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<p>Charles Brockden Brown Declares Independence</p><p>Ed Simon explores Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland; or, The Transformation: An American Tale, often considered the first American Gothic novel.</p><p>By Ed Simon</p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/07/20/charles-brockden-brown-declares-independence/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KY2BG97GH10QY0WN9JSBXNW6&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/07/20/charles-brockden-brown-declares-independence/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KY2BG97GH10QY0WN9JSBXNW6&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theparisreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">26/07/20/charles-brockden-brown-declares-independence/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KY2BG97GH10QY0WN9JSBXNW6&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books by Charles Brockden Brown (including Wieland) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/416" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/416"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/416</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Engraving of American writer Charles Brockden Brown. From The Life of Charles Brockden Brown by William Dunlap. Published by James P. Parke, 1815.

This is an engraving portrait of Charles Brockden Brown, an early American novelist, shown wearing early 19th-century formal attire with a large white cravat and dark coat, set against a draped curtain background.

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<p>The Letters of Heloise: Love, Learning, and Life as a Medieval Woman</p><p>Heloise’s letters reveal a medieval woman caught between enduring love, religious duty, and the expectations of her age. Andrea Maraschi explores how they also showcase her remarkable learning and her willingness to express thoughts and emotions rarely preserved in medieval women’s writing.</p><p>By Andrea Maraschi</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/07/the-letters-of-heloise-love-learning-and-life-as-a-medieval-woman/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/07/the-letters-of-heloise-love-learning-and-life-as-a-medieval-woman/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/07/t</span><span class="invisible">he-letters-of-heloise-love-learning-and-life-as-a-medieval-woman/</span></a></p><p>Letters of Heloise at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Letters+of+Heloise" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Letters+of+Heloise"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Letters+of+Heloise</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Abelard and Héloïse in a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose (14th century).

It is showing a man in a pink/orange robe kneeling and gesturing toward a woman in black nun's habit, both with raised hands in a conversational or devotional pose, set against a decorative patterned background with fleur-de-lis motifs.

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<p>📚 Wonder by: R. J. Palacio</p><p>I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.</p><p>August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/wonder" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/wonder</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/disabilities/" rel="tag">#disabilities</a></p>

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie’s point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope.

R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME. Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird.

And don't miss R.J. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available

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<p>Books I Wish I’d Discovered Sooner: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-i-wish-id-discovered-sooner/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-i-wish-id-discovered-sooner/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-week</span><span class="invisible">ly-blogging-challenge-books-i-wish-id-discovered-sooner/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/wednesdayweeklybloggingchallenge/" rel="tag">#WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

Book cover for Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery. Image on cover shows Anne in a long blue dress that does not have a bustle. She’s looking off to the side with a serious and slightly sad expression on her face as she stands in front of her new home and a small grove of trees around it.

Book cover for The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, #5) by Jean M. Auel. Image on cover shows a drawing of a running horse on a cave wall.

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<p>"Masked federal agents are kidnapping and killing our neighbors, on the streets and behind the bars of hundreds of <a href="/tags/detentioncenters/" rel="tag">#detentionCenters</a> across the country. In <a href="/tags/howtocloseacamp/" rel="tag">#HowToCloseACamp</a>, award-winning journalist and translator <a href="/tags/johnwashington/" rel="tag">#JohnWashington</a> offers a galvanizing, clear-eyed case for why we must close these camps—and how to do it." </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC8lvGHp8TM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC8lvGHp8TM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC8lvG</span><span class="invisible">Hp8TM</span></a><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigrantdetention/" rel="tag">#immigrantDetention</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/icedetention/" rel="tag">#ICEdetention</a> <a href="/tags/staterepression/" rel="tag">#stateRepression</a> <a href="/tags/immigrantrights/" rel="tag">#immigrantRights</a> <a href="/tags/racializedcommunities/" rel="tag">#racializedCommunities</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</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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<p>📚 Navola by: Paolo Bacigalupi</p><p>In the bustling city-state of Navola, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family has nurtured their merchant-banking empire. Though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth buys cities and topples kingdoms, and no one obstructs them twice.<br>Soo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/navola" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/navola</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/epicfiction/" rel="tag">#epicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

In the bustling city-state of Navola, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family has nurtured their merchant-banking empire. Though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth buys cities and topples kingdoms, and no one obstructs them twice.
Soon, Davico di Regulai, sole heir to the di Regulai fortune, must take his place beside his father and prove himself worthy of his name. But Davico’s heart is soft where it should be hard. He prefers sunlit hills and green-dappled forests to the shadowy plots of his family. And something else beckons him. A fossil dragon eye, an ancient relic of raw power that sits upon his father’s desk. A thing that should be dead, and yet calls to Davico with increasing hunger.

As plots unfold, armies march, and assassins slip down shadowy marble halls, Davico will be tested past his limits. His survival will depend upon the powers locked within the dragon eye and upon feelings hidden deep in the heart of his beloved adoptive sister, Celia—a girl wise in the twisted ways of Navolese politics, for her own family was destroyed by them.
Nearly a decade in the making, Navola is The Godfather meets Game of Thrones: the dazzling return of a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning master storyteller.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping literary historical fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces rebellion as he

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<p>It's <a href="/tags/spaaw/" rel="tag">#SPAAW</a> or <a href="/tags/selfpublishedauthorsappreciationweek/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek</a>, a creation of Witty & Sarcastic Bookclub, a reader and great supporter of indies at <a href="https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home</span><span class="invisible">.blog</span></a>!</p><p>And even though no one follows me over here, on the off chance that someone sees this, I'm gonna tell you about some of my favourite self-published SFF authors. There are 25+ of them. Buckle up!</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

The SPAAW banner with a bird emblem on rainbow starry background with July 20-27 2026 written on it, and also Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week.

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<p>A Review of Love After the End: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-love-after-the-end/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-love-after-the-end/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-lo</span><span class="invisible">ve-after-the-end/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

Book cover for Love After the End - An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead (Editor), Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler (Contributor), Darcie Little Badger (Contributor), Gwen Benaway (Contributor), Gabriel Castilloux Calderón (Contributor), Adam Garnet Jones (Contributor), Mari Kurisato (Contribuot), Kai Minosh Pyle (Contributor), David Alexander Robertson (Contributor), jaye simpson (Contributor), Nazbah Tom (Contributor). Image on cover is a drawing of two people, one Native and brown-skinned and one pale with what appear to be cat ears on their head, sitting by the side of a pool of water with their legs dangling in it. They look content.

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/10MGUy5WIvqvyWYGtEzePH" rel="nofollow">Children of Ruin</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>by Adrian Tchaikovsky.</p><p>Another case of interstellar evolutionary uplift, but this time with octopuses. Given their unusual neurology (where each tentacle is somewhat independent of the central nervous system), this makes for a lot of fun chaotic genius. And there's actual alien life which is a bit too hungry for assimilation. The spiders and humans get a look in as well as they attempt to come to peaceable terms. Excellent nerdy scifi.</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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

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<p>Ebooks Are Coming to Libro! <a href="https://blog.libro.fm/ebooks-coming-librofm/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.libro.fm/ebooks-coming-librofm/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.libro.fm/ebooks-coming-li</span><span class="invisible">brofm/</span></a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#EBooks</a></p>

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<p>Pick up a book, is always good advice 😊</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/notoc/" rel="tag">#NotOC</a></p><p> </p><p>@reading@fedigroups.social @bookstodon@fedigroups.social</p>

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<p>Book Review: Victory City by Salman Rushdie<br>A profound commentary on the construction of Indian identity<br>@carturo222.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog<br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Wigtown Book Festival<br>25 September–4 October 2026</p><p>Tickets for the 2026 Wigtown Book Festival – a 10-day literary celebration in Scotland’s National Book Town – are now on sale.</p><p><a href="https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.wigtownbookfestival.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/wigtown/" rel="tag">#Wigtown</a> <a href="/tags/wigtownbookfestival/" rel="tag">#WigtownBookFestival</a></p>

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<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>

Promotional image for the Fitzgeralds of Dublin series - an Irish historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers. Background includes a grayscale photo of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.

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<p>50% of @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/2039130" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/2039130"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">2039130</span></a></p><p>Having collected the fragments of the magic city of Kurg from her home planet, Nicole turns her gaze upward, to the stars, soon coming into conflict with gun-slinging snails, aliens, the dragon she raised from an egg, some really annoying monkeys with crossbows and even fairies, all without decent sleep.</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>

The cover of Princess of Kurg, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a spiral galaxy with a pink color, which has been divided into hexagonal jigsaw puzzle pieces.

Near the top is an attractive woman's face framed by light blond hair that's almost colorless. She has blue eyes and looks directly ahead. Around the edges of her face, she fades away, allowing the background to be seen to either side of her head.

Below her is a group of seven hexagonal brassy coins arranged in a circular fashion, each showing a different scene at the center.

The central coin shows blood spatter on a black background. The top one has a red-haired fairy with insect wings, in a dress that looked like an upturned red flower. She stands in a forest with glowing points of light along the forest floor. Upper right shows the eye of a pink-scaled dragon. Lower right shows a monkey in a tree, eating a banana. The bottom shows a white swan floating in water, beside a reflection of the moon. Lower left is a smiling snail with little red hearts near its head. Upper left displays an alien saucer ship beaming someone into it, presumably an abduction in progress.

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<p>I'm starting to read a book written as a collaboration by two authors, and I always wonder how that works. </p><p>There are publishing contracts that involve a senior and a junior writer on the same project, where the senior writer does less of the work, but oversees the whole development, and lends their name recognition. But, this seems different than that. I suppose it's the same thing as two people directing a show or a movie together, like the Russo brothers or the Coen brothers. I hope it's an equal contribution.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Do you also sometimes read a wholesome story, and when you're done with the chapter, you realize you're smiling like a maniac? </p><p>Or is it just me? <br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fanfiction/" rel="tag">#Fanfiction</a> <a href="/tags/stories/" rel="tag">#Stories</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#Bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>I’m dipping back into <a href="/tags/librarything/" rel="tag">#LibraryThing</a> for cataloguing my books and keeping tabs on what I'm reading / have read / want to read etc. I've used various sites in the past - Goodreads, StoryGraph and NeoDB but have never been completely satisfied with any of them.</p><p>I have an older account from about 15 years ago on LibraryThing which I've resurrected and into which I’m importing books from StoryGraph. The tagging and collection features of LT seem to be quite useful. It'll take a while to tweak things, no doubt, but that's part of the fun, surely…?</p><p>Anyway, here’s my profile if anyone else is on there: <br><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/brianlavelle" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.librarything.com/profile/brianlavelle"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.librarything.com/profile/b</span><span class="invisible">rianlavelle</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookcollecting/" rel="tag">#BookCollecting</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds</p><p>by Dario Radley</p><p>Many stories from the Middle Ages never reached the present. A new study suggests the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time.</p><p><a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/medieval-texts-and-manuscripts-have-vanished/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archaeologymag.com/2026/07/medieval-texts-and-manuscripts-have-vanished/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2026/07/med</span><span class="invisible">ieval-texts-and-manuscripts-have-vanished/</span></a></p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046?login=false" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046?login=false"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/5/7/pgag207/8724046?login=false</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_Manuscripts</a></p>

The eight phases of the Song of Roland in one picture; illustration by Simon Marmion from an illuminated manuscript of the Grandes Chroniques de France (15th century), currently preserved in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

A crowded mass of armored knights clashes in the center-left foreground; nobles and clergy watch near a city gate at bottom left; a small chapel with clerics reading sits at bottom right; mounted courtiers and falconers appear at top right; and dark, symbolic cloud shapes with faint winged figures frame the upper corners. Rolling hills and a distant town fill the background.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/FeyFighters" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/FeyFighters</a></p><p>Two soldiers on opposite sides, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates forever entwined, first by revenge, but as they crash together in a dangerous rainforest, they’re forced to work together, just to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?</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>

(Left) The cover of Fey Fighters, by Owen Tyme.

The background is the stars of space, with nebula-like clouds, in blue. This has been divided into jigsaw puzzle pieces by dark lines marking the lines between pieces.

The foreground features an enormous, stylized phoenix, which is composed of fire. The phoenix looms over an Earth-like world heavily obscured by cloud cover.

(Right) The same world from the cover orbits a purple gas giant, with a stream of flame above it, which may be the phoenix, with the following text over the top:

“We’re in a human-made, goblin-enchanted spacecraft, powered by a dryad that’s under the mistaken impression she’s a nuclear reactor, half-piloted by a pixie and half-piloted by a human.”

“Is there anywhere we can go we won’t be shot on sight?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/FeyFighters

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What is your favorite work inspired by Murder on the Orient Express? I just finished this book today and I often like to read about how popular works inspired others. Internet searches give me 1000 results for what inspired Christie, but basically nothing for what this book inspired. I could name several, the movie “The Commuter” , the game “The Last Express”, the “Knives Out” series, and the Adventure Time episode “Mystery Train”. I’d love to know more works inspired by hers, or any general thoughts anyone would like to share on the book ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) Page · lemmy.zip <p>I just finished this book today and I often like to read about how popular works inspired others. Internet searches give me 1000 results for what inspired Christie, but basically nothing for what this book inspired. I could name several, the movie “The Commuter” , the game “The Last Express”, the “Knives Out” series, and the Adventure Time episode “Mystery Train”.</p><p>I’d love to know more works inspired by hers, or any general thoughts anyone would like to share on the book ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )</p><p>What is your favorite work inspired by Murder on the Orient Express?</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.zip/post/69528147" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.zip/post/69528147</a></p>

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<p>Happy birthday to the incomparable British writer <a href="/tags/mjohnharrison/" rel="tag">#MJohnHarrison</a>, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1945. His books are in almost constant rotation here, and it’s no exaggeration to say I’d probably see the world in a very different way were it not for his work. </p><p>Yes, I have multiple editions of The Course of the Heart. Can you ever have *too many* editions of one of the greatest novels ever written?</p><p>Many happy returns, Mike!</p><p><a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/weirdfiction/" rel="tag">#WeirdFiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#LiteraryFiction</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></p>

An array of M. John Harrison books laid out on a wooden and be-rugged floor. There are 5 rows of books in a rough rectangle shape. A black and white cat stands at the left margin of this mesh of words, considering the universe, or one of many universes.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/StoneProphet</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>

(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

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<p>The savage bites back</p><p>Rooted in Brazilian modernism, anthropophagy devours and transforms culture, subverting colonial fears of cannibalism</p><p>by Sofia Cándano</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/anthropophagy-art-flips-the-cannibal-worries-of-colonialism?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=693e35ffa8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/anthropophagy-art-flips-the-cannibal-worries-of-colonialism?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=693e35ffa8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/anthropophagy-a</span><span class="invisible">rt-flips-the-cannibal-worries-of-colonialism?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=693e35ffa8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Pau Brasil, written by Oswald de Andrade and illustrated by Tarsila do Amaral is being proofeed by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@DProofreaders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DProofreaders</span></a></span> and it will be published pretty soon by PG.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a></p>

Abaporu, by Tarsila do Amaral. The original painting is on display at the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires.

It depicts a distorted, monumental figure with an enormous foot and small head resting on hand, seated on green ground against a blue sky with a stylized yellow sun and a cactus.

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Have you read Machiavelli? I just read Chapter 17 of The Prince only, the famous “Is it better to be loved or feared” chapter Pretty good, might read the rest now. Page · hexbear.net <p>I just read Chapter 17 of The Prince only, the famous “Is it better to be loved or feared” chapter</p><p>Pretty good, might read the rest now.</p><p>Have you read Machiavelli?</p><p><a href="https://hexbear.net/post/9075626" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>hexbear.net/post/9075626</a></p>

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