#Reading "Ibn Fadlān and the Land of Darkness" and this map took me RIGHT back to the very first time I ever saw a map that looked like it:
As a 7 year old reading my uncle's copy LotR. The style of the maps are so similar I blame that for misreading "Ural Mountains" on this map as "Uruk-Hai Mountains" Yrch! 🤦♂️😂 #Bookstodon #History #Nonfiction @bookstodon
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Graphic Novel Review: Absolute Wonder Woman (Volumes 1 and 2)
An intriguing new backstory for a beloved superhero
Ann Michelle Harris has our review at the NOAF blog for your Wednesday
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/06/graphic-novel-review-absolute-wonder.html
To read or not to read, that’s not a real question.
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Incredible news! I have a story appearing soon in #DraculaBeyondStoker called “Voileta’s Life of Grim Purpose.” I’m very proud of my take on Abraham…and the woman who sets him on his fateful path.
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Four stars:
In Between Days by Camryn Garrett with Tyla Collier (Narrator) (2026) is told as a series of diary entries. Mira Howard begins her diary at her teacher's suggestion after the unexpected death of her father. After his death, she meets his boyfriend, Richard at the funeral.
#bookstodon #YA #books
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https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_06/in_between_days.html
Kontynuacja "cozy" kryminałów o Królowej Elżbiecie II, ale ta część jest już mniej "cozy", bo jest tutaj więcej niegodziwości. Z drugiej strony, to taki sobie kryminał, ale nadrabia to otoczką i dostarczają wiedzą malarską. Pytanie, czy tego szukamy.
https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/zbrodnia-w-palacu-buckingham/opinia/98998114
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For the first time in a couple of decades, I'm re-reading THE CRUCIBLE by #ArthurMiller.
I found it very anxiety-inducing all those years ago. Now that I'm older, I have stronger psychological defenses. Nevertheless, I'm presently finding it even more anxiety-inducing than before?!
Although my defenses are stronger now, my knowledge of such situations is stronger too. Thus, I feel more tormented than ever due to my better cognizance of its harrowing, spot-on verisimilitude.
What a stellar play.
Pierwsze wrażenie po 10 stronach - ale ta książka śmierdzi. A przynajmniej ma bardzo specyficzny zapach.
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On this day in 1942, Anne Frank received her first diary for her 13th birthday. On the cover page, she wrote: 'I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support." When she went into hiding during the Holocaust, her diary was one of the first items she packed.
Journeys in Film offers free Holocaust Education resources based on award-winning films to support educators who are teaching "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl".
Learn more:
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Five stars:
Rabbit, Fox, Tar by P.C. Verrone (2026) is a fascinating blend of the tar baby story and Toni Morrison's Sula (1973). Eugene Fox and Lucky Foote are vying for the open city council seat. Then Fox's niece, Baby arrives, captivating the entire town.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_07/rabbit_fox_tar.html
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Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 – February 1945) for her thirteenth birthday received a diary. She began to write about her life, the people around her, short stories — even a novel.
She dreamed of becoming a writer.
War left us only her diary.
It stole the girl, the books she never wrote, and the life she should have had.
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Finished this the other night. Excellent 3rd entry in the #LaundryFiles series by @cstross.
Comparisons to John le Carré’s work are justified by content — book №2 was Bond-themed — but this is Stross’ own work throughout. We learn so much more about characters’ reality and histories than one might in others’ works. As well, this is now a team of Bob and Mo.
Mr Stross is clearly hitting his authorial stride with confidence at this point.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
Book 7 was QueerSpec, edited by Emily Devereux.
Eight stories featuring a bisexual cowboy, the planet Neptune, a grumpy Scottish lesbian, post-apocalyptic teens, and accidental astronauts. 🤠💄🕷️👩🚀🏳️⚧️
Get it now to support trans rights in Alberta: https://books2read.com/QueerSpec
I am frankly irritated that this book is not funded yet. I read it. It's good. If you like sci-fi (specifically... space marines, it's very The Expanse like), you should read it too. We just need 12 more backers at the paperback tier to hit funding goal.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/is-friday-productions/black-hole-guns-for-hire?ref=mastodon
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Happy July 3rd, first day of a holiday weekend here in the country FKA* U.S.A.
As mentioned, I plan to read a lot. At the ready:
ANXIETYLAND, a graphic novel I've been waiting for, by the talented Gemma Correll. Super relatable.
RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC, an obvious satire that I expect will be fun as long as the author doesn't try too hard (the golden rule of humor) by Ben Fountain
THE EVERLASTING, by the great Alix E. Harrow, who lets her imagination run free, and sweeps us up into a fizzy genre shakeup.
A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE, by Cadwell Turnbull, one of the most underrated authors I know. His use of allegory is so sly that it might slip your grasp at first, so you kind of have to think metaphorically. Also, this is the third book in a trilogy, not a standalone.
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*Formerly known as. Also the title of a funny dystopian novel that does not take itself seriously one bit, by Reed King, who is like a version of Jason Pargin, minus the gore.
Also, only two cover images, because the other two were kind of boring.
This might be the worst error I’ve ever seen in a mainstream published book. How many people in the publishing process must have skimmed right over this?
Here is a new review of my #solarpunk novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, and hope it can nudge you to make a purchase.
“I enjoyed this novella. It has a delightful and satisfying ending, a main character that I wholly enjoyed meeting, and a lot of different points for discussion if read as a group.”
From Holly's Reading Escapades
https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2026/06/book-review-blossoming-of-big-tree-by.html
To read a sample chapter and for links to buy the book, go here
https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/
Four stars:
We'll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida (2023) is another collection of interconnected stories of cats and the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul.
This time it's a woman afraid of losing her boyfriend who is prescribed a trio of bengals. There's an old man and his grandson, both who stay at home far too much. There's a daughter tired of being the go between with her mother and brother, especially when the brother takes full advantage of the situation knowing he's the favorite child. Finally, there is Tomoya, the man who helped rescue all the cats that had been abandoned in the building that sometimes appears as the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul.
#bookstodon #ReadingInTranslation #fantasy #CatsInBooks
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The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s timeless masterpiece, has reached a historic milestone by becoming the world’s most translated book of fiction, with 600 translations to date!
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Five stars:
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Stamper is a colorful history of the third edition of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary from the perspective of an editor from a later edition. While going through various definitions, Stamper came across some ridiculous sounding definitions for colors. How did they come to be in the dictionary and why do they have the definitions that they do?
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_06/true_color.html
1. The Rose Field by #PhilipPullman.
Disappointing conclusion to an uneven trilogy. Parts of it reminded me of His Dark Materials and not in a good way. More like, “This again?” It’s already an interesting story, why clutter it with repetitive elements or extraneous characters and subplots? Pullman poses interesting questions and explores ideas that are easily mapped onto the current shitshow that’s our world. But the answers and resolution are unsatisfying. Maybe my disgust at real life and need for answers makes me judge this too harshly. I might be up for a re-read later…
Four stars:
The Midnight Train by Matt Haig (2026) is the second book in the "Midnight World" series. More broadly it's another exploration into death by the author. I would argue that Dead Fathers Club (2006) belongs with these two.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_07/midnight_train.html
My tenth and counting of the #GardnerDozois best short #SF of the year compilations that are gradually putting increasing strain on my bookshelves. This edition collects stories from 2006, and perhaps isn't quite as diverse and interesting as his very best, but the basic standard of quality in these things is always great, and it has terrific stories from the likes of Carolyn Ives Gilman, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Justin Stanchfield, and Alistair Reynolds. @bookstodon #bookstodon
A concerned #GracieofWales wondering if it's midnight snack time just yet. #caturday
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