"Russia has hit printing presses and publishing houses across Ukraine in a series of recent attacks, destroying 12 million books and damaging other icons of Ukrainian history and culture…More than 35 publishing facilities have been hit over recent weeks."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5v8qmy64o
"In covering the #Biden White House and #2024election, and in reporting out my new book, #CrossingTheRedLine, through nearly 175 interviews, I encountered insular decision-making, dismissal of critics, and, above all, deference to US- #Israel ties." - #AkbarShahidAhmed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/democrats-joe-biden-kamala-harris-book-gaza
#Gaza #Palestine #USpol #GazaGenocide #warOnGaza #BlueMAGA #shitlibs #niOubliNiPardon #books @bookstodon
My new essay about Samuel Johnson
I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling.
by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver
https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/samuel-johnson-a-writer-for-us-all
Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297
Time I add Sally Rooney to the list of authors I want to experience. #books #reading @bookstodon
Books With Nationalities In The Title: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-nationalities-in-the-title/
He was probably right
Cicero’s life and thought are a testament to the idea of probabilia: we should be confident in our beliefs, but never certain
by Massimo Pigliucci
Books by Cicero at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/128
Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TrollSong
Series Ebook omnibus: https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion
Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?
@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books
#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #FadyJoudah, Palestinian-American physician, poet and translator, to talk about his book #ExhibitG: #Poems, #Essays, and #Photographs of #Gaza.
"Along with powerful and demanding texts, Exhibit G features a collection of photographs of Gaza presented in collaboration with Hani Almadhoun and the Gaza Soup Kitchen."
Fun with edu-fuckin-cation, am I doing it right? 😂
@linguistics @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop
#Rules
#LinguisticMemes #Meme #Linguistics
#Language #Words #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Novel #Books #Fiction #Bookstodon
Reading The Novice by Trudi Canavan. The second book in The Black Magician trilogy.
What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately?
Check Official Bingo Challenge Post and the accompanying Recommendations Post for our Bingo for 2026!
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? September 1
I haven't been posting on the public timeline much, until recently, so I just wanted to say thank you to members of the reading community and book lovers, everywhere, for all of the interaction and reading ideas you give me.
Why Pronouns Matter in Science Fiction
Readers should be invited to identify with nonbinary protagonists, and gain a new perspective on old beliefs.
By Annalee Newitz
https://reactormag.com/why-pronouns-matter-in-science-fiction/
A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay & Books in Precursors of Science Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1329
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/62
#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes back #AkbarShahidAhmed, author of the new book #CrossingTheRedLine: #Biden, His Advisors, and #Israel’s War on #Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le9QdmaDOn0
#USpol #USpolitics #Palestine #GazaGenocide #warOnGaza #BlueMAGA #shitlibs #niOubliNiPardon #books @bookstodon
Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/SheConsumesPoison
Shime Yasu, a New York homicide cop, once impressed a group of monster hunters, known as the Ashen Blades, and one of them gave her their card, for the day she might be ready to see the real truth of the world. Unable to sleep and tired of being blind to the real world, Yasu calls the number and she’s brought in for training.
@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books
Have you given your books some attention lately? 😁
@reading @joinin @bookstodon @books @webcomics
#BookMemes #Meme #Humor #Humour #Funny
#ReadingMemes #Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Books #Bookstodon
"Underground to Canada" by Barbara Smucker. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Published in 2003.
Book description: Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave trader’s wagon traveling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them…
Although I think this book was designed for younger readers, it can be enjoyed by people of any age.
#fiction #slavery #freedom #UndergroundRailRoad #books @bookstodon
The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster
Eerie things happen at Point Nemo.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-point-nemo
At PG:
Jules Verne
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60
H.P. Lovecraft
Always delighted to receive an advance proof of a chum's forthcoming book: The Shape of Monsters by @clhellisen , coming late September from the fine crowd at @torbooks
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Rated Critical thinking skills 10/10
This book covers a topic essential to all of us and to humanity as a whole. It breaks down critical thinking in an incredibly easy, entertaining, and accessible way for any reader.
"Sally Rooney has said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the UK because of her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action."
#Palestine #Israel #PalestineAction #UK #books #reading @bookstodon
"Daughters of the Wreckage: A gripping dual-timeline historical novel inspired by the true story of the Batavia shipwreck and the women who survived it" by Stefanie Koens. My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Published in 2026.
Book description: "Two women. One shipwreck. And four centuries of secrets combine in this historical novel.
I nearly set this book aside, but now am glad I finished reading it. Both of the women, in this book, in the end, turned out to be interesting characters.
#HistoricalFiction #mystery #shipwreck #books #reading @bookstodon
This month's Distributed Proofreaders' blog is "How Not to Be a Wallflower" from 1928. The book looks at both female and male wallflowers, and gives us "advice" on how to avoid being like them.
https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/09/01/how-not-to-be-a-wallflower/
Books on My Fall 2026 To-Read List: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2026-to-read-list/
That's the last of my pledges sent off! Backers should be getting everything over the next couple of weeks, and the book will be available from November 1st. On to the next one! This is the final book in the series, so jump on in:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-rings-of-heaven
#Books #reading #AmReading #AmWriting #SciFi #Adventure #bookstodon
wants to read The Doors of Eden
Because Tchaikovsky himself described it as 'a madhouse of speculative evolution' here: https://www.scifinow.co.uk/books/the-science-in-shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/
