📚 “All may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology.”

👍 This author is an insta-buy-and-read for me. Holton must love gag anime because that’s how this book reads; I’m just so smitten with all her works!

I absolutely adored this story, and the travels of Beth and Devon were so precious. It was so pure and yet purely Victorian. But now I wonder if Gabriel survived his cousin’s antics!

Meticulous and ridiculous and hilarious, just please: READ THIS BOOK.
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#BookRecommendation for #InternationalTasmanianDevilDay:

Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal (2006/2012) amzn.to/3J8bDRj via #AmazonAssociates

👍 SUPER brutal cat and mouse thriller involving a serial killer and a medical examiner. I loved the reveal at about 70%. I appreciated the Hannibal references bc this book made me think of Silence of the Lambs 😂 The book was pretty short, (on audio it was only about six hours) so I finished in a day.
PSA- this ends on a cliffhanger!

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in my opinion, there are 2 key takeaways from 'white fragility' by robin diangelo:

1. racism is not an ‘either / or’ binary but rather a continuum &
2. the challenge is to accept and grapple with this truth.

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'Don't you have friends to go with?': the stigma and joy of a table for one | Emma Gannon

#BookRecommendation #EatingAlone #SoloDining #SocialStigma #HappinessReport

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‘Don’t you have friends to go with?’: the stigma and joy of a table for one

Solo dining is a sign of unhappiness, a new report claims. I’ll tell you why I think that’s nonsense – but please don’t pull up a chair, says author Emma Gannon

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There's Power in Male Bonding. Must There Be Menace?

#MasculinityStudies #MaleBonding #BookRecommendation #SocialCommentary #LiteraryAnalysis #cdnpoli

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📚 “I care nothing for my life if she is not in it.”

👍 A satisfying conclusion to the duet. There were some cheesy parts, but overall I enjoyed it. I probably won’t continue in the universe anytime soon, just bc the tbr is ever growing 🙃
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👍 MAJOR WWZ vibes, except more traumatic bc it’s a 2025 pandemic and the story is told in first person POV as the pandemic progresses. The wide range of human experience from incel conspiracy theorist, to grieving widow and mother, to the scientists trying to find a cure were done very well. The exploration of grief was a big theme as there were some truly heartbreaking parts. There were some happy parts too and I felt finding that balance was important. I also loved the geopolitical commentary/what ifs. I highly recommend the audio as it had a full cast!

👎 Canada (iykyk)

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Hi Friends. I have many copies of my novel, ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL!
If you send me $27 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, I will send you a signed copy! (Shipping included)

In 1877, twenty Irish coal miners hanged for a terrorist conspiracy that never occurred. Anywhere But Schuylkill is the story of one who escaped, Mike Doyle, a teenager trying to keep his family alive during the worst depression the nation has ever faced. Banks and railroads are going under. Children are dying of hunger. The Reading Railroad has slashed wages and hired Pinkerton spies to infiltrate the miners’ union. And there is a sectarian war between rival gangs. But none of this compares with the threat at home.

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I am currenlty reading #ThereIsNoAntimemeticsDivision by #qntm and it is the best book I have read in a long time.

It is available for free on the #SCP wiki, but there is also another print edition coming, which can already be pre-ordered. This time also at other online book-shops than Amazon.

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‘quiet’ by susan cain is one of those books that is so hyped, one just expects to love it—at least if you are an introverted idealist who loves reading in general and psychology in particular. but i didn't. i was missing the science.

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If only that was the only reason 😂

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we say that making mistakes is human. but when they do happen, we’re quick to point fingers and hope we’re not somehow held responsible.
why is this?
'being wrong’ & ‘mistakes were made (but not by me)’ explore error in all its glory - ranging from funny to grotesque & bewildering to outrageous

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Read MODEL HOME by Rivers Solomon if you love quintessential queer black literature, haunted houses, fractured families, sprawling suburbs, loving cups of tea, gut-punching prose, late night sanctuary diners, Jenny Holzer's Abuse of Power, Mothers, dissociating, running away & the unexplainable.

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The Book Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Want You to Read

#BookRecommendation #CrookedMedia #SocialMedia #MediaControl #Censorship

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The Book Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read | Crooked Media

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When the FBI Muzzled America's Moviemakers

#BookRecommendation #HollywoodHistory #SilentEra #FrancisMacDonnell #FBIHistory

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When the FBI Muzzled America’s Moviemakers

Francis MacDonnell’s new book explores how J. Edgar Hoover’s minions stifled free expression on the silver screen.

^{Ed Rampell (Progressive.org)}

#bookrecommendation wanted
I am looking for #gothic (horror) novels by contemporary authors. I don't care if the setting is historical (for instance Regency, Victorian or Edwardian) or contemporary.
I am NOT looking for generic horror, but books with a gothic horror feeling.
I already have some books on my wish list, but I'd love to get more recommendations.
Bonus points if the story has queerness.
If you have published such a book yourself, tell me about it.😀

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'the perfectionist’s guide to losing control’ by k.m. schafler explores how perfectionism isn’t the problem—how you live it is. powerful, deeply affirming & feel good roller-coaster read.

full review: idealistatheart.com/the-perfec…

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Ada Calhoun's New Novel Is About Flirting, Lovers, and a Woman Figuring Out Her Own Way

#BookRecommendation #AdaCalhoun #FemalePerspective #SelfDiscovery #Lovers

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📚”We may be without powers, but we are not powerless.”

👍 This had Lord of the Flies x the hysteria of Pont-Saint-Esprit vibes with a touch of sinister village elders of Gathering Blue. The plot had some nice surprises in store, and I enjoyed the social commentary. The ending, although hopeful, kinda petered out for me. I was hoping for more definitive change but overall, a solid read.
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Hear a dramatized adaptation of the dystopian classic, Brave New World, narrated by Aldous Huxley himself! His old-timey, droning voice makes it all the better!

The CBS Radio Workshop was an “experimental dramatic radio anthology series” that aired between 1956 and 1957. It started with style with this gem!

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Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World

The CBS Radio Workshop was an “experimental dramatic radio anthology series” that aired between 1956 and 1957. And it started with style--with a dramatized adaptation of Brave New World, narrated by Aldous Huxley himself.

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Baking, books, and chess: 9 things we learned about Luigi Mangione from his jailhouse letters

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9 Things We Learned About Luigi Mangione From His Jailhouse Letters

Luigi Mangione response letters are starting to collect online after dozens of people wrote to him following his arrest in December.

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There's nothing quite like the taste of stale russian despair... 😂

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👍 Okay so, this was going to be a five star read for me. It asks important questions about power dynamics and consent and choices. But.

👎 There’s a plot point that I can’t get over. I won’t get into it here for the sake of spoilers. I know the book was trying to make a point about consent but I can’t get over it and so I personally would not recommend.
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