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<p>That's our Emily! Cheerful as always. </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/emilybronte/" rel="tag">#EmilyBronte</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> @romancelandia</p>

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<p>Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala</p><p>Balzac’s realism is not merely descriptive but architectural: a literary mandala of modern society</p><p>By Harsh Trivedi</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/honore-de-balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2030%202025%20-%203501835679&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2030%202025%20-%203501835679+CID_60b46bbc765e5b5e7094f351d239b461&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Honor%20de%20Balzacs%20La%20Comdie%20Humaine%20is%20a%20Hindu%20mandala" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/honore-de-balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2030%202025%20-%203501835679&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2030%202025%20-%203501835679+CID_60b46bbc765e5b5e7094f351d239b461&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Honor%20de%20Balzacs%20La%20Comdie%20Humaine%20is%20a%20Hindu%20mandala"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/honore-de-</span><span class="invisible">balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2030%202025%20-%203501835679&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2030%202025%20-%203501835679+CID_60b46bbc765e5b5e7094f351d239b461&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Honor%20de%20Balzacs%20La%20Comdie%20Humaine%20is%20a%20Hindu%20mandala</span></a></p><p>La Comédie Humaine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=La+Com%C3%A9die+humaine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=La+Com%C3%A9die+humaine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=La+Com%C3%A9die+humaine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Épreuve des Employés (p. 145) corrigée de la main de Balzac.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Com%C3%A9die_humaine#/media/Fichier:BALZAC_Corrections2.jpg

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Which is the best Police Book you ever read ? <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://startrek.website/post/28583996">See Original Page</a> </small>

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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot +

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Be Gay, Do Crime in Publishers Weekly <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://slrpnk.net/post/26907642">See Original Page</a> </small>

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Be Gay, Do Crime in Publishers Weekly <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/35311172">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>📚 <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/qoto.org/youtube.png" class="emoji" alt=":youtube:" title=":youtube:"> **find a book you actually like in under 3 minutes**</p><p><a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> length: two minutes and forty-nine seconds. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjickmuG0vU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjickmuG0vU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjickm</span><span class="invisible">uG0vU</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/advice/" rel="tag">#Advice</a> <a href="/tags/tips/" rel="tag">#Tips</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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The 100 best novels of all time

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<p>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!</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/the-nod-wells-timelines" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookshop.org/lists/the-nod-wells-timelines"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/lists/the-nod-wel</span><span class="invisible">ls-timelines</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookshop/" rel="tag">#bookshop</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/amazonalternative/" rel="tag">#amazonalternative</a></p>

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<p>Authors You Wish Were Still Writing Today: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-authors-you-wish-were-still-writing-today/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-authors-you-wish-were-still-writing-today/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-authors-you-wish-were-still-writing-today/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</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>

Two ballpoint pens lying on an opened hardcover book that’s filled with beautiful calligraphy. Nearby is an inkwell.

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<p>“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.”</p><p>- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>The First Angsty Telepath: George Eliot’s “The Lifted Veil”</p><p>The double-whammy curse of clairvoyance and telepathy may be too much for a sensitive Victorian soul...</p><p>By Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth</p><p><a href="https://reactormag.com/the-first-angsty-telepath-george-eliots-the-lifted-veil/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K3RBABKENS84DQBASVYSTQ3G&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="reactormag.com/the-first-angsty-telepath-george-eliots-the-lifted-veil/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K3RBABKENS84DQBASVYSTQ3G&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reactormag.com/the-first-angst</span><span class="invisible">y-telepath-george-eliots-the-lifted-veil/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K3RBABKENS84DQBASVYSTQ3G&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>The Lifted Veil at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2165" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2165</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob by George Eliot.

https://archive.org/details/liftedveilandbr00eliogoog/

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<p>American artist, author, translator, and illustrator Wanda Gág was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1893.</p><p>"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."</p><p>"Millions of cats" will be available at PG pretty soon.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of the artist Wanda Gág in December 1916

Unknown author - Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota

Illustration from "Cats by the millions" by Wanda Gág.

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<p>I mean, would it kill you to let Cathy tell you about her ferrets?</p><p><a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/reader/" rel="tag">#reader</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/ferrets/" rel="tag">#ferrets</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a></p>

Three signs -- one says Library Book Return and is on a book drop return slot.
Drop box is broken! Please visit Cathy inside to return books
Update!
Drop box is NOT BROKEN! Cathy is just super lonely and wants to talk to you about her nine ferrets.

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<p>Lost in Translation: What the West Misunderstands About Byzantium</p><p>By Zoe Tsiami</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/08/what-the-west-misunderstands-about-byzantium/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2025/08/what-the-west-misunderstands-about-byzantium/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2025/08/w</span><span class="invisible">hat-the-west-misunderstands-about-byzantium/</span></a></p><p>Byzantine art at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36878" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36878"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/36878</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix (1840).

At the center of the canvas, the Crusader leader, Baldwin of Flanders, is depicted on horseback, crowned with a laurel wreath and dressed in regal attire. He is elevated above the crowd, embodying both triumph and authority.

To the left and right, Byzantine civilians — including women, children, and priests — are shown in grief, despair, and submission. Some plead for mercy, others recoil in fear. Crusader knights, in gleaming armor and crimson cloaks, march triumphantly yet ruthlessly, contrasting with the suffering populace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire#/media/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_012.jpg

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? September 02

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<p><a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> abolishes VAT on <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> in order to address the <a href="/tags/readingcrisis/" rel="tag">#ReadingCrisis</a>.</p><p>I think that's a great idea! While crap is generally free to read, see <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#X</a> etc., why would we want make quality content less accessible by imposing taxes!?</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm48mvl33ro" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm48mvl33ro"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm4</span><span class="invisible">8mvl33ro</span></a></p>

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<p>Four Famous American Women Who Were Also Prolific Letter Writers</p><p>In a long and storied tradition, these bold women recorded history—and shaped it—through their correspondence</p><p>By Sonja Anderson</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/four-famous-american-women-prolific-letter-writers-180987176/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/four-famous-american-women-prolific-letter-writers-180987176/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/four-famous-american-women-prolific-letter-writers-180987176/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

Clockwise from top left: Abigail Adams, Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston and Eleanor Roosevelt. Library of Congress (2); Getty Images; Public Domain

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<p>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!</p><p><a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/screenwriting/" rel="tag">#screenwriting</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#writinglife</a> </p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841</span></a></p>

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<p>Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World</p><p>“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/emily-wilson-explores-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/emily-wilson-explores-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/emily-wilson-explor</span><span class="invisible">es-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/</span></a></p><p>Aeneid at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Aeneid</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a></p>

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

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1781. The planet Uranus was discovered.</p><p>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."</p><p>Books about Herschel at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=William+Herschel&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=William+Herschel&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q</span><span class="invisible">uery=William+Herschel&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

Model of Telescope with which William Herschel discovered Uranus. In the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath. The secret of Herschel's success as an observer was the power and magnification of his telescopes. This seven foot long, six inch diameter, ƒ14 reflector was particularly favoured. Its main mirror at the bottom of the tube and the secondary mirror near the top in front of the ocular were made of speculum metal. It was with a seven foot telescope that Herschel made the discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781.

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A neat website for creating a virtual bookshelf

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<p>Book Review: Green City Wars<br>Uplifted raccoon investigator solves mysteries<br>Christine Baker has our review at the NOAF blog</p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-green-city-wars.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-green-city-wars.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-green-city-wars.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>A Beginner’s Guide to Gothic Literature</p><p>"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."</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/gothic-literature-beginner-guide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/gothic-literature-beginner-guide/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/gothic-li</span><span class="invisible">terature-beginner-guide/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Image shows darkness, the moon(?), a bird's eyes reflecting light, and a skull

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<p>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 <a href="https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2025/9/3/interviewing-stefan-mohamed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2025/9/3/interviewing-stefan-mohamed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.runalongtheshelves.net/int</span><span class="invisible">erviews/2025/9/3/interviewing-stefan-mohamed</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

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