@xgebi@Rob_J@bookstodon You could try #JabRef (open source)
While its primary purpose is to manage scholarly literature, it also has an ISBN fetcher to get metadata from ISBN.
Data is stored in plain BibTeX files. https://www.jabref.org/
Bookish people: I’m making bookmarks as a kind of business card that hopefully people will keep.
What are your favourite dimensions for a bookmark?
Do you like ribbon or thread from a circle cut in the top or do you prefer bookmarks that are just a rectangle of eg paper?
Would you use a handmade one-of-a-kind bookmark? (Website details in a small space on one side, the rest would be pretty, have anything from pop culture icons to scenes or florals.) @bookstodon
@diazona@bookstodon Interesting thought re the “knob” or handle. Very interesting. I’ll have to ponder that. I agree regarding the height: any size bookmark is fine if the book just sits on the bedside table but if you’re carting it around it needs more height, which also means the closed book “grabs” it more, preventing it from falling out.
@diazona@bookstodon what about a bookmark with another smaller piece of paper partially glued on so a page/few pages of the book can slide between the bookmark proper and the added paper? Not explaining it well, sorry.
@pelielios@mjjmori@bookstodon@amwriting Ahh, the dreaded passion. "Kill your darlings", as they say. I've written a fair few scenes with chars not making it, or suffering some huge loss, shed a tear every time. But I know the book will be better for it.
In that case set aside a proper day, schedule the time, and write it out. Get your fav drink n snacks, but you will have to work at it.
And afterwards, it'll look better. It always has for me, again this is just my suggestion, but big, uncomfortable scenes are often the ones I get the most feedback on.
It's that he blames himself and it builds on other insecurities/fears he has, and that he has a very gentle nature overall. He has a pretty complicated way of processing emotions, too, so it takes time to work through it with him.
(If the MC caused a similar incident he'd be barking at the intern to walk it off.)
Hi😊 I just moved here from another server, so I thought I’d introduce myself: My name is Lisa.
My 1st love is books, a close 2nd is drawing/painting. I walk a lot & place a high value on daily exercise. I work in the field of ophthalmology, but have a background in teaching & aviation. I am married, w/ 2 teenaged boys. Originally I’m from SoCal, but have lived in TN for many yrs & love it. I am definitely a country mouse (vs. city mouse).The older I get, the more I enjoy cold weather, which has led to an obsession w/ sweaters & sweatshirt. There is also a corkscrew in my purse for red wine emergencies.#books#life#photography#introduction@bookstodon
So in Confederation America (1780s) there was the Anarchiad, a satiric epic poem that for the most part is tedious because I’m not into that kind of literature.
However, there are chunks of it motivated by extremely Confederation problems, like fighting over whether or not paper money should be accepted and/or states should be able to issue their own.
I borrow a lot of books from the library after placing a hold, so even though I pick them up at my home library, they’re originally from other branch libraries in the @sfpl system.
so going forward, I’m going to start returning them to their branch libraries of origin until I’ve visited all the different locations.
today: returning Hernán Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Trust to the Excelsior branch. It’s the best thing I’ve read this year.
@eniatitova@bookstodon I really enjoyed Time’s Mouth. I stalled out of her previous novel, California, and am thinking of revisiting it. Have you read that one?
Another really popular author whom I have never read anything by. I have a few of his & have been thinking about starting with this one. Fantasy is my least (tied with YA and self-help) favorite genre. That being said, I’m willing to give it a try.
@Abibliophobia@likewise@bookstodon It is my conviction that there is probably a book for each of us in every single genre. It's just finding that match.
@likewise@bookstodon I think romance is the genre I read the least amount of. I can get sucked into a Jane Austen retelling or a Casey McQuiston book though.
@owlislost@bookstodon I’m going spy/assassin thriller this weekend by reading Damascus Station by David McCloskey (which is not great but I think I’ll stick with it) and listening to Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (fun so far).
@FlorriePuddlefoot@qurlyjoe@yerald@bookstodon start at the beginning with Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. the sequels mostly stand alone but the first book builds the world and has great found family vibes
Read Harder Challenge Task 8: Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author.
I read 'Her Body and Other Parties: Stories' by Carmen Maria Machado.
[She]..blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism.
A collection of short stories, I found it
weird, provocative and interesting!
Sitting weird on a book that I enjoyed and it was fine. But also not sure how I feel about finding the author has used exclusively AI art to promote it. I'm not trying to be a Luddite here. Sincerely. My daytime career is in tech. AI is a tool, but used in this way? Feels weird? Curious what @smutstodon and @bookstodon thinks
Ok, if you're in a book club and the book really doesn't speak to you...do you force yourself to finish it?
Maybe a result of being in the middle of a lengthy and serious writing project, but I've bounced out of a lot of books this year, and a lot of them have been from book club. Maybe I should be pushing myself more, but this isn't grad school, so...I don't know.
@pretensesoup@bookstodon
I do my best. I don’t always succeed. My attitude is that my friends make the effort to read what I choose. The least I can do is return the favor.
in the book clubs i participated in, there were always people who didn't read the book, they still showed up & helped out with the ritual drinking of the wine
i think if they're NEVER interested in reading, they'd eventually drift away but some members are always going to have more time to read than others
I’m still plugging along with David Copperfield( I haven’t made a lot of progress this week, but am sticking with it) & also reading Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, this was on my summer list, but I didn’t get to it then. #books#photography#fediverse@bookstodon
@Likewise@bookstodon read Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron. It's a collection of short stories connected to his Slow Horses series. I always enjoy his stuff, short, funny and easy reads. Started Tender is the Flesh, it's very disturbing so far. After a terrible plague cannibalism is legal and main character is a butcher.. It's pretty unsettling so far...
I'm definitely late to the party on this - and I haven't seen the TV show - but I have just sat and devoured this in pretty much one session after it being recommended by a student. "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus really is incredible. Amazing characters and such clever, clever writing about the roles and experiences of women in society. I loved every moment and I'm sad it's over. #Books#bookstodon#AmReading@bookstodon
@gabh@hlseward@bookstodon I’ve consumed both, and I thought the TV show did a decent job. They obviously had to winnow the plot to make the story fit the medium, but it was fine. If you read the book first, I suspect you might be a bit disappointed as you are coming in with high expectations. I watched, then read.
One thing I’d be interested in hearing from women about - The book, and the show, had a strong feminist viewpoint, and revelled in Zott’s triumph over the jerks and general mores of the day. But I wonder if the message is hurt by the fact that she had it all - genius, looks, and determination (plus one more that I’ll omit as it’s a spoiler) - and just managed to succeed. What does that tell the less-than-perfect among us?