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<p>Sneak preview from chapter five of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😁 </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> </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> <br><a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</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>

The p-e-r-v-e-r-t in Fenmark

“Anything significantly out of one’s cultural comfort zone is often
mindlessly judged as perversion.”

-Unknown Ystin philosopher

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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>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>How Jane Austen Blew a Hole Through the Romance Genre She Created</p><p>Catherine Cliff on Austen‘s Third Model of Spinsterhood: Being a Self-Made Woman</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-jane-austen-blew-a-hole-through-the-romance-genre-she-created/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-jane-austen-blew-a-hole-through-the-romance-genre-she-created/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-jane-austen-ble</span><span class="invisible">w-a-hole-through-the-romance-genre-she-created/</span></a></p><p>"Emma" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/158" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/158</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Illustration for the Macmillan edition of Jane Austen's "Emma," Volume 2, Chapter 1. Emma and Harriet visit Miss Bates, who is delighted to read them the letter she has just received from her niece, Miss Fairfax, announcing that she is coming to spend some time at Highbury. "We had a letter this very morning"

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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>An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women</p><p>Arielle Zibrak Explores the Diverse Literary Landscape of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Female Writers in the United States (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/an-integral-part-of-the-story-a-short-history-of-short-fiction-by-american-women/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KXX1D5DQVEJ3204KF26QDMYQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/an-integral-part-of-the-story-a-short-history-of-short-fiction-by-american-women/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KXX1D5DQVEJ3204KF26QDMYQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/an-integral-part-of</span><span class="invisible">-the-story-a-short-history-of-short-fiction-by-american-women/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KXX1D5DQVEJ3204KF26QDMYQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books in Short Stories at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/69" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/69"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/69</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover image of Five Minute Stories

Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry

Albertine Randall Wheelan

It is showing an illustration of a woman in a dark flowing dress sitting beside a child in a nightgown standing at a crib, set against a green fleur-de-lis patterned background.

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<p>I read this when it was <a href="/tags/fanfiction/" rel="tag">#Fanfiction</a> and if you want a stunningly fun Thriller <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> give this series a try! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKBP11W?ref_=saga_ast_ss_dsk_sdp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKBP11W?ref_=saga_ast_ss_dsk_sdp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKBP11W?r</span><span class="invisible">ef_=saga_ast_ss_dsk_sdp</span></a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

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<p>I have been keeping a list of all books read since 1990. Many other people do. What surprised me, however: I read a lot more books per year but more rarely find one that impresses me. And I think I choose more selectively now. <br>Same with you? <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

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<p>📚 <br>Book Recommendation For Everyone:</p><p>Invisible Women, Data Bias in a World Designed For Men</p><p>by Caroline Criso Perez</p><p>paraphrasing:<br>...so much data fails to take into account gender...and women pay tremendous costs for this insidious bias, in time, money, and often wtth their lives"</p><p><a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#Gender</a> <br><a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/computing/" rel="tag">#Computing</a> <br><a href="/tags/coding/" rel="tag">#Coding</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <br><a href="/tags/employment/" rel="tag">#Employment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <br><a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#Finance</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#Software</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a></p>

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<p>LARB Radio Hour welcomes <a href="/tags/kimphillipsfein/" rel="tag">#KimPhillipsFein</a>, author of <a href="/tags/countryoflords/" rel="tag">#CountryOfLords</a>: Neo-Aristocrats, <a href="/tags/socialdarwinists/" rel="tag">#SocialDarwinists</a>, <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America </p><p>"Phillips-Fein examines a powerful countertradition that has challenged our well-mythologized national ideal of equality from the United States's founding to today."</p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/kim-phillips-fein-country-lords-podcast-interview/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/av/kim-phillips-fein-country-lords-podcast-interview/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/av/kim-phi</span><span class="invisible">llips-fein-country-lords-podcast-interview/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/socialtheorists/" rel="tag">#socialTheorists</a> <a href="/tags/siliconvalleyright/" rel="tag">#SiliconValleyRight</a> <a href="/tags/americanright/" rel="tag">#AmericanRight</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</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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LISTEN NOW!
Kim Phillips-Fein

image: photo of author Kim Phillips-Fein

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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>Who Owns Women Detectives?</p><p>Now that Miss Marple and Nancy Drew’s early novels are entering the public domain, what comes next for them?</p><p>By Ellen O’Connell Whittet</p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/women-detectives-oconnell-whittet/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KY7HJXK9WJMHPK54FPE0MCX7&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/women-detectives-oconnell-whittet/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KY7HJXK9WJMHPK54FPE0MCX7&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/wo</span><span class="invisible">men-detectives-oconnell-whittet/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KY7HJXK9WJMHPK54FPE0MCX7&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books by Carolyn Keene and Agatha Christie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58985" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58985"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/58985</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/451</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Book cover for "The Secret of the Old Clock," a Nancy Drew Mystery Story by Carolyn Keene, showing Nancy in a blue outfit walking through a wooded area with a tan bag over her shoulder.

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<p>Homer Haunted, by Henry Power</p><p>Splendid literary criticism, dull politics</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/homer-haunted-by-henry-power" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/homer-haunted-by-henry-power"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/homer</span><span class="invisible">-haunted-by-henry-power</span></a></p><p>The Iliad by Homer at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literaryCriticism</a></p>

This is an ornate vintage book cover for "Homer's Iliad," featuring decorative gold leaf swirl designs on a brown leather-textured background, with the title "ILIAD" displayed in an illuminated-style banner at the top.

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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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<p>In 19th-century Ireland, a chance encounter between a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman begins a story of love, loyalty, and choices that will shape their lives.</p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</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>

Promotional image for the Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, an Irish family saga. The headline at the top reads, “One Family. Many Secrets.” On the left, text states: “Every family has secrets. The Fitzgeralds have generations of them. Begin The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series with A Scarlet Woman.” On the right is a 3D image of the book cover, featuring a young woman in a vintage dress looking downward, with a faded cityscape beneath her. The book title A Scarlet Woman and author name Lorna Peel appear on the cover. Along the bottom, the formats “Kindle | Kindle Unlimited | Paperback” are listed. The design uses a cream background with black and red text.

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<p>50% off @ <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/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>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>

(Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

Three people dressed in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch near the edge of a jungle, in Veitnam. The jungle is a mixture of bamboo and ferns.

The first is a girl with brown hair and blue eyes. She wears a dress, top hat and elbow-length fingerless gloves. She points out of the jungle.

The second is a hispanic man and his skin is covered in greasepaint, to make him blend in even better. He wears a military uniform, including a hat with a round brim and leans on an AK-47 for support. His vest has pouches large enough for spare magazines for his weapon. He looks through a pair of binoculars at what the girl is pointing at.

The third is huge and has the head of a cat, with black fur and green eyes. He wears a military uniform.

(Right) The view from the back of a military cargo plane, with the rear hatch open, in flight, while cargo is dropped for descent via parachute, with the following quote over the top:

“Did you see that?”

“No! I officially *never* saw that crate! I *did not* see the flash of a sword cut the crate apart and *very specifically* didn’t see it explode into a shower of thousands of dinner rolls, with a teenage girl in the middle!”

“Good! I was afraid I was the only one that hadn’t seen that!”

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

$(Background) A fractal pattern of red and orange that resembles a demonic portal. (Center) Pride needs a half-demon to stabilize the portal between worlds. There’s just one hitch: she hates him. One stubborn half-demon vs. all of demon-kind? It could go either way... (Top Left) The cover of She Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl wearing an old, black dress, fingerless, elbow-length black gloves and a battered, black top hat, with a blue rose attached to the band. The tearing of her clothes hints that she's recently been in a fight. Her hair is short, but messy. Her eyes are blue. In her hands is a wakizashi, a short sword of Japanese design. The tsuba, or hilt guard, is in the shape of an opening, blue rose. The blade shines blue. The image is black and white, aside from the details in blue, hinting at film-noir influences in the art. (Bottom Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Three people in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch in the jungle. The first is a girl with brown hair and blue eyes, in a dress, top hat and elbow-length fingerless gloves. She wears a dress, top hat and elbow-length fingerless gloves. The second is is covered in greasepaint and a military uniform, who leans on an AK-47 for support. He looks through a pair of binoculars. The third is huge and has the head of a cat, with black fur and green eyes. He also wears a military uniform. (Bottom Right) The cover of the novel, Demon for President!, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Two politicians shake hands, as if for a photo-op, while a city burns behind them and the flag of the United States waves in the smoke. The flag is obviously quite dirty. The democrat on the left is in a dark suit and blue tie. He has blond hair and wears brass-framed glasses. His expression is fairly serious. The republican on the right is also blond, but his expression is a smile. He wears a gray suit, a red tie and brass-framed glasses. The two men are very similar in appearance, because they're brothers. (Top Right) The cover of the book bundle, Ashen Blades: Open Wounds, by Owen Tyme, which includes volumes one through three of Ashen Blades. The cover consists of a Japanese sword with a black hilt wrapping, an M1911 pistol and a pineapple grenade lying on a somewhat rough wooden surface composed of five vertically oriented boards that have a dark stain.$

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? August 11 One of the rare weeks where I got to read quite a bit. Read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. A contemporary sci-fi thriller. It’s my first Blake Crouch book and I knew nothing while going on. A quick and very enjoyable read. Recommended for thriller fans, if they don’t mind sci-fi. After that, read The Magician’s Guild by Trudi Canavan. It’s a first book in The Black Magician trilogy, though it does have a prequel book and a sequel trilogy after that, but I don’t know if they the follows same characters or if they are different stories, just in the same universe. The whole book takes place in one city, and stakes are very personal instead of some world saving quest. It was also a quick and very easy to read book. Finally, started the most read / mentioned book of these weekly threads, Dungeon Crawler Carl. The book is hilarious, it gave me some of that Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy feel in the start, but it’s a very different book. It is very much a litRPG (have we finalised on litRPG now? what happened to Progression Fantasy? It was at least a better name than litRPG, or is there some difference between the two?), and one issue with the genre is there is rarely any feel of real danger (with some exceptions). This seems to be going the same way, but again, I am still in the start of the first book of eight book series, so anything can change. This isn’t a negative though, this is kind of why I like these books, sometimes you just want to read about good guy getting the win, without worrying about if they will win, but it is something to note if you are new to the genre. Enjoying it enough that I have already ordered the next books, not sure if I’ll actually read them back to back, but I am definitely going to continue with the series. What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately? Check Official Bingo Challenge Post and the accompanying Recommendations Post for our Bingo for 2026! Page · discuss.online <p>One of the rare weeks where I got to read quite a bit.</p><p>Read <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17238012/" rel="nofollow">Dark Matter</a> by Blake Crouch. A contemporary sci-fi thriller. It’s my first Blake Crouch book and I knew nothing while going on. A quick and very enjoyable read. Recommended for thriller fans, if they don’t mind sci-fi.</p><p>After that, read <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/9896144/" rel="nofollow">The Magician’s Guild</a> by Trudi Canavan. It’s a first book in The Black Magician trilogy, though it does have a prequel book and a sequel trilogy after that, but I don’t know if they the follows same characters or if they are different stories, just in the same universe.</p><p>The whole book takes place in one city, and stakes are very personal instead of some world saving quest. It was also a quick and very easy to read book.</p><p>Finally, started the most read / mentioned book of these weekly threads, <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/25135122/" rel="nofollow">Dungeon Crawler Carl</a>. The book is hilarious, it gave me some of that Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy feel in the start, but it’s a very different book.</p><p>It is very much a litRPG (have we finalised on litRPG now? what happened to Progression Fantasy? It was at least a better name than litRPG, or is there some difference between the two?), and one issue with the genre is there is rarely any feel of real danger (with some exceptions). This seems to be going the same way, but again, I am still in the start of the first book of eight book series, so anything can change. This isn’t a negative though, this is kind of why I like these books, sometimes you just want to read about good guy getting the win, without worrying about if they will win, but it is something to note if you are new to the genre.</p><p>Enjoying it enough that I have already ordered the next books, not sure if I’ll actually read them back to back, but I am definitely going to continue with the series.</p><p>What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?</p><p>Check <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/46300888" rel="nofollow">Official Bingo Challenge Post</a> and the accompanying <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/46300898" rel="nofollow">Recommendations Post</a> for our Bingo for 2026!</p><p>What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? August 11</p><p><a href="https://discuss.online/post/43898510" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>discuss.online/post/43898510</a></p>

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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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Major spoilers inside!

<p><p><p>Listen, listen, listen well.There was an age before the Seasons, when life and Earth, its father, thrived alike. (Life had a mother, too. Something terrible happened to Her.) Earth our father knew He would need clever life, so He used the Seasons to shape us out of animals: clever hands for making things and clever minds for solving problems and clever tongues for working together and clever sessapinae to warn us of danger. The people became what Father Earth needed, and then more than He needed. Then we turned on Him, and He has burned with hatred for us ever since.<br>Remember, remember, what I tell.<br>—Lorist recitation, “The Making of the Three Peoples,” part one</p></p></p><p><p>“I don’t want you to fix it,” Alabaster says. “It was collateral damage, but Yumenes got what it deserved. No, what I want you to do, my Damaya, my Syenite, my Essun, is make it worse.”<br>You stare at him, speechless. Then he leans forward. That this is painful for him is obvious; you hear the creak and stretch of his flesh, and a faint crack as some piece of stone somewhere on him fissures. But when he is close enough, he grins again, and suddenly it hits you. Evil, eating, Earth. He’s not crazy at all, and he never has been.<br>“Tell me,” he says, “have you ever heard of something called a moon?”</p></p><p>Deer gods, this gave me chills again, even though I knew what was coming, even though I know the reason for the breaking of the Earth and why Father Earth hates His children.</p><p>So fucking good 🔥</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/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/brokenearth/" rel="tag">#BrokenEarth</a></p><p>(comment on <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/1585768" rel="nofollow">The Fifth Season</a>)</p>

N. K. Jemisin: The Fifth Season (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Hachette Audio)

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<p>8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms</p><p>Historically, female writers have faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/famous-women-writers-male-pseudonyms/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/famous-women-writers-male-pseudonyms/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/famous-wo</span><span class="invisible">men-writers-male-pseudonyms/</span></a></p><p>6 of these writers are at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a></p><p>George Eliot</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

This painting by François d'Albert-Durade shows George Eliot from the waist up, her body turned slightly to the right. She has a long nose and blue eyes. Her brown hair is parted in the middle and covers her ears. She wears a dark black jacket or coat with a criss-cross pattern over a white frilly blouse.

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<p>Solar eclipse & Einstein's theory of relativity</p><p>In late 1915, Einstein finalized his general theory of relativity using Riemannian geometry, predicting Mercury's perihelion precession and gravitational lensing. Arthur Eddington verified these predictions four years later during the 1919 solar eclipse.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_experiment#External_links" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_experiment#External_links"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddingto</span><span class="invisible">n_experiment#External_links</span></a></p><p>Books by Eddington at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34163" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34163"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/34163</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/relativity/" rel="tag">#relativity</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/solareclipse/" rel="tag">#solareclipse</a></p>

Three Parisian women watching the solar eclipse of 8 April 1921 through glasses on the Cour du Havre, next to the gare Saint-Lazare.

Three women in long coats stand on a raised platform beside a lamppost outside Gare Saint-Lazare, each holding improvised viewing devices to their eyes to observe a solar eclipse. Early automobiles and a busy street crowd fill the background.

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<p>In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman discover that some meetings change everything.</p><p>The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga following Will and Isobel through hardship, secrets, and the choices that shape their lives in a changing Ireland.</p><p>Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - <a href="http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a></p><p><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/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</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 Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, a 19th-century Irish family saga. The image shows a Kindle device displaying the book cover, which shows a late 19th-century woman with dark hair and a pink flower on her white dress, looking down pensively. Text on the ad reads: “Love that defies society. Secrets that shape a family.” and “Step into 19th-century Ireland and meet the Fitzgeralds of Dublin. Start the series today! Free to read with Kindle Unlimited.” The background is a faded image of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.

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<p>Words of the Wild Book Festival<br>29 September–3 October, Edinburgh</p><p>This autumn, immerse yourself in some of Scotland’s best nature writing at the first Words of the Wild Book Festival. Featuring online talks, panel discussions & creative writing workshops.</p><p>Full programme and tickets:</p><p><a href="https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/wordsofthewild/book-festival/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/wordsofthewild/book-festival/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/w</span><span class="invisible">ordsofthewild/book-festival/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#naturewriting</a> <a href="/tags/creativewriting/" rel="tag">#creativewriting</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a></p>

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