ahappydeath, to books
@ahappydeath@freeradical.zone avatar

Just finished reading ‘Babel, or the Necessity of Violence’ by R.F. Kuang. Words can’t express how much I loved this book. The best story I’ve read in a very long time 10/10 @bookstodon

ablueboxfullofbooks, to bookstodon
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Beautiful picture book about community, family and friendship, Let’s Go ! haw êkwa ! celebrates perseverance and passion. The reader follows a little boy who dreams every day to go skateboarding… until his mother brings home her old skateboard. At the beginning, it is scary and difficult, but with practice and the help of new friends, the little boy flies like the wind.

@bookstodon @kidlit

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ablueboxfullofbooks, to books
@ablueboxfullofbooks@bookstodon.com avatar

Summer is Here is a beautiful and colorful picture book sharing all the wonderful things that are enjoyed during the summer, such as bubbles, fruits or pool. The art is truly mesmerizing and so incredible ! It is a great book to be enjoyed as a family while sharing happy memories of past summers and create new ones.

@bookstodon @kidlit

hawksquill, to books
@hawksquill@writing.exchange avatar

I've had such an influx of long-awaited sequel pre-orders arriving plus library holds coming through, and then a friend lent me yet more books!

I love having so many reading options that I need to use the notes app to keep track of my queue. 🥰

@bookstodon

jason_w_karpf, to bookstodon
@jason_w_karpf@mastodonbooks.net avatar

The Twilight Zone Was a Warning About the Dangers of Nostalgia | Den of Geek

Excellent piece isolating a poignant TZ trope. The good ol’ days aren’t necessarily so.

@bookstodon @religion
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-twilight-zone-was-a-warning-about-the-dangers-of-nostalgia/

ninsiana0, to books
@ninsiana0@mastodon.social avatar

Read SO LET THEM BURN by Kamilah Cole if you love ancestral magic, the bond between sisters, the story that happens after the war is over, young people stepping up to save the world, dragons, libraries, magic schools, anti-colonial frameworks, intense crushes, the grey areas & dancing all night.

@bookstodon

shekinahcancook, to random
@shekinahcancook@babka.social avatar

These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books - If you decide to see more, click on this story. by Sarah Laskow June 13, 2017

"...The last installment of the original “Choose Your Own Adventure” series came out in 1998, but since 2004, Chooseco, founded by one of the series’ original authors, R.A. Montgomery, has been republishing classic volumes, as well as new riffs on the form of interactive fiction that seemed ubiquitous in the 1980s and ’90s. The new editions also carry an additional feature—maps of the hidden structure of each book..."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cyoa-choose-your-own-adventure-maps

kissane, to random
@kissane@mas.to avatar

throwing this on the DO NOT ORDER MORE BOOKS UNTIL THE TBR PILE IS NOT A STRUCTURAL HAZARD ERIN pile

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259803/they-flew/

luis_in_brief,
@luis_in_brief@social.coop avatar

@kissane oh my.

(Waiting for Snow is amazing, but I have yet to read any of his academic work.)

ahimsa_pdx, to pdx
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social avatar

"Powell’s Books will sell off book backlog during 2-day warehouse sale next month"

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/05/powells-books-will-sell-off-book-backlog-during-2-day-warehouse-sale-next-month.html

"The event will be held at the independent new and used book seller’s warehouse, located at 2720 N.W. 29th Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 1 and 2.

The book sale will feature a variety of genres, from literature to nonfiction and children’s books, at deep discounts…"

bookish, to random
@bookish@historians.social avatar

Because any novel with a woman's name on the cover must be about a pretty bouquet of flowers, not about vomiting from arsenic poisoning.

podryban, to ksiazki Polish
@podryban@wspanialy.eu avatar

Ostatnio mam znowu fazę na mitologię grecką, więc wpadła nowa książka. Nie mogę się doczekać, aż ją zacznę czytać!

@ksiazki

beexcessivelydiverting, to books
@beexcessivelydiverting@mastodon.online avatar
ash, to poetry
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reillypascal, to Meme
@reillypascal@hachyderm.io avatar

"While we were developing common sense, she studied the blade"

Tamsyn Muir did the meme. (From "Gideon the Ninth")

#Meme #Memes #Fiction #SFF #Fantasy #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon

ash, to poetry
@ash@zirk.us avatar

DEREKH HEBRON
after days of despair

voices
are going
astray

after numbness

false
sense
of tranquillity

queer eye onto darkness

and
tingling
feeling

past the future and future the past

@bookstodon @poets @writerscommunity #poetry #poets #bookstodon

SceNtriC, to ksiazki Polish
@SceNtriC@101010.pl avatar

Kto zna książki Marty Kisiel ten wie, czego mniej więcej się spodziewać - dużo humoru, plastycznego języka, "wybuchowych" stylistycznie zdań i... osadzenie kryminału nieco w tyle. Taki urok komedii kryminalnych - ta jest bardzo dobra i zabawna, choć nie ustrzegła się wad.

Pełna opinia: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/nagle-trup/opinia/83723584

@ksiazki

WagesOf, to random
@WagesOf@gamepad.club avatar

/ challenge: Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8/20

Aphelion, (edited ) to poetry
@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

I have two volumes of my poetry availiable for sale at the link below! 2 copies of Disremembering and 4 copies of Threnody left! Get them before they’re gone! And thank you for your support! 🖤https://www.nihtgengapress.com/category/poetry

kenthompson, to books
@kenthompson@mastodon.world avatar

Emma, by Jane Austen.
You are but one and twenty, a gentleman’s daughter, but fixed on never marrying so that you may care for your hypochondriac father; this, however, does not dissuade you from the disastrous matchmaking you attempt for others, which goes wildly awry, embroiling yourself even, though you are always sensible to the distinction of rank.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
@bookstodon #bookstodon #reading #books #marriage #class

buffyleigh, to Metal
@buffyleigh@mas.to avatar

This looks pretty sweet, anyone read "Decolonial Metal Music in Latin America - Advances in Metal Music and Culture" by Nelson Varas Díaz?

https://www.intellectbooks.com/decolonial-metal-music-in-latin-america

ablueboxfullofbooks, to books
@ablueboxfullofbooks@bookstodon.com avatar

From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart.

#ya #yalit #books #bookstodon #fantasy #retelling #fairytale @bookstodon @yalit

noellemitchell, to books
@noellemitchell@mstdn.social avatar

To whoever is DDOSing Internet Archive: stop it right now so I can continue browsing for new books I've never heard of but need to add to my TBR :blobcatangery: :blobcatfluffangry:

ablueboxfullofbooks, to bookstodon
@ablueboxfullofbooks@bookstodon.com avatar

The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry is a timelessly sweet tale of found family from rising Ojibwe voice Anna Rose Johnson, author of NPR Best Book of the Year The Star That Always Stays .

@bookstodon @kidlit @mglit

LincolnRamirez, to books
@LincolnRamirez@mstdn.social avatar

A spy thriller set in Syria. What could possibly be wrong with that? Well, quite a bit actually...

@bookstodon

https://conversationsaboutbooks5.wordpress.com/2024/05/27/damascus-station-david-mccloskey/

CultureDesk, (edited ) to books
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

What's better for the environment: A paper book, or an e-reader? NPR spoke to industry experts about the rise of digital reading, how the publishing industry is reducing waste, and whether using a fossil-fuel-derived plastic e-reader is a better option than a paper book. The short answer, according to professor Mike Berners-Lee (yes, he is Tim's brother): It depends.

https://flip.it/h5yJmA

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