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<p>Ebook: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a></p><p>Levi Jacobs always dreamed of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi’s journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.</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>

The cover for the omnibus edition of The Wizard's Scion.

The background is a symbolic representation of a wormhole, hinting at the time-travel elements of the series.

The foreground consists of four figures, in silhouette, each filled with a different texture and behind them is a black octopus with red eyes and a menacing, red aura.

The central figure is a wizard in the midst of casting a spell, with his arms and robe outstretched. The texture used is black, with patches of mottled gold, overlaid with eight pointed stars. He's surrounded by a golden aura.

To the immediate left of the wizard is a girl. The texture used has a black background, overlaid with symbols for music, in green, cyan and white. She's surrounded by a green aura.

Standing just ahead of the wizard, but also slightly to the left is a woman wielding a pair of short swords in a combat-ready pose. The texture used is of blood spatter on a black background. She's surrounded by a dark red aura.

Ahead and to the right of the wizard is another woman with short swords, in a more relaxed stance than the other dual-wielder. The two woman are very similar in appearance, hinting at the fact that the one is a clone of the other. The texture used for this figure is a combination of a golden sunrise and translucent parts of clocks, hinting that the clone was made by time travelers. She's surrounded by a dark golden aura.

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<p>What character, storyline, setting, or other bookish topic are you currently overthinking in a fun way?</p><p>For example, I’m wondering how Yetu’s people first developed language in Rivers Solomon’s “The Deep” given their unusual origin story? </p><p>(Without giving away too many spoilers, the first wajinru were raised by oceanic creatures like whales instead of members of their own culture). </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</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>

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<p>One good thing about life these days are the number of independent and small press publishers that have sprung up. The majority of the most interesting books published now come from them, and in this piece six editors whose presses specialize in finding and reissuing engaging backlist titles talk about why they publish the books they do and how they find them. <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> <a href="/tags/indies/" rel="tag">#indies</a> <a href="/tags/smallpress/" rel="tag">#SmallPress</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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><p><a href="https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/01/08/literature-small-press-editors-out-of-print-books/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/01/08/literature-small-press-editors-out-of-print-books/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.culturedmag.com/article/20</span><span class="invisible">26/01/08/literature-small-press-editors-out-of-print-books/</span></a></p>

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library:<br>- I finally bought <a href="/tags/terrygoodkind/" rel="tag">#TerryGoodkind</a>'s "The Children of D'Hara" bundle from Head of Zeus to replace the individual novellas I had.<br>- Plus a second-hand copy of James Delbourgo's "Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of <a href="/tags/hanssloane/" rel="tag">#HansSloane</a>" from Allen Lane.<br>- and a second-hand copy of "Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?" by the ever-thoughtful Michael Ruse, published by Harvard University Press.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/evolutionarybiology/" rel="tag">#EvolutionaryBiology</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, The Children of D'Hara, showing a slate-grey cover with the title against the backdrop of what could be a solar eclipse, with the silhouettes of two birds of prey in flight.

In the middle, Darwin and Design, showing a colour drawing of a bird's nest with three eggs lying on top of a grey brick wall. The background shows a hedge. Above the nest is the silhouette of a bird in flight against a blue sky with white fluffy clouds. The silhouette is filled in with the same pattern as the hedge underneath. This is the lithograph Le Printemps by René Magritte.

On the right, Collecting the World, showing several black and white drawings. Along the top, several cocoa plant fruits hang from their branch. At the bottom, a 1715 engraving of a large manor with a fancy garden with planted trees, statues, and a fountain in the centre. This is the façade of Montagu House, looking across the forecourt, which would later become the British Museum. The left half of the cover is coloured red, starting wide at the top and becoming narrower towards the bottom. The remainder of the cover is coloured in a light blue.

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<p>It's been almost a month since I last performed any maintenance on my digital library (maintenance primarily being backing up recently purchased books and a few post-processing actions). I feel like the books that catch attention and make their way to a TBR shelf can tell you, well maybe not a lot, but at least something about someone, and I think this is a pretty comprehensive, and not bad looking list of books, IMO. So, here are the books I've recently added to my library (all, sadly, bought through Amazon at severe discounts): </p><p>- A Memory Called Empire (Book 1 of Teixcalaan) by Arkady Martine*<br>- These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe*<br>- The Rose Rent (Book 13 of The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael) by Ellis Peters<br>- Shakespeare by Bill Bryson<br>- Pastoralia by George Saunders<br>- Grave Empire (The Great Silence) by Richard Swan<br>- The Best of Me by David Sedaris<br>- Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel<br>- The Kill Artist (Book 1 of Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva**<br>- The Mephisto Club (A Rizzoli & Isles Novel) by Tess Gerritsen<br>- The Running Man by Stephen King<br>- The Long Walk by Stephen King<br>- Night Shift by Stephen King<br>- Christine by Stephen King<br>- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas<br>- The Warded Man (Book 1 of the Demon Cycle) by Peter V. Brett<br>- Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe) by Jason Pargin & David Wong***<br>- Shadow and Bone (Book 1 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo<br>- Siege and Storm (Book 2 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo<br>- Neon Riders by AE Marling*<br>- Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead (The Loyal Opposition Trilogy) by K. J. Parker***<br>- Queen Demon (Book 2 of the Rising World) by Martha Wells<br>- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud<br>- No Life Forsaken (Book 2 of Witness) by Steven Erikson<br>- Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher<br>- The Tiger and the Wolf (Book 1 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>- The Bear and the Serpent (Book 2 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>- The Hyena and the Hawk (Book 3 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>- King Sorrow by Joe Hill<br>- Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker</p><p>*These books were discovered via the fediverse (thanks for the recommendations and for sharing)<br>**Recommended via IRL local networks<br>***Just some badass covers because, don't lie, everyone loves a good book cover</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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>

Book cover for _Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead_ by K. J. Parker. A gothic stone arch frames a black background with the title in bold white and red lettering. Above, a gold chalice holds a skull; below, a small red, stylized animal stands. The overall tone is dark with medieval, slightly eerie imagery.

Book cover for _Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits_ by Jason Pargin (writing as David Wong). A stylized figure with a cat’s head and a cybernetic eye stands against a teal, circuit-patterned background. One hand is raised, wearing a ring emitting red beams. Bright splashes of red and yellow paint surround the head, and the bold title appears in large, jagged red lettering. The overall style is chaotic, graphic, and sci-fi.

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<p>'The truth is she did the right thing': The mystery of why Jane Austen's letters were destroyed – by her own sister</p><p>By Neil Armstrong</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250129-the-mystery-of-why-jane-austens-letters-were-destroyed-by-her-own-sister" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250129-the-mystery-of-why-jane-austens-letters-were-destroyed-by-her-own-sister"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/culture/article/20</span><span class="invisible">250129-the-mystery-of-why-jane-austens-letters-were-destroyed-by-her-own-sister</span></a></p><p>Books by 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>

This pencil and watercolour portrait of Jane by Cassandra is the only authenticated picture of the novelist.

The sketch is somewhat unfinished, with detailed attention given to Jane Austen's face while the rest of the figure remains lightly outlined. The portrait is often referenced in discussions about Austen’s life and works, though some have debated whether it truly captures her likeness. It is now housed in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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<p>📚 Pines by: Blake Crouch</p><p>One way in. No way out.</p><p>Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, n...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/pines" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/pines</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a></p>

One way in. No way out.

Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase.

As the days pass, Ethan's investigation turns up more questions than answers: Why can't he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn't anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out?

Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan farther from the world he knew, from the man he was, until he must face a horrifying fact—he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

The nail-bitingly suspenseful opening installment in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster Wayward Pines trilogy, Pines is at once a brilliant mystery tale and the first step into a genre-bending saga of suspense, science fiction, and horror.

The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade

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<p>Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1804 (Runeberg Day).</p><p>He is the author of the lyrics to Vårt land (Our Land, Maamme in Finnish) which became the Finnish national anthem. Runeberg was also involved in the modernization of the Finnish Lutheran hymnal and produced many texts for the new edition.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Lu</span><span class="invisible">dvig_Runeberg</span></a></p><p>Books by Johan Ludvig Runeberg at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2842" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2842"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2842</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>

Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877. Portrait by Albert Edelfelt (1893).

This portrait of Runeberg depicts him as a dignified and intellectual figure, reflecting his literary influence and patriotic spirit. A well-known painting typically present him in formal 19th-century attire, with a contemplative expression, emphasizing his role as a writer and thinker.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1913.</p><p>Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.</p><p>Two versions of the musical score of L'incoronazione exist, both from the 1650s. The first was rediscovered in Venice in 1888, the second in Naples in 1930. The Naples score is linked to the revival of the opera in that city in 1651. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27incoronazione_di_Poppea" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27incoronazione_di_Poppea"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27inco</span><span class="invisible">ronazione_di_Poppea</span></a></p><p>Books about Monteverdi at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=monteverdi&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=monteverdi&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=monteverdi&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#opera</a></p>

Title page of the 1656 libretto of L'incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Francesco Busenello.

The large "1642" is the year the opera premièred, not the year of publication of the libretto.

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<p>📚 Pachinko by: Min Jin Lee</p><p>Yeongdo, Korea, 1911. Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant, and that her lover is married, she refuses to be bought.</p><p>Facing ruin, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing thro...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/pachinko" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/pachinko</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a></p>

Yeongdo, Korea, 1911. Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant, and that her lover is married, she refuses to be bought.

Facing ruin, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing through on his way to Japan. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends, Sunja will be forced to make some difficult choices. Her decisions will echo through the decades.

Spanning nearly 100 years of history, Pachinko is an unforgettable story of love, sacrifice, ambition and loyalty told through four generations of one family.

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

- The million-copy bestseller
- National Book Award finalist
- A New York Times Bestseller
- Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club
- Selected for The Queen's Reading Room

This is a captivating book. Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA.

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<p>Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/business/2</span><span class="invisible">026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback</span></a> <a href="/tags/ussmallbusiness/" rel="tag">#UsSmallBusiness</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#UsNews</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>An inaugural meeting of the Bloomsbury Group's Memoir Club is arranged by Mary MacCarthy in London.</p><p>Among the people involved in the group were Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster, Vanessa Bell, and Lytton Strachey.</p><p>Virginia Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a><br>John Maynard Keynes:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6280" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6280"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6280</span></a><br>E. M. Forster:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/975" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/975"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/975</span></a><br>Lytton Strachey:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/576" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/576"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/576</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bloomsbury/" rel="tag">#bloomsbury</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Left to right: Lady Ottoline Morrell, Maria Nys (neither members of Bloomsbury), Lytton Strachey, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa Bell.

Lady Ottoline Morrell – A patron of the arts and literature, she was known for her connections with the Bloomsbury Group but was not a formal member. She is elegantly dressed, reflecting her aristocratic background.

Maria Nys – A Belgian woman who later married Aldous Huxley, she was also not a member of the Bloomsbury Group but was part of their social circle.

Lytton Strachey – A writer and critic, famous for his ironic biographies and a key member of Bloomsbury. He is typically depicted with his distinctive beard and lean, intellectual look.

Duncan Grant – A prominent painter and designer, he was deeply associated with Bloomsbury and had a long relationship with fellow member Vanessa Bell.

Vanessa Bell – A painter and interior designer, sister of Virginia Woolf, and a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group. She is likely dressed in an artistic, bohemian style.

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<p>I updated my book recommendations page to include most, but not all, of the diverse Romance authors I read. <a href="https://sightlessscribbles.com/fav-books/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sightlessscribbles.com/fav-books/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sightlessscribbles.com/fav-boo</span><span class="invisible">ks/</span></a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/romancelandia/" rel="tag">#RomanceLandia</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</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>"Years of not fitting in and being afraid of being busted takes it's toll. I have had a lifetime of being unsure of how to conduct myself and being baffled by others' behaviour. For many years I thought my only choice was to be constantly on the move. I have lost track of the times I have given all my belongings away and melted into the night."</p><p><a href="/tags/anissaljanta/" rel="tag">#AnissaLjanta</a>, Wild of Brain, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.wildofbrain.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.wildofbrain.com/</a></p><p>OMG this is so me!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a></p>

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<p>I just discovered this. The biography is a little weird but not totally inaccurate. It's always odd to read about yourself on the interwebz. And it does have all the books in the right order.</p><p><a href="https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/joyce-lionarons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bookseriesinorder.com/joyce-lionarons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bookseriesinorder.com/joyc</span><span class="invisible">e-lionarons/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mybooks/" rel="tag">#MyBooks</a></p>

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<p>"The only thing that we know is that we know nothing — and that is the highest flight of human wisdom."<br>Book V, Ch. I</p><p>In February 1865.</p><p>Publication of Leo Tolstoy's "1805", an early version of War and Peace, begins in the magazine Russkiy Vestnik. The version that was published in Russkiy Vestnik had a very different ending from the version eventually published under the title War and Peace in 1869.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_</span><span class="invisible">Peace</span></a></p><p>War and Peace at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of Volume Six (том шестой) of a later (1909) reprinting of War and Peace.

The text is in Russian Cyrillic script, with a mix of bold, serifed fonts that convey a sense of authority and importance. The title "Война и мир" (War and Peace) is likely prominently displayed in a larger font size.

The words "Том шестой" (Volume Six) are clearly printed, usually below the title, indicating its place in a multi-volume set.

"Л. Н. Толстой" (L. N. Tolstoy) is included, typically in a smaller or similarly bolded font.

At the bottom of the page, the publisher's name, city, and year of publication (1909) are printed. Possible location include Moscow, as this was one of the key publishing hubs in Russia.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1936.</p><p>Charlie Chaplin's film Modern Times opened in New York City.</p><p>During a European tour promoting City Lights, Chaplin got the inspiration for Modern Times from both the lamentable conditions of the continent through the Great Depression, along with a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi in which they discussed modern technology.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_T</span><span class="invisible">imes_(film)</span></a></p><p>Books about or by Charlie Chaplin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=charlie+chaplin&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=charlie+chaplin&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=charlie+chaplin&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#cinema</a></p>

Original poster for Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film Modern Times.

The artwork features Chaplin in his iconic role as the Tramp, wearing overalls and holding two large wrenches, symbolizing his struggle against industrialization and modern labor conditions.

The poster prominently displays Chaplin’s name in bold red and white lettering, emphasizing his star power.

The film's title, Modern Times, is written in a stylized, industrial-themed font.

The bottom of the poster credits Chaplin as the writer, director, and producer, and it notes the film's release through United Artists.

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<p>📚 The Mountain in the Sea by: Ray Nayler</p><p>The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching c...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-mountain-in-the-sea" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-mountain-in-the-sea"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-mounta</span><span class="invisible">in-in-the-sea</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a></p>

The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence, will do anything for the chance to study them. She travels to the islands to join DIANIMA's team: a battle-scarred securityagent and the world’s first (and possibly last) android.

The octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence. As Dr. Nguyen struggles to communicate with the newly discovered species, forces larger than DIANIMA close in to seize the octopuses for themselves.

But no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. Or what they might do about it.

A near-future thriller, a meditation on the nature of consciousness, and an eco-logical call to arms, Ray Nayler's dazzling literary debut The Mountain in the Sea is a mind-blowing dive into the treasure and wreckage of humankind’s legacy.

*WINNER OF 2023 LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL . FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD, and THE LOS ANGELES TIMES RAY BRADBURY PRIZE

The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I’ve read in years.
-Blake Crouch, author of Upgrade and Dark Matter

Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets

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<p>Limited restock of all signed copies of my poetry books are now available at <a href="https://www.nihtgengapress.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.nihtgengapress.com</a><br><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> </p><p>Thank you for supporting an independent indigenous poet directly!</p>

3 books in a line on a pine table top. Disremembering, threnody, and library on fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher soffe.

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<p>Das erste Buch aus der <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> ist „Ferdinand der Stier“. Es erschien 1936 und war radikal bzgl. seines Verständnisses von Männlichkeit und dem hohen Wert von Individualität. Auffällig ist, dass Ferdinand nie Teil einer Gesellschaft ist. Er ist der glückliche Außenseiter, der nicht kämpfen will, sondern viel lieber (allein) an Blumen riecht.<br>Ferdinands Pazifismus bleibt für ihn folgenlos, ganz im Gegenteil zu dem Buch, das wir als nächstes vorstellen. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a></p>

$Ein Bild der Bücherwabe im Schaufenster der Buchhandlung am Brühl. Es sind neun Bücher zu sehen: Ursula K. LeGuin: The Word for World is Forest, Stefan Heym: Schwarzenberg, Leaf\Lawson: Ferdinand, Norbert Bobbio: Rechts und Links, Arne Semsrott: Machtübernahme, Magdalena Sorger: Ameisen, Hannah Arendt: Menschen in finsteren Zeiten, Cory Doctorow: Little Brother (Aufstand), Mely Kiyak: Werden sie uns mit FlixBus deportieren?"$

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<p>Today is Burns' birthday, let's celebrate! </p><p>'There's no other poem like it': Why this Robert Burns classic is a masterpiece</p><p>Tam O'Shanter is a rip-roaring tale of witches and alcohol, but it has hidden depths. On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after the poem was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.</p><p>By Nicholas Barber</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20260122-why-this-robert-burns-poem-is-a-masterpiece" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20260122-why-this-robert-burns-poem-is-a-masterpiece"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/</span><span class="invisible">20260122-why-this-robert-burns-poem-is-a-masterpiece</span></a></p><p>Tam O'Shanter at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25733" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25733</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>

Fronstispiece of the book Tam O' Shanter. by Robert Burns.

Decorations by Harry L. Miller.

Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company.

The artwork is done in a highly decorative, ornate, and gothic style, with intricate linework. The entire page is framed by a border made of twisting thorny branches, leaves, and vines. The illustration has a dark fairy-tale and folkloric atmosphere.

The border contains small human and supernatural figures, animals, and symbolic elements: A small seated figure near the top left; Hanging figures or effigies suspended from branches; Witch-like and goblin-like creatures placed around the frame; Small animals such as cats or owls, enhancing the eerie tone; The thorny branches curve around to form an elaborate rectangular frame.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/25733/pg25733-images.html

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<p>"Thus the wise and worthy singer<br>Sings not all his garnered wisdom;<br>Better leave unsung some sayings<br>Than to sing them out of season."<br>Epilogue, line 20</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.</p><p>The Finnish language epic poetry Kalevala, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from oral sources, is first published in the Grand Duchy of Finland, becoming influential in the Fennoman movement.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala</a></p><p>Kalevala at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186</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>

Inside front title page of The "Old" Kalevala, Finnish national epos, collection of old Finnish poems, by Elias Lönnrot. First edition; volume 1, 1835.

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<p>Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI</p><p>Medievalists can now access automated transcriptions of 32,763 digitised medieval manuscripts, produced in just four months as part of a project called CoMMA—a large-scale corpus designed to make manuscript texts searchable and analysable at a scale that would be impossible to tackle by hand.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/32000-medieval-manuscripts-transcribed-using-ai/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/01/32000-medieval-manuscripts-transcribed-using-ai/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/01/3</span><span class="invisible">2000-medieval-manuscripts-transcribed-using-ai/</span></a></p><p>Original paper:<br><a href="https://inria.hal.science/hal-05299220" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>inria.hal.science/hal-05299220</a></p><p>The CoMMA website:<br><a href="https://comma.inria.fr/homepage" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>comma.inria.fr/homepage</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

First page of Chronicon Pictum, the "Illuminated Chronicle" from the court of King Louis the Great of Hungary from 1358.

Main illumination shows:

A multi-paneled scene within an elaborate architectural frame
Central figure: A crowned king (likely representing Hungarian royalty) seated on a throne
Left panel: Armed warriors or knights
Right panel: Groups of courtiers or nobles
Rich colors: deep blues, reds, golds, and ochres
Gothic architectural elements including towers and arches

Latin text in two columns
Red lettering (rubrics) for important headings and initial words
Black text for the main chronicle
Beautiful calligraphy in Gothic script

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript#/media/File:K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_els%C5%91_lapja.jpg

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<p>📚 The Friend of the Family by: Dean Koontz</p><p>The human "oddities" in the Museum of the Strange are less wondrous than the gawking rubes had been promised. But Alida is something else. The real thing. Traveling Depression-era America from carnival midways to speakeasies, Alida is resigned to an exploited and lonely l...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-friend-of-the-family" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-friend-of-the-family"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-friend</span><span class="invisible">-of-the-family</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/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a></p>

The human "oddities" in the Museum of the Strange are less wondrous than the gawking rubes had been promised. But Alida is something else. The real thing. Traveling Depression-era America from carnival midways to speakeasies, Alida is resigned to an exploited and lonely life on the road as the museum's golden ticket. Until she's rescued by two compassionate strangers.

Franklin and Loretta Fairchild see in Alida a gifted and uncannily well-read girl in need of a loving touch and a family. With the openhearted couple and their three precociously imaginative children, Alida finds it. Yet despite everyone's overwhelming generosity and acceptance, Alida knows she is still a very different kind of girl. Her dreams bear that out. They're vivid, unsettling, and threatening. Alida fears that they're also warnings. And that it's the Fairchilds who may need rescue from a bad, bad world.

Alida will do anything to help those she now holds nearest and dearest. Empowered with a purpose to vanquish evil, she will not fail her family.

A girl liberated from a carnival sideshow discovers her mysterious purpose in a moving novel about family, sacrifice, and transcendent love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.

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<p>This is how I feel when I look at my TBR pile 😜😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <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></p>

Drawing of a sorcerer sitting behind a talbe filled with crystalballs, on each ball has been editing in the text "unread book".

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