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Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-second-half-of-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-second-half-of-2026/">https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-second-half-of-2026/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/tbr/" rel="tag">#TBR</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Book cover for As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers. Image on cover shows two Earths floating through outer space, one green and blue like ours and a second one on top that is purple and pink.

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ook cover for Building 903 by Lois Lowry. Image on cover shows a drawing of a child standing in the light-filled doorway to a library filled with shadows and books.

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A Good Read: Louise Welsh & Chris BrookmyreCurrently on BBC Sounds: Louise Welsh & Chris Brookmyre join Harriet Gillbert to discuss two of their favourite books: ESPEDAIR STREET by Iain Banks and MEMENTO MORI by Muriel Spark<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xzs1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xzs1">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xzs1</a><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#novels</a> <a href="/tags/iainbanks/" rel="tag">#IainBanks</a> <a href="/tags/murielspark/" rel="tag">#MurielSpark</a> <a href="/tags/louisewelsh/" rel="tag">#LouiseWelsh</a> <a href="/tags/christopherbrookmyre/" rel="tag">#ChristopherBrookmyre</a>

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During the Revolution, American Women Fought for Freedom, Spied on the British, Cared for the Sick and Fell in Love. A New Exhibition Reveals Their Rich Wartime Storiesby Meilan Solly<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-the-revolution-american-women-fought-for-freedom-spied-on-the-british-cared-for-the-sick-and-fell-in-love-a-new-exhibition-reveals-their-rich-wartime-stories-180988887/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-the-revolution-american-women-fought-for-freedom-spied-on-the-british-cared-for-the-sick-and-fell-in-love-a-new-exhibition-reveals-their-rich-wartime-stories-180988887/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-the-revolution-american-women-fought-for-freedom-spied-on-the-british-cared-for-the-sick-and-fell-in-love-a-new-exhibition-reveals-their-rich-wartime-stories-180988887/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f</a>Books in American Revolutionary War at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/196" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/196">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/196</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#WomenInArt</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>

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50% off at <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> :<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1516062" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1516062">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1516062</a> Also in Ebook omnibus (volumes 1-3): <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997</a>She’s small and cute, but this half-demon New Yorker lives to exterminate demons, because they murdered her parents. The demonic curse preventing her from saying anything but “it’s a secret” only fuels her desire for revenge.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

(Left) The cover of She Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl wearing an old, black dress, fingerless, elbow-length black gloves and a battered, black top hat, with a blue rose attached to the band. The tearing of her clothes hints that she's recently been in a fight. Her hair is short, but messy. Her eyes are blue.

In her hands is a wakizashi, a short sword of Japanese design. The tsuba, or hilt guard, is in the shape of an opening, blue rose. The blade shines blue.

The image is black and white, aside from the details in blue, hinting at film-noir influences in the art.

(Right) An image of a dog with glowing, red eyes, with the following text laid over it:

“Will we ever be safe again?”

“Your people call you traitor, as do mine. Hunted by Heaven and Hell alike, there’s nowhere we could turn for peace.”

“Will our daughter ever know peace?”

“I pray she will.”

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

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$(Background) A fractal pattern of red and orange that resembles a demonic portal. (Center) Pride needs a half-demon to stabilize the portal between worlds. There’s just one hitch: she hates him. One stubborn half-demon vs. all of demon-kind? It could go either way... (Top Left) The cover of She Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl with a Japanese short sword. The image is black and white, aside from a few details in blue. (Bottom Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Three people in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch in the jungle, including a teen girl, a soldier and a huge cat-man with black fur. (Bottom Right) The cover of the novel, Demon for President!, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Two politicians (Democrat and Republican) shake hands, as if for a photo-op, while a city burns behind them and the flag of the United States waves in the smoke. (Top Right) The cover of the book bundle, Ashen Blades: Open Wounds, by Owen Tyme, which includes a Japanese sword, a pistol and a pineapple grenade on a wooden surface.$

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Reading a book as an intimate and lonely act.<a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

The Girl Reading a Book by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1776)

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The Stormy Romance of Frédéric Chopin and George SandThe decade-long relationship between the composer Chopin and the author Sand, though unlikely, was a testament to the Romantic belief in the virtues of genius.<a href="https://www.thecollector.com/frederic-chopin-george-sand/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/frederic-chopin-george-sand/">https://www.thecollector.com/frederic-chopin-george-sand/</a>Sand at PG:<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851</a>Books about Chopin at PG:<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1660" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1660">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1660</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a>

George Sand by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, circa 1835. Sand stands at angle while her head is turned towards the viewer. Her hair is dark, parted in the middle, and pulled back. She is wearing a dark, heavy coat or jacket and ruffles run down the front of her shirt/dress.

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The Divine Comedy: How Dante Provided A New World Theory The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkh2xlLmKzY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkh2xlLmKzY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkh2xlLmKzY</a>The Divine Comedy, illustrated by Gustave Doré is available at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8800" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8800</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a>

There both, I thought, the eagle and myself
Did burn; and so intense th’ imagin’d flames,
That needs my sleep was broken off. As erst
Achilles shook himself, and round him roll’d
His waken’d eyeballs wond’ring where he was,
Whenas his mother had from Chiron fled
To Scyros, with him sleeping in her arms;...

Purgatory, Canto IX

It depicts a winged figure — an angel or divine messenger — soaring upward through dramatic clouds toward a radiant light source, likely the sun or a celestial glory.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8800/pg8800-images.html

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As when, if Juno bid her handmaid forth,
Two arches parallel, and trick’d alike,
Span the thin cloud, the outer taking birth
From that within (in manner of that voice
Whom love did melt away, as sun the mist),
And they who gaze, presageful call to mind
The compact, made with Noah, of the world
No more to be o’erflow’d; about us thus
Of sempiternal roses, bending, wreath’d
Those garlands twain, and to the innermost
E’en thus th’ external answered...

PARADISE. Canto XII

Dante & Beatrice standing on a cloud, surrounded by rings of glowing angels.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8800/pg8800-images.html

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"How did <a href="/tags/sovietauthors/" rel="tag">#SovietAuthors</a> treat the <a href="/tags/holocaust/" rel="tag">#Holocaust</a>? How did it differ from work elsewhere? And what are some of the challenges translating these works into English?" <a href="/tags/harrietmurav/" rel="tag">#HarrietMurav</a> and <a href="/tags/sashasenderovich/" rel="tag">#SashaSenderovich</a> discuss the new collection of <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortStories</a> they edited and translated, <a href="/tags/intheshadowoftheholocaust/" rel="tag">#InTheShadowOfTheHolocaust</a>: Short Fiction by <a href="/tags/jewishwriters/" rel="tag">#JewishWriters</a> from the <a href="/tags/sovietunion/" rel="tag">#SovietUnion</a> <a href="https://www.euraknot.org/soviet-holocaust-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euraknot.org/soviet-holocaust-literature/">https://www.euraknot.org/soviet-holocaust-literature/</a> <a href="/tags/sovietjews/" rel="tag">#SovietJews</a> <a href="/tags/jewishhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/wwii/" rel="tag">#WWII</a> <a href="/tags/sovietliterature/" rel="tag">#SovietLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/holocaustliterature/" rel="tag">#HolocaustLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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The digital rights of my round-Australia rail book Heading South have recently reverted to me, so now I can make some decent royalties from ebook sales!That's of no interest to you, however - you just want to know if it's a good read. To that I say yes! Here's the blurb: "Freelance travel writer and Lonely Planet guidebook contributor Tim Richards decides to shake up his life by taking an epic rail journey across Australia. Jumping aboard iconic trains like the Indian Pacific, Overland and Spirit of Queensland, he covers over 7,000 kilometres, from the tropics to the desert and from big cities to ghost towns. Tim’s journey is one of classic travel highs and lows: floods, cancellations, extraordinary landscapes and forays into personal and public histories – as well as the steady joy of random strangers encountered along the way."You can find out more and buy the ebook at the following links:Kindle AU: <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0H25VSGR3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0H25VSGR3">https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0H25VSGR3</a> Kobo: <a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/heading-south-9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/heading-south-9">https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/heading-south-9</a> Apple Books: <a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/heading-south/id6770431038" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.apple.com/au/book/heading-south/id6770431038">https://books.apple.com/au/book/heading-south/id6770431038</a> Google Books: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=5CDaEQAAQBAJ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="play.google.com/store/books/details?id=5CDaEQAAQBAJ">https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=5CDaEQAAQBAJ</a> Enjoy!<a href="/tags/australia/" rel="tag">#Australia</a> <a href="/tags/train/" rel="tag">#train</a> <a href="/tags/trains/" rel="tag">#trains</a> <a href="/tags/rail/" rel="tag">#rail</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> @bookstodon@a.gup.pe <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Cover of Heading South, featuring a train to the background of a cityscape and trees.

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Hey folks, Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale is on!Do you have a book in the sale?Drop a link in the replies so we can see what you got!Don't forget to boost and support each other.<a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>

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Kevin Gosztola welcomes <a href="/tags/mediastudies/" rel="tag">#mediaStudies</a> professor <a href="/tags/robinandersen/" rel="tag">#RobinAndersen</a> to discuss her book <a href="/tags/thecomplicitlens/" rel="tag">#TheComplicitLens</a>: <a href="/tags/usmedia/" rel="tag">#USMedia</a> Coverage of <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>'s <a href="/tags/genocideingaza/" rel="tag">#GenocideInGaza</a> "Andersen discusses the coverage of <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> within the context of recent developments with the war in <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> and <a href="/tags/lebanon/" rel="tag">#Lebanon</a>." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0LYDC5mWE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0LYDC5mWE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0LYDC5mWE</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinecoverage/" rel="tag">#PalestineCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/gazacoverage/" rel="tag">#GazaCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/msm/" rel="tag">#MSM</a> <a href="/tags/mediacriticism/" rel="tag">#mediaCriticism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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What was on summer reading lists 100 years ago, in 1925?In the summer of 1925, long before podcasts, audiobooks and even paperbacks, holiday reading meant hoping a hardback fit in your suitcase.By James Tugwell<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/summer-reading-list-1925-human-experience-time-travel/106172974" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/summer-reading-list-1925-human-experience-time-travel/106172974">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/summer-reading-list-1925-human-experience-time-travel/106172974</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson ('Henry Handel Richardson'), ca. 1935.

Elliott & Fry - State Library of NSW P1/1477

The photograph shows Richardson as a mature woman, turned slightly toward the camera in a three-quarter view. She gazes directly at the viewer with a calm expression.

Richardson has distinctive wavy hair styled in the fashion of the 1930s, with gentle finger waves framing her face.

A luxurious dark fur coat or stole draped over her shoulders.

A light-colored blouse or dress with delicate lace or eyelet detailing along the neckline and front.

A pearl necklace that adds refinement to the ensemble

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Handel_Richardson#/media/File:Henry_(ethel)_Richardson_SLNSW_FL3290825.jpg

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In about three weeks, I'll launch my new novella, about an old woman with social anxiety who finds herself organising the defence of a decentralised nation when colonisers invade to steal the tech that makes her village a <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> utopia. It is available for pre-order in all major stores (I think), but you can also get it from my small press, and there is a sample chapter available.<a href="https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/">https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunksunday/" rel="tag">#SolarPunkSunday</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a>

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Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson“I hope I have made clear tonight that a new spirit is abroad in this land.”by Carla Baricz<a href="https://lithub.com/silent-springs-windswept-seas-on-the-environmental-vision-of-rachel-carson/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/silent-springs-windswept-seas-on-the-environmental-vision-of-rachel-carson/">https://lithub.com/silent-springs-windswept-seas-on-the-environmental-vision-of-rachel-carson/</a>Environmental Issues at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/685" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/685">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/685</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a>

Cover of the first edition of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson..

It is depicted here in its original hardcover edition with a dark green jacket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring#/media/File:SilentSpring.jpg

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JULY’S ESSENTIAL NEEDS $818 DEADLINE 16/07Reblog via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wrzky</a>:RE: <a href="https://wrzky.com/update-28th-of-june-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wrzky.com/update-28th-of-june-2026/">https://wrzky.com/update-28th-of-june-2026/</a>Didn’t meet last month’s minimum essential needs goal, as usual. The unmet $218 really needs to be added to July because it was for meds.July essential needs: $818 (deadline: 16/07)– $218 meds – $375 monthly minimum basic necessities • $90 electricity and water • $35 Wi-Fi + phone data • $250 groceries – $225 building maintenance fee, charged every 6 months.I’m too disabled for corporate jobs, and I don’t have a fixed income. Monthly pledges are what allow me to barely function and continue building the mutual aid infra I’ve been working on. One-off support also helps.Support options: <a href="https://wrzky.com/links" rel="nofollow">https://wrzky.com/links</a>Any support is much appreciated.Please boost this so my request can reach further than my feed. 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I have spent the past 6 months reading hundreds of poems by young people – I was surprised to find hope, not despairby Sean Murphy<a href="https://theconversation.com/i-have-spent-the-past-6-months-reading-hundreds-of-poems-by-young-people-i-was-surprised-to-find-hope-not-despair-285909" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/i-have-spent-the-past-6-months-reading-hundreds-of-poems-by-young-people-i-was-surprised-to-find-hope-not-despair-285909">https://theconversation.com/i-have-spent-the-past-6-months-reading-hundreds-of-poems-by-young-people-i-was-surprised-to-find-hope-not-despair-285909</a>Books in Poetry (including The Blue Poetry Book by Andrew Lang) at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a>

AND NOTHING ELSE SAW ALL DAY LONG.

A detailed Victorian engraving of a young woman with flowing hair seated on horseback, leaning tenderly over an armored knight or figure resting against the horse's neck, set within a dense, twisted forest landscape with gnarled trees and rocky outcrops. The atmospheric, romantic illustration style is signed "L. Speed" in the lower left corner.

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John Singer Sargent Painting Reveals Hidden Image During ConservationA restoration of the work by the Mesdag Collection has uncovered fingerprints and a pair of legs.by Vittoria Benzine<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mesdag-john-singer-sargent-restoration-indigo-2784316" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/mesdag-john-singer-sargent-restoration-indigo-2784316">https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mesdag-john-singer-sargent-restoration-indigo-2784316</a>Books illustrated by John Singer Sargent at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36606" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36606">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36606</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a>

John Singer Sargent, Egyptian Indigo Dyers (1891).

An oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting three figures in white turbans and dark robes with indigo-stained hands, standing together with bundles of whi…An oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting three figures in white turbans and dark robes with indigo-stained hands, standing together with bundles of white fabric.

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We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being<a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/kundera/" rel="tag">#Kundera</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#life</a>

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I would read this story about the weird observations of Dana Holmes and her sarcastic boyfriend I assume is called Watson 🤔😂 <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reading</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor@lemmy.world</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aiop</a> <a href="/tags/sherlockholmes/" rel="tag">#SherlockHolmes</a> <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> <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> <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> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a>

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My bf was like “sometimes you act like sherlock holmes but without the genius. Like you're always making weird observations but they're inaccurate.”

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Books I’ve Read Whose Titles Begin With the Letter B: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-whose-titles-begin-with-the-letter-b/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-whose-titles-begin-with-the-letter-b/">https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-whose-titles-begin-with-the-letter-b/</a><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Book cover for Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina. Image on cover is a photograph of two adult elephants helping a baby elephant stand up. Perhaps he or she has recently been born?

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Book cover for Bog Child by Siobahn Dowd. Image on cove shows a blurry painting of a child wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans who is standing in front of a forest with his or her arms stretched out wide.

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Bloody Scotland 2026 18–20 September, StirlingTickets are now on sale for Bloody Scotland 2026, Scotland’s international crime-writing festival.<a href="https://bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/" rel="nofollow">https://bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/</a><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/crimewriting/" rel="tag">#CrimeWriting</a> <a href="/tags/bloodyscotland/" rel="tag">#BloodyScotland</a>

Poster showing an array of partial closeups of covers of crime novels, all with the word "TOMORROW" in their titles. There is also a large red blood-splatter in the shape of a map of Scotland and its islands. The poster reads:

BLOODY SCOTLAND
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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a> Series Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a>On a world thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they be reaped like wheat?<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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New review: From Archaeopteryx then, to ten thousand species now: The Story of Birds sees Brusatte skillfully and captivatingly recount another chapter of life's evolutionary history.<a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/">https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#Birds</a> <a href="/tags/ornithology/" rel="tag">#Ornithology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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I was pleasantly surprised to get my hands on Glyph, by Ali Smith, with only one person ahead of me who had a hold on it at the library. Maybe she's not as well-known as I thought? I think Ali Smith has brilliant moments in her use of narrative to comment on contemporary social issues. I have not fully connected with all of her work, but her Seasonal Quartet is my absolute favorite. Each season is a separate book, and presents a story within a story. You start with Autumn and work your way to Summer. Winter resonated with me the most, with that whip-smart dialogue. Right now, I'm skimming Gliff to make sure I remember the characters and the setting well enough to read Glyph, and ruminate on what the use of homonyms and different meanings might mean for the story.<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Have you heard of author Ali Smith, and are you from the UK, or outside the UK?

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