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<p>‘The Queen of the Ghetto’ Gave New York’s Immigrant Community a Voice. A Century Later, It’s Re-emerging</p><p>Anzia Yezierska wrote from experience then worked hard to make sure her work found an audience. Then a new audience found her</p><p>by Fred Nadis</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/queen-ghetto-gave-new-york-immigrant-community-voice-century-later-reemerging-180988409/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/queen-ghetto-gave-new-york-immigrant-community-voice-century-later-reemerging-180988409/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cu</span><span class="invisible">lture/queen-ghetto-gave-new-york-immigrant-community-voice-century-later-reemerging-180988409/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Women immigrants at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2680" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2680"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/2680</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day!📚</p><p>Some links for what&#x27;s happening in the Portland metro area beyond the obvious (Powell&#x27;s)</p><p>The 2nd Annual North Portland Book Crawl is Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26</p><p><a href="https://northpeninsulareview.com/2nd-annual-north-portland-book-crawl-to-celebrate-independent-bookstores/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="northpeninsulareview.com/2nd-annual-north-portland-book-crawl-to-celebrate-independent-bookstores/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">northpeninsulareview.com/2nd-a</span><span class="invisible">nnual-north-portland-book-crawl-to-celebrate-independent-bookstores/</span></a></p><p>&quot;Thirteen bookstores. Two days. One incredible prize package. A free book for every participant!&quot;</p><p>2 more links (Axios, KOIN)</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/04/26/celebrate-independent-bookstore-day-powells" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/04/26/celebrate-independent-bookstore-day-powells"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.axios.com/local/portland/2</span><span class="invisible">024/04/26/celebrate-independent-bookstore-day-powells</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.koin.com/local/portland-area-shops-to-support-during-independent-bookstore-day-042624/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.koin.com/local/portland-area-shops-to-support-during-independent-bookstore-day-042624/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.koin.com/local/portland-ar</span><span class="invisible">ea-shops-to-support-during-independent-bookstore-day-042624/</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/pdx/" rel="tag">#PDX</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a> <a href="/tags/independentbookstoreday/" rel="tag">#IndependentBookstoreDay</a> <a href="/tags/bookstores/" rel="tag">#Bookstores</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

<p>Then all of a sudden, with a joy that I had not known within myself, I said: “If you want to spend the rest of your life listening and watching this nonsense, that’s up to you, but just now I’ve realized I want to spend my life doing something beautiful.” -- from &#x27;The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen&#x27; by Shokoofeh Azar; (translator is anonymous for security reasons)</p><p><a href="/tags/wednesdaybookquote/" rel="tag">#WednesdayBookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingjournal/" rel="tag">#ReadingJournal</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>The many literary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft – author of novels, travel writing and children’s books</p><p>Wollstonecraft’s literary career was dedicated to questioning power, society and the roles assigned to women.</p><p>by Aditi Upmanyu</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-many-literary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-author-of-novels-travel-writing-and-childrens-books-279885?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388&amp;utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388+CID_a5f7e1691899811906f2c3a5b8213e91&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=The%20many%20literary%20lives%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20%20author%20of%20novels%20travel%20writing%20and%20childrens%20books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-many-literary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-author-of-novels-travel-writing-and-childrens-books-279885?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388&amp;utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388+CID_a5f7e1691899811906f2c3a5b8213e91&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=The%20many%20literary%20lives%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20%20author%20of%20novels%20travel%20writing%20and%20childrens%20books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-many-l</span><span class="invisible">iterary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-author-of-novels-travel-writing-and-childrens-books-279885?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388&amp;utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203747638388+CID_a5f7e1691899811906f2c3a5b8213e91&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=The%20many%20literary%20lives%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20%20author%20of%20novels%20travel%20writing%20and%20childrens%20books</span></a></p><p>Mary Wollstonecraft at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/84</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>

<p>World&#x27;s largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems now available to everyone</p><p>by Rachel Gordon, edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-world-largest-olympiad-math-problems.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2026-04-world-largest-olympiad-math-problems.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2026-04-world-la</span><span class="invisible">rgest-olympiad-math-problems.html</span></a></p><p>Mathematics at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/102" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/102"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/102</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

A glorious recap - Marvels (1994) Review cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/50316606 I can’t talk about this comic book without stressing the important fact that much of the joy and wonder and amazement that I got out of this book was due to the fact that I was already familiar with a lot of the stories in this comic book. That’s one of the strengths and weaknesses of this book, it relies on you as a fan of these stories and much of the themes of this book depend upon you knowing these characters beforehand. Now, I have never read more than a handful of comic books but I have seen a lot of the movies which helped a lot. Marvels is about our main character Phil Sheldon, a photographer in New York as he lives through the 40s and 50s and 60s and 70s and witnesses the stories of many of the major characters from Marvel Comics. We see Captain America fighting the Nazis, the rise of Fantastic Four and the arrival of Galactus, we see Avengers forming and taking on new members and of course the X-Men and how they differ from other heroes. I have no idea how it would feel to read these stories if you were unfamiliar with most of the stories because one of the reasons why this book works is that it reflects our own childhood wonder and amazement of these characters onto us. We see people marveling at them just as we used to, just as I did when I was a kid watching Spider-Man on an old CRT. Without that reflection, I think much of the appeal would be lost. Of course, Alex Ross’s drawing is amazing and it feels even more cinematic somehow than Kingdom Come. In that story the amount of busy action sequences left me disoriented at times but here even though there are some really cool battles against foes, much of the focus is on everyday people. I like how these scenes have a momentum to them, the sense of pace as Phil walks the streets or runs toward his house feels impactful even though there’s nothing grand going on action-wise. What I love about also is how people are hostile towards these heroes, especially the mutant X-Men who are treated like commies and hunted down at every turn. The scenes of human brutality hit a lot harder than any large scale action sequences could. The book also manges to be consistently grounded, this is not one of those stories where an average guy gets in a team-up with superheroes and forms a relationship with them. Instead, spoilerthe only time he comes too close them, he ends up losing his right eye. spoilerIt’s not a criticism per say but I find it very strange and interesting how this book forms it’s own version of superhero fatigue within the story. Phil Sheldon towards the end gets so sick and tired of people admiring these heroes whenever they get saved and accuse them of villainy when things are peaceful that he doesn’t want to be a part of it and retires, leaving the story at an inconclusive end for him and the reader. Page · lemmy.ml <p>cross-posted from: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/50316606" rel="nofollow">lemmy.ml/post/50316606</a></p><p><p>I can’t talk about this comic book without stressing the important fact that much of the joy and wonder and amazement that I got out of this book was due to the fact that I was already familiar with a lot of the stories in this comic book.</p><p>That’s one of the strengths and weaknesses of this book, it relies on you as a fan of these stories and much of the themes of this book depend upon you knowing these characters beforehand. Now, I have never read more than a handful of comic books but I have seen a lot of the movies which helped a lot.</p><p>Marvels is about our main character Phil Sheldon, a photographer in New York as he lives through the 40s and 50s and 60s and 70s and witnesses the stories of many of the major characters from Marvel Comics. We see Captain America fighting the Nazis, the rise of Fantastic Four and the arrival of Galactus, we see Avengers forming and taking on new members and of course the X-Men and how they differ from other heroes.</p><p>I have no idea how it would feel to read these stories if you were unfamiliar with most of the stories because one of the reasons why this book works is that it reflects our own childhood wonder and amazement of these characters onto us. We see people marveling at them just as we used to, just as I did when I was a kid watching Spider-Man on an old CRT. Without that reflection, I think much of the appeal would be lost.</p><p>Of course, Alex Ross’s drawing is amazing and it feels even more cinematic somehow than Kingdom Come. In that story the amount of busy action sequences left me disoriented at times but here even though there are some really cool battles against foes, much of the focus is on everyday people. I like how these scenes have a momentum to them, the sense of pace as Phil walks the streets or runs toward his house feels impactful even though there’s nothing grand going on action-wise.</p><p>What I love about also is how people are hostile towards these heroes, especially the mutant X-Men who are treated like commies and hunted down at every turn. The scenes of human brutality hit a lot harder than any large scale action sequences could. The book also manges to be consistently grounded, this is not one of those stories where an average guy gets in a team-up with superheroes and forms a relationship with them. Instead,</p>spoiler<p>the only time he comes too close them, he ends up losing his right eye.</p>spoiler<p>It’s not a criticism per say but I find it very strange and interesting how this book forms it’s own version of superhero fatigue within the story. Phil Sheldon towards the end gets so sick and tired of people admiring these heroes whenever they get saved and accuse them of villainy when things are peaceful that he doesn’t want to be a part of it and retires, leaving the story at an inconclusive end for him and the reader.</p></p><p>A glorious recap - Marvels (1994) Review</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/50318230" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.ml/post/50318230</a></p>

<p>2025 Nobel Prize winner, Laszlo Krasznahorkai writes about collapse, fear, absurdity, and the strange comedy of human behavior when the world feels close to breaking apart.<br>His novels are famous for their long hypnotic sentences.</p><p>A perfect place to start is Satantango or The Melancholy of Resistance.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/krasznahorkai/" rel="tag">#Krasznahorkai</a> <a href="/tags/nobelprize/" rel="tag">#nobelprize</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</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/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> <a href="/tags/absurdity/" rel="tag">#absurdity</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/satantango/" rel="tag">#satantango</a> <a href="/tags/melancholy/" rel="tag">#melancholy</a></p>

<p>Books may do more than entertain us. </p><p>A large study using Health and Retirement Study data found that people who read <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> had a survival advantage compared with non-book <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a>, even after adjusting for factors like age, <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a>, health, and wealth. </p><p>Strong evidence that <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> is associated with living better and longer.</p><p>Source: A chapter a day: Association of book reading with <a href="/tags/longevity/" rel="tag">#longevity</a>. <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/booklover/" rel="tag">#booklover</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won&#x27;t spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>Illuminating, concise, and chock-full of fascinating details— with images of pages and ephemera pulled from King&#x27;s personal archives— this book provides a truly unique and one-of-a-kind window into the Writing World and Words of Stephen King. An absolute joy for any Constant Reader. (Hogarth)</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/stephenking/" rel="tag">#StephenKing</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@toot.community</span></a></span></p>

<p>Finished up GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES, by Samanta Schweblin. I&#x27;ve rated it 4 out of 5 stars. MOUTHFUL OF BIRDS is still my favorite collection, that turned me on to her unique approach to horror stories. </p><p>The thing she does that is so different is that she makes the reader hyperaware of what *could* have happened, in addition to what actually happened. It adds a layer of unease. The characters feal real, and so does their panic.</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/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a></p>

<p>Owen Jones welcomes <a href="/tags/adamjohnson/" rel="tag">#AdamJohnson</a>, author of <a href="/tags/howtosellagenocide/" rel="tag">#HowToSellAGenocide</a>: The <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a>&#x27;s Complicity in the Destruction of <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children&#x27;s Alliance) </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8g</span><span class="invisible">gAFA0</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gazacoverage/" rel="tag">#GazaCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestinecoverage/" rel="tag">#PalestineCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/usmedia/" rel="tag">#USmedia</a> <a href="/tags/americanmedia/" rel="tag">#AmericanMedia</a> <a href="/tags/westernmedia/" rel="tag">#WesternMedia</a> <a href="/tags/mediacriticism/" rel="tag">#mediaCriticism</a> <a href="/tags/msm/" rel="tag">#MSM</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>

<p>This week&#x27;s <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: A toss-up of three different titles<br>- Having reviewed a biography about Edgar Allan Poe, I determined that Thomas Olive Mabbott&#x27;s version, originally published by Belknap Press, is probably one of the more authoritative collections of Poe&#x27;s work. I managed to find a 1979 hardback original of the first volume via eBay.<br>- I found a very affordable second-hand version of Cambridge University Press&#x27;s Meteoroids: Sources of Meteors on Earth and Beyond in their Cambridge Planetary Science series.<br>- One more book from my employer&#x27;s January clearance sale is Muhammad H. Zaman&#x27;s Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens, published by Harper Wave.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/microbiology/" rel="tag">#Microbiology</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</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>Today is the birthday of John Fowles, and it feels like a good moment to return to a writer who made novels feel intimate, troubling, and alive.</p><p>His books do not leave the reader untouched. They linger. They raise questions about love, freedom, illusion, loneliness, and the stories people tell themselves just to keep going.</p><p>If you have read him, which book stays with you most?</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> can support mental health too. </p><p>A systematic review of randomized clinical trials found that <a href="/tags/bibliotherapy/" rel="tag">#bibliotherapy</a> (structured reading used in treatment) can reduce depressive symptoms and may have lasting benefits. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> are not a replacement for care when someone needs help, but they can be a real part of healing.</p><p><a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</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>📚 About to Fall Apart by: Ashley Hickson-Lovence</p><p>This is the story of one man&#x27;s weekend, a weekend in which everything could change</p><p>These lines could change everything.<br>He sips more of his tinny.<br>Imagines a new life.</p><p>Aidy&#x27;s just punched a co-worker, but he hasn&#x27;t got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down an...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/about-to-fall-apart" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/about-to-fall-apart"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/about-to-f</span><span class="invisible">all-apart</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/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

<p>Today I finished All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It was so beautifully written and I’ve been lost in it for days. I’m glad I read it, though I found the ending really difficult. Not badly written, it was the right ending. I just wanted characters I’d grown to love to have certain things. I had to keep reminding myself that it’s a book about war. As good as it was, a novel with such intensely emotive language about WWII…it was really hard to read right now. So, that&#x27;s a warning for ya. </p><p>There were days I was going between that and then watching Outlander (with the Jacobite Rebellion and the Battle of Culloden), and then I’d watch the news, and it was just TOO MUCH.</p><p>Next up: It’s self care time! I’m going read A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Beck Chambers. Cozy scifi for the win! </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>Days</p>:<p>Hours</p>:<p>Minutes</p>:<p>Seconds</p><p>We tried our best :&#x27;(</p><p>April’s basic necessities were not fully met. <a href="https://ko-fi.com/post/Stabilise-Monthly-Essentials-W7W11WTQFO" rel="nofollow">The goal was $625</a>, but only $440 of that was met.</p><p>The minimum for April was $375, but only $190 was received for April essentials. The rest of that $440 covered overdue March costs and groceries for the first weeks of April.</p><p>Since April’s overdue utilities and internet were already handled, the remaining $185 is the groceries gap. That shortfall now carries into May.</p><p>Total needed: $560</p><p>🗒️ Breakdown:<br>$185 — April groceries gap carrying into May<br>$375 — May basic necessities<br>• $250 groceries<br>• $90 utilities + water<br>• $35 internet + phone data</p><p>Monthly pledges are preferred due to disability and the constraints that come with it. However, one-off support also helps greatly.</p><p>Aside from Ko-fi, other support options and social profiles are here:<br><a href="https://wrzky.com/links" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wrzky.com/links</a></p>Support keeps this work alive. Scan the QR code or visit <a href="https://wrzky.com/links" rel="nofollow">wrzky.com/links</a> to help keep me fed, medicated, connected, and able to continue mutual aid and solidarity work. Monthly pledges are preferred; one-off support also helps greatly.<p>This support helps keep me fed, connected, and able to continue sustaining a global mutual-aid network with comrades organising across borders.</p><p>Every bit helps keep it going. Thank you.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span><br>@autistics@chirp.social<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></span></p>

<p>My Favourite Book Bloggers: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-favourite-book-bloggers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-favourite-book-bloggers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-week</span><span class="invisible">ly-blogging-challenge-favourite-book-bloggers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wednesdayweeklybloggingchallenge/" rel="tag">#WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge</a> <a href="/tags/bookblogger/" rel="tag">#BookBlogger</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bloggingcommunity/" rel="tag">#BloggingCommunity</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>&quot;Time has a tendency to switch around. It’s as cunning as a fox, and it can be malicious. It can flow in one direction and simultaneously in the opposite one. We only think it’s always flowing along with us, and that our life sets its boundaries. Nothing could be further from the truth. It pulls us where it will. Backwards, to when we didn’t yet exist, and forwards to where we’ll no longer be there. It plays with us, fully aware that there’s nothing we can do about it. It’s not hard to play with human beings.&quot; -- from &#x27;Needle&#x27;s Eye&#x27; by Wiesław Myśliwski; trans. Bill Johnston</p><p><a href="/tags/wednesdaybookquote/" rel="tag">#WednesdayBookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Charles Dickens Searched the Streets of London and Found Inspiration for His Evocative Fiction</p><p>A three-part BBC series will examine how real events shaped the 19th-century British author’s writing. The show is part of the National Year of Reading in the U.K.</p><p>by Ryley Graham</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-searched-the-streets-of-london-and-found-inspiration-for-his-evocative-fiction-180988451/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-searched-the-streets-of-london-and-found-inspiration-for-his-evocative-fiction-180988451/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/charles-dickens-searched-the-streets-of-london-and-found-inspiration-for-his-evocative-fiction-180988451/</span></a></p><p>Dickens at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Did Geoffrey Chaucer invent April Fool’s Day?</p><p>Today, and every year on April the first, we curse Geoffrey Chaucer. Why? Because he is (supposedly) personally responsible for the two worst holidays (“holidays”) known to humankind/the internet. These, of course, are Valentine’s Day and today, April Fools’ Day.</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/tag/chaucer/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KMVKDFT18P2CKKD0MVH2TF5N&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/tag/chaucer/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KMVKDFT18P2CKKD0MVH2TF5N&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/tag/chaucer/?utm_so</span><span class="invisible">urce=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KMVKDFT18P2CKKD0MVH2TF5N&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Chaucer at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/144" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/144"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/144</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Reformation of science</p><p>Protestantism didn’t hold back science – it revolutionised its methods, its theoretical content and its social significance</p><p>by Peter Harrison</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-protestantism-influenced-the-making-of-modern-science?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=72289caf52-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_06_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-protestantism-influenced-the-making-of-modern-science?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=72289caf52-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_06_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-protestanti</span><span class="invisible">sm-influenced-the-making-of-modern-science?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=72289caf52-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_06_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Protestantism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4381" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4381"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4381</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Why Is the Aeneid Important? Key Lessons and Impact of the Ancient Epic</p><p>&quot;Virgil’s Aeneid is one of the most famous and influential pieces of literature from the Roman world. What was its purpose, and what are the key lessons it conveys?&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/aeneid-importance-founding-rome/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/aeneid-importance-founding-rome/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/aeneid-im</span><span class="invisible">portance-founding-rome/</span></a></p><p>The Aeneid at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Aeneid</span></a></p><p>Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Silence: a brief literary history</p><p>by Kate McLoughlin</p><p>Without silences, we wouldn’t have the exquisite hush of medieval lullabies, the suspenseful secrets of the realist novel, or jagged modernist poetry.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/silence-a-brief-literary-history-277903?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%201%202026%20-%203724038096&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%201%202026%20-%203724038096+CID_11bc9538c61be32abbf7da8bc43f3be9&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/silence-a-brief-literary-history-277903?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%201%202026%20-%203724038096&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%201%202026%20-%203724038096+CID_11bc9538c61be32abbf7da8bc43f3be9&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/silence-a-</span><span class="invisible">brief-literary-history-277903?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%201%202026%20-%203724038096&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%201%202026%20-%203724038096+CID_11bc9538c61be32abbf7da8bc43f3be9&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>