Finished I'll Take The Fire by Leïla Slimani. The last part of the trilogy that traces the rise and partial fall of a Moroccan/French family over the best part of a century. The clash of the old and the new. Wonder how much is really autobiography. Worth your time. #bookstodon @bookstodon #KeefsReads
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I don't think he knows about "reading the books you have" 😂
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Looking for some comfy reading to uplift & entertain you in these uncertain times? Try my whimsical fantasy story collection. Elves, gargoyles, mischievous young magicians, heroic aunties, very good doggos, & much more.
sale price $4.99 drm-free epubs: https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1/p/relics-from-a-traveling-show-ebook1
Kobo, Nook & more $7.99:
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$9.99 at the Bezos bazaar: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJWQRWGY
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I've finished: There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs
John Dies at the End #5
By Jason Pargin
(a.k.a David Wong)
In Giant Crabs, Dave, john and Amy have to deal with accelerated civilizations that are trying to manipulate them into supporting their cause.
Jason Pargin is tackling the kind of philosophies spouted by the tech broligarchie. Sacrificing our humanity for a perceived grater good, or just building the fascist torment nexus.
It's great to spend more time with Dave and John and follow their shenanigans, but this novel is mostly about Amy and other more competent women.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2152b13c-2b95-4d53-91e9-8b9d33603d16
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I usually enjoy 19th century classics just fine, but although parts of this were great, the whole was not for me. Ludicrously long and with an oddly adolescent emotional tone, with the main character Levin in particular lurching dramatically from mood to mood in a way that is hard to accept from an adult. The aristocratic political philosophy, of which there is a lot, is vaguely interesting historically but pretty crappy morally speaking. @bookstodon #bookstodon
Access to education and information shouldn't be bound to income 🤔
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In this fast paced cowardly new world heading for 1984...
You take what is offered or you do without 🤔😜
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Have you been to the library lately? 😁
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There are two chambers of the heart
https://subspacewagon.systems/there-are-two-chambers-of-the-heart/
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I'm not saying all cats are arseholes, but they are a little bit, and that's why we love 'em 😂
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From PEN America:
"Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year... impacting the creative works of over 4,000 authors, illustrators and translators. Over 4,500 of these were titles not previously recorded in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans, the most new titles added to the index in a single year, illustrating the continued expansion of the book banning crisis."
"This year, another notable trend has been the role of AI in accelerating book bans."
"A third trend this school year is the pervasive banning of graphic novels, specifically manga titles."
Four stars:
The Bug Book by Edward Gorey (1959) is another oddly dark picture book. It involves three families of color coded bugs living their best lives until they are besieged by a big black bug. The bugs organize the take care of the threat.
Five stars:
Homeward for a Spell by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos (2026) is the second book in the Homegrown Magic series. This one follows Araphi, the sister of Yael from Homegrown Magic as she heads out on a quest, acting as the group's bard, and if she's lucky, the girlfriend of the ranger, Sage.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_10/homeward_for_a_spell.html
This weekend is the Fediverse Book Fair, a virtual book fair open to everyone on the fediverse.
This weekend, authors and publishers are encouraged to post about their books, or related subjects like research, with the #FediBookFair hashtag.
Readers can watch or follow the hashtag to find books to buy, and interesting authors that they may wish to follow.
If you don't want to see these posts, please filter the hashtag.
The excellent @FediTips has articles explaining how to follow or filter hashtags.
There is more information about the fair at https://authorhelp.uk/fedibookfair/
Enjoy the fair!
finished reading Ode to the Half-Broken
Fantastic. I wasn't sure about it when I picked this up, but it was a staff recommendation at the store, so I gave it a chance. Didn't take long at all to grab and hold my interest.
JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN (😭) my review of the new Stephen Graham Jones book just went up at Grimdark Magazine!
Off the Reservation is a brutal road trip
That revisits some characters and locations from his breakout novel The Only Good Indians.
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-off-the-reservation-by-stephen-graham-jones/
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lubber line proximity (Prince of Memphis, Part II)
https://subspacewagon.systems/lubber-line-proximity-prince-of-memphis-part-ii/
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I hate both of these things, who knew I'd have so much in common with #JaneAusten 😂
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Würdet ihr einem Loops-Account einer Buchhandlung folgen?
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Drugi tom ma piękne to, co miał piękne pierwszy tom i kiepskie to, co miał kiepskie poprzednik. Jest ciut lepszy, jest więcej akcji, klimat też pozostał, ale po wszystkim miałem dwa pytania: "dlaczego" oraz "co tu się stało". Ale będą osoby, którym się bardzo spodoba.
https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/serce-kniei/opinia/101432701
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finished reading Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
That was a lot more romance than I was expecting. Though considering the words "steeped with love" are right there on the cover, I guess I only have myself to blame.
If you're into mushy stuff, then I guess this is a strong recommendation. For my tastes it was a bit much, but the story underneath was just interesting enough to keep reading. I'll probably pick up the next book at least, and decide after that whether I want to finish out the series.
I was looking through suggestions of novels for Native American/First Nations Heritage Month, and there is a definite pattern. So many of the books are a working through of trauma, in powerful ways.
I added quite a few books to my TBR. The one I will probably get to first is Stephen Graham Jones' latest: Off The Reservation (horror), which is the sequel to The Only Good Indians.
Some TBR additions that look really promising:
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Kate Hart, Eric Gansworth, et al.
Eliza Sunshine, Michelle Good
Shards of Science, Brian Lee Young
Also: longshot, but if anyone knows where I can find a copy of The Levitationist by Brandon Hobson, lmk. It might be impossible.
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Got to love Professor Abraham Van Helsing 👌🏽
Enjoyed talking about Dracula on my channel 🧛🏽♂️
Brawler by Lauren Groff. Beautifully written short stories. Quite bleak in places, characters that are barely coping in different ways, but occasional glimpses of people at their best. #bookstodon @bookstodon #KeefsReads
Ta część jest powiewem świeżości po wyjątkowo mrocznej atmosferze pierwszych trzech części. Co wychodzi serii na dobre, ale "Zaraza" ma też swoje problemy. Choć to raczej problemy natury "wcześniej było genialnie, teraz jest bardzo dobrze".
https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/zaraza/opinia/102115908
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