Family second hand haul from the Lifeline Bookfair. #Canberra #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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If you're looking to discover new authors without committing your wallet's contents just yet, check out this collection of free fantasy reads!
https://bf.authorjm.com/fantasticrealms-feb/xwn9jhxa4l
#AynRand’s original introduction to _The Virtue of Selfishness_ is now online—and it *directly contradicts* most of the claims people make about her #ethics.
If your picture of Rand comes from social media threads, YouTube rants, or second-hand “hot takes,” this is the text that breaks the spell: https://courses.aynrand.org/works/introduction-to-virtue-of-selfishness/
Let’s clear out the biggest straw men right away:
❌ “Rand said selfishness means hurting people.”
No. She argues that rational self‑interest forbids coercion, exploitation, and parasitism. Predators aren’t “selfish”—they’re short‑range, self‑destructive, and irrational.
❌ “It’s just an excuse to do whatever you want.”
She draws a hard boundary between whim and #reason. Her ethics demands long‑range thinking, integrity, and principled action — the opposite of impulse.
❌ “#Objectivism celebrates cruelty.”
The introduction explicitly rejects cruelty as irrational. Benevolence is not only compatible with #egoism—it’s a natural expression of a rational, confident person.
❌ “Rand denies moral principles.”
She denies sacrifice as a moral ideal. She does not deny #morality. She argues for a code rooted in reality, reason, and the requirements of human life.
If you want to understand the argument instead of the mythology, read the primary source—it’s short, sharp, and surprisingly accessible.
For context on the full book, editions, and themes: https://aynrand.org/novels/the-virtue-of-selfishness/
#philosophy #individualism #reading #nonfiction #ideas #bookstodon
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Do you love listening to Dave Robison, Veronica Giguerre, and Dan Sawyer? If you’re a regular podcast listener, you probably do!
They’re narrating my audiobook, which is also being released serially here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2590051
#bookstodon #podcast #audiobook #immortalgifts @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon
I'm 38% through my #Storygraph book goal (78) for the year & 51% through my pages goal (20K) but STILL haven't got into my growing PTW of #kDrama #cDrama and #jDrama because I'm finding stuff like this just FAR too riveting to put down. #Reading #bookstodon #linguistics
Reading all about PIE and having mince cheese pie for dinner, synchronicity😂
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finished reading Record of a Spaceborn Few 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Centuries after sending colonies into space as insurance against Earth's collapse, humans have integrated into alien civilisation. But now what purpose do those colonies serve, and what happens to their distinctive communal culture? Good premise & great world-building but not much plot, with a few too many characters.
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If you're going to go to hell anyway, why not go laughing 😂
@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop
#TheExorcist #Horror #Evil
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I want things that are above my reading level, that's how I get better at reading 🤔😁
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Are you on NetGalley? So is my audiobook!
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Five stars:
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, Volume 3 by Misaki, Momochi, Sando (2020) is the next in the manga series adaptation. Unfortunately the light novel hasn't been translated into English yet. If it ever is, I will absolutely read it.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/gentle_nobles_vacation_recommendation_3.html
It occurs to me that I haven't been talking up the audiobooks I've narrated in a while. Other more urgent projects are at the front of the queue at the moment and there are only so many hours in the day.
But! That said, if you ever have questions about the books I've narrated or you'd like a free review copy (I always need reviewers), ask away!
Also, if you're curious about my voice, there are free samples of all the books in their store listings, too.
https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f
#Audiobook #Audiobooks #Audiofiction #Books #Bookstodon #Romance #Erotica
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It's time for the Trans Rights Readathon this month! I'm looking forward to my third time paticipating. It starts the 17th and ends the 31st. @bookstodon #bookstodon #books #transrightsreadathon https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/
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🧵 For all who like to see my #scrollBook project in progress, I start a thread for new photos.
The idea: Having art small enough for a handbag or hanged on a wall. 'Writing' a #book that can't get copied by AI or people - but can be inspiring for others.
Materials: A vintage wooden bobbin, tea-dyed coton flannel, #teaBags, #sareeSilk scraps, #lace, #embroidery, glass rocailles.
@embroidery @textilearts @fibrearts
#TextileArt #collageArt #fiberarts #wildStitching #mixedmedia #bookstodon #writer
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Five stars:
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter: Church Management Support Plan by Wakatsu Yatsuki and Kikka Ohashi (artist) (2020) sends Kondou to audit the church. Of course the church is full of magic and he has to be extra careful. Aresh is sent out to the field on a mission and does everything he can to protect Kondou before he leaves.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/other_worlds_books2.html
This week's #NewBooks at the library: I bought second-hand copies of Animal Anomalies: What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development and The Correspondence of #CharlesDarwin, Volume 14: 1866, both from Cambridge University Press. I also adopted a damaged copy of the large-format English/German Elefantenreich: Eine Fossilwelt in Europa from Verlag Beier & Beran, which features some amazing fold-out plates. I hear it is basically out of print now.
#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Evolution #DevelopmentalBiology #EvoDevo #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Fossils #Mammoths #Paleontology #Palaeontology @bookstodon
Five stars:
Pleading the Fish by Bree Baker and Thérèse Plummer (Narrator) (2022) is the satisfying conclusion to the Seaside Café mystery series. Everly Swan and Grady Hayes are engaged and actively seeking to disprove the Swan family curse. Unfortunately for both there's also a murder to solve: the killing of the woman who was helping them research the curse.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/pleading_the_fish.html
THE EYE OF THE WORLD Chapter 3: The Peddler
I've been putting away clothes that were LONG overdue for being put away (including a garbage bag of clothes from the move) and listening to The Hills of Tanchico (from #WheelOfTimeTVshow) on repeat bc it's been stuck in my head, when I suddenly realized: I could be listening to my audiobook!
Padan Fain you horrible creep, let's meet you!
@bookstodon #TheWheelOfTime #WheelOfTime #bookstodon #audiobookstodon #audiobooks #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy
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the tissue of this scarred question
is not an issue these odd glitches
of meteorological plane of reality
lemons are almost ripe beside the porch
of my building; scared numbness and sour taste
of what to do next and how to proceed to
pass the oblivion and all the syrupy stickiness
of inevitable mundane
The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 3 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/02/09/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-3/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast
In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.
Amazon - https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
Other Retailers - https://books2read.com/AScarletWoman
#BooksByLornaPeel #Books #Ireland #HistoricalRomance #BookSeries #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Bookstodon #Romance @bookstodon
Five stars:
Tell-Tale Treats by Jennifer J Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator) (2026) is the third book in the Magical Fortune Cookie mystery series. The Pixie Inn is hosting a small reunion for a once tight knit clique of women who met in high school. Their leader and self professed queen bee is a demanding woman and clearly the group isn't as close as it once was. When she is found dead in a bathtub, Felicity fears her almond cookies might have been the cause.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/tell_tale_treats.html
finished reading Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Ed Conway.
A high-octane tour through the materials that underlie our civilisation: sand, salt, steel, copper, oil & lithium. So many intriguing side notes that sent me off down rabbit holes (African ghost miners!). Really brings home the mammoth scale, complexity & interconnectedness of these critical industries that we take for granted. But also highlights their fragility, the environmental damage they cause, and the immense difficulty of reforming them to be sustainable.
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #NonFiction #MaterialsScience
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