Which is the best Police Book you ever read ?
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Be Gay, Do Crime in Publishers Weekly
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**find a book you actually like in under 3 minutes**
#Video length: two minutes and forty-nine seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjickmuG0vU.
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A little reminder that the paperback editions of all eight books set along The Nod/Wells Timelines are available via Bookshop(dot)org. That means just about any book store can order and benefit from their sale!
https://bookshop.org/lists/the-nod-wells-timelines
@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks
#specfic #scifi #horror #thriller #book #books #bookshop #bookstodon #booktodon #reading #amazonalternative
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring #books
The First Angsty Telepath: George Eliot’s “The Lifted Veil”
The double-whammy curse of clairvoyance and telepathy may be too much for a sensitive Victorian soul...
By Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
The Lifted Veil at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2165
American artist, author, translator, and illustrator Wanda Gág was born #OTD in 1893.
"Millions of Cats" (1928), tells the story of an old man and an old woman who decide to get a cat. The book's unique illustrations, which Gág created using lithographic crayon, made it a classic of children's literature. Gág wrote and illustrated several other children's books, including "The Funny Thing" and "Snippy and Snappy."
"Millions of cats" will be available at PG pretty soon.
I mean, would it kill you to let Cathy tell you about her ferrets?
#library #libraries #reader #readers #books #book #writingcommunity #ferrets #humor #humour
Lost in Translation: What the West Misunderstands About Byzantium
By Zoe Tsiami
Byzantium often feels like a forgotten chapter in history, drifting between the grandeur of Rome and the vibrant Renaissance. For a long time, the Byzantine Empire has been misunderstood, and it’s time we explored why that might be and what the West might be missing.
https://www.medievalists.net/2025/08/what-the-west-misunderstands-about-byzantium/
Byzantine art at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36878
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? September 02
#Denmark abolishes VAT on #books in order to address the #ReadingCrisis.
I think that's a great idea! While crap is generally free to read, see #X etc., why would we want make quality content less accessible by imposing taxes!?
Well ok, while certainly not every book is great, there is still a tendency that longer formats allow for a higher quality in information, education or entertainment.
Four Famous American Women Who Were Also Prolific Letter Writers
In a long and storied tradition, these bold women recorded history—and shaped it—through their correspondence
By Sonja Anderson
The trailer for Season 2 of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast has dropped! I’m ridiculously proud of the guest list I’ve curated for us to try to make sense of the 21st century together – where we’ve been, where we’ve ended up, and where we’re going – all through the lens of art. Find out who’s joining me next and hear about the upgrades coming to this podcast. I'd love to have you as a listener!
#culture #art #writing #screenwriting #film #movies #books #writinglife
Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World
“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”
https://lithub.com/emily-wilson-explores-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/
Aeneid at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid
![Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia,[52] by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787, an early neoclassical painting (National Gallery, London).
The painting illustrates an episode described by the ancient writer Suetonius. The poet Virgil is shown reading aloud from the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus, his sister Octavia, and members of the imperial household.
Virgil is seated at the left, in a pale robe, holding a scroll, his body inclined forward as he reads. The central focus shifts immediately to Octavia, who is collapsing, overcome with emotion. She is dressed in white and supported by attendants, her faint dramatizing the deep pathos of the scene. To the right, Augustus sits in a position of authority,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid#/media/File:VirgilAeneidVI.jpg](/proxy/post_attachment/845623/07a195a316.jpg "Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia,[52] by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787, an early neoclassical painting (National Gallery, London).
The painting illustrates an episode described by the ancient writer Suetonius. The poet Virgil is shown reading aloud from the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus, his sister Octavia, and members of the imperial household.
Virgil is seated at the left, in a pale robe, holding a scroll, his body inclined forward as he reads. The central focus shifts immediately to Octavia, who is collapsing, overcome with emotion. She is dressed in white and supported by attendants, her faint dramatizing the deep pathos of the scene. To the right, Augustus sits in a position of authority,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid#/media/File:VirgilAeneidVI.jpg")
#OTD in 1781. The planet Uranus was discovered.
English astronomer William Herschel observed the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus—first described by him as “a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet” and named for the father of the god Saturn. With a homemade 6.2-inch reflecting telescope, Herschel "engaged in a series of observations on the parallax of the fixed stars."
Books about Herschel at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=William+Herschel&submit_search=Go%21
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A neat website for creating a virtual bookshelf
A Beginner’s Guide to Gothic Literature
"Gothic literature began as a reaction to the Enlightenment and was influenced by medieval architecture. This article explores the origins of the Gothic literary genre."
https://www.thecollector.com/gothic-literature-beginner-guide/
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New Author Interview - today on the blog we welcome Stefan Mohamed to talk about their surreal and smart detective tale The House on Utopia Way https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2025/9/3/interviewing-stefan-mohamed
Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Artist, Inventor… and Wedding Planner?
by Verity Babbs
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-leonardo-da-vinci-wedding-planner-2667830
Da Vinci at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629
It’s Okay to Hate The House of Mirth
Carlo Rotella on Reading (and Learning) from Books We Dislike
The House of Mirth at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+House+of+Mirth
THEY’RE HERE! My self-care adult coloring books arrived just now. I haven’t uploaded them to my website store (yet), but if you would like one, send $9.99 USD & your address to me at $mckra1g (CashApp) or @mckra1g (Venmo). Free shipping in the U.S. (add $3.00 for intl addresses).
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Be forewarned if you haven't seen Materialists yet, this does a really deep dive into the movie while cross-referencing Jane.
https://electricliterature.com/jane-austen-did-it-better/
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
20th Century Queer Women of Means
by Cathy Pegau
"Cathy Pegau, author of A Murderous Business: A Mystery, shares with The History Reader how some queer women of means in the United States were able to push boundaries more so than women in poor or middle, working-class families."
