<p>I have been keeping a list of all books read since 1990. Many other people do. What surprised me, however: I read a lot more books per year but more rarely find one that impresses me. And I think I choose more selectively now. <br>Same with you? <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>
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<p>‘The Queen of the Ghetto’ Gave New York’s Immigrant Community a Voice. A Century Later, It’s Re-emerging</p><p>Anzia Yezierska wrote from experience then worked hard to make sure her work found an audience. Then a new audience found her</p><p>by Fred Nadis</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/queen-ghetto-gave-new-york-immigrant-community-voice-century-later-reemerging-180988409/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/queen-ghetto-gave-new-york-immigrant-community-voice-century-later-reemerging-180988409/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cu</span><span class="invisible">lture/queen-ghetto-gave-new-york-immigrant-community-voice-century-later-reemerging-180988409/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Women immigrants at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2680" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2680"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/2680</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Then all of a sudden, with a joy that I had not known within myself, I said: “If you want to spend the rest of your life listening and watching this nonsense, that’s up to you, but just now I’ve realized I want to spend my life doing something beautiful.” -- from 'The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen' by Shokoofeh Azar; (translator is anonymous for security reasons)</p><p><a href="/tags/wednesdaybookquote/" rel="tag">#WednesdayBookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingjournal/" rel="tag">#ReadingJournal</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>Groundbreaking Novel Ranked Among ‘Best Books of All Time’ Turns 307 Years Old</p><p><a href="https://parade.com/news/groundbreaking-novel-ranked-among-best-books-of-all-time-turns-307-years-old" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="parade.com/news/groundbreaking-novel-ranked-among-best-books-of-all-time-turns-307-years-old"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">parade.com/news/groundbreaking</span><span class="invisible">-novel-ranked-among-best-books-of-all-time-turns-307-years-old</span></a></p><p>Robinson Crusoe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70841" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70841</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>I'm going to be in Europe soon, and I'm looking for good SF/F books that might not have reached Australia. What do you have?<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>
<p>Does reading do us any good?</p><p>Stripped of easy moralising, literature makes us relish the search for truth in an age when many believe truth to be dead</p><p>by Flora Champy</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-literature-as-the-key-to-personal-freedom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-literature-as-the-key-to-personal-freedom"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-lit</span><span class="invisible">erature-as-the-key-to-personal-freedom</span></a></p><p>Classics of Literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/649" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/649"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/649</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Seeking a multi-book eReader for Android (tablet), that can open 4 (or more) books at the same time. Mostly EPUB or MOBI, or PDF if I must. </p><p>Can you help? Can you boost to someone who can? 🙏👍😀</p><p><a href="/tags/fedibook/" rel="tag">#FediBook</a> <a href="/tags/ereader/" rel="tag">#eReader</a> <a href="/tags/epub/" rel="tag">#epub</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>
<p>I just learned that the last saturday of April celebrates Indie Bookstore Day. </p><p>So, please buy your books from Indie stores. <br>Yes, even if they don't have dragons 😜😁 </p><p><a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#Indie</a> <a href="/tags/bookstore/" rel="tag">#Bookstore</a> <a href="/tags/independentbookstoreday/" rel="tag">#IndependentBookstoreDay</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p><p>My book is available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a></p>
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<p>The many literary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft – author of novels, travel writing and children’s books</p><p>Wollstonecraft’s literary career was dedicated to questioning power, society and the roles assigned to women.</p><p>by Aditi Upmanyu</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-many-literary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-author-of-novels-travel-writing-and-childrens-books-279885?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388+CID_a5f7e1691899811906f2c3a5b8213e91&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20many%20literary%20lives%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20%20author%20of%20novels%20travel%20writing%20and%20childrens%20books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-many-literary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-author-of-novels-travel-writing-and-childrens-books-279885?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388+CID_a5f7e1691899811906f2c3a5b8213e91&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20many%20literary%20lives%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20%20author%20of%20novels%20travel%20writing%20and%20childrens%20books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-many-l</span><span class="invisible">iterary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-author-of-novels-travel-writing-and-childrens-books-279885?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388+CID_a5f7e1691899811906f2c3a5b8213e91&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20many%20literary%20lives%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20%20author%20of%20novels%20travel%20writing%20and%20childrens%20books</span></a></p><p>Mary Wollstonecraft at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/84</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#womeninart</a></p>
<p>World's largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems now available to everyone</p><p>by Rachel Gordon, edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-world-largest-olympiad-math-problems.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2026-04-world-largest-olympiad-math-problems.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2026-04-world-la</span><span class="invisible">rgest-olympiad-math-problems.html</span></a></p><p>Mathematics at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/102" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/102"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/102</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6ipPgeHSuAHm6IjLoAqTy1" rel="nofollow">The Windup Girl</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Paolo Bacigalupi.</p><p>In a dystopian future, Thailand has maintained independence despite rampant genetically-modified diseases destroying both humans & crops and fossil fuels becoming near unattainable. Western capitalists connive to inflame internal tensions and trigger a favourable coup, but in a world under so much tension, chaos reigns. A great choice of alternative perspectives highlighting the complexity of a society under strain, and the lack of any good choices.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>
<p>2025 Nobel Prize winner, Laszlo Krasznahorkai writes about collapse, fear, absurdity, and the strange comedy of human behavior when the world feels close to breaking apart.<br>His novels are famous for their long hypnotic sentences.</p><p>A perfect place to start is Satantango or The Melancholy of Resistance.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/krasznahorkai/" rel="tag">#Krasznahorkai</a> <a href="/tags/nobelprize/" rel="tag">#nobelprize</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</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> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> <a href="/tags/absurdity/" rel="tag">#absurdity</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/satantango/" rel="tag">#satantango</a> <a href="/tags/melancholy/" rel="tag">#melancholy</a></p>
<p>Books may do more than entertain us. </p><p>A large study using Health and Retirement Study data found that people who read <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> had a survival advantage compared with non-book <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a>, even after adjusting for factors like age, <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a>, health, and wealth. </p><p>Strong evidence that <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> is associated with living better and longer.</p><p>Source: A chapter a day: Association of book reading with <a href="/tags/longevity/" rel="tag">#longevity</a>. <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/booklover/" rel="tag">#booklover</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</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>
<p>Finished up GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES, by Samanta Schweblin. I've rated it 4 out of 5 stars. MOUTHFUL OF BIRDS is still my favorite collection, that turned me on to her unique approach to horror stories. </p><p>The thing she does that is so different is that she makes the reader hyperaware of what *could* have happened, in addition to what actually happened. It adds a layer of unease. The characters feal real, and so does their panic.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a></p>
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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</a><br>Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/th</span><span class="invisible">e-book-of-newts-starwitch</span></a></p><p>The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…</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> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a></p>
<p>📚 Trouble with Lichen by: John Wyndham</p><p>Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realizing the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an oppo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/trouble-with-lichen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/trouble-with-lichen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/trouble-wi</span><span class="invisible">th-lichen</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/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/geneticengineering/" rel="tag">#geneticengineering</a></p>
Im looking for a book or an essay, I forget the title and author tho. It is about a failing economy and the only recourse is to eat the childeren. I want to say its Swift but can't remember can u help
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<p>Cover Reveal! Here is our next book, which opens for pre-orders soon, and it is a reprint of what some scholars say is a landmark publication, the first single-author collection of speculative stories from an African author (based on the continent and in contemporary times, we believe). First published in 2014, it went out of print when the original publisher folded. We are proud to bring it back to life!</p><p><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/blog/cover-reveal-a-killing-in-the-sun/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/blog/cover-reveal-a-killing-in-the-sun/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/blog/cover-</span><span class="invisible">reveal-a-killing-in-the-sun/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#sciFi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a></p>
<p>Today is the birthday of John Fowles, and it feels like a good moment to return to a writer who made novels feel intimate, troubling, and alive.</p><p>His books do not leave the reader untouched. They linger. They raise questions about love, freedom, illusion, loneliness, and the stories people tell themselves just to keep going.</p><p>If you have read him, which book stays with you most?</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <br><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></p>
<p>Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read a Book: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-buzzwords-or-phrases-that-make-me-want-to-read-a-book/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-buzzwords-or-phrases-that-make-me-want-to-read-a-book/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-buzzwords-or-phrases-that-make-me-want-to-read-a-book/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>The 100 greatest British novels</p><p>BBC Culture polled book critics outside the UK, to give an outsider’s perspective on the best in British literature. (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20151204-the-100-greatest-british-novels" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20151204-the-100-greatest-british-novels"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/</span><span class="invisible">20151204-the-100-greatest-british-novels</span></a></p><p>Some of the are available in our catalog:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Robert Frost at Midlife</p><p>In his poems for The Yale Review, the poet reckoned with mortality, imperfection, and the limits of form</p><p>by Kamran Javadizadeh</p><p><a href="https://yalereview.org/article/kamran-javadizadeh-robert-frost?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KNPFNHND5AN53W9YE3E0G0Z2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="yalereview.org/article/kamran-javadizadeh-robert-frost?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KNPFNHND5AN53W9YE3E0G0Z2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yalereview.org/article/kamran-</span><span class="invisible">javadizadeh-robert-frost?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KNPFNHND5AN53W9YE3E0G0Z2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Robert Frost at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1091</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>
The Bloodhounds of Zirth by Lloyd Palmer <br><br><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64527" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64527</a><br><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifiart/" rel="tag">#scifiart</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefictionart/" rel="tag">#sciencefictionart</a> <a href="/tags/retro/" rel="tag">#retro</a> <a href="/tags/retrofuturism/" rel="tag">#retrofuturism</a> <a href="/tags/pulpfiction/" rel="tag">#pulpfiction</a> <a href="/tags/pulp/" rel="tag">#pulp</a> <a href="/tags/bookart/" rel="tag">#bookart</a> <a href="/tags/bookcovers/" rel="tag">#bookcovers</a> <a href="/tags/coverart/" rel="tag">#coverart</a>
<p>My thoughts on PYTHON'S KISS: Stories, by Louise Erdrich. 4 out of 5 stars. </p><p>I first learned of Erdrich by reading the Pulitzter Prize winning THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, a novel about the fight against Native American dispossession. Erdrich is an Indigenous author who crafts purposeful storytelling. I was hooked. But then, I could not connect with her next novel. So, I figured I'd try again with PYTHON'S KISS, and Wow! These are some very inventive stories. I was mesmerized by nearly all of them. Only two seemed to lack the punch of the others. I can certainly live with that. </p><p>Erdrich knows how to create a setting that draws you in, with quirky characters whom you can care about, so their eventual anguish really resonates. The themes are dark, but they also feel real, even when the circumstances may feel utterly unfamiliar. A worthwhile read.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a></p>
<p>Today is (the very first) National Black Bookstore day!</p><p>Celebrate with a treat from a Black-owned indie bookstore.</p><p>Brittany Allen</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/today-is-the-very-first-national-black-bookstore-day/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/today-is-the-very-first-national-black-bookstore-day/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/today-is-the-very-f</span><span class="invisible">irst-national-black-bookstore-day/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/blacklivesmatter/" rel="tag">#blacklivesmatter</a> <a href="/tags/nationalblackbookstoreday/" rel="tag">#NationalBlackBookstoreDay</a></p>