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Do you remember your first favorite book?
My first real favorite: the fairy-tale The Golden Ball.
Today I looked up the author and discovered he’s still alive: a scholar, professor, and author of academic works on totalitarianism, information policy, and hybrid wars. I may never read those. But I will absolutely reread the first book I ever loved.
There’s something very moving about smart, busy, serious people who still choose to write for children.
In an updated writing version of this meme I vividly hallucinate 1s and 0s onto liquid crystals.
The future is now! 😂
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Currently #Reading "The Book of Charlatans", devoted to exposing con artists and scammers in the medieval Islamic world, and have reached a chapter showing that one thing universal among people of anywhere and anywhen is a deep love & reverence for the legal profession. #History #Bookstodon
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"First thing we do,..." 😆
On the hour interviewing @cdegroot with @kentpitman about #bookstodon https://berksoft.ca/gol The Genius of Lisp - the history of #computers, #retrocomputing and #computing, #ai, #lisp and McCarthy - of Uncle John's Mystery Hour.
Great discussion! (boost for the #book btw)
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@ramin_hal9001 's #bookReview is over here: https://fe.disroot.org/objects/87b9e619-4e1d-4387-9f2f-8f3cf859a827
Five stars:
Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum (2026) is a queer romantasy set at the edge of an enchanted wood somewhere near Cleveland. David Carew, a Welsh accountant has been sharing a house with a roommate with absurd name: Meredith Schwarzwelder. Meredith is a handful to live with, as is the the nearby Midnight Woods, and those two forces have kept the roommates from maintaining a third housemate for any amount of time.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/into_the_midnight_wood.html
Our local independent bookshop has a monthly ‘mystery book’ subscription. The staff have hand-crafted teeny tiny editions of each title they’ve included so far. Each book cover is a faithful rendition of the real one. Amazon could never. AI could never.
Ello sweet and lovely (gaming) Friendos 
My book reading is going a bit slower at the moment... Not because I am not reading, but because I am reading a proper (Dutch) book now, instead of the digital English ones I was reading on my Kobo.
Koa's breeder, Joke, gave/gives each new puppy parent a book during their first puppy date. 😊 And while I do know something about dogs, if there is a way to learn more, get better insights and all, then I will try to acquire the knowledge.
So, I'm currently reading "Bewust van Hondengedrag", by Connie Berendsen. I hope I can read a bit of it every day, so that I'll have read it all before I can pick up Koa. Only one more month to go!
Well, I'll try to relax a bit for now, as today will be a long one for me. But... If all goes well, a good one... 🤎🐾
Some info on the book and it's contents, translated to English for this Toot (as it's a Dutch book by a Dutch author):
Bewust van hondengedrag (Conscious of Dog Behavior) by Connie Berendsen is a practical and down-to-earth guide focused on understanding and raising dogs. Rather than relying on strict, rigid training formulas, the author advocates for an approach rooted in intuition, mindfulness, and a healthy dose of common sense.
By sharing her own personal experiences, Berendsen takes the reader into the world from the dog's perspective.
The book serves as a comprehensive manual covering the full spectrum of a dog's life, including:
* The Early Stages: What to look for when getting a dog, the dangers and consequences of puppy mills, and the critical socialization period.
* Behavior and Training: Navigating dog puberty, establishing healthy boundaries, understanding how dogs learn, and the pros and cons of using corrections.
* Health and Psychology: Managing both physical and mental well-being, dealing with hyperactive or obsessive/addictive behaviors, and navigating interactions with other dogs.
* Specialized Roles: It even touches on the training and life of psychosocial service dogs.
Ultimately, the book is designed to help owners build a deeper, more empathetic, and balanced relationship with their dogs by truly understanding the "why" behind their behavior.
Some Dutch info about the book, written on/by Dagboek van een hond © (A dog's diary):
🔗 https://www.dagboekvaneenhond.nl/de-5-beste-boeken-over-het-gedrag-van-honden/#bewust-van-hondengedrag
Catch you all later folks!
If you're looking for a Christmas Romance audiobook, I've narrated a great one!
Lily is a single mom starting over in a small mountain town. Last Christmas, her brother's hot best friend Beckett kissed her under the mistletoe. This year she's newly arrived, newly divorced, and hoping for a second chance in more ways than one.
Lily is a great character: she is a woman who knows what she wants and is not afraid to go after it. And Becket is the hunky mountain man we all deserve: caring, together, and more than ready to appreciate a good woman who comes his way.
Taken by the Mountain Man by Kelsie Calloway is one of my top three best selling romance audiobooks of the year. At just 42 minutes long, you can listen in a single session!
If you like a story with a big heart and sizzling sex scenes, this one's for you. Go on and cozy up with a nice hot mountain man romance!
The books is available for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited from Amazon, and the audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and Apple Books.
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Book Review: China Mountain Zhang
A stone cold classic of future lives which holds up more than 30 years after it was written.
@DrEddieClark has our review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-china-mountain-zhang.html
"Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny and Rene Auberjonois (1981) is a brilliant performance of one of Zelazny's sillier short stories. This post will be an indulgent one filled with nostalgia and rambling. If you prefer my usual short and concise posts, please come back tomorrow.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/unicorn_variation.html
"…reading a book is a considerable commitment of not only time but also thought and even emotion, especially when you have so many books you have brought into the house, when you seem to buy books even compulsively, out of a hunger for yet another book, and haven’t yet read most of them, when you have acquired so many that although you have many bookcases, in many rooms, there are still books piled on the floor."
--Lydia Davis
A Review of Hearth Stories, Springtime Fare: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-hearth-stories-springtime-fare/
Five stars:
The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo and Júlia Sardà (2024) is the second in the Norendy Tales series. This one also uses interwoven stories to create something bigger but the setting feels more grounded despite its magical realism.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/hotel_balzaar.html
I can't say this has ever happened to me, but I understand some readers worry about getting to the end? 🤔
P.S If you know where this is from let me know so I can add credit.
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Book Review: Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer
Traumatized but healing mechas and humans building community in a ‘cozy’ post-apocalyptic setting
Christine Baker has our review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/book-review-ode-to-half-broken-by.html
Finished listening to “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. 💐🐁
(no, I haven’t seen the movie)
I have just finished reading this lovely book and my heart is warm and my mind is busy with ideas and hopes. Give it a try #bookstodon
Know what's better than one book? Two! Or in the case of the Space Rogues series, ten!
One minute they're saving the entire commonwealth, the next they're helping a drunk space wizard. And so much more!
I’ve written a few thoughts on Heart the Lover by Lily King, 2025, an enjoyable read about college days and the impact those early relationships can have later in life. I liked it but didn’t love it as much as I’d hoped to #bookstodon #reading #audiobook #BookReview #WomensPrize @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4bcf8606-6460-463a-a6c9-acafde143fec
Platform Decay (Murderbot, volume 8) by Martha Wells
Once again, the need to rescue friends distracts Murderbot from its shows.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-my-empathys-a-disaster
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I'm off to Te Waipounamu / the South Island next week for 3 poetry readings in 3 days!
* Invercargill - Tues 10 March
* Dunedin - Weds 11 March
* Christchurch - Thurs 12 March
Please come along, and invite your friends!
Invercargill is a solo gig kindly hosted by Arts Murihiku where I will read poems that focus on my Southland childhood & adolescence – in Dunedin and Christchurch, there are open mikes plus myself & other great guest readers.
Full details here: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2026/03/01/draculas-march-three-cities-three-readings-three-days/
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