#goodreads — Public Fediverse posts

See also: a great year long Power Broker podcast/read along by 99% Invisible: https://99percentinvisible.org/pb/

Here's the book write-up & links to purchase it via Caro's website (incl. independent friendlies Powells and Bookshop.org): https://www.robertcaro.org/the-power-broker

#GoodReads #ThePowerBroker

I finished a long book for the first time in years...

If you've read The Power Broker (which won a well deserved Pulitzer), you already know the impact of Robert Moses – not just in NYC, but on nearly every highway, neighborhood, mass transit system, or city/town in America.

#GoodReads #NewYorkCity #NYC #Power #ThePowerBroker

All it takes is one great review from a happy customer... and we are good working for free for at least another 18 months! If you like what we do, please review "After Dinner Conversation" stories on #Amazon, #Goodreads, or elsewhere.

📚 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) - J.K. Rowling (2005) ★★★★★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8872812403?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss

#Goodreads #Libros

#books #goodreads #indieauthor #supportawriter #entanglement #quantumsoulseries

www.amazon.ca/Entanglement...

HALLO!

Es ist so weit: #Kotomori ist live.

Dazu gibt es natürlich einen passenden Blog-Beitrag:

https://kotomori.de/willkommen-auf-kotomori/

#Books #Manga #BuchBlog #BuchCommunity #bookcrossing
#goodreads

Heyho du da!
Hast du einen kurzen Moment?

Erinnerst du dich noch an #Kotomori?
Eine Plattform für alle die Geschichten lieben und Welten erschaffen. Eine Community von und für Bücher-Nerds.

So weit so gut. Wollte nur bekanntgeben das die Seite Morgen gegen 12:00 Uhr live gehen wird.

https://kotomori.de

#Books #Manga #BuchBlog #BuchCommunity #bookcrossing #goodreads

RE: https://sharkey.daddelwerk.net/notes/aoa1hd7tgtlq02c3

#yamtrack #hardcover #goodreads #seflhosted
https://raspberrypi.tailcd13e6.ts.net/2026-07-10_yamtrack-import-of-goodreads-library.html

https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/674/

You can do it. It's tricky and you can

#kitteh #puppy #ralph #mentaltorture #greyrock #fridayreads #caturday #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #safety #deflect #ItsNotYou #goodreads #mentalhealthmatters #saturday #health #vibecheck

Me ayudáis a dejar Goodreads?

Veo que soléis usar Openreads, Openlibrary y Bookwyrm.
Mi intención es usarlo como hasta ahora Goodreads, llevar un control de los libros que voy leyendo, de los libros que quiero leer, escribir alguna opinión de alguno que me haya gustado y leer las opiniones de los demás.
Doy por hecho que tendré que crear muchas fichas de libros sea donde sea. Pero cual sería el más similar? Creo que sería Bookwyrm por lo que he leído.
Y si es Bookwyrm, necesito meterme en una instancia de España, para poder leer las opiniones de los libros que vayan publicando aquí o están federados como mastodon?
La verdad que estoy liado así que os agradezco la ayuda que me podáis dar, y así hacer las cosas más o menos bien desde el principio y no tener que estar cambiando.

#libros #literatura #goodreads #bookwyrm #openreads #openlibrary

You'd think, since #goodreads is now part of #Amazon, it would be updated/updateable as Amazon is updated. Ain't technology #ironic? We can do so many things, but so many others are still beyond our capabilities.

Cindy Larie Cowles

#quote #quotes #irony

Audible Tests Use of Video Content to Promote Audiobook Discovery

Focusing on the US market, Audible announced that it is doing a limited beta of in-app immersive video to tap into the growing trend of audio discovery through visual content.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/audible-tests-use-of-video-content-to-promote-audiobook-discovery/

#Audible #Audiobooks #GoneBeforeGoodbye #Goodreads #HachetteAudio

📚 CW: online scams, impersonation

Seeing a rise in scam accounts on Goodreads and other bookish platforms — new profiles with no reviews, no shared books, and flirty DMs targeting women.

One even used a photo of Paul Hollywood. (My friend told him not to bother unless he brought baked goods. He didn’t.)

I wrote a PSA about spotting these scammers, with red flags, a laugh, and a few hard truths.

✨ You are not too smart or too seasoned to be targeted. But you can be ready.

📚 Beware the Bookish Scammer: A PSA for Readers and Authors https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/%f0%9f%93%9a-beware-the-bookish-scammer-a-psa-for-readers-and-authors/

#Goodreads #ScamAwareness #RomanceScams #BookCommunity #MastoBooks #OnlineSafety #AmReading #books #Bookstodon

Hello book lovers 📚

New version of #Openreads - free and private reading tracker is out!

- Scanning books by ISBN is much quicker now
- Default tags and books lists order can be changed
- Improved UI/UX

Fixed:
- #Goodreads import
- Sorting half-star books
- Stats

Download 2.11.0 from :github: #github :apple_inc: #appstore :android: #googleplay :fdroid: #fdroid

🔗 : https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads
Big thanks to contributors ❤️

#books #bookstodon #android #ios #opensource #privacy #flutter #reading

Here's a fun, yet serious repost from June of '24 when I answered a QOTD about Human Taglines.
'Don't Go Tagging My Heart'
#QOTD #Human #Taglines #LoveMeAnyways #SaturdayNight #GotLove #WritersCommunity #WritersLife #Writer #GoodReads #ForYou #Repost

https://rickollie.com/2024/06/09/dont-go-tagging-my-heart-i-couldnt-if-i-tried/

My next book of the year is probably going to get me on some government terror watchlist #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #BookLovers #Bookworm #GenocideInGaza #AviShlaim #FreePalestine #StopTheWar

Additions & Changes, April 2025:
- New game added to the list: Death in Space

Top 100 list of TTRPG "Core" Rulebooks in #GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/9983219

Top 10:
1) Wanderhome
2) Thousand Year Old Vampire
3) Call of Cthulhu, 7th edition
4) Blades in the Dark
5) Dialect: A Game About Language and How it Dies
6) Dungeons and Dragons, 5th edition
7) CY_BORG
8) Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy
9) Mörk Börk
10) Monsterhearts 2

#ttrpg #ttrpgs #Roleplaying #wanderhome #tyov #CoC #CallofCthulhu #DialectRPG #DnD #dnd5e #BladesInTheDark #BitD #Monsterhearts2 #cy_borg #MorkBorg #Oldschoolessentials #OSECF

I'm using my social media this morning to wish each and every one of you a Happy Easter.
#EasterSunday #EasterWeekend #Easter #HeHasRisen #SaveUsAll #Love #LoveIsLove #LoveMeAnyways #BeKind #CaringIsSharing #Peace #AbigailGinsterblum #LivingHope #GoodReads #Writers #GotLove #PeaceOnEarth #Holiday

https://rickollie.com/2025/04/20/wishing-everyone-a-happy-easter/

Meet: Alison O'Brien, a talented, singer, songwriter and pianist whose story and music will warm your heart. #AlisonOBrien #musician #artist #singer #songwriter #pianist #momsinshowbiz #music #BottledUp #LadyGaGa #storytime #Batman #PhantomOfTheOpera #storyteller #meetme #musicvideos #goodreads

https://rickollie.com/2025/03/01/alison-obrien-a-journey-through-music-and-life/

Meet: Alison O'Brien, a talented, singer, songwriter and pianist whose story and music will warm your heart. #AlisonOBrien #musician #artist #singer #songwriter #pianist #momsinshowbiz #music #BottledUp #LadyGaGa #storytime #Batman #PhantomOfTheOpera #storyteller #meetme #musicvideos #goodreads

https://rickollie.com/2025/03/01/alison-obrien-a-journey-through-music-and-life/

Gerade von #goodreads auf #openreads umgestiegen. Gibt auch eine Importfunktion.

https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads

Are the Principles that Define Me Out of Line in this Generation?
@dailyprompt #QOTD #kindness #caring #love #picoftheday #IAmMe #principlesthatdefineme #writerscommunity #writerslife #lifestyle #writer #MileyCyrus #GivingYouUp #goodreads #sundayvibes

https://rickollie.com/2024/10/13/are-the-principles-that-define-me-out-of-line-in-this-generation/

Additions & Changes in top 10, September 2024:
- Monsterhearts 2 surpasses CY_BORG
- Alien and Delta Green surpass Mörk Borg

Top 100 list of TTRPG "Core" Rulebooks in #GoodReads
https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/9983219

Top 10:
1) Wanderhome
2) Thousand Year Old Vampire
3) Call of Cthulhu
4) Dungeons & Dragons 5e
5) Blades in the Dark
6) Monsterhearts 2
7) CY_BORG
8) Alien: The Roleplaying Game
9) Delta Green
10) Mörk Borg

#ttrpg #ttrpgs #Roleplaying #wanderhome #tyov #CoC #DnD #dnd5e #BladesInTheDark #BitD #Monsterhearts2 #cy_borg #AlienRPG #DeltaGreen #MorkBorg

#WomenWhoMurder #booktok #truecrime #books #bookrelease #newbooks #bookblast #bookboost #pickupapageturner #readers #readersoftiktok #reelsviral #bookrecommendations #goodreads #readersfavorite #readingforpleasure #anthology #bookstodon
https://www.tiktok.com/@established1951_olepops/video/7383697626920717599

For my next read I am learning more about a truly amazing woman (I know quite a lot about her anyway, but this is her own story) #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Bookworm #CurrentlyReading #NASA #KatherineJohnson #MyHeroes

Big news for #openreads 🚀

100% of the strings in our @weblate project have now screenshots assigned to them to help you with the context while translating!

Thanks to our amazing community, we've conquered 23 languages with over 90% completion, and we're catching up with the next 10 more.

I invite you to take a look if you want to help with translating.

🔗 https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/openreads

#books #bookstodon #android #opensource #privacy #flutter #ios #Goodreads #Bookwyrm #Translation #community

I'm excited to announce Openreads 2.7.0 📚 🎉 🚀

✨ In the newest version:
- You can get book covers from web search 🚀
- We have option to choose #accessibility fonts in the app
- Three new languages: #korean #punjabi and #galician

Download from :github: #github :apple_inc: #appstore :android: #googleplay and :fdroid: #fdroid

🔗 : https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads
Big thanks to contributors! 📱🌟 💓

#openreads #books #bookstodon #android #opensource #privacy #flutter #ios #Goodreads #Bookwyrm

Did you know that #openreads lets you import books from #goodreads and #bookwyrm ?

You can track your readings completely offline, without user tracking, data mining and ad-free 📱📚

Try it on #android or #ios
https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads

#books #bookstodon #readers #OpenSource #fdroid #privacy

Back Bikes, the Universe & Everything from Microcosm Publishing. Fun bikey feminist SFF! I have so many great zines from Elly Blue (author of Bikenomics) and team. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microcosmpublishing/bikes-the-universe-and-everything-more-bike-and-book-stories?ref=thanks-copy
#BikeTooter #SFF #SciFi #SF fantasy #books #GoodReads #cycling #WomenBike #feminism #EllyBlue

Going through my google books and populating my #BookWyrm profile (https://bookwyrm.social/user/pezhore).

I never picked up on the #goodreads trend - I tend not to read a ton (until I find a series that I can sink my teeth into). I should probably also move away from using #GooglePlayBooks as my primary epub storage/reader.

Any good #FOSS alternatives? (I primarily read on a Samsung tablet/Boox e-reader).

#epub #ereader #askfeddit #suggestions

Finishing the book, #The1619Project and it’s been…hard mentally, emotionally. It’s also been powerful + necessary for me to read about my ancestors’ sojourn of terror in the U. S.

How they courageously fought + resisted at EVERY turn for their freedom, human rights, families,and dignity. It’s STILL a battle.

Being a sci-fi fan, I will say, there is NO dystopian or post-apocalyptic narrative that comes close to the historical experience of Being Black in the U. S.

This country owes such an enormous debt and humans are the real monsters. #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #mustread #GoodReads

Happy dance over here!!! Otter Coast: A Medical Marijuana Mystery... Join in on the book party... because my second eco-fiction novel is ready for you! Read a review, buy & read, add a starred review!

As architectural intern Amalia Sengupta Erenwine grapples with her nascent career in New York City and the consequences of her new relationship, her friend the Reverend Mildred McCaine plans a panel about medical marijuana at her Binghamton church. When these two women take off on a road trip back to Mildred's hometown, they each in their own way intend to prove themselves pure of intent and unencumbered by their pasts. Amalia hopes to demonstrate she's true to her word and figure out her love life, and Mildred is drawn to confront fuzzy details about her family's past. But when the women uncover mysterious goings-on at Mildred's childhood home, an intriguing ancient artifact, and long-forgotten memories of otters at play, their fine intentions come unraveled. How will Amalia reconcile her deeper knowing with her life's goals? And how will Mildred remember and come to terms with her family's history, and her own present and new unfolding?

Links are ready in two places - Barnes and Noble and Amazon...

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/otter-coast-maia-kb-chowdhury/1143042148?ean=9798986185415

https://www.amazon.com/Otter-Coast-Medical-Marijuana-Mystery/dp/B0BV5DD9LB/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1676895718&refinements=p_27%3AMaia+Kb+Chowdhury&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Maia+Kb+Chowdhury

Canadian link is here:

https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/otter-coast-a-medical-marijuana-mystery/9798986185415.html

UK link is here:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/otter-coast/maia-kb-chowdhury/9798986185415

Asia, Africa, ANZA are best served by Amazon. For international, orders, please go directly to your local bookseller and order with this information:

Maia Chowdhury, Otter Coast, ISBN: 9798986185415

Please add a starred review on Goodreads, as it helps to generate more interest and views, rankings and sales. Tell your friends and share this message...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100779578-otter-coast

Thank you, friends, for all your support in the making of this book! Enjoy!

Maia :-) <3

#Adventure #AmWriting #Architecture #BIPOC #CliFi #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeFiction #CommunityPlanning #ContemporaryFiction #CreativeWriting #Desi #Diversity #EcoFiction #Engineering #Fracking #GoodReads #HighSpeedTransit #HydraulicFracturing #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #Intersectionality #LiteraryFiction #Logistics #Love #LoveStory #Marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #Metaphysical #MixedDesi #MixedRace #Mystery #Nanowrimo #Planning #Rail #Reiki #Transit #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #Visualization

#book 8: THE SNOW HARE by Paula Lichtarowicz (out next week from #LittleBrown )

This novel follows the fate of a Catholic Polish woman in the lead up to WWII and then after the Soviet invasion of Poland. A moving and heartbreaking story that gives us a different perspective on the war than we usually get.

Thoughts on #GoodReads if you care to look

#HistoricalFiction #BookThoughts #BookReview #Reading #Fiction #Bookstodon #audiobook @bookstodon @audiobooks

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5303385528

If anybody out there has happened to read and enjoy my books and/or the #FolkHorrorRevival / Wyrd Harvest Press books if you can, please give them a rating (and if you want to a review) on #Goodreads and/or #Amazon or wherever you bought them and . If you read them and did not like them, then no worries don't trouble yourself 😉
Cheers

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/7122160.Andy_Paciorek

https://www.blurb.co.uk/user/andypaciorek

https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/andypaciorek

@bookstodon #Books #Art #Folklore #Horror #UrbanWyrd #FolkHorror

Hi @zhivi ! You asked me to describe my ecofiction... here is my best go at it, this morning. 

I write for myself and others who are interested in visualizing what is possible, from a perspective of where we are starting. It's not science fiction. It's not realistic fiction. It's somewhere in between. I call it Visionary Ecofiction. I've written three novels, one is published (The Erenwine Agenda, with a focus on hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction process), another is about to be published (Otter Coast, with a focus on medical marijuana and creative states of consciousness) and the third is - well, still being written through Nanowrimo (Rail is the working title, although I have changed it up a few times already; it has a focus on the logistics of high speed transit and community planning - and the protagonist is aiming to save the world 🙂).

All three interweave romance, although they're not romances. I call them adventures, love stories, mysteries... a little of all of these. Visionary Ecoficiton encapsulates the intrigue of all these genres, for me. The work is typically classified as Literary Fiction or Contemporary Fiction, and is also listed as Visionary and Metaphysical Fiction. The Erenwine Agenda was shortlisted for an international publishing award in the Visionary and Metaphysical category, and reached #5 on Amazon in the same group. It's on several Goodreads Lists (including Powell's Books') for classic and new Ecofiction and CliFi (Climate Change Fiction). I began publishing myself, and then branched out into publishing work of other authors when I realized there are many other people like me, who are optimists in the world and who write about ecology. We needed a platform! I created one. (This is the link.) https://www.aseiarts.com/

I think one of the best encapsulations of my work comes in the form of an interview conducted by the old Ecofiction.com site, now Dragonfly.eco. It was written a while ago when I was still married, and was not as far along in my writing trajectory - yet it summarizes the spirit of my work very clearly. (Thanks Mary for updating my name!) https://dragonfly.eco/maia-kb-chowdhury/ @ecofiction

My work (partly what you and I began talking about) also touches on race, identity and social context. I think that is as important in today's emerging conversations about climate as is the basic underlayment of ecology in ecofiction. How we identify ourselves and each other IS our cultural ecology. As a woman of mixed race, who identifies with more than one group, I feel a personal responsibility (and pleasure) to share my own intersectional experience through writing. 

Thank you for asking!

#Adventure #AmWriting #Architecture #BIPOC #CliFi #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeFiction #CommunityPlanning #ContemporaryFiction #CreativeWriting #Desi #Diversity #EcoFiction #Engineering #Fracking #GoodReads #HighSpeedTransit #HydraulicFracturing #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #Intersectionality #LiteraryFiction #Logistics #Love #LoveStory #Marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #Metaphysical #MixedDesi #MixedRace #Mystery #Nanowrimo #Planning #Rail #Reiki #Transit #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #Visualization

#DianaGabaldon's GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE, Book 9 in the #OUTLANDER series, has been nominated for a 2022 Goodreads Choice award in the category of #HistoricalFiction! Voting ends Nov. 27. Please boost/reblog to get the word out to other fans, and if you're on #Goodreads, take a moment to vote!

More info in my blog post here: https://www.outlandishobservations.com/2022/11/vote-for-bees-in-goodreads-choice-awards.html