johnrakestraw, 6 months ago to bookstodon

I don't remember where I stumbled on this book -- perhaps even here on Mastodon? -- but I have to say that Jeff Deutsch's 'In Praise of Good Bookstores' is a wonderful celebration not only of independent #bookstores but also of #books, #reading books, and conversations about books. And there's a bonus -- a nice mini-history of one of my favorite bookstores, the #SeminaryCoop bookstore in Chicago. Well worth the read. @bookstodon #bookstodon

liztai, 8 months ago to random

Am at Kinokuniya KLCC. I have only one ask of my brain.

DO NOT BUY BOOKS

#bookstores #KualaLumpur #Books #Bookstodon #Reader

Tinido, 9 months ago to bookstodon German

Lucy Scoles is such a great literary critic / essayist, she makes you want to immediately read the novels she writes about. I loved this little portrait of Elizabeth Mavor (of whom I've never heard before) and her novels of #queer love among women.
@bookstodon #bookstores #womenwriters #femaleauthor #breiterkanon #Literatur #Essay #feuilleton #bookerprize https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/elizabeth-mavor-relished-spirited-unorthodox-women-and-her-work-is-ripe

GrittyLipids, 9 months ago to bookstodon

Started reading a random compilation of 1969-70 #scifi short stories that I bought while trying to keep #bookstores in business during the worst of the #quarantines - first one in the collection has the main character being a professional puppy murderer as a child, and being essentially a pathological killer while also being a hero and the ideal military officer. He also thought he killed an angel.

I don’t know who Howard Fast is but he has issues.

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