Happy National Library Week!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week
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As a rule I couldn't give a fetid dingo kidney for celebrity endorsements of books I'm #Reading
BUT in the https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/ edition of "Mystery of Mr Jessop" the intro by Curtis Evans proved an exception. Learning that PGW liked it enough to have Bertie Wooster quote from it from it left me very gruntled 😍
The introductions that DSP gets for most of their books really add a lot of interest and value to the releases. Very well worth it
Five stars:
A Pose Before Dying by Alex Erickson and Amy Melissa Bentley (Narrator) (2024) is the start of the Cat Yoga Mystery series. Ash Branson has just opened her cat yoga studio. She teaches yoga and fosters cats. Students who connect with a cat can adopt them. But she's plagued by a dog groomer neighbor who wants her shut down and then one of her students is murdered in her studio.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_01/pose_before_dying.html
I spent yesterday afternoon finishing The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (my 3rd book by Iris Murdoch, and what a great title!) which I mostly enjoyed, especially the first half, and am looking forward to listening to the Backlisted podcast on it this morning to hear their take on it! #Bookstodon #Reading
I love pie. Living my entire life in #Aotearoa, my favourite pies are steak and mushroom, steak and cheese, and pepper steak.
But I love #Reading about PIE almost as much as I love eating pie, and Laura Spinney's "Proto was a delicious read. 4.5/5 at #TheStoryGraph for me
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“Rats fed a calorie restricted diet lived longer and were healthier than those allowed to eat without limit. During caloric restriction or CR, an animals is fed 30 to 50% fewer calories than it would consume if it ate as much as it liked ad libitum while making sure that it consumes enough essential nutrients to not become malnourished. In rodents and other species, animals on CR live 20 to 50% longer as judge by both average lifespan and maximum lifespan. Moreover, they appeared to have delayed the onset of several diseases of aging, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and cancer.”
An excerpt from the book, “Why We Die” by Venki Ramakrishnan
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People always say you shouldn't rush growing up, so I'm saving my adulthood for when they put me in the incinerator 😜😂
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It's been almost a month since I last performed any maintenance on my digital library (maintenance primarily being backing up recently purchased books and a few post-processing actions). I feel like the books that catch attention and make their way to a TBR shelf can tell you, well maybe not a lot, but at least something about someone, and I think this is a pretty comprehensive, and not bad looking list of books, IMO. So, here are the books I've recently added to my library (all, sadly, bought through Amazon at severe discounts):
- A Memory Called Empire (Book 1 of Teixcalaan) by Arkady Martine*
- These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe*
- The Rose Rent (Book 13 of The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael) by Ellis Peters
- Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
- Pastoralia by George Saunders
- Grave Empire (The Great Silence) by Richard Swan
- The Best of Me by David Sedaris
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel
- The Kill Artist (Book 1 of Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva**
- The Mephisto Club (A Rizzoli & Isles Novel) by Tess Gerritsen
- The Running Man by Stephen King
- The Long Walk by Stephen King
- Night Shift by Stephen King
- Christine by Stephen King
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
- The Warded Man (Book 1 of the Demon Cycle) by Peter V. Brett
- Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe) by Jason Pargin & David Wong***
- Shadow and Bone (Book 1 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo
- Siege and Storm (Book 2 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo
- Neon Riders by AE Marling*
- Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead (The Loyal Opposition Trilogy) by K. J. Parker***
- Queen Demon (Book 2 of the Rising World) by Martha Wells
- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
- No Life Forsaken (Book 2 of Witness) by Steven Erikson
- Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
- The Tiger and the Wolf (Book 1 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Bear and the Serpent (Book 2 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Hyena and the Hawk (Book 3 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- King Sorrow by Joe Hill
- Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
*These books were discovered via the fediverse (thanks for the recommendations and for sharing)
**Recommended via IRL local networks
***Just some badass covers because, don't lie, everyone loves a good book cover
This week's #NewBooks at the library:
- I finally bought #TerryGoodkind's "The Children of D'Hara" bundle from Head of Zeus to replace the individual novellas I had.
- Plus a second-hand copy of James Delbourgo's "Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of #HansSloane" from Allen Lane.
- and a second-hand copy of "Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?" by the ever-thoughtful Michael Ruse, published by Harvard University Press.
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Book six of the apparently neverending series of Deverry novels by #KatharineKerr was a strong outing, with a perfect balance between her usual elements of ethereal high magic and low, dirty, gritty small scale violence. Would be incomprehensible to anyone not already steeped in the setting and characters, however. #Bookstodon @bookstodon #fantasy
#Vietnamese history is filled with incredible women and it is something I am very proud of.
"The Bronze Drum" is a book about the first rebellion against China lead by a pair of Vietnamese sisters known as "Hai Bà Trưng." (The book is in English).
Their courage is a symbol of resilience against colonizers and oppression that has stood thousands of years.
Happy Womens Day y'all. Women are incredible.
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The game's afoot and Klaus and Marsha are back with another cozy mystery filled with more color than a drag queen's makeup box!
Check out the latest Pride Street cozy corgi mystery on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thorncoyle/bookish-baddies-cozy-corgi-mysteries?ref=6m1rr8
Five stars:
Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower and Rebecca Mitchell (Narrator) (2019) is the fourth book in the Amish Candy Shop mystery series. Bailey King is barely back from a brief sojourn to New York City where she was filming the pilot for Bailey's Amish Sweets when a man collapses at her feet, dead.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/toxic_toffee.html
I’m just saying… from Nikki on NetGalley and Goodreads.
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Calling on #bookstodon 🗣️🗣️
I am looking for book recommendations! I’m in need of something new to read. I tend to enjoy fiction. Satirical. Dark humor.
I love Kurt V, Bradbury, Huxley. Stuff like that.
Book friends, can you give a sister some reccs?
Thank you 🙏🏽
Why does fiction matter?
Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.
A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.
In other words: novels may help us practice empathy.
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At no point of reading this book do I have the slightest idea of what is going to happen next
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YEHUDA AMICHAI
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Amichai, Yehuda. 1977. Amen : Poems. Translated by Ted Hughes. 2nd ed. Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions.
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Four stars:
Killer Takeout by Lucy Burdette and Laura Jennings (Narrator) (2016) is the seventh book in the Key West Food Critic mystery series. It's Fantasy Fest time and Danielle, Hayley's coworker at Key Zest is the queen of the event this year. Things go horribly wrong when her most ardent rival is poisoned during the zombie bike ride.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/killer_takeout.html
finished reading The Veiled Throne 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Ken Liu.
A silkpunk epic full of far-fetched but fun battles - of both the naval and MasterChef kind! A refreshing change from the usual fantasy fare, although rather too long & detailed. Explores the mess of identity, culture & colonisation.
The Portrait of a Lady. Henry James.
You are an orphaned young, late 19th century American woman with a strong vision for yourself, you head to Europe, where you attempt to avoid the matchmaking of various female friends, and the aggressive courtship of various men; you receive an unexpected boon, but the stronger you get, the more misery comes too.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
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Currently reading Agatha Christie's "The Murder on the Links" which I downloaded free of charge thanks to @gutenberg_org
A top-notch book. Hercule Poirot mysteries are such a joy. Thoroughly enjoying it. Get your copy at:
#Bookstodon Got terrible news about my friend and Queen of Swords Press author, M.Christian last night. Chris passed away from a heart attack on 1/1. I had just nominated their gay vampire novel, RUNNING DRY, for the SSBA awards and I was trying to reach them to share that news.😢 I worked with Chris as an editor on multiple books earlier in my career and they were just a stellar human. 💔 I do know they‘d love to have more people read and celebrate their work. 1/2 https://books2read.com/runningdry
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