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<p>The story of Nastenka: Why &#x27;White Nights&#x27; is taking the world by storm</p><p>by Aakanksha Sharma</p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li</span><span class="invisible">fe-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms</span></a></p><p>White Nights at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36034" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36034</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life” </p><p>Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity.</p><p>by JENNIFER OUELLETTE</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/new-body-size-database-for-marine-animals-is-a-library-of-life/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/new-body-size-database-for-marine-animals-is-a-library-of-life/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/new-body-size-database-for-marine-animals-is-a-library-of-life/</span></a></p><p>Marine animals at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20803" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20803"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/20803</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/oceanography/" rel="tag">#oceanography</a></p>

<p>Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography</p><p>A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes</p><p>by Kaila Philo</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/take-a-look-at-the-extraordinary-19th-century-portraits-made-with-some-of-the-earliest-methods-of-photography-180986849/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/take-a-look-at-the-extraordinary-19th-century-portraits-made-with-some-of-the-earliest-methods-of-photography-180986849/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smithso</span><span class="invisible">nian-institution/take-a-look-at-the-extraordinary-19th-century-portraits-made-with-some-of-the-earliest-methods-of-photography-180986849/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Photography at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/117" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/117"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/117</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>📚 Young Jane Young by: Gabrielle Zevin</p><p>This is the story of five women...</p><p>Meet Rachel Grossman.<br>She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.</p><p>Meet Jane Young.<br>She’s disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.</p><p>Meet Ruby Young.<br>She th...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/young-jane-young" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/young-jane-young"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/young-jane</span><span class="invisible">-young</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

<p>New Pin</p><p>If a MMF triad romance in a queer-normative fantasy world sounds like your thing, you can find the cover copy and up-to-date purchase links for my sweet polyamorous romantasy The Harmony of Falling Snow here:<br><a href="https://andorabrokaw.com/the-harmony-of-falling-snow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="andorabrokaw.com/the-harmony-of-falling-snow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andorabrokaw.com/the-harmony-o</span><span class="invisible">f-falling-snow/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</a> <a href="/tags/polyamorousbooks/" rel="tag">#PolyamorousBooks</a> <a href="/tags/queerbooks/" rel="tag">#QueerBooks</a></p>

<p>W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-</span><span class="invisible">h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Steampunk’s Grittier Cousin: A Dieselpunk Reading List <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/33935018">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction literary universe combines the best of science fiction, horror, and thrillers of all sorts.</p><p>Visit the official website: <a href="http://michaelshotter.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>michaelshotter.com</a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/fyi/" rel="tag">#FYI</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a> <a href="/tags/bestbooks/" rel="tag">#bestbooks</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m compiling a list of resources for reading with ADHD for my community, The Cozy Reading with ADHD Club (<a href="http://bit.ly/readADHD" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>bit.ly/readADHD</a>).</p><p>These could be YouTube channels, blogs, podcasts - anything helpful/ of interest for readers with ADHD!</p><p>Know of any, or have one yourself? Please let me know! ❤️</p><p><a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#ADHD</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> @adhd @actuallyadhd @bookstodon@a.gup.pe <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/1UQsvJi4rKVo3gA7r6w5Fu" rel="nofollow">The Mark</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Frida Isberg.</p><p>An attempt to enforce empathic behaviour creates stark divisions at all levels of society. Very effectively conveys the ambiguous ethics and the entrenched positions taken by opposing sides. Strong parallels with toxic masculinity and vaccination.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>What Is Serendipity?</p><p>We often credit unexpected events to serendipity. But who amongst us knows The Three Princes of Serendip, the tale from which the word derives?</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/what-is-serend</span><span class="invisible">ipity/</span></a></p><p>The Three Princes of Serendip:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thre</span><span class="invisible">e_Princes_of_Serendip</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/etymology/" rel="tag">#etymology</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a></p>

<p>Why Did René Descartes Say “I Think, Therefore I Am”?</p><p>“I think, therefore I am” is not only Renê Descartes’ most quoted declaration, but one that caused a paradigm shift and profoundly influenced modern philosophy.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/rene-descartes-i-think-therefore-i-am-cogito-ergo-sum/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/rene-descartes-i-think-therefore-i-am-cogito-ergo-sum/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/rene-desc</span><span class="invisible">artes-i-think-therefore-i-am-cogito-ergo-sum/</span></a></p><p>Descartes at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>Early reviews are saying that only about 10-15% of the original book made it into the film version of Wuthering Heights.</p><p>I’m not the sort of reader who expects films to be identical to the book as sometimes changes are necessary for better storytelling, but this still surprised me. </p><p>If you’re a fan of this story and have seen the film, what did you think? </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/wutheringheights/" rel="tag">#WutheringHeights</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/films/" rel="tag">#Films</a></p>

<p>Do you think Charlotte made the right move in marrying Mr. Collins?</p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>Exhumed and Exhaled</p><p>Charles Babbage breathes in the past.</p><p><a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/memory/exhumed-and-exhaled" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.laphamsquarterly.org/memory/exhumed-and-exhaled"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.laphamsquarterly.org/memor</span><span class="invisible">y/exhumed-and-exhaled</span></a></p><p>Charles Babbage at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/556" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/556"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/556</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>

<p>Great news! My book SHADOW OF THE ELDERS, a low, dark, and epic fantasy is going wide in August. If you&#x27;ve been waiting until the book left Amazon to read it, your wait is about to end! Details to come. </p><p>If, however, you use Amazon, then what are you waiting for? Its available now! Check it out. <a href="https://a.co/d/9WRy4Bt" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>a.co/d/9WRy4Bt</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> @indieauthors @bookstodon</p>

<p>BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon Goodreads. BookWyrm has a built-in book catalogue you can choose details from, but if you can&#x27;t find a particular book you can add it to BookWyrm manually:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-to-manually-add-a-book-on-bookwyrm" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/how-to-manually-add-a-book-on-bookwyrm"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/how-to-manually-add-</span><span class="invisible">a-book-on-bookwyrm</span></a></p><p>This guide also answers some common questions about adding books manually.</p><p>If you&#x27;re unfamiliar with BookWyrm and want to find out more about it, there&#x27;s a general guide to it at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne</span><span class="invisible">twork-for-people-who-enjoy-reading</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#BookWyrm</a> <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>My newest book is a fantasy short story collection. Contents include whimsy, gargoyles, heroic aunties, brave doggos, &amp; evil bureaucrats who always lose. <br><a href="https://books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/RelicsFromATrav</span><span class="invisible">elingShow</span></a><br>Reviewers like it. You might, too!</p><p>In ebook &amp; print, also on Hoopla, Libby, and Biblioboard, therefore available on request from your local public library in print OR ebook. (In the US, anyhow) </p><p> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#Scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <br><a href="/tags/timetoredomypinnedpost/" rel="tag">#TimeToRedoMyPinnedPost</a></p>

<p>Who Was J.M.W. Turner and Why Was He So Important?</p><p>The son of a barber, Turner (1775–1851) entered London’s Royal Academy Schools in 1789, where he spent his time copying plaster casts of classical sculptures before moving on to life studies of male nudes. </p><p>By Kelly Presutti</p><p><a href="https://www.artnews.com/feature/who-was-j-m-w-turner-why-so-important-british-artist-1234745218/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.artnews.com/feature/who-was-j-m-w-turner-why-so-important-british-artist-1234745218/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.artnews.com/feature/who-wa</span><span class="invisible">s-j-m-w-turner-why-so-important-british-artist-1234745218/</span></a></p><p>J.M.W. Turner at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/24796" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/24796"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/24796</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#Painting</a></p>

<p>My latest read: &quot;One Day All This Will Be Yours&quot; by Adrian Tchaikovsky - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy time-travel stories, or even if you don&#x27;t, this one&#x27;s worth a look!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7803015204" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7803015204"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7803015204</span></a></p><p>@specfic @scifi @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/timetravel/" rel="tag">#timetravel</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>

<p>&quot;Office Hours&quot; is just one of 12 new stories in &quot;8.&quot; This potent blend of science fiction and terror from The Nod/Wells Timelines has a lot to offer fans and newcomers alike. The Kindle edition of &quot;8&quot; is on sale in the US &amp; the UK until July 22 via Amazon!</p><p><a href="http://michaelshotter.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>michaelshotter.com</a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksale/" rel="tag">#booksale</a> <a href="/tags/bookdeal/" rel="tag">#bookdeal</a> <a href="/tags/booksales/" rel="tag">#booksales</a> <a href="/tags/bookdeals/" rel="tag">#bookdeals</a> <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>

<p>Dear Deirdre: The Japanese American Agony Aunt</p><p>Using the nom de plume Deirdre, California-born writer Mary “Mollie” Oyama Mittwer offered advice on changing gender roles and cross-ethnic relationships.</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-the-japanese-american-agony-aunt/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-the-japanese-american-agony-aunt/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-t</span><span class="invisible">he-japanese-american-agony-aunt/</span></a></p><p>Japanese literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Japanese+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Japanese+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Japanese+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>