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<p>📚 No Fixed Address by: Susin Nielsen</p><p>Twelve-and-three-quarter-year-old Felix Knutsson has a knack for trivia. His favorite game show is Who What Where When; he even named his gerbil after the host. Felix&#x27;s mom, Astrid, is loving but can&#x27;t seem to hold on to a job. So when they get evicted from their latest shabby apartment, they hav...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-address" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-address"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-a</span><span class="invisible">ddress</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/friendship/" rel="tag">#friendship</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/7VSl63niVQI6M0jij8boyb" rel="nofollow">Record of a Spaceborn Few</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>Centuries after sending colonies into space as insurance against Earth&#x27;s collapse, humans have integrated into alien civilisation. But now what purpose do those colonies serve, and what happens to their distinctive communal culture? Good premise &amp; great world-building but not much plot, with a few too many characters.</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/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</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> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>Incredible news! I have a story appearing soon in <a href="/tags/draculabeyondstoker/" rel="tag">#DraculaBeyondStoker</a> called “Voileta’s Life of Grim Purpose.” I’m very proud of my take on Abraham…and the woman who sets him on his fateful path.<br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/horrorauthors/" rel="tag">#HorrorAuthors</a> <a href="/tags/indiehorror/" rel="tag">#IndieHorror</a> <a href="/tags/supportindiehorror/" rel="tag">#SupportIndieHorror</a> <a href="/tags/wearevanhelsing/" rel="tag">#WeAreVanHelsing</a> <a href="/tags/davidrider/" rel="tag">#DavidRider</a></p>

<p>Black History Month: What is it and why is it important?</p><p>Black History Month is an opportunity to understand Black histories.</p><p>By Alem Tedeneke (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/02/black-history-month-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.weforum.org/stories/2024/02/black-history-month-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.weforum.org/stories/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">2/black-history-month-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it/</span></a></p><p>Index of Project Gutenberg Works on Black History by Various edited by David Widger is available online:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58975" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58975</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#blackhistorymonth</a></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won&#x27;t spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>The family trauma that pervades THE DAY OF THE DOOR is horrifying, but coupled w the intensely creepy events that occur, this story encapsulates HORROR in a masterful, terrifying way. Laurel Hightower has written a beautiful, dark story about the Things that haunt our hearts. (Thunderstorm Bks &amp; Ghoulish Pub)</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a><br><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/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@toot.community</span></a></span></p>

<p>&quot;People are deeply imbedded in philosophical, i.e., grammatical confusions. And to free them presupposes pulling them out of the immensely manifold connections they are caught up in.&quot; </p><p>~Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951)</p><p>Ludwig Wittgenstein at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1861" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1861"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1861</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

Blaze it. Happy 420 c/books <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/45871651">See Original Page</a> </small>

Homeland: The War on Terror in American Life - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44277569">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Polar Plunge: An Exploration of Antarctic Publishing</p><p>In 1901, a small crew of sailors, meteorologists, biologists, and other scientists embarked on a three-year journey of polar exploration known as the British National Antarctic Expedition.</p><p>by: Callie Beattie</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026</span><span class="invisible">/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/</span></a></p><p>Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8188" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8188"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/8188</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/antarctica/" rel="tag">#Antarctica</a></p>

<p>If you&#x27;re going to go to hell anyway, why not go laughing 😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <br> <br><a href="/tags/theexorcist/" rel="tag">#TheExorcist</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/evil/" rel="tag">#Evil</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

<p>I want things that are above my reading level, that&#x27;s how I get better at reading 🤔😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <br><a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/readinglevel/" rel="tag">#ReadingLevel</a> <a href="/tags/level/" rel="tag">#Level</a></p>

<p>📚 Is This a Cry for Help? by: Emily Austin</p><p>Darcy&#x27;s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections, various knickknacks and bobbles...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-cry-for-help" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-cry-for-help"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-</span><span class="invisible">cry-for-help</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/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/lesbianfiction/" rel="tag">#lesbianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

<p>Lewis Carroll collection given to his Oxford college in surprise US donation</p><p>Exclusive: Christ Church college taken aback to receive hundreds of the author’s letters, photos and rare items</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation</span></a></p><p>Lewis Carroll at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Medieval Manuscript That Features “Yoda”, Killer Snails, Savage Rabbits &amp; More: Discover The Smithfield Decretals</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/04/th</span><span class="invisible">e-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/virtualjanecon/" rel="tag">#VirtualJaneCon</a> is happening July 19-20. Didn&#x27;t make previous cons or want to catch up? All videos are on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtualjanecon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtualjanecon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtua</span><span class="invisible">ljanecon</span></a> <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> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>I&#x27;ve just finished Michiko Aoyama&#x27;s &quot;What You Are Looking for Is in the Library&quot; and quite enjoyed its series of vignettes about various people&#x27;s insights following their fateful visits to the local library. Definitely a cozy read. Though now that I&#x27;ve seen the title of the French translation (La bibliothèque des rêves secrets) I cannot help but wonder what the original Japanese title was.</p><p><a href="/tags/cozyreads/" rel="tag">#cozyreads</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <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></p>

<p>📚 This House Will Feed by: Maria Tureaud</p><p>County Clare, 1848: In the scant few years since the potato blight first cast its foul shadow over Ireland, Maggie O&#x27;Shaughnessy has lost everything—her entire family and the man she trusted with her heart. Toiling in the Ennis Workhouse for paltry rations, she can see no futur...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/this-house-will-feed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/this-house-will-feed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/this-house</span><span class="invisible">-will-feed</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/gothicfiction/" rel="tag">#gothicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a></p>

<p>What Are Wilkie Collins’ Contributions to Victorian Literature?</p><p>Wilkie Collins (1824 -1889) was a significant figure in Victorian Literary circles. He is perhaps best known today for his sensation novel The Woman in White as well as his influential detective novel The Moonstone.</p><p>By Lauren Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/wilkie-co</span><span class="invisible">llins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/</span></a></p><p>Wilkie Collins at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/98</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>It occurs to me that I haven&#x27;t been talking up the audiobooks I&#x27;ve narrated in a while. Other more urgent projects are at the front of the queue at the moment and there are only so many hours in the day.</p><p>But! That said, if you ever have questions about the books I&#x27;ve narrated or you&#x27;d like a free review copy (I always need reviewers), ask away!</p><p>Also, if you&#x27;re curious about my voice, there are free samples of all the books in their store listings, too.</p><p><a href="https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>audiofiction</span></a></span> <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/audiobook/" rel="tag">#Audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/audiofiction/" rel="tag">#Audiofiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/erotica/" rel="tag">#Erotica</a></p>