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Excessively Diverting

I checked the website's validity before posting, and it is a nonpartisan UK daily paper, so it's a listicle with better-educated opinions. 2022 Persuasion is on here, which genuinely surprised me, considering all the hubbub, but hey, I also like it!

inews.co.uk/culture/television

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten

I've seen every Jane Austen adaptation - these are the nine worth watchingThe i Paper
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Sarah Matthews

I’m doing a little research for the #1952Club reading event that’s coming up in the week of 21 April (read a book from that year and post a review of it) and there are plenty of options - Excellent Women by Barbara Pym but I’ve read that several times, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, They Do it with Mirrors by Agatha Christie, The Birds and other Stories by Daphne du Maurier, Murder in the Mill-Race by E C Lorac, The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham, Bramton Wick by Elizabeth Fair and Ladies, Bane by Patricia Wentworth are tempting so far #bookstodon #Reading #books @kaggsy59

S. Kaeth

Check out this CURATED collection showcasing 7 thoughtful, well-crafted fantasy books. These rich, immersive worlds are full of compelling characters, deep world-building, and stories that linger in the mind long after the last page!

books.bookfunnel.com/curatedfa

@bookstodon @sffbookclub @fantasy

#BooksToRead #IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #Bookstodon #SelfPromo #BookToot #FantasyBooks #BookSale #SFFBookClub #BooksWorthReading #SFFBooks #books #EpicFantasy #DarkFantasy

A mystical library with floating, glowing nebula or jellyfish like energy creatures is packed with books on either side of a stone floor. The title reads: Curated Fantasy Fiction Reads April 2025
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Octavia con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars:

:boosts_ok: Boost to help me survive :espeon_love:

Come listen to another gentle reading in the succubard's libary~ :eevee_joy:

[The Oblivion Crisis]
youtube.com/watch?v=s3uRKofYNz

Today, we're reading about the Oblivion Crisis, which were the events that took place during The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This is a perfect book to read after yesterday's On Oblivion for reasons you'll figure out once you listen to it :bugcat_nod:

This book is available in TESV: Skyrim, which makes sense. It was written between Oblivion and Skyrim, with details that would be known to the Hero of Kvatch, but not to a historian trying to put the events together afterwards without access to them :zerotwo_learn:

Oh, and I also adjusted some things for the moi and I'm more expressive than before :shiba_love:

If you'd like to help keep these going, support me over on:
[ko-fi] ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore (it handles monthly pledges :charmander_yay: )
[Paypal] paypal.me/octaviaconamore

#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Bard #Games #Gaming #LGBTQ #Queer #Trans #TransFem #Fantasy #Lore #Reading #Bookstodon #Books #ElderScrolls #Oblivion #Skyrim :cat_interact:

A vtuber with black hair tied in two two low buns, with a dark grey and blue outfit. She stands within a cozy library with a fire in the fireplace, bookshelves crammed with books, and a large window spanning from the floor to nearly the ceiling. Text in the left half of frame reads "The Oblivion Crisis"
Flipboard Culture Desk

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
"The Great Gatsby" was published 100 years ago today. @npr looks at the continued relevance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, with its commentary on immigration, race, class, and the liberated "new woman."

flip.it/M7QMbC

#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #TheGreatGatsby #FScottFitzgerald #USHistory @histodon #Culture

Image of a hardbacked book titled "The Great Gatsby," which has a woman's face floating above the lights of New York (the famous image by Francis Cugat, who designed the cover for the first edition of the book).
Kristie

Think you're in my book? Here’s a helpful guide:

– The one who spelled it “pussey” (every time!) – p44

– The one who voted Tory but had abs (shame on me) – p91

– The one whose auntie called me “the girl with the big face” – p113

Daniel, Craig, Josh, Peter, Sam, Dylan, Hugo, Chris, Ken, Tom, Kier – You can buy your copy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drysto

P.S. Tell yer auntie me and my big face wrote a bestseller!

#Books #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon #Nonfiction #WritingCommunity #Scotland

A colour image of a book cover. There are five large stones coloured green, purple, ochre, grey and blue stacked in a pleasing way. On the green, ochre and blue stones are the words 'A Life rebuilt' The title is in black at the top of the image and says 'Drystone'. The authors name, at the bottom of the image, is Kristie De Garis.
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Sarah Scully 👩🏼‍💻⚖️📚☸️ 🏳️‍🌈

Do you own a Kindle? Want to get away from the monopolistic hold on the ebook market without buying a new ereader? Check out Dammit Jeff’s guide to jailbreaking your device:

youtube.com/watch?v=Qtk7ERwlIA

(This is not new information, but given all the recent developments I wanted to remind folks.)

Also if you’re trying to buy ebooks elsewhere, check out ebooks.com

And sign up for FREE to use your local public library’s ebook subscriptions too!
#ebooks #library #reading #kindle #books

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