<p>📚 Mr. Wrong Number by: Lynn Painter</p><p>Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into an anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter.</p><p>Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall...or maybe she's just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a "What are you wearing?" text from a ra...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/mr-wrong-number" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/mr-wrong-number"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/mr-wrong-n</span><span class="invisible">umber</span></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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a></p>
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<p>Spanish dramatis, writer and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1681.</p><p>His plays have been divided thematically: religious comedies (La devoción de la cruz), historical-legendary (El sitio de Breda), comedies of intrigue (Casa con dos puertas, mala es de guardar), comedies of honor (El médico de su honra), philosophical (El gran teatro del mundo), mythological (Eco y Narciso) and sacramental acts (A Dios por razón de estado).</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/970" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/970"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/970</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
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<p>Bird Grove review – George Eliot’s true story embellished in a tender drama</p><p>Elizabeth Dulau is terrific in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play as the young woman set to become a daring pioneer in fiction and real life</p><p>by Arifa Akbar</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/feb/25/bird-grove-review-hampstead-theatre-londong-eorge-eliot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/feb/25/bird-grove-review-hampstead-theatre-londong-eorge-eliot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/stage/2026</span><span class="invisible">/feb/25/bird-grove-review-hampstead-theatre-londong-eorge-eliot</span></a></p><p>George Eliot at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/90" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/90"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/90</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p>📚 The Berry Pickers by: Amanda Peters</p><p>A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years</p><p>"A stunning debut about love, race, brutality, and the balm of forgiveness." —People, A Best New Book<br>...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-berry-pickers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-berry-pickers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-berry-</span><span class="invisible">pickers</span></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/indigenousfiction/" rel="tag">#indigenousfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/siblings/" rel="tag">#siblings</a></p>
![A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years
"A stunning debut about love, race, brutality, and the balm of forgiveness." —People, A Best New Book
July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come.
In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.
For readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light, this showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time.
"A harrowing tale of Indigenous family separation . . . [Peters] excels in writing characters for whom we can’t help rooting . . . With The](/proxy/post_attachment/886404/d1d876103b.jpg "A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years
\"A stunning debut about love, race, brutality, and the balm of forgiveness.\" —People, A Best New Book
July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come.
In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.
For readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light, this showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time.
\"A harrowing tale of Indigenous family separation . . . [Peters] excels in writing characters for whom we can’t help rooting . . . With The")
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale was born.</p><p>"Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book.[1] She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American Thanksgiving holiday...."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jo</span><span class="invisible">sepha_Hale</span></a></p><p>Hale's works at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Sarah+Josepha+Hale" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Sarah+Josepha+Hale"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Sarah+Josepha+Hale</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/magazines/" rel="tag">#magazines</a></p>
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<p>Here are a few thoughts on Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin, 1978. This was the perfect change of pace for me after a dark read, with touching scenes, sharp observations, and plenty of witty dialogue <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/storygraph/" rel="tag">#Storygraph</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2a6b271f-ff49-433b-b4e0-87d24c964db4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2a6b271f-ff49-433b-b4e0-87d24c964db4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/</span><span class="invisible">2a6b271f-ff49-433b-b4e0-87d24c964db4</span></a></p>
<p>"It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them."<br>Daddy-Long-Legs</p><p>American writer Jean Webster (pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster) died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>Webster's first novel, "When Patty Went to College" (1903), was based on her experiences at Vassar and reflected her humor and insight into college life. Her most known novels are "Daddy-Long-Legs" (1912) and its sequel "Dear Enemy" (1915).</p><p>Books by Jean Webster at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/99" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/99"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/99</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>I’m currently reading “Born: A History of Childbirth ” by Lucy Inglis and thought you all might find this amusing. </p><p>There is a section in the book that talks about how some ancient Egyptian physicans believed that migraines were caused by wandering wombs. </p><p>The treatment: rub oil on the patient and blow incense smoke at her to encourage her womb to move back into proper position. 😂</p><p><a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a> <a href="/tags/migraine/" rel="tag">#Migraine</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>📚 Roadkill by: Dennis E. Taylor</p><p>Jack Kernigan is having a bad day…a bad year…a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits…something. Something big…furry…invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth.</p><p>Fate can play funny tricks. ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/roadkill" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/roadkill</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></p>
<p>"All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1924.</p><p>E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India is published in the U.K. He will write no further fiction in the remaining 46 years of his life. </p><p>A Passage To India at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2ewVge8BQU6X82TcfJkLIF" rel="nofollow">Enemy of God</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Bernard Cornwell.</p><p>The Saxons threaten to overrun Briton; a search for a legendary artifact to bring back the Old Gods; a little blissful romance; Lancelot is a backstabbing, cowardly bastard; oaths, what are they good for? A touch more magic than in the first book, but just as hard, dirty & cynical.</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/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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>
<p>It is that time of year, so I thought I’d mention that my book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION is very much a thing you can buy for any tech workers in your life. Or yourself!</p><p>You can buy it just about anywhere books are sold, or ask your library to grab a copy! <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-de</span><span class="invisible">serve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/1u/" rel="tag">#1u</a> <a href="/tags/ydatubook/" rel="tag">#YDATUbook</a></p>
A Tiny Typo May Explain a Centuries-Old Mystery About Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'
Do well written books just not get published these days?
Self Esteem and the London Literature Fest line-up on their desert island books
<p>"Of course, they didn’t get that staring at flowers is a form of being busy. That watching the flow of the clouds is an important activity. That in a period of depression and fear, to think about beautiful things, your dreams and wishes, and to smile is highly, highly important, a vital task." -- from 'The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen' by Shokoofeh Azar (the translator is anonymous for security reasons)</p><p><a href="/tags/bookquote/" rel="tag">#BookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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>Thrilled to see my novel The Expert of Subtle Revisions on Oldster's first Bookshelf list (especially since Oldster "explores what it means to travel through time in a human body at every phase of life" Great list. Check it out! </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</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><p><a href="https://oldster.substack.com/p/oldster-bookshelf-1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="oldster.substack.com/p/oldster-bookshelf-1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oldster.substack.com/p/oldster</span><span class="invisible">-bookshelf-1</span></a></p>
<p>In June 1898.</p><p>First appearance of E. W. Hornung's fictional gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in the story "The Ides of March" in Cassell's Magazine (London).</p><p>The stories were collected into one volume—with two additional tales—under the name "The Amateur Cracksman", which was published the following year. Hornung used a narrative form similar to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/4QC4xW6svmK9M38K57CgVG" rel="nofollow">The Help</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>by Kathryn Stockett.</p><p>In 1960s Mississippi, white women and the black maids they employ navigate the upheaval of the civil rights movement. The contrast of ingrained racism and the deep emotional integration of black women into white family life is astounding. Potential for deep analysis, but you can also just enjoy the story.</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/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</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>
What are the best textbooks on Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, etc.?
<p>Portuguese poet Luís de Camões died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1580.</p><p>"Os Lusíadas" (1572) is considered Camões' magnum opus. The epic poem consists of ten cantos and is written in ottava rima. The poem celebrates the voyage of Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese discoveries, blending historical events with mythological elements. It extols the virtues of bravery, patriotism, and the divine mission of the Portuguese people.</p><p>Books by Luís de Camões at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1183" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1183"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1183</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
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<p>American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet Angelina Weld Grimké died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1958.</p><p>Grimké was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and artistic movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and 1930s. Some of her well-known poems include "The Eyes of My Regret," "Tenebris," and "The Black Finger." These works often reflect her personal struggles and the broader societal challenges faced by African Americans.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65112" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65112</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>Opening The Immutable Library</p><p>Why Dara’s Project Gutenberg Archive is a Big Deal</p><p><a href="https://theimmutable.medium.com/opening-the-immutable-library-7c40a704fcbd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theimmutable.medium.com/opening-the-immutable-library-7c40a704fcbd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theimmutable.medium.com/openin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-immutable-library-7c40a704fcbd</span></a></p><p>via @dara_proj</p><p>Project Dara has made a copy of the Project Gutenberg collection in the interplanetary filesystem.</p><p>You can browse the collection here: <a href="https://gutenberg.dara.global/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.dara.global/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
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<p>Terry Pratchett’s on Tolkien’s influence on fantasy:</p><p>J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji.</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#discworld</a> <a href="/tags/pratchett/" rel="tag">#pratchett</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>