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This year is the centennial of World Literature Today (WLT), the low-key and well-thought of journal that is read by over 2 million people worldwide, gives out the biennial Neustadt International Prize of Literature, and is based in Norman, Oklahoma of all places. Each issue is worth reading for the book review section alone.
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https://soonermag.oufoundation.org/stories/a-century-of-vision
Here are a few thoughts on Still Life by Sarah Winman, 2021, a very enjoyable read with excellent image descriptions of photos woven into the story! #bookstodon #blind #braille #BookReview #reading #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c2535741-daba-472e-8bda-1f196a354ce6
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I haven't read much by Brandon Sanderson, only the first three volumes of the Stormlight Archives. I didn't like his writing much, even if I didn't mind the story itself, so I never picked up the rest.
But I got it into my head to give those books a second chance, I'm a few chapters into The Way of Kings and I'm much less annoyed this time around. I'm also forcing myself to read a little slower than I usually do, maybe that has something to do with it.
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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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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon, France, on June 29, 1900.
The Little Prince was written and illustrated by him during exile in the United States and first published there in 1943; today it is one of the most translated works of fiction in the world.
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Since 1987 I've been tracking my reading. My tracking years run from June 9th to June 8th of the next year. Today ends my Thirty-nineth year of tracking. To read more about the reasons, see 2019's post. This year I have continued with reading short stories and with my book diary now fully digital, I have been relying less on GoodReads for my tracking.
Since getting my spreadsheet up to date, I haven't been hand writing what I've read in my book diary. It's just easier and more accurate to do it digitally. I am, however keeping track of what page I would be on if I were handwriting. I am on page, 542, or page 53 of my current volume. That's thirteen pages of reading since last year.
🤔 The most effective "escape" from the world's problems?
It's not alcohol🍸 , drugs💊 , gambling🎲 , or a shopping spree🛍️ ,
it's reading a book.📗
Opening the front cover of a book 📖 is like walking through a doorway to another world.
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When reading a blurb that will be cut off by the pop-up window that it's spawned into, I don't want:
1) "...by the bestselling author of..."
2) Some long as recommendation by some other author.
Neither of those things tells me anything about the damn book. But the pretentiousness of the approach is likely to turn me off from considering the book.
I say this as someone who buys and reads more than 200 books a year.
The Master and Margarita. By Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Mira Ginsburg.
It’s Soviet-era Moscow and you, Satan, show up with your retinue (which includes a giant talking black cat) to wreak some havoc, particularly on the literary and theatre scene, with the special goal of rehabilitating the reputation of Pontius Pilate.
CW: casual racism
3 of 5 library cats 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛.
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Do what you can and jump straight to acceptance 😁
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When I saw today's #MurderEveryMonday theme is Crime fiction set in France, I first thought of the Bruno series, all of which I've read only once. VERY embarrassed not to have thought first of the one on the right, which *might just* qualify & which Ive read three times 🤦♂️ #Mystery #Reading #Bookstodon @bookstodon
For those who read YA:
"The Best YA Books of the Century So Far! This list was a labor of love among Book Riot staff and contributors, and I'm really happy with it. Do read the intro, as it gives all of the background and considerations.
Happy YA reading." --Kelly Jensen
https://bookriot.com/best-young-adult-books-of-the-century-so-far/
Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 — August 9, 1962) worked in a tower-clock factory and later in bookshops before becoming famous. During his bookshop years, he educated himself by reading literature and philosophy.
One central theme of his books is the search for the true self. Again and again, his characters try to find authenticity, spiritual balance, and freedom from false roles.
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Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary This Fourth of July http://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2026/07/01/celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-this-fourth-of-july/
They say this is a time "to reflect on the blessings of being a beacon of hope and democratic freedom."
Oh honey, the #AmericanEmpire has not been a beacon of anything for a good while now other than #imperialism, #warfare, #invasions, and toppling governments they disliked then enabling Right Wing dictatorships.
And before any of you exceptional gringos come to whine, read a fucking book or two.
Colonial ranting aside, you can also get the documents they mention via GovInfo. Need help? Ask your local librarian.
#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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To read or not to read, that’s not a real question.
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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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📚 The Correspondent by: Virginia Evans
Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately...
https://bookblabla.com/book/the-correspondent
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📚 Ready Player One by: Ernest Cline
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, bas...
https://bookblabla.com/book/ready-player-one
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![In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.
Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times.
“Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost
“An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN
“A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe
“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR
“[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9
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When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.
Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times.
“Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost
“An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN
“A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe
“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR
“[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed b")