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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>

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<p>"Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way."</p><p>Quote in his Letter (no. 155), June 1880.</p><p>~Vincent van Gogh, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856.</p><p>Van Gogh's letters are available online at:<br><a href="https://vangoghletters.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>vangoghletters.org/</a></p><p>Books by Van Gogh at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"Van Gogh painted this self-portrait in the winter of 1887–1888, when he had been living in Paris for nearly two years. Since his arrival in the city he had devoted much study to the dotted Pointillist technique, thereby learning how he might apply it in his own fashion. His use of brushstrokes running in a variety of directions created a self-portrait with a halo-like circle round his head. This variation and the dynamics it created were Van Gogh’s own contribution to the new style of painting." (Van Gogh Museum notice)

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<p>Once again I must repeat it—our world is populated by the sleeping, who have died and are dreaming that they are alive. That is why there are more and more people in the world, for it is populated by the sleeping dead who keep growing in number, while the real people living for the first time are few. In all this confusion none of us knows or can possibly know if he is someone who is only dreaming life or really living it. -- from 'House of Day, House of Night' by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones</p><p><a href="/tags/bookquote/" rel="tag">#BookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the US for the 1st time, in New York by Charles L. Webster, illustrated by E. W. Kemble, the 1st impression having been delayed for replacement of an unauthorized obscene alteration to one of the illustrative plates. Its first-person narrative in colloquial language is initially controversial but ultimately influential in the development of realism in American literature.</p><p>At PG<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/76" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/76</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of the book «Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» by Mark Twain, 1884

E. W. Kemble (1861–1933)

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<p>📚 Twelve Months by: Jim Butcher</p><p>Harry Dresden has been through a lot, and so has his city. After Harry and his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is different—and it's not just the current lack of electricity.</p><p>In the battle, Harry lost people he cared about. And th...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/twelve-months" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/twelve-months"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/twelve-mon</span><span class="invisible">ths</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/urbanfiction/" rel="tag">#urbanfiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/privateinvestigators/" rel="tag">#privateinvestigators</a></p>

Harry Dresden has been through a lot, and so has his city. After Harry and his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is different—and it's not just the current lack of electricity.

In the battle, Harry lost people he cared about. And that's the kind of loss that takes a toll. Harry being Harry, he's doing his level best to help the city and his friends recover and rebuild. But it's a heavy load, and he needs time.

But time is one thing Harry doesn't have. Ghouls are prowling Chicago and taking out innocent civilians. Harry’s brother is dying, and Harry doesn't know how to help him. And last but certainly not least, the Winter Queen of the Fae has allied with the White Court of vampires—and Harry's been betrothed to the seductive, deadly vampire Lara Raith to seal the deal.

It's been a tough year. More than ever, the city needs Harry Dresden the wizard—but after loss and grief, is there enough left of Harry Dresden the man to rise to the challenge?

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
AN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?

One year. 365 days. Twelve months.

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<p>"The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1678.</p><p>The first part of English nonconformist John Bunyan's Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, partly written while he was imprisoned for unlicensed preaching, is published in London.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilg</span><span class="invisible">rim%27s_Progress</span></a></p><p>The Pilgrim's Progress at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of Pilgrim's Progress Date: 1678 Author: John Bunyan (1628-1688).

The text on the page includes the full title, which describes the work as an allegory delivered "under the Similitude of a Dream." The book details the journey of a Christian pilgrim from "this world" to "that which is to come," emphasizing spiritual struggles and redemption.

The title page also includes a biblical reference (Hosea 12:10) and publication details, indicating that the book was printed in London for Nathaniel Ponder.

Additionally, there is a handwritten inscription at the top of the page with the name "Joseph Middleton" and the year "1784," likely indicating a former owner of this copy.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1823 novelist Ann Radcliffe died.</p><p>She "was an English novelist who pioneered the Gothic novel, and a minor poet. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794.... Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radc</span><span class="invisible">liffe</span></a></p><p>Books by Radcliffe at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1147</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"Emily discovering a body in Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)." - picyrl.

The drawing shows a woman holding a lantern. She is pulling back a curtain which reveals a dead man lying on a bed.

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<p>Majority Report welcomes <a href="/tags/jamieholmes/" rel="tag">#JamieHolmes</a>, author of the <a href="/tags/thefreeandthedead/" rel="tag">#TheFreeAndTheDead</a>, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> warrior resisted the US attack on the <a href="/tags/seminole/" rel="tag">#Seminole</a> nation in pre-statehood <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAww</span><span class="invisible">w07X8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/souanaffetustenukke/" rel="tag">#SouanaffeTustenukke</a> <a href="/tags/osceola/" rel="tag">#Osceola</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/seminoles/" rel="tag">#Seminoles</a> <a href="/tags/blackseminoles/" rel="tag">#BlackSeminoles</a> <a href="/tags/seminolewars/" rel="tag">#SeminoleWars</a> <a href="/tags/secondseminolewar/" rel="tag">#SecondSeminoleWar</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/forcedremovals/" rel="tag">#forcedRemovals</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</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>📚 **Are students reading less than we used to?**</p><p>David Wignall</p><p>_A few months ago, a professor told me that she had cut another book from her course’s assigned reading list. “When I started teaching at Williams,” she said, “I assigned a book per week. No way I could do that now.”_</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">williamsrecord.com/469974/opin</span><span class="invisible">ions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/learning/" rel="tag">#Learning</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>I send thanks to the buyer from Maryland who purchased an art print of</p><p>Light Reading -- <a href="https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f</span><span class="invisible">eatured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print</span></a></p><p>May the image transport you to a perfect day, one in which you immerse yourself in a most wonderful story, a book that you want to read to the end, but at the same time, never shut the covers to permanently close.</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/woman/" rel="tag">#woman</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#home</a> <a href="/tags/peaceful/" rel="tag">#peaceful</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a></p>

Art print of an original charcoal drawing depicting a woman reading a book.

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<p>If you’re looking to make your knowledge of the world more well rounded, the Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series is a great place to start. The books are written by experts, usually 120-160 pages long (3-5 hours in audio) and generally at roughly a first year university subject level. They have books on an astounding range of subjects. I’m trying to read as many of them as possible, I’ve finished 25 so far </p><p><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">global.oup.com/academic/conten</span><span class="invisible">t/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>Wigtown Spring Book Weekend<br>2–4 May</p><p>Covenanters & women crime writers will be two of the themes woven into this year’s Wigtown Spring Book Weekend. With dozens of events from author talks to guided walks, writing, photography & music workshops, the programme is now available online:</p><p><a href="https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wigtownbookfestival.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestivals/" rel="tag">#bookfestivals</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/wigtown/" rel="tag">#Wigtown</a></p>

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: I bought second-hand copies of Animal Anomalies: What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development and The Correspondence of <a href="/tags/charlesdarwin/" rel="tag">#CharlesDarwin</a>, Volume 14: 1866, both from Cambridge University Press. I also adopted a damaged copy of the large-format English/German Elefantenreich: Eine Fossilwelt in Europa from Verlag Beier & Beran, which features some amazing fold-out plates. I hear it is basically out of print now.</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/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/developmentalbiology/" rel="tag">#DevelopmentalBiology</a> <a href="/tags/evodevo/" rel="tag">#EvoDevo</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/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/mammoths/" rel="tag">#Mammoths</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</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, Animal Anomalies, showing a prepared specimen of a frog. The body has been soaked in chemicals that make the flesh translucent and have stained the skeleton red and yellow. This particular frog has a mutation, resulting in its right hind leg splitting into two legs.

In the middle, Elefantenreich, showing a colour illustration of a mammoth in a parched yellow grassland with a herd of mammoths in the background. The individual in the foreground is facing the viewer, dramatically throwing its trunk back over its forehead, and has its mouth open.

On the right, The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 14: 1866, showing a hardback with a moss-green dust jacket with black and white lettering.

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<p>The Philosopher of Nature: Who Was Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling?</p><p>Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling was one of the key figures of German Idealism, who placed nature at the center of his work.</p><p>by Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/friedrich-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/friedrich-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/friedrich</span><span class="invisible">-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/</span></a></p><p>Joseph von Schelling at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12888" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12888</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

F. W. J. von Schelling based on a painting by Joseph Karl Stieler taken from the book Det 19de Århundradet by O H Dumrath on page 157 of first volume.

Oscar Heinrich Dumrath - O. H. Dumrath: Det 19de Århundradet i Ord och Bild, Förra Delen, 1902.

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<p>📚 The Green Mile by: Stephen King</p><p>Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk 'the Green Mile', the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-green-mile" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-green-mile"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-green-</span><span class="invisible">mile</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a></p>

Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk 'the Green Mile', the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he's never seen anything like John Coffey a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey—a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...

Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks.

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<p>The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

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Our critics pick the 11 best books of the summer <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://sopuli.xyz/post/41897327">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>I got my first book blogger review this morning, from Dominique over at "Diary of a Reader."</p><p>TWE isn't a perfect novel by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel so SEEN by this review. She got it. 100% understood what I was doing and *how* I was doing it. </p><p>ngl, I got tears in my eyes. What a feeling.</p><p><a href="https://thediaryofareader.com/2026/02/06/the-whole-enchilada/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thediaryofareader.com/2026/02/06/the-whole-enchilada/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thediaryofareader.com/2026/02/</span><span class="invisible">06/the-whole-enchilada/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a></p>

Graphic featuring a quote from the book review of "The Whole Enchilada" by Daniela Quirke, by Dominique at the "Diary of a Reader" blog:

"The Whole Enchilada isn't the light, quirky alien romp its premise might suggest. It's a character-driven science fiction novel that uses the strange to interrogate the deeply human, and it's beautiful."

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<p>I wish I would've realised sooner that I don't have to solve every fictional problem I came up with the same second I came up with them 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> @writers <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @fantasy <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> <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><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> @keepwriting </p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</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/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

Two part meme.
Top part is a picture of a pill bottle that says, Hard to swallow pills.
Bottom part is captioned: If you can't come up with solutions to basic fiction writing problems that you yourself made then try again timorrow, keep learning. Writing is a skill that can be improved.

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<p>A special shoutout to The New York Review of Books which has just started using the Fediverse:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@nybooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nybooks</span></a></span> </p><p>The NYRB is a celebrated magazine on literature, politics, arts, ideas & current events.</p><p>They've just started posting, so their profile may look blank to your server. Follow them and their posts will start showing up on your server too 🙂 </p><p>(By the way, NYRB has no connection to the New York Times Book Review, they just have similar names.)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/magazines/" rel="tag">#Magazines</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a> <a href="/tags/arts/" rel="tag">#Arts</a></p>

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<p>Recreating the smells of history</p><p>Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields</p><p>By Kaja Šeruga</p><p><a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowablemagazine.org/content/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172</span></a></p><p>Smells of history at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=smells+of+history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=smells+of+history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=smells+of+history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/olfactory_system/" rel="tag">#olfactory_system</a></p>

David Ryckaert (III) - Old women smelling a carnation (Allegory of smell).

The painting depicts an elderly woman in dark clothing with a white collar and head covering, delicately holding and smelling a pink carnation. She also cradles a small dog in her other arm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_smell#/media/File:David_Ryckaert_(III)_-_Old_women_smelling_a_carnation_(Allegory_of_smell).jpg

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<p>How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating</p><p>Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-</span><span class="invisible">and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

Photo d'identité sans auteur, 1928 - Akademie der Künste, Berlin - Walter Benjamin Archiv.

The portrait shows Benjamin at age 36, wearing round glasses, a mustache, suit and tie, with a serious, contemplative expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin#/media/File:Walter_Benjamin_vers_1928.jpg

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back 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> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

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 of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

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

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<p>Today in the US is Independent Bookstore Day!</p><p>Wherever you are, show some love for your favorite indie bookstore.</p><p><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.indiebound.org/independent</span><span class="invisible">-bookstore-day</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstore/" rel="tag">#bookstore</a></p><p>The picture below is a bookstore in Canada. Show love for all indie bookstores in every country.</p>

Postcard of Christie's Bookstore, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
by Warwick Bros & Rutter

Publication date 1908.

Tall brick building. - from the Internet Archive

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<p>Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-featuring-ordinal-numbers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-featuring-ordinal-numbers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-book-titles-featuring-ordinal-numbers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

Book cover for The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson. Image on cover shows Calvin and Hobbes making funny faces at the audience by pulling their cheeks gently away from their teeth and sticking out their tongues.

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