Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart.
Marisha Pessl, Night Film
While this has some darker parts, this isn’t so much of a scary book, but more like a crazy roller coaster ride. I highly recommend it. #books#photography#booktoot@bookstodon
With ONE WEEK to go, @TealCartoons & I have just received our finished copies of #PlagueBusters! Thrill your kids - big or small - with tales of history's deadliest diseases. 💀
If an #ebook subscription service sounds like it might be for you, please consider supporting one that isn't owned by #Amazon, that exploits its dominant position to force authors into exclusivity deals preventing their work from being available elsewhere. There are alternatives to #KindleUnlimited, including (but not limited to) #KoboPlus. @bookstodon
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.”
Downloading pirated books hurts authors, but there are many ways you can read books for free legally.
As a book blogger on a tight budget with a book addiction, I'm happy to share with you my finds: 10 platform where you can get free books legally.
The list I compiled has something for everyone: classics, young adults, popular books and new releases.
No, my #books are NOT available on #KindleUnlimited, nor will they ever be as long as #authors are forced into “accepting” the #Amazon exclusivity condition that forbids my work being sold at any other #ebook retailer.
The Narratess Indie Sale is live! My books Windward and Between Starfalls are both reduced to 99cents for this sale (for US, Canada, Europe, and Australia).
There are over 300 books, with filters to help you narrow down the options by genre, price (Free, 99cents, or $1.99), and LGBTQ+ representation.
Check out https://promotions.narratess.com now thru the 28th to jump on these deals!
The Narratess Indie Sale is tomorrow! My books Windward and Between Starfalls are both reduced to 99cents for this sale (for US, Canada, Europe, and Australia), and that price is in effect already for most book sellers!
Tomorrow the sale page goes live with tons of amazing deals: prices Free, 99cents, or $1.99.
Check out https://promotions.narratess.com before the weekend is over.
Boosts appreciated to help others find incredible #IndieBooks to snatch up!
I read Iron Curtain by #VesnaGoldsworthy. A page-turner set in the 1980s. A young privileged 'red princess' from a poor unnamed central European country elopes to London in the name of love. The sense of displacement has echoes of the Patricia Engel book I read just before this. There's also enjoyable farce here even if the clichés about the UK are laid on a little thick at times. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads
Finally finished The Nutmeg's Curse by Amitav Ghosh. Learnt a lot of things that probably should have been obvious to me. Mainly about how colonialism uses destruction of the environment as a weapon. The displaced lived alongside nature, the occupiers saw it as a resource to be exploited. They still do of course. The richer ones have their eyes on other planets... #Bookstodon#BookToot#keefsreads