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#WhatWereReading : Joe, our resident cinephile, enjoyed The Book Was Better, by Louis Willder (published by One World Books)
From movies that insult the book, to films that actually improve on them (& guilty pleasure bad flicks too!), this is a perfect read for those who love film & books
#books #livres #film #films #bookstodon #TheBookWasBetter #LouiseWillder #bookshops #librairies #Cinema
Quite taken with my new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy t-shirt, mixing up the whale, bowl of petunias & Babel Fish with Hokusai's Great Wave.
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#HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #ScienceFiction #books #livres #bookstodon #DouglasAdams #photography #photographie
On “Derek,” Captain Ahab’s Evil Half Brother
“Your worst enemy ain’t Moby Dick, it’s your half brother, Derek.”
by John Hay
Moby Dick at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701
Let's do this.
@bookstodon#Books #Reading #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #Fiction #BrokenEarth
(comment on The Stone Sky)
The secret to reading more classics? Don’t treat them like homework.
Classics editor Henry Eliot shares his strategies for getting started, staying motivated, and finding joy in literature’s great books.
by Kevin Dickinson
https://bigthink.com/books/reading-the-classics/
Classics of Literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/649
Revised Full Road Test Directory - September 2026 https://courtg9000.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/revised-full-road-test-directory-september-2026/ #Blogs, #Books, #Directory, #Food, #FullList, #Inspiration, #Photography, #Podcasts, #RetroRoadTests, #RoadTest, #Writing
The house has been quiet for hours.
Then footsteps begin upstairs, slow and heavy enough to make the ceiling creak.
They cross the room above you, stop directly over your head, and remain there for several seconds.
Then they start moving again, even though this time they are coming from inside the wall.
#horror #microfiction #readers #horrorcommunity #darkfiction #books #story #news
First women of philosophy
Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm
by Dag Herbjørnsrud
Books about or by women philosophers at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=women+philosophers
The wondrous history of fairy tale art – from wolves and witches to fallen princesses
by Elena Sottilotta
Fairy tales continue to nourish artistic invention because their characters embrace continual metamorphosis, discovering yet another possibility within an old story.
Books in Children's Myths, Fairy Tales at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/216
#OverUnder 085 with @theresmiling.
She shares her thoughts about #Arduino, #Polaroids , #television, #StarTrek, and #eggs.
She also replied to @gabz about her everyday carry or just something she'd be lost without
And, we got two #books recommendations. YAAAY .
#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #blogging #tvshows #tv #photography
#100DaysToOffload 90/100
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Singapore is paying its citizens to read. (But will it work?)
https://lithub.com/singapore-is-paying-its-citizens-to-read-but-will-it-work/
Ancient “Shark Graveyard” Discovered In Egyptian Desert https://www.byteseu.com/2405669/ #Arts #Books #Children #CurrentEvents #Egypt #ela #english #EnglishLanguageArts #kids #KidsNews #KidsNewsArticles #language #Reading #students
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Lord Darlington, in Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan, Act III, 1892 #BannedBooks #Libraries #LGBTQ #QueerBooks #QueerNews #Pride #Reading #Books #Resist #Solidarity #Photography https://thistleandmoss.com/p/i-want-to-know-why-motherfuckers-queer-refugees-shackled-to-bangui-a-five-grand-ballot-bribe-a-plane#the-carrying-what-your-body-knows-w
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Lord Darlington, in Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan, Act III, 1892 #BannedBooks #Libraries #LGBTQ #QueerBooks #QueerNews #Pride #Reading #Books #Resist #Solidarity #Photography thistleandmoss.com/p...
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Lord Darlington, in Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan, Act III, 1892 #BannedBooks #Libraries #LGBTQ #QueerBooks #QueerNews #Pride #Reading #Books #Resist #Solidarity #Photography https://thistleandmoss.com/p/i-want-to-know-why-motherfuckers-queer-refugees-shackled-to-bangui-a-five-grand-ballot-bribe-a-plane#the-carrying-what-your-body-knows-w
Interview – Part 2: Jay Watson and Joe Keery on everything important and everything in between [2026]. https://www.inbella.com/1727897/interview-part-2-jay-watson-and-joe-keery-on-everything-important-and-everything-in-between-2026/ #arts #blogs #books #CDM #CelebritiesTopics #CoupDeMain #CoupDeMainMagazine #Fashion #films #Interviews #movies #music #MusicMagazine #NewZealandMagazine #Photography #PopCulture #tv
![Interview - Part 2: Jay Watson and Joe Keery on everything important and everything in between [2026].](/proxy/post_attachment/419567/f44f1fdbd3.jpg "Interview - Part 2: Jay Watson and Joe Keery on everything important and everything in between [2026].")
Pop-up radical bookshop by P.M. Press at Apple Festival
#photo #photography #books #appleharvestfestival #vendor #wideangle #laowa #9mm #politics
Paternity is poetical
The notion that fatherhood and creativity are at odds is plain wrong, as both poetry and neuroscience are showing us
by Daniel Swift
Books about Family life -- Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2515
Ancient virus hunters: how we discovered sheeppox DNA hidden in medieval gospels
by Kevin Daly
DNA can survive in parchment for well over a thousand years.
Books about ancient diseases at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ancient+diseases
finished reading Bloody Rose
A fantastic read. Guess I should read the first book now. Fortunately they can be read out of order without missing anything.
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Talked to someone who has been dabbling in translating fiction. This guy was horrified when I told him that if he uses machine translation for more than dictionary checks of individual words, he can't put his name on the translation and the work is ineligible under most standard publishing contracts.
"OMG, but then it would take FOREVER to translate a novel!?!?"
Yes. You're right. That's why translators get paid.
"Jane Eyre" has joined the list for the first time, Florida and Texas are the biggest banners, and Stephen King is still the most banned author. Search Surf to discover what people are saying about Banned Books Week.
finished reading Ode to the Half-Broken
Fantastic. I wasn't sure about it when I picked this up, but it was a staff recommendation at the store, so I gave it a chance. Didn't take long at all to grab and hold my interest.