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#amreading

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Excessively Diverting

It's my birthday weekend, and it'll be pretty relaxed. I'm teaching a class on Saturday on research, and I'm covering a shift in Teen Services at one of my libraries on Sunday. We also have a video date with my Canadian family. We might also see one of my BFFs and her husband. Maybe gardening as well if the weather is good? Ope! Looks like I've got a lot going on!

What are your plans?

#AmReading @bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

Image of Colin Firth as 1995's Mr. Darcy. He looks pensive at the camera. In white text, it says, "I do so ardently wish you a most joyful weekend."
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Jackal Pack Gay (Suzi)

OK, I got sucked into 🦋 , and I’m trying to return here. Yep. Anyway, so, been reading Malka Older’s Mossa and Pleiti books for my July SF book group. The third one just came out, and I’ve read it, and I’m now listening to it, which is great. I’m also reading Kate Elliott’s The Witch Roads, which so far is FREAKING INTENSE FANTASY STUFF. Love her work. Also watching #Murderbot, of course! I HAVE THOUGHTS. What’s up, y’all? #AmReading #SFF

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Law Geek

Wonderful books if you like cozy fantasy! I absolutely loved Soul Guardian by Alex Karne. Highly, highly recommend. TJ Klune's follow-up Somewhere Beyond the Sea was excellent, too, as was Megan Bannen's second book, The Undermining of Twyla and Frank. #amreading #books #bookstodon

Soul Guardian by Alex Karne 5⭐️ Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune 5⭐️ There's Something Wrong with the Cats by CJ Powell 4⭐️
The Maids of Biddenden by GD Harper 4⭐️
Death on the Sound by Rhen Garland 4⭐️ Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore 4⭐️ What Happened in London by Kim Watt 4⭐️ The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 5⭐️
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sufganiyot fox ✡️

"a beggar¹." the innkeeper² grunted. "half mad, I hear. even so, he could take the Queen's Bounty at the Palace, even with things as hard as they are. on High Days, the Queen³ gives it out with her own hands, and there's never anyone turned away for any reason. no one needs to beg in Caemlyn."

so, first of all, BASED. however, it keeps going:

"even a man under warrant can't be arrested while he's taking the Queen's Bounty."

THAT'S RIGHT, Y'ALL ... someone WANTED for a CRIME can walk into the PALACE and take WELFARE from the QUEEN'S OWN HAND and then LEAVE AGAIN and NO ONE can arrest them!!!

1/2

@bookstodon #WheelOfTimeOnPrime #WheelOfTime #audiobookstodon #audiobooks #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy

¹ Padan Fain! (though of course we don't know this yet)
² Basel Gil! good friend of Thom Merrilin and my favorite innkeeper
³ and it's always the Queen, bc Andor is always ruled by a woman

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Asakiyume

Read a v. surreal, post-apocalyptic novelette, "Belle-Medusa" (trans. from the French "Belle-Méduse) by the fictitious author Manuela Draeger. A giant jellyfish compels the MC to share with her scents from dry land ... but his words change as he tries to tell her about them. A polar bear also is attempting to make telepathic contact with her cubs... it's all very strange and wonderful. It's available in an anthology XO, ORPHEUS (2013), probably available thru interlibrary loan. #AmReading

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EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:

@reading_recluse
After George Floyd's murder in 2020, I committed to half my reading being by writers from a different background than mine: ethnic, religion, language, gender identity, or otherwise decolonized. Most years, it's probably been closer to 70 or 80%. It's been an interesting journey.
#AmReading

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MDMRN

Well, I finally got it last week and read it. See previous post for the cute cover.

That's the thing. It's adorable. But it's a very short one shot.

Would have enjoyed more, but it was well done and to the point.

Basically, a non-verbal anthropomorphic pig befriends a robot vacuum that doesn't understand feelings. Or why the pig cares so much about it.

It's a sweet, little story. Worth reading...but maybe pick it up digitally from Starfruit instead of waiting like me for the physical release.

You can check out more here: starfruitbooks.com/products/do

starfruitbooks.comDoomsday Cleaning
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MDMRN

New Read - Doomsday Cleaning

So, this manga has a story.

About 3 years ago, Starfruit Books, a small indie manga publisher, opened pre-orders for physical release of a cute looking, one-shot entitled "Doomsday Cleaning." The text about it alone sounded cute and for $8 I would help an indie publisher and get a cute book to share with my kids.

Then nothing. Starfruit published a lot of physical releases, but this one kept getting delayed. I'd check in every 6 months or so to see the status, often no response.

Then I saw an update on their Instagram. They were sending out copies in late May!

A white person's hand holding up a book entitled Doomsday Cleaning. The cover has a pink background with a purple elaborate rectangle around a central image. The image says the title of the manga in the center with what looks like a self-propelled vacuum cleaner, like a Roomba, standing on rocky ground next to a pig standing on its hind legs holding a pole while wearing a cape and a pot on its head. The sky behind them is dark, but full of stars.
Image of a white person's hand holding the back cover of Doomsday Cleaning against a light colored wall. The image is all pink with largely light blue text and a light blue outlined image of a pig riding a self-propelled vacuum with stars behind it. Text on the cover reads, "The story of a robotic vacuum that keeps cleaning after the apocalypse and a mysterious life form called pig. After collecting a lot of garbage something begins to happen to the robot. A story for all ages."
#Manga#MangaReview#Mangagram
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