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<p>📚 Lights Out by: Navessa Allen</p><p>I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.</p><p>Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn't need any more kinks. She likes the one she's landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/lights-out" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/lights-out</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/blackhumor/" rel="tag">#blackhumor</a></p>

I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.

Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn't need any more kinks. She likes the one she's landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. Unless one of those men was shirtless, heavily tattooed, and waiting for her in her bedroom. She dreams about being hunted by one in particular, of him chasing her down and doing deliciously dark things to her willing body. She never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become her new reality.

I want things most people don't, craving darkness and depravity instead of light and love.

Josh Hammond has spent his life avoiding the limelight, but his online persona is another story. At night, he posts masked thirst traps for his millions of fans to drool over, but one follower has caught his eye: Aly. After reading a comment begging him to break into her house wearing a mask, he decides to take her up on her offer.

Together, Aly and Josh live out their darkest fantasies, unaware that Aly has captured the attention of someone else. Someone with far more sinister intentions than a little light stalking. As Josh turns from predator to protector and the stakes heighten, he must ask himself how far he's willing to go for the woman he's obsessed with.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally gray male lead. Some themes and scen

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New Books Network

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<p><a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> is quoted, misquoted, praised, and vilified — often by people who haven’t read her.</p><p>_The Ayn Rand Reader_ offers excerpts from her <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> and <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a>: her ideas, her voice, her terms. </p><p>If you’re serious about understanding her — whether to agree or disagree — start here: <a href="https://aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-ran</span><span class="invisible">d-reader/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> <a href="/tags/objectivism/" rel="tag">#Objectivism</a></p>

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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

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<p>What Pride and Prejudice Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time</p><p>Patricia A. Matthew Explores the Historical Context of Jane Austen’s Most Famous Novel</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/what-pride-and-prejudice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/what-pride-and-prejudice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/what-pride-and-prej</span><span class="invisible">udice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time/</span></a></p><p>Pride and Prejudice at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=pride+and+prejudice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=pride+and+prejudice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=pride+and+prejudice</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A card of Brock's illustrations of Jane Austen's Novel Pride and Prejudice, (some possibly touched up by his brother).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice#/media/File:Scenes_from_Pride_and_Prejudice.png

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<p>"According to two district sources, AI was used to measure instructional texts against a rubric that took into account “DEI content.” The books must be removed from all classrooms, and cannot be used as instructional resources—either as texts read in class or as choice books in classroom libraries. Though the books have received no formal challenge, they are currently awaiting further review."</p><p>"Book banners have told us over and over again that they’re just trying to take books with extreme sexual content out of public schools. Classics are safe, they’ve said. We’re not removing books based on the ideas they contain, they’ve said. We knew none of that was true; Senate Bill 12 proves it."</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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><a href="https://franklinstrong.substack.com/p/to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="franklinstrong.substack.com/p/to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">franklinstrong.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from</span></a></p>

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<p>Nobody Would Edit Shakespeare, Right? Right?</p><p>by: Neely Tucker via @libraryofcongress</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/nobody-would-edit-shakespeare-right-right/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/nobody-would-edit-shakespeare-right-right/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/nobo</span><span class="invisible">dy-would-edit-shakespeare-right-right/</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

SHAKESPEARE sources, or from the familiar stock in English books of the period. The historical materials of his plays are evidently from a very limited number of English authorities, like Holinsheds Chronicles and Norths Plutarch; and in the use of these he often makes mistakes ofwhich an average scholar could never be guilty. It should be understood that the notion that Shakespeare was a learned man is of comparatively modern date. In the references to the dramatist in the literature of his day and for a century after his death (as carefully collected by the New Shakspere Society of London) there is no hint of it, while expressionsof the contrary opinion are frequent.

https://archive.org/details/americanaunivers14newy/americanaunivers14newy?view=theater#page/n264/mode/1up

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1914.</p><p>The first English-language performance of George Bernard Shaw's comedy Pygmalion at His Majesty's Theatre is given in London starring Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and famously including the Act III line "Not bloody likely!".</p><p>Shaw's play has been adapted many times, most notably as the 1938 film Pygmalion, the 1956 stage musical My Fair Lady, and its 1964 film version.</p><p>Pygmalion at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/3825" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/3825</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Photograph of the Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

Caption reads as follows: The flower girl (Mrs. Patrick Campbell) is introduced to high society under the tutelage of Professor Higgins (Philip Merivale). A scene from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion Merivale played Col. Pickering in the original London production; when the play was taken to Broadway he played the role of Henry Higgins.

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<p>French author Georges Duhamel died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1966.</p><p>One of Duhamel's most famous works is the "Chronique des Pasquier" series, which consists of ten novels that follow the lives of the Pasquier family over several generations. Duhamel was also known for his essays and philosophical reflections on literature, art, and the human condition. He was also a committed pacifist and humanist. </p><p>Books by Georges Duhamel at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1445" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1445"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1445</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A French writer and poet.

Cover of Confession de Minuit: Roman by Georges Duhamel

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<p>British novelist and dramatist Charles Reade died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1884.</p><p>One of Reade's most famous novels is "The Cloister and the Hearth" (1861). Other notable works by Reade include "It Is Never Too Late to Mend" (1856), "Hard Cash" (1863), and "Put Yourself in His Place" (1870). Reade also published three elaborate studies of character: Griffith Gaunt (1866), A Terrible Temptation (1871), A Simpleton (1873).</p><p>Books by Charles Reade at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/618" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/618"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/618</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Charles Reade

Cover of The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

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<p>📚 Clown Town by: Mick Herron</p><p>Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future in this gripping, hilarious, and heartbreaking thriller by Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC).</p><p>“Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren’t...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/clown-town" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/clown-town</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/espionagefiction/" rel="tag">#espionagefiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/traditional/" rel="tag">#traditional</a></p>

Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future in this gripping, hilarious, and heartbreaking thriller by Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC).

“Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren’t much better than clowns.” Or so David Cartwright, the late retired head of MI5, used to tell his grandson. He forgot to add that old spies can be dangerous, too, especially if they’ve fallen on hard times—as River Cartwright is about to learn the hard way.

David Cartwright, long buried, has left his library to the Spooks’ College in Oxford, and now one of the books is missing. Or perhaps it never existed. River, once a “slow horse” of Slough House, MI5’s outpost for demoted and disgraced spies, has some time to kill while awaiting medical clearance to return to work, and starts investigating the secrets of his grandfather’s library.

Over at the Park, MI5 First Desk Diana Taverner is in a pickle. An operation carried out during the height of the Troubles laid bare the ugly side of state security, and those involved are threatening to expose details. But every threat hides an opportunity, and Taverner has come up with a scheme. All she needs is the right dupe to get caught holding the bag.

Jackson Lamb, the enigmatic and odiferous head of Slough House, has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions, any harm that befa

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<p>"In what intellectual freedom advocates have seen coming for months, a Texas school district has just shut down access to all secondary school libraries for students due to the regulations of the state’s Senate Bill 13... The district also offers no timeline for when students will have access to their own school libraries–facilities that their family tax dollars go to operate. NBISD’s decision to shut down the libraries in order to complete a review of materials based on vague language showcases how quickly and easily public schools are and will continue to cower to far right politics infiltrating communities throughout Texas."</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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><a href="https://bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd-library-closures-sb-13/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd-library-closures-sb-13/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd</span><span class="invisible">-library-closures-sb-13/</span></a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1755. Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.</p><p>Johnson's dictionary was not just a list of words with their meanings; it also included extensive quotations from various literary works to illustrate the usage of each word. It played a significant role in standardizing English spelling and usage, helping to establish a common linguistic framework for communication.</p><p>Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/297</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dictionary/" rel="tag">#dictionary</a></p>

Title page from the second edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Samuel Johnson - Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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<p>Spanish poet and man of letters Manuel José Quintana was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1772.</p><p>Quintana was known for his eloquent poetry and his active involvement in the political and cultural affairs of his time. One of Quintana's most famous works is his poem "La Pelayo," which celebrates the victory of the Spanish forces led by Pelayo over the Moors in the Battle of Covadonga in 722 AD.</p><p>Books by Manuel José Quintana at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Manuel+Jos%C3%A9+Quintana&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Manuel+Jos%C3%A9+Quintana&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Manuel+Jos%C3%A9+Quintana&submit_search=Go%21</span></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>

Portrait of the Spanish romantic poet Manuel José Quintana (1772-1857). This work was donated in 1880 by Manuel José Quintana and Teresa Gómez y Rivas, who were nephews of the poet, to the Iconographic Museum, to later become part of the Gallery of Illustrious Spaniards.

Title page of Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain by Juan Bautista Arriaza et al.

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<p>American journalist & writer of fiction & drama Richard Harding Davis died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>In addition to his work as a journalist, Davis was also a prolific author of fiction. He wrote numerous novels and short stories, many of which drew on his experiences as a war correspondent and adventurer. Some of his best-known works include "Soldiers of Fortune" (1897), "The Bar Sinister" (1903), and "The Lost Road" (1913).</p><p>Books by Richard Harding Davis at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/181" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/181"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/181</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

American writer Richard Harding Davis in 1890.

Published by Charles Scribner, NY,1917 - Adventures and letters of Richard Harding Davis

Cover of "Three gringos in Central America and Venezuela" by American journalist and novelist Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916). Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Color lithograph poster by Edward Penfield (1866-1925).

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<p>📚 The Shattering Peace by: John Scalzi</p><p>For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-shattering-peace" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-shattering-peace"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-shatte</span><span class="invisible">ring-peace</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/militaryfiction/" rel="tag">#militaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a></p>

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity.

But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war. This war is between Consu factions... but nothing the Consu ever do is just about them. The Colonial Union, the Earth and the Conclave have been unwillingly dragged into the conflict, in the most surprising of ways.

Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level diplomat, working in an unimportant part of the Colonial Union bureaucracy. But when she is called to take part in a secret mission involving representatives from every powerful faction in space, what she finds there has the chance to redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike... or destroy them forever.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace

THE PEACE IS SHATTERING

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<p>At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That’s a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try. There are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds and perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion. </p><p>F. Scott Fitzgerald, from “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz”. </p><p>Pictured here with Zelda and their daughter, Frances.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/fitzgerald/" rel="tag">#fitzgerald</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></p>

F. Scott Fitzgerald with Zelda and their daughter, Frances.

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<p>Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2025-to-read-list/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2025-to-read-list/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-on-my-fall-2025-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/tbr/" rel="tag">#TBR</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</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>

wo freshly picked yellow and light red apples and several apple leaves lying on an opened book that itself is lying on a wooden surface that may be a picnic table or a bench.

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<p>“I’ve changed my mind. I called you here because I had a vision. A child, mine, yours. I want her to come to pass.”</p><p>A devil confesses to an angel... then the trouble Really begins! 👀 💥🌪️</p><p>My newest tale in FALLEN<br><a href="/tags/newrelease/" rel="tag">#NewRelease</a><br><a href="https://mybook.to/Fallen1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/Fallen1</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#BookToot</a> <a href="/tags/horroranthology/" rel="tag">#HorrorAnthology</a> <a href="/tags/fallenangels/" rel="tag">#FallenAngels</a> <a href="/tags/darkreads/" rel="tag">#DarkReads</a> <a href="/tags/darkfantasyreaders/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasyReaders</a> <a href="/tags/horrorbooks/" rel="tag">#HorrorBooks</a> <a href="/tags/horrorromance/" rel="tag">#HorrorRomance</a> <a href="/tags/romantichorror/" rel="tag">#RomanticHorror</a> <a href="/tags/gothicreads/" rel="tag">#GothicReads</a> <a href="/tags/darkfantasy/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasy</a></p><p>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstadon @horror @fantasy @sffbookclub @paranormal @romancelandia <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</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></p>

Grayscale background of a shadowy figure and white feathered angel wings. “I’ve changed my mind. I called you here because I have had a vision. A child, mine, yours. I would like her… I want her to come to pass.” From "Sovereign," by A.S. Etaski, Fallen: Darkness Ascending Volume 1

Story cover for "Sovereign," by A.S. Etaski. A black background with abstract angel wings made of light in the center. A lightning bolt strikes from above and a sweeping rainbow escapes from the light underneath. Tropes listed around the cover: Dark Epic World, Love-Hate Relationship, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Compulsive Pursuit, The Best Laid Plans Often Go Awry

Grayscale background with sleeping woman resting in a pair of white feather wings. "Sovereign," in 3 Emojis: wing, pregnant woman, frowning devil

Catch me in "Fallen" September 26th!
3D image of a paperback and ereader showing the cover of Fallen: Darkness Ascending Volume 1. A gothic, dark-haired female angel with a crown of light about her head stands upon a white snake, surrounded by a mass of longswords driven into the ground covered by red mist.

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<p>📚 The Killer Question by: Janice Hallett</p><p>Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes—that is, until a body is found in the nearby river. Soon after, a mysterious new team arrives and shakes up the diverse field of regulars by s...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-killer-question" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-killer-question"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-killer</span><span class="invisible">-question</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/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a></p>

Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes—that is, until a body is found in the nearby river. Soon after, a mysterious new team arrives and shakes up the diverse field of regulars by scoring top marks in every round...every week.

Meanwhile, Sue and Mal have a secret of their own. Before arriving here, they were caught up in a secret police operation which meant they had to leave town—and whatever happened back then seems to have finally caught up with them.

Five years later, the pub lies derelict, and their nephew Dominic is determined to make a documentary about their story. What happened at this unassuming pub? And can a single question really kill?

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York Times, LitHub, BookBub, Goodreads, and many more!

Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence.

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<p>I hate both of these things, who knew I'd have so much in common with <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> 😂 </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> <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/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</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><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/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#Bookrecommendation</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> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

Text above what I assume is a painted picture of Jane Austen..

Jane Austen's works are timeless classics because she knew the real
horrors in life are having to listen to men who think they're better than
you and receiving unannounced visitors.

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<p>📚 An Echo in Time by: Boo Walker</p><p>Unable to catch a break in life or love as she approaches thirty, Charli Thurman sees red lights at every crossroads. And given the Thurman family's tumultuous history, she knows things will only get worse, unless she can break the cycle and figure out where and when it all went wrong.</p><p>Charl...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/an-echo-in-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/an-echo-in-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/an-echo-in</span><span class="invisible">-time</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a></p>

Unable to catch a break in life or love as she approaches thirty, Charli Thurman sees red lights at every crossroads. And given the Thurman family's tumultuous history, she knows things will only get worse, unless she can break the cycle and figure out where and when it all went wrong.

Charli is skeptical when her best friend introduces her to a "soul reader" who specializes in generational trauma. But during family constellation therapy with the guru, Charli experiences an inexplicable memory of terrible violence. Whatever happened in the past, it created an imbalance that's still in the Thurman blood.

When Charli's research leads her to Winchester, England, she meets a charming pub owner named Noah, whose own family history is similarly twisted. As the mystery deepens around a damaged inheritance and a tragic death, Charli is resolved to find the truth--and create the fresh start she has been hoping for her whole life.

- A woman delves into a centuries-old murder to find the truth behind her self-destructive behavior in a powerful novel about love, loss, and healing by the bestselling author of An Unfinished Story and The Stars Don't Lie -

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<p>Christine de Pizan: Europe’s First Professional Female Writer</p><p>Christine used her pen to make a living at the French court, but even more pointedly, she used it to argue the value of educated women.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/christine-de-pizan-europes-first-professional-female-writer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/christine-de-pizan-europes-first-professional-female-writer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/christine-de-p</span><span class="invisible">izan-europes-first-professional-female-writer/</span></a></p><p>Christine de Pizan at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4613</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Christine de Pisan with Queen Isabeau.

Detail of a presentation miniature with Christine de Pisan presenting her book to queen Isabeau of Bavaria. Illuminated miniature from The Book of the Queen (various works by Christine de Pizan), BL Harley 4431.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christine_de_Pisan_and_Queen_Isabeau_(2).jpg

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<p>French astronomer Charles Messier died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1817.</p><p>He is best known for his catalog, the Messier Catalog (contains 110 objects), which lists various astronomical objects, including nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Messier was primarily interested in comet hunting, and his catalog was created to help him and other astronomers differentiate between permanent celestial objects and comets, which could easily be mistaken for new discoveries.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

Charles Messier, French astronomer, at the age of 40. A celestial globe showing a swan among the stars.

Ansiaux (1729-1786) (??) - Stoyan R. et al. Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. - P. 15.

The Orion Nebula as drawn by Messier, and which he gave the designation M 42 in his catalogue

Charles Messier - Stoyan R. et al. Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky. — Cambridge: Cambridge Univercity Press, 2008. — P. 33.

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<p>Italian poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1782.</p><p>His librettos were characterized by their lyrical quality, emotional depth, and dramatic structure, which made them well-suited for musical adaptation. Some of his most famous works include "La clemenza di Tito," which was later set to music by Mozart, "Didone abbandonata," and "Artaserse."</p><p>Books by Pietro Metastasio at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4069" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4069"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4069</span></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>

Metastasio, c. 1770 by Meytens or Batoni

Opere drammatiche, oratorj sacri e poesie liriche (1737)
Metastasio, Pietro - Available in the BEIC digital library and uploaded in partnership with BEIC Foundation.

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