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<p>Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through his Sherlock Holmes stories</p><p>Many of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories examine male characters facing emotional catastrophe, betrayal and moral dilemmas.</p><p>by Emma Linford</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/arthur-conan-doyle-explored-mens-mental-health-through-his-sherlock-holmes-stories-246728?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692+CID_fa1700c951d65f231bfdf9e15bf4362e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20explored%20mens%20mental%20health%20through%20his%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20stories" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/arthur-conan-doyle-explored-mens-mental-health-through-his-sherlock-holmes-stories-246728?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692+CID_fa1700c951d65f231bfdf9e15bf4362e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20explored%20mens%20mental%20health%20through%20his%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20stories"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/arthur-con</span><span class="invisible">an-doyle-explored-mens-mental-health-through-his-sherlock-holmes-stories-246728?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692+CID_fa1700c951d65f231bfdf9e15bf4362e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20explored%20mens%20mental%20health%20through%20his%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20stories</span></a></p><p>Conan Doyle at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/69</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Arthur Conan Doyle in 1914

by Walter Benington

Conan Doyle is seen from the chest up, seated and angled slightly to his left while looking directly at the camera.

He wears a dark suit with a high-collared shirt and tie, and his neatly groomed mustache is prominent. His hair is combed back, and the lighting highlights the contours of his face.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#/media/File:Arthur_Conan_Doyle_by_Walter_Benington,_1914.png

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<p>A cat called Good Fortune</p><p>The Cat Who Went to Heaven is among the early Newbery medalists that have aged the best over nearly a century<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/14/a-cat-called-good-fortune/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/14/a-cat-called-good-fortune/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/14/a-cat-called-good-fortune/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

Elizabeth Coatsworth & Lynd Ward (illustrator), “The Cat Who Went to Heaven

The 1930 Newbery Medal winner features distinctive artwork depicting a Japanese-inspired scene, characteristic of Ward's celebrated illustration style for this touching tale about a poor artist, his cat, and Buddha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Who_Went_to_Heaven#/media/File:The_Cat_Who_Went_to_Heaven.jpg

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<p>“No-one in the room but the corpse”</p><p>Charles Williams, a lesser-known Inkling who influenced Lewis, Tolkien, and Eliot, debuted with War in Heaven, a supernatural thriller mixing mystery, Christian themes, and a mystical quest for a powerful artifact.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom </p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/26/no-one-in-the-room-but-the-corpse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/26/no-one-in-the-room-but-the-corpse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">1/26/no-one-in-the-room-but-the-corpse/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

Charles Walter Stansby Williams

Williams is shown from the chest up, seated and facing slightly to his right while looking toward the camera with a thoughtful expression. He wears round spectacles, a dark suit, and a neatly knotted tie. His hair is combed back, slightly tousled on top.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Williams_(British_writer)#/media/File:Charles_Walter_Stansby_Williams.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1914.</p><p>Arthur Machen's short story "The Bowmen" is published in The Evening News (London).</p><p>In this story, written and published during World War I, the ghosts of archers from the battle of Agincourt, led by Saint George, come to the aid of British troops. This is cited as the origin of the Angels of Mons legend.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M</span><span class="invisible">achen</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_o</span><span class="invisible">f_Mons</span></a></p><p>The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14044" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14044</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>Jenny Nyström - the woman who created the image for a Swedish Christmas</p><p>The tomte is a gnome-like character in Swedish folklore which has been used on many Christmas cards and designs. </p><p>by Beth Daley</p><p><a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/jenny-nystroem-the-woman-who-created-the-image-for-a-swedish-christmas?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-christmas-dec2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeana.eu/en/stories/jenny-nystroem-the-woman-who-created-the-image-for-a-swedish-christmas?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-christmas-dec2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeana.eu/en/stories/je</span><span class="invisible">nny-nystroem-the-woman-who-created-the-image-for-a-swedish-christmas?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-christmas-dec2025</span></a></p><p>About Jenny Nyström:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Nystr%C3%B6m" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Nystr%C3%B6m"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Ny</span><span class="invisible">str%C3%B6m</span></a></p><p>Christmas card at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=christmas+card" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=christmas+card"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=christmas+card</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a></p>

Jenny Nystrom. God Jul.

A vintage Swedish Christmas card illustrated by Jenny Nyström, showing a jolly gnome or tomte (traditional Scandinavian Christmas figure) with a flowing white beard, red pointed hat, green coat, and bright orange mittens, gleefully announcing "God Jul!" (Merry Christmas) with outstretched arms.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nystrom_God-Jul_01.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1909.</p><p>Franz Kafka's short story "The Aeroplanes at Brescia (Die Aeroplane in Brescia)", based on a real event, is published in the Prague newspaper Bohemia, as the first description of airplanes in German literature.</p><p>It describes an airshow near the Italian city of Brescia, which Kafka saw with two of his friends (Max and his brother Otto Brod) during their journey to Italy.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aeroplanes_at_Brescia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aeroplanes_at_Brescia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aero</span><span class="invisible">planes_at_Brescia</span></a></p><p>Full transcription here:<br><a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Aeroplane_in_Brescia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Aeroplane_in_Brescia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Aer</span><span class="invisible">oplane_in_Brescia</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Part of its publication in Bohemia, 29 September 1909.

Franz Kafka - Bohemia, 29. September 1909, Morgen-Ausgabe. 82. Jahrgang, 269. Ausgabe

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<p>One of the World’s Oldest Calculators Was Up for Auction. Then, Scientists Rallied and Temporarily Blocked Its Sale</p><p>French scholars argued that the 17th-century Pascaline should go to a public collection and stay within the country. But a Paris court may take months to make a final decision on the device’s fate</p><p>by Margherita Bassi </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-calculators-was-up-for-auction-then-scientists-rallied-and-temporarily-blocked-its-sale-180987748/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-calculators-was-up-for-auction-then-scientists-rallied-and-temporarily-blocked-its-sale-180987748/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-calculators-was-up-for-auction-then-scientists-rallied-and-temporarily-blocked-its-sale-180987748/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Origin of modern calculating machines by J. A. V. Turck at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69386" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69386</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/calculating_machines/" rel="tag">#calculating_machines</a></p>

Photo of a 'Pascaline', the mechanical calculator invented and manufactured by French scientist Blaise Pascal between 1642 and 1652.

Pascaline made for French currency which once belonged to Louis Perrier, Pascal's nephew. The least significant denominations, sols and deniers, are on the right

The machine is a rectangular brass box with a row of circular dials set into its top surface. Each dial has a central window displaying a numeral and is surrounded by a toothed wheel marked with digits. The wheels increase in size from right to left, reflecting the denomination system: the least significant units—sols and deniers—are on the right, with larger currency units to the left.

Small metal tabs or spoked pointers allow the user to rotate each wheel, triggering the internal gear mechanism that performs addition (and limited subtraction). The front edge of the device shows slots and indicator openings related to the carry mechanism.

From J. A. V. Turck (1921) Origin of Modern Calculating Machines, Western Society of Engineers, Chicago, USA, p.10, fig.1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascaline#/media/File:Pascaline_calculator_front.png

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<p>A Review of Come December: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-come-december/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-come-december/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-co</span><span class="invisible">me-december/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#Paranormal</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</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>

Book cover for Come December by Holly Schindler. Image on cover is a closeup photo of a tree whose branches are covered in snow. The ground, too, is covered in a thick layer of snow. The title is written in a fancy red font which stands out nicely against the black, brown, and white background.

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<p>📚 Black-Owned by: Char Adams</p><p>Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.</p><p>In Black-Owned, Char Adams cel...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/black-owned" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/black-owned"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/black-owne</span><span class="invisible">d</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/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/entrepreneurshiphistory/" rel="tag">#entrepreneurshiphistory</a> <a href="/tags/socialhistory/" rel="tag">#socialhistory</a></p>

Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.

In Black-Owned, Char Adams celebrates the living history of Black bookstores. Packed with stories of activism, espionage, violence, community, and perseverance, Black-Owned starts with the first Black-owned bookstore, which an abolitionist opened in New York in 1834, and after the bookshop’s violent demise, Black book-lovers carried on its cause. In the twentieth century, civil rights and Black Power activists started a Black bookstore boom nationwide. Malcolm X gave speeches in front of the National Memorial African Book Store in Harlem—a place dubbed “Speakers’ Corner”—and later, Black bookstores became targets of FBI agents, police, and racist vigilantes. Still, stores continued to fuel Black political movements.

Amid these struggles, bookshops were also places of celebration: Eartha Kitt and Langston Hughes held autograph parties at their local Black-owned bookstores. Maya Angelou became the face of National Black Bookstore Week. And today a new generation of Black activists is joining the radical bookstore tradition, with rapper Noname opening her Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles and several stores making national headlines when they were overwhelmed with demand in the Black

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo was disappointing

<p>With the release of the Netflix series adapting Bardugo’s Grishaverse (side note, I kinda hate “verse” terms) to the screen, I had been reading a lot of praise for the world and the written series, in particular the Six of Crows duology. Sure enough, popular review sites seem to back that hype up. It is very well reviewed.</p><p>After trudging my way through the Shadow & Bone trilogy, I thought I would finally get to the payoff: Six of Crows, pretty much universally praised fantasy heist book with a great cast of characters. What’s not to love?</p><p>Well… A lot, I found out. I acknowledge that I’m probably just not the right audience for this, I guess. I know it’s targeted at YA, but the praise is so universal, even my like-aged fantasy reading nerd friends recommended it. But it fell so short of expectations for me.</p><p>Now, I didn’t hate it. I’ve read worse. And there’s definitely things I liked about the book, and Bardugo’s world. But not nearly enough to like as much as everyone else seems to.</p><p>I constantly found it very difficult to believe, even in a world of fantastical magic, that a group of 15 to 18 year olds had the breadth and depth of skills and knowledge the main cast do. And found myself constantly asking in the second half of the book how this palace could possibly be described as impregnable as it had been when the crew seemed to pretty much have the run of the place.</p><p>The timings of the flashbacks were jarring to me, the romances were shallow and unbelievable, and for probably half of the chapters I asked myself, “did we really need to change character POVs for this?”</p><p>I ultimately landed on a 2.75/5 - still above average, but a far cry from the consensus. Ultimately I was disappointed that this was a teen drama with a flimsy heist backdrop rather than a heist with background romance.</p> <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://sh.itjust.works/post/50575405">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Happy weekend, everyone! I have a nice stack of library books to work my way through. </p><p>How about all of you? Any good reads? </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>

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<p>One of my favourite winter-themed books is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.</p><p>What are some of your favorite books that are set during the winter and feature that season heavily in the storyline? </p><p><a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</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>

Book cover for The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Image on cover is a drawing of a young white girl wearing red gloves, a brown hat, and a blue winter coat. She’s partially hiding in a forest behind a birch tree that has a white trunk. There’s a fox peeking out behind another birch tree beside her.

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<p>Book Review: We Who Hunt Alexanders by Jason Sanford<br>A dark fantasy contemplation of family, and monsters, and darker subjects still.<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 for your Black Friday<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/book-review-we-who-hunt-alexanders-by.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/book-review-we-who-hunt-alexanders-by.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-we-who-hunt-alexanders-by.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a></p>

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<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1795512" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1795512"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1795512</span></a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by 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> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</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>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://books2read.com/SkyChildren" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SkyChildren</a></p><p>With a strange virus giving colonists magic powers, they call for government aid, but warships packed to the gills with nuclear ordnance arrive! They run for the hills, totally terrified for their lives as their city is struck down as if by the wrath of an angry God!</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> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Sky Children, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a nuclear explosion and its mushroom cloud, in some distant hills. There's a dirt road along some rocky hills leading away from it.

The foreground is dominated by the dark silhouettes of another hill, some tall grass and a family of five holding hands, going left to right: girl, mother, girl, boy and father. The mother and father look down at the children, while they look up at their mother. The tallest of the children appears to be a boy in shorts, while the other two are girls of the same height, indicating they may be twins. The girls have pony tails and wear dresses. The mother wears a skirt and the father wears pants. The family holds hands.

The silhouettes are highlighted by the orange light of the explosion.

(Right) An explosion is fiery and bright. Someone hold up their left hand to block the light, but the light is so intense, their flesh only tinges the light a pinkish-red shade and their bones are visible, outlined with dark red lines. The following text is laid over that:

He shielded his eyes with his hands, but even with his eyes closed, he could see the shadows of his finger bones, as highlighted by the monstrous, nuclear light!

Temporarily blinded, tears fell from his eyes.

*What more could I have done? Could we have saved more people somehow? How could I have known the consequences of setting up the navigation beacon? Why is this happening?*

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

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Every year, Americans hurt and kill each other fighting over Black Friday deals. To understand why, turn to nihilist horror author Thomas Ligotti. <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/39606982">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>📚 Helm by: Sarah Hall</p><p>Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind — a subject of folklore and awe, part-elemental god, part-aerial demon blasting through the sublime landscape of Northern England since the dawn of time.</p><p>Through the stories of those who’ve obsessed over Helm, an extraordinary history is formed: the Neolithic t...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/helm" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/helm</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/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/worldliterature/" rel="tag">#worldliterature</a></p>

Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind — a subject of folklore and awe, part-elemental god, part-aerial demon blasting through the sublime landscape of Northern England since the dawn of time.

Through the stories of those who’ve obsessed over Helm, an extraordinary history is formed: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate Helm, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish Helm, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture Helm — and the farmer’s daughter who fiercely loved Helm. But now Dr. Selima Sutar, surrounded by infinite clouds and measuring instruments in her observation hut, fears human pollution is killing Helm.
Rich, wild, and vital, Helm is the story of a singular life force, and of the relationship between nature and people, neither of whom can weather life without the other.

Sarah Hall's writing has conquered the body and the soul and now it conquers the wind itself. She gets better with every word she writes. Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters and The Hotel

From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that explores faith, connection, and our relationship to the natural world.

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<p>📚 Cursed Daughters: A Read with Jenna Pick by: Oyinkan Braithwaite</p><p>When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the child and the dead woman. So begins the belief, fostered and fanned by the entire family,...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/cursed-daughters-a-read-with-jenna-pick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/cursed-daughters-a-read-with-jenna-pick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/cursed-dau</span><span class="invisible">ghters-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/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the child and the dead woman. So begins the belief, fostered and fanned by the entire family, that Eniiyi is the actual reincarnation of Monife, fated to follow in her footsteps in all ways, including that tragic end.

There is also the matter of the family curse: “No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace...” which has been handed down from generation to generation, breaking hearts and causing three generations of abandoned Falodun women to live under the same roof.

When Eniiyi falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from drowning, she can no longer run from her family’s history. As several women in her family have done before, she ill-advisedly seeks answers in older, darker spiritual corners of Lagos, demanding solutions. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak? Or can she break the pattern once and for all, not only avoiding the spiral that led Monife to her lonely death, but liberating herself from all the family secrets and unspoken traumas that have dogged her steps since before she could remember?

Cursed Daughters is a brilliant cocktail of modernity and superstition, vibrant humor and hard-won wisdom, romantic love and familial obligation. With it’s unforgettable cast of characters, it asks us what it means to be given a second chance and h

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<p>📚 Remarkably Bright Creatures by: Shelby Van Pelt</p><p>After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanish...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/remarkably-bright-creatures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/remarkably-bright-creatures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/remarkably</span><span class="invisible">-bright-creatures</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/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/cozyfiction/" rel="tag">#cozyfiction</a></p>

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

A New York Times Bestseller
Soon to be a Netflix Film
A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing. Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here.

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1962.</p><p>Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.</p><p>The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during WW2. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_S</span><span class="invisible">pring</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

Cover of the first edition of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, published in September 23, 1962.

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<p>So that man in the White House that loves to take Bell Hooks's titles is coming out with another book, which I will not name here. Read Bell Hooks instead. Bell Hooks is far more worth your time, trust me. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1886.</p><p>The "Symbolist Manifesto" is placed in the French newspaper Le Figaro by a Greek-born poet Jean Moréas, who calls Symbolism hostile to "plain meanings, declamations, false sentimentality and matter-of-fact description," and intended to "clothe the Ideal in a perceptible form" whose "goal was not in itself, but whose sole purpose was to express the Ideal."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolist_Manifesto" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolist_Manifesto"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolis</span><span class="invisible">t_Manifesto</span></a></p><p>Symbolism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Symbolism&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Symbolism&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Symbolism&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Henri Fantin-Latour, By the Table, 1872, depicting: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Léon Valade, Ernest d'Hervilly and Camille Pelletan (seated); Pierre Elzéar, Emile Blémont, and Jean Aicard (standing)

Un coin de table, painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872, musée d'Orsay.

The painting shows a group of men seated around a small, round table in a quiet, somber interior, with little decoration in the background. The scene appears intimate and contemplative, focusing on the figures rather than the environment. The table is partially set with a few items, hinting at a casual, intellectual gathering.

The group consists of eight men, including Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, and Émile Blémont, representing the vibrant literary culture of the time.

Verlaine, positioned near the center, appears contemplative, while the young Rimbaud, seated at the far end, gazes intensely, his presence adding a layer of intrigue to the scene.

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<p>"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."<br>The History of Rasselas</p><p>British author, linguist & lexicographer Samuel Johnson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1709.</p><p>Johnson’s most famous achievement is his Dictionary, which was the first major comprehensive dictionary of English. It became the standard reference work for decades and influenced the way dictionaries were compiled.</p><p>Samuel Johnson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/297</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Johnson (1775) showing his intense concentration and the weakness of his eyes; he did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam". This unique portrait showing his nearsightedness is in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

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<p>📚 Caught Up by: Navessa Allen</p><p>I wanted this woman, and I was a man who always got what he wanted.</p><p>Nico Junior Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. She is sweetness and laughter, whereas Junior exists in a world of violence and depravity. Men like him don’t get to have women like her. It’s why he pushed her away back in hi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/caught-up" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/caught-up</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/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/darkhumor/" rel="tag">#darkhumor</a></p>

I wanted this woman, and I was a man who always got what he wanted.

Nico Junior Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. She is sweetness and laughter, whereas Junior exists in a world of violence and depravity. Men like him don’t get to have women like her. It’s why he pushed her away back in high school and kept his distance ever since.

But when Junior looks Lauren up online, he discovers the shy, bookish girl he remembers is gone. In her place is a strikingly beautiful woman whose social media is filled with scantily clad pictures of herself and a connection to a nearby play club. Junior’s innocent curiosity quickly turns into a dark obsession. Watching Lauren from a distance isn’t enough; he needs to make her his.

He’s ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorite color.

Lauren is intrigued by the mystery man who keeps showing up at her club, who tempts her white-hot desires. But as their flirty online messages stir up a deeper form of connection, Lauren worries she’s developing real feelings for this brooding stranger. As their combined desire ratchets up to a breaking point, who will seduce who?

Book Two in the #1 New York Times and instant USA TODAY bestselling series!

From the viral TikTok author of the stalker romcom, Lights Out, comes Navessa Allen’s second book in bestselling The Into Darkness Series, upping the ante with voyeurism and play club kink.

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