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"Indo-European Language and Culture" is a great read. I grok ~2/3 of it, which is a tribute to his writing. I love it when I recognise relationships to I.E. languages I know without them being stated out. The highlighted structure in the left image feels very Hindi. On the right That only #Hindi & other Indic languages preserve these consonants from a language spoken ~4 millennia ago takes "getting in touch with my roots" to a whole new level.😁
#linguistics #bookstodon @bookstodon

text from Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction by Benjamin W. Fortson, as follows

Thus instead of saying "The gods who gave us riches can take them away", speakers of these languages would have said literally, "Which gods gave us riches, they/those gods can take them away"

text from Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction by Benjamin W. Fortson, as follows:

The voiced aspirates can also be written with superscript h’s (bh gh etc.); they were voiced stops followed by a puff of breath or a brief period of breathy voice (the latter technically called murmur). Indic (with its main ancient representative Sanskrit) is the only subbranch of the family that preserved them intact into the historical period; they are still found in many modern languages descended from Sanskrit, such as Hindi and Bengali.

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1y

Do you track your reading habits? "Like the things we eat or the ways we move our bodies, the books we consume get talked about as yet another avenue for self-improvement," writes Tajja Isen for The Walrus. Here's her story about the problem with reading lists, and a way to make them useful and even lead to more enjoyment. Tell us in the comments what you think — and if you track, why.

https://flip.it/AEiSjN

#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Reading #ReadingLists #Goodreads

30% I meticulously track all the books I read
23% I somewhat track my reading
45% I don't track my reading
1% Something else — explain in the comments

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1y

Long and Short Reviews is hosting a Winter Blogfest this week.

Every day I plan to reply to this thread with links to the posts and brief descriptions of the prizes you can win by commenting on them.

#Giveaway #Prizes #Bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #LongAndShortReviews

A dark blue banner with white snowflakes gently falling from the top portion of it. The blue gradually grows lighter, too, as your eye scans to the bottom of the banner. The text reads” Long and Short Reviews Winter Blogfest. A Prize on Every Post. December 23-27, 2024. www.longandshortreviews.com

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56d

Book Review: Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka
Of all the versions of you in all universes, can you live with being this one?
@carturo222 has our review
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-self-portrait-with-nothing.html

#bookstodon #books #review @bookstodon

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57d

Five stars:

A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, Volume 2 by Misaki, Momochi (Artist) and Sando (Original Character Design) (2019) continues the story of Lizel off being an adventurer.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_01/gentle_nobles_vacation_recommendation_2.html

#bookstodon
@bookstodon

Cover art

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82d

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.

https://geni.us/TBTMM

@audiofiction @bookstodon

#Audiobook #Audiobooks #Audiofiction #Audiodrama #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Romance #Romancebooks #BBW #BBWRomance #MountainManRomance #Christmas #Mistletoe #Kindle #KindleUnlimited #Audible

A white smartphone plays the audiobook of Taken by the Mountain Man. In the background, snow falls over a cozy mountain cabin. A sticker in the bottom right corner says: "Available in Audio."

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1y

Hello Fediverse! (as we've learned :) )

Thank you for your warm welcome.

In our shop there is a display-window for which we pick a topic that is important to us. There we place all kinds of books beside each other. Poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, childrens' books and essays. There only has to be an association which connects them. We call this our "Wabe", our honey-comb.

We'll start posting on it next week. Are there and important hashtags we should use? #books #bookstodon

A photograph of the bookshop "Buchhandlung am Brühl" from the outside. You can see three large display-windows with books and handmade craft-art from the ore mountains.

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1y

A most interesting chart. And most revealing.
#books #bookstodon #libraries

Bar chart.
Title: Number of Toronto Public Library in-person visits versus attendance at games (home and away) of major sports teams, 2023.
The chart shows that there were 12.5 million library visits, versus attendance of 3 million for Blue Jays games, 1.7 million for Maple Leafs games, and 0.8 million for Raptors games.

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56d

News from the world of #books.

> 2026 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees https://locusmag.com/2026/01/2026-splatterpunk-awards-nominees/

#reading #horror #splatterpunk #bookstodon

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44d

Und noch mehr antiquarischer #Lesestoff von Leopoldo Lugones!

Ich kannte diese Bechtermünz-Reihe noch gar nicht. Weiss jemand mehr?

#bookstodon @bookstodon

Foto eines gebundenen Buches von Leopoldo Lugones mit dem Titel «Die Salzsäule». Auf dem Cover ist eine grafische Illustration in Violett- und Brauntönen zu sehen. Der Untertitel weist auf die Reihe «Fantasia – aus dem Reich phantastischer Literatur», herausgegeben von Jorge Luis Borges, hin. Das Buch liegt auf einem braunen Leder-Notizbuch vor hellem Hintergrund.

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1y

In my blog
Publishing A Farewell to Arms, in the form Hemingway intended

https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/01/publishing-a-farewell-to-arms-in-the-form-hemingway-intended/

Purchase link: https://lucire.biz/product/a-farewell-to-arms-uncensored-and-unabridged/

#book #bookstodon #ErnestHemingway #publishing #AFarewellToArms #JYAMedia

Our cover for A Farewell to Arms.

Artwork, Isola Bella In Lago Maggiore, by Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–80).

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1y

#lispyGopherClimate #podcast #archive https://archives.anonradio.net/202501150000_screwtape.mp3 0UTC Wed
#interview ing @shizamura author of the popular #scifi https://sarilho.net/en/ #comic

#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman

#liveChat in #lambdaMOO as always
telnet lambda.moo.mud.org 8888
co guest
@join screwtape

#Questions for @shizamura please!

#lisp, #fortran, #grammars, oh my.

#Murderbots #bookstodon @nosrednayduj @dougmerritt @ratxue @mdhughes I finally read 90% of it (no spoilers please)

LISPY
GOPHER
SHOW
The gopher, on top of a building reaches down towards the lisp alien's outstretched nose.
anonradio.net 000UTC wednesdays
unix_surrealism

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1y

Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on #Mastodon where they post new books they add!

Go follow them: @gutenberg_new

#books #bookstodon #reading

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56d

What book has caused this reaction in you? 🤔

@reading @joinin @bookstodon @books

#Book #Books #BookMemes #Meme #Memes
#ReadingMemes #ReadAllTheBooks #Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Litterature #Novel #Novels #Bookshelf #Mastobooks #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove

Three panel comic by theoddisout on Tumblr.

First Panel: One figure is asking a reading figure, "Do you like the book I loaned you?"
Second: The reader turns and screams at the top of their lungs.
Third: "Oh, you're at that part."

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54d

finished reading Just One Damned Thing After Another 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by Jodi Taylor.

A shameless rip-off of Connie Willis' time travelling historian concept, but with much more chaotic excitement. A bit too much, perhaps, and not enough historic immersion. Don't think too hard, just enjoy the ride.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #SFF

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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54d

My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.

The tropes and subtext in THE NIGHT SHIP could be both trite & unceasingly grim but Alex Woodroe's deft & elegant writing makes this weird, cosmic horror tale of survivors battling the forces of darkness a suspenseful, thrilling, life-affirming adventure of determination & grit. (Flame Tree)

#book #review #bookstodon #CosmicHorror @bookstodon #mothersuspiriareview #MSReview @bookstodon@toot.community

The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe

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1y

Seems as good a day as any to release this new edition for sale.

https://lucire.biz/product/nineteen-eighty-four/

#GeorgeOrwell #NineteenEightyFour #novel #book #bookstodon #dystopia

Cover of a new edition of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four with the text in a stark, heavy all-cap type.

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55d

finished reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Gabrielle Zevin.

Two friends become productive creative partners in computer game design, but their emotional blocks cause regular estrangements (gets a bit frustrating - grow up already!). I enjoyed the nostalgia of old-school gaming, but would probably still be enjoyable for non-gamers. Now, off to play Oregon Trail ... https://oregontrail.run/

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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55d

A revenge twenty years in the making . . . is no small revenge. THE PHOENIX IN FLIGHT reimagined, a #Swashbuckling #MilitarySF #SpaceOpera by @sherwood.bsky.social & David Trowbridge. Book I of EXORDIUM!

#BookViewCafe #bookstodon #ebook #Paperback @bookstodon @books

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-the-phoenix-in-flight-by-sherwood-smith-and-dave-trowbridge/

ALT TEXT: EXORDIUM : THE PHOENIX IN FLIGHT by Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge ]

[ALT IMAGE: A midnight black background has what looks like a golden shield of a stylized phoenix rising in flames against a simple yet threatening artistic interpretation of a blazing star.]

Brandon nyr-Arkad, the Emperor's scapegrace youngest son, defies protocol and evades a ceremonial duty, an act punishable by death. He's just ahead of an attack on the Panarchy of the Thousand Suns by Eusabian, a revenge twenty years in the making.

PHOENIX IN FLIGHT begins the five volume arc of *Exordium,* as Brandon discovers what happened to his home after he left, and he has to make a decision: stay an outlaw, or return and deal with the smoking ruins of his rejected world?

#ExordiumSeries, #MilitarySF, #ScienceFiction, #SpaceOpera, #Swashbuckling, #WomenInSF, #collaboration, #CompetencePorn, #DaveTrowbridge, #MilitaryWar, #swashbuckling, #SherwoodSmith

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55d

Are you in Gwinnett County, Georgia? (Atlanta burbs) Do you want to read my book for free? YOU CAN!

https://share.libbyapp.com/title/12569234

#bookstodon #gwinnettcounty #vampirebooks @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon

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1y

"Ameisen" steht in der #Bücherwabe für die These von Bayo Akomolafe, dass wir hinsichtlich der Denkwege, die unsere Lebens- und Wirtschaftsform bestimmen, in einer tödlichen Logik gefangen sind, wie Ameisen in einer #Ameisenmühle: Ameisen folgen den Duftspuren ihrer Vorgänger und laufen im Kreis bis sie sterben.
#books #bücher #lesen #literature #literatur #bookstodon #chemnitz

$Ein Bild der Bücherwabe im Schaufenster der Buchhandlung am Brühl. Es sind neun Bücher zu sehen: Ursula K. LeGuin: The Word for World is Forest, Stefan Heym: Schwarzenberg, Leaf\Lawson: Ferdinand, Norbert Bobbio: Rechts und Links, Arne Semsrott: Machtübernahme, Magdalena Sorger: Ameisen, Hannah Arendt: Menschen in finsteren Zeiten, Cory Doctorow: Little Brother (Aufstand), Mely Kiyak: Werden sie uns mit FlixBus deportieren?$

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364d

Last chance to buy book 5 in the Silk Rope Masters series!! Grab a copy before it ends.
https://www.evernightpublishing.com/kaden-by-suzy-shearer/

“I adored this story!”

“This book is AWESOME!!! This series and this book is a total must read. Super spicy and steamy.”

“This love story is so full of surprises and has an emotional depth that is amazing. Absolutely loved their journey to happiness and their naughty exploits too!”

#BDSM #maturecouple #romance #contemporary #newrelease #read #readromance #romance #romanceAuthor #romanceNovel #romanceNovels #bookstadon #WritersCoffeeClub #writingCommunity #wordweaver #creativity @bookstadon #romanceBooks #bookstodon

Ebook of Kaden by Suzy Shearer. Background is looking down on a lime-washed wooden surface with a cream scarf casually laid across. There are bunches of mauve & white small flowers resting on the scarf. Above the scarf is a cup of cocoa.

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1y

Seit November ist unser Buchladen ganz schön gewachsen. Deswegen müssen wir heute ein paar Schränke neu arrangieren. Gar nicht so einfach für uns Quereinsteiger. 😅 Seht ihr Bücher die Euch besonders gefallen haben, oder die ihr unbedingt noch lesen wollt. Gibt es Bücher die wir unbedingt noch dahaben sollten?
Liebe Grüße aus #chemnitz
#bücher #lesen #bookstodon #bookwyrm #books

Ein Bild von Bücherschränken in der Buchhandlung am Brühl, die gerade neu arrangiert werden. Einige prominente Titel sind: Olive Otele: Afrikanische Europäer, Timothy Snider: Über Tyrranei, Casta Diva: Der Schwule Opernführer, Davi Kopenawa/Bruce Albert: Der Sturz des Himmels, Frauka Greyken: Freya von Moltke, Eva Strittmatter/Erwin Strittmatter: Du bist mein zweites Ich.

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54d

I'd like to replace that last one with, "Books where you can figure out the end after reading the first few pages." 😜😁

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Book #Books #BookMemes #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#ReadingMemes #ReadAllTheBooks #Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Litterature #Novel #Novels #Bookshelf #Mastobooks #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove

Types of headached memes showing four heads with diffrent amounts of red to indicate severity.
1: Some red, Migrane
2: Some red, Hypertension
3: Some red, Stress
4: Full red all over head, book doesn't end how you thought it should

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The world is a dumpster fire. Everything feels awful. Why not get away from it all for a bit with a bit of feel-good fiction?

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jwbliwdcn6

Sign up now to receive exclusive updates on our books, positive news stories from around the world, dog pics, and 15% off your first order … plus a free cosy sci-fi short story.

#bookstodon #queerbooks #cozyscifi

A dark space background with a cartoon astronaut dog. Text reads: FREE. Five stars. 'cosy horror'. from a reader who gets it. Cover of the short story Jurassic Dark by Si Clarke.

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