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@neve thank you for hosting #writephant this week 😊

I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:

https://wendypalmer.au/

#books @bookstodon #fantasy #IndieAuthor @writingbooks #QueerRomance

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#OTD in 1899.

Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.

LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

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

#books #library #catalogue

Herbert Putnam, 3/4-length portrait, holding an open book; Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939 Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.

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Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father & son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII.

This inspired my short story for WWI charity anthology To End All Wars several years ago, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth, which you can read here on my blog https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #AmWriting #History #Histoire

Marble British war grave headstone with the Royal Scots emblem, dedicated to James Allan, killed 1918, aged 29, and his son, also Janes Allan, killed 1940 in France, same regiment and age as his father.

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We’re so sorry to hear that Guppe Groups have shut down.

@FediTips/115164286964463451

Guppe was a really big influence on us when we first joined the Fediverse and served communities across the Fediverse.

Fortunately, conversations and communities can continue! Here are 3 ways how:

1/3 Keep the conversation going by hopping over to Newsmast Channels:

Bookstodon 👉 Follow @books & use #books

Histodons 👉 Follow @history & use #history

Academic Chatter 👉 Follow @academia & use #academia

Photography 👉 Follow @photography & use #photography

Faded mountain range at sunset with text overlay reading "Thank you Guppe, Community pioneers"

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📚 Home Is Where the Bodies Are by: Jeneva Rose

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing bat...

https://bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #suspensefiction #familylife #siblingsfiction

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parents’ belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

A New York Times and USA Today bestseller
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.

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47d

My high school English syllabus, ranked.

By Brittany Allen

https://lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/

Ethan Frome & Bleak House at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023

#books #literature

Cover of the first edition of Ethan Frome (1911).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome#/media/File:Ethan_Frome_first_edition_cover.jpg

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Cover of first serial of Bleak House, March 1852
Illustration from the New York Public Library Berg Collection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House#/media/File:Cover,_Bleak_House_(1852-3).png

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The Novel F. Scott Fitzgerald Never Wrote
A Romantic Drama Against the Backdrop of History

By Anne Margaret Daniel (from the archives)

https://lithub.com/the-novel-f-scott-fitzgerald-never-wrote/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4GXQHD1JQF3NSKDBWP4HAFN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Fitzgerald at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420

#books #literature

A publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald circa 1921 published in The World's Work (June 1921 issue).

Fitzgerald is shown in a formal seated pose, turned slightly toward the camera. His expression is calm, alert, and composed.

He wears a dark three-piece suit with a tie, crisply pressed white shirt, and neatly combed hair parted at the middle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald#/media/File:F_Scott_Fitzgerald_1921.jpg

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@neve thank you for hosting #writephant 🙏 glad to have a chance to join in this week

#SelfPromo

I write stand-alone cosy-adjacent fantasy with romance, often queer, and ALWAYS happy, hopeful endings. I’ve been described as “criminally underrated” by some rando* on Reddit.

*rando means “random person” in Australian, by which I actually mean a lovely, LOVELY fan who I am incredibly grateful to 😊

Check my books out at my website:

https://wendypalmer.au/books/

They’re on #Hoopla and #KoboPlus too

@bookstodon #books #fantasyReads #GayRomance

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A personal SMBC
Full strip here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/a-family-dispute
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #books

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Who Were the Knights of the Round Table? (Arthurian Legends)

"In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur has an alliance of mighty men known as the Knights of the Round Table. Who were Arthur’s knights?"

https://www.thecollector.com/who-were-knights-round-table/

Books about King Arthur and his knights at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=king+arthur

The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere
by Julia Margaret Cameron

#books #literature

"In 1874 Tennyson asked Cameron to make photographic illustrations for a new edition of his Idylls of the Kings, a recasting of the Arthurian legends. Responding that both knew that “it is immortality to me to be bound up with you,” Cameron willingly accepted the assignment. Costuming family and friends, she made some 245 exposures to arrive at the handful she wanted for the book. Ultimately—and predictably—she was unhappy with the way her photographs looked reduced in scale and translated into wood engravings, and she chose to issue a deluxe edition, at her own risk, that included a dozen full size photographic prints in each of two volumes." - Internet Archive

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? September 09

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for #TransDayOfVisibility consider ordering a copy of the new 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl (w/new Afterword on the current anti-trans backlash) for a 20% discount through my publisher @SealPress using this link & promo code: SERANO20
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/

btw, if you had problems with the promo code earlier, sorry, their distributor sold out. but now it's back in stock & the promo code will work until April 15th!
#TDoV #TDOV2024 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #books

photo of a stack of Whipping Girl 3rd Edition books

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37d

First you have to force feed them some propaganda like "the strong should prey on the weak."
And then you can have instant replay of #LordOfTheFlies 🤔😒

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

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

Four panel comic of a classroom with ENGLISH LIT written on a blackboard.

1st: "Morning, class! Today we're going to start our Lord of the Flies unit!"
2nd: Teacher walks out.
3d: *Lock* sound from the door.
4th: Incorrect expectation of mayhem.

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Misunderstood Malthus

The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.

By: Roy Scranton
https://daily.jstor.org/misunderstood-malthus/

Malthus at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1411

#books #economy

Thomas Robert Malthus by John Linnell.

Malthus is shown seated, facing slightly toward the viewer. His hair is short and lightly curled, his face lined with age. He wears clerical robes. In his right hand he holds a closed book while his left rests gently on his lap.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Robert_Malthus_Wellcome_L0069037.jpg

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It's a double book launch!

Mandy Hager and I are launching our new books at 6pm on Wednesday 1 October at Unity Books, Wellington - my new poetry collection "Dracula in the Colonies" and her new novel "Revenge and Rabbit Holes"!

Check out the details here: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2025/09/04/youre-invited-to-a-double-book-launch-on-wednesday-1-october-dracula-in-the-colonies-by-tim-jones-and-revenge-and-rabbit-holes-by-mandy-hager/

I hope you can come along! Many thanks to The Cuba Press for publishing both books, and to Unity Books Wellington for hosting the launch.

Can't make the launch? You can pre-order Dracula in the Colonies here: https://thecubapress.nz/shop/dracula-in-the-colonies/

#books #bookstodon #nzbooks #Aotearoa #fiction #poetry

Invitation to the launch of "Dracula in the Colonies" by Tim Jones and "Revenge and Rabbit Holes" by Mandy Hager, showing the covers of both books. The launch is at Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington, from 6-7.30pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025.

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‘Deeply concerning’: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says

"Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable decline"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study

#books #reading

Boy reading in a sparsely decorated bedroom.

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finished reading The Mars House 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Natasha Pulley.

A sci-fi romance set on Mars, where recent refugees from climate-riven Earth are so strong in the low gravity that they are a mortal accidental risk to Martians. Excellent premise, and the contradictory reactions of the protagonist feel real & difficult. But some of the underlying science is dubious (MW ≠ MWh!!!), the romance had potential but felt a bit weak and the ending used up its momentum too soon. Mammoths!

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #SFF

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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Strongheart the German Shepherd Catapulted to Fame for His Heroics in Silent Films. Later, Spiritualist Writings Immortalized Him in Death

"The beloved dog starred in six movies during the Roaring Twenties. After Strongheart died in 1929, author J. Allen Boone chronicled their enduring connection in a pair of nonfiction books"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/strongheart-the-german-shepherd-catapulted-to-fame-for-his-heroics-in-silent-films-later-spiritualist-writings-immortalized-him-in-death-180987212/

Strongheart and his "love interest" Jule from the movie "The Love Master"

#books #animals

Caption: Strongheart & Jule in "The Love Master" Trimble-Murphin Picture.

The black & white photo shows two dogs in the snow. Strongheart on the left has darker markings than Jule on the right.

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" ‘Silence must reign’, ordered the head of the colonial administration in #Cameroon in 1958. The demand was all the more pressing because #France was simultaneously fighting the war in Algeria, provoking outcry at home and international censure of the self-styled ‘homeland of human rights’."

NLR speaks w/ #ThomasDeltombe, author of #TheCameroonWar: A History of French #Neocolonialism in #Africa

https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war

#Cameroun #Françafrique #violencesColoniales #livres #books @bookstodon

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The Inquisitive Biologist turns 8! Here's the latest review...

How would life have evolved had the dinosaurs survived? This facsimile reprint of Dougal Dixon's second classic work of speculative zoology imagines the answer and remains as captivating and entertaining as it was in 1988.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/

#Scicomm #SpeculativeZoology #Dinosaurs #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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@books - Get your DISCOUNT COPY of SHOCKWAVE on Amazon TODAY & please give it a review. They're hitting us harder now! bit.ly/buyshockwave -- Pls Retweet, Share, Repost, & Write a REVIEW 😃#books #bookreview #goodreads

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📚 Billion-Dollar Ransom by: James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski

Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.

Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the stre...

https://bookblabla.com/book/billion-dollar-ransom

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #suspensefiction #crimefiction #psychological

Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.

Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.

A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, and crypto are all ready.
There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers.
Not a dime.

Instant New York Times Bestseller!

From bestselling author James Patterson, six kidnappers pursue a whopping ten-figure payout in this thrilling novel featuring “breakneck pacing and loop-the-loop plotting” (Publishers Weekly).

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'We usually understand “divide and rule” as a tactic for dividing populations, preventing them from unifying to overthrow the colonial power. But “divide and rule” also divides people from their own pasts.'

Samuel Hayim Brody reviews #TheJewelersOfTheUmmah, #ThreeWorlds: Memoirs of an Arab Jew, and #WhenWeWereArabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/in-search-of-arab-jews/

#ArabJews #JewishHistory #MENA #MiddleEast #MizrahiJews #SephardicJews #Palestine #books #memoirs @bookstodon

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[rubrics ] ARTS IN SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY

In Search of Arab Jews
Can a culture be resurrected?

Samuel Hayim Brody
[tags] Books & Ideas, Criticism, History, Middle East, Religion

image (at left): Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

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@bookstodon Looking for book recommendations! Specifically looking for good non-fiction historical books about Franco-era Spain. Anyone got any recs?

#books #history #nonfiction

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"The steering committee elected to remove eight [of the 20] books from the list, not only narrowing the breadth of titles being discussed by teens across the state, but also narrowing the number of books they will be reading in anticipation of voting for the Georgia Peach Book Awards... All of these books are published for the young adult audience, meaning that the Bowl’s steering committee elected to remove books that are appropriate for the teens involved in this competition.

Seven of the eight banned books are written by female-identifying writers, while at least five are written by writers from demographically marginalized backgrounds."

#books #writing #writersofmastodon #WritingCommunity #bookstodon @bookstodon

https://bookriot.com/helen-ruffin-reading-bowl-book-ban-2025/

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