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<p>American poet and playwright Georgia Douglas Johnson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1880.</p><p>Her first collection of poetry, "The Heart of a Woman" (1918), was one of the earliest books of poetry published by a Black woman in the United States. Her second volume, "Bronze" (1922), focuses more explicitly on racial issues, delving into the experiences of Black Americans and the injustices they faced in society. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Douglas_Johnson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Douglas_Johnson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_</span><span class="invisible">Douglas_Johnson</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> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

In the portrait, Georgia Douglas Johnson is depicted as a poised and elegant woman, likely in her middle years during the height of her literary career. Her facial features are soft yet defined, with a composed and thoughtful expression. She might have short, wavy hair styled in a way that reflects the fashion of the early 20th century, which adds to her sense of modernity and sophistication.

Johnson would likely be dressed in a formal, yet stylish outfit, reflecting both her literary status and her role as a leading cultural figure. A brooch or simple piece of jewelry might also be present, adding a touch of personal style.

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<p>127 pages of very short 'sketch' scenario narratives that I use to help create the Sub Orbital Machine universe; almost like adventure starters! You might like it. You might think it sucks. You might get confused. Regardless, I am putting it out there for all to download for the tiny cost of a subbing to my newsletter (which you might find interesting!)</p><p><a href="https://iamgerardthomas.com/b/TyE" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>iamgerardthomas.com/b/TyE</a></p><p><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/conceptart/" rel="tag">#ConceptArt</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="/tags/artistonmastodon/" rel="tag">#ArtistOnMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifiart/" rel="tag">#SciFiArt</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/scifibooks/" rel="tag">#scifibooks</a></p>

Mock book cover for my Sub Orbital Machine pdf book

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<p>"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."<br>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (ed. 1793)</p><p>British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights Mary Wollstonecraft was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1759. In "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792), Wollstonecraft argued that women are not naturally inferior to men but appear so only because of a lack of education. </p><p>Books by Mary Wollstonecraft at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/84</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A classic oil painting depicts Mary Wollstonecraft wearing a white v-neck gown with a soft, flowing texture. The attire seems to be of a delicate fabric that drapes elegantly around the figure's arms and chest. The background is predominantly dark, contrasting with the bright white of the gown. The figure's hair appears to be styled up and away from the face, with hints of brown tones, which suggests a sense of sophistication and poise.

An old, worn book opened to the title page which reads "A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN: WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS. BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. PRINTED AT BOSTON, BY PETER EDES FOR THOMAS AND ANDREWS, FAUST'S STATE, NO. 45, NEWBURY-STREET, MDCCXCIX." The text is in black capital letters centered on the page with a decorative monogram between the author's name and the printer information.

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<p>📚 Echo of Worlds (The Pandominion, 2) by: M. R. Carey</p><p>Two mighty empires are at war - and both will lose, with thousands of planets falling to the extinction event called the Scour. At least that's what the artificial intelligence known as Rupshe believes.</p><p>But somewhere in the multiverse there exists a force - the Mother Mass - that could end the war in an instant, ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/echo-of-worlds-the-pandominion-2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/echo-of-worlds-the-pandominion-2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/echo-of-wo</span><span class="invisible">rlds-the-pandominion-2</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></p>

Two mighty empires are at war - and both will lose, with thousands of planets falling to the extinction event called the Scour. At least that's what the artificial intelligence known as Rupshe believes.

But somewhere in the multiverse there exists a force - the Mother Mass - that could end the war in an instant, and Rupshe has assembled a team to find it. Essien Nkanika, a soldier trying desperately to atone for past sins; the cat-woman Moon, a conscienceless killer; the digitally recorded mind of physicist Hadiz Tambuwal; Paz, an idealistic child and the renegade robot spy Dulcimer Coronal.

Their mission will take them from the hellish prison world of Tsakom to the poisoned remains of a post-apocalyptic Earth, and finally bring them face to face with the Mother Mass itself. But can they persuade it to end eons of neutrality and help them? And is it too late to make a difference?

Because the Pandominion's doomsday machines are about to be unleashed - and not even their builders know how to control them.

From the author of the bestselling The Girl With All the Gifts comes the thrilling conclusion to the spectacular Pandominion duology, an exhilarating science fiction story perfect for fans of The Space Between Worlds, The Long Earth and Children of Time.

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<p>Space Worms now on preorder everywhere! Only 99c. When the galaxy gets absurd, it's Space Squad 51 to the rescue! This extra adventure goes back in time to when Nikili Echols gets her calling to join Orbital Rescue Services. <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4NBlGz" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/4NBlGz</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a></p>

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<p>The big reveal…</p><p>So I wrote up a lot of these little stories a few years ago but I’ve added some new ones, cleaned it all up and now I’m the happiest with it that I’ve ever been. You can definitely get a copy in time for Christmas, if you’re so inclined…</p><p><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/2kbNn7k" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amzn.eu/d/2kbNn7k</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreveal/" rel="tag">#bookreveal</a> <a href="/tags/newreleases/" rel="tag">#newreleases</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#selfpublishing</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a></p>

A man with glasses is smiling and holding several copies of a book titled "With So Many Sagas in the World..." by David Olsen. The background shows a cozy room setting with warm lighting.

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Medieval Apps <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/39223928">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect."<br>First lines</p><p>In October 1915.</p><p>Franz Kafka's seminal novella The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) is first published in Die Weißen Blätter. Kafka finishes writing The Trial this year, but it will not be published until 1925, the year after his death.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meta</span><span class="invisible">morphosis</span></a></p><p>The Metamorphosis at PG, translated by David Wyllie:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200</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>📚 Stranger in a Strange Land by: Robert A. Heinlein</p><p>Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teache...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/stranger-in-a-strange-land" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/stranger-in-a-strange-land"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/stranger-i</span><span class="invisible">n-a-strange-land</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/classics/" rel="tag">#classics</a></p>

Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever...

Robert Heinlein's Hugo Award-winning all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.

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<p>📚 Heart the Lover by: Lily King</p><p>You knew I'd write a book about you someday.<br>Our narrator understands good love stories, their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.</p><p>In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Cent...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/heart-the-lover" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/heart-the-lover"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/heart-the-</span><span class="invisible">lover</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/fic019000fiction/" rel="tag">#fic019000fiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

You knew I'd write a book about you someday.
Our narrator understands good love stories, their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.

In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever.

Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news bring the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.

Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, Heart the Lover is a deeply moving love story that celebrates literature, forgiveness, and the transformative bonds that shape our lives. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to Writers & Lovers, this is King at her very best, af

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> In 1858, Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf was born.</p><p>"She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy"</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_La</span><span class="invisible">gerl%C3%B6f</span></a></p><p>Books by Lagerlöf at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1717" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1717"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1717</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photograph of Selma Lagerlöf.

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<p>📚 The Dream Hotel: A Read with Jenna Pick by: Laila Lalami</p><p>Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determin...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-dream-hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-dream-hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-dream-</span><span class="invisible">hotel-a-read-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/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/dystopianfiction/" rel="tag">#dystopianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/political/" rel="tag">#political</a></p>

Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days.

The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom.

Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel artfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER, READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY, From Laila Lalami, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a maestra of literary fiction (NPR) comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight

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<p>📚 Les Femmes du bout du monde by: Mélissa Da Costa</p><p>Si tu te demandes ce que nous faisons ainsi, loin des hommes, je vais te dire : nous veillons sur notre petit univers, nous veillons les unes sur les autres. C'est ce que font les femmes du bout du monde. </p><p>À la pointe sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande, dans la région isolée des Catlins, au coeur d'une nature sauvage, viven...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/les-femmes-du-bout-du-monde" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/les-femmes-du-bout-du-monde"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/les-femmes</span><span class="invisible">-du-bout-du-monde</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></p>

Si tu te demandes ce que nous faisons ainsi, loin des hommes, je vais te dire : nous veillons sur notre petit univers, nous veillons les unes sur les autres. C'est ce que font les femmes du bout du monde.

À la pointe sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande, dans la région isolée des Catlins, au coeur d'une nature sauvage, vivent Autumn et sa fille Milly. Sur ce dernier bastion de terre avant l'océan Austral et le pôle Sud, elles gèrent le camping Mutunga o te ao, le bout du monde en maori. Autumn et Milly forment un duo inséparable, jusqu'au jour où débarque Flore, une jeune parisienne en quête de rédemption... Hantées par le passé mais bercées par les vents et les légendes maories, ces trois femmes apprendront à se connaître, se pardonner et s'aimer.

Mélissa Da Costa - autrice la plus lue en France en 2023 - nous offre un voyage inoubliable à travers des paysages d'une stupéfiante beauté, aux côtés de personnages inspirés et inspirants. Un nouveau roman magistral et une ode à la liberté.

Palmarès les 100 meilleurs livres de l'année 2023 du magazine Lire. Prix des lecteurs Babelio 2023 - Catégorie littérature française.

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<p>'In the grand tradition of jailhouse literature, <a href="/tags/lejournaldunprisonnier/" rel="tag">#LeJournalDUnPrisonnier</a> is a conversion narrative.[...] “A Champions League match on my first night in prison—it was either a coincidence or another sign from Providence.” (He’s being serious.) So much for a cruise on the Danube: <a href="/tags/sarkozy/" rel="tag">#Sarkozy</a> vows, “If I get out of this hell, I’ll go to Lourdes to see the sick and the desperate.” ' </p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/how-nicolas-sarkozy-survived-twenty-days-behind-bars" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/how-nicolas-sarkozy-survived-twenty-days-behind-bars"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newyorker.com/culture/crit</span><span class="invisible">ics-notebook/how-nicolas-sarkozy-survived-twenty-days-behind-bars</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/eYRXY" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.ph/eYRXY</a></p><p><a href="/tags/rionsunpeu/" rel="tag">#rionsUnPeu</a> <a href="/tags/frenchpolitics/" rel="tag">#FrenchPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/polfr/" rel="tag">#polFr</a> <a href="/tags/justicefr/" rel="tag">#justiceFr</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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<p>Absolutely not me IRL, but I know people like this 😁 </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> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

Meme with three pictures of the actor playing Pablo Escobar in Narcos looking dejected in diffrent places.
Caption: me, trying to recover after finishing a great book no one else knows

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<p>The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time, According to 750,000 Readers in the UK (2003)</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/the-100-greatest-novels-of-all-time-according-to-750000-readers-in-the-uk-2003.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/10/the-100-greatest-novels-of-all-time-according-to-750000-readers-in-the-uk-2003.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/10/th</span><span class="invisible">e-100-greatest-novels-of-all-time-according-to-750000-readers-in-the-uk-2003.html</span></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>Drowning in the Light of Monet’s Venice</p><p>Venice turned out to be the ideal environment for the artist to explore the relationship between water and light that long preoccupied him. </p><p>by Natalie Haddad</p><p><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/1057971/drowning-in-the-light-of-monet-and-venice-brooklyn-museum/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Golden%20Toilet%20Sells%20for%20%2412%201M&utm_campaign=D111925" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hyperallergic.com/1057971/drowning-in-the-light-of-monet-and-venice-brooklyn-museum/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Golden%20Toilet%20Sells%20for%20%2412%201M&utm_campaign=D111925"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hyperallergic.com/1057971/drow</span><span class="invisible">ning-in-the-light-of-monet-and-venice-brooklyn-museum/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Golden%20Toilet%20Sells%20for%20%2412%201M&utm_campaign=D111925</span></a></p><p>Monet at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=claude+monet" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=claude+monet"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=claude+monet</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a></p>

Claude Monet, "San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk" (1908).

It depicts mysterious buildings that seem to magically appear from the surrounding landscape, they almost seem to float in the background. The forms are gently inserted, though not enough to disguise their identity. The painting focuses on the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore with its bell tower rising to the top of the painting. To the right are the faintly visible domes of Santa Maria della Salute and the mouth of the Grand Canal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giorgio_Maggiore_at_Dusk#/media/File:Claude_Monet,_Saint-Georges_majeur_au_cr%C3%A9puscule.jpg

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<p>These are the hills, these are the woods,<br>These are my starry solitudes;<br>And there the river by whose brink<br>The roaring lions come to drink…</p><p>—Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Land of Story-Books”<br>from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES<br>📚🛋️🦁</p><p>A poem for World Book Day (UK & Ireland) <br>🖼️ by Roger Duvoisin, 1944</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/imagination/" rel="tag">#imagination</a> <a href="/tags/worldbookday/" rel="tag">#WorldBookDay</a> <a href="/tags/kidlit/" rel="tag">#kidlit</a> <a href="/tags/childrensliterature/" rel="tag">#childrensliterature</a></p>

The Land of Story-Books
by Robert Louis Stevenson

At evening, when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.

Now, with my little gun, I crawl
All in the dark along the wall,
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back.

There, in the night, where none can spy,
All in my hunter’s camp I lie,
And play at books that I have read
Till it is time to go to bed.

These are the hills, these are the woods,
These are my starry solitudes;
And there the river by whose brink
The roaring lions come to drink.

I see the others far away
As if in firelit camp they lay,
And I, like to an Indian scout,
Around their party prowled about.

So, when my nurse comes in for me,
Home I return across the sea,
And go to bed with backward looks
At my dear land of Story-books.

A black-and-white illustration for Robert Louis Stevenson's poem “The Land of Story-Books”. A large, black, ornate, Victorian armchair sits in a shadowy corner. A small boy peeks out behind it, pointing a toy rifle. Behind him are images from his imagination: a smouldering campfire; the faces of two (quite friendly-looking) lions; a native American, wearing a feathered war-bonnet and wielding a tomahawk, can be seen behind the chair; and a sly-looking wolf prowls on the left edge of the frame.

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<p>"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world."<br>Psychological Observations</p><p>German philosopher and author Arthur Schopenhauer died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_S</span><span class="invisible">chopenhauer</span></a></p><p>Books by Arthur Schopenhauer at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3648</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait photograph of Arthur Schopenhauer
Schäfer, Johann - Frankfurt am Main University Library

Schopenhauer is dressed in formal, dark attire, typical of the mid-19th century, with a high-collared shirt, waistcoat, and a coat. His white, unruly hair, swept back from his forehead, stands out, framing his lined, weathered face. His facial features are sharp, with a prominent nose and deeply set eyes that gaze outward with intensity, conveying his serious and contemplative nature.

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<p>Surrealism at 100: A Reading List</p><p>On the centennial of the founding of Surrealism, this reading list examines its radical beginnings, its mass popularity, and its continued evolution.</p><p>By Allison C. Meier via @JSTOR_Daily </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/surrealism-at-100-a-reading-list/?utm_term=Surrealism%20at%20100%3A%20A%20Reading%20List&utm_campaign=jstordaily_09192024&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/surrealism-at-100-a-reading-list/?utm_term=Surrealism%20at%20100%3A%20A%20Reading%20List&utm_campaign=jstordaily_09192024&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/surrealism-at-</span><span class="invisible">100-a-reading-list/?utm_term=Surrealism%20at%20100%3A%20A%20Reading%20List&utm_campaign=jstordaily_09192024&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

The covers of Surrealist Manifestos by André Breton and Yvan Goll. Wikimedia Commons

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<p>📚 Chocky by: John Wyndham</p><p>David Gore becomes concerned that his twelve-year-old son, Matthew, is too old to have an imaginary friend. His concerns deepen as Matthew becomes increasingly distressed and blames it on arguments with this unseen companion, whom he calls "Chocky". </p><p>As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the friend is far from imaginary, but i...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/chocky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/chocky</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/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

David Gore becomes concerned that his twelve-year-old son, Matthew, is too old to have an imaginary friend. His concerns deepen as Matthew becomes increasingly distressed and blames it on arguments with this unseen companion, whom he calls "Chocky".

As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the friend is far from imaginary, but is an alien consciousness communicating with Matthew's mind—a fact that is of interest to shadowy government forces.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by an ancient, magical artifact, a small fragment of a magic city. She seeks a cure, before the city can destroy her sanity and then eventually, take her life by replacing her mind. Racing against time, she gathers pieces of the city, hoping to find an answer among 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 Jigsaw City, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a futuristic city of sky scrapers covered in greenery, with water ways in place of some streets. The background has been divided by dark lines that cut it up, into a jigsaw puzzle.

The foreground is a hexagonal coin with an indentation in the center that follows the same shape, with raised lines forming a hexagram in the center, which has a smaller one turned at a ninety-degree angle inside the hexagon at the center of it. The smaller hexagram has another inside it, a pattern that repeats until the lines become so fine and indistinct, they blend together.

(Right) There's a pool of lava at the base of a rocky slope, with some sharp rocks sticking upward out of it and the following text over the top:

“I’m immune to heat and fire. I can easily carry and protect one of you…”

“That’s suicide! Ye’d need to deliver an army to make a difference, not one person!”

“I *am* an army.”

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

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<p>📚 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by: Charlie Mackesy</p><p>Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes dif...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-th</span><span class="invisible">e-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse</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/socialselfhelp/" rel="tag">#socialselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/personalgrowth/" rel="tag">#personalgrowth</a> <a href="/tags/happinessselfhelp/" rel="tag">#happinessselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/selfesteemselfhelp/" rel="tag">#selfesteemselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/successselfhelp/" rel="tag">#successselfhelp</a></p>

Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an Academy Award® winning animated short film, now available to stream on Apple TV+.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER · USA TODAY BESTSELLER
"The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art."- Elizabeth Egan, The New York Times

From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life's universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" asked the mole.
"Kind," said the boy.

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<p>Chateaubriand, Writing of a Worthless Time</p><p>Chateaubriand (1768–1848), Breton aristocrat and writer, rose to fame with Atala and René. Once a supporter of Napoleon and the Bourbons, he later condemned both for repression and censorship.</p><p>By Alex Andriesse</p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11/19/chateaubriand-writing-of-a-worthless-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11/19/chateaubriand-writing-of-a-worthless-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theparisreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/11/19/chateaubriand-writing-of-a-worthless-time/</span></a></p><p>Chateaubriand at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7255" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7255"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7255</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Louis XVIII Receiving the Duc d’Angoulême on His Return from the Spanish Campaign, December 2, 1823.

In this oil-on-canvas history painting King Louis XVIII, seated and visibly frail, warmly greets his nephew Louis Antoine, the victorious Duc d’Angoulême, just returned from commanding the French intervention in Spain. The duke stands proudly before him, dressed in full military uniform.

Around them are key members of the Bourbon family: behind the duke is Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (“Madame Royale”), his wife, gazing up at him with admiration; to the left of the king stands Charles, Count of Artois (future Charles X), holding the young Duke of Bordeaux in his arms; nearby is the Duchess of Berry with her daughter.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_XVIII_re%C3%A7oit_le_duc_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme_au_retour_de_la_guerre_d%27Espagne,_2_d%C3%A9cembre_1823.jpg

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<p>My Favorite Books I Read in 2025: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-my-favorite-books-i-read-in-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-my-favorite-books-i-read-in-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-my-favorite-books-i-read-in-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</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>

A sideways snapshot of four layers of bookshelves that are all stacked with antique hardbound books in various muted shades of red, orange, and dark yellow.

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