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Today's comes from :

"If you don't love another living soul, then you'll never be disappointed.”

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The Geisel Award–winning creators of See the Cat channel their comic sensibility into a rousing alphabetical exercise in thinking outside the box.

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At the store and came across a pretty discounted hardcover copy of "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. It is worth purchasing a physical copy? I usually try to stick to library books and purchase books I really like, but the library wait list is long and the price is tempting.

About to travel and was looking for something good to read.

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The power of childrens’ imaginations takes center stage in this gorgeous, playful rhyming picture book about a group of kids who build a make-believe world in their homes.

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This colorful picture book is a celebration of love, understanding, openness and diversity. It is beautiful and powerful read, perfect for !

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When the daughter of a diplomat fake dates a Scottish celebrity in Italy, she soon finds herself living her own Roman Holiday until the feelings get real and the paparazzi's knives come out.

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Irvine Welsh: ‘If reading gives you comfort, you’re not doing it right’

The Scottish author on having his mind changed by Orwell, how Trainspotting was influenced by Ulysses, and his wariness of novels created with AI

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/21/irvine-welsh-if-reading-gives-you-comfort-youre-not-doing-it-right

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Thank you for your comment. A varied reading list keeps boredom away and helps to improve mood. After all, it is said that “variety is the spice of life”.

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Fun and educational, Airplane Adventures is a wonderful chapter book series, perfect for young adventures and airplane lovers. Following the sky quests of four friends, these books take the readers on a journey where friendship and discoveries are at the heart of the plot.

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ablueboxfullofbooks , to kidlit group
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Annie Londonderry proves women can do anything they set their minds to—even cycle around the world—in this nonfiction picture book for cycling enthusiasts, budding travelers, and anyone who dreams of reaching a difficult goal.

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In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologies, protecting the planet’s cities from the effects of climate change and safeguarding the health of their inhabitants.

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The White Lotus meets Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel: both a sophisticated locked-room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie, and a provocative literary whodunit for the twenty-first century.

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Two friends who have unhappily found themselves in an accidental relationship try to drive the other one to call things off in this tongue-in-cheek middle grade romance.

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Book 24: Summerwater, by Sarah Moss.
This novel consists of several vignettes in which we are shown the same situation (holiday cabins in the Trossachs, incessant rain) from the point of view of various characters, each with their own troubles and complaints. And then there's that one house with the loud music that seems to unite them in annoyance... Very well written.






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Just finished Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh and as the other books she'l has written that I already read it's amazing.

All the trigger warnings, and it contains all the different sparks of glittery darkness, lonely people that happen to be born under the wrong circumstances in the wrong environments.

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In over their heads? Absolutely! But the misfit crew of the Ghost still manages to save the day. Join their thrilling, unpredictable journey through the galaxy in this epic sci-fi adventure.

https://johnwilker.com/book/the-adventures-of-wil-calder/

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Just a quick reminder that these three books—with a North Devon connection—are available (from the Nezu Press website or the usual online retailers).

https://www.nezupress.com/category/all-products

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I’ve written some thoughts on Blind Spot: Exploring and Educating on Blindness by Maud Rowell, a short book that packs a punch! These essays are so insightful, writing about issues I’ve been thinking about recently in a far more eloquent way than I could ever manage #BookReview @bookstodon @disability
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/84af5c9d-cede-4358-9941-9651cc1497c9

rebekka_m , to bookstodon group
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"So I flatten myself and the car starts again, and for the next few minutes I see nothing. [.] He has considerately moved his feet to give me room. Nevertheless my forehead is against his shoes. I have never been this close to his shoes before. They feel hard, unwinking, like the shells of beetles: black, polished, inscrutable. They seem to have nothing to do with feet."

The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood [1985]

Almost finished my 2nd reading, still one of my 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟.
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luthien1126 , to bookstodon group
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Going back to this one. Can't get past a few chapters of the other book I previously picked up.

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The Witch King. By Martha Wells.
You are a demon prince that inhabits mortal bodies in a strange land full of mortals and non- mortals who have access to various powers, which they mostly only use to acquire more mundane powers of social control.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
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My is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular far & wide.

THE TRUEST SENSE showcases Laura Keating's unique & deftly scary stories: some sneak up quietly- some gleefully go full-throttle into nightmares- but all 15 tales are atmospheric & vivid, with an aura of permeating horror that provides an imaginative, satisfying journey into the Weird.

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And so it begins -
PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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INTERSECTIONALITY by Patricia Hill Collins & Sirma Bilge via @politybooks imbibed at Key's Coffee
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