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<p>The Cross-Dressing Marquess Who Made Arthur Conan Doyle Turn Detective</p><p>&quot;Henry Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who loved expensive costumes and jewelry, turned to Arthur Conan Doyle when his jewels mysteriously disappeared&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/henry-paget-arthur-conan-doyle/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/henry-paget-arthur-conan-doyle/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/henry-pag</span><span class="invisible">et-arthur-conan-doyle/</span></a></p><p>Books by Doyle at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/69</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a></p>

<p>📚 This Book Is Full of Spiders by: Jason Pargin, David Wong</p><p>Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.</p><p>You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection, the ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/this-book-is-full-of-spiders" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/this-book-is-full-of-spiders"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/this-book-</span><span class="invisible">is-full-of-spiders</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/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>

<p>Salt Lake City Public Library, public library in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Public_Library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Public_Library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lak</span><span class="invisible">e_City_Public_Library</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#map</a></p>

<p>I think flirting is everyone&#x27;s trade!</p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>My review of the 2025 Free Comic Book Day issue of Conan the Barbarian just went up! My 60th review at Grimdark Magazine.</p><p>The prelude to this fall’s Scourge of the Serpent event will weave together three Robert E. Howard classics.</p><p>(As always, boosts are appreciated!)</p><p><a href="https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-conan-the-barbarian-free-comic-book-day-2025-scourge-of-the-serpent/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-conan-the-barbarian-free-comic-book-day-2025-scourge-of-the-serpent/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.grimdarkmagazine.com/revie</span><span class="invisible">w-conan-the-barbarian-free-comic-book-day-2025-scourge-of-the-serpent/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#Comics</a> @comics <a href="/tags/conan/" rel="tag">#Conan</a> <a href="/tags/swordandsorcery/" rel="tag">#SwordAndSorcery</a> @fantasy <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a></p>

<p>Ham-fisted construction is my favourite 😂 </p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble @humour </p><p><a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</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><br><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/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

<p>Out of the fog</p><p>It’s a ‘failed painting’ that obscures the profound power of German Romanticism. Why do we love the ‘Wanderer’ so much?</p><p>By Gianluca Didino</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/why-caspar-david-friedrichs-wanderer-is-a-failed-painting?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=138e1ff597-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_22&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/why-caspar-david-friedrichs-wanderer-is-a-failed-painting?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=138e1ff597-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_22&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/why-caspar-davi</span><span class="invisible">d-friedrichs-wanderer-is-a-failed-painting?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=138e1ff597-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_22&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>German Romanticism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=German+Romanticism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=German+Romanticism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=German+Romanticism</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>

<p>Your Brain on Books: Scientists Reveal What Happens in Our Heads When We Read</p><p>By Livia Pereira </p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/research-brain-reading/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/research-brain-reading/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/research-brain</span><span class="invisible">-reading/</span></a></p><p>Original paper:<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763425001666?via%3Dihub" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763425001666?via%3Dihub"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sciencedirect.com/science/</span><span class="invisible">article/pii/S0149763425001666?via%3Dihub</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/neuroscience/" rel="tag">#neuroscience</a></p>

<p>If a book hasn&#x27;t been banned somewhere is it even worth reading? 🤔😁 </p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @bookbubble @humour @reading</p><p><a href="/tags/ireadbannedbooks/" rel="tag">#IReadBannedBooks</a> <br><a href="/tags/bannedbook/" rel="tag">#BannedBook</a> <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/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><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/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

<p>“The Tale of Genji:” 1,000 Years of Romance</p><p>Posted by: Neely Tucker</p><p>This Japanese work is considered the world&#x27;s first novel.</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/the-tale-of-genji-1000-years-of-romance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/the-tale-of-genji-1000-years-of-romance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/the-</span><span class="invisible">tale-of-genji-1000-years-of-romance/</span></a></p><p>Books by Murasaki Shikibu at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Murasaki+Shikibu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Murasaki+Shikibu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Murasaki+Shikibu</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse</p><p>Arvind Ethan David on the Surprising Connection Between Two Legendary Authors</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-secret-link-between-raymond-chandler-and-p-g-wodehouse/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JVWWXN4FM4JT4W1X4BY8VY6F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-secret-link-between-raymond-chandler-and-p-g-wodehouse/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JVWWXN4FM4JT4W1X4BY8VY6F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-secret-link-bet</span><span class="invisible">ween-raymond-chandler-and-p-g-wodehouse/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JVWWXN4FM4JT4W1X4BY8VY6F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>New sapphic audiobook review: Kiss of Seduction by Rawnie Sabor, narrated by Allie Shae</p><p><a href="https://judeinthestars.com/2025/06/12/kiss-of-seduction-by-rawnie-sabor-narrated-by-allie-shae/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="judeinthestars.com/2025/06/12/kiss-of-seduction-by-rawnie-sabor-narrated-by-allie-shae/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">judeinthestars.com/2025/06/12/</span><span class="invisible">kiss-of-seduction-by-rawnie-sabor-narrated-by-allie-shae/</span></a></p><p>Video review: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKzoL-VCAsR/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.instagram.com/p/DKzoL-VCAsR/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.instagram.com/p/DKzoL-VCAs</span><span class="invisible">R/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtbooks/" rel="tag">#LGBTBooks</a> <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#lgbt</a> <a href="/tags/sapphic/" rel="tag">#sapphic</a> <a href="/tags/booklover/" rel="tag">#BookLover</a> <a href="/tags/bookaddict/" rel="tag">#BookAddict</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#BookRecommendations</a> <a href="/tags/wlw/" rel="tag">#wlw</a> <a href="/tags/sapphicreads/" rel="tag">#SapphicReads</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/lesfic/" rel="tag">#lesfic</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviewer/" rel="tag">#BookReviewer</a> <a href="/tags/sapphicbookreview/" rel="tag">#SapphicBookReview</a> <a href="/tags/queerlit/" rel="tag">#QueerLit</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#BookToot</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sapphfic/" rel="tag">#SapphFic</a></p><p>@sapphicbooks @bookstodon</p>

<p>New <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> post! </p><p>Hello I&#x27;m Noelle! I&#x27;m a blogger and reader who also plays musical instruments (guitar, keyboard) and takes photos. I believe that Meta and Google are not only killing the planet through their data centers but also democracy through the division their products have created. They are also taking over our lives by how much time we spend a day with their products (email, social media, YouTube). </p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/blogger/" rel="tag">#blogger</a> <a href="/tags/reader/" rel="tag">#reader</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/photographer/" rel="tag">#photographer</a></p>

<p>“I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s *Geometria* (1543) </p><p>One theory about wormholes — those speculative cosmological structures that tunnel between distant points in the universe — holds that spacetime can be folded like a piece of paper, bringing the near and far into proximity. </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543/</span></a></p><p>Online version:<br><a href="https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/8077/1?tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=1&amp;cHash=b4db56391c1bb332830d76c2e3d08615" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/8077/1?tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=1&amp;cHash=b4db56391c1bb332830d76c2e3d08615"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digital.slub-dresden.de/werkan</span><span class="invisible">sicht/dlf/8077/1?tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=1&amp;cHash=b4db56391c1bb332830d76c2e3d08615</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

<p>The Father of Existentialism: Who Was Søren Kierkegaard?</p><p>Søren Kierkegaard is among the most distinguished philosophers in history.</p><p>by Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-soren-kierkegaard/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/who-was-soren-kierkegaard/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/who-was-s</span><span class="invisible">oren-kierkegaard/</span></a></p><p>Kierkegaard at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/46682</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>Last day off before <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@cymerafestival" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cymerafestival</span></a></span> , so going over notes &amp; possible questions ahead of chairing a three-author panel this weekend <a href="https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-events/2025/4/10/home-sweet-home" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-events/2025/4/10/home-sweet-home"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymer</span><span class="invisible">a25-events/2025/4/10/home-sweet-home</span></a></p><p>And of course I&#x27;ll be going to a bunch of events to listen to them all weekend. Looking forward to catching up with folks.</p><p><a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#Livres</a> <a href="/tags/cymera/" rel="tag">#Cymera</a> <a href="/tags/cymera2025/" rel="tag">#Cymera2025</a> <a href="/tags/cymerafestival/" rel="tag">#CymeraFestival</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/garethpowell/" rel="tag">#GarethPowell</a> <a href="/tags/emfaulds/" rel="tag">#EMFaulds</a> <a href="/tags/starkholborn/" rel="tag">#StarkHolborn</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#BookFestival</a></p>

<p>The book &quot;A Life on Our Planet&quot; is a hard (as in &quot;tough&quot;) read, but well worth the effort. In fact, you should read it!</p><p>Sir David Attenborough recently turned 100. He has seen the world around him change. Not just in the general sense, but from an environmental, social, and financial perspective.</p><p><a href="/tags/davidattenborough/" rel="tag">#davidattenborough</a> <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#planet</a> <a href="/tags/ourplanet/" rel="tag">#ourplanet</a> <a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#earth</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/motherearth/" rel="tag">#motherearth</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/goodread/" rel="tag">#goodread</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p>Love this sign on the road up to Dennistoun Public Library in the East End of Glasgow (the building in the background of the photo).</p><p><a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#glasgow</a> <a href="/tags/dennistoun/" rel="tag">#dennistoun</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/dennistounpubliclibrary/" rel="tag">#dennistounpubliclibrary</a> <a href="/tags/sign/" rel="tag">#sign</a> <a href="/tags/streetart/" rel="tag">#streetart</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>New thing! Immortal Gifts read-along! New chapters drop Fridays at 2pm ET. Chapter one is up!</p><p>Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/KatherineVillyardBooks/posts/165936661?utm_campaign=postshare_creator" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.patreon.com/KatherineVillyardBooks/posts/165936661?utm_campaign=postshare_creator"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.patreon.com/KatherineVilly</span><span class="invisible">ardBooks/posts/165936661?utm_campaign=postshare_creator</span></a></p><p>Ream: <a href="https://reamstories.com/page/msgv9f2ca9955e/public(summary:msgv9f2ca9955e/mshm4hlp26b397/ebook)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="reamstories.com/page/msgv9f2ca9955e/public(summary:msgv9f2ca9955e/mshm4hlp26b397/ebook)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reamstories.com/page/msgv9f2ca</span><span class="invisible">9955e/public(summary:msgv9f2ca9955e/mshm4hlp26b397/ebook)</span></a> </p><p>Ko-Fi: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/post/Immortal-Gifts--The-Thing-About-F0F824LEMZ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ko-fi.com/post/Immortal-Gifts--The-Thing-About-F0F824LEMZ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/post/Immortal-Gifts-</span><span class="invisible">-The-Thing-About-F0F824LEMZ</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/vampirebooks/" rel="tag">#vampirebooks</a> <a href="/tags/serialfiction/" rel="tag">#serialfiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Books@mstdn.social</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>How Ancient Greece Shaped Ovid, Rome’s Master Poet</p><p>By Nick Kampouris</p><p><a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/05/23/ancient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="greekreporter.com/2025/05/23/ancient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">greekreporter.com/2025/05/23/a</span><span class="invisible">ncient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/</span></a></p><p>Ovid at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2868</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Lesya Ukrainka: Ukraine’s Beloved Writer and Activist</p><p>“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich from the archives</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka-ukraines-beloved-writer-and-activist/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka-ukraines-beloved-writer-and-activist/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka</span><span class="invisible">-ukraines-beloved-writer-and-activist/</span></a></p><p>Ukraine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ukraine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ukraine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=ukraine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6XYxBTxwHkUxgqqyu1ZCMz" rel="nofollow">Wifedom</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Anna Funder.</p><p>Biography of George Orwell&#x27;s impressive wife, Eileen, and how he and his biographers erased her contribution from history. Masterfully shows how the infrastructure provided by women is kept invisible. The fictionalised sections made me uncomfortable, being based on so little source material - how much of herself has the author put into this? But that is the very point she is making about biography. Also: Orwell was a mysogynistic lecher.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

<p>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng- by Kylie Lee Baker is fucking brilliant. I still have 3 chapters left, but I am on the edge of my seat. The writing is very well done. The story line is phenomenal even as it is disturbing. Trigger warnings for racism, hate crimes, gore, violence. It&#x27;s a definite 5 star read for me thus far. </p><p>@bookstodon<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>&quot;Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million <a href="/tags/northcaucasianmuslims/" rel="tag">#NorthCaucasianMuslims</a> fled to the <a href="/tags/ottomanempire/" rel="tag">#OttomanEmpire</a>. Some, like the <a href="/tags/circassians/" rel="tag">#Circassians</a>, ran from a Russian perpetrated genocide. Others, like <a href="/tags/chechens/" rel="tag">#Chechens</a>, <a href="/tags/dagestanis/" rel="tag">#Dagestanis</a>, and others the violence of <a href="/tags/russiancolonization/" rel="tag">#RussianColonization</a>.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/eurasianknot/" rel="tag">#EurasianKnot</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/vladimirhamedtroyansky/" rel="tag">#VladimirHamedTroyansky</a> to discuss his book <a href="/tags/empireofrefugees/" rel="tag">#EmpireOfRefugees</a></p><p><a href="https://www.euraknot.org/muslim-refugees-in-the-ottoman-empire/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euraknot.org/muslim-refugees-in-the-ottoman-empire/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.euraknot.org/muslim-refuge</span><span class="invisible">es-in-the-ottoman-empire/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ottomanhistory/" rel="tag">#OttomanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/russianhistory/" rel="tag">#RussianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/northcaucasus/" rel="tag">#NorthCaucasus</a> <a href="/tags/circassiangenocide/" rel="tag">#CircassianGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @histodons @bookstodon @russia</p>

<p>A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction</p><p>B. Pietras on Queering “Flint Anchor,” LGBTQ Historical Stories, and Finding the Present in the Past</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-past-most-queer-remembering-sylvia-townsend-warners-radical-gay-historical-fiction/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-past-most-queer-remembering-sylvia-townsend-warners-radical-gay-historical-fiction/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-past-most-queer-r</span><span class="invisible">emembering-sylvia-townsend-warners-radical-gay-historical-fiction/</span></a></p><p>Sylvia Townsend at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=sylvia+townsend" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=sylvia+townsend"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=sylvia+townsend</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#lgbt</a></p>