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<p><a href="/tags/introductions/" rel="tag">#introductions</a> <br>Thought i&#x27;d give the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> another go. I&#x27;m an <a href="/tags/occupationaltherapist/" rel="tag">#occupationaltherapist</a> living in <a href="/tags/cornwall/" rel="tag">#cornwall</a>. I work in <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> and also do <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> assessments. I&#x27;m a keen amateur photographer mostly taking photos with my phone at the moment. I&#x27;d love to connect with people on here. My interests are <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/walking/" rel="tag">#walking</a> <a href="/tags/countryside/" rel="tag">#countryside</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="/tags/scandinavia/" rel="tag">#scandinavia</a> <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/antifascist/" rel="tag">#antifascist</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a></p>

<p>Book Promotion: Sci-Fi &amp; <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> books on Kindle Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 59 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you to read free on KU. Read my <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</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://books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fa</span><span class="invisible">ntasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9</span></a></p>

<p>Hokusai’s Manga, 1814-1878 – 15 Books of Everything</p><p>In 1811, Japanese artist Hokusai Katsushika began work on his Hokusai Manga (curious drawings) and various etehon</p><p>By Sheldon D. </p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/hokusais-manga-1814-1878-15-books-of-everything-483067/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hokusais-manga-1814-1878-15-books-of-everything#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/hokusais-manga-1814-1878-15-books-of-everything-483067/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hokusais-manga-1814-1878-15-books-of-everything#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/hokusais-manga-18</span><span class="invisible">14-1878-15-books-of-everything-483067/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hokusais-manga-1814-1878-15-books-of-everything#</span></a></p><p>Hokusai at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Hokusai+Katsushika" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Hokusai+Katsushika"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Hokusai+Katsushika</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#Manga</a></p>

<p>Book Promotion: First <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> in a series on <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> </p><p>A collection of 87 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you. Read my <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#ku</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</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://books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-jun/237l8a2cxw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-jun/237l8a2cxw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-j</span><span class="invisible">un/237l8a2cxw</span></a></p>

<p>Satantango. By László Krasznahorkai. translated by George Szirtes.</p><p>You are villagers in a very small Hungarian community and you all distrust each other, including your spouses, to the point that you pin all your hopes and plans on a stranger you also don’t trust, but since he has a tiny bit more power than you all do, you are willing to do whatever he says.</p><p>3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> <a href="/tags/hungary/" rel="tag">#Hungary</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>

<p>I wrote about a Tech Bro that had to invade my offline life, and a quiet indie bookstore, and then I just had enough so had to fight him. <a href="https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-bookstore-hope/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-bookstore-hope/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sightlessscribbles.com/posts/t</span><span class="invisible">he-bookstore-hope/</span></a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstore/" rel="tag">#Bookstore</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#Blog</a> <a href="/tags/blogs/" rel="tag">#Blogs</a></p>

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<p>Growling in a corner: Samuel Johnson’s lost years</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/growling-in-a-corner-samuel-johnsons" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/growling-in-a-corner-samuel-johnsons"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/growl</span><span class="invisible">ing-in-a-corner-samuel-johnsons</span></a></p><p>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></p>

<p>On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family</p><p>Deborah Lutz Considers the Impact of a Brother’s Absence</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/on-the-death-of-branwell-bronte-and-the-shadow-of-grief-it-cast-upon-his-literary-family/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/on-the-death-of-branwell-bronte-and-the-shadow-of-grief-it-cast-upon-his-literary-family/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/on-the-death-of-bra</span><span class="invisible">nwell-bronte-and-the-shadow-of-grief-it-cast-upon-his-literary-family/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>Charlotte:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/408</span></a></p><p>Emily:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/405" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/405"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/405</span></a></p><p>Ann:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/404" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/404"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/404</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Dundee Book Festival 2026<br>19–21 June</p><p>Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Dundee Book Festival, a celebration of Scotland’s writers, storytellers, &amp; people</p><p><a href="https://dundeebookfestival.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>dundeebookfestival.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dundee/" rel="tag">#Dundee</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a></p>

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<p>A.A. Milne&#x27;s crossword-puzzle heart in the Hundred Acre Wood</p><p>A hundred years of Winnie-the-Pooh</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/aa-milnes-crossword-puzzle-heart" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/aa-milnes-crossword-puzzle-heart"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/aa-mi</span><span class="invisible">lnes-crossword-puzzle-heart</span></a></p><p>Winnie-the-Pooh (illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/book_illustration/" rel="tag">#Book_illustration</a></p>

<p>Book Review: Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade<br>Come for the lightsabers, stay for the intense analysis of alienation<br>Alex Wallace has our review at the Blog<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-inquisitor-rise-of-red-blade.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-inquisitor-rise-of-red-blade.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-inquisitor-rise-of-red-blade.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</a></p><p>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.</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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Reading a Storybook by James Tissot (1878-79)</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <br><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/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a></p>

<p>Let&#x27;s test a new feature on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> </p><p>Collection of <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> accounts - <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/collections/116554424839753061" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/collections/116554424839753061"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/collections/11</span><span class="invisible">6554424839753061</span></a> </p><p>Let&#x27;s help book content spread on the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a><br>Thanks for all the follows, stars and boosts!</p><p>p.s. If you post mainly about books - write a comment and I will add you to this <a href="/tags/collection/" rel="tag">#collection</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/collections/" rel="tag">#collections</a> <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#fedi</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/booklover/" rel="tag">#booklover</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#booktok</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/booktwt/" rel="tag">#booktwt</a></p>

<p>Jonathan Swift’s Frustrated Humor</p><p>On the three-hundredth anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, Swift’s satire of his own society is remarkably relevant.</p><p>By Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/literature/jonathan-swifts-frustrated-humor" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/literature/jonathan-swifts-frustrated-humor"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.plough.com/en/topics/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re/literature/jonathan-swifts-frustrated-humor</span></a></p><p>Gulliver&#x27;s Travels at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65473" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65473</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926, C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien meet for the first time. </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-may-11-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-may-11-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-may-1</span><span class="invisible">1-2026/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>Lewis:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/782" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/782"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/782</span></a></p><p>Tolkien <br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/42379</span></a></p><p>Tolkien </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/AshenBladesOpen</span><span class="invisible">Wounds</span></a></p><p>The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.</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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>The Golden Bough is a fantastical object in the Aeneid, an epic poem by the 1st century BCE Roman poet Virgil. The Trojan hero Aeneas is tasked to find the bough and remove it from its host tree to prove his divine favour before his journey into the Underworld.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bough_(Aeneid)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bough_(Aeneid)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_B</span><span class="invisible">ough_(Aeneid)</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span> </p><p>There are several versions of Aeneid at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Aeneid</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>

<p>A sweeping saga of family, loyalty, and secrets that shape generations.</p><p>Set against the rich backdrop of 19th-century Ireland, The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series explores love, sacrifice, and the ties that bind.</p><p>📚️ Books 1–9 available in box sets<br>📖 Free with Kindle Unlimited</p><p>Discover the series - <a href="http://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</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>Happy National Limerick Day!</p><p>A limerick is a five-line humorous poem with a distinct AABBA rhyme scheme and a bouncy rhythm.</p><p>Edward Lear (born today) popularised the form in the 19th century, frequently using them in his <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> of Nonsense.</p><p>What is your favourite limerick? Feel free to share 😉</p><p><a href="/tags/limerick/" rel="tag">#limerick</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/limerickday/" rel="tag">#LimerickDay</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <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/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/poetrycommunity/" rel="tag">#poetrycommunity</a> <a href="/tags/poet/" rel="tag">#poet</a> <a href="/tags/edwardlear/" rel="tag">#EdwardLear</a> <a href="/tags/poetrysky/" rel="tag">#PoetrySky</a> <a href="/tags/poetrylovers/" rel="tag">#poetrylovers</a> <a href="/tags/poemaday/" rel="tag">#poemaday</a></p>