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<p>My collection of first-edition hardcovers has grown. &quot;The Nemesis Legacy&quot; will join them in January. Which one&#x27;s your favorite? 📚🙂👍</p><p>@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>

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<p>New Review - hugely enjoyed this conclusion to a great fantasy duology. Great character arcs and very interesting storylines intelligently explored await in the strongly recomended Tideborn by Eliza Chan <a href="https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/23/tideborn-by-eliza-chan" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/23/tideborn-by-eliza-chan"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.runalongtheshelves.net/blo</span><span class="invisible">g/2025/8/23/tideborn-by-eliza-chan</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>@books - What if an AI took control of our planet? That&#x27;s the premise of Shockwave, my new sci-fi novel—and it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds… bit.ly/buyshockwave Pls Retweet, Share, Repost, &amp; write a REVIEW 😃 <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#booktok</a> <a href="/tags/booktube/" rel="tag">#booktube</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reader/" rel="tag">#reader</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a></p>

<p>It’s rhe weekend and here is a new Wombling Along with reviews and a few other things to keep you comfy with a nice cuppa! <a href="https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/6/wombling-along-1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/6/wombling-along-1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.runalongtheshelves.net/blo</span><span class="invisible">g/2025/9/6/wombling-along-1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>My latest read: &quot;NIGHTMARES&quot; by J.D. Allen - Searching for a new speculative-horror collection to sink your teeth into? This one&#x27;s worth a look!</p><p>Goodreads:<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7864768066" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7864768066"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7864768066</span></a><br>StoryGraph:<br><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/238197e5-9b54-4d1a-ba1d-7121db5c3f32" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/238197e5-9b54-4d1a-ba1d-7121db5c3f32"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/</span><span class="invisible">238197e5-9b54-4d1a-ba1d-7121db5c3f32</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @horrorbooks @specfic </p><p><a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>

<p>My latest read: &quot;Rare Specimen and Other Stories&quot; by S.J. Shank - Eager for a satisfyingly-swift swirl of speculative fiction? Give this one a look!</p><p>Goodreads:<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7874245623" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7874245623"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7874245623</span></a><br>StoryGraph:<br><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/111ac15e-ba5d-4a59-ade5-a9e4e320885f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/111ac15e-ba5d-4a59-ade5-a9e4e320885f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/</span><span class="invisible">111ac15e-ba5d-4a59-ade5-a9e4e320885f</span></a></p><p>@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/collection/" rel="tag">#collection</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>

<p>“Harlem is today the Negro metropolis”</p><p>James Weldon Johnson&#x27;s &quot;Black Manhattan&quot; traces Black New Yorkers&#x27; lives and art from 17th-century New Amsterdam through the Jazz Age, showing the Harlem Renaissance as culmination, not miracle.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom </p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/04/harlem-is-today-the-negro-metropolis/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/04/harlem-is-today-the-negro-metropolis/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/04/harlem-is-today-the-negro-metropolis/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

<p>What was Jane Austen’s best novel? These experts think they know</p><p>To mark the 250th anniversary of her birth, we’re pitting Jane Austen’s much-loved novels against each other in a battle of wit, charm and romance.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-was-jane-austens-best-novel-these-experts-think-they-know-252669" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/what-was-jane-austens-best-novel-these-experts-think-they-know-252669"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/what-was-j</span><span class="invisible">ane-austens-best-novel-these-experts-think-they-know-252669</span></a></p><p>Jane Austen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Speculative Fiction: Beyond a Novel’s Entertainment Value</p><p>The classroom is a place to equip students to better understand the world as it was and is. Speculative fiction can help.</p><p>By: Camille Tinnin</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/speculative-fiction-beyond-a-novels-entertainment-value/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-09112025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/speculative-fiction-beyond-a-novels-entertainment-value/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-09112025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/speculative-fi</span><span class="invisible">ction-beyond-a-novels-entertainment-value/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-09112025</span></a></p><p>Speculative fiction at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3772" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3772"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/3772</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>How Libraries Stand the Test of Time</p><p>The digital era builds upon millennia of librarianship as humans strive to preserve our cultural heritage.</p><p>By: Maria Papadouris </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/how-libraries-stand-the-test-of-time/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K38VBY17C01MM7PB4EYV7J51&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/how-libraries-stand-the-test-of-time/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K38VBY17C01MM7PB4EYV7J51&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/how-libraries-</span><span class="invisible">stand-the-test-of-time/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K38VBY17C01MM7PB4EYV7J51&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Libraries at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/10467" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/10467"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/10467</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a></p>

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<p>started listening <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/podcast/episode/2MNqwf5VoK24qDkVMUObEb" rel="nofollow">- Pride and Prejudice Audiobook (Part 1) - Down To Sleep #122</a><br>by Jane Austen. 4.5 stars.</p><p>Long-time viewer (BBC only, thank you), but first-time reader (well, listener), and it did not disappoint. If anything the Bennetts are even nuttier. Love Lizzie&#x27;s snark, and the frission with D&#x27;Arcy is frustratingly delectable. Really doesn&#x27;t work as a <a href="/tags/sleepstory/" rel="tag">#SleepStory</a> though!</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodo/" rel="tag">#Bookstodo</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#AudioBook</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de</p><p></p>

<p>I&#x27;m a monster. </p><p>(I&#x27;ve done every one of these except neutral good.)</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookmark/" rel="tag">#bookmark</a> <a href="/tags/alignmentchart/" rel="tag">#alignmentChart</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a></p>

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<p>A while ago, I had the pleasure and privilege of reading One Night Only, a Doctor Who novella featuring Fela Kuti, written by Tade Thompson. </p><p>You can now read my spoiler-free review over on the blog. </p><p><a href="https://www.julietemckenna.com/one-night-only-a-doctor-who-novella-from-tade-thompson/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.julietemckenna.com/one-night-only-a-doctor-who-novella-from-tade-thompson/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.julietemckenna.com/one-nig</span><span class="invisible">ht-only-a-doctor-who-novella-from-tade-thompson/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/sf/" rel="tag">#SF</a> <a href="/tags/doctorwho/" rel="tag">#DoctorWho</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</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>

<p>How Close Did We Come to Losing Beowulf Forever?</p><p>Robert Bartlett on a Vital Work of the Western Canon That Barely Survived Multiple Disasters</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-close-did-we-come-to-losing-beowulf-forever/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K79M748M3MD2TD26V5CEP1Y5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-close-did-we-come-to-losing-beowulf-forever/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K79M748M3MD2TD26V5CEP1Y5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-close-did-we-co</span><span class="invisible">me-to-losing-beowulf-forever/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K79M748M3MD2TD26V5CEP1Y5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Beowulf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Beowulf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Beowulf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Beowulf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

<p>The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades</p><p>After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone</p><p>By Ella Jeffries</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Rebecca Lee Crumpler at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/womeninscience/" rel="tag">#womeninscience</a></p>

<p>How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word</p><p>Moudhy Al-Rashid on the Earliest Forms of Writing</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-ancient-receipts-ushered-in-the-dawn-of-the-written-word/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K3ZYGG3XWVBD76518FBBFB0S&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-ancient-receipts-ushered-in-the-dawn-of-the-written-word/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K3ZYGG3XWVBD76518FBBFB0S&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-ancient-receipt</span><span class="invisible">s-ushered-in-the-dawn-of-the-written-word/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K3ZYGG3XWVBD76518FBBFB0S&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</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>

<p>A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old brick factory 📚</p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/eur</span><span class="invisible">ope/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#Library</a></p>

<p>Aye Write 2025<br>6–16 November, Glasgow</p><p>Tickets are now on sale for Aye Write, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year with a packed programme featuring 180 writers from Scotland &amp; around the world</p><p><a href="https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye-write" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye-write"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-o</span><span class="invisible">n/aye-write</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#Glasgow</a> <a href="/tags/ayewrite/" rel="tag">#AyeWrite</a></p>