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<p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <br>I've been regularly reading fiction type books for more than 50 years. And in that time, I never knew the definition of the genre called Literary Fiction. </p><p>Today that changed. And yes, I have read some books that would be in the literary fiction category. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_fiction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_fiction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary</span><span class="invisible">_fiction</span></a></p>

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<p>The ecstatic swoon</p><p>As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead</p><p>by Robert D Zaretsky</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-says-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=048e2ed722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-says-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=048e2ed722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-s</span><span class="invisible">ays-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=048e2ed722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait de Stendhal par Ducis, 1835, Bibliothèque Sormani, Milan. Portrait mélancolique.

An 1835 oil portrait of French writer Stendhal by Johan-Nepomuk Ender (attributed to Ducis), housed at the Bibliothèque Sormani in Milan. The melancholic portrait shows the author of "The Red and the Black" in dark formal attire against a muted green background, holding an elegant walking stick, capturing his contemplative demeanor during his mature years.

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<p>📚 Seveneves by: Neal Stephenson</p><p>A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in a hastily built space ark.</p><p>But the complexities a...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/seveneves" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/seveneves</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a></p>

A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in a hastily built space ark.

But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges threaten the intrepid pioneers, turning their mission into a desperate survival story until only a handful of survivors remain...

Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious post-apocalyptic journey into the unknown... to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking hard science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

What would happen if the world were ending?

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<p>"Call me Ishmael."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1851.</p><p>Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.</p><p>In the October 1851 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine "The Town Ho's Story" was published, with a footnote reading: "From 'The Whale'. The title of a new work by Mr. Melville, in the press of Harper and Brothers, and now publishing in London by Mr. Bentley."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dic</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>Moby-Dick at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/15" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/15</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The whale or Moby Dick (half-title page), Herman Melville, 1851

Herman Melville and one more author - State Library of New South Wales, [https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2oZrBwKZ/l3gXqDvw8yl0N DSM/813.3/M531/2A1

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<p>Book Review: Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology: Issue V (edited by Somto Ihezue and Olivia Kidula)<br>A unique collection of hauntingly engaging and imaginative stories<br> <br>Ann Michelle Harris has our review at the NOAF blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-will-this-be-problem.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-will-this-be-problem.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-will-this-be-problem.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>Someone should make a virtual tickler for e-books, otherwise it's discrimination 😜😂 <br> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

Photo of a standing blackboard outside a shop with a hand drawn image of a sad looking book sitting on a shelf.
Caption: The books are bored. Come inside and give them a tickle.

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<p>📚 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse) by: Dennis E. Taylor</p><p>There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. </p><p>He has been uploaded into computer ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/we-are-legion-we-are-bob-bobiverse" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/we-are-legion-we-are-bob-bobiverse"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/we-are-leg</span><span class="invisible">ion-we-are-bob-bobiverse</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></p>

There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state.

He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets.

The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty. The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad — very mad.

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<p>Our latest newsletter listed a selection of March’s notable and interesting titles. Among them, we can highlight "1066 and All That" by Walter Carruthers Sellar and Robert Julian Yeatman.</p><p>It's a comic parody of English history, mocking how schoolchildren misremember facts. It reduces centuries of events to "Good Things," "Bad Things," and memorably mangled kings, battles, and causes — hilariously unreliable by design.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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Title: 1066 and all that

A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates

Author: Walter Carruthers Sellar

Robert Julian Yeatman

Illustrator: John Reynolds

Original publication: London: Methuen & Co. LTD, 1930

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<p>The Elusive Poet of Desire</p><p>Why biographers can’t pin Cavafy down</p><p>by Langdon Hammer</p><p><a href="https://yalereview.org/article/langdon-hammer-the-elusive-poet-of-desire" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="yalereview.org/article/langdon-hammer-the-elusive-poet-of-desire"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yalereview.org/article/langdon</span><span class="invisible">-hammer-the-elusive-poet-of-desire</span></a></p><p>Cavafy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/51261" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/51261"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/51261</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Constantine Cavafy in 1929

Unknown photographer (signed: Pacino) - C.P. Cavafy Archives - Onassis Foundation

A formal black and white studio portrait photograph, signed "Pacino" in the lower left corner. Cavafy looks directly at the camera with a calm, slightly guarded expression. He wears large, round wire-rimmed spectacles, a dark pinstripe suit, a striped tie, and a white pocket square. His dark hair is swept back from a broad forehead. The background appears to be a decorative tapestry or painted backdrop with floral or figural motifs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy#/media/File:Konstantinos_Kavafis.jpg

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<p>New review fresh in for <a href="/tags/fossilfriday/" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>: Bringing to life two palaeontological expeditions and excelling at explaining scientific concepts, The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt goes deeper into the tragic history behind Spinosaurus and resurrects the forgotten Ernst Stromer.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/theropods/" rel="tag">#Theropods</a> <a href="/tags/spinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Spinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/spinosaurus/" rel="tag">#Spinosaurus</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>

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<p>"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."</p><p>Irish writer Jonathan Swift died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1745.</p><p>Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Gulliver's Travels, & A Modest Proposal. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—including Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. </p><p>Books by Jonathan Swift at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/326" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/326"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/326</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Charles Jervas portrait of Jonathan Swift.

In the portrait, Swift is shown as a middle-aged man, with his characteristic rounded face and full, expressive features. His hair, worn in long, flowing curls, is typical of the wigs of the early 18th century, a fashion among men of high status. His gaze is direct, with piercing, intelligent eyes that convey both a sharp wit and deep contemplation, traits often associated with his satirical writing.

Swift is dressed in clerical attire, signifying his role as a clergyman within the Church of Ireland. He wears a dark robe with a white clerical collar, which contrasts against the rich, dark tones of his clothing.

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<p>Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why</p><p>The nature of time has plagued thinkers for as long as we’ve tried to understand the world we live in. Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.</p><p>By Daryl Janzen</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/physicists-and-philosophers-have-long-struggled-to-understand-the-nature-of-time-heres-why-269762" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/physicists-and-philosophers-have-long-struggled-to-understand-the-nature-of-time-heres-why-269762"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/physicists</span><span class="invisible">-and-philosophers-have-long-struggled-to-understand-the-nature-of-time-heres-why-269762</span></a></p><p>Time measurements at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27824" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27824"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/27824</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

A Time Piece of the Middle Ages

The huge and elaborate Clock of Strasbourg Cathedral, in Lorraine, was built in 1352 and is an example of the first clocks.

At the center stands the towering clock structure, richly decorated and rising several stories high. Its façade is highly ornate, with carved panels, niches, and sculptural figures arranged vertically. Multiple circular dials dominate the middle sections, including a large central clock face with radiating spokes, surrounded by smaller astronomical and calendrical displays. These elements reflect the clock’s dual purpose: telling time and illustrating celestial movements, religious symbolism, and the passage of days and seasons.

Above and around the dials are intricate reliefs and statues, likely representing biblical figures, apostles, or allegorical personifications common in medieval sacred art. The craftsmanship emphasizes symmetry, complexity, and theological meaning rather than simplicity or readability by modern standards.

The clock is set within the vast interior of the cathedral, whose tall stone columns and soaring arches frame the scene.

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<p>📚 Oona Out of Order by: Margarita Montimore</p><p>It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics, or remain at home in Brooklyn to pursue her passion for music and be with her ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/oona-out-of-order" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/oona-out-of-order"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/oona-out-o</span><span class="invisible">f-order</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/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/timetravel/" rel="tag">#timetravel</a></p>

It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics, or remain at home in Brooklyn to pursue her passion for music and be with her boyfriend? As the countdown to the New Year begins, Oona faints and awakens thirty-two years in the future in her fifty-one-year-old body. Greeted by a friendly stranger in a beautiful house she’s told is her own, Oona learns that with each passing year she will leap to another age at random. And so begins Oona Out of Order...

Hopping through decades, pop culture fads, and much-needed stock tips, Oona is still a young woman on the inside but ever changing on the outside. Who will she be next year? Philanthropist? Club Kid? World traveler? Wife to a man she’s never met? Surprising, magical, and heart-wrenching, Margarita Montimore has crafted an unforgettable story about the burdens of time, the endurance of love, and the power of family.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

AMAZON EDITORS' 20 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR PICK

With its countless epiphanies and surprises, Oona proves difficult to put down.USA Today

By turns tragic and triumphant, heartbreakingly poignant and joyful, this is ultimately an uplifting and redemptive read.The Guardian

A remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live a life fully in the moment, e

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<p>Argentinian poet and author Alfonsina Storni died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1938. </p><p>Her first book, La inquietud del rosal, brought her recognition from the literary circles in Buenos Aires; but it was her volume El dulce daño that won her popular success. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonsina_Storni" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonsina_Storni"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonsin</span><span class="invisible">a_Storni</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Alfonsina Storni walking along the promenade of Mar del Plata. Unknown author - Archivo General de la Nación Argentina Inventory 7770

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<p>In November 1873.</p><p>The children's periodical St. Nicholas Magazine begins publication by Scribner and Company in New York under the editorship of Mary Mapes Dodge. </p><p>Books by Mary Mapes Dodge at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/402" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/402"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/402</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

St Nicholas-cover

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<p>The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction</p><p>by Davina Quinlivan (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgeson-burnett-was-an-early-work-of-climate-fiction-250338" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgeson-burnett-was-an-early-work-of-climate-fiction-250338"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-secret</span><span class="invisible">-garden-by-frances-hodgeson-burnett-was-an-early-work-of-climate-fiction-250338</span></a></p><p>The Secret Garden at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover page The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A hardcover book with a dark green cloth binding decorated with Art Nouveau-style floral borders in gold and muted colours running down both sides. A central rectangular illustration shows a young girl in a bright red coat and red hat, leaning forward and peering closely at a dense ivy-covered wall or hedge. Bare winter trees are visible in the background, and a small red robin perches on a branch to the upper left. The title THE SECRET GARDEN appears at the top in a decorative panel, and the author's name FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT is printed at the bottom.

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<p>Available from 1 November: another thriller I translated, by the same author as the last one, Catherine Cooper.</p><p>This time we're going skiing in the French Alps, but there's another storm, which means nobody can leave the chalet... 🏠 🇫🇷 🏔️ ⛷️ 🍷 🍄 🌨️ 😱</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/hetchalet/" rel="tag">#hetchalet</a> <a href="/tags/booktranslation/" rel="tag">#BookTranslation</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/xl8/" rel="tag">#xl8</a> <a href="/tags/boeken/" rel="tag">#boeken</a> <a href="/tags/boekvertaling/" rel="tag">#BoekVertaling</a> <a href="/tags/vertaalddooreenmens/" rel="tag">#VertaaldDoorEenMens</a> <a href="/tags/translatedbyahuman/" rel="tag">#TranslatedByAHuman</a></p>

Book cover: four glasses of champagne on a table outside against a snowy landscape, one glas has blood spatters on it and there are shards of glass on the table.

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<p>Dutch author and poet Isabelle de Charrière, known as Belle van Zuylen, was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1740.</p><p>She is now best known for her letters and novels, although she also wrote pamphlets, music and plays. She took a keen interest in the society and politics of her age, and her work around the time of the French Revolution is regarded as being of particular interest.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Charri%C3%A8re" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Charri%C3%A8re"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle</span><span class="invisible">_de_Charri%C3%A8re</span></a></p><p>Books by Isabelle de Charrière at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Isabelle+de+Charri%C3%A8re&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Isabelle+de+Charri%C3%A8re&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Isabelle+de+Charri%C3%A8re&submit_search=Go%21</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>

Isabelle de Charrière by Jens Juel, (1777), Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel.

Jens Juel - http://www.charriere.nl/images/juel.htm [1]

Isabelle de Charrière, born Isabelle Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, known as Belle de Zuylen (1740-1805)

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<p>"<a href="/tags/karenhao/" rel="tag">#KarenHao</a> joins Scientific American to discuss her new book <a href="/tags/empireofai/" rel="tag">#EmpireOfAI</a>, exploring how companies like <a href="/tags/openai/" rel="tag">#OpenAI</a> wield power that is reminiscent of historical empires. From ideological quests for artificial general intelligence to the environmental toll of massive <a href="/tags/datacenters/" rel="tag">#dataCenters</a>, Hao reveals the hidden forces shaping our technological future—and the reasons we should all be paying attention." </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd8ZTI2Ft0w" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd8ZTI2Ft0w"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd8ZTI</span><span class="invisible">2Ft0w</span></a><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/agi/" rel="tag">#AGI</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#artificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</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>

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<p>📚 The Librarians by: Sherry Thomas</p><p>In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don't always realize that their librarians are human, too.</p><p>Hazel flees halfway across the...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-librarians" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-librarians"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-librar</span><span class="invisible">ians</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/domesticfiction/" rel="tag">#domesticfiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/amateursleuth/" rel="tag">#amateursleuth</a></p>

In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don't always realize that their librarians are human, too.

Hazel flees halfway across the world for what she hopes will be a new beginning. Jonathan, a six-foot-four former college football player, has never fit in anywhere else. Astrid tries to forget her heartbreak by immersing herself in work, but the man who ghosted her six months ago is back, promising trouble. And Sophie, who has the most to lose, maintains a careful and respectful distance from her coworkers, but soon that won't be enough anymore.

When two patrons turn up dead after the library s inaugural murder mystery themed game night, the librarians’ quiet routines come crashing down. Something sinister has stirred, something that threatens every single one of them. And the only way the librarians can save the library and themselves is to let go of their secrets, trust one another, and band together...

All in a day's work.

This delicious murder mystery is a must-read for any library lover! New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt

Murder disrupts four quirky librarians' lives when they try to hide among books to keep their secrets.

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Sometimes a workplace isn’t just a workplace but a place of safety, understanding, and acceptance. And sometimes murder

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<p>📚 We Could Be Rats by: Emily Austin</p><p>Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal but having always resisted the idea of growing up into the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Her...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/we-could-be-rats" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/we-could-be-rats"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/we-could-b</span><span class="invisible">e-rats</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/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a></p>

Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal but having always resisted the idea of growing up into the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Her older sister Margit is baffled and frustrated by Sigrid’s inability to conform to the expectations of polite society.

But Sigrid's detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She's haunted by the pains of her past from pretending her parents were swamp monsters when they shook the floorboards with their violent arguments to grappling with losing Greta's friendship to the opioid epidemic ravaging their town. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward.

A must read (Haley Jakobson, New York Times Editor's Choice author), We Could Be Rats is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their way back to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.

A one-sitting-read (Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author) about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space.

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Why doesn't my year-in-review look like others' do? It's certainly little fun.

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<p>5 Dazzling Medieval Manuscripts That Have Outlasted Empires</p><p>These manuscripts stand out for their artistry, craftsmanship, and historical significance.</p><p>by Tim Brinkhof</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/illuminated-medieval-manuscripts-to-know-2710634" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/illuminated-medieval-manuscripts-to-know-2710634"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/illu</span><span class="invisible">minated-medieval-manuscripts-to-know-2710634</span></a></p><p>Old manuscripts at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=old+manuscripts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=old+manuscripts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=old+manuscripts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

Book of Kells (an illuminated manuscript), Folio 32v, Christ Enthroned.

Folio 32v from the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript created circa 800 CE, depicting Christ Enthroned. This masterpiece of Insular art showcases the elaborate Celtic ornamentation, vibrant colors, and intricate geometric patterns characteristic of medieval Irish monastic manuscripts. The page exemplifies the extraordinary artistic achievement of early medieval Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells#/media/File:KellsFol032vChristEnthroned.jpg

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<p>‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot</p><p>Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers</p><p>By Sam Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/20/16th-century-spanish-author-beatriz-bernal-knights-tale-given-reboot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/20/16th-century-spanish-author-beatriz-bernal-knights-tale-given-reboot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/world/2025</span><span class="invisible">/dec/20/16th-century-spanish-author-beatriz-bernal-knights-tale-given-reboot</span></a></p><p>Spanish literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=spanish+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=spanish+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=spanish+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

On the left, cover of the first edition of Don Cristalián (Valladolid, 1545). On the right, its second edition (Alcalá de Henares, 1586).

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<p>A Review of Sunset: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-sunset/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-sunset/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-su</span><span class="invisible">nset/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#Mystery</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BooKReview</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 Sunset by P.B. Cannon. Image on cover shows a gorgeous orange and yellow sunset in the sky overhead a distant pine forest on an overcast day. The light appears to be dancing in the clouds almost because of how it gently touches everything.

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