mrundkvist, to books
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This is why I drop books after 50 pages of not being good. From “Big Ideas, Little Pictures” by Jono Hey.

stevenray, (edited ) to random
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Only a few pages in, this is already one of my favorite books of the year. Brilliantly written, an easy read yet so full of crucial perspective.

MagentaRocks, to books
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I find this so unsettling, yet condensed and things like CliffsNotes have been around for years. I think this enables people with ADHD and those with the attention span of fleas, yet, maybe it can be useful for some. At least this isn't all AI.


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May be pay-walled, no gift link option available.

"Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/can-you-read-a-book-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour

SergKoren, to books
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“Do you ever feel like reading?”

“No. I hate reading.”

“Why are you looking at your phone when I talk to you?’

#reading

Eceni, to Writers
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noellemitchell, to books
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Another great night for reading a book 😁📖 :blobcatread:

#reading #books #bookstodon

stevenray, to books
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Four pages to go. Karen Tei Yamashita’s ‘I Hotel’. 605 pages, what a book! Historical fiction depicting the lives of Asian Americans in San Francisco from 1968-1977. Recommended!

rorystarr, (edited ) to books
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hawksquill, to books
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I never really got into the habit of using bookmarks consistently until my partner got me this nifty astronaut. 🚀

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fictionable, to books
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Huge congratulations: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, has won the International Booker prize.

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fictionable,
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@bookstodon Catch Erpenbeck talking about her prizewinning novel on the @fictionable #podcast

https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/jenny-erpenbeck-podcast-sloughing-off-one-skin-go-went-gone-kairos-writing

And read her short story Sloughing Off One Skin, also translated by Michael Hofmann, in our latest edition.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/sloughing-off-one-skin-jenny-erpenbeck-translated-by-michael-hofmann

#books #ShortStories #translation #fiction #reading #writing @bookstodon

LincolnRamirez, to books
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was on my reading list for a long while, so great to have read it, especially after so much hype. My thoughts here.

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https://conversationsaboutbooks5.wordpress.com/2024/05/21/the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue-v-e-schwab/

NickEast, to books
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lairofsecrets, to books
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Summer is almost here, and so are our #SummerReadingLists

Got suggestions for what we should read? Let us know! #books #reading #SummerReading

imalcolm, to books
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Just finished 'Cruel Provocations' by @golgaloth and I wish it wasn't over - so much so that I stopped myself reading the last few chapters last night, just to draw the enjoyment out a little longer.

An intriguing tale that combines an ostensibly fantasy setting with proto-electric technology (lightning-punk?) its twists and turns take you to unexpected places, and does "the fey" with a unique approach that I loved.

A very impressive debut novel that cries out for a sequel!

fictionable, to climate
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On the @fictionable blog, Caroline Lucas argues that we must counter denial with compelling and inspiring stories.

https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/caroline-lucas-climate-denial-is-being-weaponised-and-popularised

Image: Janusz Walczak

razumasu, to scifi
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What’s the best sci-fi universe you’ve ever explored in a book? Why did it stand out?

suswatibasu, to books
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Reading Well for Dementia launched in public libraries in England and Wales

"[We] believe that this unique, new, quality-assured book-based resource...could play an important role in supporting the wider community affected by .”

https://howtobe247.com/reading-well-for-dementia-launched-wales-england-libraries/

aldi80s, to books
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sylvia, to Blog
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now my health is starting to improve, I'm blogging again too!

Here's a short review on my new reading blog

https://reading.sylvia.lol/the-appeal-janice-hallett-1-2

#blog #reading #mystery #bookstodon

franksting, to books
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Book 18 of 2024 was this very short, yet highly original and tremendously powerful novel/(novella?) by Natasha Brown. A must read
@bookstodon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58600914

noellemitchell, to books
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Perfect night for a ... like every night. 😁📚:blobcatread:

jason, to books
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Probably me …
Who am I kidding? Definitely me!

owlsight, to books
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I’ve been reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or I should say re-reading it this weekend. Enjoying it!

If you have a love for reading, don’t ever let life take that away.

When a lifelong reader stops because life gets in the way, a part of how you relate to the world leaves you.

Change what you must, but this sacred time for you has to stay in your life.

#reading #books #lifelongreaders #balance

paninid, to books
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People who ban books so so from a place of intense fear, deep insecurity, and sense of self-seriousness.

#ReadBannedBooks @bookstodon #books #reading #literature

johnrakestraw, to writing
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An interesting piece about , , and a bit on collecting . There’s some irony in owning a first edition of owned earlier by Dorothy Scarritt, Oppenheimer’s secretary at Los Alamos. And I had only a little twinge reading that one who just turned 40 might expect to read only 480 more books carefully if one manages to read one book a month.

Gift link: https://wapo.st/3K8hmHn

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