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Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>What Is Broken Binds Us by Lorne Daniel (University of Calgary Press) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mwmu6wjh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/mwmu6wjh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>In Search of Lost Time Volume 1, Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (The Modern Library Classics) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/53syzucx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/53syzucx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Wherever you're reading, whatever you're reading ... enjoy!</p>
Andy Tseng<p><a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@miquai.bsky.social</a> and Robert Hazen explore a bold new law of nature: complexity steadily rises - not just in biology, but in everything from rocks to life. A fascinating weekend read. Thoughts welcome. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Science" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Biology" target="_blank">#Biology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Evolution" target="_blank">#Evolution</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LawsOfNature" target="_blank">#LawsOfNature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FunctionalInformation" target="_blank">#FunctionalInformation</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ResearchSky" target="_blank">#ResearchSky</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WeekendReads" target="_blank">#WeekendReads</a><br><br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-everything-in-the-universe-turns-more-complex/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A New Law of Nature Attempts t...</a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>The Adversary by Michael Crummey (Knopf Canada) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/hfr36254" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/hfr36254</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Lost Signal by Chris Hutchinson (Palimpsest Press) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2seudmhh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2seudmhh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton (University of Calgary Press) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/pseyx8m4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/pseyx8m4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>What fine books are keeping you company this weekend?</p>
Catherine Lundoff<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> It’s Pride StoryBundle Day #2! Looking for <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fridayreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fridayreads</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/weekendreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weekendreads</span></a> or awesome queer books? Get 14 great books - cyberpunk to gay romantic fantasy, fantastical mysteries to short stories by award-winning authors! At the $25 level, you can support Rainbow Railroad! Here are some featured titles! <a href="https://storybundle.com/pride" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">storybundle.com/pride</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>The Hour After Happy Hour by Mary O'Donoghue (Stinging Fly) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y48uktx4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/y48uktx4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>A Bouquet Brought Back From Space by Kevin Spenst (Anvil Press) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2aa5krr2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2aa5krr2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Carny - short stories volume 1 by S.E. Tomas <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3bsyatpb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/3bsyatpb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>What fine words will accompany you on your travels this weekend?</p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a></p><p>* The Hour After Happy Hour by Mary O'Donoghue (Stinging Fly) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y48uktx4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/y48uktx4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>* A Bouquet Brought Back From Space by Kevin Spenst (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@anvilpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anvilpress</span></a></span>) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2aa5krr2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2aa5krr2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>* The Immortal Woman by Su Chang (House of Anansi Press) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/359d9z5u" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/359d9z5u</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>What will be blossoming before your avidly reading eyes this weekend?</p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case (2025 Grand Central Publishing) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5n82ezyn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/5n82ezyn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>What are you reading?</p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>This is Happiness by Niall Williams (2019 Bloomsbury Publishing) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/e7vz3d8t" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/e7vz3d8t</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p>"And I can fight against it or accept it. Fighting against it is exhausting. Accepting it is still hard to live with it. But accepting it as a part of who you are, I think makes you stronger."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson (2025 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@harpercollins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>harpercollins</span></a></span>) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yc5e6my9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/yc5e6my9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &amp; <a href="https://tinyurl.com/27kr9b89" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/27kr9b89</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>Your Absence is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (2024 Biblioasis) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mrxr9w8s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/mrxr9w8s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &amp; <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4tumfw3c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/4tumfw3c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>The Hollow Beast by Christophe Bernard, translated by Lazer Lederhendler (2024 Biblioasis) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2s3ecm8j" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2s3ecm8j</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (2023 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@fsgbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fsgbooks</span></a></span>) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5c93d7ua" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/5c93d7ua</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari (2024 Harper Collins Canada) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2yjwdk8k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2yjwdk8k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Hope your weekend is cozy and filled with good reads, too!</p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentBookClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentBookClub</span></a><br>Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (2024 Knopf Canada) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/43v598y3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/43v598y3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>... with, as always, my favourite reading companion!</p><p>What are you reading, book friends?</p>
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weekendreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weekendreads</span></a> <br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/awardwinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>awardwinning</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/novella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novella</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pompeii</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dualtimeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dualtimeline</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/romancelandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romancelandia</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/historicalromance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalromance</span></a><br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indieauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indieauthor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/b/3nNrde" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/b/3nNrde</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>Parade by Rachel Cusk (2024 Harper Perennial) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mwvtnej3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/mwvtnej3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>How about you, dear readers?</p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>May It Have a Happy Ending by Minelle Mahtani (2024 Doubleday Canada) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4xcmyrdb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/4xcmyrdb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>... and it's lovely to see fellow readers on the subway!</p>
Antonia Aquilante<p>A late post of this morning’s breakfast and a book (toast and A Tempest of Tea). What are you reading this weekend?<br><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/saturdaymorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saturdaymorning</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amreading</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/weekendreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weekendreads</span></a></p>
Vicki Ziegler<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a><br>The Donoghue Girl by Kim Fahner (2024 Latitude 46 Publishing) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yyd3y42n" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/yyd3y42n</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>What are you reading this weekend?</p>
Vicki Ziegler<p>Mavis and I wish you happy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayReads</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendReads</span></a>!</p><p>We're reading James by Percival Everett (2024 Doubleday) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/7euy6k2k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/7euy6k2k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botsin.space/@dogsofmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dogsofmastodon</span></a></span></p>