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<p>The Dust of Her Bones: An Interview with Inés Bellina, Alejandra C. Quintana Arocho, and Anne Freeland on Gabriela Mistral’s Queerness</p><p>by Alton Melvar M Dapanas</p><p><a href="https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/</span><span class="invisible">2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a></p>

Gabriela Mistral en 1922.

Desconocido - http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-69686.html

Gabriela Mistral appears captured in a composed and dignified pose a head-and-shoulders view. She has short, straight hair and is wearing a jacket with a white blouse underneath with a sort of bow tie.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Mistral#/media/Archivo:Gabriela_Mistral_(1922).jpg

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<p>The Real Science Experiments That Inspired Frankenstein</p><p>All of the experiments to revive dead people led Shelly to the idea of a story of creating life.</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/the-real-science-experiments-that-inspired-frankenstein.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/07/the-real-science-experiments-that-inspired-frankenstein.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/07/th</span><span class="invisible">e-real-science-experiments-that-inspired-frankenstein.html</span></a></p><p>"Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"Promotional photo of Boris Karloff from The Bride of Frankenstein as Frankenstein's monster." - picryl.com

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<p>Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2026-to-read-list/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2026-to-read-list/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-on-my-spring-2026-to-read-list/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</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 Phases: a Memoir by Brandy Norwood. Image on cover is a close-up photo of her face as she wears a blue silk garment and gazes thoughtfully off into the distance.

Book cover for Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Image on cover shows a train travelling along a train track next to a field of wheat. The image is warped, though, and has an unnatural bend to it.

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Three more books I bought during my employer's January sale of overstock: <br>- Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@Tomozaurus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tomozaurus</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mojoceratops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mojoceratops</span></a></span>), <br>- Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error<br>- and Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@themitpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>themitpress</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#Archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/massextinction/" rel="tag">#MassExtinction</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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

On the left, Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek, showing dark grey / blue hardcover book with a colour illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex, here reconstructed as a beefy dinosaur with a bulging skull, rather than a skinny reconstruction that shows the contours of bones.

In the middle, Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error, showing a white hardback with a colour photo of a polar bear across the bottom and a trilobite fossil across the top.

On the right, Rock, Bone, and Ruin, showing a yellow hardback with. Each word of the title is cut out of a black-and-white photo of a rock, the bones of a tail, and a ruin (what looks to be the Colosseum) .

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<p>My latest read: "A Bleak Remedy" by DS LaLonde - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're looking for a meaty horror novel with a fresh take on vampires, this one's sure to satisfy!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7815169569" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7815169569"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7815169569</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/vampire/" rel="tag">#vampire</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/booksreviews/" rel="tag">#booksreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a></p>

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<p>Quotes About Reading: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-about-reading/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-about-reading/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-quotes-about-reading/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#Quotes</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</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>

A tiny green cactus in a tiny white planter that is sitting on a white hardcover book on a wooden table.

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<p>"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."</p><p>James Baldwin, ‘As Much Truth<br>as One Can Bear’, 1962"</p><p>Source:<br>Planet on Fire.<br>A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown</p><p><a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="/tags/nonficiton/" rel="tag">#nonficiton</a> <br><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

A radical manifesto for how to deal with environmental breakdownIn the age of environmental breakdown, breakdown, the political status quo has no answer to the devastating and inequitably distributed consequences of the climate emergency. We urgently need an alternative to bring about the rapid transformation of our social and economic systems. As we rebuild our lives in the wake of Covid-19 and face the challenges of ecological disaster, how can the left win a world fit for life? Planet on Fire is an urgent manifesto for a fundamental reimagining of the global economy. It offers a clear and practical road map for a future that is democratic and sustainable by design. Laurie Laybourn-Langton and Mathew Lawrence argue that it is not enough merely to spend our way out of the crisis; we must also rapidly reshape the economy to create a new way of life that can foster a healthy and flourishing environment for all. Planet on Fire offers a detailed and achievable manifesto for a new politics capable of tackling environmental breakdown.

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<p>The Madrid Codices: Leonardo da Vinci's treasure trove digitised by Spain's National Library</p><p>On 13 February 1967, the Spanish National Library announced the discovery of the Madrid I and II codices, two manuscripts by Leonardo da Vinci that had remained poorly catalogued for more than a century. But they are being digitised to make them accessible to the public.</p><p>By Lucia Blasco</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/02/20/the-madrid-codices-leonardo-da-vincis-treasure-trove-digitised-by-spains-national-library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euronews.com/culture/2026/02/20/the-madrid-codices-leonardo-da-vincis-treasure-trove-digitised-by-spains-national-library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.euronews.com/culture/2026/</span><span class="invisible">02/20/the-madrid-codices-leonardo-da-vincis-treasure-trove-digitised-by-spains-national-library</span></a></p><p>Leonardo da Vinci at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1629</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

Leonardo da vinci, Double manuscript page on the Sforza monument.

The left page is devoted to mechanical studies — five carefully rendered technical drawings arranged vertically, each showing wooden joining or clamping mechanisms in three-quarter perspective. They appear to depict interlocking beams, bolt fastenings, and timber joints of increasing complexity, with short annotating notes flanking each drawing on both sides.

The right page is dominated by a large, commanding drawing of what appears to be the lower torso and hindquarters of a horse rendered as a structural armature — a grid of horizontal and vertical ribs forming a curved, basket-like framework that captures the swelling volume of the animal's form. The gridded surface suggests a mold or internal scaffolding for casting, with the waist cinching inward before flaring out again at the haunches. Dense blocks of mirror-script text surround the drawing on the left and bottom, and a folio number — 157 — is visible in the upper right corner. A faint institutional stamp appears near the bottom center.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Madrid_(Leonardo)#/media/File:Leonardo_da_vinci,_Double_manuscript_page_on_the_Sforza_monument.jpg

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<p>I do all of these, which one I use seems to motly depend on the quality of the book 🤔 </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> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

READING STYLES:
SCAN: look over quickly
READ: absorb content
SKIM: read selectively]
BROWSE: look for something interesting
PERUSE: read thoroughly
REFLECT: think deeply about what you read

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<p>How Medieval Women Expressed Their ‘Forbidden’ Emotions</p><p>Upper-class women used letters and embroidery to reflect on their inner lives</p><p>by Pragya Agarwal (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-medieval-women-expressed-their-forbidden-emotions-180983953/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-medieval-women-expressed-their-forbidden-emotions-180983953/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/how-medieval-women-expressed-their-forbidden-emotions-180983953/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Medieval women at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+women" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+women"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=medieval+women</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#womeninart</a></p>

Marie de France, from an illuminated manuscript now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France: BnF, Arsenal Library, Ms. 3142 fol. 256.

A woman is depicted standing and leaning slightly forward over an open book resting on an elegant white lectern with a decorative pedestal base. She wears a flowing pale cream or white robe that pools softly at her feet, with blue sleeves visible beneath, and a white veil or wimple covering her hair. Her face small, calm features with a downward gaze directed at the page. One hand reaches toward the open book as if reading or writing. The lectern stands on a terracotta-red bench or platform. Behind her, a trefoil arch frames the scene.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_France#/media/File:Marie_de_France_1.tif

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The Burnout Society: Why so tired? <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/43499220">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</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>

(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

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

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<p>'In Mishra’s case, his book was not ablutionary so much as an effort to uphold Karl Jaspers’s idea of “metaphysical guilt”: that humans are bound by a solidarity “that makes each co-responsible for every wrong and injustice in the world, especially for crimes committed in his presence or with his knowledge.” '</p><p>Shaan Sachdev explores <a href="/tags/pankajmishra/" rel="tag">#PankajMishra</a>’s <a href="/tags/theworldaftergaza/" rel="tag">#TheWorldAfterGaza</a> </p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-gaza-generation/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-gaza-generation/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/th</span><span class="invisible">e-gaza-generation/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinesolidarity/" rel="tag">#PalestineSolidarity</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @bookstodon @palestine @israel</p>

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<p>📚 FDR Drive by: James Comey</p><p>After a stint in the private sector, working at the largest hedge fund in the world, Nora Carleton has returned to her former role as a New York City federal prosecutor. And she's arrived just in time to face one of the most dangerous domestic terror attacks in the history of the city. A threat is bu...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/fdr-drive" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/fdr-drive</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/politicalfiction/" rel="tag">#politicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a></p>

After a stint in the private sector, working at the largest hedge fund in the world, Nora Carleton has returned to her former role as a New York City federal prosecutor. And she's arrived just in time to face one of the most dangerous domestic terror attacks in the history of the city. A threat is building in the city, with far right extremism powered by internet demagogues and funded by shadowy organizations. Together with legendary investigator Benny Dugan and aided by colleagues at the FBI, Nora builds a case against one of the key players in this burgeoning movement, arguing before a jury that some speech is actually a deadly crime. But the menace taking root is far bigger than any courtroom, and as the militants target an upcoming United Nations rally, Nora and her team must race to disrupt the plans and minimize casualties.

At once a fast-paced legal thriller and a close look at the very real perils of political extremism, FDR Drive harnesses former FBI director James Comey's life experience to tell an authentic and compelling narrative that readers won't soon forget.

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<p>Just spotted a new book that managed to climb on top of the one that should not be named in the Wizards & Witches category 📚<br><a href="https://bydonmartin.com/verity-vox-1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bydonmartin.com/verity-vox-1</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/foxfire/" rel="tag">#Foxfire</a> <a href="/tags/verityvox/" rel="tag">#VerityVox</a></p>

VERITY VOX AND THE CURSE OF FOXFIRE

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<p>My latest read was The Vegetarian by Han Kang. It is surreal. It is confronting. It is harrowing. </p><p>It is always tricky to engage with a novel that itself so clearly engages with a different society and its problems (in this case, misogyny in South Korea), but I felt the writing was very well maintained in translation. The novel certainly packed a punch in English. </p><p><a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#feminism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> </p><p>Full <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> on the <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> here: <a href="https://write.as/the-casual-critic/the-vegetarian-becoming-ungovernable" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="write.as/the-casual-critic/the-vegetarian-becoming-ungovernable"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/the-casual-critic/the</span><span class="invisible">-vegetarian-becoming-ungovernable</span></a></p>

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<p>Both the first and second book of the Desolation saga will be available on my new Kickstarter, at a discount. Jump on in to the series critics are calling: "exciting and multifaceted", "Fun, thrilling and sharp" & "imaginative and fast-paced".<br><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.kickstarter.com/projects/d</span><span class="invisible">harrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a></p>

The covers of the Desolation series are stark black with slightly different shades of high contrast orange for the single, stylised image, and writing.

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<p>My favorite reads of 2025 (so far.)</p><p>Follow the authors:<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aptshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aptshadow</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@garethlpowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>garethlpowell</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@DSLaLonde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DSLaLonde</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@stevestred" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevestred</span></a></span> </p><p>See my reviews:<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/71384024-michael-shotter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/list/71384024-michael-shotter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/list/</span><span class="invisible">71384024-michael-shotter</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#speculativefiction</a></p>

Michael Shotter's favorite reads of 2025 (so far.) See Goodreads link in post for details.

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<p>How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller</p><p>Graham Watson Explores the Influence of Friendship and Community on the Author of "Jane Eyre"</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-charlotte-brontes-shyness-helped-make-her-a-storyteller?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-charlotte-brontes-shyness-helped-make-her-a-storyteller?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-charlotte-bront</span><span class="invisible">es-shyness-helped-make-her-a-storyteller?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Charlotte Brontë at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/408</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

An idealised posthumous portrait of Charlotte Brontë by Duyckinick, 1873, based on a drawing by George Richmond.

The image is a bust-length portrait, showing Charlotte Brontë turned slightly to one side, her gaze directed thoughtfully into the distance. Her features are softened and regularised — large, luminous eyes, a delicate nose, and a small, composed mouth.

Her hair is parted in the centre, drawn back smoothly and arranged in modest waves or coils. She is dressed in a dark gown with a white collar or fichu, rendered with simple elegance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB#/media/File:Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB.jpg

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<p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals</p><p>Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth</p><p>By Steven Morris</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/08/samuel-taylor-coleridge-letter-quitting-writing-22?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/08/samuel-taylor-coleridge-letter-quitting-writing-22?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/aug/08/samuel-taylor-coleridge-letter-quitting-writing-22?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K2CED7J9W60YZV9A42BS1BPC&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/95" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/95"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/95</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

1795 portrait of SamuelTaylorColeridge by Peter Vandyke.

This is a bust-length oil portrait showing Coleridge in three-quarter view, turned slightly to his right. His youthful face is smooth and fresh, with soft, rounded features — full lips, a straight nose, and bright, thoughtful eyes. His curly, light-brown hair frames his face and falls loosely.

Coleridge wears a dark coat over a waistcoat, with a high white cravat tied in a large, soft knot at his neck.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SamuelTaylorColeridge.jpg

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 24

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<p>📚 We'll Prescribe You a Cat by: Syou Ishida</p><p>Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there:...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/well-prescribe-you-a-cat" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/well-prescribe-you-a-cat"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/well-presc</span><span class="invisible">ribe-you-a-cat</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/animalsfiction/" rel="tag">#animalsfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there: it prescribes cats as medication. Patients are often puzzled by this unconventional prescription, but when they take their cat for the recommended duration, they witness profound transformations in their lives, guided by the playful, empathetic, occasionally challenging yet endearing cats.

Throughout the pages, the power of the human-animal bond is revealed as a disheartened businessman finds unexpected joy in physical labor, a young girl navigates the complexities of elementary school cliques, a middle-aged man struggles to stay relevant at work and home, a hardened bag designer seeks emotional balance, and a geisha finds herself unable to move on from the memory of her lost cat. As the clinic’s patients navigate their inner turmoil and seek resolution, their feline companions lead them toward healing, self-discovery, and newfound hope.

A USA Today Bestseller

A cat a day keeps the doctor away…

Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1880 Radclyffe Hall was born. She was the author of the pioneering lesbian novel "The Well of Loneliness" and was also a poet.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyffe_Hall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyffe_Hall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyff</span><span class="invisible">e_Hall</span></a></p><p>Books by Hall at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Radclyffe+Hall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Radclyffe+Hall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Radclyffe+Hall</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

Painting of Radclyffe Hall by Charles Buchel

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<p>📚 🤓 </p><p>I finished <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> "There is No Antimemetics Division" by qntm late last night. </p><p>It was on the TBR shelf for quite some time, but I'm glad I finally gave it a chance. I expected the narration to be a bit less straightforward than it turned out to be. Strong recommendation for anyone looking for a more cerebral, thought provoking, metafiction type read (also pleasantly surprised at the amount of horror). </p><p>I put this in the same category as Gnomon by Nick Harkaway and Interstellar (the movie), because at its heart, it's a novel about ideas and memory and where they come from and where they go. Love that shit. </p><p>I'll be honest: I feel like there three distinct parts. The first and third parts moved along swimmingly, the middle part was a bit slower in comparison.</p><p>Cool note: This book was birthed in an online community known as the SCP Foundation. Here's a link: <a href="https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>scp-wiki.wikidot.com/</a> </p><p>A quote or two:</p><p>"Humans can forget anything. It’s okay to forget some things, because we are mortal and finite. But some things we have to remember. It’s important that we remember. Write something that will make you remember.”</p><p>"But an idea can end a world. An idea is alive. It can mutate, it can replicate, it can predate on other ideas…and it can hide."</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/finishedreading2026/" rel="tag">#FinishedReading2026</a></p>

Book cover for There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm. Large geometric black shapes overlay a warm sunset landscape with trees. The title appears in spaced, minimalist white lettering across the image. The contrast between the natural background and stark abstract shapes gives it a mysterious, sci-fi tone.

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. One of the favorite books from my childhood <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/43677719">See Original Page</a> </small>

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