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[?]✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 » 🌐
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Trade World: The Ties That Bound Our Past and Could Unravel Our Future by Ed Conway

"With a compelling blend of economic history and first-hand access to key figures and institutions, he takes us from policy treaties to ground level to show us the people who make, ship and sometimes smuggle the products we buy on a daily basis."

🔗 penguin.co.uk/books/476890/tra

    [?]Readbean » 🌐
    @Readbean@pixelfed.social

    The Romantic Analogue by W. W. Skupeldyckle

    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32143

    #books #reading #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifiart #sciencefictionart #retro #retrofuturism #pulpfiction #pulp #bookart #bookcovers #coverart

      [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
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        [?]Book!BlaBla » 🌐
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        📚 Exit Party by: Emily St. John Mandel

        Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross...

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        Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party’s host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change. The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State—searches for answers.

        Alt...Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party’s host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change. The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State—searches for answers.

          [?]Heather Congrove » 🌐
          @heathercongrove.com@heathercongrove.com

          Behind The Scenes: Part 1

          A Peek Inside the Artist's Sketchbook Ever wonder how a book goes from a quick pencil idea to the final printed page? Today I’m sharing an early sketch from Sharing KindnessWherever I Go. My kids always love seeing the rough drafts before the color gets added, so I thought it would be fun to give you a quick peek behind the scenes! Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go You can find Kaylee and more of her awesome art work on her Facebook page! Be sure to subscribe to get all […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

          A Peek Inside the Artist’s Sketchbook

          Ever wonder how a book goes from a quick pencil idea to the final printed page? Today I’m sharing an early sketch from Sharing KindnessWherever I Go. My kids always love seeing the rough drafts before the color gets added, so I thought it would be fun to give you a quick peek behind the scenes!

          Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go

          You can find Kaylee and more of her awesome art work on her Facebook page!

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          [?]Bradley Bravard » 🌐
          @bradleybravard@mastodon.social

          "You can love only that which you know. If people of other backgrounds would really get to know those of other colors, religions, and national origins, then the word 'prejudice' would not exist in our vocabularies." -Ricardo Montalban

          Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Making of the Classic Film by John and Maria Jose Tenuto

          Cover of the hardcover edition of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Making of the Classic Film by John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto

          Alt...Cover of the hardcover edition of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Making of the Classic Film by John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto

            [?]The Tanuki Corner » 🌐
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            Blog: The Censorship Has Begun.

            I always joked about this happening to my blog but didn’t actually think it could happen.

            Yesterday, as I was checking my notifications after work, I came across an email from WordPress letting me know that my review of Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor had been removed essentially for being hate speech and violating the WordPress terms of service. The message read:

            Hello,
             
            We are reaching out regarding the following site on your WordPress.com account:
             
            https://tanukicorner.com/2023/07/18/review-magnus-chase-and-the-gods-of-asgard-book-2-rick-riordan-hates-women-spoilers-part-2-3/
             
            Please note that publishing content that promotes hatred—or dehumanization—of other people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease is prohibited on WordPress.com.
             
            This is a violation of our User Guidelines and Terms of Service. As a result, we’ve hidden this content from public view. Please do not re-publish this material, or your account will be suspended.
             
            The warning notice placed on the post will automatically be removed when you delete the link to the content in question. If not, please contact us.
             
            If you wish to continue publishing these types of materials, you might consider a self-hosted WordPress installation. To transfer your content to a more suitable WordPress host, you can follow this guide. However, keep in mind that other hosts may have similar policies.

            Now, if you look up this post, it’s hidden so you can’t read it. Keep in mind that that is a post that has been up for three years and only had three hundred-something views. I wonder if Rick Riordan read it and got pissed.

            That said, I have sent an appeal to WordPress requesting that they essentially censoring that post given that I never once promoted dehumanizing or hateful rhetoric towards anyone. The post in question was a book review of Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor and as such, most of it was complaining about how ham-fisted the representation was throughout the book and how poorly written the characters were (particularly the LGBTQ+ identifying ones). That’s not hateful or dehumanizing, that’s just stating how badly written the book is.

            In that post, I also stated the biological fact that men are men, and women are women, no matter what they identify as. Once again, that’s not hateful or dehumanizing, but is scientific fact.

            Further, I also heavily criticized a scene in the book in which Alex Fierro (the trans/gender-fluid character) runs to the lady’s restroom after announcing that he needs to pee, as it seeks to normalize not only the erasure of women’s spaces, but also allows for the normalization of something that has led to women’s safety being put in danger. To illustrate my point, I brought up the case in 2021 in Loudoun County, Virginia, in which a male student wearing a skirt entered the girl’s restroom and forcibly sodomized a female student. As though that wasn’t bad enough, he was also convicted of forcing another female student at a different school to perform fellatio on him. I also brought up the case of the Wi Spa, in which a trans-identifying man – who had also been on the sex offender list since 2006 – was let into the women’s section of the spa, where he was walking around naked in front of women and girls with a full erection.

            Once again, this isn’t dehumanizing or hateful to point out. Unfortunately, there are people who take the trans/gender fluid/non-binary identity and use it to gain access to women’s spaces for nefarious purposes. For the safety of women, allowing men to use those spaces because they identify a certain way should not be normalized, especially in the context of a kid’s book.

            In the meantime, we shall see what happens. I’ve already sent the appeal, and if WordPress has any shred of common sense, they’ll stop disabling that post. If not…I’ll just write a re-worded review of Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor.

            Until next time,

            M.J.

            Person wearing WordPress mask while working on laptop in office

            Alt...Person wearing WordPress mask while working on laptop in office

              [?]Furthering » 🌐
              @Furthering@convo.casa

              Has anyone read When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labutat?

              If so, I'm curious what you made of it.

                [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
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                Let’s show that Americans love their libraries! Like, follow, and share!

                  [?]Sunflower [She/Her/Y'all] » 🌐
                  @bookofsunflowers@mstdn.party

                  Today is book mail Friday! So excited to open the reads I snagged from Thriftbooks.

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                    [?]Nick East (Indie Writer) » 🌐
                    @NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art

                    As I was editing The Last Philosopher I realised I can add images to 😁

                    I've added some examples of from my world. The question is, should I put them in the story? 🤔 And if yes how? Let me know what you think.

                    Buy Part One: books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

                    @reading @fantasy @bookstodon @joinin





                    Add as scene/chapter headers:6
                    Add as appendix:2
                    Don't bother adding any images:0
                    Other, tell me how in the comments:1

                    Closes in 3:06:56:04

                    Map of the sorcerers' city Pentakl

                    Alt...Map of the sorcerers' city Pentakl

                    Mashup theme of diffrent characters and maps from The Last Philosopher.

                    Alt...Mashup theme of diffrent characters and maps from The Last Philosopher.

                      [?]José - Luis Gutiérrez Villanue » 🌐
                      @joseluis_gutivilla@mastodon.social

                      Why is reading so important? 📚
                      We're living in an era of supertechnological tools, and reading is quietly losing ground.
                      Here's a challenge: swap 10 minutes of mindless scrolling for reading. 10 min x 365 days = roughly 61 hours a year. Imagine how many books that could be.
                      Cal Newport wrote a brilliant piece on why reading shapes how we think: buff.ly/KSCOIPU

                        [?]GeorgeLThomas » 🌐
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                        Book Review: Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming by Tilly Bridges, Susan Bridges, Angel Hernandez, Charlie Kirchoff and Neil Uyetake

                        georgelthomas.com/2026/08/28/b

                          [?]mosspiglet » 🌐
                          @arborealgeist@bookwyrm.social

                          Mild spoilers ⚠️ [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                          Well then. Ykka and the other Castrimans are ungrateful rusters. Kinda feeling like Essun should have just left them to be abducted by stone eaters, murdered by Rennanis soldiers, and eaten by boilbugs 😒

                          @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #Books #Reading #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #Fiction #BrokenEarth

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                          N. K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Hachette Audio)

                          Alt...N. K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Hachette Audio)

                            [?]Ekimellnea » 🌐
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                            Oppenheimer looked more like a poet than a scientist. He wore a distinct brimmed hat and loved languages. Discover the man behind the bomb.

                            thisgrandpablogs.com/american-

                              [?]The Blue Hydrangea » 🌐
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                              My phone is charging back up for the evening, so I'm on my Mac mini for the time being! My iPad is charged on the other hand, so I'm planning to do some reading out in our family room by the TV, hoping that not laying in bed while reading will keep me awake longer! I might try reading The Stand again for the first time in years, the last time I read it was in high school... I used to read so many books for fun, I think having to study in university kind of took the fun out of it for a while!

                                [?]Holly » 🌐
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                                Reading cyberpunk in the age of AI lets us feel nostalgia for futures that never were, where skies could be the color of television tuned to a dead channel

                                reactormag.com/the-importance-

                                  [?]Heather Congrove » 🌐
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                                  The To Be Continued Book

                                  What’s a book you never finished but still think about? I was thrifted shopping at my favorite local spot about 7 years ago. My belly was stretched to an enormous size and I walked with a slight waddle. I casually walked through the tight isles recalling other times I have visited. Different seasons ran through my mind somehow tucked silently amogst the books. A quiet memory only I can see. Soon a book caught my eye. It featured a butterfly on the cover, a creature that has always been […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                  What’s a book you never finished but still think about?

                                  I was thrifted shopping at my favorite local spot about 7 years ago. My belly was stretched to an enormous size and I walked with a slight waddle. I casually walked through the tight isles recalling other times I have visited. Different seasons ran through my mind somehow tucked silently amogst the books. A quiet memory only I can see.

                                  Soon a book caught my eye. It featured a butterfly on the cover, a creature that has always been in my top favorites. I read the back hastily, knowing if I like the cover I am likely to get it regardless.

                                  “A man by the name of Henri Charrière, nicknamed “Papillon is wrongfully convicted and his thoughts turn to one thing, escape.”

                                  The plot intrigued me despite the heaviness it implied, although no where near what I assumed it would be. I brought it home and set it on my shelf, happy with my choice.

                                  While on maternity leave I grabbed the book hoping to give it a good read and return it to its rightful place. It would seem that the story line did not fit the current mood. I suppose I was looking for something more casual at the time. So, I returned it to my collection and choose another. And there it waits for another time and another place. A different mood or rather, a different season.

                                  I think about it from time to time, remembering how it became mine and the tiny sweet memory it still holds. One day I will return and learn all about Papillon and his great escape. Until then, it patiently waits for my return.

                                  The To Be Continued Book

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                                  [?]mosspiglet » 🌐
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                                  Let's do this.

                                  @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #Books #Reading #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #Fiction #BrokenEarth

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                                  N. K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Hachette Audio)

                                  Alt...N. K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Hachette Audio)

                                    [?]The Big Blue Mess » 🌐
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                                    The Books That Shaped My Life: From Avalon to Faulkner (A Very Beth-ISH Reading List)

                                    A friend’s podcast got me thinking about the books that shaped me - the fantasy that gave me a new perspective as a bullied teen, the sci‑fi epic that opened my imagination, and the Faulkner novel that hit with emotional force and felt familiar and true. This isn’t a complete list, just the ones that surfaced today, each shaping me in its own way. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                    A friend of mine was recently featured on a podcast where she was invited to share a list of books that shaped her. Listening to her thoughts as she reflected gave me a small but beautiful window into her life, and it got me thinking about the books that shaped me.

                                    I love books. I’ve even recommended a few over the years, but the more I pondered what I find to be a bit of a heady topic, the more I began to mentally flail. I genuinely can’t put a finger on a book that has had the same type of profound effect on my life as the books that have shaped her. Of course, that tripped off a bit of an existential crisis, like only a seemingly simple topic can do. I mean, why not use that opportunity to determine maybe my still waters aren’t so deep, as a person once described me. Maybe they’re just a little still puddle. Mayhap it’s a barely noticed clinging droplet to a leaf?

                                    Mayhap I should stop using mayhap, stop overthinking things, and quit picking on myself for funsies? Options!

                                    I finally landed on a few titles.

                                    Warning: I will not express myself eloquently (we all know my limits), and honestly, no one is going to walk away saying, “That Beth – I learned so much; what a great thinker. If you venture further, that’s really on you. I can’t be held accountable.

                                    The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

                                    I will tell you all day long that I’m not a huge fan of fantasy when it comes to books (love them in movies), but there was a time when I was – a time when I was a nerdy, bullied teen who just wanted to sit in her room and lose herself in her books. That’s when I discovered this book – a retelling of the origin story of Morgaine le Fay and King Arthur from Morgaine’s point of view.

                                    Bradley created a complicated/complex, somewhat flawed heroine, and it was the first time I’d seen an author take a well-known story and offer a completely fresh take from a different perspective. She took a villain and turned her into a flawed hero. Bradley’s words transformed Morgaine from some two-dimensional, sultry, incestuous temptress, bent on ruining a utopia (a tired trope), to a woman struggling as the world moves away from more pagan beliefs and embraces Christianity.

                                    I still love that book, and I’ve never seen her as the villain again. Arthur and Guinevere? I can’t stand them to this day. I’m known to loudly boo if their characters appear in any movie, TV series, or water bottle sticker.

                                    Dune, by Frank Herbert

                                    A few years before I read The Mists of Avalon, when I was in 8th grade, I was in my room, sitting in a funk because a series I was reading had ended. By “funk,” I mean “full-blown teen ennui.” Enter my father, armed with his copy of Dune (and likely a glass of iced tea). It took me about 50 pages to get completely hooked.

                                    This was the first time I experienced rich world-building, and then I devoured the first four books like an over-spiced sandworm heading for a thumper.

                                    As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner

                                    Few authors compare to William Faulkner. His books rightfully appear on every AP English reading list, assuming some unelected ignorant zealot hasn’t been given authority to sanitize the bookshelves in your area based on their own morality. I digress.

                                    As I Lay Dying was my first Faulkner novel. On the surface, it’s the story of a family traveling to bury their mother – an unnecessary Southern odyssey – and it touches on poverty, obligation, hardship, and cycles that refuse to break. It’s depressing. It’s heartbreaking. I kept rooting for the Bundrens, hoping their world might shift or soften, but every step forward seemed to come with another setback.

                                    The book landed like a real gut punch, with every tragic sentence ringing true despite the absurdity threaded throughout their journey. You see, my family is Texan by way of the Old South (the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama), many having left economically depressed areas in search of new opportunities, only to find themselves back where they started – new hole, same old rut. I’ve seen the stoicism, the pride, and how generational poverty impacts your available options and your view of yourself and the world.

                                    If I were going to break down why I love this book, it’s because it was the first time I’d read something about the South that wasn’t “pretty” or noble or glorified. It felt honest – raw in a way that matched the South I grew up around and knew, not the one people like to romanticize.

                                    In Conclusion, Written by Me

                                    Obviously (well, obvious to me; I can’t speak for you), this isn’t a complete list of the books that have shaped me. These are just the ones that bubbled up today while I was overthinking things. There are more. But something I realized a while back is that the books I love now all share one thing: they hit emotionally and show the world without trying to make it noble or pretty. Faulkner did that first for me, and apparently I’ve been chasing that particular gut punch ever since. Keep that in mind when asking for my book recommendations.

                                    Also, I’m currently reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. I’m on book 5. Sometimes even I have to take a break from the punches.

                                    The Books That Shaped My Life: From Avalon to Faulkner (A Very Beth-ISH Reading List)

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                                    Dolly Parton's gift of reading to 1,000 Manx kids

                                    🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dl50

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                                        📚 Station Eleven by: Emily St. John Mandel

                                        Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

                                        Twenty years later, Ki...

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                                        Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end. Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. • Now an original series on HBO Max. • Over one million copies sold! Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

                                        Alt...Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end. Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. • Now an original series on HBO Max. • Over one million copies sold! Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

                                          [?]dominik schwind » 🌐
                                          @dominik@nona.social

                                          This is very relevant to my interests.

                                          lithub.com/this-interactive-at

                                            [?]Fictionable » 🌐
                                            @fictionable@mastodon.social

                                            On the @fictionable we talk monsters, metamorphosis and male violence with Elaine Vilar Madruga:

                                            fictionable.world/podcasts/ela

                                            A portrait of the writer Elaine Vilar Madruga, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Nobody is born a monster'

                                            Alt...A portrait of the writer Elaine Vilar Madruga, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Nobody is born a monster'

                                              [?]Ian Scraper (worst-selling author) \m/ » 🌐
                                              @ianscraper@social.tchncs.de

                                              @v_d_richards , jetzt gibt es ein Interview mit einem Angestellten aus der Amazon Buchscan-Einrichtung:

                                              404media.co/inside-the-warehou

                                              [?]Waywords Studio » 🌐
                                              @WaywordsStudio@mastodon.social

                                              𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝘆𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗻" 𝗯𝘆 𝗙. 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 -

                                              What can I say? I never got around to it! And since opinions on this novel are mixed, anyway . . . but I recently read Laing's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 , so that will add a fresh take on Fitzgerald's motives (and addictions)!

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                                                  [?]Blair » 🌐
                                                  @EnglishTeacher@pixelfed.social

                                                  This week’s #ThursdayBooksandBeer is taking me down the bottom of a mineshaft in west coast Tasmania, thanks to Adam Ouston’s new novel, Mine. The whole novel is written in one run-on sentence, from the point of view of a poet who has taken down said mineshaft. I’ll be seeing Adam talk next week at the Paperback Bookshop. I needed to go with a West Coast IPA as the beer match and this ‘True Grit’ version from Working Title suggested mineshaft to me… “…he was painfully aware of an incredible thirst, not for the water bottle sluicing about on the passenger seat, but for a beer, a beer at the Empire Hotel, a little ritual he had with himself whenever he happened over the range, which he had done several times this year already in researching his hauntology….” #reading #literature #Tasmania #craftbeer

                                                    [?]Jim Bodie » 🌐
                                                    @jimbodie@mstdn.social

                                                    I finish book 45 which was Mike Simpson's, "Tears of he Dragon". This is the 2nd book in the Fahlgrim Firebeard Saga. Fahlgrim Firebeard is a 6,000 year old dwarf currently living as a professor of archaeology at NYU. He is on a quest to protect humanity from ancient evil magic. Great book.

                                                      [?]mosspiglet » 🌐
                                                      @arborealgeist@bookwyrm.social

                                                      Major spoilers ahead ⚠️ [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                      Essun's last chapter is wild. The activation of the Obelisk Gate is awesome, in the true sense of the word, but I'm actually not sure how I feel about Essun's part in the whole thing 🤔

                                                      Why go to Castrima-over? Why even attempt parley with the army threatening her home? Then, when parley fails and she's forced to fight (slaughter) the army, why kill all of Rennanis after? It was a city of millions (before the Season, anyway, said someone from Castrima in Chapter 14). I'm not sure Essun put much thought into it—she was channeling the Gate—so maybe we can argue that it was a horrific act of instinct, but that still leaves her with genocide on her hands. I don't remember thinking much about it the first time I read this book, but now all I can think about is Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the gnawing dread in my stomach when I read things like "Pentagon Drafting New Nuclear Strategy To Expand Options for Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use"…

                                                      And then Nassun's last chapter 💔 Poor girl has to kill her father to keep him from murdering her, and then Steel steps in to manipulate the traumatized girl into going along with his plan to kill everything on the surface of the Earth 😳

                                                      Those two final chapters fucked me up. The Broken Earth is such a heavy story 😢

                                                      @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #Books #Reading #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #Fiction #BrokenEarth

                                                      (comment on The Obelisk Gate)

                                                      N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

                                                      Alt...N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

                                                        [?]Ellie Kanning-Dawn » 🌐
                                                        @thatwriterellie@mastoart.social

                                                        my hot take of tonight: "literary fiction" is just another genre. everything is genre fiction.

                                                        by extension, if your book store has a section listing all the common genres and "literary fiction" isn't listed next to the other genres, no matter how you name that section, I'm gonna silently judge you.

                                                          [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
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                                                            [?]Fathom Publishing » 🌐
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                                                            Beauty lies within our differences and what sets us apart from each other, and few understood this better than Tamar Frankel. It is the inspiring message in her memoir-like collection of global culture observations as an Israeli-born legal scholar.

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                                                              [?]Book!BlaBla » 🌐
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                                                              📚 The Reformatory by: Tananarive Due

                                                              Gracetown, Florida

                                                              June 1950

                                                              Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the ...

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                                                              Gracetown, Florida June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it’s too late. The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel. *Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award * “You’re in for a treat...one of those books you can’t put down...Due h

                                                              Alt...Gracetown, Florida June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it’s too late. The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel. *Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award * “You’re in for a treat...one of those books you can’t put down...Due h

                                                                [?]Readbean » 🌐
                                                                @Readbean@pixelfed.social

                                                                The Incredible Life-Form by Winston K. Marks

                                                                http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65979

                                                                #books #reading #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifiart #sciencefictionart #retro #retrofuturism #pulpfiction #pulp #bookart #bookcovers #coverart

                                                                  [?]✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 » 🌐
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                                                                  Strangers at the Heavenly Court: The 1517 Portuguese Embassy to China

                                                                  "Offers a new perspective on why early diplomacy between China and Europe faltered"

                                                                  🔗 doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-270

                                                                    [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
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                                                                      [?]✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 » 🌐
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                                                                      Fragile Empire: Slavery in the Early English Tropics, 1645–1720

                                                                      "It examines slavery at English sites in tropical zones across the Atlantic and Indian oceans, and argues that a variety of factors – epidemiology, slave majorities, European rivalries, and the power of indigenous polities – made the seventeenth-century English tropical empire particularly fragile, creating a model of empire in the tropics that was distinct from other English colonizations."

                                                                      🔗 doi.org/10.1017/9781108622288

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                                                                        [?]🌈 Dr Ross Brooks [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                        @rossb_oxford@mastodon.social

                                                                        Friends and neighbours on the Sussex Coast (UK), I've signed some copies of QUEER ORIGINS for you at three Waterstones stores: Brighton, Eastbourne, and Worthing.

                                                                        And, yes, there are a few of those coveted bookmarks too . . . if you get in quick! 🌈 📚 🌞 🌊 🍦

                                                                        Copies of Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science, with a sticker reading 'Signed by the Author', on a bookshelf surrounded by other books.

                                                                        Alt...Copies of Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science, with a sticker reading 'Signed by the Author', on a bookshelf surrounded by other books.

                                                                        Photograph of myself standing smiling in front of the New Non-Fiction bookcase in Waterstones Worthing. I'm wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and I'm holding a copy of my book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science.

                                                                        Alt...Photograph of myself standing smiling in front of the New Non-Fiction bookcase in Waterstones Worthing. I'm wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and I'm holding a copy of my book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science.

                                                                        Photograph of myself standing smiling in front of bookcases full of books in Waterstones Eastbourne. I'm wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt with white patterning and cream chinos and I'm holding a copy of my book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science.

                                                                        Alt...Photograph of myself standing smiling in front of bookcases full of books in Waterstones Eastbourne. I'm wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt with white patterning and cream chinos and I'm holding a copy of my book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science.

                                                                        Three copies of Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science on a table with other books and a vase of flowers behind them. There is a bookmark visible in one of the books.

                                                                        Alt...Three copies of Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science on a table with other books and a vase of flowers behind them. There is a bookmark visible in one of the books.

                                                                          [?]Jenna's Books » 🌐
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                                                                          3 for 2 on all books!
                                                                          Find your next favourite read while giving a pre-owned book a new home :) Choose any 3 books and only pay for 2!

                                                                          A square promotional poster for “Jenna’s Books” with a soft, pastel pink and white vintage aesthetic. A small Jenna’s Books logo featuring a bookshelf and a cup sits in the upper-left corner. In the centre is a large decorative white heart with a pale pink patterned border. Inside the heart, large pink text reads “3 for 2 on all books!”. There is an illustration of a stack of three books in the lower-left corner and another stack of four decorative books in the lower-right corner. The top and bottom edges have a pale grey-and-white lace-like decorative border.

                                                                          Alt...A square promotional poster for “Jenna’s Books” with a soft, pastel pink and white vintage aesthetic. A small Jenna’s Books logo featuring a bookshelf and a cup sits in the upper-left corner. In the centre is a large decorative white heart with a pale pink patterned border. Inside the heart, large pink text reads “3 for 2 on all books!”. There is an illustration of a stack of three books in the lower-left corner and another stack of four decorative books in the lower-right corner. The top and bottom edges have a pale grey-and-white lace-like decorative border.

                                                                            [?]♾️🇺🇦 Skykiss will Vote » 🌐
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                                                                            "In case you didn’t know, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends free to kids from 0-5 years, a new every month. The love of is a gift that lasts a lifetime."📚

                                                                            On the day she died, Dolly Parton sent us a reminder that she wasn’t a billionaire. This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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                                                                              [?]Yjeva @ :tinoflag: » 🌐
                                                                              @Yjeva@mastodon.nz


                                                                              I almost gave up on this book after the first third because of the unnecessary hyperfocus on adolescent boys and their penis. I am glad I carried on as it turned into a very readable crime fiction novel full of nostalgia for 1980's small town life and a reminder of how unexpected tragedies can occur in quite ordinary lives. I look forward to reading the sequel Eden.

                                                                              The cover of Wimmera by Mark Brandi

                                                                              Alt...The cover of Wimmera by Mark Brandi

                                                                                [?]Cassandra D. » 🌐
                                                                                @cassD@mastodon.social

                                                                                August 2026 | What I’ve been reading
                                                                                In this post, I briefly share my thoughts on everything that I’ve been reading this month.

                                                                                moonlitmediaroom.wordpress.com

                                                                                  [?]Hteph [He/Him, mostly by default as I’m sadly very much male presenting] » 🌐
                                                                                  @Hteph@blahaj.zone

                                                                                  Today's annoyance (yes I just got up, already annoyed, the story of my life) ... aaaaanyway. If I read one more of this situations I will write an angry note and put ... somewhere.
                                                                                  Imagine this, a weak scribe (or something like that) encounters rough ruffians-peasants, who comments that "his hands are smooth as a womans" ... hey, author ... those ruffians mothers and wives was with a high probability hard working farmers too, and had hands as calloused (or more) than themselves!. The only smoothskinned hands they have seen is probably a babys and in their lewd fantasies about the lords daughter.
                                                                                  Get in the match for frakks sake, stop writing complete nonsense! Farmers wives was no pushovers, if it wasn't for them being constantly pregnant (and in a high degree dying of it) they would have made short work of that idea (the weak woman is mostly a Victorian concept that have infected the world view of the rest of the world (this as many other rotten ideas permeating not only fantasy books))

                                                                                  (yes I like parenthesis', so sue me)

                                                                                    [?]damppebbles » 🌐
                                                                                    @damppebbles@booktoot.club

                                                                                    *NEW BLOG POST*

                                                                                    Today on I am sharing this week's post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next!

                                                                                    Check out my post here...
                                                                                    ➡️ buff.ly/ROazQPY

                                                                                      [?]Skip Scherer - Author » 🌐
                                                                                      @skipscherer@mastodon.social

                                                                                      There is no turning back.

                                                                                      Escape was an illusion, and the only path left is down. Delve returns in 1 week—prepare yourself for what’s waiting in the deep.

                                                                                      Collected Edition FREE: skipscherer.com/books/
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                                                                                      Delve — The social media fantasy serial story told 300 characters at a time — Returns on Sept 1, 2026!

                                                                                      Alt...Delve — The social media fantasy serial story told 300 characters at a time — Returns on Sept 1, 2026!

                                                                                        [?]Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス) » 🌐
                                                                                        @kojinmanus@mastodon.social

                                                                                        裸で泳ぐ (Hadaka de oyogu; "Swimming naked") by 伊藤詩織 (Itō Shiori)
                                                                                        2022

                                                                                        A loose collection of short, personal essays, with the topics ranging from childhood memories to Itō coping with her trauma. Not as impactful as Black Box, but that's obviously not what she was aiming for with this one.

                                                                                        Cover of the Japanese book 'Hadaka de oyogu' by Itō Shiori

                                                                                        Alt...Cover of the Japanese book 'Hadaka de oyogu' by Itō Shiori

                                                                                          [?]Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue » 🌐
                                                                                          @higginbothampublications.wordpress.com@higginbothampublications.wordpress.com

                                                                                          Melting into Your Arms

                                                                                          https://www.amazon.com/Melting-Into-Your-Nicole-Higginbotham-Hogue-ebook/dp/B0BN2NF1DT/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uRvXEzR4mldbCtnMcX_B1s5UXWjyQBy5K-EKkdPIcv4k8ELFEdfVIFB31TNksZ8XQ4UHM3kCRbdls5-fNFyNO_n79ou3vYx1XEozmOxd7h70IzcakJPBGsIysbt4wSPd3IKMpNDSGNjUba74Bze8sOoHu1szsyP7nZ3SZHN79oqzNRTjWGZf7qjk-LLIpMZpLlMw3PBWWezyjg7P7NjToAuaNR9KyCGmenFrcsGHHow.UKQi-7M0bYfB4uho2Zy52KSSAD_CT47Epbf7sMgvoFku0026amp;dib_tag=seu0026amp;qid=1741801415u0026amp;refinements=p_27%3ANicole+Higginbotham-Hogueu0026amp;s=booksu0026amp;sr=1-1 […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                          https://www.amazon.com/Melting-Into-Your-Nicole-Higginbotham-Hogue-ebook/dp/B0BN2NF1DT/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uRvXEzR4mldbCtnMcX_B1s5UXWjyQBy5K-EKkdPIcv4k8ELFEdfVIFB31TNksZ8XQ4UHM3kCRbdls5-fNFyNO_n79ou3vYx1XEozmOxd7h70IzcakJPBGsIysbt4wSPd3IKMpNDSGNjUba74Bze8sOoHu1szsyP7nZ3SZHN79oqzNRTjWGZf7qjk-LLIpMZpLlMw3PBWWezyjg7P7NjToAuaNR9KyCGmenFrcsGHHow.UKQi-7M0bYfB4uho2Zy52KSSAD_CT47Epbf7sMgvoFku0026amp;dib_tag=seu0026amp;qid=1741801415u0026amp;refinements=p_27%3ANicole+Higginbotham-Hogueu0026amp;s=booksu0026amp;sr=1-1

                                                                                          Melting into Your Arms

                                                                                          Alt...Melting into Your Arms

                                                                                          [?]It's a me, Mauro [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                                          @mauro@mograph.social

                                                                                          I've just read my first ever Woolf's novel, To The Lighthouse.

                                                                                          Man, I'm so tired now...

                                                                                          Not my favourite novel by any mean, but still quite interesting, mostly for the writing style an narrative mechanisms.

                                                                                          Although I didn't enjoy my time in the company of some English upper class intellectuals in the early 20th century, vacationing in Scotland...

                                                                                          The second chapter alone though, was worth the whole effort!

                                                                                          My thoughts here:
                                                                                          app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

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