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<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> time again.</p><p>Hi everyone! I&#x27;m Elizabeth. I am a freelance editor, specialising in SF/F.</p><p>When I don&#x27;t have my nose stuck in a book, I can be found playing TTRPGs. At the moment, I&#x27;m playing in a campaign of Mouse Guard.</p><p>I am also the caretaker of one cranky grandma of a dog, of whom you can expect the occasional photo.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>

<p>Into the Wardrobe: THE GHOST OF FOSSIL GLEN by Cynthia D. DeFelice<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Reading1KLives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Reading1KLives</span></a></span> has the newest <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skiffyandfanty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skiffyandfanty</span></a></span> review<br><a href="https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/wardrobe-ghost-of-fossil-glen-by-defelice/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="skiffyandfanty.com/blog/wardrobe-ghost-of-fossil-glen-by-defelice/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skiffyandfanty.com/blog/wardro</span><span class="invisible">be-ghost-of-fossil-glen-by-defelice/</span></a><br>&quot;This is a book that deserves to stay in circulation for kids and adults to both continue enjoying and learning from.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>Book Review: The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah<br>A good entryway to non-Western fantasy for readers in search of new ground<br>our co-founder, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@The_G" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_G</span></a></span> , has our review at the blog<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-stardust-thief-by-chelsea.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-stardust-thief-by-chelsea.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-stardust-thief-by-chelsea.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>📚 Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick by: Javier Zamora</p><p>A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this “gripping memoir” (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding family.</p><p>Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • One of the New Yo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/solito-a-read-with-jenna-pick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/solito-a-read-with-jenna-pick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/solito-a-r</span><span class="invisible">ead-with-jenna-pick</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/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a> <a href="/tags/emigrationimmigration/" rel="tag">#emigrationimmigration</a></p>

<p>A Review of I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-</span><span class="invisible">found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</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>The First Canadian Novel</p><p>Often considered the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague revealed its author’s true feelings about colonial Quebec.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-canadian-novel/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-10232025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-first-canadian-novel/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-10232025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-first-cana</span><span class="invisible">dian-novel/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-10232025</span></a></p><p>Frances Brooke at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6606" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6606"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6606</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 Labyrinth by: A.G. Riddle</p><p>Alan Norris has lost everything. Except for his daughter. And he&#x27;s willing to do anything to protect her.</p><p>The day of his wife&#x27;s funeral, as he&#x27;s walking to give the eulogy, the ringing in his ears starts. His tinnitus began when he was in the Marines, the day a roadside bomb went off. Us...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/labyrinth" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/labyrinth</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a></p>

<p>American illustrator, author, youth leader Daniel Carter Beard died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1941.</p><p>In 1905, Beard founded an organization called &quot;The Sons of Daniel Boone,&quot; which aimed to teach boys outdoor skills, woodcraft, and self-reliance. This organization was one of the first to emphasize the importance of outdoor education and adventure for youth. The Sons of Daniel Boone was later merged with the Boy Scouts of America.</p><p>Books by Daniel Carter Beard at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8612" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8612"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/8612</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Many thanks to Goodreads editor Sharon for including THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS among the &quot;New Voice Alert: Promising 2025 debut novels.&quot; Check out the full list of book recommendations in the December editors&#x27; picks column!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</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://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3034-goodreads-editors-get-bossy-about-book-recommendations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3034-goodreads-editors-get-bossy-about-book-recommendations"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30</span><span class="invisible">34-goodreads-editors-get-bossy-about-book-recommendations</span></a></p>

<p>Remember lying on the floor reading? I read science fiction and went to other worlds in my mind.<br>My first was The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet written by Eleanor Cameron in 1954.</p><p>It&#x27;s set in Pacific Grove California &amp; on Basidium, a tiny habitable moon of Earth, invisible from the planet in its orbit 50,000 miles away. </p><p>I need to get back to those worlds.</p><p>Photo from inside Green Apple Books in <a href="/tags/sanfrancisco/" rel="tag">#SanFrancisco</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a><br> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@charliejane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>charliejane</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@scalzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scalzi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span></p>

<p>Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of.</p><p>Over 1,000 years before the internet and smartphone apps, Persian scientist and polymath Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī invented the concept of algorithms.</p><p>By Debbie Passey. via @ConversationUK</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-are-algorithms-called-algorithms-a-brief-history-of-the-persian-polymath-youve-likely-never-heard-of-229286" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/why-are-algorithms-called-algorithms-a-brief-history-of-the-persian-polymath-youve-likely-never-heard-of-229286"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-are-al</span><span class="invisible">gorithms-called-algorithms-a-brief-history-of-the-persian-polymath-youve-likely-never-heard-of-229286</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/algorithm/" rel="tag">#algorithm</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6YHf25MPfgxyO4ukqfJJYM" rel="nofollow">The Cruel Stars</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by John Birmingham.</p><p>Action space opera that doesn&#x27;t take itself too seriously. Humanity has become a diverse species dangerously dependent on digital &amp; genomic enhancement - a zealous puritan strain plans to change that. A few too many characters to begin with - none of them I connected with, and many of whom die - but they come together nicely. </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/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</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> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>“It’s devastating for us to know that these kids who put in hundreds of hours of hard work had that torn away from them because of the objections of a single parent,” says Picoult... &quot;I had 20 books banned in one school district in Florida alone because of a single parent’s objection and she admitted she had not read any of the books...She said that they were banned for ‘mature content and sexuality.’ There were books of mine that did not even have a single kiss in them.”</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</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://apnews.com/article/jodi-picoult-between-lines-musical-banned-3eff9a30aed283c10a80c6590f1f3496" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/jodi-picoult-between-lines-musical-banned-3eff9a30aed283c10a80c6590f1f3496"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/jodi-picoul</span><span class="invisible">t-between-lines-musical-banned-3eff9a30aed283c10a80c6590f1f3496</span></a></p>

<p>📚 Little Secrets by: Jennifer Hillier</p><p>All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret...</p><p>Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They&#x27;re admired in their community and are a loving family—until their world falls apart the day their son...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/little-secrets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/little-secrets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/little-sec</span><span class="invisible">rets</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychological/" rel="tag">#psychological</a></p>

<p>Book Review: The Nameless Land by Kate Elliott<br>Elen’s story continues and finishes in a land of lost magic, royal intrigue and much more<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Princejvstin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Princejvstin</span></a></span> has our review at the NOAF blog<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-nameless-land-by-kate.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-nameless-land-by-kate.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-nameless-land-by-kate.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on our <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: &#x27;White Poverty.&#x27; <br><a href="https://libraryguides.berea.edu/blogs/system/from-our-shelves-iwhite-povertyi" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="libraryguides.berea.edu/blogs/system/from-our-shelves-iwhite-povertyi"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">libraryguides.berea.edu/blogs/</span><span class="invisible">system/from-our-shelves-iwhite-povertyi</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fromourshelves/" rel="tag">#FromOurShelves</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/christian/" rel="tag">#Christian</a> <a href="/tags/thisisamerica/" rel="tag">#ThisIsAmerica</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> <br>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe <br>@librarians</p>

<p>Thanks for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#Writephant</a>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a></p><p>My books, low-key fantasy with romance, mostly queer, are currently in the annual end of year <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> sale — they’re already affordable but now they’re extra affordable, all 25% off:<br><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/profile/vie</span><span class="invisible">w/wendylpalmer</span></a></p><p>but you’ll also find them on <a href="/tags/koboplus/" rel="tag">#KoboPlus</a> or <a href="/tags/hoopla/" rel="tag">#Hoopla</a>, or any of your favourite ebook retailers. They’re not for everyone…but the readers who like them…REALLY like 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> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/gayromance/" rel="tag">#GayRomance</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/holidayreading/" rel="tag">#HolidayReading</a></p>

<p>📚 The Reformatory by: Tananarive Due</p><p>Gracetown, Florida.</p><p>June 1950.</p><p>Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr. is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of th...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-reformatory" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-reformatory"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-reform</span><span class="invisible">atory</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/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horrorfiction/" rel="tag">#horrorfiction</a></p>

<p>📚 Ghost Tamer by: Meredith R. Lyons</p><p>Death is one thing, it&#x27;s what you do afterward that matters.</p><p>Aspiring-comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. Faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her—and has been following her all her life. Trouble is, no one else can see...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/ghost-tamer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/ghost-tamer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/ghost-tame</span><span class="invisible">r</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/ghostfiction/" rel="tag">#ghostfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#paranormal</a></p>

<p>📚 The Lost Bookshop by: Evie Woods</p><p>On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found...</p><p>For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.<br>But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are ever...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-lost-bookshop" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-lost-bookshop"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-lost-b</span><span class="invisible">ookshop</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/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a></p>