! Bonus COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES because I love the cover so much & can’t wait to share more! And Dame Lady Grey too!!