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LincolnRamirez,
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I've been thinking of finally reading some Stephen King, but no idea where to start.

Go for one of the likes of his famous work, like the Shining or the Green Mile? Or something lesser known?

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fskornia,
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@LincolnRamirez @bookstodon What do you typically like to read? King has a very wide range, so there is probably something good to transition into.

LincolnRamirez,
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@fskornia @bookstodon Predominantly fantasy, with literary and historical fiction thrown in. I do like horror in terms of film, but never actually read any fiction

patl,
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A GORGEOUS retelling of the historical events of Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés entering Tenochtitlan and the court of emperor Moctezuma.

This novella reimagines a complex world that many of us have some passing familiarity with. It's trippy hallucinogenic; it thrives in court politics and religious variety, color, aroma.

Think multicultural Game of Throes meets Hunter S. Thompson packed into a tight 220 pages. TIP: Don't skip the author's notes to the translator. @bookstodon

patl,
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@farbel @bookstodon Not yet; this is my first by the author. How did you like it?

farbel,
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@patl @bookstodon I haven't read it either. This one was gifted to me by a friend who had just read it.

TootTropiques,
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"We tend to forget that there are people who are simply after money and power, and they have no psychological complications at all."

--Len Deighton, The IPCRESS File

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trif,
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@jancampbellcady @TootTropiques @bookstodon

I'll keep an eye out - it seems to be a genre that's fallen into negligence.

trif,
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@jancampbellcady @TootTropiques @bookstodon If you don't mind elements of SF/Fantasy - Dave Hutchinson's Fractured Europe quartet is very good.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/179056-the-fractured-europe-sequence

StonerMetal,
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Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers
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Day 2

willaful,
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@StonerMetal Awwww!

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danamcfarland,
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"If bees were scientists, they might marvel at the color we know as red, which they cannot see and which they might call 'ultrayellow.'"

#SundaySentence is from An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

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matsafi, Polish
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Kontynuacja świetnej książki.
“Stella. Oblicza zemsty”.
Mocne 4/5.
Moja recenzja poniżej 👇
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6553807173

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kimlockhartga,
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Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

James, Percival Everett

The Book of Love, Kelly Link

Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

Prequel, Rachel Maddow

KateOfMind,
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@lunalein @kimlockhartga @bookstodon It sure was! Great world building AND great noir. I'd read a sequel or two.

lunalein,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @KateOfMind yes, i’d eat up a series in that world!

natania,
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I'm doing a book giveaway for QUEEN OF NONE! It's super easy to enter. You just need to sign up for my newsletter, and you're automatically entered to win.

I just re-designed and moved my newsletter, so I'm pretty excited to start sharing my various brain meanderings with y'all more often.

Already a subscriber? No problem! You're automatically entered. @bookstodon

betanianne,
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@natania @bookstodon gosh I'm so excited for everyone to get to read this because that means we're getting book 2!

herhandsmyhands,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

I read Kelley Armstrong's Disturbing the Dead, the latest in her Rip Through Time series--and now I have to wait a year for the next book!

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/disturbing-the-dead-by-kelley-armstrong/

herhandsmyhands,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

ICYMI: I read Kelley Armstrong's Disturbing the Dead, the latest in her Rip Through Time series--and now I have to wait a year for the next book!

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/disturbing-the-dead-by-kelley-armstrong/

nik,
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The thing I’m enjoying the most about my Stephen King reading project is the references to characters and events of previous novels, and even cameos by characters we’ve met before. And, AND! I don’t know about you but frequently I’ll finish a book and wonder what happened to the characters, as if they were real people living real lives, into which I caught but a brief glimpse. Sometimes we actually find out, because of some random comment in the current book!

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Caiotekit,
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@nik @bookstodon

Same for me.

5teverin0,
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@nik @bookstodon I used to be a huge King fan, though I haven't read him in a while. This was also one of my favorite things about his work, the interconnectedness of it. And it's kind of low-key; you don't HAVE to have read a book that is referenced to enjoy the one you are reading now. BUT, once I clued in to the fact that the references are there, I needed to find ALL of them. It got a little overwhelming.

herhandsmyhands,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

So the RWA has declared bankruptcy, and chooses to blame it on Courtney Milan and the "woke push" for DEI.

You knew I would rant about that, yes?

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/rwa-goes-bankrupt-its-not-dei-its-the-bigotry-and-racism/

Jennifer,
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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia @bookstodon I don't read romance but heard about that a couple years ago and read Courtney Milan's Twitter posts about it. It's really sad the leadership of that group were so clueless

herhandsmyhands,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

ICYMI: the RWA is filing for bankruptcy, and because nice white ladies (TM) can't help themselves, they're implying it's Courtney Milan's (and the push for progress and inclusivity in the organization) that ruined the organization.

Racism? bigotry? don't know them.

Context and rant:

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/rwa-goes-bankrupt-its-not-dei-its-the-bigotry-and-racism/

jason_w_karpf,
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The 11 Movies That Paved The Way for Ridley Scott's Alien | Den of Geek

Excellent analysis. The list shows how sci-fi stories build on one another. The epic “Alien” had its predecessors and influences.

@bookstodon @religion #bookstodon #ChristianSciFi #ProfessorK #amwritingscifi #secretscifinetwork #Alien https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/movies-paved-way-for-ridley-scott-alien/

khleedril,
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@jason_w_karpf @bookstodon @religion Yes, I know. But I still think it is tenuous.

jason_w_karpf,
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@khleedril @bookstodon @religion Acknowledged. 😊

ash,
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Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999)

•••
I know you by heart, and yet —
I don't know you — discovering anew every time
hair — by my lips, lips — by my tongue —
and moving within you, I learn your pupils
contracting in an unfamiliar way...
every fibre of me wants to know every fibre of you
is it as joyous and thankful for you as it is for me
becoming you and collapsing —
that's what the Bible meant: he knew her!

(translated by me)

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

ash,
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A friend of mine asked me to traslate several of Sapgir's poems to English to quote in her thesis. This is my first attempt.

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bourgwick,
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that flawless & unmatched feeling of finishing a book as the train pulls into your stop. @bookstodon

doc_dead,
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@bourgwick @bookstodon or at least a chapter!

CuriousMagpie,
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I’ve been paying closer attention to when books were written. Pre-2016 (trump)? Pre-2020 (covid)? Different vibes for sure but I can’t quite put my finger on how to describe it yet.
#amreading @bookstodon

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