Book 20 was Common Goal by Rachel Reid (narrated by Cooper North).

I liked the two mains. But the fact they spent the entire book straight-up lying to one another about what they wanted made for a stressful read.

But I am here for chaotic bi king Ilya with his supernatural powers of perception.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/472d0c20-00ee-4ebb-af12-723c25a6581e

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Common Goal by Rachel Reid (narrated by Cooper North)

Book 19 was Honeymoon for One by Rachel Bowdler (narrated by Lucy Dixon).

When her fiancée cheats, Robin calls it off … but forgets to cancel the honeymoon, so she heads to Canada on her own.

Both MCs were okay. But the story irritated me.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/54a9824d-b51d-43e6-8d2f-46476686fbe4?redirect=true

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Honeymoon for One by Rachel Bowdler (narrated by Lucy Dixon).

My mother and I went to get our new library cards today! Very cool to see this pamphlet on Indigenous fiction and non-fiction. #rochester #LibrariesRule #Indigenous #books #bookstodon

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Pamphlet on top of a book (As Long as the Grads Grows) from Irondequoit Public Library.

Book 18 was Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks (narrated by Adenrele Ojo).

bell hooks always leaves me wanting to burn the whole system down. White people need to read this.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4ffddb4c-b833-468b-8086-b49efc8d61f5?redirect=true

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks (narrated by Adenrele Ojo).

Book 17 was A Killer Guest List by Sarah Bonner (narrated by Patricia Gallimore & Hannah Churchill).

Women who kill is one of my favourite niche genres. Sarah Bonner is rapidly becoming an automatic buy for me. And it’s also queer! With an older MC! Absolutely love it.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2150bfc7-7dea-4825-9066-6ed92ed64456

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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A Killer Guest List by Sarah Bonner (narrated by Patricia Gallimore & Hannah Churchill). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

In the year of our good God above 2026, I don't want to hear anyone still telling authors not to put politics into their books.

Everything is political. Literally everything.

If you tell people you're not political, you're telling them the status quo works for you – and you don't care who it harms.

#bookstodon #HumanRights #BooksArePolitical

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A green background with text reading 'Don't bring politics into your books'. The text has been scribbled out. In the foreground a White hand of ambiguous gender gives the middle finger. The nail is painted black.

Seeing kindness has a really positive effect on us so have a think and tell us what kind act(s) you’ve seen this week.

Here’s one to get you started:

“I overheard a couple of people talking in the library. One of them mentioned they were hoping to read a book by a particular author and their friend pointed them towards the area of shelves where that type of book would be found.”

#Kindness #Friendship #Bookstodon

Side note, you can still get a copy of the special edition of Shroom for Improvement. Oh, look at that! It just happens to be paired with one of my books. Complete coincidence.

https://rainbowcratebookbox.com/products/november-queer-quirky-2025-full-box

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

Book 16 was Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft (narrated by Keval Shah & Nathan Wolfe).

Claude is an autistic-coded mushroom fae who’s just inherited his absent father’s estate. Sonny’s a magpie fae who’s been trying to ask Claude out for three years.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4bf748f7-550f-4b1c-a077-0c8c3ece9c2f

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft (narrated by Keval Shah & Nathan Wolfe). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

facts.

#bookmemes #getnotified #bookstodon

Stolen from @Funktious as I thought it was such a great idea: a thread of all the books I read in a year.

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession, read for a #bookgroup that unanimously loved it. Set in modern day Ireland, it's a contemplative and gently humorous story of two men who in their own ways don't fit in to the world. It's lovely, and quite different in tone to the TV adaptation that treats them as a couple of kooky misfits. They are so much more than that. #books #bookstodon 🧵1

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Cover of the book Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession. A yellow paperback cover with what I assume is a sunfish drawn.

House of Splinters by Laura Purcell, a proof copy. I enjoyed this as I'm increasingly enjoying slightly spooky stories with a gentle supernatural element. It's set in the C18th and follows the events of a family moving into the family seat and facing up to the events of the past. I liked the protagonist Belinda and thought LP hit just the right note of 'is she imagining it or is there really something going on?'. Recommended if the tone and subject matter appeals to you. #books #bookstodon 🧵2

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Cover of House of Splinters by Laura Purcell: a dark cover depicting a loose wreath of roses with hands in it, with old fashioned sleeve cuffs.

Don't Tell the Patient by Bill Inman. This is a cheat really as I've been reading it on + off for ages but finished it today. BI set up the yellow card scheme monitoring adverse reactions to prescribed drugs and worked in drug safety for 30yrs. This is a fascinating history, if a little leaden in style, and a real eye opener about the politics and finances involved, as well as going into incentivising GPs to prescribe new drugs. We aren't told enough about this as patients #books #bookstodon 🧵4

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Don't Tell the Patient by (Dr) Bill Inman. A hardback with a block yellow and white cover with the title in black capitals.

#LunchtimeReading : G.K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill, the February pick for the #Edinburgh SF Book Group.

#books #livres #AmReading #GKChesterton #TheNapoleonOfNottingHill #bookstodon

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A Penguin Classics paperback edition of The Napoleon of Notting Hill, showing a stylised cityscape with whorls and lines like fireworks above the buildings

At the request of a friend, scraped a decade of old social posts about sci-fi and fantasy and put them up on my website. This is a truly golden age for both genres - I hope you find something new, fun, and mind-expanding in here. #books #bookstodon

https://lu.is/pages/scifi-recs/

Why would anyone want to be the king if they can be the librarian? 🤔😁

Source: https://www.patreon.com/HotPaperComics

@libraries@literature.cafe @Libraries@fedigroups.social @library @books @bookstodon @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin

#Library #LibraryMemes #Meme #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #FantasyBooks

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Four panel comic: 1st: A wizard says, "PULL THE SWORD FROM THE STONE AND BECOME THE NEW KING! 2nd: Boy ask, "ARE THERE ANY OTHER AVAILABLE JOBS? 3d: Wizard replies, "GET THE CAT OUT OF THE TREE AND BECOME THE NEW LIBRARIAN." 4th: The boy sits in the library reading his book with the cat sleeping on his desk.

When I first tried to read #TheLordOfTheRings some 25 years ago, I made the mistake of buying a "compact" one-volume paperback edition that wasn't very comfortable to read. I gave up just a few chapters in.

I'm now #reading the gorgeous Alan Lee illustrated box set, and what a difference it makes! I'm still at the Prancing Pony, trying hard not to read too fast because I want to savour every word and take in every detail.

#lotr #books #bookstodon

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Several books on a bookshelf. At the centre there are four hardcover books with lavishly coloured spines: The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.

Finished reading “Erasure” by Percival Everett.

“Monk”, a largely overlooked black academic author, rages at the publishing industry & writes a deliberately offensive ghetto-lit parody. They love it, offering serious money. Satire collides with financial necessity.

A savage rebuke of publishing industry racism paired with genuinely moving dementia subplot. Uneven but provocative - raises uncomfortable questions about authenticity and selling out.

4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355862

#bookstodon

This morning, I was introduced to the term 'Brontësaurus,' which had me in stitches, and went down the rabbit hole of looking up who else had thought of that portmanteau (like any other normal person with a thriving social life would). Ended up discovering chapter #47 of the Batman '66 digital comic (written by Jeff Parker, with art by Mike Allred and Scott Kowalchuk; screenshot via the BrontëBlog: https://bronteblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/batman-vs-robotic-emily-bronte-saurus.html), which features the villain Bookworm piloting a mechanical steampunk dino, having trapped Batman and Robin inside a gigantic copy of 'Wuthering Heights'.

I'm seriously 1000x more intrigued to read this comic now than to watch the Emerald Fennell film. Chances are, it's probably more respectful to the source material, too.

#Batman #Batman66 #WutheringHeights #EmilyBronte #Comics #ComicBooks #Comic #Books #Bookstodon

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Cover of chapter 47 of Batman '66 featuring Batman and Robin completely surrounded to what looks like several zombies controlled by the villain King Tut

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Panel from the comic showing the villain Bookworm inside a large mechanical brontosaurus with a scarf around its long neck and a top hat on its head, standing on top of a giant copy of Wuthering Heights which has completely entrapped Batman and Robin, who are visibly struggling, inside its pages, like human bookmarks. He is shown saying"I bid you adieu, caped crusaders -- For you will surely not survive the footfall of my Emily Brontë-saurus!

Who are your favorite authors that you will read anything they put out? #bookstodon

Mine, though I’m sure I’m missing some:
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Ursula K. Le Guin
G. Willow Wilson
Ted Chiang
Kiese Laymon
Natalie Haynes
Yōko Ogawa
Louise Erdrich
Becky Chambers
Hugh Howey
S.A. Chakraborty
Elif Shafak

Book 15 was Game Changer by Rachel Reid (narrated by Tor Thom).

I enjoyed this one more than Heated Rivalry. Even though Kip and Scott both have stuff they need to work through, they’re honest with each other at every stage. And how is Kip’s dad is even more wholesome than in the TV series?

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0bb1bb22-36b9-45ce-9a6e-09417f7f0584?redirect=true

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Game Changer by Rachel Reid (narrated by Tor Thom)

Book 14 was We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights edited by Amelia Abraham (written and read by a full cast).

Artists, writers, and musicians give their takes on queer life: what the past, present, and future look like.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/17c37c42-46c8-4fe8-845c-2fbe71d28393?redirect=true

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights edited by Amelia Abraham (written and read by a full cast).

Book 13 was Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy (narrated by Mara Wilson).

Sister Holiday Walsh – everyone’s favourite chain-smoking, murder-solving lesbian nun – is back. An affirming, comforting, heartwarming tale with just enough darkness to keep it interesting.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7d367637-dc17-4b85-8385-a48dabacc7dc

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy (narrated by Mara Wilson). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

Book 12 was Metal From Heaven by August Clarke (narrated by Vico Ortiz).

Not every book is for every reader and that’s okay. But it’s tough when you expect to love a book and then it’s just not for you.

Also, I’d happily listen to Vico Ortiz read me the T&Cs of my home insurance policy.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9ed81a55-f1d5-45bd-92da-64cd0a4b9399

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Metal From Heaven by August Clarke (narrated by Vico Ortiz). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

Book 11 was The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid (narrated by Greg Boudreaux).

When Riley’s father dies, the last person he expects to see at the funeral is his secret ex, NHL superstar Adam. Adam broke Riley’s heart and Riley can’t even tell anyone without outing Adam.

Once again, I’m begging publishers of Canadian books to hire Canadian narrators.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/831a3fe2-5bc6-4eaf-bfc2-a953b6a2a0ed

#bookstodon #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid (narrated by Greg Boudreaux). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

I hope more authors will lean into making recommendations of other authors books — art is subjective, so you never know if someone will like the book you loved, but at least they'll know *actual humans* wrote it, read it, loved it.

That helps readers navigate the sea of AI slop and we all win with that.

What books have you recently read that you loved?

#writing #bookstodon #NoAIslop

Book 16 was The Last Bookstore On Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (narrated by Bailey Carr).

After the world ends, Liz carries on at a bookshop. The odd person comes in for new books, trading goods or news, occasionally sharing their own stories.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/42b4a4db-9de2-435a-b4a7-b58c92d02063

#bookstodon #lgbtbooks

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The Last Bookstore On Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (narrated by Bailey Carr)

With everything going on in the world it’s nice to escape into a (vaguely) possible future where the universe might be a more positive and accepting place.

I’m sure it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but for me it’s comforting exactly like a perfect cup of tea…

#bookstodon