"All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Pt. I, ch. 1
#OTD in 1873.
Leo Tolstoy begins his novel Anna Karenina, which is serialized in Russkiy Vestnik (Moscow) between 1873 and 1877, but the last part appearing in the periodical The Russian Messenger.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina
Anna Karenina at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1399
Book Review: The Witch Roads
The first part of Elliott’s newest fantasy series that hits the power chords of her themes.
@princejvstin.com has the review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/03/book-review-witch-roads.html
'Here come Handbooks, a series of handmade micro-published collections of poetry, prose and images.'
Clare Pollard, Chris Meade, Will Ashon and more in glorious concertina editions:
https://blownrose.uk/handbooks
#books #reading #writing #poetry #fiction #bookstodon @bookstodon
'It opened up a whole new life for me.'
The UK is shuttering about 40 #libraries a year:
https://github.com/weph/obsidian-bookshelf
This is a new Obsidian plugin that allows you to keep track of your reading, produce nice-lookin' graphs, stats, etc.
The plugin doesn't import data from sites, as far as I can tell. Would be great to do that.
I've not tested the plugin, but it's nice to see. I love https://bookwyrm.social to keep track of books I want to read, create lists, and other things, but that's all online.
Eine liebe Kollegin geht nächste Woche in den wohlverdienten Ruhestand und bekommt einen bunten Geschenkkorb. Hier mein Beitrag.
Climate Changes Impacts on Aquatic Environment by Magdy T. Khalil et al, 2025
Assessment, Adaptation, Mitigation, and Road Map for Sustainable Development
This book provides a detailed and a clear picture about the impact of climate changes on all aspects of our lives.
Free chapters:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-74897-4
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#ClimateChange
#agriculture
#aquatic
Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek (The Accidental Detective Book 3) is only 99 cents for a few more days!
“This read grabbed me and kept me reading until finished it in one sitting.”
“The story captivated me from the very first page.”
“This series is so enjoyable and funny too. If you enjoy suspense, #mystery and a little romance along with a lotta laughs, you will enjoy this book.”
https://tulepublishing.com/series/the-accidental-detective/
#books #reading @bookstodon
#bookreleaseday ! Penelope Ross has always felt like a passenger in her mother’s fairytale - until the night of her 17th birthday, when she is forced to enter on her own. #gifted by #Feiwel&Friends ! #yalit #booksky #books #bookstodon @bookstodon @yalit
#bookreleaseday ! In this action-packed debut, time traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward maneuvers through the past to recover a long-lost, precious menorah hiding out in ancient Rome. #gifted by #stmartinspress #booksky #books #bookstodon @bookstodon
DUNAKER. A stealer of cows and calves.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
There are a lot of really good sounding novels and novellas in the Stories For the Trans Rights Readathon bundle over on itch.io
https://itch.io/b/2914/stories-for-the-trans-rights-readathon
Spending a quiet evening jigsaw puzzling, while listening to Robert Lloyd Parry's reading of two short ghost stories by M.R. James, "Rats" and "An Evening's Entertainment".
A promotion for books that are crime stories AND science fiction and/or fantasy!
#books #fiction #bookstodon #sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy
#mystery
https://books.bookfunnel.com/futurecrimemarch2025/ov5q6zw1ld
In the #littlefreelibrary ! Featuring a comical cast of animal characters—plus a caterpillar sidekick with a BIG appetite for readers to find hidden on every page—this hardcover picture book about self-acceptance, friendship, and helping others is perfect for celebrating St. Patrick's Day! #gifted by #randomhousekids #booksky #kidlit #books #bookstodon @bookstodon @kidlit
Fanzine Column: What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading? + Update No. XX
Come join the discussion! https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/03/17/what-pre-1985-science-fiction-are-you-reading-update-no-xx/
Recently, I asked which Austen/Bronte character you would interview, and I still maintain that it would be Wentworth for me.
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
This week I've been mainly reading, no. 217.
Sarah Perry's modern gothic novel Melmoth (2018) is a real treat; both a narrative of shame & a fictionalised dossier of accounts of Melmoth, a witness to the resurrection condemned to wander the world for eternity for denying what she saw (and finding those equally denying sin), it offers a modern take on the heroine explodes to a (here named) horror. The ending is a little weak, but by no means spoils a tour-de-force.
Books scare some people because some don’t know the difference between fact and fiction.
Pre-orders live for the #solarpunk anthology I edited, releasing Earth Day (April 22)!
https://susankayequinn.com/books/bright-green-futures-2024-solarpunk-anthology
These hopeful #climatefiction stories each imagine a way for us to survive the future, together.
EBOOK: preorder on Amazon, Kobo, GPlay, Apple or Nook
PRINT: preorder on Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble or Amazon
If you get the book from Bookshop.org, you support small bookstores!
Order at your local Barnes & Noble & you'll alert the bookstore to the book!
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