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  1. New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

    #7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

    #Imajica by Clive Barker
    #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
    #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
    #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
    #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
    #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
    #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
    #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
    #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
    #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
    #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
    #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
    #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
    #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

    Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

    #NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

  2. #7books that made a difference to me in no particular order.

    Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by #DouglasAdams
    Future Shock by #AlvinToffler
    Understanding Media by #MarshallMcLuhan
    Understanding Comics by #ScottMcCloud
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by #LewisCarroll
    The World Book Encyclopedia (some early 1970s edition) by various
    Webcomics by #SeanKleefeld (for obviously very different reasons than anything else!)