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*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 am compiling lists for next year's #nonfiction and #poetry reads. This is my happy place. Making TBR lists.

#TBR #books #bookstodon
#books #bookstodon #Poetry #tbr #nonfiction

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

@bookstodon 1. We Were Once A Family by Roxanna Asgarian. 2. Dopelganger by Naomi Klein #bookstodon
#bookstodon @bookstodon group

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

They just published the categories for the 2024 Polymath Reading Challenge 🥰 It's the 10th year so people got to vote in past favorites.
The list is:

1. Gastronomy
2. Grammar, linguistics, foreign languages
3. Non-European history
4. Russia
5. Crime
6. Human connections
7. Film, cartoons, television
8. Mental health
9. Famous women
10. Addiction
11. Secrets and hoaxes
12. Individual random category

#reading #bookstodon #ReadingChallenge
#reading #bookstodon #readingchallenge

Philip gave Alpha Max five stars!

"Witty and exciting. Thoroughly enjoyed this book which mixes philosophy and science fiction to explore the concept of the multiverse. "

And it's currently on sale, but only for another week! £3.22, 3,72 € or $3.99US. ($6US off!)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BSQ7Z8M?tag=markarayner-20&geniuslink=true

#humour #humor #sciencefiction #SFF #AwardWinning #book #books #bookstodon
cover art for Alpha Max by Mark A. Rayner -- teal background with cartoon of a red-haired and bearded head sliced into pieces. There are stars and galaxies on the inside of the slices
#book #humour #humor #books #bookstodon #sff #sciencefiction #AwardWinning

"Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.” ― Carl Sagan

#writing #writinglife #writingcommunity #books #book #bookstodon #CarlSagan
starfield with a silhouette of a tree with this quote superimposed: “A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.” –Carl Sagan
#book #writing #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #writinglife #carlsagan

I could have really used this book, back in 2016 when we crossed into our current timeline.

Anyone else?

#humor #humour #penguinbooks #writingcommunity #SFF #sciencefiction #multiverse #alternatetimeline #bookstodon
FAKE old fashioned penguin book cover (orange, with penguin logo at the bottom) Penguine Books: How to survive in a strange world after sliding into an alternate timeline
#humour #humor #writingcommunity #bookstodon #sff #sciencefiction #multiverse #alternatetimeline #penguinbooks

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

Wait since when is "Romantasy" a genre? What did I miss?...

#bookstodon #books #GoodreadsChoiceAwards
#books #bookstodon #goodreadschoiceawards

Hello fellow toots! I'm re-pimping this quote from our fellow tooter, Kit (@Kit ), who gave Alpha Max five stars!

"I really enjoyed this fun romp through alternate universes, following alternate Max Tundras (what a perfect character name too). Reminded me of Vonnegut, smart, wryly funny, and makes you think. I’m glad I picked this up!"

https://geni.us/AlphaMax

#sciencefiction #humor #humour #comedy #books #ebook #bookstodon #SFF
three-dimension representation of the cover of alpha max by Mark A. Rayner -- a teal cover with a split up human with red hair and beard -- inside the slices are galaxies and universes
three-dimension representation of the cover of alpha max by Mark A. Rayner -- a teal cover with a split up human with red hair and beard -- inside the slices are galaxies and universes
#comedy #ebook #humour #humor #books #bookstodon #sff #sciencefiction @Kit

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

Wrote a blog post for Myths and Legends Day on the A to Z main blog. It's about how to find good books on legends and mythology 😊 And what to look for in a good source.

Read here
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2023/10/happy-myths-and-legends-day.html?m=1

#AtoZChallenge #mythology #legends #books #bookstodon #research

Happy Myths and Legends Day!

October 11th is Myths and Legends Day! Since the A to Z Challenge has a "Mythology and Folklore" category every year, we thought it would b...
www.a-to-zchallenge.com
#research #books #bookstodon #legends #atozchallenge #mythology

You walk into any used book store in Hungary, there will be a Folklore/Ethnography section. Every time I travel abroad I check bookshops to see if they have one. I am realizing that Hungarians are spoiled in this regard 😄

#folklore #books #bookstodon
#books #bookstodon #folklore

At the Budapest International Book Fair, where you can get a free haircut for reading out loud. 😄

#reading #books #bookstodon #Budapest #BookFair #image
Photo from the book fair building. There is a colorful carpet on the floor, with books scattered on it. A girl sits on a small chair, reading from a yellow book, while a man kneels behind her, cutting her hair. There are people sitting and standing around, listening.
#books #reading #bookstodon #budapest #image #bookfair

There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in English):
“It is inevitable — the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
@bookstodon #books #literature #writing #OpeningLines #bookstodon
#writing #books #bookstodon #literature #openinglines @bookstodon group

A bunch of cool things are dropping tomorrow:

Folk Tales of the Cosmos by storyteller Janet Dowling

A Kickstarter campaign for a tarot-based #ttrpg from the creators of the Sefirot deck

#GenV (The Boys spinoff)

There's probably more but I'm excited for these

#Books #Bookstodon #storytelling #tarot #TV
#books #bookstodon #storytelling #ttrpg #tv #tarot #genv

📚 #LibGen: publishers sue infamous 'shadow library' over pirated #books

"What's noticeable is the popularity of the site, as many social media users openly talk about their usage of the illegal sharing network."

#tech #copyright #bookstodon

https://howtobe247.com/libgen-publishers-sue-infamous-shadow-library-over-pirated-books/

LibGen: publishers sue infamous 'shadow library' over pirated books

Major textbook publishers take on Library Genesis in a groundbreaking copyright battle reshaping education access.
Suswati Basu (How To Be Books)
#copyright #books #bookstodon #tech #libgen

Had a brand new #anxiety dream last night: I was in a huge, famous used book store, and I had to leave in 10 minutes to catch an important train... 😶

#dreams #bookstodon #BookwormProblems #books
#anxiety #books #bookstodon #bookwormproblems #dreams

Savagely accurate.

#writingcommunity #writing #books #book #bookstodon #humor #humour #funny
Little sign on a table next to a ceramic mushroom that says: "Being a writer is cool because it's like always having homework and then you die."
#funny #book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon

Toddler melted down because we had to leave the book shop, and honestly, this was the first tantrum I could relate to.
😆

#bookstodon
#bookstodon

Just got this ad on FB.
To quote someone who did write:

WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS

#books #bookstodon #authors #writing #writingcommunity
Screen shot from a video ad. A blonde white woman in a beige sweater is facing the camera, talking. The caption on the ad says "How I sell 1,000's of books each month without writing them. So go ahead, click that link."
#writing #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #authors

Nothing to see here, just a perfectly ordinary writer at work.

#writing #writer #writingcommunity #books #book #bookstodon #sff #SF #WIP #humor #humour #funny
b&w photo of a serviceman of some kind sitting at a typewriter while wearing a breathing apparatus and a weird glass helmet with vacuum tubes and wire around the outside of it
#funny #book #wip #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #sff #writer #sf

The cover of my new book that's coming out in a few weeks 😊 Art by Viktória Hitka.

Seven-legged horses and kind witches: Magical folktales from Csík

It's a selection of folktales from Csíkszentdomokos, Transylvania, from a collection done in the 1940s. It was an awesome set of tales to work with.

#folklore #folktales #bookstodon #books #CoverReveal
Colorful book cover, with the title written in yellow at the bottom. The illustration on the cover features a golden-haired girl, with the sun on her forehead. She is riding a pale blue, seven-legged horse who has a mane reminiscent of a cloud, and the crescent moon on its neck. The background is green, depicting a forest of pine trees.
#books #bookstodon #folklore #folktales #coverreveal

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 😊

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

The textile factory girls of early 19th century #Massachusetts made a phenomenon of themselves during their own time by functionally converting the town of Lowell into a sprawling college campus for the working class.

Anyone who feels trapped in a brain-dead job ought to check out these factory workers.

Some articles about them are here: https://earlywithdrawal.net/victoriana/index.php/articles

#19thcentury #history #industrial #feminism #bookstodon #midjourney
@histodons
depiction of women working in an early 19th century textile factory

Loom and Spindle – Victoriana

#19thcentury #massachusetts #feminism #history #bookstodon #midjourney #industrial

¿Alguien conoce alguna web (que no sea Amazon) para comprar libros físicos publicados en Francia sin que te crujan con los gastos de envío?
#booktodon #bookstodon #literaverso
#bookstodon #booktodon #literaverso

This book really sounds awesome, and I would love it if the project got funded.

Hugh Lupton is a stellar storyteller, and he is generously sharing the best of his folktale repertoire.

See here:
https://unbound.com/books/fifty-tales-or-the-heart-of-the-matter/

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #books #bookstodon #storytellers @bookstodon

Fifty Tales, or The Heart of the Matter

Hugh Lupton reaches into world mythology and shares fifty tales from the heart of his repertoire.
Unbound
#books #bookstodon #folklore #storytelling #folktales #storytellers @bookstodon group

All in all, I love this reading challenge, and I did not regret picking up any of these books. I loved the topics and the places they took me. 📚

You can do your own version of this challenge if you like nonfiction :) Have fun!

#nonfiction #ReadingChallenge #books #bookstodon
#books #bookstodon #nonfiction #readingchallenge

Thursday, 15 July 1847
[ ... ]
The humid air of the cape, which had overly embraced us to-day, began off the coast to consider greater ambitions. It would seek us out to-night for wet kisses and sudden discharges of electric energy. I feared for Ophelie in her barn loft, but reminded myself that the barn animals have always been safe there, and she would be as well.

#midjourney #bookstodon #HistoricalFiction #foreshadowing
#feminism #VictorianEra #Victoriana
#SaltIslandDiaries
A young woman wearing a 19th century prison dress sleeps on hay bales in a barn loft
#historicalfiction #feminism #victorianera #bookstodon #midjourney #victoriana #saltislanddiaries #foreshadowing

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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