<p>I’m a big fan of Helen’s work. Her stories are clever, atmospheric and often scare-filled, which is already a powerful combination. And then when you add in her exquisitely realistic and researched sense of place, the terror only increases exponentially. </p><p>There aren’t too many great writers furthering the pleasing terror agenda of M. R. James, and making it their own, but Helen’s surely one of them—and one of the best. </p><p><a href="/tags/supernaturalhorror/" rel="tag">#SupernaturalHorror</a> <a href="/tags/ghoststories/" rel="tag">#GhostStories</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/supernaturalliterature/" rel="tag">#SupernaturalLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/womeninhorror/" rel="tag">#WomenInHorror</a> <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> <a href="https://mas.to/@helengrantsays/116277066752625876" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mas.to/@helengrantsays/116277066752625876"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@helengrantsays/1162770</span><span class="invisible">66752625876</span></a></p>
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<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>THE WRITHING, VERDANT END compiles 6 uniquely intense, memorable stories of eco-horror. Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin all contribute eerie, haunting tales where human nature and the natural world clash & fight for survival. Lush writing about terrifying, strange nature(s). (Cursed Morsels)</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a><br><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> <a href="/tags/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@toot.community</span></a></span></p>
<p>6 Authors Who Hated Their Most Popular Books</p><p>From Agatha Christie to Franz Kafka, these authors were not fans of their most beloved creations.</p><p>By Paul Anthony Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/literature/authors-who-hated-their-most-popular-books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/literature/authors-who-hated-their-most-popular-books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/entertainm</span><span class="invisible">ent/literature/authors-who-hated-their-most-popular-books</span></a></p><p>Louisa May Alcott, Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, Kafka, MIlne at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/102" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/102"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/102</span></a><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><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/69</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1735</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/730" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/730"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/730</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Collecting The Most Beautiful Books<br>22 Aug, Mount Stuart House, Rothesay – £8.50–£11</p><p>Kelsey Jackson Williams will explore armorial bookbindings in the Bute Collection & tell how aristocratic pride, the bookbinders' art, & subsequent tastes in collecting came together to form an exceptional but unknown assemblage of book-art in the Mount Stuart libraries.</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collecting-the-most-beautiful-books-august-talk-tickets-1529153030879" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collecting-the-most-beautiful-books-august-talk-tickets-1529153030879"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collect</span><span class="invisible">ing-the-most-beautiful-books-august-talk-tickets-1529153030879</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookbinding/" rel="tag">#bookbinding</a> <a href="/tags/bookhistory/" rel="tag">#bookhistory</a> <a href="/tags/bute/" rel="tag">#Bute</a> <a href="/tags/rothesay/" rel="tag">#Rothesay</a></p>
<p>Nietzsche vs. Schopenhauer’s Views on Life, Suffering, and the Will</p><p>Is suffering something that hinders us, or helps us along? Schopenhauer looks for a way out, while Nietzsche insists we make good use of it.</p><p>by Viktoriya Sus</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/nietzsche-vs-shopenhauer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/nietzsche-vs-shopenhauer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/nietzsche</span><span class="invisible">-vs-shopenhauer/</span></a></p><p>Schopenhauer and Nietzsche at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3648</span></a><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/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a></p>
Warsaw Treaty New Initiatives - Documents of the Meeting of the Political Consultative Committee of the Member States of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
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40 Years of the Life and Struggle of the Jordanian Communist Party : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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Syria : Syrian Arab Republic Ministry of Tourism
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A Village Moves to Socialism - Supplement to “China Reconstructs” No. 10, 1956 : Sun Tan-Wei
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Social Effects of the Scientific and Technological Revolution Under Capitalism : N. Gauzner
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<p>The bookends of time</p><p>Nothing lasts forever: not humanity, not Earth, not the Universe. But finitude confers an indelible meaning to our lives</p><p>by Thomas Moynihan</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-humanity-moved-from-eternal-to-bookended-time?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7a6d9f4aa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-humanity-moved-from-eternal-to-bookended-time?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7a6d9f4aa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-humanity-mo</span><span class="invisible">ved-from-eternal-to-bookended-time?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7a6d9f4aa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Cosmology at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=cosmology" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=cosmology"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=cosmology</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cosmology/" rel="tag">#cosmology</a></p>
Viet Nam: a sketch
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Ghana - Two Years of Transformation 1982~1983
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<p>A little reminder that all of my books are available via bookshop(dot)org, which means that pretty much any local book store can stock them, and benefit from their sale online. If you haven't tried Bookshop, here's a great place to start!</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/michaelshotter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookshop.org/shop/michaelshotter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/shop/michaelshott</span><span class="invisible">er</span></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/books/" rel="tag">#books</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/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>
<p>"Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee,<br> Far, far, removed, cold in the dreary grave!<br> Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee,<br> Severed at last by Time's all-severing wave?"</p><p>How Wuthering Heights was shaped by Emily Brontë’s gothic poetry</p><p>Emily Brontë’s poetry is full of haunting love, grief and death.</p><p>by Claire O'Callaghan</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-wuthering-heights-was-shaped-by-emily-brontes-gothic-poetry-275948?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2019%202026%20-%203680937628&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2019%202026%20-%203680937628+CID_615a3bba18c77b3d9714f9e409741922&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Wuthering%20Heights%20was%20shaped%20by%20Emily%20Bronts%20gothic%20poetry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-wuthering-heights-was-shaped-by-emily-brontes-gothic-poetry-275948?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2019%202026%20-%203680937628&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2019%202026%20-%203680937628+CID_615a3bba18c77b3d9714f9e409741922&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Wuthering%20Heights%20was%20shaped%20by%20Emily%20Bronts%20gothic%20poetry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-wuther</span><span class="invisible">ing-heights-was-shaped-by-emily-brontes-gothic-poetry-275948?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2019%202026%20-%203680937628&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2019%202026%20-%203680937628+CID_615a3bba18c77b3d9714f9e409741922&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Wuthering%20Heights%20was%20shaped%20by%20Emily%20Bronts%20gothic%20poetry</span></a></p><p>Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1019" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1019</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
Who is up for a nationwide book club? Can we start with this one?
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<p>📚 Planetfall by: Emma Newman</p><p>Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war. Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow Su...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/planetfall" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/planetfall</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/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimemystery/" rel="tag">#crimemystery</a></p>
<p>Francis Bacon’s Essays explore the darker side of human nature. 400 years on, they still instruct and unnerve</p><p>By Matthew Sharpe</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/francis-bacons-essays-explore-the-darker-side-of-human-nature-400-years-on-they-still-instruct-and-unnerve-259051" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/francis-bacons-essays-explore-the-darker-side-of-human-nature-400-years-on-they-still-instruct-and-unnerve-259051"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/francis-ba</span><span class="invisible">cons-essays-explore-the-darker-side-of-human-nature-400-years-on-they-still-instruct-and-unnerve-259051</span></a></p><p>Francis Bacon at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/296" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/296"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/296</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>📚 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by: Gabrielle Zevin</p><p>On a bitter cold day, in the December of his Junior Year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collab...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-a-novel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-a-novel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/tomorrow-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-a-novel</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></p>
<p>The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator</p><p>Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuser</p><p>By Kathryn Hughes</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/04/the-confessions-of-samuel-pepys-by-guy-de-la-bedoyere-review-sex-and-the-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/04/the-confessions-of-samuel-pepys-by-guy-de-la-bedoyere-review-sex-and-the-city"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/aug/04/the-confessions-of-samuel-pepys-by-guy-de-la-bedoyere-review-sex-and-the-city</span></a></p><p>Samuel Pepys at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1181" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1181"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1181</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Book Review: Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann<br> Queer space pirates fighting the mundane evils of AI<br>Christine Baker , one of our new contributors, has our review at the NOAF blog</p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-ignore-all-previous.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-ignore-all-previous.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-ignore-all-previous.html</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>
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America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback
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