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<p>Over at Netflix&#x27;s Tundum blog, they announce the complete casting of P+P. Rufus Sewell is Mr. Bennet! And my heart will not protest, nor lie, but I will be throwing Mr. Bennet a bit of my female gaze. </p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/pride-and-prejudice-cast-photos-release-date-news" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/pride-and-prejudice-cast-photos-release-date-news"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.netflix.com/tudum/articles</span><span class="invisible">/pride-and-prejudice-cast-photos-release-date-news</span></a></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> <br><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/emilybronte/" rel="tag">#EmilyBronte</a> <a href="/tags/charlottebronte/" rel="tag">#CharlotteBronte</a> <a href="/tags/annebronte/" rel="tag">#AnneBronte</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> @romancelandia <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6Z50tutUx6eh6zHsvHuAJX" rel="nofollow">Akarnae</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 <br>by Lynette Noni.</p><p>Fairly derivative YA fantasy: teenage girl crosses into a parallel world, where she becomes a fish-out-of-water at a school for talented students, and discovers she&#x27;s the only one who can prevent the obliteration of humanity. Some ingrained patriarchy - why do female heroes always have to be hot? Totally needless. Nice enough but nothing special.</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> <a href="/tags/youngadult/" rel="tag">#YoungAdult</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</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>Terrifying vistas of reality</p><p>H P Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror stories, was a philosopher who believed in the total insignificance of humanity</p><p>BY Sam Woodward</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-terror-of-reality-was-the-true-horror-for-h-p-lovecraft?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=d2e8825be8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_23&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/the-terror-of-reality-was-the-true-horror-for-h-p-lovecraft?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=d2e8825be8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_23&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/the-terror-of-r</span><span class="invisible">eality-was-the-true-horror-for-h-p-lovecraft?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=d2e8825be8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_23&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>H.P. Lovecraft at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34724" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34724"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/34724</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>How Black Women Tell the Stories of Their Lives and Communities Through Quilts</p><p>Exploring the Women of Color Quilters Network through SAAM’s collection</p><p>By Howard Kaplan</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2025/07/23/how-black-women-tell-the-stories-of-their-lives-and-communities-through-quilts/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2025/07/23/how-black-women-tell-the-stories-of-their-lives-and-communities-through-quilts/?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/blogs/s</span><span class="invisible">mithsonian-american-art-museum/2025/07/23/how-black-women-tell-the-stories-of-their-lives-and-communities-through-quilts/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Quilts at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5539" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5539"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/5539</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/quilt/" rel="tag">#Quilt</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#womeninart</a></p>

<p>Beyond food and people</p><p>Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict, strife and suffering</p><p>By Nicholas E Low</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/nietzsches-startling-provocation-youre-edible-and-delicious?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=da597c7b26-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_26&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/nietzsches-startling-provocation-youre-edible-and-delicious?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=da597c7b26-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_26&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/nietzsches-star</span><span class="invisible">tling-provocation-youre-edible-and-delicious?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=da597c7b26-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_26&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Nietzsche at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/779" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/779"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/779</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/bioethics/" rel="tag">#bioethics</a></p>

<p>What Was the Significance of Ephesus?</p><p>The ancient city of Ephesus had specific importance for Christianity and in the Roman Empire, particularly in relation to the Apostle Paul.</p><p>by Ryan Watson</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/significance-of-ephesus/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/significance-of-ephesus/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/significa</span><span class="invisible">nce-of-ephesus/</span></a></p><p>Ephesus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7462" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7462"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/7462</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance</p><p>In December 1926, Christie went missing for more than a week. Where did she go, and what was she up to?</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/agatha-christies-mysterious-disappearance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/agatha-christies-mysterious-disappearance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/agatha-christi</span><span class="invisible">es-mysterious-disappearance/</span></a></p><p>Agatha Christie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/451</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>Ireland’s Oldest and Largest Medieval Book Shrine Goes on Public View for the First Time</p><p>By Kate Mothes</p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/lough-kinale-book-shrine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/lough-kinale-book-shrine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/lough-kinale-book-shrine/</span></a></p><p>Ireland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=ireland" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=ireland"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=ireland</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#Oldmanuscript</a></p>

<p>Why Field Research Remains an Essential Part of Scientific Inquiry and Inclusion</p><p>Sarah Boon on the Trailblazing 19th-Century Women Who Fed Her Passion For the Natural World</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/why-field-research-remains-an-essential-part-of-scientific-inquiry-and-inclusion/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JYXQQNBYG08F41229SVEGWKD&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/why-field-research-remains-an-essential-part-of-scientific-inquiry-and-inclusion/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JYXQQNBYG08F41229SVEGWKD&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/why-field-research-</span><span class="invisible">remains-an-essential-part-of-scientific-inquiry-and-inclusion/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JYXQQNBYG08F41229SVEGWKD&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Natural history - outdoor books at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1572" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1572"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1572</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/naturalhistory/" rel="tag">#NaturalHistory</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a></p>

<p>Yay! <a href="/tags/virtualjanecon/" rel="tag">#VirtualJaneCon</a> is here! If you don&#x27;t want to hang out with me for 30 minutes talking about Austen merch, I provided a quick bullet point of my presentation. </p><p>Read more here 👉🏻 <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/excessivelydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-33-virtual-jane-con?r=1ep55&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOn#virtualjane" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/excessivelydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-33-virtual-jane-con?r=1ep55&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOn#virtualjane"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/excessiv</span><span class="invisible">elydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-33-virtual-jane-con?r=1ep55&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOn#virtualjane</span></a> </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>What Are You Reading? </p><p>I’m at the car dealership this morning for some maintenance. What are you reading? For me it is The Fall by Albert Camus. Here’s an early excerpt from the book: “Anyone who has considerably meditated on man, by profession or vocation, is led to feel nostalgia for the primates. They at least don’t have any ulterior motives.”</p><p><a href="/tags/whatareyoureading/" rel="tag">#WhatAreYouReading</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/camus/" rel="tag">#Camus</a> <a href="/tags/primates/" rel="tag">#Primates</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/7XJROmBNujm2wzcedzSCdv" rel="nofollow">Sleeping Giants</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Sylvain Neuval.</p><p>An alien artifact triggers a race to harness its immense power. Told mostly via interview transcripts, which kinda works (I liked how the interviewer gradually becomes more of a protagonist, and more invested in the interviewees) but doesn&#x27;t do justice to the action sequences. Smoking Man X-Files vibes.</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> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</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>

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Quick Reads <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/33575649">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Queer Romance Club July selection - Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma Alban</p><p>Aka More Than a Best Friend.</p><p>***</p><p>A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton you never knew you needed!</p><p>***</p><p>QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the <a href="/tags/queerromanceclub/" rel="tag">#QueerRomanceClub</a> and @queerromanceclub tags.</p><p>No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it 😊 CW for spoilers appreciated.</p><p>More about the club here:<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314</span><span class="invisible">4943004145104</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @lgbtqbookstodon <a href="/tags/lesbianromance/" rel="tag">#LesbianRomance</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a></p>

<p>Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-marionettes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-marionettes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/book-of-marionettes/</span></a></p><p>&quot;A Book of Marionettes&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66391" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66391</a></p><p>Dryad and Two Fauns from the book</p><p><a href="/tags/marionette/" rel="tag">#marionette</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>To celebrate Jane Austen&#x27;s 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to <a href="https://austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">austenconnection.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along</span></a>.</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>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/3DfEwwgl21CYyxmyL7nuri" rel="nofollow">The Erratics</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 <br>by Vicki Laveau-Harvie.</p><p>Two sisters deal with the aging of their estranged parents, the mother psychopathically unhinged and the father cowed &amp; abused. Morbidly fascinating but scattered and purposeless.</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> <a href="/tags/autobiography/" rel="tag">#Autobiography</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>

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom - Quick Reads <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/33874451">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Explore an Online Archive of 2,100+ Rare Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels </p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@openculture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openculture</span></a></span> (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/12/explore-an-online-archive-of-2100-rare-illustrations-from-charles-dickens-novels.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2024/12/explore-an-online-archive-of-2100-rare-illustrations-from-charles-dickens-novels.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2024/12/ex</span><span class="invisible">plore-an-online-archive-of-2100-rare-illustrations-from-charles-dickens-novels.html</span></a></p><p>Charles Dickens books illustrations are available to download for free here:<br><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=charles+dickens+books+Illustrations&amp;title=Special%3AMediaSearch&amp;type=image" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=charles+dickens+books+Illustrations&amp;title=Special%3AMediaSearch&amp;type=image"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.</span><span class="invisible">php?search=charles+dickens+books+Illustrations&amp;title=Special%3AMediaSearch&amp;type=image</span></a></p><p>Charles Dickens at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookillustration/" rel="tag">#bookillustration</a></p>

<p>150 years of the bizarre Hans Christian Andersen</p><p>His oddball stories were driven by his outsider status and strange appearance.</p><p>By Frances Wilson</p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/07/150-years-of-the-bizarre-hans-christian-andersen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/07/150-years-of-the-bizarre-hans-christian-andersen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newstatesman.com/culture/b</span><span class="invisible">ooks/book-of-the-day/2025/07/150-years-of-the-bizarre-hans-christian-andersen</span></a></p><p>Hans Christian Andersen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2298" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2298"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2298</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>My latest read: &quot;Fleet of Knives&quot; by Gareth L. Powell - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoyed &quot;Embers of War&quot; and like yourself some full-blown space opera action and adventure, this one&#x27;s definitely worth a look!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7783350308" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7783350308"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7783350308</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi </p><p><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#bookrecommendations</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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>

<p>ALT Book Fringe 2025<br>4–29 August, Edinburgh</p><p>Entirely run &amp; curated by three of Scotland’s leading indie bookshops – Argonaut Books, Lighthouse – Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop, &amp; Typewronger – ALT Book Fringe is a free, alternative August literary festival</p><p><a href="https://www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/book-fringe-2025-alt-edition-returns" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/book-fringe-2025-alt-edition-returns"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lighthousebookshop.com/eve</span><span class="invisible">nts/book-fringe-2025-alt-edition-returns</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a></p>