The same week that Nora Roberts made a donation to EveryLibrary Institute, her books were banned in schools in Florida!
Now she's challenging you to join her by participating in the #NoraRobertsChallenge by making a tax-deductible donation to fight against book bans and challenging your friends to do the same.
"I have always believed that libraries are essential to our society and the preservation of our democracy. They provide access to knowledge and ideas that are critical for personal and intellectual growth." -Nora Roberts
One of the books which has had the most profound impact on my professional (don't laugh; despite what I post here, I am a professional) life is the absolutely excellent "Queer Privacy" by @sarahjamielewis.
For me - cis het white man - it was eye opening.
You can choose your own price, and it is well worth a couple of hours of your time.
QSFer Phillip Donnelly has a new queer fairy tale collection out (ace, gay, lesbian): Fairy Tales and Shadows.
Fairy Tales and Shadows introduces a world of magic and splendor through a diverse set of characters who each star in their own fairy tale-style stories. As the book progresses the stories and characters...
Þrúðr’s sleep was a restless thing, fitful pits of exhaustion punctuated by tear-filled hours of wakefulness. Her stomach churned hard enough to force out the feast the dvergar had provided, and even that was an awful, humiliating ordeal. One that saw Þrúðr stumbling around the chambers she had been given, eventually walking into a room tiled in bright mosaics with water running beneath the ground. She hoped desperately she had intuited the function of the facilities correctly. That she had not relieved herself within the bath nor washed herself atop the privy.
Nothing in the place was as it should be, least of all Þrúðr.
So Barnes & Noble has a 25% off discount code for Pre-orders until April 29th. As of this toot if you have a membership, the 10% does stack. Works on most pre-orders including manga and light novels
I canceled some pre-orders and reordered them, and pre-ordered some other books. It might total around 30 books I pre-ordered with this deal... >_>
I adore #KevinKelly's upcoming #book, "Excellent Advice for Living."
"If you're looking for something in your house, and you finally find it, when you're done with it, don't put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it."
From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a piercing account of the lesser-known conflict preceding the Vietnam War that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism. Delving into the last gasps of the First Indochina War, which saw the communist Việt Minh take control of North Vietnam, Éric Vuillard vividly illustrates the attitudes that both enabled French colonialist abuses and ultimately led to their defeat and withdrawal.
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
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THE MERRY DREDGERS by @jeremycshipp is a captivating book filled with two worlds: one of a fragile, randomly cruel reality, and one of a fantastical (somewhat nightmarish) whimsy. The tale that bridges & enfolds them is fabulously imaginative, original, & permeated with heart. (Meerkat Press)
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
A woman must outsmart a hellish hex to try & save a friendship that's rapidly turning toxic in CURSE CORVUS by Alex Ebenstein. This compelling, spooky tale will grab you in its claws (talons?) from the start & have you keeping a wary eye out for birds long after you've finished. (Dreadstone Press)
#vendredilecture "Strange Bedfellows" de l'Américaine Ina Park. La professionnelle de santé raconte les infections sexuellement transmissibles, en partant de son expérience de son médecin. C'est drôle, pas moralisateur et instructif, à la Maïa Mazaurette. Bcp aimé le chapitre sur les officiels américains qui traquaient les IST dans les années 1970, celui sur les postiches pubiens... Herpès, gonorrhée, VIH, syphilis, chlamydia... On se familiarise avec eux. L'insta d'Ina https://www.instagram.com/inaparkmd/
#Lecture "The Urge" de Carl Erik Fisher. Dans ce livre, le psychiatre entreprend de définir l'addiction, notamment aux substances psychoactives, et raconte sa propre addiction à l'alcool. Il fait l'historique des politiques sanitaires liées aux drogues: de leur prohibition ou de la pénalisation des consommateurs jusqu'aux politiques de réduction des risques et d'accompagnement des usagers. Un ouvrage à l'ambition peut-être trop vaste, très centré sur les Etats-Unis #books#book#drugs#drogues
#VendrediLecture "Notes on an execution" ("Une exécution" en français) de Danya Kukafka. J'ai détesté ce roman. L'autrice veut privilégier la parole des femmes qui ont été victimes ou proches d'un serial-killer. Il m'a semblé bourré de clichés, dans un style plat. Parmi les autres défauts, les chapitres avec le compte à rebours avant la mise à mort du serial-killer et le fait que les vies de toutes ces femmes ne soit évoquées qu'à travers leurs relations au meurtrier #books#book#feminicide
#VendrediLecture "My Fourth Time, we drowned" de Sally Hayden. Je ne sais pas s'il sera traduit en français, mais cette enquête est indispensable à lire. La journaliste irlandaise raconte l'enfer vécu par les réfugiés en Libye. Abandonnés par le Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés et par l'Union européenne dans des conditions atroces, ils se livrent à Sally Hayden sur leurs conditions de vie atroces. Et témoignent de l'irresponsabilité des pays riches #books#book