Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White
“I think writing is mainly work.”
By Sam Weller
Children's literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8
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This is such a great initiative, but it's also deeply sad that a library of banned books is necessary.
Read banned books.
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Thanks for sharing @ULB_MS_FachInfo
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How French ‘merveilleux-scientifique’ fiction reframed reality
By Fleur Hopkins-Loferon
https://aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality
Maurice Reynard at PG:
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 17
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 15
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 02
📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**
🔗 https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading.
_What do you think?_
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📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5454723-e1/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading.
_What do you think?_
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New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life”
Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity.
by JENNIFER OUELLETTE
Marine animals at PG:
Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography
A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes
by Kaila Philo
Photography at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/117
📚 Young Jane Young by: Gabrielle Zevin
This is the story of five women...
Meet Rachel Grossman.
She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.
Meet Jane Young.
She’s disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.
Meet Ruby Young.
She th...
https://bookblabla.com/book/young-jane-young
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![This is the story of five women...
Meet Rachel Grossman.
She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.
Meet Jane Young.
She’s disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.
Meet Ruby Young.
She thinks her mom has a secret. She's right.
Meet Embeth Levin.
She’s made a career of cleaning up her congressman husband’s messes.
Meet Aviva Grossman.
The internet won’t let her or anyone else forget her past transgressions.
It’s brilliant and hilarious. It has a heart. And a spine. It’s exactly what we need more of right now. —Chicago Tribune
Splendid [Zevin’s] vibrant and playful writing, and the fully realized characters taking turns as narrator, bring the story a zestful energy. Booklist
From the author of the international bestseller The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry:
Named a Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction of 2017
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chatelaine Best Fall Reads pick
#1 on the August Library Reads list
An Entertainment Weekly’s 13 Books to Read in August
An Amazon’s 'Best Books of the Month' for August
A Barnes & Noble “August’s Best New Fiction” pick
#3 on the September Indie Next List
A smart, intersectional feminist tour de force. Washington Times
From Gabrielle Zevin, beloved author of the international bestsellers Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J.](/proxy/post_attachment/996199/7f01c187d8.jpg "This is the story of five women...
Meet Rachel Grossman.
She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.
Meet Jane Young.
She’s disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.
Meet Ruby Young.
She thinks her mom has a secret. She's right.
Meet Embeth Levin.
She’s made a career of cleaning up her congressman husband’s messes.
Meet Aviva Grossman.
The internet won’t let her or anyone else forget her past transgressions.
It’s brilliant and hilarious. It has a heart. And a spine. It’s exactly what we need more of right now. —Chicago Tribune
Splendid [Zevin’s] vibrant and playful writing, and the fully realized characters taking turns as narrator, bring the story a zestful energy. Booklist
From the author of the international bestseller The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry:
Named a Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction of 2017
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chatelaine Best Fall Reads pick
#1 on the August Library Reads list
An Entertainment Weekly’s 13 Books to Read in August
An Amazon’s 'Best Books of the Month' for August
A Barnes & Noble “August’s Best New Fiction” pick
#3 on the September Indie Next List
A smart, intersectional feminist tour de force. Washington Times
From Gabrielle Zevin, beloved author of the international bestsellers Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J.")
W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages
The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction literary universe combines the best of science fiction, horror, and thrillers of all sorts.
Visit the official website: http://michaelshotter.com
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Why Did René Descartes Say “I Think, Therefore I Am”?
“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.
https://www.thecollector.com/rene-descartes-i-think-therefore-i-am-cogito-ergo-sum/
Descartes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44
Early reviews are saying that only about 10-15% of the original book made it into the film version of Wuthering Heights.
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.
If you’re a fan of this story and have seen the film, what did you think?
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BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon Goodreads. BookWyrm has a built-in book catalogue you can choose details from, but if you can't find a particular book you can add it to BookWyrm manually:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-manually-add-a-book-on-bookwyrm
This guide also answers some common questions about adding books manually.
If you're unfamiliar with BookWyrm and want to find out more about it, there's a general guide to it at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading
Who Was J.M.W. Turner and Why Was He So Important?
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.
By Kelly Presutti
https://www.artnews.com/feature/who-was-j-m-w-turner-why-so-important-british-artist-1234745218/
J.M.W. Turner at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/24796
My latest read: "One Day All This Will Be Yours" by Adrian Tchaikovsky - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy time-travel stories, or even if you don't, this one's worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7803015204
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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? August 05
Deeply disappointed to learn "dark academia" stands for combat training and high school feuds, instead of using forbidden magic to convert your citations into a more arcane format to avoid being cursed by your professor, or finding out Reviewer No. 2 is actually an eldritch being hiding in the basement.
The Kindle edition sale on "8" continues! Need some convincing? Check out this review from fellow speculative-fiction author Tony Travis:
https://www.tonytravis.com/post/tony-s-review-of-8-tales-of-the-big-men-from-the-nod-wells-timelines
Offer ends July 22!
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UK: https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J
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