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....
Just in case anyone is interested, Humble Bundle has a Tad Williams bundle containing 21 ebooks for $18. The offer ends in about 1.5 days. ( www.humblebundle.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3365555...
I just finished Logan's run(1967) and have a few questions
I loved the book, it was a very fun fever dream. Do the sequels have that same sort of frenetic energy?...
Are you listening some music while reading ? Which kind of ?
Very curious to know about it 😎 Do not be shy, just share it (no judgement).
FantasticFiction - A Website that allows you to sign up and follow your favourite authors, get notifications etc ( www.fantasticfiction.com )
Don’t know if people know of this site or not but just in case you don’t, it’s pretty damn good. All they require is an email address (I used an anon one with no issues). You can follow up to 100 authors and get alerts when new stuff is announced and published....
Can Anyone Recommend me Magic/Superhero School or Guild Stories?
Can Anyone Recommend me Magic/Superhero School or Guild Stories?...
Old Man And The Sea
I finally read “Old Man and the Sea”. I have tried to start it many times, but the beginning was just so slow. Has anyone here read it? What are your thoughts on this Ernest Hemingway classic?
How do you read books you don't want to?
How do you guys read books that you don’t feel like reading?...
Fun Fantasy series with immense worldbuilding and great characters?
I want to read a recent(ish) fun fantasy series with an eighteen year-old male protagonist, that has immense worldbuilding and greatly-written characters. Any suggestions?
A crosspost from lemmy.world for federated alternative to goodreads. ( lemmy.world )
Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel 'Prophet Song' ( www.euronews.com )
TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold ( www.economist.com )
Found in a library book ( oaklandlibrary.org )
Things found in library books.
What sci-fi would you recommend next?
I have soon finshed all of The Expanse (which I have enjoyed immensely) and last month I finished Peter F Hilton’s Pandoras Star. While I enjoyed the second half of Pandoras Star, they (it’s a trilogy) are such heavy books with rather slow pace. One of my favorite reads last year was Recursion by Blake Crouch - it’s fast...
***Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Sewer Menace*** [translation below] ( i.imgur.com )
Title: The Monster that Haunted the Sewers....
A book across the year
I have been reading Finnegans Wake over the course of this year, a few pages a day, along with a group over on reddit. It is one of the very few things that still keeps me visiting reddit at all....
Is there a Book → Book Club / Reading Group service?
I have a specific book I’ve been meaning to read for awhile. I’ve heard that while it’s a great journey, it’s a dense / heavy / slow read along the way. It sounds like it’d be fun to read it together with a group of likewise interested folks....
The Booker Prize 2023 longlist ( thebookerprizes.com )
The longlist has been announced! It features work from four continents, four Irish writers, four debut novelists – and ten authors who are recognised by the Booker Prize for the first time...
Does anyone here have a BookWyrm account?
Title, it would be nice to get to know the community in a place where we could see each other reading habits.
Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in twentieth-century America - Norwood, Stephen H. 1951 ( archive.org )
Using a social-historical approach, the author focuses on the mercenaries the corporations enlisted in their anti-union efforts and considers the paramilitary methods unions developed to counter them. The book also traces the economic restructuring which transformed corporate anti-unionism
Plato’s Republic: Critical Thinking, Moral Education, and Citizenship ( a.co )
Plato's Republic: Navigating Critical Thinking, Moral Education, and Citizenship in the 21st Century" is not just a book; it's a beacon of hope in a society that often loses sight of reason, knowledge, and justice.
‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: archive.ph/HSmIX...
What to read after Parable of the Sower
Basically what it say on the tin. I just finished Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) and I loved it. Any suggestions on what else I might like? It’s been a while since I got into a scifi novel....
Just read Project Hail Mary
And I absolutely loved it. It is honestly one of my new favorite books. I am going to tag basically this whole post as spoilers because the thing that truly makes this book amazing does not start until almost 100 pages in....