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<p>“It takes two people to make you, and one people to die”</p><p>Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying," set in Yoknapatawpha County, enters US public soon. Despite 15 stream-of-consciousness narrators making it challenging, Holly at Nut Free Nerd explains why it's worth reading.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/01/it-takes-two-people-to-make-you-and-one-people-to-die/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/01/it-takes-two-people-to-make-you-and-one-people-to-die/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/01/it-takes-two-people-to-make-you-and-one-people-to-die/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

First-edition dust jacket cover of As I Lay Dying (1930) by the American author William Faulkner.

Published in New York by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Lay_Dying#/media/File:As_I_Lay_Dying_(1930_1st_ed_jacket_cover).jpg

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<p>American author Elizabeth Prentiss was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818.</p><p>She is well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the didactic story Stepping Heavenward (1869).</p><p>Books by Elizabeth Prentiss at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/948" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/948"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/948</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Drawing of Elizabeth Prentiss from the frontispiece of The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Provided by the Wheaton College Archives - From the frontispiece of The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss, compiled by her husband George Lewis Prentiss (New York: Randolph & Co., 1882)

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<p>Felix Salten: the Jewish author and hunter who created Bambi</p><p>Bambi is a beloved story which has entertained people for decades. Though the tale of the deer's life has been enjoyed by generations, many do not know the name of its author. </p><p>by Adrian Murphy</p><p><a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/felix-salten-the-jewish-author-and-hunter-who-created-bambi?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-animation-nov2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeana.eu/en/stories/felix-salten-the-jewish-author-and-hunter-who-created-bambi?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-animation-nov2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeana.eu/en/stories/fe</span><span class="invisible">lix-salten-the-jewish-author-and-hunter-who-created-bambi?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-animation-nov2025</span></a></p><p>Salten at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35122" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35122"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/35122</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>Top 50 Masterpieces of Medieval Literature</p><p>Unlock the rich and diverse world of medieval literature with our list of 50 masterpieces. From epic tales of heroism to timeless romances and spiritual writings, these works from the Middle Ages have shaped cultures and influenced storytelling traditions for centuries.</p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@medievalists" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievalists</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2024/09/top-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2024/09/top-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2024/09/t</span><span class="invisible">op-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Dante and His Poem by Domenico di Michelino.

At the center of the composition stands Dante himself, depicted holding a copy of the Divine Comedy. He is shown wearing a red robe and a laurel wreath, which symbolizes his status as a poet. His expression is serene but contemplative, emphasizing his role as a guide through the realms of the afterlife.

The open book in Dante's hand is prominently displayed, showing the first lines of the Divine Comedy. This highlights the connection between Dante and his epic poem.

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<p>Go Behind the Scenes at an Iconic Irish Library as Staff Move 700,000 Historical Treasures Into Storage</p><p>Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library will close for restoration and construction in 2027. What does that mean for the medieval manuscripts and books housed there?</p><p>by Yvonne Gordon</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/go-behind-the-scenes-at-an-iconic-irish-library-as-staff-move-700000-historical-treasures-into-storage-180987743/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/go-behind-the-scenes-at-an-iconic-irish-library-as-staff-move-700000-historical-treasures-into-storage-180987743/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/go-behind-the-scenes-at-an-iconic-irish-library-as-staff-move-700000-historical-treasures-into-storage-180987743/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publiclibrary/" rel="tag">#publiclibrary</a></p>

An image of the Colledge Library (sic), taken from Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728).

This is an architectural elevation drawing from Charles Brooking's 1728 map of Dublin, showing the College Library (likely Trinity College). The detailed engraving depicts a grand three-story Renaissance or Baroque-style building with symmetrical design, featuring regularly spaced windows with decorative surrounds, rusticated stonework on the ground floor, ornamental balustrades along the roofline, and chimneys at either end. The front shows formal garden or courtyard spaces with geometric patterns.

https://archive.org/details/map-of-the-city-and-suburbs-of-dublin

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<p>Zelda Fitzgerald on F. Scott’s Writing</p><p>Zelda’s satirical review of F. Scott’s second novel, The Beautiful and the Damned, revealed much more than her wit.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich via @JSTOR_Daily </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgerald-on-f-scotts-writing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgerald-on-f-scotts-writing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgera</span><span class="invisible">ld-on-f-scotts-writing/</span></a></p><p>The Beautiful and the Damned at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9830" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9830</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald, 1923 via Wikimedia Commons

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<p>Makdisi Street welcomes <a href="/tags/eyalweizman/" rel="tag">#EyalWeizman</a>, founder of <a href="/tags/forensicarchitecture/" rel="tag">#ForensicArchitecture</a>, to talk about his new book <a href="/tags/ungrounding/" rel="tag">#Ungrounding</a>: The Architecture of Genocide</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3T4VhvKcj4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3T4VhvKcj4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3T4Vh</span><span class="invisible">vKcj4</span></a><br><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/statecrime/" rel="tag">#stateCrime</a> <a href="/tags/counterforensics/" rel="tag">#counterforensics</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/infographics/" rel="tag">#infographics</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>📚 Taiwan Travelogue by: Shuang-zi Yang</p><p>May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She’s been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/taiwan-travelogue" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/taiwan-travelogue"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/taiwan-tra</span><span class="invisible">velogue</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/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She’s been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste as much of its authentic cuisine as her famously monstrous appetite can bear.

Soon a Taiwanese woman—who is younger even than she is, and who shares the characters of her name is hired as her interpreter and makes her dreams come true. The charming, erudite, meticulous Chizuru arranges Chizuko’s travels all over the Land of the South and also proves to be an exceptional cook. Over scenic train rides and braised pork rice, lively banter and winter melon tea, Chizuko grows infatuated with her companion and intent on drawing her closer. But something causes Chizuru to keep her distance. It’s only after a heartbreaking separation that Chizuko begins to grasp what the “something” is.

Disguised as a translation of a rediscovered text by a Japanese writer, this novel was a sensation on its first publication in Mandarin Chinese in 2020 and won Taiwan’s highest literary honor, the Golden Tripod Award. Taiwan Travelogue unburies lost colonial histories and deftly reveals how power dynamics inflect our most intimate relationships.

A bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history, and power

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<p>Irish novelist Edith Somerville died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1949.</p><p>She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym "Somerville and Ross". Together they published a series of fourteen stories and novels, the most popular of which were The Real Charlotte, published in 1894, and Some Experiences of an Irish R. M., published in 1899.</p><p>Books by E. Œ. Somerville at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5334" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5334"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/5334</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Somerville atop her horse Tarbush.

Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/irishmemories00some/irishmemories00some#page/n218/mode/1up

In the photograph, she appears composed and elegant, sitting confidently on her horse.

Somerville is dressed in traditional 19th-century riding attire. This would typically include a riding habit—likely a long, dark-colored skirt and jacket, tailored for horseback riding.

Her hair is styled modestly, often covered by a riding hat or bonnet, suitable for outdoor activity and in keeping with the fashion of the era.

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<p>📚 Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by: Meghan Quinn</p><p>There are two things you should know about Atlas 'Max' Maxheimer. One: he has the presence of a six-foot-four lumberjack with a knack for making people smile. Two: he lives and breathes the holidays. Not only is he the reigning victor of the annual to...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/merry-christmas-you-filthy-animal" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/merry-christmas-you-filthy-animal"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/merry-chri</span><span class="invisible">stmas-you-filthy-animal</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a></p>

There are two things you should know about Atlas 'Max' Maxheimer. One: he has the presence of a six-foot-four lumberjack with a knack for making people smile. Two: he lives and breathes the holidays. Not only is he the reigning victor of the annual town Christmas contest, but his family have a literal Christmas tree farm. 'Tis his damn season.

And she's going to ruin everything.

Betty is new in town, full of holiday cheer and, worst of all, is helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she's out to destroy everything he loves. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade.

And they're having way too much fun trying to outdo each other.

After Christmas chaos, public humiliation and booby traps that Home Alone would be proud of, it only takes a blizzard, a romantic cottage and only one bed for the sparks between Max and Betty to ignite...

The perfect festive romance involving a very creative misuse of a popcorn garland, a grand Christmas romantic gesture and getting snowed in with only one bed...

🎄TROPES:
💕Small Towns
💕Banter
💕Rivals to Lovers
💕Forced Proximity
💕He Falls First
💕One Bed
💕A lot of spice 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️

But also expect...
Elite holiday movie references
A spicy moment with some chocolate covered cherries
Misuse of a popcorn garland...

READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH MEGHAN QUINN'S BOOKS...
'Outrageously laugh-out-loud funny' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The way I completely

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<p>📚 Honey and Spice by: Bolu Babalola</p><p>Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together...<br>Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she's made it her mission...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/honey-and-spice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/honey-and-spice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/honey-and-</span><span class="invisible">spice</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a></p>

Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together...
Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she's made it her mission to make sure the women of the African-Caribbean Society at Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of "situationships", players, and heartbreak. But when the Queen of the Unbothered kisses Malakai Korede, the guy she just publicly denounced as "The Wastemen of Whitewell," in front of every Blackwellian on campus, she finds her show on the brink.

They're soon embroiled in a fake relationship to try and salvage their reputations and save their futures. Kiki has never surrendered her heart before, and a player like Malakai won't be the one to change that, no matter how charming he is or how electric their connection feels. But surprisingly entertaining study sessions and intimate, late-night talks at old-fashioned diners force Kiki to look beyond her own presumptions. Is she ready to open herself up to something deeper?

A gloriously funny and sparkling debut novel, Honey and Spice is full of delicious tension and romantic intrigue that will make you weak at the knees.
A smart, sexy summer read, which hits your brain and your romance buttons in one shot. Los Angeles Times

The ultimate summer romance... It's got all the juiciest, most satisfying romance tropes, but in Babalola's capable

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<p>📚 Snap by: Susin Nielsen</p><p>Frances Partridge, fifty-five, is a beloved children’s author. Geraint Blevins, forty-one, is an auto mechanic and devoted family man. Parker Poplawski, twenty-three, is just starting her career as a wardrobe assistant on a hit TV show. What do these people have in common?</p><p>Nothing, that’s what. Until...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/snap" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/snap</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/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a></p>

Frances Partridge, fifty-five, is a beloved children’s author. Geraint Blevins, forty-one, is an auto mechanic and devoted family man. Parker Poplawski, twenty-three, is just starting her career as a wardrobe assistant on a hit TV show. What do these people have in common?

Nothing, that’s what. Until each of them reaches a breaking point and snaps in spectacular fashion. They meet in a court-mandated anger management class: three very different people, forced to spend a lot of time together, who slowly end up bonding and helping one another in unexpected ways, whether it’s to move on or to exact revenge.

Lighthearted, timely, and funny, Snap is Nielsen at the top of her storytelling game, delivering flawed but relatable characters whose heartaches, foibles, and choices will make you cringe as you laugh out loud.

A laugh-out-loud novel about the consequences of being pushed to the edge—and plummeting right over it

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<p>Great essay by Andrew Liptak on the loss of mass market paperbacks - "there are fewer opportunities to buy stories from new authors, and fewer places for people to encounter books in their everyday lives." </p><p><a href="https://www.andrewliptak.com/mass-market-paperback-novels-publishing-books/?ref=transfer-orbit-newsletter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.andrewliptak.com/mass-market-paperback-novels-publishing-books/?ref=transfer-orbit-newsletter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.andrewliptak.com/mass-mark</span><span class="invisible">et-paperback-novels-publishing-books/?ref=transfer-orbit-newsletter</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a></p>

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<p>📚 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by: Kiran Desai</p><p>When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.</p><p>Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recen...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-loneli</span><span class="invisible">ness-of-sonia-and-sunny</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/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.

Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India. She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.

A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize–winning author of The Inheritance of Loss

A transcendent triumph. not so much a novel as a marvel. The New York Times Book Review

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<p>Ogden Nash makes a splash</p><p>Ogden Nash found success after The New Yorker hired him in 1930, launching a long career of humorous, playful verse. His earliest published poems enter public domain pretty soon.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/03/ogden-nash-makes-a-splash/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/03/ogden-nash-makes-a-splash/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/03/ogden-nash-makes-a-splash/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

Photo of panelist Ogden Nash and Dagmar from the television game show Masquerade Party.

This 1950s photo shows poet Ogden Nash with actress/TV personality Dagmar on the game show "Masquerade Party." Nash, wearing glasses and bow tie, sits at a panel desk while the glamorous Dagmar stands beside him.

via ABC Television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash#/media/File:Ogden_Nash_Dagmar_Masquerade_Party_1955.jpg

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<p>How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics</p><p>Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More recently, scientists have developed supercomputers that can estimate up to trillions of its digits.</p><p>by Rohini Subrahmanyam</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ramanujan-formulae-pi-modern-high.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-12-ramanujan-formulae-pi-modern-high.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-12-ramanuja</span><span class="invisible">n-formulae-pi-modern-high.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

A pi pie.

A creative pie decorated with the pi symbol (π) in the center and the digits of pi (3.14159265358979323846...) written around the edges, creating a visual pun celebrating the mathematical constant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#/media/File:Pi_pie2.jpg

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<p>"La reconnaissance a la mémoire courte."</p><p>Swiss philosopher & politician Benjamin Constant was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1767. Author of numerous essays on political & religious issues, he also wrote psychological novels, such as Le Cahier rouge and Adolphe.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5256" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5256"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/5256</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

More details Roche - Portrait de Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), écrivain et homme politique - P1679 - Musée Carnavalet Hercule de Roche - https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/en/node/153046

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Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World?

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1875, poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke is born</p><p>Rilke "was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_M</span><span class="invisible">aria_Rilke</span></a></p><p>Rilke at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/846" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/846"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/846</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Photograph of Rilke

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<p>The very first Nobel Prize in Literature in history was awarded to Sully Prudhomme in 1901.</p><p>Most people don’t know him today - which makes it even more interesting to read the man who started Nobel literary history.</p><p>Try his elegant, heartbreaking “The Broken Vase”.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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>

Sully Prudhomme

The Broken Vase

The vase where this verbena is dying
was cracked by a blow from a fan.
It must have barely brushed it,
for it made no sound.

But the slight wound,
biting into the crystal day by day,
surely, invisibly crept
slowly all around it.

The clear water leaked out drop by drop.
The flowers’ sap was exhausted.
Still no one suspected anything.
Don’t touch! It’s broken.

Thus often does the hand we love,
barely touching the heart, wound it.
Then the heart cracks by itself
and the flower of its love dies.

Still intact in the eyes of the world,
it feels its wound, narrow and deep,
grow and softly cry.
It’s broken. Don’t touch!

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<p>When you're reading and someone assumes that means you're doing nothing and they can interrupt you.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

At Vespers by Halle. A young woman looks up from reading a book. It's probably some religious thing, but I've cropped out the cross and I just like the intensity on her face.

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<p>A Review of A Very Uncanny Christmas: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-a-very-uncanny-christmas/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-a-very-uncanny-christmas/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-a-</span><span class="invisible">very-uncanny-christmas/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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 A Very Uncanny Christmas - A Jack Hansard Short Story by Georgina Jeffery. Image on cover is a drawing of four small bottles of potions, one purple, one pink, one red and one white, left by a brick fireplace. In the centre of the display of potions is a light blue glowing potion in a glass jar that’s attached to a large red container.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/FeyFighters" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/FeyFighters</a></p><p>Two soldiers on opposite sides, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates forever entwined, first by revenge, but as they crash together in a dangerous rainforest, they’re forced to work together, just to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?</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 Fey Fighters, by Owen Tyme.

The background is the stars of space, with nebula-like clouds, in blue. This has been divided into jigsaw puzzle pieces by dark lines marking the lines between pieces.

The foreground features an enormous, stylized phoenix, which is composed of fire. The phoenix looms over an Earth-like world heavily obscured by cloud cover.

(Right) The same world from the cover orbits a purple gas giant, with a stream of flame above it, which may be the phoenix, with the following text over the top:

“We’re in a human-made, goblin-enchanted spacecraft, powered by a dryad that’s under the mistaken impression she’s a nuclear reactor, half-piloted by a pixie and half-piloted by a human.”

“Is there anywhere we can go we won’t be shot on sight?”

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

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheThirdWish</a></p><p>Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince use a time machine, to improve their place in history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will the time travelers kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?</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 The Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

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

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<p>Was once again reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin's daily schedule, and why this woman was an icon on every single level.</p><p><a href="/tags/ursulakleguin/" rel="tag">#UrsulaKLeguin</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a></p>

Ursula Le Guin‘s daily schedule

5:30 a.m. - wake up and lie there and think.
6:15 a.m. - get up and eat breakfast (lots).
7.15 a.m. - get to work writing, writing, writing.
Noon - lunch.
1:00-3:00 p.m. - reading, music.
3:00-5:00 p.m. correspondence, maybe house cleaning.
5:00-8:00 p.m. make dinner and eat it.
After 8:00 p.m. - I tend to be very stupid and we won't talk about this.

This was Le Guin's daily schedule first appeared in an interview she gave in 1988 (and more recently reappeared in Ursula Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations).

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