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I’m excited to announce my book, Into The Fire: A Poet's Journey through Hell's Kitchen, will be discounted on @Smashwords during their month-long Summer/Winter Sale in July! #books #Smashwords #bookstodon #poetry #memoir

Book Cover for Into The Fire: A Poet's Journey through Hell's Kitchen, by Mary Clark, with photograph of sun setting over tenements and water towers

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As my days are absorbed in edits, now’s a great time to read my first book ahead of the next release!

#CrownOfHorns is a political fantasy (think 1984 meets The Witcher). Art and ingenuity are all that stand in the way as a nation descends into tyranny.

Inspired by history and myth of Ukraine, every sale means a donation to the Canada-Ukraine foundation, with $2000 raised last year.

Check out https://www.crownofhorns.com
Available through most booksellers in paper, ebook, and audiobook.
#books

A stack of books. The book in question? Crown of Horns written by F. David Schultz and illustrated by Audra Balion. The cover features a sharp, goat-eyed woman glowering at the reader, with bright red paint streaked across her face.

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The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler

Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.

by Hannah Benson

https://hyperallergic.com/the-private-worlds-of-charlotte-bronte-and-octavia-e-butler/?ref=weekly-newsletter

Books by Charlotte Brontë at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408

#Books #Literature #WomenInArt

A delicate pencil or chalk portrait of a pale, serious-faced Charlotte Brontë with centre-parted hair drawn back, wearing a lace-collared dress. The caption reads "Charlotte Brontë (Mrs. Arthur Bell Nicholls)", noted as being from the portrait by George Richmond, in the possession of Mr. A. B. Nicholls. The heliogravure is credited to F. Jenkins, Paris.

Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle

by Clement K. Shorter

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19011/19011-h/19011-h.htm

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AI paranoia is a symptom of a larger problem: a corporate culture that values quantity over quality.

https://lithub.com/its-getting-harder-to-spot-ai-in-contemporary-publishing-and-thats-very-very-bad/

#books #edition #ai #llm #lithub #litterature #writing

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I just learned that the last saturday of April celebrates Indie Bookstore Day.

So, please buy your books from Indie stores.
Yes, even if they don't have dragons 😜😁

#Indie #Bookstore #IndependentBookstoreDay #Bookstodon #Reading #Books

My book is available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

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I work at a bookstore and this was an actual conversation I had at work last night:

5 year old boy: *brings me a romance book* what's this?
me: a story about two people falling in love!
b: ....is there a dragon in it?
me: No..
b: then why do you even have it

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Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak - and I'll show you how it's done
https://www.zdnet.com/article/your-kindles-not-obsolete-it-needs-a-jailbreak-ill-show-you-how-its-done/ 📚 #Amazon #Kindle #eBooks #eReader #Books #Reading #Tech #Jailbreak

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anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english? went looking for my copy and can't find it, and looks there are about a bazillion different annotated versions out there, but also that the original might be like 1800 pages long?! def not the copy i had, and now i'm curious! #books #bookstodon

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218d

What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin

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#ReadingMemes #Meme #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #Funny
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#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove

The original image looked slightly diffrent: https://medium.com/@GuillemBruix/f-ck-social-media-read-books-242b54f1c250

Photo of a sign in a bookshop window. In large white letters on a black background it says:
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.

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Books on My Summer 2026 To-Read List: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-summer-2026-to-read-list/

#TopTenTuesday #Books #TBR #AmReading #LGBTQ

@bookstodon

Book cover for My Name Was Baby: An Intersex Memoir by Chris M. Arnone. Image on cover shows a drawing of two newborn human footprints against an off-white background. The last word of the title is written in a blue cursive font that looks like it could a name.

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Book cover for Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves. Image on cover shows the sun rising over a night sky that has a sliver of moon in it. Below, three large flowers grow and a cat prowls in the night.

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The definition of a good day 😁

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

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My boss told me to have a good day so I went home to read..

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253d

Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
@worldbuilding @humor @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Tech #Bro #Dystopian
#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Drawing of a tech bro being interviewed by the standard tech bro sychophant.

Tech bro: “Philip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors.”

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Could be pictures me reading as a kid in the big chairs at my grandparents house
Which is your favourite? I can't decide between 4 and 11😊

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A comic showing a person in a big chair and using it for twelve diffrent readin positions.

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But if I have a choice I prefer in the bath, the massage chair, the couch, and the bed in that order... 😁

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

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I WILL READ BOOKS ON A BOAT.
I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A GOAT.
I WILL READ BOOKS ON THE TRAIN.
I WILL READ BOOKS IN THE RAIN.
I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A FOX.
I WILL READ BOOKS IN A BOX
I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A MOUSE.
I WILL READ BOOKS IN A HOUSE.
I WILL READ BOOKS HERE AND THERE.
I WILL READ BOOKS EVERYWHERE.

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So, it's either keep buying more books or become a librarian? 🤔
It's a rare thing indeed to have life present us with two excellent choices 😊

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It's not that I *can't* read all of the books I already have, it's that once a reader finishes all the books in their possession, they transcend into their final form and I'm just not ready to become a librarian yet.

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When we're busy worldbuilding it's easy to forget that stories are supposed to have a story 😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
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@galacticwriters @fantasy
@writingbooks @keepwriting

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#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Four panel comic meme with two people in an office, one pitching something to the others from whiteboard.

Guy: "So, what do you guys think?"
Whiteboard: 500+ pages of lore and worldbuilding
Others: "It's good, how much is important to the story?"
Guy: "STORY?"

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146d

She's quite well read, this doggy 🥰

#SaturdayVibes #dogsofmastodon #dogs #books

A sandy-coloured cockerpoo sits in the sunshine at the open door, with her chin resting on a pile of paperback books

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122d

"While #Musk was looking to the stars, the people of Belfast were still reeling from several days of racist violence. The Belfast pogrom drew strength from the #farRight ecosystem that Musk has nurtured with the money from #SpaceX, #Tesla and other companies."

Long Reads talks w/ #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

Pt 1 of 2
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/long-reads-trillion-dollar-baby-w-quinn-slobodian-and/id791564318?i=1000773249464

#ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon

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‘I am very serious about being silly’: children’s illustrators on the art of storytelling

From The Twits to The Gruffalo and an angry bear in search of his hat… Quentin Blake, Cressida Cowell, Axel Sheffler, Lauren Child and more reveal how they bring children’s books to life

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/30/i-am-very-serious-about-being-silly-childrens-illustrators-on-the-art-of-storytelling

An interesting book on this topic can be found in our catalog - Children's Books and Their Illustrators by Gleeson White:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27112

#Books #BookIllustration #Literature

ILLUSTRATION FROM "THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN." (STRAHAN. 1871. NOW PUBLISHED BY BLACKIE AND SON)

A black-and-white woodcut-style illustration of a group of dwarves or gnomes in pointed caps and long beards, crowding through a dark underground tunnel or cave. Some carry lanterns and tools; a castle or forge glows with smoke in the background.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/27112/pg27112-images.html

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ILLUSTRATION FROM "THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FIORIMONDE."
BY WALTER CRANE (MACMILLAN AND CO. 1880)

A young woman in a white flowing gown kneels before an ornate chest, recoiling as swirling spirits and vapours escape from it. Behind her a draped figure raises its arms in alarm.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/27112/pg27112-images.html

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A new @skiffyandfanty.com review from @Reading1KLives
Book Review: DEVILS KILL DEVILS by Johnny Compton

https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-review-devils-kill-devils-by-johnny-compton/

#books #review @bookstodon

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10 Essential Works of Decadent Literature You Need to Read

Plunge into ten works from 19th-century Europe's literature of perverse pleasures and perplexing pastimes.

by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams

https://www.thecollector.com/decadent-literature-works/

All titles are available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56149
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/174
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61565
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8497
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50060
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36528
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57775
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54272
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74778
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9956

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Title: L'Oeuvre Poètique de Charles Baudelaire: Les Fleurs du Mal

Author: Charles Baudelaire

Commentator: Guillaume Apollinaire

Title page for Baudelaire's collected poetry (incl. Les Fleurs du Mal), series "Les Maîtres de l'Amour," with intro/notes by Guillaume Apollinaire. Definitive text with variants from 1857–1868 editions. Published Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux, 1924 (MCMXXIV).

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In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a woman living on the margins of society cross paths in a city shaped by hardship and tradition.

The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga exploring loyalty, resilience, and choices that echo across generations.

Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman

#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #FamilySaga #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Ireland #BookSeries @bookstodon

Promotional image for the Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, a 19th-century Irish family saga. The image shows a Kindle device displaying the book cover, which shows a late 19th-century woman with dark hair and a pink flower on her white dress, looking down pensively. Text on the ad reads: “Love that defies society. Secrets that shape a family.” and “Step into 19th-century Ireland and meet the Fitzgeralds of Dublin. Start the series today! Free to read with Kindle Unlimited.” The background is a faded image of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.

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There are some lovely suggestions here for summer reading from authors such as Zadie Smith, Tahmima Anam, Mark Haddwon and others.
#summer #reading #books @bookstodon

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/13/what-to-read-this-summer-by-mark-haddon-samantha-harvey-zadie-smith-and-more