<p>Happy July 3rd, first day of a holiday weekend here in the country FKA* U.S.A.</p><p>As mentioned, I plan to read a lot. At the ready:</p><p>ANXIETYLAND, a graphic novel I've been waiting for, by the talented Gemma Correll. Super relatable.</p><p>RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC, an obvious satire that I expect will be fun as long as the author doesn't try too hard (the golden rule of humor) by Ben Fountain</p><p>THE EVERLASTING, by the great Alix E. Harrow, who lets her imagination run free, and sweeps us up into a fizzy genre shakeup.</p><p>A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE, by Cadwell Turnbull, one of the most underrated authors I know. His use of allegory is so sly that it might slip your grasp at first, so you kind of have to think metaphorically. Also, this is the third book in a trilogy, not a standalone. </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/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p><p>*Formerly known as. Also the title of a funny dystopian novel that does not take itself seriously one bit, by Reed King, who is like a version of Jason Pargin, minus the gore.</p><p>Also, only two cover images, because the other two were kind of boring.</p>
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<p>First quote from Part Two of my story The Last Philosopher, I'm perticularly happy with this one 😊 </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> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/worldbuilding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>worldbuilding</span></a></span> <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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/workinprogress/" rel="tag">#WorkInProgress</a><br><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#Quote</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#Quotes</a> <a href="/tags/bookquote/" rel="tag">#BookQuote</a><br><a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#eBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a></p><p>Ebook of Part One available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a></p>
<p>After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Hold</p><p>“Force may subdue, but love gains”: The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becoming the hallmark of the Civil Rights movement</p><p>by Jeff MacGregor</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/concept-peaceful-disobedience-established-america-traveled-world-taking-hold-180988847/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/concept-peaceful-disobedience-established-america-traveled-world-taking-hold-180988847/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/concept-peaceful-disobedience-established-america-traveled-world-taking-hold-180988847/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f</span></a></p><p>Books by William Penn and Henry David Thoreau. at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8625" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8625"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/8625</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/54</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>
<p>Here is a new review of my <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, and hope it can nudge you to make a purchase.<br>“I enjoyed this novella. It has a delightful and satisfying ending, a main character that I wholly enjoyed meeting, and a lot of different points for discussion if read as a group.”</p><p>From Holly's Reading Escapades<br><a href="https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2026/06/book-review-blossoming-of-big-tree-by.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2026/06/book-review-blossoming-of-big-tree-by.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hollysreadingescapades.blogspo</span><span class="invisible">t.com/2026/06/book-review-blossoming-of-big-tree-by.html</span></a></p><p>To read a sample chapter and for links to buy the book, go here<br><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/novellas/th</span><span class="invisible">e-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</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></p>
<p>5 Important Characters in the Odyssey That Shape the Story</p><p>Following the Trojan War, Odysseus journeys home in the Odyssey. Five characters bring to life the vivid world that challenged and ultimately defined his return.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/characters-odyssey/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/characters-odyssey/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/character</span><span class="invisible">s-odyssey/</span></a></p><p>"Odyssey" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727</a></p><p>"Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso"</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
From Public Flogging to Flock Cameras: How the U.S. Justice System Evolved Over 250 Years
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1752 Frances Burney was born. She "was a novelist, diarist and playwright. In all, she wrote four novels, eight plays, one biography and twenty-five volumes of journals and letters. She has gained critical respect in her own right, but she foreshadowed such novelists of manners with a satirical bent as Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Burney" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Burney"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_</span><span class="invisible">Burney</span></a></p><p>Burney at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2010</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Step into 19th-century Ireland!</p><p>Forbidden love, family secrets, and a sweeping saga await in A Scarlet Woman. </p><p>Start reading The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series today in Kindle Unlimited. </p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a></p><p><a href="/tags/thefitzgeraldsofdublinseries/" rel="tag">#TheFitzgeraldsOfDublinSeries</a> <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/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/historicalromance/" rel="tag">#HistoricalRomance</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>How 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematician</p><p>by Scott Neuman</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5848013/algorithm-word-week-etymology" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5848013/algorithm-word-week-etymology"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">848013/algorithm-word-week-etymology</span></a></p><p>The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing at <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> <br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jabr" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jabr</a></p><p>The algebra of Mohammed ben Musa at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://archive.org/details/algebraofmohamme00khuwrich" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/algebraofmohamme00khuwrich"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/algebraofm</span><span class="invisible">ohamme00khuwrich</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>
<p>50% off at <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1543413" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1543413"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1543413</span></a><br>Also in Ebook omnibus (volumes 1-3): <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1742997</span></a></p><p>With the return of her arch-nemesis to the world in 1972, the Hunter literally goes to war, finding herself drawn to Vietnam, once more backed up by her demon-hunting allies, but as all that faced the horrors of the Vietnam War, she finds her time there trying and emotionally difficult.</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/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 Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s timeless masterpiece, has reached a historic milestone by becoming the world’s most translated book of fiction, with 600 translations to date!</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/thelittleprince/" rel="tag">#TheLittlePrince</a> <a href="/tags/exupery/" rel="tag">#Exupery</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</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/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> <a href="/tags/prince/" rel="tag">#prince</a> <a href="/tags/littleprince/" rel="tag">#littleprince</a> <a href="/tags/antoinedesaintexupery/" rel="tag">#antoinedesaintexupery</a></p>
<p>WTAF?? I had no idea this was going on. And in <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> too?? Wow - <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> is never good - <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> and <a href="/tags/freedomofchoice/" rel="tag">#freedomofchoice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#pride</a> <a href="/tags/plfag/" rel="tag">#PLFAG</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a>Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/wyoming-librarian-settlement-9.6935492" rel="nofollow">www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/wyoming-librarian-settlement-9.6935492" rel="nofollow">Librarian fired after refusing...</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/euraknot/" rel="tag">#Euraknot</a>'s really interesting talk w/ <a href="/tags/pietroshakarian/" rel="tag">#PietroShakarian</a> about his book <a href="/tags/anastasmikoyan/" rel="tag">#AnastasMikoyan</a>: An Armenian Reformer in <a href="/tags/khrushchev/" rel="tag">#Khrushchev</a>'s Kremlin. </p><p>"How did he push for <a href="/tags/destalinization/" rel="tag">#destalinization</a> after the leader’s death in 1953, particularly on <a href="/tags/sovietnationalitypolicy/" rel="tag">#SovietNationalityPolicy</a>? Shakarian tells us that in the end, <a href="/tags/mikoyan/" rel="tag">#Mikoyan</a> was more than a survivor. He was a critical player in shaping the post-Stalinist <a href="/tags/sovietunion/" rel="tag">#SovietUnion</a>." </p><p><a href="https://www.euraknot.org/anastas-mikoyan/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euraknot.org/anastas-mikoyan/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.euraknot.org/anastas-mikoy</span><span class="invisible">an/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/soviethistory/" rel="tag">#SovietHistory</a> <a href="/tags/sovietarmenia/" rel="tag">#SovietArmenia</a> <a href="/tags/armenia/" rel="tag">#Armenia</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>
<p>The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping 19th-century Irish family saga. Follow Will and Isobel through struggles, secrets, and choices that test their love and loyalty in a changing Ireland.</p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsSeries" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/FitzgeraldsSeries</a><br>Other Retailers - <a href="https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-sc</span><span class="invisible">arlet-woman</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/thefitzgeraldsofdublinseries/" rel="tag">#TheFitzgeraldsOfDublinSeries</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</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>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</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/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smahswords/" rel="tag">#Smahswords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1944006" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1944006"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1944006</span></a></p><p>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>"The bombing runs may be quieter, but the bulldozers roar on. <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> is tearing up homes, orchards, schools and hospitals, then flattening the rubble to erase the memory that Palestinian life was ever there. <br>"To understand this architecture of death, Richard Hames spoke to <a href="/tags/eyalweizman/" rel="tag">#EyalWeizman</a>, author of <a href="/tags/ungrounding/" rel="tag">#Ungrounding</a>: The Architecture of Genocide and founder of <a href="/tags/forensicarchitecture/" rel="tag">#ForensicArchitecture</a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPGKCuiSOgg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPGKCuiSOgg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPGKCu</span><span class="invisible">iSOgg</span></a><br><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/statecrime/" rel="tag">#stateCrime</a> <a href="/tags/infographics/" rel="tag">#infographics</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
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A concerned <a href="/tags/gracieofwales/" rel="tag">#GracieofWales</a> wondering if it's midnight snack time just yet. <a href="/tags/caturday/" rel="tag">#caturday</a> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><a href="/tags/blackcatenergy/" rel="tag">#blackcatenergy</a> <a href="/tags/cat/" rel="tag">#cat</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/cateyes/" rel="tag">#cateyes</a> <a href="/tags/katze/" rel="tag">#katze</a> <a href="/tags/katzen/" rel="tag">#katzen</a> <a href="/tags/blackcat/" rel="tag">#blackcat</a> <a href="/tags/schwarzekatze/" rel="tag">#schwarzekatze</a> <a href="/tags/blackcats/" rel="tag">#blackcats</a> <a href="/tags/schwarzekatzen/" rel="tag">#schwarzekatzen</a> <a href="/tags/housepanther/" rel="tag">#housepanther</a> <a href="/tags/voidcat/" rel="tag">#voidcat</a> <a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#catsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/catsofpixelfed/" rel="tag">#catsofpixelfed</a> <a href="/tags/fedicats/" rel="tag">#fedicats</a> <a href="/tags/catlovers/" rel="tag">#catlovers</a> <a href="/tags/caturday/" rel="tag">#caturday</a> <a href="/tags/blackcatpropaganda/" rel="tag">#blackcatpropaganda</a> <a href="/tags/nosy/" rel="tag">#nosy</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a>
<p>1. The Rose Field by <a href="/tags/philippullman/" rel="tag">#PhilipPullman</a>.</p><p>Disappointing conclusion to an uneven trilogy. Parts of it reminded me of His Dark Materials and not in a good way. More like, “This again?” It’s already an interesting story, why clutter it with repetitive elements or extraneous characters and subplots? Pullman poses interesting questions and explores ideas that are easily mapped onto the current shitshow that’s our world. But the answers and resolution are unsatisfying. Maybe my disgust at real life and need for answers makes me judge this too harshly. I might be up for a re-read later…</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
2025 Bingo Stats
Here’s the breakdown of 2025’s bingo!
Submissions are included in the stats as they were reported. In other words, while we do verify that works exist (as a side effect of compiling reading stats), we don’t check if they “count”. We also don’t police other aspects of the rules; we’re just happy you’re reading!
What got completed?
#### Cards
* 10 cards total (one person did two cards)
* 9 challenges completed
* review mode, 5 cards
* hard mode only, 2 cards
* regular mode only, 1 card
* TBR only, 1 card
#### Bingo Lines
* 85 bingos
* 5 cards with 12 bingos (“blackout”, all squares done)
* 1 with 10 bingos
* 1 with 7 bingos
* 1 with 5 bingos
* 1 with 3 bingos
* 1 with no bingos But they completed 10 squares, so that’s a win in my book!
* most completed bingos (each on 90% of cards): row 1, diagonal “&” (1A–5E)
* least completed bingo (on 50% of cards): column E
#### Squares
* 218 completed squares
* 201 squares contributed to a bingo (92.2% of completed squares)
* most completed squares (on 100% of cards): 1E (Now a Major Motion Picture), 3B (Title: [X] of [Y]), 3C (Off Your TBR Pile), 4D (Award Winner), 5E (Jerk with a Heart of Gold)
* least completed square (on 60% of cards): 3E (Saddle Up)
* least favorite square (according to survey): 2A (Independent Author)
* 106 completed hard mode squares (48.62% of completed squares)
* most completed hard modes (on 80% of cards): 5C (Late to the Party), 5E (Jerk with a Heart of Gold)
* least completed hard modes (on 20% of cards), excluding 5D (Cozy Read), which had no hard mode: 1A (Number in the Title), 1C (Featured Creature), 3A (Based on Folklore)
* 6 substituted squares (2.75% of completed squares)
* 50% of cards included a substitution (one person substituted twice): 4 were regular mode, 2 were hard mode
* no square was replaced more than once
* 1 square from 2024 (Water, Water Everywhere) was used as a substitution twice; the other squares used were Family Drama, It Takes Two, Older Than You Are, and There Is Another…
What did people read?
#### Works
Starred (*) categories have related squares this year.
* 208 unique works read (95.41% of completed squares)
* structure/length:
* 159 novel-length works (76.44% of unique works)
* 22 novellas* (10.58%)
* 16 prose anthologies or collections* (7.69%)
* 7 pictorial works (comics, graphic novels, manga, or picture books) (3.37%)
* 2 single short stories or essays* (0.96%)
* 2 verse works (epic poems, novels in verse, or dramatic verse) (0.96%)
* marketed audience:
* 171 adult works (82.21% of unique works)
* 29 YA works (13.94%)
* 8 middle grade works (3.85%)
* publishing:
* 195 traditionally published works (93.75% of unique works)
* 13 self-published works* (6.25%)
* original language:
* 193 English works* (92.79% of unique works)
* 15 non-English works* (read in the original language, or translated to English) (7.21%)
* series:
* 103 standalone works (49.52% of unique works)
* 55 works considered #1 in a series (26.44%)
* 50 prequels, sequels, or other works connected to a series (not #1) (24.04%)
#### Notable Content Tags
Works may be in multiple categories/subcategories. A space thriller with strong mystery and romance elements would be counted once for each of the following tags: speculative, space, suspenseful, mystery, thriller, and romantic.
Starred (*) tags have related squares this year.
* speculative: 147 (70.67% of unique works)
* general fantasy: 63 (30.29% of unique works)
* folklore*: 13 (6.25%)
* urban fantasy: 10 (4.91%)
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* space: 23 (11.06%)
* dystopian: 22 (10.58%)
* general scifi: 21 (10.1%)
* suspenseful: 82 (39.42%)
* mystery: 53 (25.48%)
* thriller: 31 (14.9%)
* horror/gothic: 29 (13.94%)
* war*: 11 (5.29%)
* espionage*: 5 (2.4%)
* historical: 37 (17.79%)
* literary/contemporary: 31 (14.9%)
* LGBTQIA+: 30 (14.42%)
* romantic: 29 (13.94%)
* nonfiction: 19 (9.13%)
* memoir: 8 (3.85%)
* cozy: 15 (7.21%)
* politics*: 13 (6.25%)
* feminism*: 7 (3.37%)
* social issues*: 7 (3.37%)
* humor: 11 (5.29%)
#### Publication Year
* before 1940: 6 (2.89% of unique works)
* 1940s: 1 (0.48%)
* 1950s: 5 (2.4%)
* 1960s: 9 (4.33%)
* 1970s: 2 (0.96%)
* 1980s: 9 (4.33%)
* 1990s: 7 (3.37%)
* 2000s: 18 (8.65%)
* 2010s: 68 (32.69%)
* 2020s: 83 (39.9%)
#### Most Read Titles
* 3 times: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
* 2 times:
* 1984 by George Orwell
* All Systems Red by Martha Wells
* Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
* The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
* A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
* Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
* Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
* Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
#### Most Read Authors
Starred (*) authors were on the list last year, too.
* 6 works: Brandon Sanderson, Martha Wells
* 5 works: Suzanne Collins
* 4 works: Pierce Brown, John Scalzi
* 3 works: Becky Chambers*, T. Kingfisher, Sarah J. Maas, Nnedi Okorafor*
#### Historical Read Time Periods
* pre-1000s: 2
* “medieval”: 1 Couldn’t find a more exact century for this one.
* 1000s: 0
* 1100s: 0
* 1200s: 0
* 1300s: 1
* 1400s: 2
* 1500s: 0
* 1600s: 0
* 1700s: 3
* 1800s: 12
* 1900s: 16
What about specific squares (and participation)?
#### Judge a Book by Its Cover
A few of these had multiple covers; I hope I chose the right one for the graphic!
* Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot
* The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
* The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
* The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
* Lute by Jennifer Thorne
* My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
* Soul Eater by Lily Mayne
* Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories by qntm
* The Wager by David Grann
#### Author from Another Continent
* 8 unique works
* 3 from Asia (37.5%)
* 3 from Europe (37.5%)
* 1 from North America (12.5%)
* 1 from Oceania (12.5%)
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#### Participation
* 9 people submitted cards
* 6 returning participants, 3 new
* 50% increase in Fediverse participation from last year
* 13 people joined the Storygraph challenge
* 4 returning participants, 9 new
* 85.71% increase in Storygraph participation from last year
FeedbackThere were a couple of pieces of feedback we got at turn-in that we wanted to share our thoughts on:
Firstly, Independent Author was ranked the most difficult or disliked square for 2025. We’re definitely going to be looking at making it more accessible going forward.
Also, someone asked if we’d consider using Bookwyrm for future challenges. We absolutely like the idea of spreading bingo to more reading sites, but we don’t want to stretch ourselves too thin. Instead, our hope is that the community may eventually step in to provide resources like this (and maybe even take over the Storygraph challenge someday)! We’re happy to coordinate with projects, whether Bookwyrm lists, tracking spreadsheets, online tools, more discussion threads, or anything else you think might be helpful; just let us know.
(In case you’re wondering, the yearly list of book suggestions is actually a by-product of playtesting squares to make sure they’re doable! Storygraph has just always been the fastest, easiest way for us to share that work as a community resource.)
If you’d like to help make bingo, chat about resources, alert us to something cool you made for the challenge, or give feedback, please do comment here or DM me ( @misericordiae@literature.cafe ) or Jaymes ( @JaymesRS@piefed.world )!
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<p>Here’s the breakdown of <a href="https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.world/post/28953205" rel="nofollow">2025’s bingo</a>!</p><p>Submissions are included in the stats as they were reported. In other words, while we do verify that works exist (as a side effect of compiling reading stats), we don’t check if they “count”. We also don’t police other aspects of the rules; we’re just happy you’re reading!</p>What got completed?<p>#### Cards* 10 cards total (one person did two cards)* 9 challenges completed* review mode, 5 cards* hard mode only, 2 cards* regular mode only, 1 card* TBR only, 1 card#### Bingo Lines* 85 bingos* 5 cards with 12 bingos (“blackout”, all squares done)* 1 with 10 bingos* 1 with 7 bingos* 1 with 5 bingos* 1 with 3 bingos* 1 with no bingos But they completed 10 squares, so that’s a win in my book!* most completed bingos (each on 90% of cards): row 1, diagonal “&” (1A–5E)* least completed bingo (on 50% of cards): column E#### Squares* 218 completed squares* 201 squares contributed to a bingo (92.2% of completed squares)* most completed squares (on 100% of cards): 1E (Now a Major Motion Picture), 3B (Title: [X] of [Y]), 3C (Off Your TBR Pile), 4D (Award Winner), 5E (Jerk with a Heart of Gold)* least completed square (on 60% of cards): 3E (Saddle Up)* least favorite square (according to survey): 2A (Independent Author)* 106 completed hard mode squares (48.62% of completed squares)* most completed hard modes (on 80% of cards): 5C (Late to the Party), 5E (Jerk with a Heart of Gold)* least completed hard modes (on 20% of cards), excluding 5D (Cozy Read), which had no hard mode: 1A (Number in the Title), 1C (Featured Creature), 3A (Based on Folklore)* 6 substituted squares (2.75% of completed squares)* 50% of cards included a substitution (one person substituted twice): 4 were regular mode, 2 were hard mode* no square was replaced more than once* 1 square from 2024 (Water, Water Everywhere) was used as a substitution twice; the other squares used were Family Drama, It Takes Two, Older Than You Are, and There Is Another…</p>What did people read?<p>#### WorksStarred (*) categories have related squares this year.* 208 unique works read (95.41% of completed squares)* structure/length:* 159 novel-length works (76.44% of unique works)* 22 novellas* (10.58%)* 16 prose anthologies or collections* (7.69%)* 7 pictorial works (comics, graphic novels, manga, or picture books) (3.37%)* 2 single short stories or essays* (0.96%)* 2 verse works (epic poems, novels in verse, or dramatic verse) (0.96%)* marketed audience:* 171 adult works (82.21% of unique works)* 29 YA works (13.94%)* 8 middle grade works (3.85%)* publishing:* 195 traditionally published works (93.75% of unique works)* 13 self-published works* (6.25%)* original language:* 193 English works* (92.79% of unique works)* 15 non-English works* (read in the original language, or translated to English) (7.21%)* series:* 103 standalone works (49.52% of unique works)* 55 works considered <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a> in a series (26.44%)* 50 prequels, sequels, or other works connected to a series (not <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a>) (24.04%)#### Notable Content TagsWorks may be in multiple categories/subcategories. A space thriller with strong mystery and romance elements would be counted once for each of the following tags: speculative, space, suspenseful, mystery, thriller, and romantic.Starred (*) tags have related squares this year.* speculative: 147 (70.67% of unique works)* general fantasy: 63 (30.29% of unique works)* folklore*: 13 (6.25%)* urban fantasy: 10 (4.91%)<br>__* space: 23 (11.06%)* dystopian: 22 (10.58%)* general scifi: 21 (10.1%)* suspenseful: 82 (39.42%)* mystery: 53 (25.48%)* thriller: 31 (14.9%)* horror/gothic: 29 (13.94%)* war*: 11 (5.29%)* espionage*: 5 (2.4%)* historical: 37 (17.79%)* literary/contemporary: 31 (14.9%)* LGBTQIA+: 30 (14.42%)* romantic: 29 (13.94%)* nonfiction: 19 (9.13%)* memoir: 8 (3.85%)* cozy: 15 (7.21%)* politics*: 13 (6.25%)* feminism*: 7 (3.37%)* social issues*: 7 (3.37%)* humor: 11 (5.29%)#### Publication Year* before 1940: 6 (2.89% of unique works)* 1940s: 1 (0.48%)* 1950s: 5 (2.4%)* 1960s: 9 (4.33%)* 1970s: 2 (0.96%)* 1980s: 9 (4.33%)* 1990s: 7 (3.37%)* 2000s: 18 (8.65%)* 2010s: 68 (32.69%)* 2020s: 83 (39.9%)#### Most Read Titles* 3 times: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi* 2 times:* 1984 by George Orwell* All Systems Red by Martha Wells* Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree* The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune* A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers* Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz* Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins* Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko#### Most Read AuthorsStarred (*) authors were on the list last year, too.* 6 works: Brandon Sanderson, Martha Wells* 5 works: Suzanne Collins* 4 works: Pierce Brown, John Scalzi* 3 works: Becky Chambers*, T. Kingfisher, Sarah J. Maas, Nnedi Okorafor*#### Historical Read Time Periods* pre-1000s: 2* “medieval”: 1 Couldn’t find a more exact century for this one.* 1000s: 0* 1100s: 0* 1200s: 0* 1300s: 1* 1400s: 2* 1500s: 0* 1600s: 0* 1700s: 3* 1800s: 12* 1900s: 16</p>What about specific squares (and participation)?<p>#### Judge a Book by Its CoverA few of these had multiple covers; I hope I chose the right one for the graphic!* Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot* The Grip of It by Jac Jemc* The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy* The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James* Lute by Jennifer Thorne* My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine* Soul Eater by Lily Mayne* Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories by qntm* The Wager by David Grann#### Author from Another Continent* 8 unique works* 3 from Asia (37.5%)* 3 from Europe (37.5%)* 1 from North America (12.5%)* 1 from Oceania (12.5%)__#### Participation* 9 people submitted cards* 6 returning participants, 3 new* 50% increase in Fediverse participation from last year* 13 people joined the Storygraph challenge* 4 returning participants, 9 new* 85.71% increase in Storygraph participation from last year</p>Feedback<p>There were a couple of pieces of feedback we got at turn-in that we wanted to share our thoughts on:Firstly, Independent Author was ranked the most difficult or disliked square for 2025. We’re definitely going to be looking at making it more accessible going forward.Also, someone asked if we’d consider using Bookwyrm for future challenges. We absolutely like the idea of spreading bingo to more reading sites, but we don’t want to stretch ourselves too thin. Instead, our hope is that the community may eventually step in to provide resources like this (and maybe even take over the Storygraph challenge someday)! We’re happy to coordinate with projects, whether Bookwyrm lists, tracking spreadsheets, online tools, more discussion threads, or anything else you think might be helpful; just let us know.(In case you’re wondering, the yearly list of book suggestions is actually a by-product of playtesting squares to make sure they’re doable! Storygraph has just always been the fastest, easiest way for us to share that work as a community resource.)If you’d like to help make bingo, chat about resources, alert us to something cool you made for the challenge, or give feedback, please do comment here or DM me ( @misericordiae@literature.cafe ) or Jaymes ( @JaymesRS@piefed.world )!</p><p>__</p><p>Data Visualization Font Credits: <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/parchment" rel="nofollow">Parchment</a>, by Photo-Lettering, Inc.; <a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans" rel="nofollow">Noto Sans</a>, by <a href="https://github.com/notofonts/latin-greek-cyrillic" rel="nofollow">the Noto Project authors</a>.</p><p>2025 Bingo Stats</p><p><a href="https://literature.cafe/post/33895295" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>literature.cafe/post/33895295</a></p>
<p>Black Bag. By Luke Kennard.</p><p>You are a struggling actor, and you take a gig where you wear a black bag and sit silently in a Psychology class twice a week, only you find you want to wear it more frequently, which of course leads to sexual encounters and a monetization scheme that maybe goes against the potential of black bag to reframe masculinity.</p><p>4 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/men/" rel="tag">#men</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a> <a href="/tags/actors/" rel="tag">#actors</a> <a href="/tags/bags/" rel="tag">#bags</a></p>
Edited 60d ago
<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1516062" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1516062"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1516062</span></a><br>Also in Ebook omnibus (volumes 1-3): <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/1742997" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/1742997"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/17429</span><span class="invisible">97</span></a></p><p>She’s small and cute, but this half-demon New Yorker lives to exterminate demons, because they murdered her parents. The demonic curse preventing her from saying anything but “it’s a secret” only fuels her desire for revenge.</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/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>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://eggplant.place/book/19S46CxyGO1rs9jDU3VmXA" rel="nofollow">Alien Clay</a> <br>👍</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a><br></p>