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Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

#art #Nabokov @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

As a reader, do you prefer when people give you random books as gifts, or do you prefer getting a gift card to a bookstore (so you can pick the book)? Just curious.

Unless I’m asked about a specific book, I prefer the bookstore card 📚
#books #mondog #fediverse #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Lit as…Christmas, duh.
#CatsOfMastodon #caturday #photography #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Friendly reminder: Get your eyes checked, new glasses will do wonders for you & might even make your books better 😉🤓
#photography #ophthalmology #read #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

What’s a book you’d like to read next year, either a newly published book in 2024 or a book that you didn’t get to this year?

I’ll start:

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (2024 pub. date) & A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (not new 😉).
#2024 #booktoot #photography #read @bookstodon

kimlockhartga, 6 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon As we approach the end of 2023, I would love to know about the very best books you read this year. (They don't have to have been published in 2023 for your "best of" list.)

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

My favorite aesthetic.
#photography #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Kindles are a uniquely portable magic.

• Me ( my version of Stephen King’s quote)
  #kindle #amreading #christmaa #fediverse #photography @bookstodon

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All I Want For Christmas is for you to get off my books. #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Just a gratuitous naked shelfie.

What are you reading this evening? I’m still reading David Copperfield and also in the middle of Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur. #amreading #photography #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

• Emily Dickinson
  #urbex #fediverse #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Or 2.

Good morning ☀️
#fediverse #CatsOfMastodon #photography #books @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to random

Social Media Differences.

FB: I’m wishing my husband a Happy Anniversary, he’s the greatest, most…blah blah blah (Y’all live in the house, I’m pretty sure he knows).

Instagram: We are in matching outfits celebrating our 10th anniversary, which is written on a chalkboard.

Fediverse: This is my cat, his name is Steven. #fediverse

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

It is known in some circles that snakes & penguins get on quite well.

These black, white, & orange Penguins are a favorite of mine, amongst others. Do you collect certain editions or authors? #books
#fediverse #photography #snakesofmastodon @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

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

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring. - Zelda Fitzgerald
#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #photography #books @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

People are going to stare.
Make it worth their while.
#CatsOfMastodon #books #photography #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Bad book covers do such a disservice. For a pastime that exists mainly in the mind, an off-putting cover has the power to push away even the most literary of lovers. As much as I love books, when I want to buy a book, if the cover is terrible, I won’t. Books are works of art-starting with cover & ending with the story, & I want the whole, beautiful picture. 📚
#books #read #bookcover #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 6 months ago to bookstodon

That's an only-one scenario," someone said. When I asked what he meant he told me, "A situation where the only option is equally seductive and terrifying."

• Lea Carpenter

My morning necessities, bag, book, & brew.

Ilium is Carpenter’s third book (I’ve read the other two) and I think her writing holds an air of understated elegance. Thanks to #Netgalley for this ARC. #books #fediverse #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Bookmarked.
#CatsOfMastodon #caturday #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

38 degrees.
Coffee.
Reading.
Yesterday was good, but
today is about relaxing &
leftovers.
#fediverse #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

3 of my favorite articles from the weekly blog by @BookJotter . I highly recommend signing up for her blog posts for all things books from all over the world. She is on here, too 📚

https://time.com/collection/must-read-books-2023/

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a45767279/future-of-books/

https://lithub.com/my-feral-shelf-on-building-a-personal-library-of-bad-behavior/

#books #read #booktoot @bookstodon

kimlockhartga, 7 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon I was thinking we might make a list of books which speak to the Israeli/Palestinian experience.

I have read:

Apeirogon, Colum McCann. Highly recommend. Beautiful and painful story of a bond between grieving fathers on opposite sides of the conflict.

Exodus, Leon Uris (seems a bit dated now)

And I plan to read:

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, Nathan Thrall (next on reading list)

Palestine, Joe Sacco

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, Sandy Tolan

The Almond Tree, Michelle Cohen Corasanti

Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, Daniel Gordis

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What books do you all recommend?

#books #bookstodon #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #MiddleEast

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

If you’re going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty. -Marilyn Monroe
#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #photography #books @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

So you don’t? 😉

*This always makes me laugh. #books #fediverse @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

In case anyone is wondering if there is any engagement on here— this is the list of every book recommended after I asked if you’d share one book you enjoyed this year. You can scroll underneath the post to see these, but I think seeing them all together shows the true awesomeness of the people on here.

Thanks for being pretty darn great ❤️
#books #read #fediverse #booktoot @bookstodon

A continuation of the handwritten list of all the books recommended.

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
#books #read #bookstodon @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Travel by:
planes,
trains,
or books.
#urbex fediverse #photography @bookstodon

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

House Divided, I mean, best friends 😉 #CatsOfMastodon #caturday #photography #fediverse @bookstodon #books

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Any good reads this weekend?

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, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Friday stalkers.
#CatsOfMastodon #photography #fediverse @bookstodon

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

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Friday reads &
eats.
#books #photography #amreading #booktoot @bookstodon #fediverse

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.
— Thomas Harris

Dr. Hannibal Lecter is my favorite villain & these books (as well as the show & movies) are incredible in the creepiest way possible.

Happy Halloween 🎃
#books #photography #fediverse #read #halloween @bookstodon

kimlockhartga, 7 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon 👻👺💀📚🎃
Horror novels and short stories published in 2023 that I highly recommend:

Red Rabbit, Alex Grecian
Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Black River Orchard, Chuck Wendig
Your Body is not Your Body, Alex Woodroe, ed.
Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird, Augustina Bazterrica
The Salt Grows Heavy, Cassandra Khaw
Twice Cursed, Marie O'Regan, ed.