Three from Dean Street Press for my #MurderEveryMonday today, very apt that I'm sitting at a table/desk as I type this 😀 #Mystery #Reading #Bookstodon
https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/
@bookstodon
bookstodon
Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Nursed Back to Health.
#nursedbacktohealth #therapythursday #butchfemmefiction #lesfic #sapphicbooks #amreading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
Be forewarned if you haven't seen Materialists yet, this does a really deep dive into the movie while cross-referencing Jane.
https://electricliterature.com/jane-austen-did-it-better/
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
Hey! Do you like vampires? My friend EH Drake is on backerkit and you should check it out!
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/e700a3e4-f120-41c2-9066-bd0d368e6a5d/landing
#bookstodon #vampirebooks @fantasy @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon
#lesficfri
*** SECRET***
Available at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.
https://www.tiffanyetaylor.com/promise-me
#erotica #BDSM #darkromance #kinkcommunity #sextoys #butchdominant #femmesubmissive #butchfemme #lesfic #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
Just a quick reminder...
If you’ve read my book, 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt' I’d be grateful if you left a review wherever you prefer.
This isn’t a plea for 5 star ratings; it’s a request for honesty. Books are personal: I dislike plenty, feel neutral about many, and love a few. Whatever your response, reviews really help. A wall of 5-stars is wonderful, but it can also feel suspicious to readers. A mix of perspectives shows the book is being read seriously.
Edited 132d ago
Free short story! “In the Water,” a creepy SF conspiracy story. https://youtu.be/BDFBkXoQGqI?si=fUnVgqCxLyWdBiJB
#bookstodon #audiobook @books@lemmy.ml @books
These Japanese versions of The Little Shop of Nightmares are truly kawaii 🩷 Unlike in other countries, where illustrator is Teemu Juhani, the illustrations in the Japanese books have been "translated" as well to better fit the Japanese market.
Edit: ...and I have the names of the Japanese illustrator and the translator! Thank you mastodonts!
Translation: Furuichi Mayumi
Illustrator: Nelnal
Edited 129d ago
https://tinjar.ghost.io/anf/download-a-new-faith/
Ebook versions (EPUB and PDF) are available to download to your favorite ebook reader.
Both versions are DRM-free and should be usable with most ebook readers. DRM-free means that these are yours to keep and also share with friends/family just like a physical book.
#solarpunk #hopepunk #bookstodon #climatechange #adaptation #migration #mystery
#thriller #amwriting #WritersCoffeeClub
#WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction
I've finished: The Scarab Path by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I had given up on Shadow of the Aprt after Salute the Dark. It felt like it was supposed to end there and I wasn't interested in reading more about war, strategy and tactics.
Now, more than two years later I decided to give the series another chance. To my surprise, I couldn't put The Scarab Path down.
The war aspect is sidelined in favor of the survivors stories, as they deal with their grief, trauma and injuries.
While the prospect of renewed hostilities hovers over the novel, the main story revolves around the mystery that lies at the center of the ancient city of Khanaphes, revealing more about the history of the world and it's two separate aspects: The Art & The Apt.
My only issue is that I hate the love triangle with Chay at it's center and can't stomach the fact that the Gestapo Fascist is the one who gets a redemption arc.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4c0fe32c-88bb-481a-863d-cbf9ed55b500
@bookstodon @audiobooks #fantasy #adriantchaikovsky #bookstodon #amReading #AudioBooks
Another month of reading in the books. Highlights include Madeleine Thien’s ‘The Book of Records,’ Vivian Gornick’s ‘The Situation and the Story,’ and Christine Webb’s ‘The Arrogant Ape.’ Reading notes about these and several other titles in the blog.
#bookstodon #bookReview #knowledgeRepresentation actually a chapter review.
My notes after Chapter 1: Classical Logic of The Handbook of Knowledge Representation.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/books/handbook-of-kr-ch1-logic/
The Unkillable Frank Lightning by Josh Rountree
Doctor Catherine Coldbridge travels to darkest Texas in quest of her long-lost husband, Frank Humble... so she can kill the unkillable man.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/salt-of-the-earth
#bookstodon
First you have to force feed them some propaganda like "the strong should prey on the weak."
And then you can have instant replay of #LordOfTheFlies 🤔😒
@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop
#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
It's a double book launch!
Mandy Hager and I are launching our new books at 6pm on Wednesday 1 October at Unity Books, Wellington - my new poetry collection "Dracula in the Colonies" and her new novel "Revenge and Rabbit Holes"!
Check out the details here: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2025/09/04/youre-invited-to-a-double-book-launch-on-wednesday-1-october-dracula-in-the-colonies-by-tim-jones-and-revenge-and-rabbit-holes-by-mandy-hager/
I hope you can come along! Many thanks to The Cuba Press for publishing both books, and to Unity Books Wellington for hosting the launch.
Can't make the launch? You can pre-order Dracula in the Colonies here: https://thecubapress.nz/shop/dracula-in-the-colonies/
Edited 128d ago
finished reading The Mars House 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Natasha Pulley.
A sci-fi romance set on Mars, where recent refugees from climate-riven Earth are so strong in the low gravity that they are a mortal accidental risk to Martians. Excellent premise, and the contradictory reactions of the protagonist feel real & difficult. But some of the underlying science is dubious (MW ≠ MWh!!!), the romance had potential but felt a bit weak and the ending used up its momentum too soon. Mammoths!
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #SFF
@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de
The Inquisitive Biologist turns 8! Here's the latest review...
How would life have evolved had the dinosaurs survived? This facsimile reprint of Dougal Dixon's second classic work of speculative zoology imagines the answer and remains as captivating and entertaining as it was in 1988.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/
#Scicomm #SpeculativeZoology #Dinosaurs #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon @bookstodon
I got this book on Saturday and am almost done with it even though it's 450 pages long. I just love his writing style and imaginative fantasy world. There's an extremely complex mystery that's also fun to try to figure out. Highly recommend this series if that's your thing, this is book 2. Not a cozy mystery though, some of the mystery elements are a little gruesome. Trying out the new Bookstodon fedi group, thanks to whoever set it up! #Bookstodon #Fantasy #Mystery @bookstodon
"The Worm In The Apple" by John Cheever (1958) wasn't published in the New Yorker. Instead it was written as an introductory story to his first collection of short stories, The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories published by Harper and Brothers in 1958. It is also included in The Stories of John Cheever published in 1978, which is where I read it.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_09/worm_in_the_apple.html
What’s my book about?
https://youtube.com/shorts/Q-oarvKcVBs?si=3SX9cpj9CK7U1kA1
#bookstodon #vampirebooks @fantasy @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon
Four stars:
Patterns in the Sand by Sally Goldenbaum and Julie McKay (Narrator) is the second book in the Seaside Knitters mystery series. The book opens with Willow Adams letting herself into knitting studio and being found there, sleeping under the store's cat.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_09/patterns_in_the_sand.html
"The steering committee elected to remove eight [of the 20] books from the list, not only narrowing the breadth of titles being discussed by teens across the state, but also narrowing the number of books they will be reading in anticipation of voting for the Georgia Peach Book Awards... All of these books are published for the young adult audience, meaning that the Bowl’s steering committee elected to remove books that are appropriate for the teens involved in this competition.
Seven of the eight banned books are written by female-identifying writers, while at least five are written by writers from demographically marginalized backgrounds."
#books #writing #writersofmastodon #WritingCommunity #bookstodon @bookstodon
https://bookriot.com/helen-ruffin-reading-bowl-book-ban-2025/
Five stars:
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi and Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator) is the first story in the Time Traveler's Passport series. The title describes the time a time traveler has to wait before returning home.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_12/3_days_9_months_27_years.html
New on my #blog: "My 20 Books that influenced me list."
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-20-books-that-influenced-me-list.html
Instead of doing the #SocialMedia #20Books or #20BooksIn20Days one at a time, I just put them all on a list in one place. Feel free to check them out.
#books #reading #ItinerantLibrarian #bookstodon 💙📚
@bookstodon@a.gup.pe
@bookstodon
Im Sommer eines meiner Lieblingsbücher erneut gelesen.
#literatur #buch #biografie #book #nowitzki #basketball #lesen #bookstodon @bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe