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Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Favorite things don’t get old,
they get better.
#fediverse #books #solitude
#photography @bookstodon

DemocracySpot, 6 months ago

@Likewise @bookstodon

Love the moods in your pictures.

frankejames, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Do you judge a book by its cover? I'm thinking of changing the cover of our already-published book!!! 😮
Tell me which cover you would click on: the new one in sunny yellow or the existing cover in sandy beige?
The yellow reflects @TeresaHeartchild's love of life -- and the urgency of getting her freed. It should attract the eye for Amazon clicks.
But the beige may be some book-lover's sophisticated fave. 🤔 What do you think? #design #books #downsyndrome @bookstodon @bookgaga

Franke James' book cover in sandy beige for "Freeing Teresa: A True Story about Fighting Ableism." The book is sitting on a striped, multi-hued couch.

DemocracySpot, 7 months ago

@frankejames @TeresaHeartchild @bookstodon @bookgaga

I prefer the beige cover. Less aggressive cover color and more pleasing typeface. To me.

DemocracySpot, 7 months ago

@frankejames @madrobin @TeresaHeartchild @bookstodon @bookgaga

Neon green then. with a block font.

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

If someone, who isn’t an avid reader says, “This is one of the best books I’ve ever read…” (assuming they aren’t talking about something they read when they were 5)

Do you think:

Wow, this must be a phenomenal book, I must find it immediately.

OR

This is probably trash or close to it & if I see it, steer clear. #question #fediverse #books @bookstodon

DemocracySpot, 7 months ago

@Likewise

Do we ask if they're an "avid reader" first, or what?

@bookstodon

kimlockhartga, 7 months ago to bookstodon

You know the drill, @bookstodon Whatcha reading this weekend? ❤📚👀

I finished WE ARE THE CRISIS, the excellent second installment of Cadwell Turnbull's Convergence Saga. NO GODS, NO MONSTERS was the first book.

I'm currently reading Ed Park's bizarro SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS.

Next up: THE FUTURE, by Naomi Alderman, author of THE POWER.

DemocracySpot, 7 months ago

@kimlockhartga

A couple weeks ago, I ran across my trade paperback of WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE in a box while looking for something else. Carver's short-short stories are my favorites.

@bookstodon

paul, 9 months ago to random

@DemocracySpot fixed it

DemocracySpot, 9 months ago

@paul

There's only two things that money can't buy! True love, and home-grown tomatoes.

I *say I wish I could grow my own, but I've got better things to do, and I support local farmers by buying them. Such a good crop. I posted last week, my tomato dealer says he'll have a supply till at least Halloween, if the planet doesn't burn to a crisp or hurtle into space before then. I don't eat them out of season. Not even in salads.

@JkwalkerAuthor is with me on that, and a lot of others, too.

AndyPaciorekArt, 10 months ago to random

Found this on my wanders today. It's like an intro clue to some mystery murder film. 🕵️
#photography
#wyrd

DemocracySpot, 10 months ago

@AndyPaciorekArt

... Directed by David Lynch.

Alice, 10 months ago to random

R. Kelly ruined so many good songs just by being a terrible person.

DemocracySpot, 10 months ago

@Alice @ochaos

My list of cancelled musical artists keeps growing.

DemocracySpot, 11 months ago to random

📷 After procuring my nightly cucumber/lime beverage and snapping thunderstorm pics from the parking lot, in line at the redlight.

July 29, 2023

#FediversalPictures #Photography #StreetPhotography #Sunset #Clouds #FensterFreitag

DemocracySpot, 11 months ago

@Adirondack

Inside and out, Circle K is surreal as Vegas.

DemocracySpot, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

@petersuber

The kids of the most well-connected will continue to receive preferred admittance on an ad-hoc basis. As a *policy, legacy admissions may be over at some schools. but in practice—diamonds to donuts—they ain't.

@academicchatter