CARESSING OLD MEMORIES ( www.amazon.com )
I grew up in the aftermath of the great depression in the rural area of north Florida. God blessed me with loving parents that instilled in me the values of honesty and kindness to others. They both came from large families that were survivors of the depression. It was their examples of pride, hard work, and ability to find a...
First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student ( scrollprize.org )
Scrolls count as books, right?...
Men Who Don’t Know Women: On Unlearning the Lessons of “Dick Lit” ( lithub.com )
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?...
A Question of Morality: A reflection on The Brothers Karamazov
A question of Morality: A reflection on The Brothers Karamazov...
Falling out of love for fantasy
Recently, I came to a sad conclusion. I no longer feel interested in fantasy....
The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world ( www.theguardian.com )
Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books – and the gamble has paid off.
I read the entire book "The Communist Manifesto" as a rap ( youtu.be )
Reading now "What is to be done?" Absolutely fascinating! ( i.imgur.com )
bookwyrm.social/book/146971/s/what-is-to-be-done
Obsidian for notes ( cdn4.bunkr.ru )
Playing about with Obsidian lately as a note replacement app and started treating a portion of it like a books list, read, currently reading, notes etc and I just think it’s neat.
Review: What About Men? by Caitlin Moran (The Guardian) ( www.theguardian.com )
What About Men? by Caitlin Moran review – bantz gone badA tendentious take on masculinity that takes unoriginal thoughts and confirms them in the echo chamber of TwitterStuart Jeffries Wed 12 Jul 2023 09.00 BST...
Czech-born writer Milan Kundera dies aged 94 ( www.euronews.com )
What are your favourite books, any genre!
I’ll start, for the moment mine are...
[REVIEW] Nakamura Hinata - Hana wa Shinitagaru ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1192960...
FYI - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree on sale - $2.99
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Should I finish tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow? (no spoilers)
I started reading it a month ago (I’m a slow reader lol) and got to the middle of the book. I really liked the first part but half way it started to feel like it’s repeating itself and lose its meaning, like where does it go? It feels stuck....
Nobel literature laureate Annie Ernaux on gender and social class ( www.france24.com )
For decades, Annie Ernaux has written fearlessly about sex, abortion and illness - laying bare herself and society. Deeply intimate and political work that earned the French writer the Nobel Prize for literature last October. Ernaux spoke to France 24’s Fatimata Wane at the Taormina book festival in Sicily, where she was among...
Unreleased Books Now Impacted by Review Bombing ( archive.ph )
I guess it makes sense for this sort of thing to happen now. Goodreads doesn’t have a way to prove someone bought a book and with folks there that get review copies, probably won’t get the features. If authors didn’t have a hard enough time publishing, yet another thing to worry about.
Book checked out of Queens Public Library in 1926 finally returned ( www.cbsnews.com )
What's your favorite format for books?
Audiobooks, e-Books, Paper, etc.?
Let's aggregate the book sublemmys!
I’m thinking we should have a central post for all the book sublemmys so we can easily find them. The ones I’m aware of are:...
AI Rolling ( lemmy.ml )
Do you make markings in your own books?
Underline quotes, write something, doodle etc.