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<p>📚 It by: Stephen King</p><p>Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.</p><p>They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/it" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/it</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/fic015000fiction/" rel="tag">#fic015000fiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers.

Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.

“Stephen King’s most mature work” (St. Petersburg Times), “It will overwhelm you…to be read in a well-lit room only” (Los Angeles Times).

Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Max’s series It: Welcome to Derry about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled upon as teenagers, an evil without a name: It.

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<p>Mass-market paperbacks are going away?! <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/tech.lgbt/blobcatcry.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatcry:" title=":blobcatcry:"> (first segment in the video)</p><p>They are being replaced with e-books or their more expensive trade paperback jcousins.</p><p><a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/massmarket/" rel="tag">#MassMarket</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#Trade</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/massmarketpaperbacks/" rel="tag">#MassMarketPaperbacks</a> <a href="/tags/readerlink/" rel="tag">#ReaderLink</a> <a href="/tags/danielgreene/" rel="tag">#DanielGreene</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="https://youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk5dIUvfM355" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk5dIUvfM355"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk</span><span class="invisible">5dIUvfM355</span></a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1899.</p><p>William Gillette's play Sherlock Holmes, based (with authorisation) on the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, opens in New York City with himself in the title rôle.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmes0000will" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/sherlockholmes0000will"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/sherlockho</span><span class="invisible">lmes0000will</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Detail of photograph of the Broadway production of Sherlock Holmes, with William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes and Katherine Florence as Alice Faulkner. Stage Publishing Company, Inc.; photograph by Byron Company - Stage, August 1937 (page 91)

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Looking for more surreal/weird/quirky recommendations

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<p>Danish author Marie Bregendahl was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1867.</p><p>Her first novel Hendrik i Bakken was published in 1904. She went on to gain fame with En Dødsnat in 1912, based on the death of her mother when she was only 12.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bregendahl" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bregendahl"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Br</span><span class="invisible">egendahl</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>"Call me Ishmael."</p><p>Readers dive into New Bedford Whaling Museum's 30th 'Moby-Dick' marathon</p><p>by Andrea Shea</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/new-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/new-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon</span></a></p><p>Moby-Dick at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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Survey of 2,203 US adults: 59% say they read at least one book in 2025; readers who prefer e-books report more reading than those who prefer print or audiobooks <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/41035073">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:..."</p><p>Lewis Carroll’s Personal Copy of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ Returns to its ‘Spiritual Home’ in Oxford</p><p>The book has been donated jointly to Christ Church and the Bodleian Library, which are both part of the University of Oxford</p><p>by Sarah Kuta </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/</span></a></p><p>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The cover has a beige or cream-colored background with the title "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" displayed at the top in a bold, serif typeface in dark blue or black. At the bottom, "LEWIS CARROLL" appears in the same typeface and color.

The main image is contained within a dark blue border and depicts a whimsical garden scene featuring two central figures:

On the right stands Alice, portrayed as a young girl with shoulder-length blonde hair with bangs. She wears a classic white pinafore dress over a white blouse, with the dress featuring a decorative orange or coral-colored hem with a scalloped pattern. Her expression is calm and pleasant.

On the left is a rotund figure in elaborate costume consisting of:

An enormous round red or orange hat or headdress that dominates the upper portion
A smiling, chubby face with rosy cheeks
An orange and yellow striped collar or ruff
A flowing orange robe or dress decorated with circular patterns and ornate details
The figure has a jovial, almost comical appearance

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11/pg11-images.html

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<p>"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. "</p><p>‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’: The raunchy banned book that became a best-seller and helped to launch counterculture</p><p>by Paulina Subia</p><p><a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-banned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-banned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-b</span><span class="invisible">anned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/</span></a></p><p>Lady Chatterley’s Love at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73144</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A photo of Lawrence by Lady Ottoline Morrell in November 1915.

Lawrence stands in a formal, frontal pose facing the camera directly, with his body slightly stiff and arms at his sides.

Lawrence has a distinctive full beard that covers much of his lower face, and his hair is parted and styled in the fashion of the Edwardian period.

He is dressed formally in what appears to be:

A dark jacket or suit coat with visible buttons down the front
Light-colored trousers
Dark shoes or boots
What appears to be a white collar visible at the neck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence#/media/File:D.H._Lawrence,_29_November_1915.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1859</p><p>Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, an early example of mystery fiction, begins serialisation in All the Year Round.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woma</span><span class="invisible">n_in_White_(novel)#</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Year_Round" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Year_Round"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_</span><span class="invisible">Year_Round</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</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><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1952.</p><p>Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the longest continuously running play in history.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mous</span><span class="invisible">etrap</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

22461th performance of The Mousetrap (at St Martin's Theatre)

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<p>4 Forgotten Female Authors Who Inspired Jane Austen</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS</span></a></p><p>Books at PG by:</p><p>Frances Burney</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2010</span></a></p><p>Maria Edgeworth </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/630</span></a></p><p>Charlotte Smith</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41281</span></a></p><p>Elizabeth Inchbald</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1305" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1305"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1305</span></a></p><p>Maria Edgeworth </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Drawing of Maria Edgeworth. She is shown sitting in a chair next to a table. There is a stack of books on the table, and she resting her left elbow on them. That hand is touching her face.

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<p>But even then I think TV and movies based on books are often better than a lot of other TV or movie writing, so perhaps it's not all bad? 🤔😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

Side by side photos of a bannister with a horse on the end.
The Book: A horse beautifully carved directly into the bannister.
The Movie: A plastic horse toy hung on the end of the bannister with a string.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1919.</p><p>The Großes Schauspielhaus opens as a theater in Berlin, with an interior designed by Hans Poelzig. It begins with the director Max Reinhardt's production of the Oresteia.</p><p>The House of Atreus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Set design for Aeschylus' Oresteia (premiere April 8, 1912 at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in the Nibelungensaal of the Rosengarten Mannheim, production: Ferdinand Gregori), gouache over pencil, Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung der Universität zu Köln, Schloss Wahn

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Some more unusual acquisitions from 2025.</p><p>- I purchased the last copy of the definitive retrospective on the <a href="/tags/palaeoart/" rel="tag">#palaeoart</a> of Zdenek <a href="/tags/burian/" rel="tag">#Burian</a> from Albatros Media. Volume 3 focuses on his artwork of prehistoric humans. All these books are written in Czech, but the artwork is just lavish, and I'm a sucker for period palaeoart.</p><p>- I found a second-hand copy of the reissue of <a href="/tags/alexandervonhumboldt/" rel="tag">#AlexanderVonHumboldt</a>'s Views of Nature, released by the University of Chicago Press.</p><p>- <a href="/tags/spookslot/" rel="tag">#Spookslot</a> - 44 jaar te gast bij de geesten, a Dutch book I hunted down via a friend, which was released to commemorate the closure of one of the most beloved attractions, Het Spookslot (a haunted house), in De <a href="/tags/efteling/" rel="tag">#Efteling</a>, a well-known Dutch amusement park I used to go to quite often as a child. I know they have completely rebuilt it into a new ride now with nods to the classic panoramic show, but I haven't visited it yet.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/humanevolution/" rel="tag">#HumanEvolution</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, lying down, Views of Nature, showing a painting a verdant green jungle landscape.

In the middle, standing up on a pile of two other large books, Praveký Svet Zdenka Buriana, Kniha 3: Cesta k Cloveku, a large cloth-bound hardback showing two pieces of colour artwork of classic Czech palaeoartist Zdenek Burian: a cave bear and a hominin sitting down on his haunches while leaning on a stick. The narrow yellow paper wrapper obscures part of the cover and shows the title in Czech.

On the right, lying down, Spookslot - 44 jaar te gast bij de geesten, a slim but rather large square book with a colour photo of a ruined castle at night, lit up by several colourful spotlights. This the Spookslot, a haunted house in the Dutch attraction park De Efteling.

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<p>Is beauty natural?</p><p>Charles Darwin was as fascinated by extravagant ornament in nature as Jane Austen was in culture. Did their explanations agree?</p><p>By Abigail Tulenko via @aeonmag </p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-</span><span class="invisible">darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty</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>📚 The Art Of Racing In The Rain by: Garth Stein</p><p>Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/art-of-racing-in-the-rain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/art-of-racing-in-the-rain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/art-of-rac</span><span class="invisible">ing-in-the-rain</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/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a></p>

Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.

Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast. Using the techniques needed on the race track, one can successfully navigate all of life's ordeals.

On the eve of his death, Enzo takes stock of his life, recalling all that he and his family have been through: the sacrifices Denny has made to succeed professionally; the unexpected loss of Eve, Denny's wife; the three-year battle over their daughter, Zoë, whose maternal grandparents pulled every string to gain custody. In the end, despite what he sees as his own limitations, Enzo comes through heroically to preserve the Swift family, holding in his heart the dream that Denny will become a racing champion with Zoë at his side. Having learned what it takes to be a compassionate and successful person, the wise canine can barely wait until his next lifetime, when he is sure he will return as a man.

The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein–a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of a dog’s efforts to hold together his family in the face of a divisive custody battle.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</a><br>Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/th</span><span class="invisible">e-book-of-newts-starwitch</span></a></p><p>The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…</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/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Starwitch, by Owen Tyme.

In the background is a red, orange and white nebula.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior is red, with an appearance similar to stained glass.

(Right) In the background is a red and orange galaxy, with a blue core, which bears a resemblance to an eye. It has the following text over it:

“First you turn my dog against me, then you steal my ship’s core? What’s next, pulling my teeth?”

“We didn’t ask for this! You attacked us! Why don’t you just let us go?”

“I might as well cover myself in tartar sauce, then go swimming in shark infested waters! My lieutenants would tear me to shreds, just the same!”

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

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6aLdwI044RquLmAqSQ9PS1" rel="nofollow">Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Eric Posner & Glen Weyl.</p><p>Proposes a number of dramatic reforms to foundational institutions: including property, voting & migration. A perennial auction of property would result in shared public ownership funding a basic income and ensuring more efficient use of capital - this one challenged my deep set conception of ownership & control. Quadratic voting would enable citizens to give more democratic weight to issues of more concern to them - fantastic, we should do this! Would love to see these ideas get consideration and trial runs. We desperately need more creative thinking along these lines. No consideration given to environmental limits.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a> <a href="/tags/radicalxchange/" rel="tag">#RadicalxChange</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<br></p>

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<p>10,000 books were tossed at a London school. Librarians say there are other ways to give books a second life</p><p>The province says it is halting all current and future school library reviews</p><p>by Kendra Seguin </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/beal-library-old-book-purge-9.7040273" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/beal-library-old-book-purge-9.7040273"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/</span><span class="invisible">beal-library-old-book-purge-9.7040273</span></a></p><p>Librarians at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=librarians" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=librarians"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=librarians</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/librarians/" rel="tag">#librarians</a></p>

"Morrisania, Thirteen women, librarians?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875.

The photograph shows a group of thirteen women arranged in two rows - seven standing in the back row and six seated or kneeling in the front row. They are photographed outdoors against a wall heavily covered with ivy or climbing vines.

The women are dressed in typical late 19th-century attire. Most wear white blouses (shirtwaists) with high collars and long sleeves, paired with dark skirts. Some have decorative brooches or pins at their collars. Their hair is styled in the fashion of the era, with most wearing it pulled back or up. One woman in the back row appears to be wearing a hat.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4343e1d0-c5b3-012f-faca-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0

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<p>As today is the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, this is a good reason to re-read Victor Hugo's masterpiece. There is also an interesting book on the restoration of Notre-Dame (1843). </p><p>Notre-Dame de Paris - Tome 1 by Victor Hugo:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70891" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70891</a></p><p>Notre-Dame de Paris - Tome 2:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71445" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71445</a></p><p>The Hunchback of Notre Dame:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6539" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6539</a></p><p>Projet de restauration de Notre-Dame de Paris by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18920" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18920</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Frontispiece of Notre-Dame de Paris - Tome 1

Author: Victor Hugo

Illustrator: François Flameng

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<p>I just finished Gone Girl after finding it in the thriftstore last year and remembering seeing the movie long ago and thinking it was good 🤔 </p><p>Thrillers aren't usually my cup of tea but this one is really good 4,25/5 stars 😁 </p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#Bookrecommendation</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a><br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

Cover of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl

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<p>Yay! So the news is finally out, and my first novel will be published in 2028. I started writing this book in 2017, before I fully understood the <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> genre, but I poured my dreams and fears into this work and it has many elements of the egalitarian world I dream about, without capitalism. I think you will love it too. </p><p>"Dilman Dila Signs With Luna For His New Solarpunk Novel, Dreams of a Yellow Balloon" <br><a href="https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/post/dilman-dila-s-signs-with-luna-for-his-new-solarpunk-novel-dreams-of-a-yellow-balloon?utm_campaign=2721a5de-d9df-4454-8300-121bbf97c96b&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=2278d4dd-86d1-43d2-9c56-5cda1fd4bd97" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lunapresspublishing.com/post/dilman-dila-s-signs-with-luna-for-his-new-solarpunk-novel-dreams-of-a-yellow-balloon?utm_campaign=2721a5de-d9df-4454-8300-121bbf97c96b&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=2278d4dd-86d1-43d2-9c56-5cda1fd4bd97"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lunapresspublishing.com/po</span><span class="invisible">st/dilman-dila-s-signs-with-luna-for-his-new-solarpunk-novel-dreams-of-a-yellow-balloon?utm_campaign=2721a5de-d9df-4454-8300-121bbf97c96b&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=2278d4dd-86d1-43d2-9c56-5cda1fd4bd97</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1812.</p><p>Leigh Hunt is tried and convicted of libel for calling the Prince Regent "a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace" in The Examiner on March 22.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Hunt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Hunt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Hu</span><span class="invisible">nt</span></a></p><p>Original files (with links) are available at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p>Books by Leigh Hunt at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3612" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3612"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3612</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The Examiner 1812-12-06: Iss 258
Publication date 1812-12-06

https://archive.org/details/sim_examiner-a-weekly-paper-on-politics-literature-music_1812-12-06_258/page/n11/mode/2up

The Examiner 1812-03-22: Iss 221
Publication date 1812-03-22

https://archive.org/details/sim_examiner-a-weekly-paper-on-politics-literature-music_1812-03-22_221/mode/1up

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<p>"Was that, then, the way we do things? "Not knowing"— was that the way the most profound things happened? ... Was the secret of never escaping from the greater life the secret of living like a sleepwalker?"<br>The Passion According to G.H.</p><p>~Clarice Lispector (December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_</span><span class="invisible">Lispector</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Uma coletânea de contos de Clarice Lispector (1920-1977), publicada em julho deste ano nos Estados Unidos com o título "The complete stories", entrou na lista dos 100 melhores livros de 2015 feita pelo jornal americano "The New York Times". A editora Rocco planeja publicar a versão nacional de "The complete stories" em abril de 2016. O título da versão nacional ainda não foi definido. Clarice Lispector nasceu em Tchetchelnick, na Ucrânia. Seu nome de batismo era Haia. Ela se mudou com a família para o Brasil em 1922 e aqui ganhou o nome de Clarice. Em sua lista de melhores do ano, o "New York Times" escreve que "a brasileira foi uma das verdadeiras [vozes] autênticas da literatura latino-americana". O jornal cita como exemplos desses "inovadores" o argentino Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), o mexicano Juan Rulfo (1917-1986) e o também brasileiro Machado de Assis (1839-1908).

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