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I wouldn't say I hyperfixated, but Lord of the Rings was my first in a long line of fantasy crushes 😁

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fuck ur zodiac sign, what book series did u hyperfixate on when u were growing up because u projected an escape fantasy into that world as an alternative to ur suburban life

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“A gripping, beautifully written, well-paced but introspective novel, it is perhaps Buchan’s finest achievement. He based the landscapes and the journey closely on some of his own travels in the northwest as Governor-General of Canada, and the book reflects clearly the immensity and variety not only of Canada’s landscapes but its peoples”

—Jordan M Poss on John Buchan’s SICK HEART RIVER 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://www.jordanmposs.com/blog/2022/6/30/sick-heart-river

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98d

As far as I can tell whoever I choose I will be rescued, so the real question is who do I most want to hang out with 🤔😁 And that is a toss up between Vimes, Susan, and Esme...

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Nine characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld with the caption, "You've been kidnapped. You can only call one person here to rescue you."

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96d

Today is Thomas Mann’s #birthday.

His novel Doctor Faustus feels strikingly modern: it is not just a novel about the past. It is a warning.

Mann shows how a gifted person — and even an entire country — can be seduced by evil and lose their soul.

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94d

We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.

Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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94d

“SCABBY QUEEN is a life and death struggle of a book: wounded, angry, beautiful, righteous, beaten and triumphant”
—A.L. Kennedy

Currently on BBC Sounds: award-winning writer Kirstin Innes talks about her second novel, SCABBY QUEEN. Published in 2020, the book explores the life of one-hit wonder & political activist Clio Campbell, who is found dead three days before her fifty-first birthday

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xdch

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92d

Do what you can and jump straight to acceptance 😁

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Comic with a couple reading in bed.

Caption: THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEVING FOR AN OVERAMBITIOUS READING RESOLUTION

DENIAL: No, finishin a book every 2,7 days is not absurd!
ANGER: Why are all these books so long!!
BARGAINING: If you read a book and tell me about it, that counts, right?
DEPRESSION: All joy has fled, yet my failure persists!
ACCEPTANCE: Being at one with the art is all that matters. And next year I'm going to be at one with so much more art!

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70d

“Colour is a language in the novel… The men can’t talk about the truth of their feelings, or about what’s really going on. But they have such specificity around colour, and that’s the one place they can meet”

—Douglas Stuart on JOHN OF JOHN, & championing Hebridean weavers

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https://observer.co.uk/news/profile/article/i-felt-like-i-owed-scotland-author-douglas-stuart-on-championing-hebridean-weavers

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92d

Graeme Armstrong: Raveheart
22 June, Erskine – £12

Graeme Armstrong discusses his new novel RAVEHEART: a high-octane narcotic trip of a story where underground rave culture clashes with a dystopian regime. Followed by a Q&A & book signing

https://bookwhen.com/erskinearts/e/ev-sm221-20260622183000

#Scottish #literature #novel #rave #raveculture #dystopia

GRAEME ARMSTRONG
RAVEHEART

Mon 22nd June
doors 6.30pm
starts 7pm
£12

Books available at the event with Ginger Cat Books

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89d

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!

#reading #TheLittlePrince #Exupery #books #literature #translation #novel #book #bookstodon #readingcommunity @bookstodon #bookstagram #BookTok #bookish #prince #littleprince #antoinedesaintexupery

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88d

I can't say I belive in an other side, but I kind of hope hell exists so rich american lunatics will get what they deserve 😒

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Meme with photo of Matthew McConaughey crying surrounded by corporate logos.

Caption:
J.R.R.Tolkien watching from the other side how the work of his whole life is desecrated and turned into a bunch of IPs at the whim of some rich American lunatic who believes Greta Thunberg is the new Antichrist.

The logos: Valar, Anduril, Mithril, Palantir, Lembas

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87d

I never knew reading could trick me into loving myself, what can't it do! 😂

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Post: Its unreal how all of my favorite characters have exactly the same traits and hobbies and diagnoses as me.

Reply: oh, have you been tricked into loving yourself?

Reply: oh my fucking god is that what just happened

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87d

Currently on BBC Sounds: Douglas Stuart speaks to Take Four Books about his latest novel, JOHN OF JOHN, and, together with presenter James Crawford, they explore its connections to three other works of fiction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xnt0

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81d

I mean, I get it, it should be the other way around because Koontz is better than King 🤔😁

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Post by geeky steven - Abortion is a right

When I worked at a bookstore, I learned that when an author like Dean Koontz signs his books, their resale value goes up. I also learned that when an author like Stephen King signs Dean Koontz's books, the price goes even higher and that Dean Koontz is not amused by this.

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49d

I'm saying he IS right, and I understand! 😂

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Mugshot of an elderly man in glasses.
Caption: MAN ARRESTED AFTER BREAKING INTO A BARNES AND NOBLE AT
MIDNIGHT TO FINISH A BOOK HE HAD BEEN READING IN-STORE FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND NEEDED TO RESOLVE BEFORE SLEEPING

Reply by Matt
"I'm not saying he's right, but I understand"

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234d

What book has caused this reaction in you? 🤔

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Three panel comic by theoddisout on Tumblr.

First Panel: One figure is asking a reading figure, "Do you like the book I loaned you?"
Second: The reader turns and screams at the top of their lungs.
Third: "Oh, you're at that part."

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59d

I didn't know we got credit for Dune! 😂

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Three panel meme from Pirates of the Caribbean
1: Book with wall of text
2: You know you can't read.
3: It's God Emperor of Dune you get credit for trying.

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57d

It's cover reveal day! Super happy to share the cover for my debut novel The Bloodsong Experiment, a dark Gothic romantasy about a mad scientist vampire obsessed with an Arab violinist on a planet without a sun as a god of nightmares laughs on.

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