#am-reading — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #am-reading, aggregated by home.social.
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For example: I’d somehow never heard of The Appian Way and in looking that up, blew 30 mins going down that wiki rabbit hole.
Most recently, laughing at an anecdote about how they collected firewood to survive the rural Maine winter: “We have a circular saw rig, run by a model T motor that Ralph fished out of the lake and reconditioned.”
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For example: I’d somehow never heard of The Appian Way and in looking that up, blew 30 mins going down that wiki rabbit hole.
Most recently, laughing at an anecdote about how they collected firewood to survive the rural Maine winter: “We have a circular saw rig, run by a model T motor that Ralph fished out of the lake and reconditioned.”
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When #summer slows and you've got the time!
NFL #offseason leads to summer #reading https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49177706/nfl-players-read-books-2026-summer-offseason
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When #summer slows and you've got the time!
NFL #offseason leads to summer #reading https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49177706/nfl-players-read-books-2026-summer-offseason
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I’ve been trying to read the 1942 book We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich for I imagine the better part of a year. It’s a fascinating, A+ read.
But commitments, kids, and the author’s unique ability to have me frequently pausing to look up things I’m unfamiliar with or to share anecdotes sure slows me down. It’s a page turner, too!
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I’ve been trying to read the 1942 book We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich for I imagine the better part of a year. It’s a fascinating, A+ read.
But commitments, kids, and the author’s unique ability to have me frequently pausing to look up things I’m unfamiliar with or to share anecdotes sure slows me down. It’s a page turner, too!
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Tweaking some of my bios and realizing my habits have changed. I read much more nonfiction than I used to.
More surprising: I've started listening to audiobooks! I've long preferred reading with my eyes. It's easier to focus, and it takes less time. But it's hard to garden or do dishes while holding a book. (I've tried.)
If I can listen to podcasts, I can listen to books. And I can hit the "back 15 seconds" button when I get distracted.
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Tweaking some of my bios and realizing my habits have changed. I read much more nonfiction than I used to.
More surprising: I've started listening to audiobooks! I've long preferred reading with my eyes. It's easier to focus, and it takes less time. But it's hard to garden or do dishes while holding a book. (I've tried.)
If I can listen to podcasts, I can listen to books. And I can hit the "back 15 seconds" button when I get distracted.
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Really enjoying The #Hive by Dan Abnett www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
#WarHammer40K
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Revealed: Dan Abnett’s latest ... -
Really enjoying The #Hive by Dan Abnett www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
#WarHammer40K
#amreading
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A rule Skyside enforces every morning. Nobody left can tell you why. Newsletter tomorrow, 8AM EST.
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A rule Skyside enforces every morning. Nobody left can tell you why. Newsletter tomorrow, 8AM EST.
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If Blade Runner or cyberpunk games hooked you, dive deeper: Synners by Pat Cadigan, Neuromancer by William Gibson, and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Neon heists, hacker minds, and a pizza-delivering swordsman await. All three expand upon the unique aesthetic and dystopia of the cyberpunk genre in different ways. 🤖 ⚡️ 💻
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If Blade Runner or cyberpunk games hooked you, dive deeper: Synners by Pat Cadigan, Neuromancer by William Gibson, and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Neon heists, hacker minds, and a pizza-delivering swordsman await. All three expand upon the unique aesthetic and dystopia of the cyberpunk genre in different ways. 🤖 ⚡️ 💻
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I've finished: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Shabon
I didn't grow up with comics and don't have any nostalgia for them.I do have an interest in history, culture, art and speculative fiction.
I'm also Jewish and Kavalier & Clay spoke to me on so many levels.
It is the story of Jewish refugees behind the golden age of comic books, about their experiences and motivations. It is the story of the comic book as an art form and cultural phenomena.
It is not speculative fiction, but it contains descriptions of the comics the characters create, as part of their journey and emotional development. Breaking the fourth wall Chabon gives us a glimpse into the creative process and the sociology behind the super hero comic book as a story telling art form.
There are points where the lines between the comic story lines and the characters reality seem to blend.
It is a very Jewish novel, but a secular Jewish novel, involving Jewish culture, history and oppression, but without involving belief in god and religious practices.
I really cared about the trio of characters, their successes, failures and distress, as they live through this terrible historical period .
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/dd9685a5-0499-46f4-8ee0-3e3de6d4b057
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I've finished: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Shabon
I didn't grow up with comics and don't have any nostalgia for them.I do have an interest in history, culture, art and speculative fiction.
I'm also Jewish and Kavalier & Clay spoke to me on so many levels.
It is the story of Jewish refugees behind the golden age of comic books, about their experiences and motivations. It is the story of the comic book as an art form and cultural phenomena.
It is not speculative fiction, but it contains descriptions of the comics the characters create, as part of their journey and emotional development. Breaking the fourth wall Chabon gives us a glimpse into the creative process and the sociology behind the super hero comic book as a story telling art form.
There are points where the lines between the comic story lines and the characters reality seem to blend.
It is a very Jewish novel, but a secular Jewish novel, involving Jewish culture, history and oppression, but without involving belief in god and religious practices.
I really cared about the trio of characters, their successes, failures and distress, as they live through this terrible historical period .
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/dd9685a5-0499-46f4-8ee0-3e3de6d4b057
@bookstodon @audiofiction
#Comics #HistoricalFiction #Jewish #ComicBooks #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks -
The official record says nothing happened in that sector.
That is not what Nira found.
Chapter 2 is live. Chapter 3 arrives Friday. Link in reply.
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The official record says nothing happened in that sector.
That is not what Nira found.
Chapter 2 is live. Chapter 3 arrives Friday. Link in reply.
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It is a joy to be immersed again in Darwin’s historical fiction. She vividly creates a rich, lost world'
Antonia Senior, The Times
The Bruegel Boy is available now:
https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/or search emma darwin the bruegel boy
#historicalfiction #histfic #amreading #newbook #fiction #bruegeltheelder #bookstodon #books
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It is a joy to be immersed again in Darwin’s historical fiction. She vividly creates a rich, lost world'
Antonia Senior, The Times
The Bruegel Boy is available now:
https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/or search emma darwin the bruegel boy
#historicalfiction #histfic #amreading #newbook #fiction #bruegeltheelder #bookstodon #books
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What am I reading?
Nearly finished Matt Haig's 'How to Stop Time'. A bit similar to The Midnight Library, though a different story, with its flying about. Might try another of Matt's but am finding the wandering in place and time and prose a little tedious.Next to read: 'Death Do they Part' by Jonathan Whitelaw, 3rd in the Parker Sisters' (Cosy) Mystery series. Something lighter after Matt's tome.
My own book 'A Question of Resistance' by Paul Smith, a time-slip novel is being reviewed by a book club in Northallerton & I am going to the club to answer questions and listen to their critique next week. 'Scared' doesn't do my trepidation justice!
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What am I reading?
Nearly finished Matt Haig's 'How to Stop Time'. A bit similar to The Midnight Library, though a different story, with its flying about. Might try another of Matt's but am finding the wandering in place and time and prose a little tedious.Next to read: 'Death Do they Part' by Jonathan Whitelaw, 3rd in the Parker Sisters' (Cosy) Mystery series. Something lighter after Matt's tome.
My own book 'A Question of Resistance' by Paul Smith, a time-slip novel is being reviewed by a book club in Northallerton & I am going to the club to answer questions and listen to their critique next week. 'Scared' doesn't do my trepidation justice!
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Didn't get enough sleep again, because just when I was about to stop reading, a completely unexpected trans character turned up in my book and I had to go on!
#AmReading Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
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Didn't get enough sleep again, because just when I was about to stop reading, a completely unexpected trans character turned up in my book and I had to go on!
#AmReading Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
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Color me surprised! This just showed up in an email from Amazon recommending books for me to read.
It's the first time I've seen it recommend one of my own books. #AlgorithmAtWork
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Color me surprised! This just showed up in an email from Amazon recommending books for me to read.
It's the first time I've seen it recommend one of my own books. #AlgorithmAtWork
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#AmReading
I’ve nearly finished the fourth book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Necromancer.Plenty of new characters have been added to the ever-expanding cast list including: Quetzalcoatl, The Feathered Serpent, Billy the Kid’s master; Prometheus, Master of Fire who’s there to train Josh in the Magic of Fire; Coatlicue, the Mother of All, a fiendish Archon; Lord Tammuz, the Green Man and Palamedes' master; and Virginia Dare, a dangerous immortal human who joins Dee, she owns a flute seemingly one owned by the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (her name may be more familiar to you in a different context as the first English child to be born in an American English colony).
The action continues apace as Sophie and Josh come fully into their powers, and at least there’s a mention of someone from Scott’s area of mythological expertise, Cuchulain, Irish warrior hero and demigod
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I’ve nearly finished the fourth book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Necromancer.Plenty of new characters have been added to the ever-expanding cast list including: Quetzalcoatl, The Feathered Serpent, Billy the Kid’s master; Prometheus, Master of Fire who’s there to train Josh in the Magic of Fire; Coatlicue, the Mother of All, a fiendish Archon; Lord Tammuz, the Green Man and Palamedes' master; and Virginia Dare, a dangerous immortal human who joins Dee, she owns a flute seemingly one owned by the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (her name may be more familiar to you in a different context as the first English child to be born in an American English colony).
The action continues apace as Sophie and Josh come fully into their powers, and at least there’s a mention of someone from Scott’s area of mythological expertise, Cuchulain, Irish warrior hero and demigod
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel -
Just finished "Take All of Us" by Natalie Leif. Far outside the genres/themes I usually enjoy but I enjoyed it nonetheless, in large part due to how thoroughly it delves into disability justice issues. Lots of great stuff about who deserves to take up space, performing perfect victomhood, etc.
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Just finished "Take All of Us" by Natalie Leif. Far outside the genres/themes I usually enjoy but I enjoyed it nonetheless, in large part due to how thoroughly it delves into disability justice issues. Lots of great stuff about who deserves to take up space, performing perfect victomhood, etc.
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Road-trip through the #US and US #history without leaving your living room!
The Expert as Tourist | Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/this-land-is-your-land-beverly-gage-history/
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Road-trip through the #US and US #history without leaving your living room!
The Expert as Tourist | Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/this-land-is-your-land-beverly-gage-history/
