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Maisonneuve: The Winter 2025 Book Room

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Humorous Book Titles: https://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-humorous-book-titles-3/

#WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge #Books #Humor

@bookstodon

Book cover for How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman. Image on cover shows a drawing of a grey cat walking around with a thought bubble filled with a skull and crossbones above his or her head.

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#OTD in 1863.

Jules Verne's novel Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (Cinq semaines en ballon) is published in Paris. It will be the first of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires. This was Verne's first novel to be published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel, following the rejection of Voyage en Angleterre et en Écosse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Weeks_in_a_Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/3526
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/4548

#books #literature

Jules Verne "Five Weeks in a Balloon" front cover.

One of the most famous versions includes an ornate red or blue cloth binding with gold and black embossed decorations.

The cover often prominently displays an illustration of a grand hot air balloon soaring over an African landscape, emphasizing the novel’s central theme of exploration.

The balloon is depicted above exotic terrain, with figures in the balloon's basket scanning the horizon.

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Undead reader. #grickledoodle #vampire #horror #reading #books #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of a vampire laying on his couch reading a book while surrounded by ghosts and bats. Caption reads "He was a sucker for mysteries and true crime."

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#OTD in 1848.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) in London.

Published amid the Revolutions of 1848 in Europe, the manifesto remains one of the world's most influential political documents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto

At PG.
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/61

#books #literature

A decorative border and ornate text reading "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei." on darker-than-white paper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto#/media/File:Communist-manifesto.png

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Only surviving page from the first draft of the Manifesto, handwritten by Karl Marx.

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📚 The Unnoticeables by: Robert Brockway

There are angels, and they are not beneficent or loving. But they do watch over us. They watch our lives unfold, analyzing us for repeating patterns and redundancies. When they find them, the angels simplify those patterns and remove the redundancies, and the problem that is "you" gets solved.
...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-unnoticeables

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #fantasy #urbanfiction #horror #general

There are angels, and they are not beneficent or loving. But they do watch over us. They watch our lives unfold, analyzing us for repeating patterns and redundancies. When they find them, the angels simplify those patterns and remove the redundancies, and the problem that is "you" gets solved.

Carey doesn't much like that idea. As a punk living in New York City, 1977, Carey is sick and tired of watching strange kids with unnoticeable faces abduct his friends. He doesn't care about the rumors of tar-monsters in the sewers or unkillable psychopaths invading the punk scene—all he wants is to drink cheap beer and dispense ass-kickings.

Kaitlyn isn't sure what she's doing with her life. She came to Hollywood in 2013 to be a stunt woman, but last night a former teen heartthrob tried to eat her, her best friend has just gone missing, and there's an angel outside her apartment. Whatever she plans on doing with her life, it should probably happen in the few remaining minutes she has left. There are angels. There are demons. They are the same thing. It's up to Carey and Kaitlyn to stop them. The survival of the human race is in their hands.
We are, all of us, well and truly screwed.

A nasty, freaky, and haphazardly funny horror story. Kirkus Reviews
Strangely readable, with unexpected depths. Publishers Weekly

Filled with "irreverent wit" this urban fantasy novel is a raunchy, rollicking tale of punk rock, gruesome horror and pop-culture satire ( NPR).

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#OTD in 1904.

J. M. Synge's tragedy Riders to the Sea is first performed at Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theatre Society, with Helen Laird playing Maurya.

Synge's use of phrasing from the Irish language is part of the Irish Literary Revival, a period when Irish literature looked to encourage pride and nationalism in Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riders_to_the_Sea

Riders to the Sea at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/994

#books #literature #theatre

Sara Allgood photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, photographer.

Source: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?van:1:./temp/~ammem_Xnh9:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riders_to_the_Sea#/media/File:Sara_Allgood.jpg

The photograpgh captures the Irish actress in a dramatic and expressive pose. Van Vechten, known for his striking portrait photography, often utilized high contrast and deep shadows to emphasize the subject's character and presence.

In this image, Allgood's face is likely the focal point, showcasing her strong features, expressive eyes, and theatrical presence. The lighting and composition highlight the depth of her expression, giving a glimpse into her career as a stage and film actress.

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Two truths and a lie: I've read the Bible cover to cover because a teacher once told me "the Bible isn't that kind of book". Immediately after The Hobbit, I read The Two Towers. I've read the entire Twilight saga out of spite.

Oh. Sorry! Those were three truths! My bad! #bookstodon #reading #books

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7 Legal Ways To Get Free eBooks

https://www.howtogeek.com/legal-ways-to-get-free-ebooks/

(just skip Amazon for obvious reasons)

#books #literature #ebooks

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Don Quixote: Was the First Modern Novel Born in Captivity?

The whimsical and idealistic nature of Don Quixote makes it easy to forget that much of the novel was inspired by Cervantes’ incarceration and enslavement.

By Lily Hunger

https://www.thecollector.com/don-quixote-first-modern-novel-born-captivity/

Don Quixote at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/996

The Story of Don Quixote by Paulson, Cervantes Saavedra, and Edwards:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29468

#books #literature

An incident in the story of Don Quixote (1870), by Robert Hillingford.

This is an oil painting by Robert Hillingford, an English artist who specialized in historical scenes.

The scene depicts one of Don Quixote's many misadventures, featuring the eccentric knight-errant and his loyal squire, Sancho Panza.

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#OTD (to March 17) in 1877

Robert Louis Stevenson's first published work of fiction, the novella "An Old Song", appears anonymously in four episodes in the magazine London. It is first attributed to Stevenson in 1980.

Books by Robert Louis Stevenson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35

#books #literature

Photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson at 35 in 1885.

Stevenson is shown seated at a desk, writing with a pen in his right hand. He has a thin face with prominent cheekbones, a mustache, and wavy, somewhat unkempt hair.

His expression is intense and focused, with deep-set eyes gazing directly at the camera.

He is dressed in a formal suit with a tie and vest, and his left hand rests on the desk near an inkwell.

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Hey.

You should check out my dark fantasy book Bloodspinner, because I'm writing a spin-off about my oversexed, brat-tacular imp Lura.

Yep, that's my high-effort pitch 😄

KINDLE: https://www.amazon.com/Bloodspinner-Chris-Jags-ebook/dp/B0DHV1S5DR

KOBO: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/bloodspinner

#Mastobooks #books #DarkFantasy #WritingCommunity #KOBO #Kindle #reading

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"Hvad skal manden være? Sig selv, det er mit korte svar."
"What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’."
Act IV

#OTD in 1876.

The stage première of the verse-play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (published 1867) with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania, Norway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt

Peer Gynt at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66239

In Norwegian at @runeberg-org.bsky.social
https://runeberg.org/peergynt/

#books #literature #theatre

Illustration for the folktale Per Gynt in the book Norske Folke og Huldre-Eventyr i udvalg ved P. Chr. Asbjørnsen. Andet oplag. 1896.

The artwork is a finely detailed black-and-white ink drawing that portrays a rugged outdoorsman standing on rocky terrain with two strong, wolf-like dogs.

He is dressed in traditional Norwegian peasant or hunter attire, wearing a hat, thick trousers, and boots.

A long rifle is slung over his shoulder, reinforcing his role as a hunter or traveler.

The background features a sparse, mountainous landscape with minimal vegetation, emphasizing the harsh and untamed environment that Per Gynt traverses.

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After some fixes and more than 400+ commits, I'd like share my repo on UI Design now having a better life on Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/tipoqueno/UI-Design

You'll get a huge list of resources to learn & practice User Interface Design (and more)

I started this in 2017 on Github but was archived 3 years ago because I started to dislike BS from Github and Microsoft.

Enjoy!

#uidesign #frontend #ux #html #css #books

Banner from the UI Design repository, with a purple background and the inscription "UI Design" in a rounded font

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"Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel 'Parable of the Sower' that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of fires, violence, racism, addiction, climate change, social inequality and an authoritarian 'President Donner.'

"That day is today."

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/01/octavia-butler-feb-1-2025-black-history-month

@bookstodon #bookstodon #OctaviaButler #books #USpol

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Sure, but does anyone start reading the classics? Reading on any level should be encouraged 😊

@reading @bookstodon @bookbubble @humour

#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #YA
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Recommendation #Bookrecommendation
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

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‘reading classics doesn’t make you any better than wattpad readers’ okay it does a little come on now

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As a society, we need to stop pretending that YA is a decent genre when it's the literary equivalent of a marvel movie.

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#OTD in 1830.

The première of Victor Hugo's play Hernani in Paris elicits protests from an audience seeing it as an attack on Classicism.

Hugo had enlisted the support of fellow Romanticists such as Hector Berlioz and Théophile Gautier to combat the opposition of Classicists who recognised the play as a direct attack on their values.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernani_(drama)

Hernani at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9976

#books #literature #drama

The "battle of Hernani"

Commissioned by Paul Meurice for the opening of the museum in 1903

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victor_Hugo-Hernani(2).jpg

The painting depicts the famous theatrical and literary conflict surrounding the premiere of Victor Hugo’s play Hernani in 1830 at the Comédie-Française.

This event, known as the "Battle of Hernani," was a clash between supporters of Romanticism, led by Hugo, and defenders of classical French theater.

In the painting, the scene is likely set inside the theater, showing a chaotic and passionate audience. Young Romantics, including artists, poets, and writers, are depicted clashing with conservative critics and traditionalists.

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#OTD in 1922.

In a "savage creative storm" of less than three weeks beginning today at Château de Muzot in Switzerland, Rainer Maria Rilke writes his Sonnets to Orpheus (Die Sonette an Orpheus) and completes his Duino Elegies (Duineser Elegien).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnets_to_Orpheus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duino_Elegies

Books by Rainer Maria Rilke at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/846

#books #literature #poetry

First edition book cover of Sonette an Orpheus (Sonnets to Orpheus) (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.

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Cover of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duineser Elegien (1923)

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Book Review: ECO 24 edited by Marissa Van Uden
A speculative fiction anthology devoted to ecological fiction.
@Princejvstin has the review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-eco-24-edited-by-marissa.html

#books #review #bookstodon @bookstodon

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A Review of What Do We Afford: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-what-do-we-afford/

#BookReview #Books #ScienceFiction #IndieBooks

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Book cover for What Do We Afford by Eyal Avissar. Image on cover is possibly AI-generated and shows a nondescript blue drawing of a male human body with various parts of it labelled. There is also a sketch of a cow behind the human. The text reads: “system diagram - Volume 1” and then has the following words and phrases written clockwise around figures: Afford data relay, Affords reverie, (deprecated), Affords calm gaze, Affords systematic rhymthm (which seems to be purposefully misspelled), Affords yield, Affords grounding, Affords noise detection, Affords extraction, Affords compliance, Affords gripping, Affords recognition, and Affords extraction.

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Why Regency Romances Are the Best Type of Romance Novels

"Sarah E. Ladd on How the “Rules” of the Period Make It the Most Inspiring to Read and Write"

https://lithub.com/why-regency-romances-are-the-best-type-of-romance-novels/

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass

After encountering the worst life has to offer, including the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

The Background is a pink and purple nebula in space.

The foreground is largely line art, in white, with a black shadow outline.

At the center is an hourglass. The bottom has black sand, with a white figure standing in it. The top has is an inverted mirror image of the bottom, with a black figure in white sand.

The hourglass serves as the balance point for a set of scales, which hold a heart and a feather. The heart is on the left and the feather on the right. The heart is lower than the feather.

(Right) Lying in blue sand is a heart made of the same sand, full of cracks. It glows from the inside in a warm, yellow color. Over that is the following quote:

Nicole felt an extreme kind of loss, realizing she’d been stolen away from the afterlife, just before finding out if she deserved punishment or not!

“How dare you do this to me? Why?”

“I’m always in need of strong spirits and I’ve seen none stronger. You have unique talents I refuse to see go to waste.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon
Series Ebook omnibus: https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion

On a world thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they be reaped like wheat?

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

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#OTD in 1869.

Booth's Theatre opens on Manhattan with the owner, Edwin Booth, playing the male lead in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Some reports said it was one of the most elaborate productions of Romeo and Juliet ever seen in America; it was certainly the most popular, running for over six weeks and earning over $60,000 (equivalent to $1,000,000 in 2023).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

Romeo and Juliet at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1513

#books #literature #theatre