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noplasticshower @[email protected] · 2026-09-06 · 01:52 UTC

Book 31of 2026.

Pretty not bad, but you won't really learn anything at all.

I listened to this one on audible.
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Content Catnip @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 18:08 UTC

A cosy and quirky #mystery set in the near future in a #Taiwanese town about lost memories, the bonding experience of delicious #food, omnipotent #technology and the human connections we all crave #bookstadon #QueerFiction #SciFi #books #bookreview #CosyMystery

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#mystery #taiwanese #food #technology #bookstadon #queerfiction

Content Catnip @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 18:08 UTC

A cosy and quirky #mystery set in the near future in a #Taiwanese town about lost memories, the bonding experience of delicious #food, omnipotent #technology and the human connections we all crave #bookstadon #QueerFiction #SciFi #books #bookreview #CosyMystery

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#mystery #taiwanese #food #technology #bookstadon #queerfiction

Content Catnip @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 18:08 UTC

A cosy and quirky #mystery set in the near future in a #Taiwanese town about lost memories, the bonding experience of delicious #food, omnipotent #technology and the human connections we all crave #bookstadon #QueerFiction #SciFi #books #bookreview #CosyMystery

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#mystery #taiwanese #food #technology #bookstadon #queerfiction

Content Catnip @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 18:08 UTC

A cosy and quirky #mystery set in the near future in a #Taiwanese town about lost memories, the bonding experience of delicious #food, omnipotent #technology and the human connections we all crave #bookstadon #QueerFiction #SciFi #books #bookreview #CosyMystery

http://contentcatnip.com/2026/09/06/book-review-all-that-holds-between-by-s-j-lee/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#cosymystery #bookreview #books #scifi #queerfiction #bookstadon

Content Catnip @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 18:08 UTC

A cosy and quirky #mystery set in the near future in a #Taiwanese town about lost memories, the bonding experience of delicious #food, omnipotent #technology and the human connections we all crave #bookstadon #QueerFiction #SciFi #books #bookreview #CosyMystery

http://contentcatnip.com/2026/09/06/book-review-all-that-holds-between-by-s-j-lee/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#mystery #taiwanese #food #technology #bookstadon #queerfiction

SusannaAuthor Old White Hippie @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 16:04 UTC

Look what I just put on my car!! I'm old enough to remember when a library card catalog was my datacenter...

#SupportTheLibrary #LibrariesRule #AmReading #bookstadon

#supportthelibrary #librariesrule #amreading #bookstadon

Noir Lover @[email protected] · 2026-09-03 · 21:32 UTC

Captain of the Sands - Jorge Amado. Novel by the great Brazilian writer about a gang of Bahian street kids. A story of friendship, honor and struggle under the backdrop of Salvador da Bahia—the mystical city macumbas and Candomble. Kind of like a Brazilian Outsiders. Anyone who ran with a pack of hooligans in thier youth will find a lot to love here. A very human tales from a very humanist writer. #books #bookstadon

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zahl @[email protected] · 2026-09-03 · 19:16 UTC

I didn't mean to spend the morning reading instead of crunching my numbers, but argh I made the mistake of picking up Bitter Medicine again.

Now the numbers. For real... I got all six done, and only one is off. Let's hope I can fix it.

#accounting #books #romantasy #BookStadon

#accounting #books #romantasy #bookstadon

E.S. Raye @[email protected] · 2026-09-02 · 16:02 UTC

I must admit, they released a lot more information a lot earlier than I expected. I sort of thought it remained heavily classified well into the '50s.
But it does mean, for my outline, the town rumors that one of the main character worked on the Project is perfectly reasonable.

#writer #amwriting #books #bookstadon #manhattanproject

Kate :verigold: @[email protected] · 2026-08-29 · 09:30 UTC

Going on a trip to Hay-On-Wye today. Wish my bank account luck! :blobcatbook: #Bookstadon #Reading #Books #Booksky

#bookstadon #reading #books #booksky

Frank @[email protected] · 2026-08-29 · 05:00 UTC

It is almost September, I need to finish my latest book so I can add it to my pile on the MS readathon. Been an excellent month of reading. We've raised almost a grand via our team, as well!

#books #reading #Bookstadon #MSReadathon #MS

#books #reading #bookstadon #msreadathon #ms

zahl @[email protected] · 2026-08-27 · 07:16 UTC

I'm going to #lacon #Worldcon tomorrow.

Gotta rave about the best #book I picked up at #baycon:

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

There's a magic Chinese calligraphy artist and a French half-elf. And a spicy romance, but also a bunch of spy thriller stuff. It's a really nice mix and it works. The world is fun, the magic is cool, the people are real.

#BookStadon

#lacon #worldcon #book #baycon #bookstadon

MardraS @[email protected] · 2026-08-27 · 03:27 UTC

I’m at that 2/3 point of a very good book where I really want it to resolve, but I also don’t ever want it to end.
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rkbowling @[email protected] · 2026-08-26 · 15:59 UTC

"That's not a repair technique," Lyra said, not looking up from the coil she was rewiring. "That's a tantrum."
"It's a percussive diagnostic."
"Uh huh."

Ten years of partnership, distilled. From ZERO ATMOSPHERE, Ch. 1.

#amwriting #bookstadon #books #wip #writing #scifi #romance #indieauthor

#amwriting #bookstadon #books #wip #writing #scifi

rkbowling @[email protected] · 2026-08-25 · 14:11 UTC

Hi Mastodon — new here, mostly to talk about a sci-fi romance novel I'm drafting: ZERO ATMOSPHERE. Sixty domed cities are all that's left of Earth. Two salvagers have spent ten years lying to (and for) each other. Chapters 1–6 are done, more coming. Mostly here for snippets, worldbuilding, and process talk. Nice to meet you.

#introduction #books #writing #indieauthor #scifi #romance #amwriting #bookstadon

#introduction #books #writing #indieauthor #scifi #romance

Sewer Pirouette Ⓐ @[email protected] · 2026-08-23 · 19:13 UTC

Greg Egan - The Clockwork Rocket. Orthogonal book 1

Greg Egan writes Science Fiction so hard, it could as well be called ‘Fictional Science’. Often SF starts from a question ‘what if?’

Egan's ‘what if’ is ‘what if the speed of light in a vacuum is not constant, but varies with its color?’. This leads to all sorts of speculative consequences that need to be explained. To be able to do that, he creates a main character that travels the distance from being born on a farm to being the world’s Einstein and mission leader for a generational ship trying to save the world. Where their universe is in a way more 4-dimensional than ours, but the characters in this novel are rather 2-dimensional.

The explanation stays at the conceptual level, a general understanding of ‘our physics’ is enough to grasp Egan’s explanations of ‘their physics’, including the graphs and schemas he uses.

But still this will not be everybody's cup of tea. Too much explanation, too little plot. But I really liked it. On to the 2nd book in the trilogy!

#WatWouterLas26 #ScienceFiction #SpeculativePhysics #Books # Reading #Bookstadon

#watwouterlas26 #sciencefiction #speculativephysics #books #bookstadon

oatmeal @[email protected] · 2026-08-23 · 07:35 UTC

Fascinating project focused on fiction. If they added travelogues, Ibn Battuta’s the Journey (The Rihla) will most definitely break the scale 🫨

https://readingmaps.com

https://theconversation.com/ibn-battuta-a-14th-century-judge-and-ambassador-travelled-further-than-marco-polo-the-rihla-records-his-adventures-246148

#books #bookstadon #islam

Content Catnip @[email protected] · 2026-08-22 · 18:34 UTC

A sexy dark and glittering jewel of a novel featuring Sapphic vampires and crumbling old Victorian estates with a cast of believable and enjoyable characters. #SapphicErotica #vampires #bookstadon #books #bookreview #HistoricFiction #Fiction #Horror

http://contentcatnip.com/2026/08/23/book-review-hungerstone-by-kat-dunn/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#sapphicerotica #vampires #bookstadon #books #bookreview #historicfiction

Remy Dean 🏴‍☠️ @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 12:26 UTC

🌳 🌫️ 🦌 #ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel

Chapter 21 published today

“...often, when a lesson needs to be learnt, a suitable teacher will present itself. It may not be a person. It could be an experience, an observation… something found in the natural world around you… Recognising the right teachers, at the right time, is the beginning of wisdom.”

🌫️ https://threerealms.substack.com/

📗 #BookStadon #fantasy #folklore #books 🐉

#thisthatandtheother #webnovel #bookstadon #fantasy #folklore #books

Sewer Pirouette Ⓐ @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 22:01 UTC

Hella S Haasse - Het woud der verwachting. Het leven van Charles van Orléans

Weer een boek dat in de middeleeuwen speelt, het derde in korte tijd. Deze historische roman beschrijft, na een flinke aanloop, het leven van Charles van Orléans (1394 - 1465), politiek gefaalde hertog maar geslaagd dichter.

Het feodale stelsel van Frankrijk was een broeinest van intriges. Nadat zijn vader in opdracht van diens neef was vermoord, was Charles te jong om zijn hertogschap aan te kunnen. Bij de slag bij Agincourt wordt hij door de Engelsen gevangen genomen en 25 jaar lang gebruikt als pion en verzekering. Ook nadat hij vrij gekomen is, blijft dat toch vooral zijn tragische rol; bespeeld te worden door handigere en eerzuchtigere geesten dan hijzelf.

Haasse beschrijft dit alles prachtig, ik las het boek met plezier. Wel is het weer een boek over de bovenkant. Want hoewel Charles natuurlijk een loser is, komen de echte verliezers, de arme boeren en ambachtslieden, niet echt aan bod. Soms in enkele regels wordt hun gruwelijke lot genoemd, maar dan gaat het weer uitgebreid over de pracht en praal in de kastelen.

Er zijn zat aanknopingspunten door te lezen, zo wil ik meer weten over Simon Caboche die de ‘slagersopstand’ leidde.

#WatWouterLas26 #Geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Bookstadon #LezenIsLeuk #Boeken

#watwouterlas26 #geschiedenis #middeleeuwen #bookstadon #lezenisleuk #boeken

K.Llewellin :coffefied: @[email protected] · 2026-08-18 · 17:27 UTC

🚀 Dive into the Zerra Series! 🌌

The future of humanity hangs in the balance. The Orion Alliance’s relentless conquest threatens to consume all in its path. But on the quiet planet of Zerra, a spark of resistance flickers. Will it be enough to save a galaxy on the brink?

My first book in the Zerra series is now available on Apple Books. A gripping space opera filled with intrigue, rebellion, & the fight for survival. 2 more books in the series await you!

#eBook #SciFi #AppleBooks #Bookstadon

#ebook #scifi #applebooks #bookstadon

Dr Johnny Blanchard @[email protected] · 2026-08-14 · 22:57 UTC

Hey #bookstadon I released my first fiction book a couple of months back. It's an absurdist fantasy-fiction called The Orcs are attacking and we're all out of ham and sees Sam win a major catering contract AND become the saviour of humanity on the same day
https://www.johnnyblanchard.com/2026/07/11/the-orcs-are-attacking-and-were-all-out-of-ham/

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