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<p>Our horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, is now available! Of Dread, Decay, and Doom is a horror-themed anthology edited by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@jendiagammon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jendiagammon</span></a></span>, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee, featuring masters of horror fiction from all over the world. Find out more: <a href="https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dread-decay-and-doom/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dread-decay-and-doom/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.starsandsabers.com/books/o</span><span class="invisible">f-dread-decay-and-doom/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/horrorbooks/" rel="tag">#horrorbooks</a></p>

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Dark red background with a black raven silhouette. Picture of the book:
Of Dread, Decay, and Doom - A Horror Anthology Edited by
Jendia Gammon, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee

Featuring stories from:
Eugen Bacon, Patrick Barb, James Bennett, Renan Bernardo, Katrina Carruth, Vincent V. Cava, Andrew K.
Clark, P.A. Cornell, Dennis K. Crosby, Nicole Field, KC Grifant, Jamal Hodge, Somto lhezue, Pedro Iniguez, John Hornor Jacobs, Alice James, Ai Jiang, Helen Glynn Jones, Red Lagoe, Ruth Frances Long, Sarah L. Miles, Lee Murray, Cassandra Newbould, Justine Norton-Kertson, Amadin Ogbewe, Chris Panatier, David Quantick, Eden Royce, Eric Shanower, Riley Silverman, Diogo Silva Ramos, Mark Stay, Casey Stegman, Angela Sylvaine, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Tim Waggoner, Kali Wallace, and J.L. Worrad

AVAILABLE NOW!

COVER ART BY
Niall C. Grant
With Interior Illustrations
by Ahmed Raafat and Jendia Gammon
Stars and Sabers Publishing

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<p>Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez</p><p>A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.</p><p>By: Matthew Wills </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/returning-to-steinbecks-sea-of-cortez/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KM0B5DPVP6ETDVJM44EZ1V33&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/returning-to-steinbecks-sea-of-cortez/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KM0B5DPVP6ETDVJM44EZ1V33&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/returning-to-s</span><span class="invisible">teinbecks-sea-of-cortez/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KM0B5DPVP6ETDVJM44EZ1V33&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Ecology at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/224</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/marine_biology/" rel="tag">#marine_biology</a></p>

SHALL WE LEAVE ANY ONE OF THEM OPEN?

As reasoning beings, it is our duty to heed the lessons of history, and not rush blindly on until we perpetrate a continent destitute of wild life.

The image shows a desolate scene of barren, stripped trees, empty wetlands, and circling birds of prey over a ravaged countryside.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13249/pg13249-images.html

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We Haven’t Received Donations for a While… But We Are Grateful 🤍

<p>نُشر تبادليًا من: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8016702" rel="nofollow">hexbear.net/post/8016702</a></p><p><p>نُشر تبادليًا من: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8016696" rel="nofollow">hexbear.net/post/8016696</a></p><p><p>نُشر تبادليًا من: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8016695" rel="nofollow">hexbear.net/post/8016695</a></p><p><p>نُشر تبادليًا من: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8016694" rel="nofollow">hexbear.net/post/8016694</a></p><p><p>نُشر تبادليًا من: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8016693" rel="nofollow">hexbear.net/post/8016693</a></p><p><p>نُشر تبادليًا من: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8013618" rel="nofollow">hexbear.net/post/8013618</a></p><p><p>Today is the second day of Eid, and I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have truly been a reason for my children’s happiness. Because of your kindness and support, I was able to bring them small moments of joy during these difficult days.</p><p>Even though we haven’t received donations for some time, we deeply appreciate every bit of help we got before — it meant so much to us.</p><p>But we still need your help. Life is still very hard for us, and your continued support means everything. Please don’t forget us, and if you can, continue to stand by our side. Even a small donation can make a big difference for my family.</p><p>If you would like to help me, the link is in my bio, or you can message me privately. 🤍</p></p></p></p></p></p></p> <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://hexbear.net/post/8017116">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>The scandal that engulfed the last Brontë sister's death</p><p>When Charlotte Brontë died—the last of her massively talented family to succumb to an early death—the press entered a feeding frenzy. A friend and equally famous writer aimed to set the record straight and nearly destroyed her career doing so.</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/bronte-sisters-charlotte-bronte-elizabeth-gaskell" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/bronte-sisters-charlotte-bronte-elizabeth-gaskell"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nationalgeographic.com/his</span><span class="invisible">tory/article/bronte-sisters-charlotte-bronte-elizabeth-gaskell</span></a></p><p>Books by Charlotte Bronte at PG:</p><p><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>Books by Elizabeth Gaskell at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/220" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/220"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/220</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Drawing of Charlotte Bronte. She standing and holding her bonnet by the strings in her right hand.

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<p>📚 A Parade of Horribles by: Matt Dinniman</p><p>As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.</p><p>Races. Get from point A to point B, and don't come i...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/a-parade-of-horribles" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/a-parade-of-horribles"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/a-parade-o</span><span class="invisible">f-horribles</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don't come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it a coming-out party for the ages.

Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.

Carl hates that it's business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.

So Carl is planning a party of his own. It's a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can't even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.

!! To be published: April 14 2026.

It's off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

Includes part eight of the exclusive bonus story .Backstage a

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<p>Fanart of Richard, long for Dick, the control freak of galactic proportions 😁 </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> @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> @worldbuilding <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/fanartfriday/" rel="tag">#FanArtFriday</a> <a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#FanArt</a> <br><a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <br><a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</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></p>

Water colour drawing of a blackhole in a starry sky.

Made by Cheniffe who I've lost touch with but who used to be available on wattpad.

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<p>Winnie‑the‑Pooh at 100: this much‑loved classic illustrates how books can boost our wellbeing</p><p>Children can learn so much from books that sustain us and contribute to a sense of wellbeing and healing in our mental health.</p><p>by Lucy Stone</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/winnie-the-pooh-at-100-this-much-loved-classic-illustrates-how-books-can-boost-our-wellbeing-277528?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951+CID_7e993527a11575b14ccd1c2ab7c57cb9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Winnie-the-Pooh%20at%20100%20this%20much-loved%20classic%20illustrates%20how%20books%20can%20boost%20our%20wellbeing" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/winnie-the-pooh-at-100-this-much-loved-classic-illustrates-how-books-can-boost-our-wellbeing-277528?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951+CID_7e993527a11575b14ccd1c2ab7c57cb9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Winnie-the-Pooh%20at%20100%20this%20much-loved%20classic%20illustrates%20how%20books%20can%20boost%20our%20wellbeing"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/winnie-the</span><span class="invisible">-pooh-at-100-this-much-loved-classic-illustrates-how-books-can-boost-our-wellbeing-277528?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951+CID_7e993527a11575b14ccd1c2ab7c57cb9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Winnie-the-Pooh%20at%20100%20this%20much-loved%20classic%20illustrates%20how%20books%20can%20boost%20our%20wellbeing</span></a></p><p>Winnie‑the‑Pooh & The house at Pooh Corner at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73011" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73011</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/children_literature/" rel="tag">#children_literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookillustration/" rel="tag">#bookillustration</a> <a href="/tags/bibliotherapy/" rel="tag">#bibliotherapy</a></p>

Cover image of Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.

The upperscene shows Pooh dangling from a balloon string, floating upward toward a beehive (bees scattered around him) — from the famous early chapter where he disguises himself as a rain cloud to steal honey.

Below, we see a boy (Christopher Robin) lying in the grass peering into a rabbit hole, surrounded by several rabbits.

Lower centre: A boy (Christopher Robin) lying in the grass peering into a rabbit hole, surrounded by several rabbits — likely from the chapter involving Rabbit's elaborate underground home

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67098/pg67098-images.html

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<p>📚 Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by: Alison Espach</p><p>For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/notes-on-your-sudden-disappearance" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/notes-on-your-sudden-disappearance"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/notes-on-y</span><span class="invisible">our-sudden-disappearance</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/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/siblingsfiction/" rel="tag">#siblingsfiction</a></p>

For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool.

The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his.

Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Chicago Tribune

Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence—a deeply felt, finely wrought, and highly satisfying novel. Alison Espach has created a family whose every sorrow, joy, and idiosyncrasy is utterly, vibrantly real. New York Times bestselling author Claire Lombar

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<p>Out of the 23 <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> I have, all of them are old. Many of them still have relevance like O'Reilly's "DNS and BIND 5th Edition" which I bought in 2014 or so. But out of all of them, I was only able to purge these two.</p>

O'Reilly's "Active Directory 5th Edition" which unfortunately was used maybe a handful of times. It's still in mint condition.

The RHEL 6 certification book, which was invaluable to me when I switched careers *again* from EMS back to IT.

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<p>A Review of Interruptions: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-interruptions/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-interruptions/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-in</span><span class="invisible">terruptions/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</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 Interruptions by P.B. Cannon. Image on cover is a mostly black and white sketch of the side of a dirty stone building. The door on the building is teal as is the hand that is reaching across the scene and almost past the door.

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<p>A Scholar Recognized the Inscriptions in the Margins of This Manuscript. The Scribbles Turned Out to Be Galileo’s Handwritten Notes</p><p>Found in a 16th-century copy of an ancient astronomy treatise, the annotations suggest that the trailblazing scientist studied Earth-centric models before lending his support to heliocentrism</p><p>by Christian Thorsberg</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scholar-recognized-the-inscriptions-in-the-margins-of-this-manuscript-the-scribbles-turned-out-to-be-galileos-handwritten-notes-180988269/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scholar-recognized-the-inscriptions-in-the-margins-of-this-manuscript-the-scribbles-turned-out-to-be-galileos-handwritten-notes-180988269/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/scholar-recognized-the-inscriptions-in-the-margins-of-this-manuscript-the-scribbles-turned-out-to-be-galileos-handwritten-notes-180988269/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Galileo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/6741" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/6741"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/6741</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

Galileo's sketches of the moon from en:Sidereus Nuncius, published in March 1610.

Five circular engraved illustrations arranged on a white page — one at the top centre, two in the middle row, and two in the bottom row — each depicting the Moon at a different phase.

The images are rendered in fine crosshatching and stippling, with dense black ink filling the shadowed portions and detailed textural work in the illuminated zones.

Along the terminator — the boundary between light and dark — rugged, jagged edges suggest mountains, craters, and uneven terrain, with small circular formations visible that read clearly as craters.

The uppermost image shows the Moon mostly in shadow with only a crescent of illuminated surface visible at right.

The middle and lower pairs show progressively more of the lit surface, with the terminator cutting diagonally across each disk.

The overall effect is observational and scientific rather than decorative, conveying a three-dimensional, geologically complex surface.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius#/media/File:Galileo's_sketches_of_the_moon.png

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<p>While in Glasgow yesterday, I couldn’t resist a visit to Good Press in St. Andrew’s Street. It’s probably for the best that this amazing shop crammed full of books, zines, music and other treasures isn’t on my doorstep, because I’d be there every other day…They have things I’d never find anywhere else!</p><p>Picked up a couple of interesting titles (it would have been rude not to!). </p><p><a href="https://goodpress.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>goodpress.co.uk/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/goodpress/" rel="tag">#GoodPress</a> <a href="/tags/goodpressglasgow/" rel="tag">#GoodPressGlasgow</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/zines/" rel="tag">#Zines</a> <a href="/tags/independentbookshop/" rel="tag">#IndependentBookshop</a> <a href="/tags/ursulakleguin/" rel="tag">#UrsulaKLeGuin</a> <a href="/tags/ursulaleguin/" rel="tag">#UrsulaLeGuin</a> <a href="/tags/alargerreality/" rel="tag">#ALargerReality</a> <a href="/tags/wintertexts/" rel="tag">#WinterTexts</a> <a href="/tags/withabird/" rel="tag">#WithABird</a> <a href="/tags/aviankinship/" rel="tag">#AvianKinship</a> <a href="/tags/onomatopee/" rel="tag">#Onomatopee</a> <a href="/tags/onomatopeebooks/" rel="tag">#OnomatopeeBooks</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>

Two books on a wooden floor.

On the left is A Larger Reality by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Winter Texts. The book is described as “A Compilation of Poems, Stories, Essays, Talks, and Illustrations”. The cover shows a black and white watercolour of a solitary figure in an ambiguous landscape, perhaps a shoreline with mountains in the distance.

On the right is With a Bird, A Reader on Avian Kinship published by Onomatopee. The cover shows a stylised symmetrical drawing of talons emerging from a central point. The book “invites readers into an expansive, cross-disciplinary conversation about how we live with and think alongside birds. In a time of climate breakdown and ecological grief, this book offers birds not as metaphors or curiosities, but as kin-creatures with their own histories, desires, and forms of knowing. Spanning speculative fiction, ancestral memory, critical ornithology, personal essay, and visual art, its contributions explore the fragile, often overlooked relationships between humans and birds across myth, science, migration, and dream.”

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> "in 1812, the first two cantos of Lord Byron‘s poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage are published by John Murray in London. Copies sell out in five days, prompting Byron to comment: “I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”"</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march-20-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march-20-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march</span><span class="invisible">-20-2026/</span></a> </p><p>"Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Prisoner of Chillon - a painting of a man standing next to a cow. Painting by Madox Brown.

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<p>Spring into Reading! Barnes & Noble has curated a great list of 500 audiobooks and ebooks (including The Expert of Subtle Revisions!) available for under five dollars, now through 4/27. Check out the full list here: </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></p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/spring-into-reading-500-under-5/fiction/_/N-32ftZ10h8?page=3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.barnesandnoble.com/b/spring-into-reading-500-under-5/fiction/_/N-32ftZ10h8?page=3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.barnesandnoble.com/b/sprin</span><span class="invisible">g-into-reading-500-under-5/fiction/_/N-32ftZ10h8?page=3</span></a></p>

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<p>Is all writing paradoxical, or do I just have serious lack of 'Times'? The author yawned because he couldn't be bothered to figure it out. 😂 </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/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <br> <br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/sciencememe/" rel="tag">#ScienceMeme</a><br><a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</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> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Schrödinger: Nice.

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<p>Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory is NOT the kind of book I like to read, but the man can't half tell a story. The denouement waits for the final pages, and is jaw-dropping; the only doubt left in the reader's mind is the plausibility, as the story is so strange.</p><p>WARNING: this review in particular has big spoilers; don't read it if you think you will one day read the book yourself, as it WILL spoil your reading pleasure.</p><p><a href="https://khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=the-wasp-factory" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=the-wasp-factory"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">khleedril.org/dale-mellor/book</span><span class="invisible">blog/?review=the-wasp-factory</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> <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> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/iainbanks/" rel="tag">#iainbanks</a></p>

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<p>📚 What Happened Next by: Edwin Hill</p><p>A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.<br>What do I remember about the murder on the lake?</p><p>Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anythin...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/what-happened-next" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/what-happened-next"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/what-happe</span><span class="invisible">ned-next</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/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalfiction/" rel="tag">#traditionalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a></p>

A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.
What do I remember about the murder on the lake?

Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anything, really, about how events on the lake unfolded twenty-five years ago. He just knows what he's been told: that his father stabbed a man to death, left Charlie's mother critically wounded, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. Now Charlie believes there must be more to what happened.

Using the shards of the story he's uncovered so far as the heart of a true crime podcast, Charlie returns to his hometown in the foothills of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Old friends, family, authorities, and even collateral victims have moved on, and no one wants to dredge up what's long forgotten. Except Charlie. He wants to know what could have transformed a quiet man into a monster. And what happened next.

But when Charlie starts asking questions of people with so much to hide, getting to the truth becomes dangerous. Because on this lake--in this family--the past isn't dead and buried at all. In fact, it's back with a vengeance.

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<p>📚 Stakeouts and Strollers by: Rob Phillips</p><p>Charlie Shaw is low on sleep. And cash. Otherwise, life is going pretty well for the ex-crime reporter: he’s happily married to his college sweetheart, he’s a first-time dad to the most adorable baby girl in existence, and he’s making ends meet as a rookie P...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/stakeouts-and-strollers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/stakeouts-and-strollers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/stakeouts-</span><span class="invisible">and-strollers</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/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/cozy/" rel="tag">#cozy</a> <a href="/tags/privateinvestigators/" rel="tag">#privateinvestigators</a></p>

Charlie Shaw is low on sleep. And cash. Otherwise, life is going pretty well for the ex-crime reporter: he’s happily married to his college sweetheart, he’s a first-time dad to the most adorable baby girl in existence, and he’s making ends meet as a rookie PI. But when Charlie meets Friday Finley, a frightened sixteen-year-old runaway on a stakeout-gone-wrong, his world gets a little more complicated.

Friday is looking for her estranged father Shawn, an unreliable alcoholic who left when she was young—and who also happens to be her only shot at avoiding the foster care system since her mother’s death a few weeks earlier. At first, Charlie believes the man is simply hiding out somewhere, avoiding his responsibilities as usual, but the more he investigates, the more unsettling—and dangerous—Shawn’s disappearance becomes. When his own family is threatened, Charlie realizes he’s in over his head, but can he back out now that he’s begun to care for Friday as his own?

A perfect page-turning blend of humor and high stakes, Stakeouts and Strollers is a heartwarming story of fatherhood, family, and what it really means to be a “Girl Dad.”

Amateur private investigator and new dad Charlie Shaw gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to track down a young girl’s missing father in Rob Phillips' 2024 Minotaur Books/Malice Domestic Best First Mystery Novel award-winning debut.

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Khrushchev LIED: evidence every "revelation" of Stalin's (& Beria's) "crimes" in the infamous "secret speech" to the 20th party congress of the CPSU on 2/25/1956 is provably FALSE - Anna’s Archive

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<p>Owen Jones welcomes author/illustrator <a href="/tags/mollycrabapple/" rel="tag">#MollyCrabapple</a> to talk about her new book, <a href="/tags/herewhereweliveisourcountry/" rel="tag">#HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry</a>: The Story of the <a href="/tags/jewishbund/" rel="tag">#JewishBund</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sFQql-sZ-s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sFQql-sZ-s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sFQql</span><span class="invisible">-sZ-s</span></a><br><a href="/tags/bund/" rel="tag">#Bund</a> <a href="/tags/bundism/" rel="tag">#bundism</a> <a href="/tags/jewishhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/jewishleft/" rel="tag">#JewishLeft</a> <a href="/tags/antizionism/" rel="tag">#antizionism</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinequestion/" rel="tag">#PalestineQuestion</a> <a href="/tags/memoirs/" rel="tag">#memoirs</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>Do you remember your first favorite book?</p><p>My first real favorite: the fairy-tale The Golden Ball.<br>Today I looked up the author and discovered he’s still alive: a scholar, professor, and author of academic works on totalitarianism, information policy, and hybrid wars. I may never read those. But I will absolutely reread the first book I ever loved.</p><p>There’s something very moving about smart, busy, serious people who still choose to write for children.</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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a></p>

The Golden Ball

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Suggest me novels like "The stars my Destination"

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<p>On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor</p><p>Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels Cecilia and Evelina</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/on-the-genius-of-frances-burney-jane-austens-most-important-literary-predecessor/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/on-the-genius-of-frances-burney-jane-austens-most-important-literary-predecessor/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/on-the-genius-of-fr</span><span class="invisible">ances-burney-jane-austens-most-important-literary-predecessor/</span></a></p><p>Frances Burney at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2010</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>

Portrait of the future wife of General Alexandre d'Arblay (she did not marry this French émigré until 1793), Frances, also known as “Fanny” Burney (1752–1840), a British writer, painted by her brother.

A half-length portrait, with Frances turned slightly to the left, her gaze directed off-frame. She wears a llarge, elaborate straw hat decorated with ribbons and gauze, a light flowing white dress with a fichu (neck covering) and a pink bow at the chest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Burney#/media/File:Frances_d'Arblay_('Fanny_Burney')_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg

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<p>I guess a re- <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> is in order. </p><p>I'm back on Mastodon!</p><p>I've been away for a while, but I missed being here.</p><p>I'm an earthling living in the Netherlands. I like <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>, reading <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> and <a href="/tags/blogs/" rel="tag">#blogs</a>, and <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a>. I have been online for quite some time and I love the internet.</p><p>Not sure what else to add, but you can find more about me here: <br><a href="https://blog.pcora.eu/about/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>blog.pcora.eu/about/</a></p>

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<p>📚 Lessons From a Lifetime by: David Suzuki, Ian Hanington</p><p>Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime, Suzuki shares pearls of wisdom and hard-earned l...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/lessons-from-a-lifetime" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/lessons-from-a-lifetime"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/lessons-fr</span><span class="invisible">om-a-lifetime</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/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a> <a href="/tags/lifesciences/" rel="tag">#lifesciences</a> <a href="/tags/ecologyhistory/" rel="tag">#ecologyhistory</a> <a href="/tags/warsconflicts/" rel="tag">#warsconflicts</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime, Suzuki shares pearls of wisdom and hard-earned lessons for the next generation of activists, alongside personal stories and heartfelt contributions from his friends and family, his admirers, and even his opponents, including:

-Margaret Atwood
-Neil Young
-Jane Fonda
-Elizabeth May
-Justin Trudeau
-and many more.

In words and photographs, Lessons From a Lifetime shares David Suzuki's journey from surviving internment camps as a Japanese-Canadian child to becoming North America's most trusted voice in science communication. The book charts his years as a geneticist and superstar professor at the University of British Columbia; his dedication to demystifying complex science through his public broadcasting work, especially his beloved CBC Television program, The Nature of Things; his founding of The David Suzuki Foundation; and his unparalleled dedication to standing up for Indigenous and environmental rights, a dedication that continues today.

A stunning tribute to a fearless truth-teller who transformed how we understand our relationship with the natural world, Lessons From a Lifetime belongs on every bookshelf.

Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute

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