jarulf, to bookstodon
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Don't you just hate having to go to work when you just finished a chapter that ended on a huge cliffhanger.
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NerdsofaFeather, to books
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Book Review: So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
A YA, Jamaican-inspired, dragon-filled fantasy dealing with friendship, family, and cultural clashes.

Ann Michelle Harris has the review at the NOAF Blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/05/book-review-so-let-them-burn-by-kamilah.html

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mrcompletely, to books
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After a long run of disappointments and a lot of reading in other genres I'm finally hitting a run of good modern I can recommend. First across the finish line is The Future by Naomi Alderman. It starts off in a pre-apocalyptic, more hopeful Bill Gibson mode with a highly capable young female protagonist getting dragged into an oligarchic power struggle by means of a Macguffin. Very readable, enjoyable catnip for anyone who despises tech billionaires.
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-future-naomi-alderman/19830305?ean=9781668025680

mrcompletely, (edited )
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There's a lot going on in this book but it moves along quickly. I suppose it is in the style I've seen called "hopepunk" but people need to stop trying to make fetch happen with that. There were a couple minor things about it that I personally didn't love, like too much time spent retconning the Bible and a primitivist-Romantic cultural vibe I can't buy into but these are nitpicks. Mostly it's a smart, well told story of resistance to the looming tech driven disaster.🧵

mrcompletely,
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Some other bullet point/keyword type notes on The Future by Alderman:

  • forcefully, thematically feminist
  • lesbian main character
  • diverse characters
  • very on trend/current in its tech biz references

None of the above feels forced or anything at all though. And the politics in the book are interesting, being anti techbro capitalist but not anti technology. I'm not really buying it but it's enjoyable to read and think about.

kenthompson, to books
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In Search of Lost Time (book 1: Swann’s Way), by Marcel Proust.
You are thinking a lot about your (late 18th century) childhood, in an astounding amount of detail, where love of various kinds happens all around you, but to your recollection not satisfactorily for you, at least per your memories.
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craftygardennz, to random
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I just finished reading "A fellowship of bakers and magic" by J. Penner. The book was good, but it was missing a spark of magic that would make it amazing.

The premise sounded great, which was Great British Bake Off meets cozy fantasy, but it felt like the heart of the book was missing.

I just checked, and it was self published. I think a good editor might have made it an even better book.

shekinahcancook, to emacstory
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Book news (and US ordering info)

From Harif - Association of UK Jews from MENA - a London event:

*Why is the ethnic cleansing of MENA Jews more relevant than ever? Monday 20 May, 7:30 pm. Appeal for Yad Sarah. Lyn Julius will present her book UPROOTED. Donors get a free signed copy. Maida Vale Venue.

For complimentary tickets please email Michael Marks at michael@yadsarah.org.uk.

Light refreshments.

To order Lyn's book here in the US...

Paperback:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/uprooted-how-3000-years-of-jewish-civilization-in-the-arab-world-vanished-overnight-lyn-julius/275202

Hardback: https://bookshop.org/p/books/uprooted-how-3000-years-of-jewish-civilization-in-the-arab-world-vanished-overnight-lyn-julius/16278281

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crouschynca, to ksiazki Polish
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Za sprawą "Miłości aż po grób" Alek Rogoziński ponownie potwierdził, że wyśmienicie zna się na dowcipnym opowiadaniu o zbrodniach. 👍🔪

Recenzję kolejnej udanej komedii kryminalnej w dorobku tego autora można przeczytać na moim blogu. 😊

@ksiazki

https://crouschynca.blogspot.com/2024/05/miosc-az-po-grob-alek-rogozinski.html

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism

I finally read this book about a year ago as I was trying to process past basic anger about the Trump regime & MAGA phenomenon. I came away from the book feeling depressed. But I'll probably read it again. It just has so, so much in it.

https://www.openculture.com/2022/02/hannah-arendt-explains-how-propaganda-uses-lies.html

DodoTheDev, to discworld
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Isn't it funny, I don't remember being impatient to get home to watch TV when binging series. But now that I'm reading more, the last couple of hours at work I just wanted to get home and read the next book in my Discworld binge.

ablueboxfullofbooks, to fantasy
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This book is so intriguing and it is on the very top of my TBR to be my next read. Expect a review next week or so 😁 I am totally in love with the cover, especially all these purple tones.

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MittenGirlPeach, to books
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Such a wonderful writer. Dear Life indeed. https://wapo.st/4bzEHgU

CultureDesk, to books
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Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, has died at age 92. In 2013, she became the first Nobel winner cited exclusively for short fiction — an achievement that came after her retirement from her 60-year writing career. Prior to that, she had won Canada's Giller Prize twice, then disqualified herself in 2009 to make way for younger writers. Ms. Munro “brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels,” the jury of the Man Booker International Prize declared in 2009, awarding her the prize for her overall contribution to fiction. Here's a tribute to her from the Globe & Mail. [Story may be paywalled]

https://flip.it/BN0BKb

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LibrosdeBabel, to books Spanish
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Muere a los 92 años la escritora Alice Munro, ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura

> La autora canadiense, conocida principalmente por su maestría en el relato, fue considerada una de las mejores autoras en lengua inglesa

Leer más en El Español

https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/letras/20240514/muere-anos-escritora-alice-munro-ganadora-premio-nobel-literatura/855164940_0.html

Schnuckster, to books
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Still reading The Great Game, and a meeting between Younghusband and Gromchevsky, mortal enemies getting slashed and talking world politics on a mountain in the middle of nowhere, thinking this should be a two-handed play. Absolutely electrifying. @bookstodon 📖

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thevglibrary, to PCGaming
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Admittedly I haven't played much of #XCOM, and the geo-specific naming conventions make my head spin.

That said - "Monsters in the Dark" is a book that's high on my list to read this year.

It chronicles the legendary journey of Julian Gollop and the creation of X-COM.

https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org

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beexcessivelydiverting, to books
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tinderness, to random German
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📖

Bin gerade an jener Stelle von Austers Buch angelangt, die von in zitiert wird. Sie will damit ihren Leser:innen den Verfall der antiken Bibliotheken illustrieren.

Die Bibliothek, Sinnbild intellektueller Ordnung; Ein Zufluchtsort, in stetiger Auflösung begriffen und doch Symbol der Hoffnung - falls es diese heute noch zu geben vermag.

Ich lese weiter, wohin mich die Lektüre auch zu führen vermag.

ninsiana0, to bookstodon
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Puzzles & Audiobooks are an amazing combination. Like peanut butter & chocolate for your brain.

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razumasu, to books
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I love reading fantasy novels, but sometimes I just get tired by all the world building. Do you know any fast paced Fantasy books where I don't need to learn about 12 different languages, 6 countries and 4 types of magic before the book gets interesting? 🤣 I need a palate cleanser. #Books #Bookstodon

courtcan, to books
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I REGENESIS (Cyteen, Nr. 4) by CJ Cherryh.




Funktious, to books
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Lazy New Year's Day = first book read of 2024!

I've been looking forward to this one and wasn't disappointed. It wasn't quite a five star read, but a solid four star bath read. Uplifting story, lovely characters, and of course, a fantastically snarky octopus who is the best part of the whole book; I loved him.

If only we all had smart, snarky octopi to solve our problems.

#books #bookstodon #BookReviews

Funktious,
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"The people in this book might be going to have lived a long, long time from now in Northern California."

Less of a novel and more of an anthology of the lives and communities of these people, the Kesh. Virtually no plot, but a gentle, immersive read that will make you think about the human condition, where we are and where we're going.

This quote from Richard Powers at the back of my copy sums up the importance of this book better than I could in my own words.

Q. What does this novel have to offer for readers in ... the 21st century and beyond? A. The book is visionary in every sense of the word. It offers a profound glimpse into the shift in consciousness that our species will need to trigger if we want to stay around on this planet much longer. Le Guin was as attuned to humanity's great existential challenge as any novelist of that time, and it has required the passage of almost 40 years to appreciate the full extent of her vision. The Kesh are a people thoroughly committed to the project that Bruno Latour calls landing back on Planet Earth. When I read the book, I sometimes forgot whether I was reading ancient history or deep futurology. That's because Le Guin knew that the only way forward through the chief catastrophe of our time - the destruction of the planet by a pathological human culture - required the ability to look backwards and forwards at the same time. Human exceptionalism and commodity-mediated individualism have brought the living world to a precipice. To keep from plunging over, we'll need to foster a culture that finds meaning in love of local place and broad kinship with everything else alive. Le Guin saw in fine detail how our damnation lies in thinking of ourselves as self-creating and our salvation depends on cultivating a sense of interbeing. If we mean to survive as a species, we will have to learn how to become indigenous again. That is the incredible leap of imagination realized in Always Coming Home.

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