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<p>Hey! I&#x27;ve got eight <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> and <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> available for sale. Six of them are <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> collections; two are novels.</p><p>You can get <a href="/tags/drmfree/" rel="tag">#DRMfree</a> copies at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop</a></p><p>Or you can find them through your favorite vendor at <a href="https://books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve-DeGroof" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve-DeGroof"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve</span><span class="invisible">-DeGroof</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/shamelessselfpromo/" rel="tag">#ShamelessSelfPromo</a></p>

<p>The Dust of Her Bones: An Interview with Inés Bellina, Alejandra C. Quintana Arocho, and Anne Freeland on Gabriela Mistral’s Queerness</p><p>by Alton Melvar M Dapanas</p><p><a href="https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/</span><span class="invisible">2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a></p>

<p>Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2026-to-read-list/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2026-to-read-list/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-on-my-spring-2026-to-read-list/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</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>My latest read: &quot;A Bleak Remedy&quot; by DS LaLonde - See my Goodreads review for details but if you&#x27;re looking for a meaty horror novel with a fresh take on vampires, this one&#x27;s sure to satisfy!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7815169569" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7815169569"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7815169569</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/vampire/" rel="tag">#vampire</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/booksreviews/" rel="tag">#booksreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a></p>

<p>&quot;Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.&quot;</p><p>James Baldwin, ‘As Much Truth<br>as One Can Bear’, 1962&quot;</p><p>Source:<br>Planet on Fire.<br>A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown</p><p><a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="/tags/nonficiton/" rel="tag">#nonficiton</a> <br><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

<p>I do all of these, which one I use seems to motly depend on the quality of the book 🤔 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</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><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>📚 FDR Drive by: James Comey</p><p>After a stint in the private sector, working at the largest hedge fund in the world, Nora Carleton has returned to her former role as a New York City federal prosecutor. And she&#x27;s arrived just in time to face one of the most dangerous domestic terror attacks in the history of the city. A threat is bu...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/fdr-drive" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/fdr-drive</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/politicalfiction/" rel="tag">#politicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a></p>

<p>My latest read was The Vegetarian by Han Kang. It is surreal. It is confronting. It is harrowing. </p><p>It is always tricky to engage with a novel that itself so clearly engages with a different society and its problems (in this case, misogyny in South Korea), but I felt the writing was very well maintained in translation. The novel certainly packed a punch in English. </p><p><a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#feminism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> </p><p>Full <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> on the <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> here: <a href="https://write.as/the-casual-critic/the-vegetarian-becoming-ungovernable" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="write.as/the-casual-critic/the-vegetarian-becoming-ungovernable"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/the-casual-critic/the</span><span class="invisible">-vegetarian-becoming-ungovernable</span></a></p>

<p>One of these is better than the others... you know the one I mean 😁 </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> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <br>@worldbuilding <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#Worldbuilding</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#Opera</a> <a href="/tags/hard/" rel="tag">#Hard</a> <a href="/tags/cottagecore/" rel="tag">#CottageCore</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

<p>This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published.</p><p>“Previously, manuscripts had to be printed and copied laboriously, by hand, making them rare objects for the wealthy and important.”</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-the-gutenberg-bible-is-published/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-the-gutenberg-bible-is-published/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/this-week-in-litera</span><span class="invisible">ry-history-the-gutenberg-bible-is-published/</span></a></p><p>&quot;Gutenberg, and the Art of Printing&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51358" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51358</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/printing/" rel="tag">#printing</a></p>

<p>Elizabeth Cady Stanton Is Known as the Woman Behind the Suffrage Movement. A New Book Reveals the Story Behind Her Tenacity</p><p>Her role as a historic hero or villain depends on the movement in question, but looking at her as a mother and daughter adds depth to her legend</p><p>by Lucia Graves</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/elizabeth-cady-stanton-known-woman-behind-suffrage-movement-new-book-reveals-tenacity-180988092/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/elizabeth-cady-stanton-known-woman-behind-suffrage-movement-new-book-reveals-tenacity-180988092/?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/history</span><span class="invisible">/elizabeth-cady-stanton-known-woman-behind-suffrage-movement-new-book-reveals-tenacity-180988092/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Elizabeth Stanton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3186" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3186"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3186</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#feminism</a></p>

<p>Kate Beaton is a comic artist who had a semi-regular web series called Hark! A Vagrant! (<a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>www.harkavagrant.com/</a>). She&#x27;s ended the series, but her archives are a wonderful backlog of her poking fun at history.</p><p>Her spins on the Brontës and Austen never fail to amuse me. </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/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</p>

<p>Explore the Medieval Maps of the Ryukyu Kingdom Online</p><p>The University of Tokyo has made the Ryukyu Kuniezu available through a high-resolution digital viewer, allowing anyone to explore these vast charts in remarkable detail—right down to individual place names and fine cartographic features.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/02/medieval-maps-ryukyu-kingdom/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/02/medieval-maps-ryukyu-kingdom/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/02/m</span><span class="invisible">edieval-maps-ryukyu-kingdom/</span></a></p><p>Cartography at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=cartography" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=cartography"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=cartography</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a></p>

<p>‘The tale of Genji’<br>A beautifully wrought, truncated version of the world’s first novel.</p><p>“The Tale of Genji,” one of the foundational works of Japanese literature, was written 1,000 years ago and is more than 1,000 pages long. Penned over the course of a decade or so by Murasaki Shikibu, it is widely considered the world’s first novel. It’s also a landmark of women’s world literature.</p><p>by Neely Tucker</p><p><a href="https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/january-february-2026/the-tale-of-genji/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lcm.loc.gov/issue/january-february-2026/the-tale-of-genji/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lcm.loc.gov/issue/january-febr</span><span class="invisible">uary-2026/the-tale-of-genji/</span></a></p><p>The tale of Genji at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;<a href="/tags/theelementsofpower/" rel="tag">#TheElementsOfPower</a>: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth,&quot; a new book by journalist <a href="/tags/nicolasniarchos/" rel="tag">#NicolasNiarchos</a>, paints a semi-apocalyptic vision of that <a href="/tags/cobalt/" rel="tag">#cobalt</a>’s origins: corrupt bargains between politicians and foreign companies, displacement and environmental destruction, cave-ins that bury miners alive.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/elements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/el</span><span class="invisible">ements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/</span></a> <br><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/drc/" rel="tag">#DRC</a> <a href="/tags/mining/" rel="tag">#mining</a> <a href="/tags/cobaltmining/" rel="tag">#cobaltMining</a> <a href="/tags/artisanalmining/" rel="tag">#artisanalMining</a> <a href="/tags/ecocide/" rel="tag">#ecocide</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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></p>

<p>Both the first and second book of the Desolation saga will be available on my new Kickstarter, at a discount. Jump on in to the series critics are calling: &quot;exciting and multifaceted&quot;, &quot;Fun, thrilling and sharp&quot; &amp; &quot;imaginative and fast-paced&quot;.<br><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.kickstarter.com/projects/d</span><span class="invisible">harrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a></p>

<p>My favorite reads of 2025 (so far.)</p><p>Follow the authors:<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aptshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aptshadow</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@garethlpowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>garethlpowell</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@DSLaLonde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DSLaLonde</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@stevestred" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevestred</span></a></span> </p><p>See my reviews:<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/71384024-michael-shotter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/list/71384024-michael-shotter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/list/</span><span class="invisible">71384024-michael-shotter</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</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/book/" rel="tag">#book</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/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#speculativefiction</a></p>

<p>How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller</p><p>Graham Watson Explores the Influence of Friendship and Community on the Author of &quot;Jane Eyre&quot;</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-charlotte-brontes-shyness-helped-make-her-a-storyteller?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-charlotte-brontes-shyness-helped-make-her-a-storyteller?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-charlotte-bront</span><span class="invisible">es-shyness-helped-make-her-a-storyteller?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Charlotte Brontë at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/408</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals</p><p>Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth</p><p>By Steven Morris</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/08/samuel-taylor-coleridge-letter-quitting-writing-22?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/08/samuel-taylor-coleridge-letter-quitting-writing-22?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/aug/08/samuel-taylor-coleridge-letter-quitting-writing-22?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/95" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/95"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/95</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 We&#x27;ll Prescribe You a Cat by: Syou Ishida</p><p>Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there:...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/well-prescribe-you-a-cat" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/well-prescribe-you-a-cat"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/well-presc</span><span class="invisible">ribe-you-a-cat</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/animalsfiction/" rel="tag">#animalsfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1880 Radclyffe Hall was born. She was the author of the pioneering lesbian novel &quot;The Well of Loneliness&quot; and was also a poet.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyffe_Hall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyffe_Hall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyff</span><span class="invisible">e_Hall</span></a></p><p>Books by Hall at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Radclyffe+Hall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Radclyffe+Hall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Radclyffe+Hall</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

<p>Visiting the Fulwood Road/Tom Lane area of Sheffield, UK recently we came across an old phone box repurposed as The Hidden Library. <br>Some good reads in there, too.<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/freebooks/" rel="tag">#freebooks</a> <a href="/tags/freeresources/" rel="tag">#freeResources</a> <a href="/tags/sheffield/" rel="tag">#sheffield</a></p>