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<p>started listening <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/podcast/episode/4vgRGu9HAobEgKbl58h7UP" rel="nofollow">- The Secret Garden (Complete audiobook with rain) - Down To Sleep</a><br>by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 2 stars.</p><p>[re-read] Illness is all in your head which can be overcome through fresh air & mental fortitude. Fuck that shit ... Surprised it didn't trigger me on my first read (4 stars)!</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sleepstory/" rel="tag">#SleepStory</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</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> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

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

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<p>Every Friday, I meet a member of the British Fantasy Society and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Join us to celebrate the release of Marco Michelutto's new novel, and meet the real-world dog that he put into his fantasy academic world.</p><p><a href="https://britishfantasysociety.org/meet-marco-michelutto/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="britishfantasysociety.org/meet-marco-michelutto/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">britishfantasysociety.org/meet</span><span class="invisible">-marco-michelutto/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/creativity/" rel="tag">#creativity</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasyacademia/" rel="tag">#fantasyacademia</a></p>

On a black background with flourishes of red dots and lines is the text: Meet the BFS members! Marco Michelutto. Marco is pictured in the centre: he is a white man with brown short hair and beard, and is taking a selfie on a balcony overlooking the street.

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<p>"Nearly 92% of censorship attempts in 2025 were initiated by pressure groups. This marks a 20-point increase over 2024."</p><p>"Pressure groups and the decision makers they influenced targeted 7,884 total titles in 2025. From 2001-2020, this constituency tried to remove an average of 46 titles per year. From 2021-2025, they targeted an average of 5,238 titles annually."</p><p><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> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ala.org/news/state-america</span><span class="invisible">s-libraries-report-2026</span></a></p>

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<p>"Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords."<br>Letter (8 June 1762) [to an unnamed recipient], p. 103</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1906.</p><p>J. M. Dent and Co. initiates the U.K. Everyman's Library series, edited by Ernest Rhys. The first title is Boswell's Life of Johnson.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman%27s_Library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman%27s_Library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman</span><span class="invisible">%27s_Library</span></a></p><p>Life of Samuel Johnson at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1564" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1564</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page to the 1791 first edition The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, as found on the Google Books scan of the Bodleian Library copy.

Henry Baldwin - https://books.google.com/books?id=P-INAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA327#v=onepage&q&f=false

The title is in a large, serif font, with variations in font size and capitalization for emphasis.

"The Life of Samuel Johnson" is prominently displayed.

“LL.D.” follows Johnson’s name, denoting his honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Boswell’s name is given with "Esq." (Esquire), a common 18th-century honorific.

A Latin quotation (often included in scholarly works of the time) appears below the author’s name.

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<p>Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein</p><p>Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online</p><p>by Donna Ferguson</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/science/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

Portrait of Michael Faraday.

Faraday is seated and dressed formally in 19th-century attire, wearing a dark suit with a waistcoat, a white shirt, and a bow tie.

His expression is calm and contemplative, and he is resting his head on his hand, which adds an intellectual, thoughtful mood to the portrait.

His hair is parted and brushed back, showing his distinctive hairstyle—slightly tousled and graying.

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<p>📚 Woman Down by: Colleen Hoover</p><p>Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/woman-down" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/woman-down</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspense/" rel="tag">#suspense</a></p>

Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. And she's been uninspired to write ever since.

Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a secluded lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It's Petra's last-ditch attempt to save her career―and herself.

Then he shows up.

Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with disturbing news, his presence igniting a creativity in her she thought long since burned out. Petra's words return in a rush, and her fictional cop character begins to mirror the very real cop who’s becoming her muse.

Their “research” sessions blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Each glance, every touch pulls Petra deeper into a world she thought she’d never lose herself in again. She’s never felt more alive. But inspiration this powerful comes at a cost.

When Saint starts taking his role in her career a little too seriously, Petra’s forced to confront the chaos she created. But doing so could cost her more than the reputation she’s been trying to salvage. The reputation the world wrote for her―the reputation only she can reclaim.

In this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a frustrated author looks for

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<p>I don't typically post about non fiction but I finished Meditations last month and it is one of my first forays into philosophical literature. It's very much worth your time to read, learning about the mentality and inner thoughts of how one of the foremost Roman Emperors managed to keep his head about him and work through his problems. <br>⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟<br> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/classicliterature/" rel="tag">#ClassicLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/marcusaurelius/" rel="tag">#marcusaurelius</a> <a href="/tags/bookstadon/" rel="tag">#bookstadon</a> <a href="/tags/bookphotography/" rel="tag">#bookphotography</a></p>

don't typically post about non fiction but I finished Meditations last month and it is one of my first forays into philosophical literature. It's very much worth your time to read, learning about the mentality and inner thoughts of how one of the foremost Roman Emperors managed to keep his head about him and work through his problems.
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@bookstodon@a.gup.pe #books #ClassicLiterature #marcusaurelius #bookstadon #bookphotography

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Are all Sherlock Holmes books like 'A Study in Scarlet'?

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<p>📚 Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It by: Ellen Jones</p><p>An eye-opening and essential look at the discrimination still faced by LGBTQIA+ people today, woven throughout with moving and jaw-dropping personal accounts, plus practical steps anyone can take to help change things...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/Outrage-why-the-fight-for-LGBT" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/Outrage-why-the-fight-for-LGBT"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/Outrage-wh</span><span class="invisible">y-the-fight-for-LGBT</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/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/socialscience/" rel="tag">#socialscience</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a></p>

An eye-opening and essential look at the discrimination still faced by LGBTQIA+ people today, woven throughout with moving and jaw-dropping personal accounts, plus practical steps anyone can take to help change things.

Complete equality for LGBTQIA+ people should be our benchmark. But despite massively increased visibility in mainstream life and culture, the queer community is facing unacceptable levels of prejudice and danger—from the rise in homophobic and transphobic violence to the rollback of hard-fought-for rights across the globe.

In this groundbreaking, compelling and highly readable book, writer and activist Ellen Jones exposes the discrimination queer people continue to face in all areas of life, from marriage to mental health, education to ageing, religion to sport and much more. In searing prose, punctuated with moving personal accounts, Jones sets out not only the issues but also practical actions that readers can take to create a more equal society, and highlights the trailblazers whose amazing work is already changing the world.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836 (dated April)</p><p>The first monthly part of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is issued in London. On April 20, the original illustrator, Robert Seymour, shoots himself and Dickens has more freedom to develop the story in his own way.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pick</span><span class="invisible">wick_Papers</span></a></p><p>The Pickwick Papers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of serial, "Pickwick Club" by Charles Dickens.

Typical cover illustrations depict Mr. Samuel Pickwick, the kind-hearted and portly founder of the club, along with his fellow club members—Mr. Tupman, Mr. Snodgrass, and Mr. Winkle. They are often dressed in 19th-century attire, engaged in comical or exaggerated activities, such as traveling in a carriage, engaging in lively discussions, or encountering eccentric characters.

Many editions feature artwork inspired by the original illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (known as Phiz) or Robert Seymour, who initially illustrated the novel. The scenes on the cover typically capture the novel’s lighthearted and satirical tone, emphasizing Dickens’s signature blend of humor and social commentary.

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<p>Chess Story. By Stefan Zweig, translated by Joel Roteberg.</p><p>The world chess champion, a man of low birth and somehow no imagination, is on a long voyage with you, and you finagle a game pitting him against a dozen random players, one of whom turns out to be an anonymous man of astounding chess abilities that were acquired through horrific circumstances.</p><p>3 of 5 library cats ♟️ ♟️ ♟️.</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> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/chess/" rel="tag">#chess</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/wwii/" rel="tag">#WWII</a></p>

Book cover featuring a chess board

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<p>George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science</p><p>In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J. Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune calling for more science education.</p><p>By Robert Colls</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/george-orwell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/george-orwell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/george-orw</span><span class="invisible">ell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447</span></a></p><p>Science education at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=science+%2Beducation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=science+%2Beducation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=science+%2Beducation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

Picture of George Orwell which appears in an old accreditation for the Branch of the National Union of Journalists (BNUJ).

The black and white portrait shows Orwell with his characteristic thin mustache, intense gaze, and slightly disheveled dark hair, likely taken during his years as a journalist and writer in the 1940s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#/media/File:George_Orwell_press_photo.jpg

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<p>📚 People Like Us by: Jason Mott</p><p>In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics ab...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/people-like-us" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/people-like-us"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/people-lik</span><span class="invisible">e-us</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/southern/" rel="tag">#southern</a></p>

In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.

People Like Us is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once. It is an utter triumph bursting with larger-than-life characters who deliver a very real take on our world. This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing; it also is buoyed by riotous humor and characters who share the deepest love. It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes, delivering something utterly new yet instantly recognizable as a Jason Mott novel.

Finishing the novel will leave you absolutely breathless and, at the same time, utterly filled with joy for life, changed forever by characters who are people like us.

One of USA Today's 15 Books You Should Read This Summer
One of Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Hot New Summer Reads
One of People's Most Anticipated Summer Books
One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025

The riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 National Book Award winner and bestseller Hell of a Book

People Like Us is Jas

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<p>📚 Otherworldly by: Dwain Worrell</p><p>Cleo Xavier is a renowned astronaut and explorer, not an addict. At least, that's what she tells herself. She's always been able to navigate the isolation and loneliness that come with space exploration, which makes her a perfect candidate to join four other astronauts on a mission to Orbis Alius, the farthest planet in the ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/otherworldly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/otherworldly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/otherworld</span><span class="invisible">ly</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/aliencontact/" rel="tag">#aliencontact</a></p>

Cleo Xavier is a renowned astronaut and explorer, not an addict. At least, that's what she tells herself. She's always been able to navigate the isolation and loneliness that come with space exploration, which makes her a perfect candidate to join four other astronauts on a mission to Orbis Alius, the farthest planet in the solar system, to test its terraforming viability.

But when Cleo and her crew arrive on Orbis Alius, its surrounding wasteland reveals mysteries and horrors that none of them could...

Source: Publisher

From award-winning writer, producer, and filmmaker Dwain Worrell comes a poignant and thrilling science fiction adventure about a young astronaut navigating addiction and loss who finds herself stranded on a mysterious planet where members of her crew go missing one by one.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald sets him up as a writer and celebrity. An initial 3,000 copies sell out in three days. The book's reputation dims in later years, but Dorothy Parker will recall that it was seen as innovative when it first appeared.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Sid</span><span class="invisible">e_of_Paradise</span></a></p><p>This Side of Paradise at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/805" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/805</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of Fitzgerald's 1920 novel, This Side of Paradise, by illustrator W. E. Hill. The cover's title text is in white font, and the background is dark yellow.

The cover depicts a haughty young woman wearing a white dress and holding a hand fan with large white feathers.

Behind her, a dashing young man in a dark suit, white shirt, and black bow tie is leaning forward as if to whisper in her ear.

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<p>Strip the DRM from your Kindle books, simple effective, free, online <a href="https://dedrm.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>dedrm.com/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> <a href="/tags/amazon/" rel="tag">#Amazon</a> <a href="/tags/drm/" rel="tag">#DRM</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>"She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking some past stage on this adventurous, long, long voyage, this interminable — this interminable life."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1915.</p><p>Virginia Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out, is published in London by the firm of her half-brother, Gerald Duckworth.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voya</span><span class="invisible">ge_Out</span></a></p><p>The Voyage Out at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/144</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of the first edition of w:Virginia Woolf's w:The Voyage Out, Duckworth & Co., London, 1915.

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<p>The great American classic we’ve been misreading for 100 years<br>The Great Gatsby is more than cocktail parties and color symbolism.</p><p>by Constance Grady</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/402406/great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-centennial-100" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vox.com/culture/402406/great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-centennial-100"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vox.com/culture/402406/gre</span><span class="invisible">at-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-centennial-100</span></a></p><p>The Great Gatsby at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The front dust jacket art of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, with title against a dark sky. Beneath the title are lips and two eyes, looming over a city.

Original cover illustration by Francis Cugat (1893–1981) and published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

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<p>A Review of Gods Don’t Sleep: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-gods-dont-sleep/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-gods-dont-sleep/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-go</span><span class="invisible">ds-dont-sleep/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</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 Gods Don’t Sleep Author: TheRizzX (Rishi Raagav). Image on cover his a possibly AI-generated scene of three people with glowing eyes standing in the middle of red light that looks like its pouring down onto them.

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<p>Bittersweet Valentine’s Day - A Review of Forget February: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/bittersweet-valentines-day-a-review-of-forget-february/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/bittersweet-valentines-day-a-review-of-forget-february/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/bittersweet-va</span><span class="invisible">lentines-day-a-review-of-forget-february/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/valentinesday/" rel="tag">#ValentinesDay</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</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> <br>@romancelandia</p>

Book cover for Forget February by Holly Schindler. Image on cover shows a red heart that’s been broken into a dozen or more pieces and lies shattered on a black surface.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/FeyFighters" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/FeyFighters</a></p><p>Two soldiers on opposite sides, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates forever entwined, first by revenge, but as they crash together in a dangerous rainforest, they’re forced to work together, just to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?</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><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Fey Fighters, by Owen Tyme.

The background is the stars of space, with nebula-like clouds, in blue. This has been divided into jigsaw puzzle pieces by dark lines marking the lines between pieces.

The foreground features an enormous, stylized phoenix, which is composed of fire. The phoenix looms over an Earth-like world heavily obscured by cloud cover.

(Right) The same world from the cover orbits a purple gas giant, with a stream of flame above it, which may be the phoenix, with the following text over the top:

“We’re in a human-made, goblin-enchanted spacecraft, powered by a dryad that’s under the mistaken impression she’s a nuclear reactor, half-piloted by a pixie and half-piloted by a human.”

“Is there anywhere we can go we won’t be shot on sight?”

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

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<p>New year, new books! I have 25 new <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> science fiction, fantasy, and horror book releases on my list for this month. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</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><p><a href="https://kilagreene.bearblog.dev/january-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kilagreene.bearblog.dev/january-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kilagreene.bearblog.dev/januar</span><span class="invisible">y-2026/</span></a></p>

Cover of the book ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield. It features art of a Black woman surrounded by snakes and flowers.

Art of the book WITCH IN THE WALL by Quinn Hogshead. It has art of a hooded figure with lightning behind him.

Cover of the book TO RIDE A RISING STORM by Moniquill Blackgoose. It has art of stylized dragons on a blue background.

Cover of the book CITY OF OTHERS by Jared Poon. It features art of a blue silhouetted cityscape with orange tentacles rising from within it, waves looming above it, and a white cat perched on one of the letters of the title text.

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<p>Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy</p><p><a href="https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75877" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75877"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thehistoryblog.com/archive</span><span class="invisible">s/75877</span></a></p><p>The Illiad at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Iliad" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Iliad"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Iliad</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a></p>

Illustration from the "Iliad for Boys and Girls." The Fight for the body of Patroclus shows opponents facing each other and about to throw spears. On the left several men are trying to drag the naked body of Patroclus away.

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<p>Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America</p><p>Considering the Role of Blackness and Black Bodies in the American Literary Canon</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-what-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-what-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-wh</span><span class="invisible">at-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/</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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