Alexandra Machinist

I’m craving a beach read. A summer book NOT about WASPS. A summer community we haven’t read about before. #MSWL

How could I forget to #MSWL about adventure novels? Or at least recently. MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN was my childhood jam and I about fainted with joy when I read Alex Garland’s THE BEACH in college. So send me your adventures! #amquerying #pubtip

And why is no one writing a historical novel about Qiu Jin? I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of and she sounds astoundingly amazing. Love to know more. #mswl

In dry January, craving repping a wine novel. Must be as well done as @bbosker non-fic Cork Dork or @lauradave 800 Grapes. #mswl

Just read of a 10th anniversary edition of #TheNameoftheWind by @PatrickRothfuss ...a favorite. LOVE one like it. Even possible? #MSWL

So please, if you have a #BooksAboutBooks query me! #MSWL

Favorite books about books are The Shadow of the Wind, 13th Tale, AJ Fikry, Weight of Ink and more! #mswl #BooksAboutBooks

As I read another one with great joy, I am reminded that I always love and yearn for books about books. #MSWL

Watching at @MITJAmazon is a reminder of how much I love stories in contained environments. #mswl

I'd love to find @Bloodline stylistic and thematic cousin, sister, or progeny in a novel. #MSWL

you'll be first on my list when I find it. And we SHALL find it. A reminder--send us a modern THE CRAFT! #MSWL

Avoiding the joint session is making me crave reading a novel with magical powers. Who's got THE CRAFT for today?#mswl #amreading

Who remembers Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers? I'd love to get lost in a current version of it right now. #mswl

As @sallynyc reminds me, I just love a "siblings behaving badly" novel a la THE NEST. Or even behaving well a la THIS IS US. Send! #MSWL

Please spread the word. Words matter. And I very much want to represent books that matter. #mswl

Authors, it is incumbent on us to create an empathetic world. Send me your debuts for this dark time. Show me what comes next. Pls. #mswl

Craving, always, immersive epics a la Cold Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Historian, The Crimson Petal and the White. #MSWL

Think a novel like Into the Wilderness or The Tenderness of the Wolves (adult) or My Side of the Mountain (kids) #MSWL

I'm craving a frontier novel. Person/people in the wilderness. In adult or YA. #MSWL

Remember John Twelve Hawks' THE TRAVELER? Man, I'd love to rep a book like that. #mswl #queries