“Books are probes sent into deep space, seeking other sentient life; readers are the sentinels watching the night sky, like huge radar complexes, but with eyes and ears and feelings" (Janna Malamud Smith).
(I know I'm a little late for SundaySentence, but I really meant to post this yesterday. Really.)
Do you like vampires? Do you like FREE? These authors have you covered! https://books.bookfunnel.com/farewelltothesun/ysc00awnxj
#bookstodon #vampirebooks @fantasy @bookstodon @bookstodon@fedigroups.social
The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 2 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/02/02/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-2/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast
Book Covers Featuring Unique Typography: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-covers-featuring-unique-typography/
“Finishing a great nonfiction book feels like heaving a barbell off your chest. Finishing a great novel feels like leaving an entire nation behind. There are no replacements for these feelings. Videos can titillate, podcasts can inform, but there’s only one way to get that feeling of your brain folds stretching and your soul expanding, and it is to drag your eyes across text.”
Luminous by Silvia Park
A stolen robot case leads to an unexpected reunion.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/no-more-than-a-boy
#bookstodon
Another month of reading. Some fiction, some memoir, some writing advice from a psychotherapist and self-help from a neuroscientist, and even a return to some philosophy. All good.
TFW you remember Interloan & find out you can borrow a book for 20-40% the price of buying it. Yay libraries!
I'm planning to read !<16 nonfiction books this year, but none will have a cooler title than
City of Sin and Splendour- Writings on Lahore
Looking forward to learning more about my grandfather's birthplace
started listening - The Secret Garden (Complete audiobook with rain) - Down To Sleep
by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 2 stars.
[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)!
A Review of Gods Don’t Sleep: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-gods-dont-sleep/
Bittersweet Valentine’s Day - A Review of Forget February: https://lydiaschoch.com/bittersweet-valentines-day-a-review-of-forget-february/
#Books #Bookstodon #ValentinesDay #Fantasy #BookReview #Romance
Hey, mystery fans! Want a murder-vacation in your imagination? My book The Case of the Missing Finger is free on all retailers through February 16th. Also from my web store, DRM-free.
https://cheribaker.com/products/the-case-of-the-missing-finger
Currently #Reading "Indo-European Language and Culture" and it's just awesome. A fantastic introduction to (P)IE linguistics, written as textbook but with non-students in mind too, and occasional flashes of dry humour, as below
#Bookstodon #linguistics
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Alternatively, connection with an Etruscan god with the unfortunate name Crap has also been suggested, but we know nothing about this deity – which might be a good thing.
I'm currently #Reading Folsom's "Indo-European and Culture" A discussion elsewhere about P. I. E reconstruction prompted A question for #linguistics experts, especially those who know their P.I.E
How would "I come in peace" be reconstructed in P.I.E ?
#bookstodon
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Careless People is a complicated book: the author is complicit in the activities she describes, which no amount of ironic detachment or claims of trying to change the system from the inside can hide. #bookstodon
https://bookshop.org/a/7949/9781250391230
Picked up a new author from the library on a whim and the strength of a Le Guin cover blurb, only to later work out that I've read and enjoyed several of her short stories before! I liked this quite a lot for its strong characters, particularly the lovable supporting character Moth, and its blend of hard science and mysticism, even if the story loses a bit of momentum here and there. @bookstodon #Bookstodon #CarolynIvesGilman
finished reading Home Fire 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
A British-Pakistani family gets caught (& distraught) on the three horns of identity, politics & jihad. Deeply immersive for a range of perspectives.
The Jungle. By Upton Sinclair.
It’s Chicago, almost to the start of the 20th century, and you’re a brand new Lithuanian immigrant trying to support a new wife, child, and relatives by working in the stockyards, but the system is structured to wear you down, trap you in poverty, and when things are worst, replace you with new immigrants.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈
CW: anti-semitism
@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #reading #immigration #chicago #labor #capitalism
Damning with faint praise? "Indo-European Language and Culture's author once again showing he can make a textbook interesting. See also the attached screenshot
"A linguistically valuable piece of didactic religious verse, albeit devoid of literary interest, is the Ormulum by a canon named Orm"
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
Ray Bradbury
Chess Story. By Stefan Zweig, translated by Joel Roteberg.
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.
3 of 5 library cats ♟️ ♟️ ♟️.
@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #reading #chess #fiction #WWII
I'm seriously considering pulling my books from Amoebazon. Still, it's a difficult decision given that my sales on other platforms combined are a tiny fraction of those on A-zon. Which of course speaks to the bigger picture of the state of the (self-publishing) industry.
#Bookstodon
#Amazon
Four stars:
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon (1998) is about a girl who suffers the consequences of trying to fit in. Like Pinkalicious the solution to the problem is vegetables; in Camilla's case it's specifically lima beans.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/bad_case_of_stripes.html
Happy book birthday to me! To celebrate, here’s 75% off at Barnes and Noble (US only, sorry!). Use code BNPBIRTHDAY at checkout.
Family second hand haul from the Lifeline Bookfair. #Canberra #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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