"[If we talk with each other,] I'll know what you think, you'll know what I think, and perhaps that will spark off a new idea, and then we'll feel as if we're behaving like human beings rather than robots."
Jacqueline Harpman, 'I Who Have Never Known Men.'
finished reading The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by David Spiegelhalter.
A fairly readable overview of probability & uncertainty, from the straightforward games of chance through to the deep uncertainty of future risks such as climate change & AI. Not sure who it's aimed at: some of it is too complex for the layman, but not deep enough for the technically minded. Has some good examples, especially from covid. Would have liked some worked examples of how to apply its principles to real life decision-making.
We’re SO CLOSE to the ribbon bookmark! I’d you’d like a signed and numbered limited edition hardcover with a ribbon bookmark, your pledge will push us over the goal!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/villyard/immortal-gifts-hardcover-paperback-and-audiobook
#bookstodon #vampirebooks #Kickstarter @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon
This week's #NewBooks at the library:
- a damaged copy of Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis
- a second-hand copy of the 1982 classic Lamarck the Mythical Precursor: A Study of the Relations Between Science and Ideology published by @themitpress (there aren't that many books on Lamarck)
- a former library copy of The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic and Scientific Perspectives. This one came from the holdings of the JSCSC (Joint Services Command and Staff College)'s Hobson Library, one of the UK's largest military libraries (!), probably the most unusual provenance for any of the books I have.
#ClimateChange #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #History #EnvironmentalHistory #Warfare #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon @bookstodon
Five stars:
Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz (2013) is the start of the Perils in Plain Space series. The title succinctly tells you what to expect except that it's so much more. There are Amish. There is Vampirism. There is Space. And it's all wrapped together into a satisfying page-turner.
https://www.pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_11/amish_vampires_in_space.html
Hallo alle!
Ich bin nicht #neuhier aber möchte ein bisschen meine Bubble auffrischen.
Gerade bin ich eher leise, meistens gibt's von mir Geschichten aus dem Alltag oder Gedanken zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen und zur Gesellschaft. Mein Problem ist, ich will alles wissen. 😂
Sagt gerne hallo. Ich bin auch interessiert an Lebensrealitäten, die anders sind als meine.
Themen die mich interessieren:
#neurodivergent #ADHS #Nachhaltigkeit #Balkongarten #Bouldern #Wandern #Geschichte #Bookstodon #Natur
David G. Wells’ “The Penguin dictionary of curious and interesting…” books are excellent and have been great source of inspiration for me.
They are now are almost 30 years old.
What new entries would you put in these books—either because they’re new after publication, or could have (should have) been included at the time?
UncleRobin
@unclerobin.bsky.social
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This week's #MurderEveryMonday theme was VERY definite. So much so that my attempt to play almost didn't get off the ground. #Mystery #Bookstodon
https://crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/
Something is coming! Stay tuned! 🎧
P.S. did you know I had a Kickstarter? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/villyard/immortal-gifts-hardcover-paperback-and-audiobook
#bookstodon #vampirebooks @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon
Giving Up is Unforgivable – A Manual for Keeping Democracy (Highly Recommended)
Giving Up is Unforgiveable by Joyce Vance. Cuts through noise to power we still have, and responsibilities. Note: Could be the most important book you and your friends, family, and red-hat American relatives ever read. #bookstodon #booklovers #bookreviews #books
“Sugar. Spice. And the Magic of Christmas vs. Scrooge in Paradise.” A holiday, grumpy/sunshine, interracial, over 40, butch/femme sapphic romance novella. Available at Kobo, Apple Books, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.
https://www.tiffanyetaylor.com/spellbound
#hotandsteamy #lesfic #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity #sapphic
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
finished reading The Lebs 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by Michael Mohammed Ahmad.
A deeply uncomfortable portrayal of Lebanese teenage boys in western Sydney as dumb, racist, misogynistic, sex-obsessed fundamentalists. The last third was more interesting, as the protagonist struggles with the foreignness & ugliness of the White world that he has always idolised.
FREE SHORT STORY: “Underworld,” a Greek-mythology-inspired Urban Fantasy
https://youtu.be/WZlqJYddebA?si=XGJhTruQuXlc_nTA
#bookstodon #shortstory #audio @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon
Book promotion: Take a chance on one of my otherworldly stories about people who risk everything for the sake of hope, trust, & cooperation. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty, but never grim.
Because I can, I've priced the ebooks at $0.99 on my website AT THIS LINK --> https://kmherkes.com/sale-bookshop
Other vendors & formats at regular prices:
https://books2read.com/kmherkes
#Fedibookshop
#Fedifiction
#bookstodon
#books
#reading
#writing
#ScienceFiction
#fantasy
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
#mothersday #mother #books #bookstodon #quotes #quote #Thackeray #God #children #hearts @bookstodon #reading #today #holiday
The first five minutes of the Immortal Gifts audiobook. https://youtu.be/9Qn_MNnZF74?si=7n1UDFnBldosh9Jh
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“…now that I’m sitting up in bed, pen in hand, on a rainy Saturday afternoon, all my little stored-up treasures turn their backs and hide in the shrubbery.”
— Helen Garner
#SundaySentence #bookstodon @bookstodon #writing #writersblock
Me texting friend: Did you know that the third book in the Legends and Lattes series comes out tomorrow?
Her: I get mine tonight! We're headed to Travis's book signing right now!
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She's north of me and I think she must be going to Portland? That's two hours away. I am right now tempted to drive two hours to meet Travis Baldree. 😂
#BrigandsAndBreadknives #LegendsAndLattes
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Five stars:
Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner and Leah Daniels (Narrator) (2025) is the start of the Haunted Dead and Breakfast mystery series. Carissa Blackwood has returned home to help her elderly aunts run the B&B they've started. Before they can even have their opening run, people start to drop dead of poison.
https://www.pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_11/murder_at_blackwood_inn.html
Isn’t this the coolest Free Little Library you’ve seen? This is over off Ward Parkway and is a miniature Union Station. Someone put so much attention to detail into this! It’s a bit in disrepair now but still cool and loaded up with books. I just dropped off about 10 myself! ❤️ 📚 #bookstodon #FreeLittleLibrary
finished reading Playground 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Richard Powers.
The glorious wonder of the ocean, the fraught love of competitive friends, our tangled dependence on both extraction & love of the natural world, the tempting appeal of AI. Felt like there was too much to wrap up in so short a space, but he pulls it off remarkably, leaving an uncertainty as to what was real and what imagined or simulated.
finished reading Contact 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Carl Sagan.
A message from outer space is detected, and humanity sets about decoding it, then attempts to make contact with the originators. Delves into the nexus of science & religion, the complexity of international collaboration, and the social upheaval of such a paradigm-shifting discovery. Some excruciating elite-level gaslighting. Surprising ending!
Five stars:
A Troubling Tail by Laurie Cass and Erin Bennett (Narrator) (2023) is the eleventh book in the Bookmobile Cat mystery series. The local candy shop owner has been murdered and no one can understand why. As far as anyone knew he didn't have an enemy in the world. While Minnie wants to investigate she's also busy juggling her duties with the book mobile, her upcoming wedding, and a book bike that has been built and donated by the board president.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_11/troubling_tail.html
I’m so confident that you’re going to like my book that you can read the first four chapters for free.
https://dl.katherinevillyard.com/immortalgiftssample
This includes an audio link! https://youtu.be/RmDtm6koQCY
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