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The Perfectionist's Dilemma by Tara Cousineau

Espresso Your Love by Bella Greene: “My life is all about schedules, spreadsheets, and planning. There’s no time for dating, especially not the handsome K9 cop next door. Ryan ends up being my head of security at the Autumn Festival. I should keep things professional, but the way he looks at me makes me want to toss my plans aside. Letting him in might just brew up trouble.”buy.bookfunnel.com/p2axlcehxf? #books #romance @bookstodon

Reviewed - A Case of Matricide, Graeme Macrae Burnet

Today has been a day, right? I am literally sick to my stomach. But I am going to sit here and read tonight. Almost finished with The Bookshop by Evan Friss. What a delightful read. @bookstodon#books #bookstodon

Reviewed: Murder in Punch Lane, Jane Sullivan

How far did Bilbo (the blue line) and Frodo (red line) walk?

Want to bury yourself in a different world today? You're in luck--we've announced the finalists for the Indie Ink Awards!indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink

I need a fainting couch.

Bicycles are fucking magic

If you know a kid who likes science and goofy jokes, give that young astronomer Galaxy Astronomy today!

What I’m sure everyone has been waiting for: Abraham’s tips for a hot date! #bookstodon #vampirebooks #immortalgifts @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon@fedigroups.social

I’ve read all of Victoria Goddard’s books set in the nine worlds - she’s a prolific writer of thoughtful cozy #fantasy. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to venture out into a new realm but I am really glad I did.One of the things I appreciate about Goddard is the way her writing voice changes with each series - this book has a similar feel to Patricia McKillip.#reading @bookstodon

Book Review 14/1/25: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)@bookstodon

Wil dit zeggen dat boeken die niet verkocht zijn, ontdaan worden van hun kaft en vervolgens vernietigd? 🤯😱 Fokking heiligschennis is dat!

Ah, the ambiance of childhood☺️ Now for the important question, do we think I can install Doom on these PCs?😁

Billionaires are already bending the knee to the incoming president, Donald Trump. It's time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:

Reviewed: The Little Sparrow Murders, Seishi Yokomizo

Reviewed The Hitchhiker, Gabriel Bergmoser

Reviewed - A Killer Harvest, Paul Cleave:

Now free for all to read... Chinese life, the rise of Impressionism, and a wartime plot - here are reviews of three books I read on my recent 'reading holiday' in Lorne:

My start of year habit is to reread Having and Being Had by Eula Biss. Thoughts on work, service, toil and art, and the connections between them. And I wonder if your art becomes your work, is it just a job? @bookstodon

Giovanni’s Room. By James Baldwin.

The Smut Daddy of @thesmutdaddypodcast posted this yesterday on Threads. A little guardian angel?!? #OnyxStorm #fourthwing @bookstodon

I'm joining the Meta Blackout this week. This will hurt my author business. I'm going to lose money as a result. But it feels like the least I can do.

I’m very behind reading fiction magazines, about a year behind in fact. Interzone 297 was up to its usual exacting standards, with some excellent non-fiction (although, am I alone in NOT wanting book reviews to include a detailed synopsis?) Fav story: ‘Lights of the New World’ by Paul E. Franz

#SundayIsLookAtArtBooksDay

Billionaires are already bending the knee to the incoming president, Donald Trump. It's time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:

Finished #reading The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. I suspect it is a book that I will keep thinking about.

"This is an intensely readable book and one that was impossible to put down." Readers' Favorite

Truth Engagements Across Philosophical Traditions, 2008José Medina & David Wood (eds.)

Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World by Jathan Sadowski

Reclaiming the Commons by Vandana Shiva, 2020

'Any artist who isn't an activist is a dead artist.'#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

'Expertise bij leraren is er niet zomaar.'#DeZinVanHetBoek #BoekPerWeek 5/52

'Why do we call our planet Earth, when clearly it is ocean?'#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook#BoekPerWeek 4/52 ★★★★☆

Irreplaceable by Julian Hoffman, 2019

How to Make a Better World: For Every Kid Who Wants to Make a Difference by Keilly Swift, 2020

The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being by Richard M. Gamble, 2023

Malware: Handbook of Prevention and Detection by Dimitris Gritzalis et a, 2024

Working on my relationship with food while reading labels to avoid the #poison put in our foods though additives and dyes. Easy right?!

Going to the Wars by Max Hastings, 2020

From the Just Finished pile: Panic by Catherine Jinks. Am Reading pile Three Boys Gone by Mark Smith. Next Up pile Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

2025 Reading Thread

I told my husband that once I am finished, I am sure I will be 100% in on opening a bookstore. The introduction was beautiful. @bookstodon#books #bookstodon #bookstore

Rabbit, Run. By John Updike.

How many galaxies fill the universe? What is light we can’t see? Are Imperial Space Penguins dangerous? Kids ask such questions every day, and “Galaxy Astronomy” has answers!

Just finished Orbital by Samantha Harvey - less a traditional novel and more of an extended contemplation with a few characters tossed in from time to time - it’s not my usual cup of tea but was well worth it.#reading @bookstodon

Five stars: The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves and Lindsay Ellison (Narrator) (1997) is the start of the Home Repair is Homicide mystery series. It's the first time we're introduced to Jacobia Triptree and the other characters of Eastport Maine on Moose Island.

Billionaires are already bending down to the incoming president, Donald Trump. It's time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:

Okay, I said there is this #bookreview that is so wholesome it feels like a sacrilege to use it for marketing. But @KurtHohmann who wrote it told me to be as profane as I like if it just encourages me to write a sequel. So, there. This is what he said about #HeraldPetrel and here is the link to all the bookstores that hold it: books2read.com/HeraldPetrel

I listened to Call Me Maybe on audio book and this was a really cute story. This story follows Kal and Vera as Vera struggles to get tech support for her Date-in-the-box website. Kal, is posing as a tech agent. (That's all I'll say, I won't spoil the ending!) I definitely enjoyed it and would recommend for a short novella!

Phantom Architecture by Philip Wilkinson

Escape to 19th-century Ireland with The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series.

Please enjoy this review from a reader who was surprised that the #VigilauntieJustice books condone *fictional* murd€r.

#CurrentlyReading Melvin in the Sixth Grade by Dana Johnson included in the book On Girlhood by Glory Edim

Finished Planet of Exile, the second book.

Nola and Caleb broke up on bad terms years ago after she moved away. When she returned, they still weren't on good terms and tried to avoid each other. Caleb's coworker knows Caleb still loves Nola and has regrets, and takes it into his own hands to play matchmaker. Very cute second chance romance!

When you assemble stories from fragments of real life, you need to take the long view, says Helga Schubert.

Working through The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss. Pretty sure I added it to my TBR on the rec of someone here on Mastodon, and I am so glad I did. So much great history that I didn't know and plenty of action to keep me interested. Alex Dumas (father of the author, yes, THAT Alexandre Dumas) was a genuine badass and it's fun to learn about him. #FridayReads #AmReading #Books #Bookstodon #Biography #NonFiction #Histodons @bookstodon

One of my characters understood the assignment! #immortalgifts #bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon@fedigroups.social

I've been to Basildon Park, which played the role of Netherfield in 2005 P+P. We toured the house, and it was inspiring and enchanting, and the history was also fascinating. But! I would also like to visit the miserable half of Derbyshire. ;)