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<p>Change Calibre&#x27;s Default Theme to a Light or Dark Mode</p><p>Learn how to change Calibre’s default colour palette, theme or mode when the system default theme doesn’t cause it to change automatically.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/calibre-theme-light-dark-mode/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/calibre-theme-light-dark-mode/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/calibr</span><span class="invisible">e-theme-light-dark-mode/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/100daystooffload/" rel="tag">#100DaysToOffload</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> is quoted, misquoted, praised, and vilified — often by people who haven’t read her.</p><p>_The Ayn Rand Reader_ offers excerpts from her <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> and <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a>: her ideas, her voice, her terms. </p><p>If you’re serious about understanding her — whether to agree or disagree — start here: <a href="https://aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-ran</span><span class="invisible">d-reader/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> <a href="/tags/objectivism/" rel="tag">#Objectivism</a></p>

<p>Hey Fediverse, I wrote a little book (<a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noai</a>).</p><p>It&#x27;s got beavers, snow, surf, games, coding, data entry, literary references, masks, vaccines and a race to the airport!</p><p>It&#x27;s total FREE! And I&#x27;ll even mail anyone a copy on request (see about).</p><p>&lt;18k words.</p><p><a href="https://2qx.github.io/monterey-protocols" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2qx.github.io/monterey-protocols"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2qx.github.io/monterey-protoco</span><span class="invisible">ls</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#vermont</a> <a href="/tags/elbowsup/" rel="tag">#elbowsup</a> <a href="/tags/maskup/" rel="tag">#maskup</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/smallpox/" rel="tag">#smallpox</a> <a href="/tags/nonproliferation/" rel="tag">#nonproliferation</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a> <a href="/tags/nurses/" rel="tag">#nurses</a> <a href="/tags/healthworkers/" rel="tag">#healthworkers</a> <a href="/tags/opsec/" rel="tag">#opsec</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a></p>

<p>Marvel VS Capcom: Ultimate Complete Works collects the videogame crossover artwork of two titanic franchises: Marvel and Capcom, in a new, updated, and upgraded edition!On sale now: <a href="https://amzn.to/44X0IFy" rel="nofollow">amzn.to/44X0IFy</a><a href="/tags/marvel/" rel="tag">#Marvel</a> <a href="/tags/capcom/" rel="tag">#Capcom</a> <a href="/tags/mvc/" rel="tag">#MvC</a> <a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#Games</a> <a href="/tags/fgc/" rel="tag">#FGC</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#Artist</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#Comics</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/gamedev/" rel="tag">#GameDev</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#BookSky</a> <a href="/tags/gamingsky/" rel="tag">#GamingSky</a> <a href="/tags/promosky/" rel="tag">#PromoSky</a></p>

<p>Book number 3 on my <a href="/tags/stephenking/" rel="tag">#StephenKing</a> re-read journey. </p><p>This was a lot of fun to revisit. Another one I read decades ago. This has so many of my favorite short SK stories in it. Many many classics. </p><p>This book turned out a remarkable ELEVEN movie + tv adaptations. Absolutely insane. Talk about legendary. </p><p>Really hard to pick a favorite but Battleground is so much fun. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/@stephenkingjourney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stephenkingjourney</span></a></span></p>

<p>They were grown men or at least had lived for several decades, which in some societies is considered the same thing.</p><p>Terry Pratchett, Hogfather </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#discworld</a></p>

<p>Do you re-read favourite novels? Most of my friends don’t <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poll/" rel="tag">#Poll</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="91 votes">35%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Re-read often</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="131 votes">51%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Re-read one or two</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="27 votes">10%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Never</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="10 votes">4%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Don’t read novels</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">259 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 148d ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>

<p>Monk and Robot: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dedication/" rel="tag">#dedication</a></p>

<p>🚨VOY A CERRAR LA CUENTA DE MASTODON Y VUELVO A TWITTER🚨</p><p>Bien, ahora que tengo vuestra atención (😆), os cuento: he reunido varios relatos que he escrito a lo largo de los últimos años en un libro, que he tenido a bien llamar Trece. Y vosotres diréis, «oh, Carlos, ¿por qué has escogido ese título tan curioso?». Me alegra que me hagáis esa pregunta. Pues, además de por las connotaciones que tiene ese número, porque son trece relatos (me he quedado calvo, lo sé). Alguno de ellos es de terror, tanto sobrenatural como psicológico. Otros son sencillamente inquietantes, y otros son apenas microrrelatos que se me ocurrían sobre la marcha. Pero todos llevan un poquito de mí. En el siguiente toot os dejo la portada y la sinopsis para que tengáis más info.</p><p>Como siempre, este libro es completamente gratuito, y lo podéis descargar en epub a través del enlace a mi nube de Disroot. Junto a él encontraréis otras historias. Si alguna de ellas os llama la atención, dadle caña sin miedo. O con él.</p><p>Y si compartís esta publicación para ayudar a que mi trabajo llegue a más personas me haréis el hombre más feliz del fediverso 😊</p><p><a href="https://cloud.disroot.org/s/YdbStYSNMHAjkWd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cloud.disroot.org/s/YdbStYSNMHAjkWd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cloud.disroot.org/s/YdbStYSNMH</span><span class="invisible">AjkWd</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/librosgratis/" rel="tag">#LibrosGratis</a> <a href="/tags/libros/" rel="tag">#libros</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literatura/" rel="tag">#literatura</a> <a href="/tags/literaverso/" rel="tag">#literaverso</a></p>

<p>My favorite books published in 2025: </p><p>Gliff - Ali Smith<br>One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad<br>Audition - Pip Adam<br>Dusk - Robbie Arnott<br>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng - Kylie Lee Baker<br>The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones<br>Sour Cherry - Natalia Theodoridou<br>The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley<br>Eternal Summer - Franziska Gansler (tr. Imogen Taylor)<br>The Silver Book - Olivia Laing<br>We Pretty Pieces of Flesh - Colwill Brown<br>Woodworking - Emily St. James</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>2025 in <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>, a thread, inspired by (but not limited to) <a href="https://shereads.com/traci-thomas-best-books-of-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="shereads.com/traci-thomas-best-books-of-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shereads.com/traci-thomas-best</span><span class="invisible">-books-of-2025/</span></a> :</p><p>Two books I loved, part 1: <br>Gliff - Ali Smith</p><p>A fable about survival in a totalitarian surveillance state. A reflection on childhood, siblinghood, and the cost and worth of kindness. A dance with language and memory. I was torn between the impulse to read it all in one sitting and the urge to savor every single sentence.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>1/</p><p>Lots of new connections. Hence, a re-introduction to a hopeful story, &quot;A New Faith,&quot; available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: <a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/climatefiction/" rel="tag">#climatefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#speculativefiction</a> <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#mystery</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/detective/" rel="tag">#detective</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#climatecrisis</a> <a href="/tags/extinction/" rel="tag">#extinction</a> <a href="/tags/survival/" rel="tag">#survival</a> <a href="/tags/adaptation/" rel="tag">#adaptation</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#migration</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a></p>

<p>Before Book One.</p><p>Between Harmony and Fire is now available.</p><p>A collection of mythic fragments from the world of Akidir.</p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bzlOXZ" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/bzlOXZ</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a></p>

<p>When Alice Gooblar-Perovic, Aahana Gupta, and Lydia Cruce were freshmen at Iowa City West High School, they learned that thousands of books, including &quot;The Handmaid&#x27;s Tale&quot; and &quot;Nineteen Minutes,&quot; were going to be pulled from classrooms across their state. This was in order to comply with Senate File 496, which said books and school materials must be &quot;age appropriate.&quot; So they started a Banned Book Club. Two years later, the club is still going and growing, and the law is in trouble — the part of it that affected school libraries was temporarily blocked by a federal judge, while enforcement of book restrictions remains frozen under a second temporary injunction. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span>&#x27;s Iowa Public Radio spoke with the three girls, who are now juniors, about how their goals have changed, and the community they&#x27;ve built.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/1vgO9k" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/1vgO9k</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/bookbans/" rel="tag">#BookBans</a> <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> <a href="/tags/thekidsarealright/" rel="tag">#TheKidsAreAlright</a> <a href="/tags/highschool/" rel="tag">#HighSchool</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>

<p>wants to read <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&amp;q=https://eggplant.place/book/3C2U42vtDgFTrhE0cbaA2M" rel="nofollow">Graça Infinita</a> <br>Conversando com amigo sobre este livro e, ao ler a sinopse novamente, se mostra bem atual:</p><p>&quot;Os Estados Unidos e o Canadá já não existem: eles foram substituídos pela poderosa Onan, a Organização de Nações Norte-Americanas. Uma enorme porção do continente se tornou um depósito de lixo tóxico. Separatistas quebequenses praticam atos terroristas e a contagem dos anos foi vendida às grandes corporações. Graça infinita foi o último grande romance do século XX e teve um impacto duradouro e ainda difícil de ser aferido. Ora cômico, ora doloroso, ele encapsulou uma geração ligada à ironia e ao entretenimento, mas desconectada da imaginação, da solidariedade e da empatia. No romance, seguimos os passos dos irmãos Incandenza - membros da família mais disfuncional da literatura contemporânea -, conforme tentam dar conta do legado do patriarca James Incandenza, um cientista de óptica que se tornou cineasta e cometeu suicídio depois de produzir um misterioso filme que, pela alta voltagem de entretenimento, levava seus espectadores à morte. Enquanto organizações governamentais e terroristas querem usar o filme como arma de guerra, os Incandenza vão se embrenhar numa cômica e filosófica busca pelo sentido da vida. Graça infinita dobra todas as regras da ficção sem jamais sacrificar seu próprio valor de entretenimento. É uma exuberante e original investigação do que nos torna humanos - e um desses raros livros que renovam a ideia do que um romance pode ser.&quot;</p><p>---</p><p>Há anos, quero ler este, mas é uma obra de fôlego (1.144 páginas) e bem caro. E não sei se é viável na edição em e-book, pois já ouvi reclamações sobre erros nas Notas (existem notas gigantescas e até notas dentro de notas...).</p><p>Antes, devo ler um texto indicado aqui no Fediverso e disponível gratuitamente na Revista Piauí (a não ser que tenham metido um paywall), &quot;Pense na Lagosta&quot;:</p><p><a href="https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/pense-na-lagosta/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/pense-na-lagosta/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia</span><span class="invisible">/pense-na-lagosta/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/davidfosterwallace/" rel="tag">#DavidFosterWallace</a> <a href="/tags/infinitejest/" rel="tag">#InfiniteJest</a> <a href="/tags/gracainfinita/" rel="tag">#GracaInfinita</a> <a href="/tags/pensenalagosta/" rel="tag">#PenseNaLagosta</a> <a href="/tags/considerthelobster/" rel="tag">#ConsiderTheLobster</a> <a href="/tags/livros/" rel="tag">#Livros</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/ensaios/" rel="tag">#Ensaios</a> <a href="/tags/essays/" rel="tag">#Essays</a></p><p><a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#NeoDB</a></p>

<p>a few years ago i mentioned that i wrote a book about the exciting, awkward and embarrassing experiences of growing up with computers and video games in the 80s and 90s.</p><p>i wanted to remember what it felt like being the only dorky computer kid at school. or what it was like to hear my first modem handshake sound. or starting the first flamewar on the school&#x27;s national FirstClass BBS in the macintosh lab over the lunch-hour</p><p>it was originally something i wrote only for my family and friends who were there at the time. </p><p>and then i met all of you folks when i started my first masto instance 4 years ago. i had no idea there were so many hardcore retrocomputing and gaming nerds out there; unix and mac and ms-dos folks alike.</p><p>so i mentioned it casually. i was surprised by the interest in the book. </p><p>so i spent the better part of the past 3 years rewriting the book for *you* fellow mastodon dorkus malorkuses. the book is a celebration of all of the best (and worst) parts of a kid growing up in the digital age. </p><p>we&#x27;re all busy old tired stressed folks now. so every memory and cringetacular story is short enough to read on a 5 minute bus/metro/toilet ride. they&#x27;re weaved together into an arc that starts at my family&#x27;s first Tandy TRS-80 and ends at my school&#x27;s Mac LC II and building my first Pentium 133.</p><p>it&#x27;s finally published, and i&#x27;m super proud of what it became thanks to everyone here nerding out for years.</p><p>enjoy the book. i wrote it just for you. ❤️ </p><p>paperback edition: <a href="https://mybook.to/EDuUf" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/EDuUf</a></p><p>DRM-free ebook (EPUB format) and chapter samples here:<br><a href="https://tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indiepublisher/" rel="tag">#indiePublisher</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/macintosh/" rel="tag">#macintosh</a> <a href="/tags/vintageapple/" rel="tag">#vintageApple</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/msdos/" rel="tag">#msdos</a> <a href="/tags/dosgaming/" rel="tag">#dosGaming</a> <a href="/tags/yeg/" rel="tag">#yeg</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#alberta</a> <a href="/tags/bbs/" rel="tag">#bbs</a> <a href="/tags/smolweb/" rel="tag">#smolWeb</a> <a href="/tags/indieweb/" rel="tag">#indieWeb</a></p>

<p>Bookish and blogging friends, The 2026 Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge blog hop topics are available now. The first one happens on January 7. </p><p>I made a post to transcribe all 50 topics as the original image didn’t have alt-text. Hope to see you all around at Long and Short Reviews this year: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/the-2026-wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-topics/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/the-2026-wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-topics/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/the-2026-wedne</span><span class="invisible">sday-weekly-blogging-challenge-topics/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#Blogging</a> <a href="/tags/wednesdayweeklybloggingchallenge/" rel="tag">#WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge</a> <a href="/tags/longandshortreviews/" rel="tag">#LongAndShortReviews</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#Bookstagram</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Starting my 2026 book thread with a beautiful cover 😍 And the book behind it is just as beautiful. Just the sort of &#x27;place as character&#x27; narrative that I really enjoy, this is a lively and lyrical exploration of a certain landscape and the people, animals and plants that inhabit it. Even the clouds and the geology get a voice.</p><p>However heavy our lives may feel, Solà reminds us how fleeting they are to the mountains and the woods, which is perspective I find comforting.</p><p>🧵1 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m reading Kurt Vonnegut&#x27;s &quot;Galapagos&quot;.</p><p>This is a novel from **1985**... and, while it&#x27;s not &quot;great&quot;, I&#x27;d still recommend it for anyone living this current time, plus, it&#x27;s kinda funny.</p><p>It manages to:<br>- describe AI techno-bros as what they are: self-centred assholes.<br>- (shallowly) describe incels before those were a concept in our collective imagination.<br>- (very subtly) establish a clear connection between all those self-proclaimed &quot;apolitical&quot; people and... nazis.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/kurtvonnegut/" rel="tag">#KurtVonnegut</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a></p>

<p>Ello sweet and lovely (reading) Friendos <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/beige.party/blobcatbook.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatbook:" title=":blobcatbook:"></p><p>The last two months, I&#x27;ve been caught up reading again! At times where my body needed to relax, recharge, but my brain was still looking to be entertained... I got back to reading more again. 😊</p><p>Halfway through November, I learned about the new Dan Brown book in his Robert Langdon series. It had been a while since I read his books, so I set off, starting with Angels &amp; Demons.<br>At the end of December, I finished the 6th book, the Secret of Secrets. I read another Dan Brown book after that, Deception Point.</p><p>I finished it yesterday. But now... As I started it at the end of December, is this my last finished book of 2025? Or is it the first one of 2026?</p><p>I&#x27;ve never really tracked my reading, but I thought it may be nice to make a thread this year, pinning 📌 it to my profile, and adding the books that I&#x27;ve managed to finish in 2026.</p><p>Maybe Deception Point was the last of 2025, maybe it&#x27;s the first of 2026... But this is the first post of my <a href="/tags/booksin2026/" rel="tag">#BooksIn2026</a>. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/beige.party/blobcatbook.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatbook:" title=":blobcatbook:"></p><p>I&#x27;ve now started a re-read of the Hunger Game series, which I&#x27;ll read in the order of their release.</p><p>Books 📚 of 2026:<br>1. Deception Point - Dan Brown<br>2. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins<br>3. Catching Fire (the Hunger Games series, book 2) - Suzanne Collins </p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/beige.party/playstation.png" class="emoji" alt=":playstation:" title=":playstation:"> <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/beige.party/pixy_party.gif" class="emoji" alt=":pixy_party:" title=":pixy_party:"></p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 </p><p>This week we recorded our first ever book club. It was a bit of an experiment, but we’re super happy with how it turned out! </p><p>We discussed Vincenzo Latronico’s smash-hit novel (or is it even a novel?) &#x27;Perfection&#x27;.</p><p>It worked well thanks to all the listeners who shared their thoughts about &#x27;Perfection&#x27; (including many via Mastodon). We were truly astonished by the response. Thank you!</p><p>Listen (from 30:00): <a href="https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/do-you-also-have-a-monstera-in-your-living-room" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/do-you-also-have-a-monstera-in-your-living-room"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeanspodcast.com/all-e</span><span class="invisible">pisodes/do-you-also-have-a-monstera-in-your-living-room</span></a> 🪴</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookclub/" rel="tag">#bookclub</a> <a href="/tags/perfection/" rel="tag">#perfection</a></p>

<p>Oh, there&#x27;s something like <a href="/tags/portfolioday/" rel="tag">#portfolioDay</a> ! Okay, so, I&#x27;m an <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a>, <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> host and data privacy expert with a strong focus on <a href="/tags/itsecurity/" rel="tag">#ITsecurity</a> awareness. I write <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a>, crime and <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> in German and English. The last two years I mainly spent with making <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> and podcasts for others, like the lovely Eltville <a href="/tags/weinschreibereien/" rel="tag">#WeinSchreibereien</a> anthology and podcast.</p><p><a href="https://www.zotzmann-koch.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.zotzmann-koch.com/</a></p>

<p>The book &quot;A Life on Our Planet&quot; is a hard (as in &quot;tough&quot;) read, but well worth the effort. In fact, you should read it!</p><p>Sir David Attenborough recently turned 100. He has seen the world around him change. Not just in the general sense, but from an environmental, social, and financial perspective.</p><p><a href="/tags/davidattenborough/" rel="tag">#davidattenborough</a> <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#planet</a> <a href="/tags/ourplanet/" rel="tag">#ourplanet</a> <a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#earth</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/motherearth/" rel="tag">#motherearth</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/goodread/" rel="tag">#goodread</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won&#x27;t spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>Bittersweet, poignant, &amp; unsettling, EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE contains pensive, unique reflections on the fragile beauty and melancholic joy of being human &amp; the tech that runs alongside our &quot;progress.&quot; Chloe N..Clark has crafted a darkly stunning, strange, lovely collection. (JackLeg Press)</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFIction</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span></p>

<p><a href="https://communitymedia.video/w/h1jdbHm8xTj5VEDuCWAbBW" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="communitymedia.video/w/h1jdbHm8xTj5VEDuCWAbBW"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">communitymedia.video/w/h1jdbHm</span><span class="invisible">8xTj5VEDuCWAbBW</span></a><br><a href="/tags/lispygopherclimate/" rel="tag">#lispyGopherClimate</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/weekly/" rel="tag">#weekly</a></p><p>featuring <span class="h-card"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kentpitman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/ramin_hal9001" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ramin_hal9001</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.linkerror.com/@jns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jns</span></a></span> <br>Longterm <a href="/tags/reliability/" rel="tag">#reliability</a> , the <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#climateCrisis</a> , technology and knowledge</p><p>Kent has found the source to his Cross referenced editing facility from Open University <a href="/tags/lisp/" rel="tag">#lisp</a> <a href="/tags/lispm/" rel="tag">#lispm</a> example.</p><p><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> with this theme? Ending of Cats Cradle?</p><p>On the <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> side check, @prahou &#x27;s <a href="/tags/unix_surrealism/" rel="tag">#unix_surrealism</a>, <a href="https://photronic.art" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>photronic.art</a></p><p>Happy <a href="/tags/lambdamoo/" rel="tag">#lambdaMOO</a> year! 35 years! <a href="https://lambda.moo.mud.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lambda.moo.mud.org</a> as always.</p>