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Finally arrived, my hardback copy of The Hobbit translated into Scottish Gaelic. Looks superb, and includes Tolkien’s original full page illustrations. #Books #Tolkien #Gaelic
A hardback copy of “A’ Hobat” by JRR Tolkien. The wraparound dust jacket reproduces Tolkien’s original cover image of green forests with snow capped grey and black mountains rising behind.
The title page of the book, noting it has been translated into Gaelic by Moray Watson and published in 2025 by Evertype.
A sample of pages open. On the left is Gaelic text. On the right page is Tolkien’s colourful image of Hobbiton in The Shire.
Glimpses of two more open pages. On the left Gaelic text, on the right Tolkien’s black and white drawing of Beorn’s hall.
#books #gaelic #tolkien

Two amazing cozy short story and poetry collections I have read recently:

Everyday Aliens by Polenth Blake (an ecologist) is about diverse non-humanoid aliens doing their slice-of-life things: eating, courting, changing, exploring, etc.

Bittersweetness & Light by Anne Nydam is about hope and kindness. It's not cliché or empty positivity, rather a collection of well written stories that have a joyful note.

#books #bookstodon #CozyReads #poetry #fiction #reading #TransRightsReadathon
Cover of Everyday Aliens. It is a tangle of rainbow colored plant and animal patterns on a black background
Cover of Bittersweetness & Light. It is a print of a black and blue background, depicting a white seed pod releasing fluffy seeds
#books #reading #bookstodon #Poetry #fiction #transrightsreadathon #cozyreads

Winding Up the Week #421
https://bookjotter.com/2025/04/26/winding-up-the-week-421/
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, solicit your thoughts on Short Story Week, boast about being featured in Triple Choice Tuesday, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #amreading #bookstodon #books #IndependentBookstoreDay @roughghosts @

Winding Up the Week #421

This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, solicit your thoughts on Short Story Week, boast about being featured in Triple …
Book Jotter
#books #bookstodon #amreading #independentbookstoreday @roughghosts

Après avoir adoré La migration annuelle des nuages de Premee Mohamed, je me suis plongée avec délice dans la suite, Ce qui se dit par la montagne, également publié chez L’Atalante. Formidable suite, ce court récit prolonge l’histoire de Reid et questionne à nouveau brillamment la notion de libre arbitre. En opposant individualisme et vie en communauté, bien commun et privilège, ce second opus offre une critique plus incisive que le premier. J’ai un petit coup de coeur pour ce tome 2 qui donne soif de révolte. Et je vous en parle plus en détails sur le blog : https://yuyine.be/node/1315

#blog #critique #critiquelitteraire #bookreview #book #books #livre #lecture #Pixelbook #SFFF #sciencefiction #premeemohamed #Cequiseditparlamontagne #Latalante
Livre posé sur une pierre entre deux montagnes en fond. La couverture du livre montre deux oiseaux en vol avec une branche de framboisier et des volutes vertes.

Ce qui se dit par la montagne

Ce qui se dit par la montagne est un court récit écrit par Premee Mohamed et publié aux éditions L’Atalante dans la collection La dentelle du cygne. Il fait directement suite à la novella La migration annuelle des nuages dont il prolonge l’intrigue.
Les critiques de Yuyine
#book #books #sciencefiction #bookreview #blog #lecture #livre #critique #critiquelitteraire #sfff #pixelbook #LAtalante #premeemohamed #Cequiseditparlamontagne

April 2025 Newsletter: Frugal or cheap? Curious or nosy? 💰🔎

https://bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com/p/april-2025-newsletter

#books #bookstore #booklovers #suspense #thriller #crimethriller #camping #duality #blog

(This image was crafted by artificial intelligence (AI) through a subscription service 😲😜)

#books #blog #bookstore #camping #booklovers #thriller #suspense #crimethriller #duality

“It was a textbook example of Musk’s disregard for a public that had imbued him with godlike power—and his contempt for the safety establishment charged with ensuring he didn’t abuse it.” https://archive.is/2SiZ6

#books #elonmusk #villainy #reportage #WashingtonPost #excerpts #DOGE #tesla #biographies #journalism #news #musk
Illustration by The Washington Post. Published 22 August 2025. Archived on that day. Illustration depicts a shadowy Elon Musk in a MAGA cap gazing threateningly at the U.S. Capitol building.
#news #musk #elonmusk #journalism #books #tesla #washingtonpost #reportage #doge #villainy #excerpts #biographies

“It was a textbook example of Musk’s disregard for a public that had imbued him with godlike power—and his contempt for the safety establishment charged with ensuring he didn’t abuse it.” #books #musk #villainy #reportage #WashingtonPost #excerpts #DOGE #tesla #biographies #journalism #news

Musk’s fury over a Tesla inves...
#news #musk #journalism #books #tesla #washingtonpost #reportage #doge #villainy #excerpts #biographies

Me, coordinating four reading challenges that I joined for a rush of dopamine:

"Alright, I need to find a nonfiction book about witchcraft that was written by a transgender author in 2025..."

#books #bookstodon #AmReading #ReadingChallenges
#books #bookstodon #amreading #readingchallenges

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling new murder mystery set in northern Scotland.

The fictional Sarclet Broch on the east coast of Caithness south of Wick is the hub around which much of the story revolves and it is where all three of the murders in the book take place. It is closely based on the Broch of Gurness in Orkney, shown in this image.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html

#Books #Bookstodon
The image shows the interior of the remains of the dry stone circular central tower of the Broch of Gurness in Orkney, on which the fictional Sarclet Broch is closely based. The wall, rising to above doorway height, curves across the centre of the frame and this side of it is a collection of standing stone slabs arranged in an irregular pattern. The ground is covered in gravel, except for an irregular hearth area with a red surface in the foreground. The left part of the interior is in sunlight with the right in shadow. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey, Author of Contemporary Thriller Thicker Than Water: Book Main Page

Ken Lussey, author of contemporary thriller Thicker Than Water: information about The High Road
www.kenlussey.com
#books #bookstodon

@FotoVorschlag #FotoVorschlag "Bücher"

Buchhandlung "Aqua alta", Venedig

#books
Das Bild zeigt eine steile Treppe, die mit alten Büchern bedeckt ist. Die Bücher sind in verschiedenen Zuständen, viele davon sind abgenutzt und verstaubt, was auf ihre Alter und möglicherweise auf ihre historische Bedeutung hinweist. Die Treppe selbst ist mit roten Teppichstufen bedeckt, die ebenfalls abgenutzt und verstaubt sind. Im Hintergrund ist eine rote Ziegelmauer zu sehen, die dem Bild eine rustikale Atmosphäre verleiht. Links im Bild steht ein blauer Lampenschirm auf einem Holzstumpf, und rechts ist ein Schild mit der Aufschrift "Ph" sichtbar. Die Bücher sind in unregelmäßigen Stapeln angeordnet, was auf eine spontane und improvisierte Anordnung hinweist. Die gesamte Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Geschichte und Wissen, das in den Büchern und der Umgebung festgehalten ist.
#books #FotoVorschlag @FotoVorschlag

“One day the social currency of liberalism will accept as legal tender the suffering of those they previously smothered in silence, turned away from in disgust as one does carrion on the roadside. Far enough gone, the systemic murder of people will become safe enough to fit on a lawn sign.” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad #books #literature #gaza #genocide #occupation #palestine
#books #literature #genocide #palestine #occupation #gaza

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW - BATMAN https://booknerdni.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/frank-miller-batman-the-dark-knight-returns/ #books #booksky #batman #darkknight #brucewayne #comic #graphicnovel #media#press #review #blogger

Frank Miller – Batman : The Dark Knight Returns

Graphic novels are something very special in the world of books. They in the 1960/70s took the concept of weekly comic strips and magazine to a new level. Offering more complex, adult orientated st…
Book Nerd NI - Book reviews
#comic #review #books #blogger #batman #media #darkknight #graphicnovel #booksky #brucewayne

First post here on Mastodon, would like to connect with people who also love antiques, especially ANTIQUE BOOKS. 😍
Sharing two interesting books from my collection:
Huge 1668 published New Testament & 1665 published New Testament! #books #bookstodon

#books #bookstodon

And so the publishing world began.

#fakefact #MaundyThursday #easter #humor #humour #books #book #writing #writingcommunity
davinci's last supper with the following labels: one of you will betray me four will get book deals
#book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #Easter #MaundyThursday #fakefact

"Die betroffenen Arten spüren den Wetterumschwung immer ein bisschen früher. Sie sind wie Vögel“, schreibt Mely Kiyak. Seit 15 Jahren warnt sie vor dem Aufstieg des Faschismus. Sie schreibt mal wütend, mal witzig, mal polemisch, mal zynisch (ein Lachen am Abgrund), aber immer seismographisch genau in der Beobachtung und geschliffen im Wort.
Diese Beiträge von Kiyak tun weh zu lesen. Und das ist gut so. #Bücherwabe #bucher #books #livre #politics #politik #chemnitz #antifa #Faschismus #melykiyak
Zu sehen ist das Coverbild des Buches "Werden sie uns mit FlixBus deportieren?" von Mely Kiyak. In weißer Schrift stehen auf einem orangefarbenen Leineneinband der Name der Autorin und der Titel des Buches. In dem Band sind ausgewählte Kolumnen aus den Jahren 2013 bis 2020 versammelt. Das Buch ist im Hanser Verlag erschienen.
#faschismus #politik #politics #books #AntiFa #bucher #livre #chemnitz #bucherwabe #melykiyak

Do I have any friends on here who have HathiTrust access for a quick research question?

#research #storytelling #books
#research #books #storytelling

“To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn’t care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet.” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad #books #literature #gaza #genocide #occupation #palestine
#books #literature #genocide #palestine #occupation #gaza

Dernièrement j’ai fait un petit détour du côté des thrillers pour un huis-clos psychologique signé par Yana Vagner, l’autrice de Vongozero. Intitulé Le Tunnel, traduit par Raphaëlle Pache et publié chez Robert Laffont, c’est une petite brique de plus de 500 pages dans un tunnel autoroutier totalement isolé et fermé. L’ambiance étouffante est maîtrisée, la tension grandissante et les personnages, tous détestables, sont progressivement dirigés par leur peur. Malgré quelques défauts, c’est un roman très réussi qui possède un sous-texte savoureux.
Je vous en parle plus longuement sur le blog: https://yuyine.be/node/1313

#blog #critique #critiquelitteraire #bookreview #book #books #livre #lecture #PixelBook #thriller #thrillerpsychologique #yanavagner #robertlaffont #labetenoire #letunnel
Livre posé près de menottes, d’un carnet vierge et des bocaux et conserves de nourriture ainsi que d’un chat qui vient renifler le tout. La couverture du Tunnel montre une photographie d’un tunnel routier vide.

Le Tunnel

Publié en mars aux éditions Robert Laffont dans la collection La Bête noire, Le Tunnel est le nouveau roman traduit de l’autrice russe Yana Vagner à qui on doit notamment l’excellent Vongozero aux regrettées éditions Mirobole.
Les critiques de Yuyine
#book #books #bookreview #blog #lecture #livre #critique #critiquelitteraire #pixelbook #thriller #robertlaffont #thrillerpsychologique #yanavagner #labetenoire #letunnel

So many books to read but so little time 😩 :blobcatread:

#books #reading #bookstodon
#books #reading #bookstodon

I enjoyed The Martian Contingency, the latest installment in Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut Universe

my review on #goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7150970564

#books #bookstodon #SciFi #sciencefiction #bookreview

J.L. Lycette's review of The Martian Contingency (Lady Astronaut Universe #4)

5/5: This is one of my favorite series, and this latest installment was exactly the book I needed right now.
www.goodreads.com
#books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #bookreview #scifi #goodreads

https://www.europesays.com/uk/12173/ Review: The Green Book; An Observer’s Notebook by Amitava Kumar #AllThatBreathes #AmitavaKumar #Books #Entertainment #gaza #Joshimath #TheGreenBook #UK #UnitedKingdom #VladimirNabokov
Review: The Green Book; An Observer’s Notebook by Amitava Kumar

Review: The Green Book; An Observer’s Notebook by Amitava Kumar - United Kingdom

Amitava Kumar’s The Green Book: An Observer’s Notebook is the third in the series after The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal and The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s
United Kingdom
#uk #books #entertainment #gaza #unitedkingdom #allthatbreathes #amitavakumar #joshimath #thegreenbook #vladimirnabokov

Snowflake is a word used by sociopaths in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy.
-- John Cleese

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JohnCleese #Empathy #Sociopaths

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books
photo by richard rathe
#photography #empathy #wisdom #books #quotes #panorama #sociopaths #panopainting #JohnCleese

“To orient oneself in relation to this kind of equivocation as it exists in the West – where genocide is a conflict of equals, and really who’s to say what a sufficient number of dead civilians is, and it’s all so complicated anyway – is to temporarily forget that most of the world sees this for what it is *right now.*” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad #books #literature #gaza #genocide #occupation #palestine
#books #literature #genocide #palestine #occupation #gaza

Echoes (Highly Recommended, 1985)

Echoes by Maeve Binchy. Castlebay's populace becomes unique individuals, with foibles, passions, strengths, sorrows. #bookstodon #books #booklovers

https://bookreviewsintenwords.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/echoes-highly-recommended-1985/

Echoes (Highly Recommended, 1985)

Echoes by Maeve Binchy. Castlebay’s populace becomes unique individuals, with foibles, passions, strengths, sorrows. #bookstodon #books #booklovers
Book Reviews in Ten Words
#books #bookstodon #booklovers

CULTURES OF RESISTANCE (excerpts from "Full Spectrum Resistance" by Aric McBay)

Successful movements use diverse strategies and means of organizing. But movements that fight to win have something crucial in common: they all emerge from cultures of resistance. If a culture of defeat is like a sinkhole which devours optimism and action, a culture of resistance is fertile soil for defiance and successful campaigns. A culture of resistance gives a movement deep roots to nourish and sustain it.

What is a culture of resistance? Cultures of resistance across history have common elements:

1/n

#Resistance #Books
A stylised root network, inside a circle, all in black and white. Caption says "Culture of Resistance".
#books #resistance

#WordWeavers Day 27: Describe one of your characters from the point of view of another character.

--

Samuel was just donning his hat to leave the Browning townhouse when Isabel stopped him in the foyer.

“Are you really calling on Archie’s sister? That girl is attics to let, Sam.”

“Bella, my dear, she is no such thing.”

“You saw how she ran from the Assembly Rooms; Archie was mortified.”

“She’s frightened, Bella; nothing more. Once I know why, I can help her. She’s no different from the soldiers I help every day.”

“Clytemnestra Preston has never been in battle,” Isabel scoffed.

“I beg to differ, cousin,” Samuel said, and walked out the door to mount his waiting horse. -- Clytie's Caller

#historicalfiction #regency #novelette #indieauthor #bookstagram #books

https://books2read.com/b/mKdQ5E

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Clytie's Caller by Sharon E. Cathcart
books2read.com
#historicalfiction #books #wordweavers #indieauthor #bookstagram #Regency #novelette

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies is on sale at Kobo AU (maybe other places)

Older protagonists, well-researched Regency, mysteries based on real events, some romance but the central sibling relationship shines, fun but not fluffy — grim realities of life in those times confronted. Recommend!

https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-benevolent-society-of-ill-mannered-ladies-4

@bookstodon #books #Regency #HistoricalMystery
#books #Regency #historicalmystery @bookstodon group

We see social mobility throughout Austen and the Brontës' work, from low social order to rich heiresses. Austen was very keen on telling the story of social mobility during her lifetime because she also lived it.

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten
Pale yellow background. At the top, it says, Question of the Week. Below is a Georgian-era woman on the left sitting on a chair near a table. To her right, it says, "How does Austen or the Brontes address the issue of social mobility in their novels?"
#writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #amreading #amwriting #victorian #readingcommunity #Regency #Georgian #janeausten #emilybronte #charlottebronte #annebronte @bookstodon group @Romancelandia group

I've been reading "Full Spectrum Resistance", and it's extremely good. Lots of vital history of struggle that people should know. Very practical.

I'll post some snippets from the first few chapters below.

Anna's Archive link to download if you can't buy ethically:
https://annas-archive.org/search?index=&page=1&q=full+spectrum+resistance+aric+mcbay&display=&sort=

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCollapse #Resistance #Books
#climatecrisis #climate #books #resistance #climatecollapse

“In the midst of the world‘s first livestreamed genocide, when plain before the eyes of anyone who cares to look are shown the most visceral details, one of the few things that inspires any real panic on the part of most Western power centers is the prospect of reduced shipping activity through the Red Sea.” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad #books #literature #gaza #genocide #occupation #palestine
#books #literature #genocide #palestine #occupation #gaza

New to Mastodon! Not sure how this all works so here are some random words and maybe it will draw people in!

I am mainly looking to have one streamlined social media instead of a thousand apps on my phone and I heard Mastodon was good!

I am 18, in uni, and pretty much just here to vibe!

I love: #photography #books #music #420 #gaming and #cats

Hopefully this enough to get some mutuals
#music #photography #Cats #books #gaming #420

Yesterday it was the memoirs page. Today my book’s top of Bookshop. org’s *main* Biography & Memoir list.

(right next to Jenni Fagan (Scotland represent!) and a bit under Marcus Aurelius!)

No PR machine. Just people getting behind a working-class Scottish debut

If you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time:

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469

Now I’m off to build a wall.

#Scotland #Books #Bookstodon #memoir #BooksofMastodon #Writer #Publishing #Women #WorkingClass
Screenshot of Bookshop.org’s Biography & Memoir category front page. Shows Drystone: A Life Rebuilt by Kristie De Garis listed on the bottom row, next to titles by Jenni Fagan, Raynor Winn, and Marcus Aurelius, among others.
#publishing #books #bookstodon #scotland #writer #Women #workingclass #memoir #BooksofMastodon

Another nice review of the new book! I loved that she enjoyed The Height of Artifice, my most recent story in the collection: "...a man addresses his younger life in theatrical circles, and ponders why why the woman he loved never loved him back. Delightfully sad. And kind of funny at the end."

Find the whole thing here on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7467313788

#review #reviews #book #books #bookstodon #humor #humour #literaryfiction #SFF #shortstory
Slide showing the cover art of The Gates of Polished Horn by Mark A. Rayner and a review: Sad. Amusing. Uplifting. "To sum up, when Mark A. Rayner is good, he's very, very good. I'd definitely read something else by him." Terry Tyler, author of The Devil You Know

Terry Tyler's review of The Gates of Polished Horn

4/5: My favourite genre to read is imagined views of our near future, so many of the stories in this speculative/science fiction collection hit the spot for me.
www.goodreads.com
#book #review #humour #humor #books #bookstodon #sff #reviews #shortstory #literaryfiction

Today in Labor History April 6, 1919: The Bavarian Soviet Republic was declared. Novelist, B. Traven (Death Ship, Treasure of the Sierra Madre), served on its Central Council of Workers, Soldiers and Farmers. The socialist republic was quashed a month later by the Freikorps, which included Rudolf Hess and other future members of the Nazi party.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #soviet #socialism #communism #germany #nazis #btraven #fiction #fascism #writer #author #books @bookstadon
Still from the Youtube video, “Bavarian Soviet Republic - 1919 Economy and Reconstruction” showing a soldier, fist in the air, with a flame-filled sky in the background.
#fascism #germany #books #nazis #writer #author #socialism #soviet #fiction #communism #workingclass #LaborHistory #BTraven @bookstadon group

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