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<p>📚 Old Man's War by: John Scalzi</p><p>John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.</p><p>The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe,...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/old-mans-war" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/old-mans-war"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/old-mans-w</span><span class="invisible">ar</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/militaryfiction/" rel="tag">#militaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.

The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place.

So: we fight. To defend Earth (a target for our new enemies, should we let them get close enough) and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.

Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What's known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve your time at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.

John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger.

Old Man's War Series
#1 Old Man’s War
#2 The Ghost Brigades
#3 The Last Colony
#4 Zoe’s Tale
#5 The Human Division
#6 The End of

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<p>A Review of October Omen: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-october-omen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-october-omen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-oc</span><span class="invisible">tober-omen/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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>

Book cover for October Omen by Holly Schindler. Image on cover is a black and white drawing of a feather whose uppermost leaves gradually transforms into about a dozen little white birds that are flying away from the feather.

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<p>📚 Dead Woman Crossing by: Jeneva Rose</p><p>She threw open the door, running to the crib. When she looked inside, she gasped. The world around her went silent. Inside, there was nothing but a small stuffed elephant. Where was her baby?</p><p>When young, single mother Hannah is found murdered by the banks of a twisting Oklahoma creek, her one-y...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/dead-woman-crossing" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/dead-woman-crossing"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/dead-woman</span><span class="invisible">-crossing</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/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspense/" rel="tag">#suspense</a></p>

She threw open the door, running to the crib. When she looked inside, she gasped. The world around her went silent. Inside, there was nothing but a small stuffed elephant. Where was her baby?

When young, single mother Hannah is found murdered by the banks of a twisting Oklahoma creek, her one-year-old daughter sleeping in a stroller near her body, the small town of Dead Woman Crossing reels in horror.

Detective Kimberley King, recently relocated from New York to Oklahoma, with her young daughter Jessica, can't ignore the similarity of Hannah's death to the case of Katie James, the woman that the town of Dead Woman Crossing is named after. Katie was murdered in front of her small daughter in 1905, on the banks of the same creek, and it seems that someone is drawing inspiration from the crime. Could this killer be a copycat?

But as she interviews suspects, Kimberley is met with blank faces and closed lips. In a small town, people won't talk and when she pursues a promising lead, her own family turn their back on her. Kimberley isn't afraid to ask questions, but when she receives a threatening note, she realises that, as a single mother to a young daughter, she might be putting herself dangerously in the killer's sights ...

An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller inspired by true events from an Amazon bestselling author. Dead Woman Crossing is perfect for fans of Rachel Caine, Lisa Regan and Jane Harper.

Readers are loving Dead Woman Crossing:

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<p>📚 Run by: Blake Crouch</p><p>5 D A Y S A G O...A rash of bizarre murders swept the country...Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state. </p><p>4 D A Y S A G O...T...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/run" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/run</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

5 D A Y S A G O...A rash of bizarre murders swept the country...Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state.

4 D A Y S A G O...The murders increased ten-fold...

3 D A Y S A G O...The President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace...

2 D A Y S A G O...The killers began to mobilize...

Y E S T E R D A Y...All the power went out...

T O N I G H T...They're reading the names of those to be killed on the Emergency Broadcast System. You are listening over the battery-powered radio on your kitchen table, and they've just read yours. Your name is Jack Colclough. You have a wife, a daughter, and a young son. You live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. People are coming to your house to kill you and your family. You don't know why, but you don't have time to think about that any more.

You only have time to....R U N.

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<p>周六睡了个懒觉，十一点才爬起来，随手一搜发现旁边镇的图书馆在搞两年一届的 book sale，而图书馆星期六下午一点就关门了，赶快拉上娃们上路。去到发现又是这家“不讲理”的图书馆，售卖模式竟然是书尽管拿，然后按心情捐款！最后搞了一箱三十本书，捐了二十刀。其中比较喜欢的是下面这几本：<br>1）浅野一二〇的虹之原 holograph<br>2）Hans Rosling 的 Factfulness，因为他的 TED 演讲 <br>3）R. Crumb 画的创世论</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a></p>

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<p>The eye of the mathematician</p><p>Is mathematical beauty real? Or is it just a subjective, human ‘wow’ that is becoming redundant in an AI age?</p><p>by Rita Ahmadi</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-should-we-define-mathematical-beauty-in-the-ai-age?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=93f4888db4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-should-we-define-mathematical-beauty-in-the-ai-age?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=93f4888db4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-should-we-d</span><span class="invisible">efine-mathematical-beauty-in-the-ai-age?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=93f4888db4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</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/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

Scientific formulas on chalkboard.

This is an illustration of a dark chalkboard covered in handwritten mathematical equations, graphs, and diagrams rendered in white chalk-style text.

The overall composition gives the feel of a university-level multivariable calculus or mathematical analysis lecture, covering topics like volume integrals, area between curves, polar coordinates, and trigonometric graphing.

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<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "Cigars: a Biography." <br><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-cigars-biography.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-cigars-biography.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/10/book-review-cigars-biography.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/cigars/" rel="tag">#cigars</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</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> <br>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe</p>

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This professor and author just chased a nazi out our her U of W classroom. <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://slrpnk.net/post/28368005">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>📚 Saltcrop by: Yume Kitasei</p><p>In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother.</p><p>But then her eldest...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/saltcrop" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/saltcrop</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother.

But then her eldest sister, Nora, goes missing. Nora left home a decade ago in pursuit of a cure for failing crops all over the world. When Skipper and her other sister, Carmen, receive a cryptic plea for help, they must put aside their differences and set out across the sea to find—and save—her. As they voyage through a dying world both beautiful and strange, encountering other travelers along the way, they learn more about their sister's work and the corporations that want what she discovered.

But the farther they go, the more uncertain their mission becomes: What dangerous attention did Nora attract, and how well do they really know their sister—or each other? Thus begins an epic journey spanning oceans and continents and a wistful rumination on sisterhood, friendship, and ecological disaster.

From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister—and Earth’s environmental salvation.

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<p>German Poet, Playwright, Historian Friedrich Schiller died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1805.</p><p>Initially intended for the priesthood, in 1773 he entered a military academy in Stuttgart and ended up studying medicine. His first play, The Robbers, was written at this time and proved very successful. His major plays include "Don Carlos", and the Wallenstein trilogy, which delves into the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years' War.</p><p>Books by Friedrich Schiller at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/289" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/289"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/289</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright in 1793 or 1794. Portrait by Ludovike Simanowiz (1794).

Sepia portrait of Friedrich Schiller, with curly hair down to his neck, wearing a formal dress shirt with a high collar, a scarf as a tie and a military-style jacket with wide collars. The writer stands with his head tilted slightly to the right, looking as if he's lost in infinity.

Cover of The Thirty Years War — Complete by Friedrich Schiller

Translator: A. J. W. Morrison

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<p>American author L. Frank Baum died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1919.</p><p>His breakthrough came with the publication of Mother Goose in Prose (1897), which was followed by Father Goose, His Book (1899), a collection that became a bestseller. In 1900, Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated by W.W. Denslow. Baum's Oz series eventually spanned fourteen books with Baum introducing new characters and lands in each subsequent volume.</p><p>Books by L. Frank Baum at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/42</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Copy of a portrait of L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. c. 1911

George Steckel - Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Black and white portrait of L. Frank Baum with a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, and glasses. He is resting his chin on his hand, looking thoughtful.

Vintage book cover design of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" featuring a graphic illustration of a green and red lion, with text by L. Frank Baum and pictures by W.W. Denslow.

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<p>Austrian Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856.</p><p>He is considered the father of psychoanalysis. Freud's main contributions lie in his theories of the unconscious mind, the mechanisms of repression, and the role of sexuality in human psychology, which he discussed in major works like The Interpretation of Dreams, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, and Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. </p><p>Books by Sigmund Freud at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/391" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/391"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/391</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a></p>

Photographic portrait of Sigmund Freud, signed by the sitter ("Prof. Sigmund Freud")

Black and white portrait of Sigmund Freud with a beard, wearing a suit with a pocket watch chain, holding a cigarette.

Cover of the book "The Interpretation of Dreams" by Prof Sigmund Freud, I.L.D, displayed in gold lettering on a textured dark grey background.

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<p>Scottish Playwright & Novelist J.M. Barrie was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>His early works were modestly successful, including novels such as "Auld Licht Idylls" & "A Window in Thrums". His famous Peter Pan character first appeared in a section of "The Little White Bird", a novel for adults. This was expanded into the stage play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up," which premiered in London in 1904 & was an immediate hit. </p><p>Books by J.M. Barrie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/10" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/10"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/10</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Sepia carbon print of James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), author of "Peter Pan". More details
Portrait by Herbert Rose Barraud, 1892

Writer J. M. Barrie, sitting sideways in a chair with his arms crossed on the backrest, wearing a formal suit with short, receding hair on his forehead and a long moustache covering his upper lip and extending almost to his chin.

Frintispiece of Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford an published by Charles Scribner's & Sons

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1923.</p><p>The première of Bertolt Brecht's play In the Jungle of Cities (Im Dickicht der Städte) at the Residenz Theatre in Munich is disrupted by Nazi demonstrators, hooting, whistling and throwing stink bombs at the actors on the stage.</p><p>This production was directed by Erich Engel, with set design by Caspar Neher. The cast included Otto Wernicke as Shlink the lumber dealer, Erwin Faber as George Garga, and Maria Koppenhöfer as his sister Mary.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

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<p>American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1862.</p><p>In addition to "Walden," Thoreau is well-known for his essay "Civil Disobedience," which was inspired by his 1846 arrest for refusing to pay poll taxes as a protest against slavery and the Mexican-American War. His political writings later influenced many political leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.</p><p>Books by Henry David Thoreau at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/54</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait photograph from a ninth-plate daguerreotype of Henry David Thoreau. Calvin R. Greene was a Thoreau “disciple” who lived in Rochester, Michigan, and who first began corresponding with Thoreau in January 1856. When Greene asked for a photographic image of the author, Thoreau initially replied: “You may rely on it that you have the best of me in my books, and that I am not worth seeing personally – the stuttering, blundering, clodhopper that I am.” Yet Greene repeated his request and sent money for the sitting. Thoreau must have kept this commitment to his fan in the back of his mind for the next several months. On June 18, 1856, during a trip to Worcester, Massachusetts, Henry Thoreau visited the Daguerrean Palace of Benjamin D. Maxham at 16 Harrington Corner and had three daguerreotypes taken for fifty cents each. He gave two of the prints to his Worcester friends and hosts, H.G.O. Blake and Theophilius Brown. The third he sent to Calvin Greene in Michigan. “While in Worcester this week I obtained the accompanying daguerreotype – which my friends think is pretty good – though better looking than I,” Thoreau wrote.

B. D. Maxham - National Portrait Gallery

Original title page of Walden, with an illustration from a drawing by Thoreau's sister Sophia.

Title page of the book "Walden; or, Life in the Woods" by Henry D. Thoreau, featuring an illustration of a small cabin surrounded by trees. The page includes a quotation and the publication details, "Boston: Ticknor and Fields. MDCCCLIV (1854)."

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<p>📚 Better Than the Movies by: Lynn Painter</p><p>Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/better-than-the-movies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/better-than-the-movies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/better-tha</span><span class="invisible">n-the-movies</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/friendship/" rel="tag">#friendship</a></p>

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend Wes Bennet.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.

But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love—and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

A USA TODAY and New York Times bestseller

Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush.

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<p>📚 Wild Card (Deluxe Edition) by: Elsie Silver</p><p>Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot-as-hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands.<br>It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for her, he's also her ex-boyfriend's dad.<br>A chance meeting brought them together, and a missed connection has kept them apart...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/wild-card-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/wild-card-deluxe-edition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/wild-card-</span><span class="invisible">deluxe-edition</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/westernfiction/" rel="tag">#westernfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newadult/" rel="tag">#newadult</a></p>

Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot-as-hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands.
It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for her, he's also her ex-boyfriend's dad.
A chance meeting brought them together, and a missed connection has kept them apart.

One year later, a stroke of fate has them living under the same roof--which makes everything between them downright messy. Because even after all this time, he's still the man Gwen thinks about when she falls asleep. The one she can't get over no matter how hard she tries.

Bash is working on mending a fragile relationship with his son, and they both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal.
But Gwen sees the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down her spine.

The mutual longing is borderline unbearable, and the simmering heat between them is downright palpable.

They both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this.
But then again...following the rules has never felt so futile.
Sizzling tropes:
* Ex-boyfriend's dad
* Age gap
* Small town/Western
* Grumpy hero
* Forbidden romance
* Forced proximity

*This deluxe edition includes the mountain spine that matches with the rest of the series*
From #1 New York Times bestseller Elsie Silver comes the final book in the delicious, spicy, small-town Rose Hill series.

Praise for Elsie Silver:
"Elsie Silver's writing is a true revelation!" - #1 New York Times bestselling auth

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<p>Amplitudes is out and available! I have a story in this! The feminine aspect of the Holy One fucks a closeted trans woman! There are lots of other good stories too! Read it!</p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770919/amplitudes-by-lee-mandelo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770919/amplitudes-by-lee-mandelo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.penguinrandomhouse.com/boo</span><span class="invisible">ks/770919/amplitudes-by-lee-mandelo/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstadon/" rel="tag">#bookstadon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1940.</p><p>John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.</p><p>The book was first published in April 14, 1939. The book won the National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize for fiction, & it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. When preparing to write the novel, Steinbeck wrote: "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression and its effects]." </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, depicting a man standing and facing a rural landscape with mountains, beside him a seated woman and two children, all next to an old car.

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<p>📚 Butter by: Asako Yuzuki</p><p>There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.<br>Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s i...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/butter" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/butter</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a></p>

There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back.

Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?

Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, 'The Konkatsu Killer', Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, gripping exploration of misogyny, obsession and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

**Hooked, the latest novel from Asako Yuzuki is available now**
'It isn’t entirely clear whether to read the novel or devour it’ OBSERVER
‘Readers around the world are finding themselves utterly captivated’ DAILY MAIL
‘I really enjoyed it’ MEERA SYAL, on BBC Between the Covers
'Compelling, delightfully weird' PANDO

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Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by author Matt Greene <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://leminal.space/post/27454017">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>On the Twisted Trail of Bram Stoker’s Notes for ‘Dracula’</p><p>Bram Stoker’s creative process behind his iconic Gothic novel was shrouded in mystery for nearly a century.</p><p>By Sher Hackwell</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/bram-stoker-dracula-notes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/bram-stoker-dracula-notes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/authors/bram-stoker-dracula-notes</span></a></p><p>Stoker at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/190" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/190"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/190</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Bram Stoker (1847-1912), novelist born in Ireland, author of "Dracula", 1906.

Stoker is seated, dressed formally in a dark three-piece suit with a waistcoat and tie. He has neatly groomed hair and a full beard, and his expression is calm yet serious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker#/media/File:Bram_Stoker_1906.jpg

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<p>The Kafka Challenge</p><p>Translating the Inimitable</p><p>by Paul Reitter</p><p><a href="https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/the-kafka-challenge?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K6N5TBYYSCYEVDFQSBV94VXF&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/the-kafka-challenge?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K6N5TBYYSCYEVDFQSBV94VXF&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hedgehogreview.com/issues/less</span><span class="invisible">ons-of-babel/articles/the-kafka-challenge?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K6N5TBYYSCYEVDFQSBV94VXF&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Kafka at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1735</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a></p>

Last known photograph of Franz Kafka, alternative version of File:Kafka.jpg. Most likely taken in 1923.

Unknown author - Franz Kafka: Pictures of a Life by Klaus Wagenbach (1984), p. 209; sourced to Klaus Wagenbach Archiv, Berlin https://kafkamuseum.cz/en/photogallery/

Kafka appears thin and pale. He wears a dark suit and tie with a white shirt, his posture upright but reserved. His face is gaunt, with pronounced cheekbones and deep-set eyes. His expression is neutral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka#/media/File:Franz_Kafka,_1923.jpg

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<p>Book Series I Hope Will be Satisfying: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-series-i-hope-will-be-satisfying/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-series-i-hope-will-be-satisfying/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-book-series-i-hope-will-be-satisfying/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/tbr/" rel="tag">#TBR</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>

Several bunches of lilacs lying on or next to an opened hardback book that’s laying on a wooden porch or bench.

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<p>📚 The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again by: J. R. R. Tolkien</p><p>Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. </p><p>...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-hobbit</span><span class="invisible">-or-there-and-back-again</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasymagic/" rel="tag">#fantasymagic</a></p>

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure.

They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

“A glorious account of a magnificent adventure, filled with suspense and seasoned with a quiet humor that is irresistible . . . All those, young or old, who love a fine adventurous tale, beautifully told, will take The Hobbit to their hearts.” – New York Times Book Review

A great modern classic and the prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS

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