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86d

The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language

Plus Some Bonus Poems, Because We Love You

by Emily Temple (from the archives)

https://lithub.com/the-32-most-iconic-poems-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KYE53AMRNPPP1WN6T47JFQ87&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Books in Poetry at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/637

#books #literature #poetry

Title: Poetry of the Supernatural

Author: Various

A black-and-white pen-and-ink illustration, showing two robed, ghostly or tree-spirit-like figures standing among gnarled trees in a dark forest.

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3d

My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.

An enthralling deep dive on a forgotten yet influential surgeon, SLEUTH-HOUND provides ample evidence this overlooking needs correcting. Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris provides a comprehensive, riveting, vivid account of his talents, the era, & its underworld that's absolutely fascinating. (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)

#book #review #bookstodon
@bookstodon #mothersuspiriareview #MSReview @bookstodon@toot.community

Hardcover of SLEUTH-HOUND by Lindsey Fitzharris

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40d

Libraries are a lifeline, new research finds

Public libraries play a vital role in communities, helping people connect, access support and improve wellbeing through everyday interactions.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1290826_en.html

Books about Public libraries at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/19136

#books #literature #libraries

ONE OF THE SPECIAL READING ROOMS
(Genealogy and Local History)

Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library

Author: New York Public Library

Interior view of a large library reading room, early 20th century. Long tables with individual lamps line the space, patrons reading and a librarian standing near a card catalog. Bookshelves fill the walls, with a skylight ceiling and hanging chandelier illuminating the room.

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#OTD in 1936.

Charlie Chaplin's film Modern Times opened in New York City.

During a European tour promoting City Lights, Chaplin got the inspiration for Modern Times from both the lamentable conditions of the continent through the Great Depression, along with a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi in which they discussed modern technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)

Books about or by Charlie Chaplin at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=charlie+chaplin&submit_search=Search

#books #literature #cinema

Original poster for Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film Modern Times.

The artwork features Chaplin in his iconic role as the Tramp, wearing overalls and holding two large wrenches, symbolizing his struggle against industrialization and modern labor conditions.

The poster prominently displays Chaplin’s name in bold red and white lettering, emphasizing his star power.

The film's title, Modern Times, is written in a stylized, industrial-themed font.

The bottom of the poster credits Chaplin as the writer, director, and producer, and it notes the film's release through United Artists.

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39d

An interesting story with cozy-ish elements, though probably a bit more stakes and teeth to be called cozy. I’m a sucker for found family, food, and second chances, so this is spot on for me.

It was an effortless read that never felt too slow and I never had to pause to reread or figure out where things were at. I’d pick up a sequel if the author ever decided to follow Tytli’s journey from the end of the book or a coming-of-age tale about Astra.

#Bookstodon #GoodReads #Books #Fantasy

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71d

A Review of Seed: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-seed/

#BookReview #Books #ScienceFiction

@bookstodon

Book cover for Seed by P.B. Cannon. Image on cover is a drawing of a double helix strand of DNA, presumably of the seed that mentioned in the story.

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86d

A Review of Outopos: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-outopos/

#Books #BookReview #FiveStars #ScienceFiction

@bookstodon

ook cover for Outopos by Rudolph Kohn. Image on cover is a drawing of a closeup of the brain of a computer. Various chips in it are glowing in the darkness.

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85d

Half off at #Smashwords : https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1667520

The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a snow-capped, craggy mountain with green, grassy hills at its base, which feature yellow and blue flowers.

The foreground is dominated by the round symbol for peace, in gold. Along the bottom of it are two olive branches. At the top is a dove in flight. Arranged on the lower three spokes of it are three figures based on the AIGA symbol for a woman. The figure on the right is blue. The one in the middle is a very dark gray, bordering on black, which includes a top hat. The figure on the left is red and has horns, like a demon.

(Right) The background is a view from the interior of a gun's barrel, with the rifling very apparent and the following quote over the top:

Reggie looked down the barrel of one of his own pistols, which the girl held in both hands, because the M1911 was a little large for someone so small.

There was a long, silent moment as the girl giggled and met his gaze. The murderous look was gone, replaced by something more playful, like a cat toying with a mouse.

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

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85d

Coming to stores August 14: https://books2read.com/SheConsumesPoison

Shime Yasu, a New York homicide cop, once impressed a group of monster hunters, known as the Ashen Blades, and one of them gave her their card, for the day she might be ready to see the real truth of the world. Unable to sleep and tired of being blind to the real world, Yasu calls the number and she’s brought in for training.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books

The cover of Scarlet Eye: She Consumes Poison, by Owen Tyme.

The perspective if from the darkness within a mouth with long fangs, the teeth appearing as a dark silhouette along the top and bottom. The background is a scene centering on a factory polluting the environment, putting out smoke and dumping chemicals into water. The water includes fish skeletons, to demonstrate how deadly the chemicals are. There are also some dead trees in frame, further hinting at the deadliness.

The foreground is a rather good looking and shiny red apple, which has the black silhouette of a spider on it, an indication of its hidden, toxic nature.

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70d

In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.

Amazon - https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
Other Retailers - https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman

#BooksByLornaPeel #Books #Ireland #HistoricalRomance #BookSeries #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Bookstodon #Romance @bookstodon

Promotional image for the Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, an Irish family Saga. The image features an e-reader displaying the book cover, which shows a young woman in a pale blue dress looking downward against a faded Dublin cityscape background. Large text at the top reads, “Begin The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series with A Scarlet Woman.” On the right, text describes the story as an escape to 19th-century Ireland, featuring scandal, sacrifice, and a love that changes everything. At the bottom, the available formats are listed: Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Paperback.

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70d

Another great interview w/ author/illustrator #MollyCrabapple on #AmericanPrestige pod about her new book #HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry: The Story of the #JewishBund

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYjrgZ9BBRE
#Bund #bundism #JewishLabourBund #JewishHistory #JewishLeft #antizionism #antifascism #Holocaust #Poland #EasternEurope #Palestine #PalestineQuestion #memoirs #books @bookstodon

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70d

Ebook and paperback (New Release): https://books2read.com/SheConsumesPoison

Shime Yasu, a New York homicide cop, once impressed a group of monster hunters, known as the Ashen Blades, and one of them gave her their card, for the day she might be ready to see the real truth of the world. Unable to sleep and tired of being blind to the real world, Yasu calls the number and she’s brought in for training.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books

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70d

📚 Elsewhere by: Gabrielle Zevin

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning...

Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident. It is a place so like E...

https://bookblabla.com/book/elsewhere

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #socialtopics #family #fantasy #general

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning...

Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?

Full of the most ingenious detail and woven around the most touching and charming relationships, this is a novel of hope, of redemption and rebirth. It is a novel that tells of sadness with heartbreaking honesty, and of love and happiness with uplifting brilliance.

From the acclaimed author of Sunday Times bestseller Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. A novel of hope, love and redemption in Liz's life after life.
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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME
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“Every so often a book comes along with a premise so fresh and

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85d

DNA and Archeological Research Reveal the Overlooked History of Japan’s Women Warriors

By Sage Helene

https://mymodernmet.com/japan-women-samurai-archaeology/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_term=07292026&utm_medium=email

Books about Japanese fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36794

#books #literature #history

"Hangakujo". The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series "Yoshitoshi mushaburui: A series of warriors by Yoshitoshi." Published in "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e," essays by Sandy Kita, New York, 2001, no. 72, p. 135. Exhibited at "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

A woodblock print depicting an onna-musha (female samurai warrior) mounted on a rearing white horse. She wears red and black lacquered armor with a quiver of arrows on her back, and holds a bow.

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85d

Book Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
Meat is murder says @DrEddieClark in his review at the NOAF blog:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/book-review-trade-of-blood-by-robert.html

#books #review #bookstodon @bookstodon

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85d

How Shakespeare and his contemporaries used music to rouse emotions

by Shirley Bell

Shakespeare used music in a multitude of ways to delight, amuse, relax, confuse and frighten his audiences.

https://theconversation.com/how-shakespeare-and-his-contemporaries-used-music-to-rouse-emotions-287118?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637+CID_1d72a754d221aafee869a5348be8a6e0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Shakespeare%20and%20his%20contemporaries%20used%20music%20to%20rouse%20emotions

Books by Shakespeare at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65

#books #literature #music

The Chandos portrait, likely depicting Shakespeare, c. 1611

It shows Shakespeare with a receding hairline, dark curly hair, a gold hoop earring, mustache and small beard, wearing a black doublet with a white collar against a dark background.

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88d

Have you prepared your bug out bookbag? 🤔
Books emergencies bore several people yearly! Don't let it happen to you! 😜

@libraries @Libraries@fedigroups.social @library @books @bookstodon @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin

#Book #Emergency #Bugoutbag
#Library #LibraryMemes #Meme #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Bookstodon #FantasyBooks #Books

Post but Elizabeth Queen of the North

Overheard in the library: "you have 15 books! 15! We are coming back later
this week, it will be okay."
9 year old girl: "You don't know that. Something could happen. These are my emergency books."

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70d

Deepest dive yet w/ author/illustrator #MollyCrabapple about her book #HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry: The Story of the #JewishBund. A sprawling 2-part interview on Daniel Denvir's excellent #TheDigRadio

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/making-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/
https://thedigradio.com/podcast/destruction-of-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/

catch her live in Brooklyn on Oct 11 (in person/virtual) https://jewishcurrents.org/live

#Bund #bundism #JewishLabourBund #JewishHistory #JewishLeft #antizionism #antifascism #Holocaust #Poland #WarsawGhettoUprising #Palestine #memoirs #books @bookstodon

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71d

"I really enjoyed reading this, so utopian and dystopian at the same time"

Here is a selection of what readers are saying about The Blossoming of the Big Tree. We will keep adding more to this page as they come along, and we hope it can convince you to read this story, about an old woman who has to coordinate the defense of her decentralized nation when a colonizer invades, though she is the reclusive type of person.

https://www.ododopress.com/blog/praise-for-the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/

#books #bookstodon #solarpunk #sff #sciFi

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84d

What are you reading currently? #IAmReading

Nearing the end of Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg.
2/3 advice on writing.
1/3 advice on life.
Brilliantly, at the same time.

Just started Death With Interruptions by José Saramago.

And what do you have on hold?

Several books by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Because I’d like to write like him when I grow up.

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon

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125d

The first Science of Discworld book gets 4/5 stars... I think, wait let me check my math.The Science parts got 3 and the Wizard parts got 5 so if you add 'em up carry the 1, always carry the one, divide by two you get 4... I think.Unless we take into account that the Science chapters were longer than the Wizard chapters, wigheted data-points and all that, but a little lying to children is to be expected, it is #Discworld after all, the narrativum has to go somewhere.

#TerryPratchett #Pratchett #Humor #Satire #Fantasy #Comedy #Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity #Novel #Books #Fiction #Recommendation #Bookrecommendation #Review #Bookreview #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #FantasyBooks

(comment on Science of Discworld)

Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett: Science of Discworld (Paperback, 2002, EBURY PRESS (RAND))

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69d

Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala

The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of French society. Yet there is something profoundly Hindu in the way he sought to understand the world.

by Harsh Trivedi (from the archives)

https://theconversation.com/honore-de-balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151

Books by Balzac at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251

#books #literature

Title page of Honoré de Balzac's Cousin Bette (1846).

It is showing a woman in dark mourning-style dress sitting on a stool beside a bed, watching over a figure lying beneath the covers in a sparse attic room with exposed wooden beams and a small skylight.

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74d

What happens when the grammar police inevitably gets corrupted? 🤔 Is that where slang comes from? 😁

@linguistics @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @writingcommunity @writingbooks

#LinguisticMemes #Meme #Linguistics
#Language #Words #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Novel #Books #Fiction #Bookstodon

Photo of two women dressed up as cops with the line, 'Grammar Police: To Serve and Correct.'

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70d

Every Novel Is Boring—Until It Isn’t

With almost every novel I read, I go through the same arc. At first the novel bores me. Then, suddenly, it becomes the most interesting thing in the world.

by Emma Adler

https://www.publicbooks.org/every-novel-is-boring-until-it-isnt/

Books about Literary Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=literary+fiction

#books #literature