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When I was ten, my brother-in-law's dad gave me a set of #books. He wrote this inscription in the first one.

A hand-written note in a book. It reads:
With best wishes
To Russell
From Uncle Roy
March 1981

The world of books holds wonders
That no-one can ignore
So in your thirst for knowledge
Just take that one sip more

262d

Story structure can be good, it can also make it painfully obvious. Personally I prefer not being able to guess the ending after the first chapter... 🤔😁

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One panel comic by Tom Gauld showing a tall man and a short elf walking over a mountain.
The elf reading a book says, "We've had our "inciting incident" and we're on the "journey" so it seems like we'll be having a "crisis" any minute now..."
The man looking annoyed replies, "This quest was a lot more fun before you got that book on story structure."

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242d

If a publisher can’t market their books without relying on authors matching their efforts, they’re not very good at Publishing.

Sorry, not sorry.

#WritingCommunity #bookstodon

https://loudpoet.com/2025/07/23/marketing-books-is-hard-but-dont-blame-authors/

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Here's a fun one I like to dust off from time to time: A playlist of all the songs mentioned in my epic sci-fi action/adventure novel "309." Which one is your favorite?

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/44jn2ZtxT042lQqA2cyV6f?si=6cce850b89ed489d

@bookstodon @scifi @specfic

#music #playlist #scifi #action #adventure #book #309Book #NodWellsTimelines #specfic #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #reading #readingcommunity #bookstodon #booktodon

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234d

A well-thought-out piece on Austen, her influence, and where to start reading her works. The author is cognizant that where to start with Austen is super subjective so she breaks down what book you should read and why.

[Gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/article/jane-austen-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.UNBI.9PUoDXstXstI&smid=url-share

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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237d

So, if I'm reading this correctly, if I suggest library cats for all libraries I will inevitably become king of the world... 😜😁

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#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

There pictures of a grey cat in a library captioned:
1: Beloved Cat Fired from His Job at a Local Public Library
2: Beloved Cat Will Keep His Job at the Local Library After
International Backlash
3: Library Cat Outlasts Councilman That Wanted Him Gone

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Okay Mastodon, do your thing!

I'm looking for recommendations for audiobooks 😁

Preferably simple enough that I can keep up while doing other stuff at the same time, but not so simple that I get bored,

The last series was Skullduggery Pleasant, if that helps.

@books @reading @bookstodon

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#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Recommendation #Bookrecommendation #Review #Bookreview
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Looking for something to read over the weekend?
Something hot & naughty? Something with mature characters?
Then check out : https://www.evernightpublishing.com/suzy-shearer/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Suzy-Shearer/author/B00KOEP2W8?
And all online bookstores worldwide.

#read #readromance #romance #romanceAuthor #romanceNovel #romanceNovels #bookstadon #writersofMastodon #WritersCoffeeClub #writingCommunity #wordweaver #creativity @bookstadon #romanceBooks #bookstodon #menage #threesome #MMF #BDSM #oldercouple #maturecouple #contemporary

16 book covers set on a black background.
All books by Suzy Shearer & published by Evernight Publishing.

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261d

In this hilarious illustrated middle grade novel, a boy’s time-travelling older self gives him an impossible convince his class to be nice to their substitute teacher…or risk the fate of the world.
@simonkids #bookstodon #mglit @bookstodon @mglit

Future Me Saves the World and ruins my life
Leah Cypess
Wes Molebash
Aladdin
Publication date : June 3, 2025
192 pages, Paperback

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261d

The Midnights Reads collection by Sourcebooks Fire is made for readers who crave twists, secrets, and adrenaline-fueled suspense. These page-turners are perfect for fans of late-night thrills and dark YA drama. Ready to stay up all night?
#bookstodon #thriller #ya @bookstodon @yalit

🌞This Is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He (July 1, 2025 by Sourcebooks Fire)
Eight friends went on a trip. Only six came back. Now a killer has one night to make sure the survivors pay for what they did . . . so that zero make it out alive.

🌞Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron (September 2, 2025 by Sourcebooks Fire)
Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive?

🌞The Payback Girls by Alex Travis (April 1, 2025 by Sourcebooks Fire)
Why get over your cheating ex when you can get even? John Tucker Must Die meets One of Us Is Lying in a gripping, page-turning debut thriller.

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261d

I've finished: The Book of Love by Kelly Link

What if one of those stupid YA scary movies about a bunch of teens finding an ancient artifact and waking an eldritch horror, was turned into an in depth slow-paced masterpiece.

Kelly Link spends so much time with each of the characters, we learn to know them and love them as people with their admirable and their annoying traits.

We see them through their own eyes and through the eyes of others.

We see them grow and make their own choices despite all of the magical interference.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208506916-the-book-of-love

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#fantasy #bookstodon #AudioBooks #AmReading

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261d

For some time I had been wondering what was up with one of my favorite authors - it had been so long since I last heard any news.
So I went to her website - https://www.otherscribbles.com/news/2025/4/25/monk-and-robot-omnibus-and-some-other-tidbits - and read the most delightful news: she's about to publish a new book! This post was from April 25, so it shouldn't be long now🤞🤞🤞

#BeckyChambers #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Boeken @boeken #SolarPunk

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In #books: It’s typical of José Skinner’s approach that his main protagonist is not some self-assured reflection of his own qualifications, but rather Quigley, a dopey gringo vacillating between colonial-gaze fascination and fear of a world he doesn’t understand. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/

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31d

Five stars:

Trouble Wore Red by Chris Lewis and James Meunier (Narrator) (2025) is a noir inspired mystery with a science fiction setting. Imagine a blending of the world of Cowboy Bebop / Carole and Tuesday with the mysteries of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Now imagine a group of characters who have reached middle age and feel it in every muscle; that's this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/trouble_wore_red.html

#bookstodon
@bookstodon #mystery #scifi #audioBook

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27d

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

THE WRITHING, VERDANT END compiles 6 uniquely intense, memorable stories of eco-horror. Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin all contribute eerie, haunting tales where human nature and the natural world clash & fight for survival. Lush writing about terrifying, strange nature(s). (Cursed Morsels)

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

Paperback of THE WRITHING, VERDANT END. A skeleton holds a pair of binoculars with red lenses up to its eyes while below it, eldritch forms writhe in red

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27d

Four stars:

Last First Kiss by Julian Winters (2026) is a queer romance between a wedding coordinator and a best man. Jordan Carter wants to forget the teenage kiss he shared with Jamie Peters but now Jamie is the best man for the wedding of century and Jordan has to prove he and his family event company, 24 Carter Gold is up to the task.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/last_first_kiss.html

#bookstodon #romance
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26d

Five stars:

Carrot Nose by Jan Wahl and James Marshall (Illustrator) is the 1970s version of A Bad Case of Stripes or the 2000's Pinkalicious. This time, though, it's a rabbit, his boredom with carrots and a carrot elf.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/carrot_nose.html

#bookstodon #pictureBook #VintageBook
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232d

If you have never listened to my audiobooks before and don't know where to start, allow me to recommend The Giantess Slave by Amber Collins.

A female mad scientist kidnaps two party girls to create the ultimate instrument of her revenge: a 200-foot tall woman!

It's a scifi story with a light sapphic vibe that's the lowest heat of all my books -- it's far more suggestive than explicit and barely registers as PG-13.

It's also as campy as a 1950's drive-in movie.

And I had more fun than I know how to tell you doing the sexy mad scientist voice!

Bonus: for reasons I absolutely do not understand, several listeners have told me that they love to listen to this book to fall asleep to. Maybe my MILF-y Mad Scientist voice is soporific?

It's available through Amazon, Audible and Apple Books. You can hear a quick free sample in any of the listings!

https://geni.us/TGSla

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A 200-foot woman, barely contained by her white bandeau bikini top, scowls as she crushes a blue sedan in her left hand. To her right, text says: "The Giantess Slave. Written by Amber Collins. Narrated by Adara Astin".

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58d

What are your reading plans? I just started a fantasy audiobook, I have a library loan ending soon, and a library hold just became available. It might be a lot, but since we have a winter storm warning, there might be a lot of time for it too. My e-reader is charged! What about you?

#bookstodon #fantasybooks #amreading

Text on blue background: what are you reading this weekend?

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231d

A little reminder that all of my books are available via bookshop(dot)org, which means that pretty much any local book store can stock them, and benefit from their sale online. If you haven't tried Bookshop, here's a great place to start!

https://bookshop.org/shop/michaelshotter

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#Bookstodon This would be an amazing day to get your #Fridayreads direct from us! Award-winning great queer books right this way! And the Astreiant Series is eligible for the Best Series Hugo Award! Sales have been very slow, not surprisingly, and we’re taking some external platform hits as well. https://queenofswordspress.com

Book card for the Wolves of Wolf’s Point books

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This week's #NewBooks at the library:
- For my birthday back in December, I treated myself to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from The Folio Society.
- A review copy of Simon Lamb's The Oldest Rocks on Earth: A Search for the Origins of Our World from Columbia University Press (a review is forthcoming).
- A second-hand copy of Peter Godfrey-Smith's Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection from Oxford University Press. This one was withdrawn from the holdings of the nearby Devon Libraries, but has found a welcome home with me.
#Books #Scicomm #Geology #EarthSciences #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #Bookstodon @bookstodon

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, standing up, Frankenstein, showing a black silhouette of a humanoid figure in shredded clothing against what would be white rocks. The book is bound in blue cloth and is standing in front of a blue marbled slipcase.

In the middle, lying down, The Oldest Rocks on Earth, a paperback showing a colour photo of a mountainous landscape (to be specific, a view of the Makhonjwa Mountains in northwest Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Africa.

On the right, standing up, Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection, a hardback showing drawings of ammonites on a pale pink background, with a white-bordered square with an ammonite drawing on a pale orange background in the centre.

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It's almost like publishers don't know the Spice of Life when they see it 😜😂

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Two panel meme of a person being uplifted by an angel.
Panel one: Frank Herbert getting rejected by every credible publisher.
Panel two: A company that specializes in car repair manuals thinking his story about giant worms and space drugs is kinda neat.

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Wonderful to see that a Standard Ebooks edition of Mary Butts’ brilliant but somewhat neglected modernist novel Armed With Madness has been released today.

#MaryButts #ArmedWithMadness #Modernism #ModernistLiterature #StandardEbooks #Ebooks #FreeEbooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/mary-butts/armed-with-madness