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A. Rivera<p>On a side note, if you want honest <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> from an avid reader and professional librarian of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cartomancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartomancy</span></a> decks, you can check out my blog The Itinerant Librarian. </p><p>Unlike PW, I don't charge for a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a></p><p><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ItinerantLibrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItinerantLibrarian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> 💙📚</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/librarians" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librarians</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Molly White<p>Every so often I read a book that's so good it makes me feel like I need to recalibrate my book ratings scale. How can it be a "five star" book when it's so much better than other "five star" books I've read?</p><p>But I've always found the ubiquitous star rating scales poorly suited to my mental model of cataloguing books, which vary so widely they could never be boiled down to a plain numeric scale. Do the stars represent how much I enjoyed a book? The depth of feelings it made me feel? The quality of the prose? The ease with which I find myself turning to the next page?</p><p>I've deeply enjoyed many a book with terrible writing and clichéd plots; is that a five star book? How do I rate a book with beautiful prose and intricate plotlines, that nonetheless causes me to dread picking it back up?</p><p>And what is a "one star" book? If a book is truly unenjoyable, I likely won't finish it at all — and thus won't rate it, as it feels unfair to cast judgment on a book I've only partially read. Is "one star" a book I liked enough to finish, but just barely?</p><p>Anyway, this is all to say you should read East of Eden, which topped the charts in just about every category, whether it was the prose, enjoyment, or deepness of feelings I felt afterwards.</p><p><a href="https://www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/east-of-eden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mollywhite.net/micro/entry/eas</span><span class="invisible">t-of-eden</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a>. </p><p>&gt; Beginning March 24, 2025, Publishers Weekly charges $25 for every book submitted for PW review consideration.<br><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/corp/submissionfeeforpwreviewconsideration.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publishersweekly.com/pw/corp/s</span><span class="invisible">ubmissionfeeforpwreviewconsideration.html</span></a></p><p>PW is one of those sources <a href="https://mas.to/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>, especially public librarians, often check and rely on for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> and acquisition decisions. This, IMHO, seriously taints it. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/librarians" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librarians</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Kirsten Menger-Anderson<p>Head over to Debutiful to read me interview myself! I talk about the inspiration for my novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS, where I write, when I write best, how I found my agent, and more.</p><p><a href="https://debutiful.net/2025/04/03/kirsten-menger-anderson-interviews-kirsten-menger-anderson/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">debutiful.net/2025/04/03/kirst</span><span class="invisible">en-menger-anderson-interviews-kirsten-menger-anderson/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Fredrik Graver<p>I’ll have to negotiate the reading order with my wife, but I think we’re covered for a few weeks…</p><p>I suspect she’ll want to start with The Last Song of Penelope, since we’ve both read the first two.</p><p>Moving Pictures will, in fact, be my first Discworld, so I suspect I’ll start there…</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NewBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewBooks</span></a></p>
Laura Perry<p>Remember, folks, authors are small businesses!</p><p>I'm much better known for "the Minoan stuff," but this book continues to be my bestseller. It's the self-help book I wrote because I don't like self-help books. And you don't have to be Wiccan to use it! Be sure to get the updated second edition, with the hands holding a candle on the cover.</p><p>Details: <a href="https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/wiccan-wellness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lauraperryauthor.com/wiccan-we</span><span class="invisible">llness</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/wicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wicca</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/wiccan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiccan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/SelfHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHelp</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/wellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wellness</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/MindBodySpirit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MindBodySpirit</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paganism</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>In <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a>: While “restoring the rule of law” to the U.S.-Mexico border has been a resonant and repeated talking point for successive administrations, it is the border walls that they have built, not the <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> itself, that are lawless. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-lawless-border-wall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/the-lawless-</span><span class="invisible">border-wall/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
TheEdinburghBookshop<p><a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> peeps, a reminder that this Friday (4th April), we will be enjoying a visual tour of the beautiful islands of Scotland's west coast with Alastair MacDonald Jackson </p><p><a href="https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/alastair-macdonald-jackson-scottish-west-coast-isles-in-photographs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edinburghbookshop.com/events-1</span><span class="invisible">/alastair-macdonald-jackson-scottish-west-coast-isles-in-photographs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bookish.community/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Ecosse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosse</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Edimbourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edimbourg</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/bookshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookshops</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/librairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librairies</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/AlastairMacDonaldJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlastairMacDonaldJackson</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/WestCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCoast</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/WestCoastScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCoastScotland</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/ScottishBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishBooks</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/ScottishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
WilliamNB<p>This book is my joint-favourite <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CycleTouring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CycleTouring</span></a> book. Dervla Murphy was extremely hardcore, as you will discover when reading this. If you've never read it, you simply must remedy that, and soon!<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WillCycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillCycle</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.willcycle.com/2024/07/02/a-bike-ride-by-anne-mustoe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">willcycle.com/2024/07/02/a-bik</span><span class="invisible">e-ride-by-anne-mustoe/</span></a></p>
ReadbeanStalemate by Basil Wells <br> <br> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32594" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32594</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reading?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifiart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifiart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefictionart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefictionart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrofuturism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrofuturism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pulpfiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pulpfiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pulp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pulp</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcovers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcovers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/coverart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coverart</a>
Tiffany E. Taylor<p>Sapphic Book Bingo beginning 04/03/25: Characters are co-workers.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/sapphicbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sapphicbooks</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/bookbingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbingo</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/butchfemme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butchfemme</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lgbtqbookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lgbtqbookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sapphicbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sapphicbooks</span></a></span></p>
Lydia Schoch<p>A Review of The Fifth: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-fifth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-fifth/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieBooks</span></a></p>
Joanne Merriam<p>Two daily <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SmallPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPress</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> from Drawn &amp; Quarterly:<br>Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, the winner of Canada Reads. <a href="https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/ducks-two-years-in-the-oil-sands-paperback/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drawnandquarterly.com/books/du</span><span class="invisible">cks-two-years-in-the-oil-sands-paperback/</span></a> -and- <br>Louis Riel by Chester Brown, winner of the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel <a href="https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/louis-riel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drawnandquarterly.com/books/lo</span><span class="invisible">uis-riel/</span></a> Alt-text for details.</p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/DSPBposts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSPBposts</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
James Davis Nicoll<p>Point of Hearts (Astreiant, volume 6) by Melissa Scott </p><p>To save the city from a dire plot, Rathe and Eslingen must first elude those who think the true threat to Astreiant is Rathe. </p><p><a href="https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/revolution-in-the-air" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/re</span><span class="invisible">volution-in-the-air</span></a><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 📚 **‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’**</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/03/meta-has-stolen-books-authors-to-protest-in-london-against-ai-trained-using-shadow-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/03/meta-has-stolen-books-authors-to-protest-in-london-against-ai-trained-using-shadow-library</span></a></p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai</span></a></span></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World is out in paperback today! Fun, fascinating, and always with one eye firmly on the facts, this book shows how animals shape ecosystems through their everyday activities.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/06/19/book-review-eat-poop-die-how-animals-make-our-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/</span><span class="invisible">06/19/book-review-eat-poop-die-how-animals-make-our-world/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a></p>
Dr Richard Hussey<p>Book 17 of 2025 is "Blackwood Farm" by Anne Rice, book 5 of the Mayfair Witches and 9 of the Vampire Chronicles.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CurrentlyReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentlyReading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AnneRice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnneRice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VampireChronicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VampireChronicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MayfairWitches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayfairWitches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackwoodFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackwoodFarm</span></a></p>
cybergoths<p>Blog - Books in March 2025.</p><p>12 books, 2,900 pages. Over half related to the <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/travellerrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travellerrpg</span></a> and for once I didn’t have a clear winner in the fiction I read. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aptshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aptshadow</span></a></span>'s Shroud stretched my brain in a good way.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/04/books-in-march-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/books-in-march-2025.html</span></a></p>
Sax Brightwell 🇨🇦<p>My omnibus of volumes 1-3 of Secrets of Sleipnir is CDN$3.99 as part of the Kobo Canadian Spring Reading Sale! </p><p><a href="https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/secrets-of-sleipnir-volumes-1-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/secrets-o</span><span class="invisible">f-sleipnir-volumes-1-3</span></a></p><p>(This outs me as... 1 of 41 million people, overtly instead of just passive-aggressively with my spelling 😆 but I've decided I'm okay with that.)</p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Knien<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodonmy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodonmy</span></a></span> Anyone have tips for reading challenges? I like ones like the Bookriot Read Harder and Staroygraph Genre Challenge. A challenge that pushes you to read outside of your normal genres. Like 'A mystery where the victim is a man' or ''Nonfiction about visual art or an artist'. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readingchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readingchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>