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Nonfiction book that had facts that shocked you

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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>

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 Suh-Mi into the unknown.

More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. All that time, Ren has worked hard as the colony's 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating secret.

Ren continues to perpetuate the lie forming the foundation of the colony for the good of her fellow colonists, despite the personal cost. Then a stranger appears, far too young to have been part of the first planetfall, a man who bears a remarkable resemblance to Suh-Mi.

The truth Ren has concealed since planetfall can no longer be hidden. And its revelation might tear the colony apart...

From the Hugo Award-winning author of Between Two Thorns comes the first novel in a captivating science fiction series where a secret withheld to protect humanity’s future may lead to its undoing…

“Cathartic and transcendent.”—The New York Times

“An exceptionally engaging novel that explores the complex relationship between mythology and science.”—The Washington Post

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<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>

Paul van Somer´s portrait of Francis Bacon.

Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger

In the painting, Francis Bacon is shown standing in three-quarter view, facing the viewer with a calm, composed expression.

Bacon wears an elaborate black robe or gown. The garment is richly embroidered or trimmed with gold, and he wears a prominent white ruff collar, characteristic of the Jacobean era. A wide-brimmed black hat often completes his outfit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#/media/File:Somer_Francis_Bacon.jpg

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<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>

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 collaboration that will launch them to stardom. They borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo: a game where players can escape the confines of a body and the betrayals of a heart, and where death means nothing more than a chance to restart and play again. This is the story of the perfect worlds Sam and Sadie build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Duplicity. Tragedy.

Spanning over thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, games as artform, technology and the human experience, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video g

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<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>

Samuel Pepys in the painting by John Hayls from 1666.

In the portrait, Samuel Pepys is shown in three-quarter length. He is seated at an angle, turning slightly toward the viewer, with a direct and thoughtful gaze.

Pepys wears a silk or satin robe, which falls in rich folds. Beneath it, a white shirt or cravat adds contrast and a touch of elegance. His dark, shoulder-length hair — whether natural or a wig — frames his face and gives the portrait a fashionable air typical of the Restoration era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys#/media/File:Samuel_Pepys.jpg

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<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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Iain M Banks, culture series.

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America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/43630125">See Original Page</a> </small>

america-says-goodbye-paperback

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<p><a href="/tags/gerryadams/" rel="tag">#GerryAdams</a> welcomes historian <a href="/tags/gerardshannon/" rel="tag">#GerardShannon</a> for a remarkable interview about Shannon's new book on <a href="/tags/ira/" rel="tag">#IRA</a> leader <a href="/tags/roryoconnor/" rel="tag">#RoryOConnor</a>, who was executed during the <a href="/tags/irishcivilwar/" rel="tag">#IrishCivilWar</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/991288/episodes/19182769-special-episode-in-conversation-with-author-gerard-shannon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.buzzsprout.com/991288/episodes/19182769-special-episode-in-conversation-with-author-gerard-shannon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.buzzsprout.com/991288/epis</span><span class="invisible">odes/19182769-special-episode-in-conversation-with-author-gerard-shannon</span></a><br><a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/irishhistory/" rel="tag">#IrishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/easterrising/" rel="tag">#EasterRising</a> <a href="/tags/irishrepublicanarmy/" rel="tag">#IrishRepublicanArmy</a> <a href="/tags/sinnféin/" rel="tag">#SinnFéin</a> <a href="/tags/irishwarofindependence/" rel="tag">#IrishWarOfIndependence</a> <a href="/tags/battleofdublin/" rel="tag">#BattleOfDublin</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/biographies/" rel="tag">#biographies</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>

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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>

Paperback of THE WRITHING, VERDANT END. A skeleton holds a pair of binoculars with red lenses up to its eyes while below it, eldritch forms writhe in red

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<p>I recently read "Lunar New Year Love Story" by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham. I'd picked it up as a good February read and then was quite surprised by all its twists and turns. What surprised me most, though, was how <a href="/tags/catholicism/" rel="tag">#Catholicism</a> was depicted. I don't think I've ever seen such a realistic, well-rounded portrayal in fiction. I know people like all of these. I feel like the creators knew their material intimately. Very impressed.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/catholic/" rel="tag">#Catholic</a> <a href="/tags/lunarnewyear/" rel="tag">#LunarNewYear</a> <a href="/tags/graphicnovel/" rel="tag">#GraphicNovel</a> <a href="/tags/tet/" rel="tag">#tet</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>

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<p>Listen to ‘Moby Dick’ Read by Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Sir David Attenborough, and More for Free</p><p>By Ava Linker </p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/moby-dick-big-read-free-audiobook/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/moby-dick-big-read-free-audiobook/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/moby-dick-big-</span><span class="invisible">read-free-audiobook/</span></a>?</p><p>Moby Dick at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=moby+dick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=moby+dick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=moby+dick</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The cover of the first American edition of Moby-Dick, published in November 1851.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick#/media/File:Moby-Dick_FE_title_page.jpg

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<p>The great unknown romance of writer E.F. Benson’s life – Fred and George, a love story hidden in letters</p><p>The pair were seen as friends but their letters reveal a more intimate life together.</p><p>By Sasha Garwood</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-great-unknown-romance-of-writer-e-f-bensons-life-fred-and-george-a-love-story-hidden-in-letters-262745?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%207%202025%20-%203479135425&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%207%202025%20-%203479135425+CID_f07cd193b8169389ee5efa206f9417bb&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20great%20unknown%20romance%20of%20writer%20EF%20Bensons%20life%20%20Fred%20and%20George%20a%20love%20story%20hidden%20in%20letters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-great-unknown-romance-of-writer-e-f-bensons-life-fred-and-george-a-love-story-hidden-in-letters-262745?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%207%202025%20-%203479135425&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%207%202025%20-%203479135425+CID_f07cd193b8169389ee5efa206f9417bb&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20great%20unknown%20romance%20of%20writer%20EF%20Bensons%20life%20%20Fred%20and%20George%20a%20love%20story%20hidden%20in%20letters"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-great-</span><span class="invisible">unknown-romance-of-writer-e-f-bensons-life-fred-and-george-a-love-story-hidden-in-letters-262745?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%207%202025%20-%203479135425&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%207%202025%20-%203479135425+CID_f07cd193b8169389ee5efa206f9417bb&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20great%20unknown%20romance%20of%20writer%20EF%20Bensons%20life%20%20Fred%20and%20George%20a%20love%20story%20hidden%20in%20letters</span></a></p><p>E.F. Benson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/812" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/812"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/812</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of E. F. Benson.

from Harper's Weekly - The New York Public Library

Benson is shown in head-and-shoulders, facing slightly to one side but with his gaze directed toward the viewer.

He wears a dark suit with a high, stiff collar and neatly tied tie. His hair is neatly parted and groomed, and his face is clean-shaven, allowing his sharp features — a high forehead, straight nose, and firm-set mouth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Benson#/media/File:E._F._Benson.jpg

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Do you have a favourite place to read?

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<p>New Project Explores the Craft of Writing in the Medieval Nordic World</p><p>A major Nordic research effort is taking a fresh look at the earliest written culture in medieval Finland—by studying not only what documents say, but what they are made of.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/03/new-project-explores-the-craft-of-writing-in-the-medieval-nordic-world/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/03/new-project-explores-the-craft-of-writing-in-the-medieval-nordic-world/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/03/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-project-explores-the-craft-of-writing-in-the-medieval-nordic-world/</span></a></p><p>Paleography at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=paleography" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=paleography"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=paleography</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/paleography/" rel="tag">#paleography</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

Greek minuscule, 15th-century manuscript of Aristotle

Anonymous - Reproduction in: Franz Steffens, Proben aus grieschischen Handschriften und Urkunden, (Trier: Schaar und Dathe, 1912).

The page exemplifies Byzantine minuscule — the cursive, compact Greek script that developed from the 9th century onward and became the dominant manuscript hand of the medieval Greek-speaking world.

The most visually striking element is the large ornamental "A" (Alpha) in the upper left — an elaborate headpiece initial decorated with interlacing scrollwork, floral motifs, and foliate patterns in a style characteristic of late Byzantine manuscript illumination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeography#/media/File:Greek_manuscript_minuscule_Aristotle.png

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<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>

A redundant British red phone box repurposed as a miniature library. Books are piled up on metal shelving.

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Need help with comprehending the last line of this excerpt

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<p>Hey! I'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>

Cover art of eight books

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<p>📖 <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/qoto.org/youtube.png" class="emoji" alt=":youtube:" title=":youtube:"> **The ONE Thing All Great Authors Share (It's Not What You Think**</p><p><a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> length: thirty-eight minutes and thirty-six seconds. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYqyhILfsE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYqyhILfsE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYqyh</span><span class="invisible">ILfsE</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<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&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_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&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_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&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_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>

Gabriela Mistral en 1922.

Desconocido - http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-69686.html

Gabriela Mistral appears captured in a composed and dignified pose a head-and-shoulders view. She has short, straight hair and is wearing a jacket with a white blouse underneath with a sort of bow tie.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Mistral#/media/Archivo:Gabriela_Mistral_(1922).jpg

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<p>The Real Science Experiments That Inspired Frankenstein</p><p>All of the experiments to revive dead people led Shelly to the idea of a story of creating life.</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/the-real-science-experiments-that-inspired-frankenstein.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/07/the-real-science-experiments-that-inspired-frankenstein.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/07/th</span><span class="invisible">e-real-science-experiments-that-inspired-frankenstein.html</span></a></p><p>"Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"Promotional photo of Boris Karloff from The Bride of Frankenstein as Frankenstein's monster." - picryl.com

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<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>

Book cover for Phases: a Memoir by Brandy Norwood. Image on cover is a close-up photo of her face as she wears a blue silk garment and gazes thoughtfully off into the distance.

Book cover for Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Image on cover shows a train travelling along a train track next to a field of wheat. The image is warped, though, and has an unnatural bend to it.

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Three more books I bought during my employer's January sale of overstock: <br>- Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@Tomozaurus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tomozaurus</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mojoceratops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mojoceratops</span></a></span>), <br>- Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error<br>- and Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@themitpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>themitpress</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#Archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/massextinction/" rel="tag">#MassExtinction</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek, showing dark grey / blue hardcover book with a colour illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex, here reconstructed as a beefy dinosaur with a bulging skull, rather than a skinny reconstruction that shows the contours of bones.

In the middle, Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error, showing a white hardback with a colour photo of a polar bear across the bottom and a trilobite fossil across the top.

On the right, Rock, Bone, and Ruin, showing a yellow hardback with. Each word of the title is cut out of a black-and-white photo of a rock, the bones of a tail, and a ruin (what looks to be the Colosseum) .

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<p>My latest read: "A Bleak Remedy" by DS LaLonde - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're looking for a meaty horror novel with a fresh take on vampires, this one'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>

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<p>Quotes About Reading: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-about-reading/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-about-reading/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-quotes-about-reading/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#Quotes</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</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>

A tiny green cactus in a tiny white planter that is sitting on a white hardcover book on a wooden table.

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