When is a book finished? When you are done writing. After 50 revisions over 6 editions things feel right here. It is the story I want to tell. https://www.amazon.com/Some-Books-Are-Not-Sale/dp/B0B6XQB9BF #writing #books #florida
The Skiffy and Fanty Show LIVE - Susana M. Morris on Positive Obsession + Octavia Butler! #scifi #books #podcast #sciencefiction #geekchat - alphabetstreams on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2541146616
My latest read: "Pact" by Daniel Lorn - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're in search of a quick horror tale to churn your gut and rattle your brain, this one's worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7829904612
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#horror #novelette #book #books #bookrec #bookrecs #bookreview #bookreviews #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #reading #readingcommunity #bookstodon #booktodon
Very much enjoyed this talk of Adnan Husein with Alana Lentin.
Lentin makes a good case that Zionism is where Western racial fascism and colonialism have always been headed. Clarified a lot to me about the hasbara "the West is next" and the unconditional support of Western governments and the support of fascists for Zionism.
They talk about many things, like CRT, the antisemitism of anti-antisemitism, and how anti-colonial and anti-racism concepts/terminology are used in service of the colonialism and racism of the status quo. Sounds like a very interesting book, good analysis.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM
#AntiColonialism #Counterinsurgency #RacialCapitalism #books #TheNewRacialRegime #zionism #fascism @bookstodon @palestine @israel
📖 **When The Solution Is Worse Than The Initial Problem**
I was advised by a friend to intersperse fiction books in between my reading of non-fiction material. He said that it would help with concentration and removing boredom. Taking his advice to heart, I have started doing exactly as advised. This has led me into a quandary. The latest fiction book that I chose is over one thousand pages of historical fiction. The choice of book came from an online recommendation. I am currently on page two hundred and eighty-eight and it has been a struggle getting this far. Ostensibly a 'palate cleaner' my current choice is boring and can in no way be described as a page turner. The easiest solution would be to stop reading and move on; however, I find that really difficult. I know it is a personal flaw and something that I need to address and change. In the meantime, I will continue to struggle and hope the thousand-page mark comes quickly.
#DNF #Reading #Fiction #Nonfiction #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
Animal Farm at 80: why the animals really matter in Orwell’s parable about communism
Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted thoughts or even feelings.
By Charlotte Sleigh
#ScribesAndMakers 10Oct—Shameless self-promotion day!
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In Jane Austen’s Persuasion, respite is a key ingredient for romance
By Barbara Cooke
Persuasion at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/105
A painting by a forgotten French Impressionist artist whose career was cut short because of her disapproving husband has gone on display in Liverpool.
By Ewan Gawne
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30zv756d5qo
About Marie Bracquemond at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69533
📚 **Amazon is still struggling to stem the flood of AI-generated fake books**
"_CEO Dan Conway says it's nearly impossible for readers to tell a well-researched book from one cranked out by AI, warning of "information saturation" as thousands of AI books crowd out genuine titles._"
🔗 https://the-decoder.com/amazon-is-still-struggling-to-stem-the-flood-of-ai-generated-fake-books/.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Fake #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
Who Wrote the First Encyclopedia?
In the 18th century, the Encyclopedia was one of the most important projects aimed at collecting works from diverse scientific disciplines in arts, sciences, and philosophy.
by Mina Menkovic
https://www.thecollector.com/who-wrote-the-first-encyclopedia/
Diderot at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2071
Released on the heels of this weekend’s mass mobilization against the Trump administration, Laura O’Neill Butler's new book, 'The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America,' comes at a moment when many of us are considering what tools we have to create the world we want to live in.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/war-of-art-oneill-butler/
#protest #activism #politics #books #communityart #landart #incarceration #socialissues #art
Glorious and mundane
I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday
By Diana Saverin
Virginia Woolf at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89
My latest read: "Kenai" by Dave Dobson @davedobson - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're searching for a new science-fiction novel, this one's worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7826009327
@specfic @scifi @bookstodon
#scifi #specfic #book #bookrec #bookreview #books #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #readingcommunity #bookstodon #booktodon
Can you name ONE (one only please) SF/F book, written this century (2001+), that has absolutely blown your mind? Not just something you liked, or that was good, I'm looking for the absolute best books written this century.
Boost for visibility please.
A great reminder that reviews don't have to be super involved and detailed to be effective. By the way, "8" and its story singles now have well over 50 positive ratings on Goodreads from all sorts of readers. Why not give them a try today?
https://amazon.com/author/michaelshotter
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📚 Lucky Day by: Chuck Tingle
“An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death
Lucky Day is the instant USA Today and Indie bestseller from Chuck Tingle, where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world.
Four years ago, an u...
https://bookblabla.com/book/lucky-day
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #lgbtq #bisexualfiction #horror
