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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836 (dated April)</p><p>The first monthly part of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is issued in London. On April 20, the original illustrator, Robert Seymour, shoots himself and Dickens has more freedom to develop the story in his own way.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pick</span><span class="invisible">wick_Papers</span></a></p><p>The Pickwick Papers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>If you haven&#x27;t read this book, read it. It will change your outlook on food forever.</p><p><a href="https://khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=ultra-processed-people" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=ultra-processed-people"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">khleedril.org/dale-mellor/book</span><span class="invisible">blog/?review=ultra-processed-people</span></a></p><p><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> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p>George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science</p><p>In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J. Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune calling for more science education.</p><p>By Robert Colls</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/george-orwell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/george-orwell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/george-orw</span><span class="invisible">ell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447</span></a></p><p>Science education at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=science+%2Beducation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=science+%2Beducation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=science+%2Beducation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>📚 People Like Us by: Jason Mott</p><p>In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics ab...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/people-like-us" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/people-like-us"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/people-lik</span><span class="invisible">e-us</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/southern/" rel="tag">#southern</a></p>

<p>📚 Otherworldly by: Dwain Worrell</p><p>Cleo Xavier is a renowned astronaut and explorer, not an addict. At least, that&#x27;s what she tells herself. She&#x27;s always been able to navigate the isolation and loneliness that come with space exploration, which makes her a perfect candidate to join four other astronauts on a mission to Orbis Alius, the farthest planet in the ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/otherworldly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/otherworldly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/otherworld</span><span class="invisible">ly</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/aliencontact/" rel="tag">#aliencontact</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald sets him up as a writer and celebrity. An initial 3,000 copies sell out in three days. The book&#x27;s reputation dims in later years, but Dorothy Parker will recall that it was seen as innovative when it first appeared.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Sid</span><span class="invisible">e_of_Paradise</span></a></p><p>This Side of Paradise at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/805" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/805</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking some past stage on this adventurous, long, long voyage, this interminable — this interminable life.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1915.</p><p>Virginia Woolf&#x27;s first novel, The Voyage Out, is published in London by the firm of her half-brother, Gerald Duckworth.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voya</span><span class="invisible">ge_Out</span></a></p><p>The Voyage Out at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/144</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Literary Genius: Who Was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?</p><p>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the most influential German literary figure in history. Learn more about his life, science, and philosophy.</p><p>By Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/literary-</span><span class="invisible">genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/</span></a></p><p>Books by Goethe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/586" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/586"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/586</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1862.</p><p>The first two volumes of Victor Hugo&#x27;s epic historical novel Les Misérables appear in Brussels, followed on April 3 by Paris publication, with the remaining volumes on May 15. The first English-language translations, by Charles Edwin Wilbour, are published in New York on June 7, and by Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall, in London in October.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%</span><span class="invisible">C3%A9rables</span></a></p><p>Les Misérables at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 The Faith of Beasts by: James S. A. Corey</p><p>Release date April 14, 2026.<br> <br>The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran&#x27;s command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered.<br> <br>Dafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives, is feare...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-faith-of-beasts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-faith-of-beasts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-faith-</span><span class="invisible">of-beasts</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/aliencontact/" rel="tag">#aliencontact</a></p>

Software Design for Flexibility : How to Avoid Programming Yourself Into a Corner - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44486041">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost</p><p>Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.</p><p>By Jay Parini</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/lost-and-found-a-newly-discovered-poem-by-robert-frost" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/lost-and-found-a-newly-discovered-poem-by-robert-frost"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newyorker.com/books/double</span><span class="invisible">-take/lost-and-found-a-newly-discovered-poem-by-robert-frost</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>

<p>RE: <a href="https://toot.community/@sebzuen/115980969370351242" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="toot.community/@sebzuen/115980969370351242"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toot.community/@sebzuen/115980</span><span class="invisible">969370351242</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/doctorwho/" rel="tag">#doctorwho</a></p>

<p>📚 No Fixed Address by: Susin Nielsen</p><p>Twelve-and-three-quarter-year-old Felix Knutsson has a knack for trivia. His favorite game show is Who What Where When; he even named his gerbil after the host. Felix&#x27;s mom, Astrid, is loving but can&#x27;t seem to hold on to a job. So when they get evicted from their latest shabby apartment, they hav...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-address" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-address"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-a</span><span class="invisible">ddress</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/friendship/" rel="tag">#friendship</a></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won&#x27;t spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>The family trauma that pervades THE DAY OF THE DOOR is horrifying, but coupled w the intensely creepy events that occur, this story encapsulates HORROR in a masterful, terrifying way. Laurel Hightower has written a beautiful, dark story about the Things that haunt our hearts. (Thunderstorm Bks &amp; Ghoulish Pub)</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@toot.community</span></a></span></p>

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<p>If you&#x27;re going to go to hell anyway, why not go laughing 😂 </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 <br> <br><a href="/tags/theexorcist/" rel="tag">#TheExorcist</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/evil/" rel="tag">#Evil</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <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/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

<p>📚 Is This a Cry for Help? by: Emily Austin</p><p>Darcy&#x27;s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections, various knickknacks and bobbles...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-cry-for-help" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-cry-for-help"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-</span><span class="invisible">cry-for-help</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/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/lesbianfiction/" rel="tag">#lesbianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

<p>What Are Wilkie Collins’ Contributions to Victorian Literature?</p><p>Wilkie Collins (1824 -1889) was a significant figure in Victorian Literary circles. He is perhaps best known today for his sensation novel The Woman in White as well as his influential detective novel The Moonstone.</p><p>By Lauren Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/wilkie-co</span><span class="invisible">llins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/</span></a></p><p>Wilkie Collins at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/98</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>It occurs to me that I haven&#x27;t been talking up the audiobooks I&#x27;ve narrated in a while. Other more urgent projects are at the front of the queue at the moment and there are only so many hours in the day.</p><p>But! That said, if you ever have questions about the books I&#x27;ve narrated or you&#x27;d like a free review copy (I always need reviewers), ask away!</p><p>Also, if you&#x27;re curious about my voice, there are free samples of all the books in their store listings, too.</p><p><a href="https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>audiofiction</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/audiobook/" rel="tag">#Audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/audiofiction/" rel="tag">#Audiofiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/erotica/" rel="tag">#Erotica</a></p>

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44282621">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>It&#x27;s time for the Trans Rights Readathon this month! I&#x27;m looking forward to my third time paticipating. It starts the 17th and ends the 31st. <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="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/transrightsreadathon/" rel="tag">#transrightsreadathon</a> <a href="https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/</a></p>

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/43861151">See Original Page</a> </small>