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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>The Salzburg Festival in Austria is inaugurated with a performance of Hugo von Hofmannsthal&#x27;s play Jedermann (Everyman, 1911) in front of Salzburg Cathedral, directed by Max Reinhardt.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedermann_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedermann_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jederman</span><span class="invisible">n_(play)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg_Festival" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg_Festival"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg</span><span class="invisible">_Festival</span></a></p><p>Jedermann: Das Spiel vom Sterben des reichen Mannes by Hugo von Hofmannsthal at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28949" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28949</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>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1850 writer Robert Louis Stevenson was born.</p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)</p><p>&quot;Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness&quot;</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/robert-louis-stevensons-art-of-living-and-dying/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/robert-louis-stevensons-art-of-living-and-dying/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/robert-louis-steven</span><span class="invisible">sons-art-of-living-and-dying/</span></a></p><p>Stevenson at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/35</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;On a memorable morning of early December London opened its eyes on a frigid gray mist...&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1891.</p><p>Israel Zangwill&#x27;s The Big Bow Mystery, the first classic full-length locked room mystery, begins serialization in The Star (London), before being published as a novel the following year.</p><p>It has been almost continuously in print since 1891 and has been used as the basis for three movies.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bow_Mystery" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bow_Mystery"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_</span><span class="invisible">Bow_Mystery</span></a></p><p>The Big Bow Mystery at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28164" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28164</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Alexander von Humboldt: the groundbreaking naturalist who bankrupted himself to share his life’s work.</p><p>By Bienvenido León via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ConversationUS</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/alexander-von-humboldt-the-groundbreaking-naturalist-who-bankrupted-himself-to-share-his-lifes-work-237279" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/alexander-von-humboldt-the-groundbreaking-naturalist-who-bankrupted-himself-to-share-his-lifes-work-237279"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/alexander-</span><span class="invisible">von-humboldt-the-groundbreaking-naturalist-who-bankrupted-himself-to-share-his-lifes-work-237279</span></a></p><p>Books by Alexander von Humboldt at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1995" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1995"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1995</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a></p>

<p>Are you an Australian author of SFF with a book published this year? You have until the end of the month to enter it for the Aurealis Awards.</p><p><a href="https://aurealisawards.org/entry-forms/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aurealisawards.org/entry-forms/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aurealisawards.org/entry-forms</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#amwriting</a></p>

<p>Music and Musicians in the Medieval Persianate World</p><p>From royal courts to wine-filled gatherings, music played a vital role in medieval Persianate culture. Two remarkable texts — one practical, one theoretical — reveal how musicians lived, performed, and understood their art.</p><p>By Timur Khan</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/11/music-and-musicians-in-the-medieval-persianate-world/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2025/11/music-and-musicians-in-the-medieval-persianate-world/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2025/11/m</span><span class="invisible">usic-and-musicians-in-the-medieval-persianate-world/</span></a></p><p>Music at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/677" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/677"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/677</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>ICYMI </p><p>My zines and ebooks as pdfs.</p><p>Yes, Frankenstein, the Post ModerN Autism Mom is there too</p><p><a href="https://mepabsurdist.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mepabsurdist.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/frankenstein/" rel="tag">#frankenstein</a> <a href="/tags/zines/" rel="tag">#zines</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/americanprestige/" rel="tag">#AmericanPrestige</a> pod welcomes <a href="/tags/omarzahzah/" rel="tag">#OmarZahzah</a>, author of <a href="/tags/termsofservitude/" rel="tag">#TermsOfServitude</a>: Zionism, <a href="/tags/siliconvalley/" rel="tag">#SiliconValley</a>, and Digital <a href="/tags/settlercolonialism/" rel="tag">#SettlerColonialism</a>. Discussion includes the <a href="/tags/sheikhjarrah/" rel="tag">#SheikhJarrah</a> uprising, the repressive weaponizing of <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> and <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> against <a href="/tags/palestinians/" rel="tag">#Palestinians</a>, and Palestinian use of <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialMedia</a> to change the narrative of their struggle. </p><p><a href="https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e334-silicon-valley-and-the-israeli-occupation-w-omar-zahzah" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e334-silicon-valley-and-the-israeli-occupation-w-omar-zahzah"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanprestige.supportingcas</span><span class="invisible">t.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e334-silicon-valley-and-the-israeli-occupation-w-omar-zahzah</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/digitalmedia/" rel="tag">#digitalMedia</a> <a href="/tags/mediacriticism/" rel="tag">#mediaCriticism</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/opt/" rel="tag">#oPt</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/digitalcensorship/" rel="tag">#digitalCensorship</a> <a href="/tags/cyberharassment/" rel="tag">#cyberharassment</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#digitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</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>&quot;We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.&quot;</p><p>~Philips Gibbs. In : The Pageant of the Years</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1918 - Armistice Day</p><p>The Soul of a Nation by Philip Gibbs is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41308" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41308</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/armistice/" rel="tag">#armistice</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;There are no stars so lovely as Edinburgh street-lamps...&quot; </p><p>Happy birthday to local lad, &amp; one of our favourite storytellers, Robert Louis Stevenson (portrait by Nerli, in the National Galleries of Scotland collection) </p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/auteur/" rel="tag">#auteur</a> <a href="/tags/birthday/" rel="tag">#birthday</a> <a href="/tags/anniversaire/" rel="tag">#anniversaire</a> <a href="/tags/scottishliterature/" rel="tag">#ScottishLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/ecosse/" rel="tag">#Ecosse</a> <a href="/tags/litteratureecossaise/" rel="tag">#LitteratureEcossaise</a></p>

<p>📚 All the Way to the River: Oprah&#x27;s Book Club by: Elizabeth Gilbert</p><p>In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: The two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe.</p><p>Wha...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/all-the-way-to-the-river-oprahs-book-club" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/all-the-way-to-the-river-oprahs-book-club"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/all-the-wa</span><span class="invisible">y-to-the-river-oprahs-book-club</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/selfhelp/" rel="tag">#selfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/personalmemoirs/" rel="tag">#personalmemoirs</a></p>

<p>See How Manet and Morisot’s Creative Friendship Influenced Their Artistic Styles</p><p>A new exhibition in San Francisco reframes the complicated relationship between two renowned 19th-century French artists</p><p>by Ella Feldman </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-manet-and-morisots-creative-friendship-influenced-their-artistic-styles-180987574/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-manet-and-morisots-creative-friendship-influenced-their-artistic-styles-180987574/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/see-how-manet-and-morisots-creative-friendship-influenced-their-artistic-styles-180987574/</span></a></p><p>Manet &amp; Morisot at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/21340" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/21340"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/21340</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=berthe+morisot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=berthe+morisot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=berthe+morisot</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/paintings/" rel="tag">#paintings</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/5RBsycpka556c9Y0QQcQHE" rel="nofollow">Contact</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Carl Sagan.</p><p>A message from outer space is detected, and humanity sets about decoding it, then attempts to make contact with the originators. Delves into the nexus of science &amp; religion, the complexity of international collaboration, and the social upheaval of such a paradigm-shifting discovery. Some excruciating elite-level gaslighting. Surprising ending!</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/sleepstory/" rel="tag">#SleepStory</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><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1870.</p><p>Libraries of the University of Strasbourg and the City of Strasbourg at Temple Neuf are destroyed by fire during the Siege of Strasbourg in the Franco-Prussian War, resulting in the loss of 3,446 medieval manuscripts, including the original 12th-century Hortus deliciarum compiled by Herrad of Landsberg, the Apologist codex containing the only text of the early Epistle to Diognetus, and rare Renaissance books.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Strasbourg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Strasbourg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of</span><span class="invisible">_Strasbourg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1881.</p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson&#x27;s children&#x27;s pirate adventure novel Treasure Island begins serialization in the British magazine Young Folks as Treasure Island; or, The mutiny of the Hispaniola by &quot;Captain George North&quot;. It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell &amp; Co.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure</span><span class="invisible">_Island</span></a></p><p>Treasure Island at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/120" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/120</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 All That We See Or Seem by: Ken Liu</p><p>Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at fourteen as the orphan hacker, is trying to live a life of digital obscurity in a quiet Boston suburb.</p><p>But when a lawyer named Piers—whose famous artist wife, Elli, has been kidnapped by dangerous criminals—barges into ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/all-that-we-see-or-seem" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/all-that-we-see-or-seem"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/all-that-w</span><span class="invisible">e-see-or-seem</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/cyberpunkfiction/" rel="tag">#cyberpunkfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technological/" rel="tag">#technological</a></p>

<p>Mary Wollstonecraft, The Woman Who Laid the Foundation for Feminism</p><p>&quot;Think 18th-century feminism must be outdated? Think again—there is still so much to learn from the life and writing of Mary Wollstonecraft.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/mary-wollstonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/mary-wollstonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/mary-woll</span><span class="invisible">stonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/</span></a></p><p>Wollstonecraft at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/84</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>English poet Agnes Bulmer was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1775.</p><p>Bulmer’s most famous work is Messiah&#x27;s Kingdom, an epic poem consisting of 14 books and over 14,000 lines, written in blank verse. The poem, which took over 9 years to complete, was published in 1833. It is is is probably the longest work in verse ever composed by a woman.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Bulmer#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Bulmer#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Bu</span><span class="invisible">lmer#</span></a></p><p>Messiah&#x27;s Kindgdom is available at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span>:<br><a href="https://archive.org/details/messiahskingdomp00bulm" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/messiahskingdomp00bulm"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/messiahski</span><span class="invisible">ngdomp00bulm</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>American author Gertrude Chandler Warner died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1970.</p><p>She is best known for creating The Boxcar Children series, a popular series of children&#x27;s books. The book was well-received, and Warner later revised it in 1942, making it more accessible to younger readers. This revised version became a classic, and Warner went on to write 18 more books in the series.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Chandler_Warner" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Chandler_Warner"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude</span><span class="invisible">_Chandler_Warner</span></a></p><p>Books by Gertrude Chandler Warner at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41863" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41863"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41863</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>English novelist and playwright Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1797.</p><p>She wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also contributed five volumes of Lives of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French authors to Dionysius Lardner&#x27;s Cabinet Cyclopaedia.</p><p>Books by Mary Shelley at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/61" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/61"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/61</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m going to Vietnam and would like to read up on it. </p><p>I&#x27;m looking for a non-fiction book that will tell me about Vietnam, not about the americans or the french. </p><p>About Vietnamese history and culture, preferably going beyond the wars.</p><p>A book about who they are not about what was done to them. </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> <a href="/tags/vietnam/" rel="tag">#vietnam</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#BookRec</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>“Don’t get me wrong, I can’t do anything to change the way things are. That’s not why I went into politics, to make changes for the better for people like you. I went into politics to make sure things stay the same for people like me.” ~~ from &#x27;Clown Town&#x27; by Mick Herron (spoken by Peter Judd, a very Boris Johnson-like character)</p><p><a href="/tags/wednesdaybookquote/" rel="tag">#WednesdayBookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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/6TO7WvawlYsBFOWSry4U6s" rel="nofollow">Bookshops &amp; Bonedust</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Travis Baldree.</p><p>A worthy prequel to Legends &amp; Lattes. New friends come together to reinvigorate a bookshop, with a couple of baddies dealt with along the way. Loved Satchel the animated skeleton. Moist!</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/cosyfantasy/" rel="tag">#CosyFantasy</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>