<p>French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer Blaise Pascal was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1623.</p><p>One of his most famous contributions in Mathematics is the Pascal's Theorem. Along with Pierre de Fermat, Pascal is credited with founding probability theory. He also made significant contributions to the study of binomial coefficients, which led to the formation of Pascal's Triangle.</p><p>Books by Blaise Pascal at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7913" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7913"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7913</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>
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<p>📚 The Kraken Wakes by: John Wyndham</p><p>When strange celestial objects crash into the sea, most dismiss them as meteors. But as oceanic attacks escalate and global tensions rise, one journalist and his wife begin to piece together a terrifying truth. As entire coastlines collapse under attack and governments scramble to maintain order...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-kraken-wakes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-kraken-wakes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-kraken</span><span class="invisible">-wakes</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/apocalypticpostapocalyptic/" rel="tag">#apocalypticpostapocalyptic</a></p>
<p>An update from the Society of Authors on licensing deals for AI training rights currently being offered by a couple of big trad publishers. </p><p>You will be unsurprised to learn these deals are wholly inadequate on many levels, including the fact the publisher gets far too much of the cash. </p><p><a href="https://societyofauthors.org/2025/08/07/bloomsbury-ai-deal/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="societyofauthors.org/2025/08/07/bloomsbury-ai-deal/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">societyofauthors.org/2025/08/0</span><span class="invisible">7/bloomsbury-ai-deal/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>My latest read: "Death of a Clown" by Catherine McCarthy - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy speculative fiction that fills the heart as much as the mind, this is an experience you don't want to miss!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7847517238" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7847517238"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7847517238</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @fantasybookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fairytale/" rel="tag">#fairytale</a> <a href="/tags/fable/" rel="tag">#fable</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>
<p>What I read in November--excellent month, asterisks for my very favorites:</p><p>*Mother Mary Comes To Me—Arundhati Roy<br>Beartooth— Callan Wink<br>*Highway Thirteen—Fiona MacFarlane<br>*All of Us Murderers—KJ Charles<br>The Tensorate Series (1-4)—Neon Yang<br>The Black Wolf—Louise Penny<br>*The Mobius Book—Catherine Lacey<br>Helm—Sarah Hall<br>House of Hollow—Krystal Sutherland<br>Bog Queen—Anna North<br>Lavender House—Lev AC Rosen<br>*Sunbirth—An Yu<br>*Midnight Timetable—Bora Chung<br>These Memories Do Not Belong to Us—Yiming Ma<br>Pick A Color—Souvankham Thammavongsa<br>The Gulf - Rachel Cochran<br>The Vanishing Place - Zoe Rankin<br>**The Silver Book—Olivia Laing<br>Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost—Donald Niedekker</p><p>How about you, <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> friends?<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>Long and Short Reviews has two gift card giveaways this week. </p><p><a href="/tags/giveaway/" rel="tag">#Giveaway</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/freestuff/" rel="tag">#FreeStuff</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 whole idea of this book I find very fascinating, because it very clearly is the author looking to make a fictionalized version of something that really happened in real life, and also something that's really close to her family."</p><p>Hosts Margaret Kelly and Katie Roarty discuss The Expert of Subtle Revisions on Women are Reading: a book club podcast. Check out the discussion here:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ofo7ylnE6j8Cvip7IMDho" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.spotify.com/episode/4ofo7ylnE6j8Cvip7IMDho"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/4ofo7</span><span class="invisible">ylnE6j8Cvip7IMDho</span></a></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> @bookstodon@a.gup.pe <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>Sometimes book goals are silly but sometimes reaching them is more than a number. I've read 30 library books this year, which is well over my goal of 12 and the amount of physical books I picked up at the actual library is also a good sign. <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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> <a href="/tags/readinggoal/" rel="tag">#readinggoal</a></p>
<p>The Road. By Cormac McCarthy.</p><p>It’s a few years after some event has killed every animal and every plant on the earth except for a few remaining humans, and you and your young son are walking southwards to escape the continuous winter, slowly starving and avoiding the dangerous dregs of humanity.</p><p>5 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈!</p><p><a href="/tags/bleak/" rel="tag">#bleak</a> <a href="/tags/postapocalyptic/" rel="tag">#postapocalyptic</a> @bookst <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a></p>
Do you need to read the notes in 'City' by Clifford Simak?
Chris Ware on Richard Scarry and the Art of Children's Literature
Chris Ware on Richard Scarry and the Art of Children's Literature
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<p>Ray’s Day, what is it?</p><p>A little more than three years ago, Ray Bradbury flew away to Mars for good (carelessly, he forgot to buy a return ticket) and now that he is gone, we miss a book lover of a rare kind. via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://digipres.club/@Ross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ross</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://raysday.net/en/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>raysday.net/en/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Guide to the classics: Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim sees humanity’s darkness</p><p>By Jamie Q. Roberts</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-joseph-conrads-lord-jim-sees-humanitys-darkness-247565" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-joseph-conrads-lord-jim-sees-humanitys-darkness-247565"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/guide-to-t</span><span class="invisible">he-classics-joseph-conrads-lord-jim-sees-humanitys-darkness-247565</span></a></p><p>Lord Jim at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5658" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5658</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
Radical history & revolutionary predecessors: What queer youth should know about their ancestors
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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? August 26
<p>Book Review: The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui<br>A death-monk in space, musing on what it means to be alive, and to be conscious... with a little bit of murder, too!<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chloroform_tea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chloroform_tea</span></a></span> has the review at the NOAF blog for your Friday reading pleasure:</p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-iron-garden-sutra-by-d-sui.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-iron-garden-sutra-by-d-sui.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-iron-garden-sutra-by-d-sui.html</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>
<p>With work on "The Nemesis Legacy" winding down, my focus has begun to shift back toward other projects, such as an omnibus edition, containing the first third of The Nod/Wells Timelines, which will arrive later this year, and the universe's compendium, scheduled for 2027.</p><p><a href="http://michaelshotter.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>michaelshotter.com</a></p><p>@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @bookstodon @audiobooks </p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a></p>
<p>These 'Blondes' are turning 100, and they're still a lot of fun</p><p>by Maureen Corrigan</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5469836/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5469836/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">469836/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-review</span></a></p><p>Books by Anita Loos at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48921" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48921"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/48921</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Vermeer and the Lost Art of Love Letters</p><p>Though small, Vermeer’s Love Letters at the Frick is a deep dive into the artist’s depictions of women and their letters of endearment.</p><p>by Natasha Seaman</p><p><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/1035480/vermeer-and-the-lost-art-of-love-letters-frick-collection/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mickalene%20Thomas%20Sued%20for%20%2410M&utm_campaign=D082025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hyperallergic.com/1035480/vermeer-and-the-lost-art-of-love-letters-frick-collection/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mickalene%20Thomas%20Sued%20for%20%2410M&utm_campaign=D082025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hyperallergic.com/1035480/verm</span><span class="invisible">eer-and-the-lost-art-of-love-letters-frick-collection/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mickalene%20Thomas%20Sued%20for%20%2410M&utm_campaign=D082025</span></a></p><p>Vermeer at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=vermeer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=vermeer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=vermeer</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a></p>
Just catalog all my books and realized I am short 100 books from being a official library.
[Discussion] LA bookstore snapshot — best first stop for a new visitor?
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<p>We Love Libraries</p><p>Honoring the libraries and librarians that have shaped the way we live, learn, and fight.</p><p>Want to foment a revolution or win a war? Fight for justice, freedom, and civil rights? Make sure women have a safe social space? Or just leave your mark on the world? We recommend you start at the library. </p><p>By The Editors</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/we-love-libraries/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/we-love-libraries/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/we-love-librar</span><span class="invisible">ies/</span></a></p><p>Libraries & librarians at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/10467" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/10467"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/10467</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=librarians" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=librarians"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=librarians</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>
