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#Today I was, by chance, interviewed by Regina’s CTV station. I talked about my book’s Ukrainian inspiration. He asked if the war impacted the narrative.
I talked about how some of Putin’s rhetoric worked its way into the antagonist’s as well.
“So the villain is based on Putin?”
No, that’s not what I said.
“So it’s based on Putin then.”
…
Trying to explain nuance in a medium that wants soundbites is frustrating and not my forté. 🫤
More exposure for my book, though… so yay?
Yonatan Netanyahu died at Entebbe. His story haunts the whole book.
#books #bookreview #EntebbeRaid #WarStories
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/israeli-special-forces-book-review/
JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN (😭) my review of the new Stephen Graham Jones book just went up at Grimdark Magazine!
Off the Reservation is a brutal road trip
That revisits some characters and locations from his breakout novel The Only Good Indians.
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-off-the-reservation-by-stephen-graham-jones/
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Booksky #Horror #StephenGrahamJones @bookstodon
Madison, Nebraska Public Library, public library in Madison, Nebraska.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Public_Library_(Madison,_Nebraska)
Japanese Gothic, by Kylie Lee Baker is one of those novels that ends up being much more complex and wide-ranging than it first appears to be. This is a narrative with some real Murakami-style fuzzy edges, that will have you constantly guessing about the slippery differences between actual reality, and the mind's ability to filter both memory and perception.
I'm glad I read it straight through, because ultimately, this story is a very clever mix of symbolism, mythology, and cultural and political history, filtered through the unpredictable nature of unprocessed trauma. It's a unique structure, not one that is easy to pull off.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent #books #literature #dedication
https://www.laviezine.com/1678173/long-live-the-liberal-arts-in-this-new-heist-novel-academics-get-the-last-laugh/ Long live the liberal arts! In this new heist novel, academics get the last laugh #author #BestsellingNovelistSilviaMoreno #BookExploder #books #chef #conversation #daughter #DoctorMoreau #fiction #garcia #KeithCorbin #LATimesBookClubNewsletter #life #LosAngeles #memoir #thrills
Can six days of fear turn into six minutes of pure action? This book shows you exactly how.
#books #bookreview #HostageRescueMission #War
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/iranian-embassy-siege/
https://www.wacoca.com/media/812544/ 「きたきゅう BOOK ACTION！2026」展開中 学校の給食時間に＜謎解き朗読劇＞放送？【北九州市】 | 北九州ノコト #book #books #書籍
How do Special Forces fight a modern war with old tools? These soldiers found a way on horseback.
#books #bookreview #DougStanton #SpecialForces
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/horse-soldiers/
Bitcoin Magazine Books Opens 333-Copy Genesis Book Collector Edition
Bitcoin Magazine Books opened a 333-copy signed Collectors Edition of The Genesis Book for its third anniversary, with premium and digital editions also on sale.
Normally my fantasy sells well, but my twisted story of a woman who wakes next to a headless body and says, "Oh, no. Not again." Has officially sold out at #BookFairAustralia! Yay! (Also, yikes...)
Don't forget to check out Queer Vampire Bonanza on #backerkit. Four awesome vampire book special editions!
Check out A Moment of Peace, the free short story featuring characters from Life Remains!
#WritingCommunity #LGBT #Fantasy #Paranormal #books #Crowdfunding #TheBookBazaar
¡Lo que ambos habían deseado se cumple… y el amor se transforma en culpa, vergüenza y una pesadilla que no cesa. 💔🌑
Lee el Capítulo XI de *Ana Karenina* (Parte II)
https://fictograma.com/d/4526-ana-karenina-parte-ii-capitulo-xi
https://www.wacoca.com/media/812499/ 神社レポートをまとめた書籍「神さまノート」第７弾を製作し、皆様へお届けしたい – CAMPFIRE (キャンプファイヤー) #book #books #CAMPFIRE #キャンプファイヤー #クラウドファンディング #クリエイター #ソーシャルファンディング #プレオーダー #少額出資 #書籍 #資金調達
Moderne Datenzugriffslösungen mit Entity Framework Core 11.0: Datenbankprogrammierung / Objekt-Relationales Mapping mit C# in .NET 11.0 by Dr. Holger Schwichtenberg is a new release on Leanpub!
Dies ist die top-aktuelle Version 15.0 dieses Fachbuchs vom 07.11.2026 auf dem Stand Entity Framework Core 11.0.0.
¡Se revela la verdad del Caballero de los Espejos… y Sansón Carrasco, molido y humillado, jura venganza en lugar de curar la locura. 🪞⚔️
Lee el Capítulo XV de *Don Quijote* (Parte II)
https://fictograma.com/d/4525-el-ingenioso-hidalgo-don-quijote-de-la-mancha-parte-ii-capitulo-xv
“Sorry” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, now available at http://nihtgengapress.com
Independently published and AI free 🖤✨
#Poetry #Books #SelfPublish #Indie
El tintineo de las monedas
no pertenecía al cañón.
Venía de diez años atrás.
Una cantina de adobe.
Gilbert Troy
había perdido todo.
Frente a él,
don Evaristo Mendoza
esperaba el pago.
Gilbert señaló..
https://fictograma.com/d/4524-hijos-de-la-polvora-capitulo-34-la-venta
How do you end a hostage crisis playing out live on TV? The SAS had one answer, and it was fast.
#books #bookreview #OperationNimrod #TrueCrime
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/iranian-embassy-siege/
What happens when leaders trust their assumptions over the facts? This book gives a hard answer.
#books #bookreview #CIAIraqHistory #Espionage
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/saddam-hussein-cia-iraq/
GIFTS. Small white specks under the finger nails, said to portend gifts or presents. A stingy man is said to be as full of gifts as a brazen horse of his farts.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
I finally got around to reading the rest of the Machineries of Empire trilogy by Yoon Ha Lee.
https://sheep.horse/2026/11/the_rest_of_the_machineries_of_empire_trilogy_by_y.html
TL/DR: I loved the first book, Ninefox Gambit, but I felt that Revenant Gun and Raven Stratagem got bogged down in pointless political subplots.
Authors turn to dust,
Yet their words refuse to fade —
Time bows to their breath.
#Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #books
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#MAGMOE #JP #JAPAN #EntertainmentNews #books #entertainment #EntertainmentTopics #エンタメ #エンタメトピック #書籍
https://www.magmoe.com/3334839/entertainment-news/2026-11-08/
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs #books #literature #dedication
Power builds this book from interviews and military records. The result restores honor these men earned long ago.
#books #bookreview #IrishMilitaryHistory #JadotvilleSiege
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/siege-at-jadotville-book-review-irish-army-forgotten-battle/
This Reddit thread notes that Goodreads has disabled RSS feeds. Boo! Hiss! “Goodreads support confirmed they removed them: ‘Unfortunately, this feature is no longer available on Goodreads. We remove features that have very low usage to improve our members’ experience.’”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/11/07/goodreads-disables-rss-feeds/
How to Harness Your Existential Wanderlust
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/11/07/rockwell-kent-wilderness-wanderlust/
November 8
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`[32] Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, November 8, 1893.`
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“The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology” by Donald H. Berkebile
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30055
Ulysses Philomathic Library, library in Trumansburg, New York, United States.
https://featuredreads.kaleidoscoperomance.com/november-2026-featured-reads?ref=FEga7IMGuZb2
Check out these awesome books!
#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers #Books #bookshelf #reading #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon #author #romanceauthor
Dozens of Poul Anderson books are available in ebook form in a current Humble Bundle collection. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/100-years-poul-anderson-open-road-media-books #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Bookstodon #ebooks
#QuestionOfTheDay what's a creative work you like that had absolutely/basically no impact or influence at all (on society, on the genre, on the medium, etc)*?
Do you wish it did, and if so why?
*launching the careers of various people count as influence
#anime #manga #fiction #documentary #writing #music #videogames #gaming #comics #webcomics #musicals #books #tv #television #movies #film #ttrpg #ccgs
Day two of #BookFairAustralia kicking off. People bring trolleys to these events.
Oh look, @SeaFury it's a couple of authors you know.
#writing #BookFairAustralia #FedeBookFair #books #writing #reading
GMBC ep36 - What Makes a Monster? - Horror Anthology "Where Monster's Pray" by Trisha Wooldridge #horrorbooktok #shortstories #shortstorycollection #RisingPhoenix #newenglandhorror #books #ttrpgpodcast https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
From Steven G. Kellman: Neither tacos, nor bluebonnets, nor crooked politicians are unique to Texas. However, ocelots—spotted wild felines—just about are. https://www.texasobserver.org/new-novel-texas-ocelot-review-dear-thorns/
Kentucky Book Festival marks 45th anniversary at Lexington Green
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Book lovers gathered at Joseph’s Booksellers at Lexington Green on Saturday, Nov. 7 for…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Books #Entertainment #JosephBethBooksellers #KentuckyBookFestival #LexingtonGreen
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/909455/
Movie TV Tech Geeks #BooksandComics #Books #Fantasy #Romance 3 Best 2026 Books To Read Before the Year Ends http://dlvr.it/TWF4JP
https://a.co/d/0etJVLnW
Christmas at the North Pole is about to get messy.
#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers #Books #bookshelf #reading #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon #author #romanceauthor
#FediBookFair
For the FediBookFair only, I’m giving away free copies of my 2026 release of Paddling with a Naturalist. Just visit https://bretthodnett.com/FreePaddling.html and use the code ‘fedihuman’ to get your free EPUB!
“This charming book gives us a wealth of insight into many marvels of nature we can discover as wilderness canoeists” Toni Harting author of Shooting Paddlers
#WhatToRead #BookBlog #Readers #BrettHodnett #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Writer #Writers #Books #Livres #Bookstodon #BookCover #Evolution #EPUB #Ebook #FreeBook #FreeBooks #GiveAway #NewBook #BookBlog #Readers #Science #Evolution #Nature #Wilderness #Outdoors #Summer #Canoe #Canoeing #Paddling #AlgonquinPark #Travelogue #Ontario #forest #trees #Naturalist #Outside #Wildflowers #Wildflower #Flora #ToniHarting
NEW from Robert G. Williscroft and Craig Martelle!
Signing a contract to build a faster-than-light drive is one thing. Actually building it is something completely different. The math adds up until the variables become overwhelming, especially after the shooting starts.
#scifi #SpaceExploration #books
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM3CP1Z9/
FREE EPUB of HUMAN!
How will humans #evolve into the future? How might humans evolve if our civilization was lost and the climate was unforgiving for millions of years? Or if two populations of humans were geographically isolated for millions of years?
For this years #FediBookFair #FediHumans can get a free copy of HUMAN.
Visit https://bretthodnett.com/FreeHUMAN.html and use the code ‘fedihuman’ to get your free EPUB!
#Climate #ClimateChange #Future #Evolution #HumanEvolution #WhatToRead #Readers #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Science #Biology #Bookstodon #Fediverse #Books #Livres #Fiction #EPUB #Ebook #FreeBook #FreeBooks #GiveAway #SFF
豪華キャスト陣よりお祝いのコメント到着！ – yuukawa-anime.com
豪華キャスト陣よりお祝いのコメント到着！ yuukawa-anime.comアニメ「ゆうかわ」第2期制作決定、天﨑滉平らキャスト陣からお祝いのコメント（コミックナタリー） Ya [...]
#MAGMOE #JP #JAPAN #Celebrity #EntertainmentNews #books #entertainment #EntertainmentTopics #エンタメ #エンタメトピック #書籍
https://www.magmoe.com/3334334/entertainment-news/2026-11-07/
#PoemaDelDía Hoy estamos leyendo
"Cantante", de Emman Usman Shehu (Nigeria, siglo XX) https://franciscocenamor.blogspot.com/2026/11/poema-del-dia-cantante-de-emman-usman.html
Periódico de #poesia (julio de 2012, @librosunam , México, traducción de Coral Ruvalcaba).
¡Lo que ambos habían deseado se cumple… y el amor se transforma en culpa, vergüenza y una pesadilla que no cesa. 💔🌑
Lee el Capítulo XI de *Ana Karenina* (Parte II)
https://fictograma.com/d/4526-ana-karenina-parte-ii-capitulo-xi
