Book about Great Depression
I would like to know what caused the Great Depression and how the world recovered from it. Do you know any good books on this subject?
Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: archive.ph/WYdpt...
Viberary - Vibe based book search engine ( viberary.pizza )
It gives you book recommendations based on ✨vibes. ✨ You enter a search query like “funny scifi” and it returns a list of (hopefully!) good recommendations.
How do you read books you don't want to?
How do you guys read books that you don’t feel like reading?...
[No spoilers] I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor dostoevsky
I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (P&V translation). About 20% through. It’s starting to get interesting as the characters start to take shape. Till now I have read and enjoyed the P&V translations of both Crime and Punishment and Demons. This is a huge book and I am looking forward to enjoying this for...
Does anyone else do Halloween reads?
I’ve been reading something spooky/creepy/horrific around this time for a few years now. Does anyone else do this? Any recommendations?...
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 1967 ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/443578...
Recommendations for short, dialogue-heavy/description-light audiobooks with lively narrators?
I have a lot of time to fill with audio, but audiobooks are challenging for me because I have trouble paying attention consistently enough and processing physical descriptions fast enough to keep up with the narrator. I end up losing my place or having to rewind a lot. Slowing down playback doesn’t help/introduces other...
Does anyone know of an alternative to Readwise?
I’m looking for a solution to easily keep bookmarks digitally of physical books I read. Previously I would type up the just I was wanting to save into a Google Keep note, but that is fairly disruptive to my reading time and really slows things down....
is there an optimal font/color scheme for ebooks?
I’ve tried looking this up and never find a solid answer. Seems to be down to preference, but I’m thinking there has to have been some study around fonts and reading speed or reading comprehension, something that would help me pick a font?...
i need a PDF for Think by Judith Boss
i need because Mcgraw system for reading the book sucks cheeks.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Tom Robbins - 1976 ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/448597...
eReader book app question [IOS]
Is there any book app on iOS that allows Face ID or Passlock?...
Has there existed a Bad Guy that was volontarly Boring?
Writing a Good Bad Guy in Books (In Fact any media) is the “classic choice” sometimes they are really poorly made, and don’t work. Other times, they are loved so much that when the character was only added to kill the hero, they end up becoming an Icon
‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: archive.ph/kBVee...
Need book recommendations
I would like to learn the history of:...
‘It’s exciting, it’s powerful’: how translated fiction captured a new generation of readers ( www.theguardian.com )
James Michener
Any Michener fans here? I just read “Space” and it was amazing. Wondering what from him I should read next?
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers ( www.theguardian.com )
Too true ( files.mastodon.social )
Down and out in Paris and London ( sh.itjust.works )
The adventure starts at the fringes of society....
Publishing a copy-lefted book ( sh.itjust.works )
I’m planning to publish a book in the following months, but I’m not entirely sure if the procedure is the same for both copyrighted and copy-lefted books. If you hadn’t guessed, I’m publishing one with the latter license (i.e. Creative Commons). I’m planning on using Lulu.com for this first book, but I was wondering if...
Just Finished Vita Nostra
It was weird....
Looking for comeuppance heavy series
Loved the Embers of Illeniel series and I’m really digging where Phil Tucker’s Immortal Great Souls series is going, and I’m looking for more. I like the progression elements of a weak/underpowered MC growing into a powerhouse over the course of the story, and I REALLY like said powerhouse using that strength to pay back...