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Anyone planning on doing any fun reading challenges next year?

#books #bookstodon #reading #ReadingChallenge #AmReading
#books #reading #bookstodon #amreading #readingchallenge

The more research I do for this #WomensEpics reading project, the more epics I find out about that need English translations a.s.a.p. Like. Seriously.

#epics #folklore #translation #translator #AmReading #bookstodon
#bookstodon #folklore #amreading #translation #epics #womensepics #translator

So by the way, the epic of Princess Fatima was an amazing read. But sadly the longest English translation to date only includes 11 episodes out of 455. And even those in an abridged version.

Who do we talk to about getting a fuller translation?...

#epics #WomensEpics #translation #literature #AmReading #folklore #women
#folklore #amreading #literature #Women #translation #epics #womensepics

Finished one reading challenge, starting another 😊 The goal is to read 26 traditional epics with women protagonists for next year's A to Z. I can't wait to delve into all these amazing, little know stories!

First up: The story of Shirin Mama, from the Xibo people (Northeast China). An epic about a girl who rescues children from bandits, and becomes a goddess in the end.

#epics #folklore #AmReading #bookstodon #books #Xibe
The cover of the book (Hungarian edition). Titled The Western Campaign of Shirin Mama, or, the miraculous story of the birth of a goddess
#books #bookstodon #folklore #amreading #epics #xibe

6. Human relationships

The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier (April White)

In the late 19th century, traveling to Sioux Falls was the easiest way to get a divorce - after only 90 days of residency. So the city's largest hotel turned into a "divorce colony" of women (and some men) waiting for their freedom. The book is an awesome read, full of personal stories.

https://www.amazon.com/Divorce-Colony-Revolutionized-Marriage-American/dp/0306827662

#books #bookstodon #nonfiction #divorce #AmReading
#books #bookstodon #amreading #nonfiction #divorce

5. Crime and criminology

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (Allison Hoover Bartlett)

The story of a man who used credit card scams to buy extremely expensive rare books and hoard them. The author explores the world of rare book collecting, buyers and sellers and scammers alike. 📚

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Loved-Books-Much/dp/1594484813

#bookstodon #books #nonfiction #AmReading
#books #bookstodon #amreading #nonfiction

1. Gastronomy

The Land Where Lemons Grow (Helena Attlee)

The author travels across Italy, exploring the history of various citrus fruits. I never knew citrus could be such a fascinating topic, but the book was an amazing read. From the connections of lemons to the Sicilian mafia, through the orange-throwing carnival of Ivrea, all the way to Renaissance hybrid citrus collections. 🍋 🍊

(Sorry for the Amazon links)
https://www.amazon.com/Land-Where-Lemons-Grow-Citrus/dp/0241952573

#nonfiction #books #bookstodon #AmReading #food #Italy
#Italy #books #bookstodon #amreading #food #nonfiction

I finished this year's Polymath Reading Challenge early!
It was exciting as usual, and led me to some great #nonfiction books. So, I'm going to share my reading list. No one asked, but here it is.

Thread. 📚

#AmReading #Books #bookstodon #ReadingChallenge #science #history
#science #history #books #bookstodon #amreading #nonfiction #readingchallenge

The Change series by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith is my favorite YA fantasy.

By "fantasy" I mean post-apocalyptic western with mutant superpowers :D

This series does diversity right. It's part of the setting. The story also features a very cute throuple, a demisexual main character, and realistic depiction of PTSD. And yes, it's well written and exciting. Final book out in October.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753KXMV3?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1718896357&sr=1-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin

#YA #fantasy #books #amreading #reading #bookstodon #pride #representation
#books #reading #bookstodon #amreading #fantasy #pride #representation #ya

Reading any comic written by Si Spurrier:

"I don't get it... I don't get it... WTF is even going on... I'm not smart enough for this... WTF... OH HELL I GET IT! DAAAMN!"

😅
My favorite comic writer.

#comics #popculture #Marvel #AmReading #Books
#comics #books #amreading #marvel #popculture

This one arrived yesterday 😊 Looking forward to reading it!

#AmReading #books #bookstodon #China #literature
The cover of the book shows a Chinese style painting of a forest landscape. The title says "Tales of the teahouse retold: Investiture of the Gods." By Katherine Liang Chew
#books #bookstodon #amreading #literature #china

I am barely ready for this year's A to Z Blogging, but I am already super excited for next year's theme 😅

I just decided that I'll do another reading challenge - reading 26 epics about women.

And yes, I already have a list. 26 traditional epics with female protagonists from around the world.

Hopefully a year will be enough to read all of them 😄

#Amreading #Books #folklore #epics #women #WomensHistoryMonth #storytelling #reading
#books #reading #folklore #storytelling #amreading #Women #womenshistorymonth #epics

I am reading this book and learning a whole lot. About 20th century China, about modern day China, and about the nature of human resistance under the worst threats. And the way history can be weaponized by a regime, and how people can fight back to preserve the truth.

#history #histodons #resistance #China #books #AmReading

https://www.amazon.com/Sparks-Chinas-Underground-Historians-Battle/dp/0197575501
#history #histodons #books #amreading #china #resistance

"What are you reading?"

Um let's see

I'm reading a book about underground historians in modern day China (Sparks) for a reading challenge

I'm reading Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett for a book club

I'm reading the poem a day book by @brianbilston

I'm reading The flowering wand by Sophie Strand in the evenings because it's enchanting

I'm reading Apollodorus' Library for research

Yes I can keep them straight
I'm a bit book promiscuous?... 😅

#reading #AmReading #bookstodon #books
#books #reading #bookstodon #amreading @Brian Bilston

I am reading a book about citrus fruits in Italy, and their effects on Italian history and culture, and it is endlessly fascinating.

Also now I am craving both an orange, and a vacation in Italy.

😅 🍊

#AmReading #fruit #pants #histodons #books #Italy
#histodons #Italy #books #amreading #fruit #pants

Anyone else here watched / missing this amazing TV show? Book just arrived. Nostalgia read. El Ministerio del Tiempo will always be one of my favorite series. ❤️

#AmReading #ElMinisterioDelTiempo #MdT #TV #TVshows #image #TVseries #TimeTravel
A coffee table with a cup of latte, a tea candle, and a copy of the book "Dentro de el Ministerio del Tiempo" edited by Concepción Cascajosa. Featuring comic book style images of the three main characters in the series.
#amreading #tvshows #tv #image #timetravel #tvseries #elministeriodeltiempo #mdt

Christmas book orders also trickling in. 😊

#AmReading #books #bookstodon #poetry #archaeology
The Penguin Classics edition of Dorothy Parker's Complete Poems
Art and religion in Thera, by Dr. Nanno Marinatos. Subtitle "reconstructing a bronze age society" A photo of a Theran fresco is on the cover
#books #bookstodon #Poetry #amreading #archaeology

*Me, burying myself in a pile of TBR books I deliberately put off till 2024*

Hey all! Happy new year! Whatcha reading? 😊 Any reading goals, wishes, hopes or resolutions?

#AmReading #books #bookstodon #reading
#books #reading #bookstodon #amreading

Christmas book: Patrick Bringley's All the Beauty in the World, about the Metropolitan Museum.

Apparently in the back corridors there are signs that say "Yield to Art in Transit"

I want that on a t-shirt so bad

#art #artist #books #AmReading #bookstodon
Book cover of a guard standing at the top of a big staircase in the Metropolitan, admiring a painting. Title reads "All the beauty in the world: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and me", by Patrick Bringley
#art #books #bookstodon #amreading #artist

I'm reading Yellowface by R. F. Kuang and I'm dying to talk with people about it 😄 I need a book club or something.

#bookstodon #books #AmReading
#books #bookstodon #amreading

Finished reading the #SinsOfSinister X-men event and... daaamn. This trio of writers knocked it out of the ballpark. It was dark and epic and stupidly morbid in all the right ways. Sometimes deeply emotional. And the visuals were a match to go with it. Lots of memorable panels.

I mean, once you have a world power sovereign mutant nation and immortality, there is no way to go but down.

Sins of Sinister sticks the landing.

#comics #AmReading #Marvel #MarvelComics
#comics #amreading #marvel #sinsofsinister #marvelcomics

So here is a question to the @bookstodon community: what is the best #nofiction book you have read this year?

#reading #books #AmReading #bookstodon
#books #reading #bookstodon #amreading #nofiction @bookstodon group

This book just arrived 🥰
I read the first volume for Following Folktales Around the World, and it was one of the highlights of the entire challenge. I am super excited for the new stories 🥰🥰🥰
You can read my blog post about the first volume here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2016/11/cassowaries-marsupials-and-day-moon-ate.html?m=1

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #books #AmReading #PapuaNewGuinea
Large book with an orange cover and the photo of junge scenery. Title reads: One thousand and one Papua New Guinean nights, Folktales from Wantok Newspaper. Volume 2: tales from 1986-1997, Indices, glossary, references and maps. Translated and edited by Thomas H. Slone

Cassowaries, marsupials, and the day the Moon ate people (Following folktales around the world 1. - Papua New Guinea)

Today is Folklore Thursday on social media! If you want to find out more, follow this link , or click on the #FolkloreThursday hashtag on T...
multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com
#books #folklore #storytelling #amreading #folktales #papuanewguinea

Slowly working my way through Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India by @blaft It's an amazing read. Today's favorite is the demon that kills people by spinning around and smacking them with one very long boob.

😆
#folklore #folktales #AmReading #Monsterdon
#folklore #amreading #folktales #monsterdon @Blaft Publications

Finally giving the Dionysiaca an actual read.

Despite how much the translator's introduction trashes it as a hack job, I am really enjoying it so far (some Classical philologists need to chill).

It opens with the fight against Typhon, which is a pretty epic boss fight, even by mythological standards.

#mythology #bookstodon #AmReading
#bookstodon #amreading #mythology

This gorgeous book by @folkhorrormagpie arrived today 😊
#books #bookstodon #folklore #AmReading
The Bleeding Tree: A pathway through grief guided by forests, folk tales and the ritual year, by Hollie Starling Cover features a blue, white and red drawing image of a tree with red leaves and deep roots
#books #bookstodon #folklore #amreading @Folk Horror Magpie

Spurrier's Hellblazer is one classic for the ages

#comics #ComicBooks #AmReading
#comics #amreading #comicbooks

Water Outlaws by @slhuang is out today. Two chapters in, already hooked. I needed his genderbent wuxia Water Margin in my life.

#books #bookstodon #AmReading
#books #bookstodon #amreading @slhuang

The feeling when you are counting down the days until a long-awaited book comes out and you can read it 😊

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#books #bookstodon #amreading

The one where I review the wuxia retelling The Water Outlaws by @slhuang and give it a well-deserved five stars. With thanks to Solaris Books for providing an ARC. #AmReading #SmallPressBigStories
https://snaomiscott.net/the-water-outlaws-by-s-l-huang/

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang » snaomiscott.net

The one where I review the wuxia retelling The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang and give it a well-deserved five stars.
Naomi (snaomiscott.net)
#amreading #smallpressbigstories @slhuang

I'm reading a book about the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra that was founded in 1940 (because women were generally not considered fit to be performing musicians in orchestras at the time). It is inspiring and fascinating, and goes on my "how is this not a prestige TV show yet?" list.

#bookstodon #AmReading #WomensHistory #music #feminism #books #Canada

https://secondstorypress.ca/adult/from-kitchen-to-carnegie-hall

From Kitchen To Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra — Second Story Press

By Maria Noriega Rachwal   The all-women symphony orchestra that revolutionized music in Canada. In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play “masculine” instruments like the bass or trombone…
Second Story Press
#music #feminism #canada #books #bookstodon #amreading #womenshistory

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