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<p>Cozy Halloween Reads: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-cozy-halloween-reads/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-cozy-halloween-reads/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-cozy-halloween-reads/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#Halloween</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/cozy/" rel="tag">#Cozy</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>For his first trick…</p><p>&quot;The art of the murderer… is the same as the art of the magician,&quot; is a line in John Dickson Carr&#x27;s first novel It Walks by Night.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom </p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/07/for-his-first-trick/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/07/for-his-first-trick/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/07/for-his-first-trick/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

<p>Why Jane Austen&#x27;s works still resonate, 250 years after her birth</p><p>Why do the works of Jane Austen still hold so much appeal 250 years after her birth? We ask members of the Jane Austen Society of North America as well as writers Sandra Cisneros and Brandon Taylor.</p><p>By Melissa Gray</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5567131/why-jane-austens-works-still-resonate-250-years-after-her-birth" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5567131/why-jane-austens-works-still-resonate-250-years-after-her-birth"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">567131/why-jane-austens-works-still-resonate-250-years-after-her-birth</span></a></p><p>Austen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>British poet and literary critic Lascelles Abercrombie died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1938.</p><p>He was a prominent member of the Georgian poets. He was particularly known for his verse dramas &amp; dramatic monologues such as The Sale of Saint Thomas and Deborah.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3649" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3649"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3649</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>American writer William Sydney Porter died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1910.</p><p>O. Henry&#x27;s stories are known for their memorable characters, vivid descriptions, and especially their surprise endings. Some of his most famous stories include &quot;The Gift of the Magi,&quot; &quot;The Ransom of Red Chief,&quot; &quot;The Last Leaf,&quot; and &quot;The Cop and the Anthem.&quot;</p><p>Books by O. Henry at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/634" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/634"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/634</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>French science writer Amédée Guillemin was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1826.</p><p>Guillemin presently started writing books of physics and astronomy which became very popular. He wrote &quot;The Sky&quot; and &quot;The Physical World&quot; (5 vols.). He also wrote a series of booklets about astronomy and physics under the title &quot;Small popular encyclopaedia&quot;, a scientifically sound but accessible collection about sciences and their applications.</p><p>Books by Amédée Guillemin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9614" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9614"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/9614</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p>📚 The Woods All Black by: Lee Mandelo</p><p>Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Fron...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-woods-all-black" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-woods-all-black"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-woods-</span><span class="invisible">all-black</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a></p>

<p>&quot;Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/kathleenduval/" rel="tag">#KathleenDuVal</a> discusses her book <a href="/tags/nativenationsamillenniuminnorthamerica/" rel="tag">#NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj7</span><span class="invisible">0s?t=1101s</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/ancientcities/" rel="tag">#AncientCities</a> <a href="/tags/ancientamericas/" rel="tag">#AncientAmericas</a> <a href="/tags/cahokia/" rel="tag">#Cahokia</a> <a href="/tags/hohokam/" rel="tag">#Hohokam</a> <a href="/tags/medievalwarmperiod/" rel="tag">#MedievalWarmPeriod</a> <a href="/tags/littleiceage/" rel="tag">#LittleIceAge</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <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>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/563WXLdGUxPPF4Krt5ofP1" rel="nofollow">Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Brandon Sanderson &amp; Janci Patterson.</p><p>While the hero of the series is lost in the Nowhere, her fellow pilots get on with being awesome and taking the fight to the oppressors. Decent YA fare with lots of dogfights, light humour and a little romance. The hyperslugs are adorable.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/youngadult/" rel="tag">#YoungAdult</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>Digesting Dante</p><p>Dante’s success was far from guaranteed.</p><p>by Richard Hughes Gibson</p><p><a href="https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/digesting-dante" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/digesting-dante"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hedgehogreview.com/issues/less</span><span class="invisible">ons-of-babel/articles/digesting-dante</span></a></p><p>Dante at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/507</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>

<p>📚 The Do-Over by: Lynn Painter</p><p>After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben &amp; Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. And the ne...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-do-over" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-do-over"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-do-ove</span><span class="invisible">r</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/family/" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/timetravel/" rel="tag">#timetravel</a></p>

<p>&quot;Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses. Poets are the policemen of language; they are always arresting those old reprobates the words.&quot;</p><p>Letter to Ellen O&#x27;Leary (3 February 1889)</p><p>~William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939)</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1719</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>Public Domain Stories</p><p>Explore Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes adventures — preserved and shared by <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a>.</p><p><a href="https://sherlockholmes.com/pages/public-domain-stories" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sherlockholmes.com/pages/public-domain-stories"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sherlockholmes.com/pages/publi</span><span class="invisible">c-domain-stories</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>

<p>American writer and editor Lucretia Peabody Hale died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1900.</p><p>Lucretia&#x27;s most famous work is the series of humorous stories about the Peterkin family, which were originally published in magazines and later collected into books. As part of the broader movement for women&#x27;s rights in the 19th century, Hale&#x27;s writings and public activities contributed to the dialogue on women&#x27;s education and social roles.</p><p>Books by Lucretia Peabody Hale at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1092" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1092"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1092</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Distributed Proofreaders has posted its 50,000th unique title! It is &quot;A Dictionary of the Art of Printing.&quot;</p><p>Read about it here:</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/12/07/celebrating-50000-titles/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2025/12/07/celebrating-50000-titles/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2025/12/07/celeb</span><span class="invisible">rating-50000-titles/</span></a></p><p>Book at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77410" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77410</a></p><p>Congratulations to all who worked on it.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> time again.</p><p>Hi everyone! I&#x27;m Elizabeth. I am a freelance editor, specialising in SF/F.</p><p>When I don&#x27;t have my nose stuck in a book, I can be found playing TTRPGs. At the moment, I&#x27;m playing in a campaign of Mouse Guard.</p><p>I am also the caretaker of one cranky grandma of a dog, of whom you can expect the occasional photo.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>

<p>Into the Wardrobe: THE GHOST OF FOSSIL GLEN by Cynthia D. DeFelice<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Reading1KLives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Reading1KLives</span></a></span> has the newest <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skiffyandfanty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skiffyandfanty</span></a></span> review<br><a href="https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/wardrobe-ghost-of-fossil-glen-by-defelice/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="skiffyandfanty.com/blog/wardrobe-ghost-of-fossil-glen-by-defelice/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skiffyandfanty.com/blog/wardro</span><span class="invisible">be-ghost-of-fossil-glen-by-defelice/</span></a><br>&quot;This is a book that deserves to stay in circulation for kids and adults to both continue enjoying and learning from.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>Book Review: The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah<br>A good entryway to non-Western fantasy for readers in search of new ground<br>our co-founder, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@The_G" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_G</span></a></span> , has our review at the blog<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-stardust-thief-by-chelsea.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-stardust-thief-by-chelsea.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-stardust-thief-by-chelsea.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>📚 Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick by: Javier Zamora</p><p>A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this “gripping memoir” (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding family.</p><p>Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • One of the New Yo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/solito-a-read-with-jenna-pick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/solito-a-read-with-jenna-pick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/solito-a-r</span><span class="invisible">ead-with-jenna-pick</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/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a> <a href="/tags/emigrationimmigration/" rel="tag">#emigrationimmigration</a></p>

<p>A Review of I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-</span><span class="invisible">found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</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>The First Canadian Novel</p><p>Often considered the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague revealed its author’s true feelings about colonial Quebec.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-canadian-novel/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-10232025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-first-canadian-novel/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-10232025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-first-cana</span><span class="invisible">dian-novel/?utm_source=mcae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily-10232025</span></a></p><p>Frances Brooke at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6606" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6606"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6606</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>