Thought I'd start a thread for the books I read during this year, to keep track and share what I've been spending my time with. Happy for recommendations along the way, but do already have a decent-sized to be read pile (and ebook library). #books#reading#bookstodon
I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.
At the risk of reigniting a debate that has been had in my timeline in the past... here's a report of a University of Valencia that looked at over 20 paper examine the differential effects of reading digitally & on paper.
The research confirms my experience (my own & in the reading of my erstwhile students) that reading digitally is less likely to lead to long-term educational (knowledge) benefits...
In celebration of the 50th birthday of Stephen King's first novel, "Carrie," NPR polled its readers on their favorite King books. Here's what they chose. Which is your top pick? Tell us in the comments if there's a gem that didn't make the cut.
Huh. It just occurred to me that not everyone reads all the time. Like, there’s a bunch of people without books they’re reading right now. That concept is so bizarre to me. I’ve always got several books going. Ebooks, audiobooks and physical copies of books. If you don’t read anymore, when and why did you stop? No judgement. I’m genuinely curious. @bookstodon#bookstodon#books#reading#amreading
recommend me a book! i like fantasy, paranormal romance, sci-fi, queer fiction. i need 12 recommendations from other people for a 2024 reading challenge :blobcatblep:
How #Brexit is affecting the cost of #Books. Books in #Malaysia is gonna get a hella more expensive, or maybe the bookstores - the tiny amount we have left - will be left getting books from the US. It's sad we don't print our own books but I suspect the business isn't as profitable here as #Malaysians are apparently not great English book readers. The Malay book market, however, is thriving.
#enshittification, anyone? Perfect example from publishing. A publisher is using AI to write crappy nonfiction, then assigning author names that almost match leading experts in that field (to trick search engines). No doubt other AIs will now search those texts as authoritative. This is done solely to make money and only makes the world a worse place. #books#reading#ai#bookstodon@bookstodon@pluralistic
#books#reading Earlier, I began reading "Mind Games" by Nora Roberts. It promises to be an excellent read.
Book description: The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits. As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie’s handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they’re about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know as soon as their tearful eyes meet that something terrible has happened. The kids will be staying with Grammie now in Redbud Hollow, and thanks to Thea’s vision, their parents’ killer will spend his life in supermax. Over time, Thea will make friends, build a career, find love. But that ability to see into minds and souls still lurks within her, and though Grammie calls it a gift, it feels more like a curse―because the inmate who shattered her childhood has the same ability. Thea can hear his twisted thoughts and witness his evil acts from miles away. He knows it, and hungers for vengeance. A long, silent battle will be waged between them―and eventually bring them face to face, and head to head…
I say "currently reading"... I made it a whole 1.5 chapters in before I just couldn't hold back the tears.
Part of me just wants to DEVOUR this book, it's short, I could have read it all last night, easily. The other part wants to savor... take it slow, thoroughly experience every moment.
Idk which side's gonna win. But in the end I'll have read it and then I really will be the winner.
01: Mary Robinette Kowel - The Spare Man
02: Becky Chambers - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet
03: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Justice
04: Jule Owen - The Kind
05: Jule Owen - Elidir
06: Stephen Baxter - Flood
07: Stephen Baxter - Ark
08: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword
09: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Mercy
I will soon have finished Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Memory and have to go back to more books I have already read.
Hi there, I am looking to follow personal #blogs written by #SouthEastAsians, other #Asians, #Africans. Basically not Western. Nothing wrong with the West just that I have a huge RSS feed full of US, UK blogs. I want to diversify my feed.
Apparently, Malaysians like to #blog about 3 things: Food, politics & money 😂
I prefer genuinely personal blogs that are slice of life stuff. If you know of any please recommend to me! 🙏
A shout-out to all book lovers: This post kicks off #24books, my 2023's-best-reads-by-female-authors-advent-calendar-thread. If that's not your thing, this is your chance to mute the hashtag. All others: Welcome and let's have some fun until Christmas! Hopefully you feel inspired to give one or more of the titles a go after this. Genres will include: #litfic, #horror, #histfic, #fantasy as well as a bit of #satire and #crime. 🥰 @bookstodon#bookstodon#womenwriters#frauenlesen#books#reading
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