#reading — Public Fediverse posts

I picked up “Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever” from 1963 this week, and yes, it’s the one with the beautiful screaming lady in it.

But wait! There’s also a handsome pilot, a young piglet with murderous thoughts, and so much more.

#books #reading #vintage #words #richardscarry

My latest read: "You Only Need One Kidney..." by Douglas Hackle

Searching for some "on fleek" bizarro fiction this spooky season? Give this one a look! 👍

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9024224475
Book Radar
https://thebookradar.com/review/5599
StoryGraph
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0c9f0b1c-d9f3-419f-a8c1-6d8410e3fd66

#spookyseason #bizarro #absurdist #horror #fiction #bookreview #bookreviews #bookrec #bookrecs #book #books #read #reads #readers #reading #readingcommunity #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #booksof2026 #bookstodon #booktodon

If you haven't picked up your copy of MURHY AND THE MYSTERY OF THE OUTLAW GOLDMINE, here is your sign to do so now.

🔗 Read the full reviews here: http://dlvr.it/TVw8DF http://dlvr.it/TVw8DQ http://dlvr.it/TVw8Dg

🔗 Buy: http://dlvr.it/TVw8Dn

#books #childrensbooks #reading #amreading #bookreviews

I often don't expect anything from videogames and books, and I happen to always be able to enjoy them quite a bit...

This is day 51 of #100DaysToOffload

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/i-expect-nothing-of-games-books/

#Gaming #Reading #Blogpost #Blogging

JUST ONE ENVELOPE!!!
#books #bookclub #reading

📚 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by: Matt Dinniman

Earth has been transformed into the set of the galaxy’s most watched game show: Dungeon Crawler World, a nightmarish, multilevel, video game–like dungeon filled with traps, monsters, and mind-bending puzzles. Carl and Donut have survived so far, but this fourth level is unlike a...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-dungeon-anarchists-cookbook

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #fantasy

'The animal lives here have no numbers, no names. They are simply a people, nations of their own kind with lives as sacred as any of ours. I learn their ways, all different, all unlike human ways, yet all together we are one life, one breath, all part of this same shared earth.' -- from 'The Radiant Lives of Animals' by Linda Hogan

#WednesdayBookQuote #books #reading #ReadingJournal #bookstodon

I wrote a poem about having (for most of my life) a dysregulated nervous system. I used a chess game inside of your soul as a metaphor for it. Enjoy, and thank you for reading!

#poetry #poems #mentalhealth #writing #reading #poem #chess #poetrycommunity #amreading #darkpoetry

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/playing-chess-a-poem-about-pain-your-nervous-system-and-safety/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧" 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Too-Brief
Cliched Argument
Blumhouse-level schlock

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How might this poorly-conceived Lifetime movie story actually compel healthy discussion about its horror?

#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #bookstagram #frictionalreading #3words #stephenking #bigdriver #horror #rape #revengestory

Folklore read live!

If a German witch offers you a tasty morsel,
I promise it's neither tasty nor a morsel!

Find out what it is in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/VHc_WkUcLKg

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #witches #witchcraft #witch #hag #halloween

Interested in Anthropology? Today I added two Anthro categories to sciencefind.org - where you can get suggested science #Wikipedia articles to read.

Anthropology Category: https://sciencefind.org/categories/anthropology_category.php

Anthropology Links: https://sciencefind.org/categories/anthropology_links.php

#science #wiki #reading #learning #education #selfeducation #anthro #anthropology

All Them Dogs. Djamel White.

You are an Irish gangster (junior grade), and on return to your hometown after some trouble, you find…more trouble, not the least of which is an unlikely secret “workplace” romance that just complicates everyone’s gangsterish plots to kill each other.

3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈.

@bookstodon #books #reading #bookstodon #ireland #lgbtq #badgays #romance #murder

𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙭 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙" 𝙗𝙮 𝙊𝙡𝙜𝙖 𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙣 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Claustrophobic
Broken Narrative
Looming

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How do the historical documents serve the fiction?

#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #bookstagram #frictionalreading #3words #olgaravn #thewaxchild #danishliterature #witchcraft #historicalfiction #pointofview #experimental #horror #feminism

This is from the back cover of a paperback book from the 1970s. What is the book’s subject?

A. Performing Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” for the live stage

B. Tennis

C. A lifestyle where relationships are consensually non-monogamous and sex is treated more as recreation than intimacy

D. Tetherball

E. Dancing

F. Playground equipment

G. All of the above

#vintage #books #reading #swinging #seventies

My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* "Vinny" by SJ Rowe

#reading
* "It's Not Her" by Mary Kubica
* "Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise" by Tom Deady

[r] _ antonio syxty legge rachel blau duplessis

Untitled germ

Not allowing old memories/To cause new memories/All I will remember/Will be to enter the club repressed like lard upon my mistaken boredoms/sing me a melody to send me sifting exquisitely, cringe facially fickle little tales of awkward pleasure to describe what I won’t/ which slightly does if you consider dosing /trials forgiven punitive dwindling tragedy to leave unfinished all of the time/here my high mind finds nothing/still life search parties/those who wish not to find me

Today I added the "Wikipedia Science Portal Featured Articles" category to sciencefind.org - these are curated by Wikipedia as "Recognized content".

You can find the new category page over here: https://sciencefind.org/categories/science_portal_featured.php

#science #education #learning #selfeducation #wikipedia #reading #tool #tools

Don’t Forget

https://heathercongrove.com/2026/10/12/dont-forget/

https://pivic.blog/blog/excerpts-from-josephine-riesmans-the-last-temptation-of-beck/

I've posted a few excerpts from Josephine Riesman's new book 'The Last Temptation of Beck'.

Expect scientology, abuse, scare tactics, horrible behaviour to other musicians, and an unescapable feeling that Beck has wanted to leave scientology completely.

#Beck #JosephineRiesman #book #reading #abuse #scientology #cult #sect #NonFiction @[email protected] @[email protected]

📚 The Library at Mount Char by: Scott Hawkins

Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts.

After...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-library-at-mount-char

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #fantasy #contemporaryfiction #horror #general

Forever reading. Get the PRINT! https://gricklemart.com/mystery-sucker-print/ #grickledoodle #vampire #horror #reading #october #halloween #art #cartoon #drawing #funny #humor

My latest read: "Amityville Awakens" by Robert P. Ottone

It doesn't get much more "spooky season" than this. Some challenging themes but I enjoyed the ride. 👍

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9019595945
Book Radar
https://thebookradar.com/review/5596
StoryGraph
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9abe4d36-48b1-44d4-a915-1a4a81b7cd9b

#spookyseason #bookreview #bookreviews #bookrec #bookrecs #horror #paranormal #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #read #reads #reader #reading #readingcommunity #booksof2026 #book #books #bookstodon #booktodon

This poem is all about a certain pillar of belief I have in myself and what I do as a literary horror author. Focusing on the dark, monstrous, and scary is necessary to achieve balance. Not just in myself, but in storytelling in general. Read it below:

#poem #poetry #writing #reading #poems #horror

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/this-dark-necessity-a-poem-about-horror-monsters-and-balance/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

This Dark Necessity: A Poem about Horror, Monsters, and Balance

I need to know the witches
are there dancing a black-fabric
breeze beneath a silver moon.
The empty trees bowing their eves
and firelight shuttering
against their pigeon bones.

I need to know the skeleton claws on the
floorboards in a half-empty mansion
with old paintings of withered men.
A half-made phantom of billowing
fabric points, with ruby eyes blazing
searching for a child to pull the covers tight.

I need to know the wire-hair troll is humming
a pickling song of salt, vinegar, and glass.
A recipe for horses and men crossing
the cavernous underworld gap of
darkness beneath his cobblestone bridge.
He’s hungry for a taste.

We need to know this hall
of horrors from dark books and tales.
They’re still needed, required, and celebrated.
Grim anchors on a ship of paradise
that if left unused will drift
into an unsustainable world

of uneven heaven and hell.

@WTPress

I nervously read from this at 9am #Fantasycon to a room of rather hungover folk (karaoke night before) and bloody hell, they laughed. Repeatedly.

gutted
@samarcand
couldn't make it but we are plotting other events.

Hers is both similar in theme yet turtlely different

#books #sff #reading #queer

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 " 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 -

Slowly working through Verne's works chronologically. Here is a kind of double-novel which begins with a trek to the North Pole. So far Hatteras is . . . overbearing.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #julesverne #captainhatteras #theadventuresofcaptainhatteras #northpole #northwestpassage #arcticexploration

#PSA #CallToAction

Via Kelly Jensen on Bluesky: "Was Banned Books Week censored at your library? Were events canceled, changed, or not allowed to happen at all?

Please tell me about it in this anonymous survey for a future piece. You'll find linked in the survey the story from last year.

Deadline: Oct 24."

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3thJOF24ZYoEwtU76mPDBfPUyhSA8NZThX3a_Dd2tcrqyTQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

#BannedBooks #Libraries #Censorship #FreedomToRead #Reading

With the proliferation of tiny libraries and little free libraries I really want to explore old school print publishing and guerrilla distribution. Anyone try this out yet? #reading #writing #library #printing

Interesting read: the Jevons paradox. Very applicable to the current AI developments…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #read #reading #article

https://www.europesays.com/ro/329018/ TCL P80 Ultra review detaliat în limba română (Evaluare Mobilissimo) #analiza #autonomie #CatCosta #Citire #EBook #EInk #ecran #impresii #P80Ultra #PareriDespre #pret #reader #Reading #recenzie #review #RO #Română #Romania #Romanian #TCL #TCLP80Ultra #Technology #tehnologie #test #video

The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan

This is one of my top reads for the year. It’s an interesting thriller with an older woman detective who is pulled into investigate a copycat murder like a case she was part of years ago. The reason she knows it must be a copycat is because the killer has recently been executed.

Julia Harte has finally found peace in a quiet coastal village until she is asked to help an investigation. Julia is a former police officer, and she tells the tale of her life during the earlier search for a killer.

Julia has since written a best-selling book about different cases she’d been involved in. The book is being used in criminal law classes and a copy of it was found with the recent murder victim.

When it appears as if the killer is back, she and a fellow retired officer are pulled into the case, and their lives are turned upside down.

I loved the characters and the setting and the premise of this story. It is the first book I’ve read by Amy Jordan but probably won’t be the last. It kept me wanting more, which is something I am struggling with right now with some of the books I’ve read recently.

The story is set in Ireland and the characters believably flawed but likeable. This book left me thinking about the characters long after I’d finished the book.

First published January 2, 2025.

I found this book on one of my visits to Barnes and Noble.

I include links to purchase. As an associate, I earn from qualified purchases. Thanks to all my readers who have supported me in the past.

Books by Amy Jordan:

The Dark Hours

Lie Steal Kill

Upcoming reviews:

The Dying Light by Ann Cleeves

The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Hunneycutt

The Change by Kirsten Miller

What I am currently reading:

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Who’s Killing My Old Girlfriends by Jon Spoelstra

I have missed posting for a couple of weeks. I have been isolated with my hubby and Martin Clunes. Hubby and I have had Covid. We are much better now. I just didn’t have the inclination to blog. I did read. I have started several books. I am not sure how many I will finish. I have also been watching a lot of television. I found it difficult to focus so blogging wasn’t going to happen.

If you are unfamiliar with Martin Clunes, he is an actor famous for Doc Martin. It’s a show on British television. I was introduced to the show when it was on our local PBS station. I have been a huge fan of Doc Martin for years and have watched all the seasons several times. It all started when I discovered Best Medicine on a streaming channel. Best Medicine is an American version of Doc Martin. I don’t like it as well, but it does have some things going for it. I love Annie Potts who plays the doctor’s aunt.

Well Best Medicine made me want to watch Doc Martin again, so I started from the beginning. While watching it, I discovered William and Mary, another Martin Clunes show. In this one, he plays a funeral director who falls in love with a midwife. They are both single and each have two kids. I finished the first season of that. I guess time will tell if I finish the whole series now that I am over Covid and able to get out and about.

Oh, and I also watched an episode of a show where Martin Clunes played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That too was interesting.

Hopefully you have been well and able to enjoy this beautiful fall weather.

Happy Reading!

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The latest blog post, a reading for Henry Ford's currency: https://syrinxandspear.com/blog/news/henry-ford-s-energy-currency-how-it-would-work-and-its-connection-to-bitcoin

#history #energy #market #currency #reading #wealth #education

The writing here is short and sharp. No fluff. No filler. Just facts, names, and hard claims from inside Mossad.
#books #bookreview #SpyThriller #Reading
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/mossad-officer-memoir/