Book 21 was Inner Space by Jakub Szamalek (translated by Kasia Beresford, narrated by Sophie Amoss).

Yume Kitasei’s The Deep Sky meets Orbital by Samantha Harvey, Whiter and straighter than the former; plottier than the latter.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/84ab61a1-38ce-4bab-8891-b091b0ca618a

#bookstodon

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Inner Space by Jakub Szamalek (translated by Kasia Beresford, narrated by Sophie Amoss). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

There's still time to join us tomorrow night for the VANISHING CULTURE book launch! 📖

Celebrate, meet the contributors, and hear why corporate interests, shifting distribution models, and cyber attacks are threatening public access to our shared cultural history. 📖

📅 Thu, April 23
🕠 5:30 pm: Doors open & entertainment
📍 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/vanishing-culture-book-launch/

@internetarchive #Bookstodon #VanishingCulture

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A promotional banner for the Vanishing Culture Book Launch at the Internet Archive. On the left, bold text reads "Vanishing Culture Book Launch, Thursday April 23, Doors @ 5:30pm, Program @ 6pm, Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco." On the right, a graphic illustration depicts cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a CD, all dissolving into a cascade of black and white pixels, evoking the loss of digital and physical media. A pixelated pointing hand cursor and the word "SAVE" appear at the bottom, alongside the Internet Archive logo.

In NYC, there are actually author talks today thru Saturday https://www.stjordi.nyc/program
#santjordi #books #bookstodon

📝 Planning your week, San Francisco Bay Area? 🌁 Consider joining us Thursday for the VANISHING CULTURE book launch! 📖

When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal, our collective memory is compromised. This new report from the Internet Archive raises awareness of what is at risk and what we can do about it.

📅 Thu, April 23
🕠 5:30 pm: Doors open & entertainment
📍 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/vanishing-culture-book-launch/

@internetarchive #Bookstodon #VanishingCulture

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A promotional banner for the Vanishing Culture Book Launch at the Internet Archive. On the left, bold text reads "Vanishing Culture Book Launch, Thursday April 23, Doors @ 5:30pm, Program @ 6pm, Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco." On the right, a graphic illustration depicts cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a CD, all dissolving into a cascade of black and white pixels, evoking the loss of digital and physical media. A pixelated pointing hand cursor and the word "SAVE" appear at the bottom, alongside the Internet Archive logo.

Book 20 was The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky (narrated by Mark Sanderlin).

Holden wants to try out for The Price Is Right (I forget what they call it in the book, but that’s definitely what it is). But after he gets dumped, he needs someone to try out with him. Enter Leo.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2116bde0-692a-4f8a-a8e7-c0fff0b1f2bc

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky (narrated by Mark Sanderlin).

Book 19 was How to Slay at Work by Sarah Bonner (narrated by Antonia Beamish & Gemma Lawrence).

When Millie’s colleague leaves unexpectedly, she’s expected to take on her workload in addition to her own. Soon, notices that everywhere her boss goes, people die in mysterious circumstances.

Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/how-to-slay-at-work-1

#bookstodon

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How to Slay at Work by Sarah Bonner (narrated by Antonia Beamish & Gemma Lawrence).

Finished reading CONTACT by Carl Sagan. While I was tempted to start calling him Carl "The Exposition" Sagan through Act 1, it turned out to be a very interesting and worthwhile read. It is about a lot more than it looks like it is about, and for the most part is a very thoughtful exploration of, first contact, what it would mean for humanity, and what it says about humanity.

It is an interesting contrast to THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM, THE DARK FOREST, and DEATH'S END.

#Bookstodon

Broken Frontier (strong supporter of Indie comics) reviews Musk: American Oligarch, a graphic biography by Darryl Cunningham https://www.brokenfrontier.com/elon-musk-american-oligarch-darryl-cunningham/

I've loved all his non-fiction #comics works. This one took ages to get an English edition, so I originally read it in in a French version (they published way earlier). He has a knack for distilling a lot of research into easy to comprehend panels (with a good bit of humour)

#Musk #Biography #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #Bookstodon

Happy National Library Week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week

#libraries #NationalLibraryWeek #LibraryWeek #books #reading #bookstodon

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A two-panel Charlie Brown comic. In the first panel, three young children (Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus) stand outside. One of the children, Linus, approaches the other two children, holding a library card, and says: "Look! Library card! I've taken out a library card!" He stands proud, holding his library card to his chest, and continues: "I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge!"

Book 18 was Complete Me by Beck Grey (narrated by Gary Furlong).

After Bjorn is badly injured, two of his exes come to visit him at the hospital. And there’s a spark between the three of them.

Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/audiobook/complete-me-love-in-the-pacific-northwest-book-6-1

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Complete Me by Beck Grey (narrated by Gary Furlong).

Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way.

I’d love to connect with more people who read books, post about #books, write #reviews, share #recommendations, and enjoy thoughtful conversations about #literature.

#bookstodon #reading #booksky #bookreview #booklovers #readingcommunity #bookclub
@bookstodon

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Best books to read

Pssst… Want books?

How about free queer books from across the spectrum?

Check out what’s available here: https://books.bookfunnel.com/queer-all-year-4/5koqxwifwi

Check out this fab selection from indie authors across the spectrum

Black lives matter.
Science is real.
Nothing about us without us.
No one is illegal (especially on stolen land).
Trans rights are human rights.
Love is love.

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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a bookshelf featuring a rainbow of books. Text reads: Queer all year – April

Book 17 was He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters written and read by Schuyler Bailar.

A great read for anyone looking for a starting point to learn about trans issues.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/adec9b62-c839-4c41-97be-a5b4346a24bc

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters written and read by Schuyler Bailar. My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

Book 16 was Love Pucked by Emily Silver (narrated by Quinn Riley & Bailey Carr).

When Delaney lands her dream job coaching the women’s pro hockey team, she doesn’t know her ex, Lydia, will be the star player.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8ae2b058-11dc-453f-a443-de6a7ac4389c?redirect=true

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Love Pucked by Emily Silver (narrated by Quinn Riley & Bailey Carr).

You might consent to your data being used to prevent societal harm, but who decides where that line is drawn? 🤔⚖️

Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert explore the hidden ethics of data collection, facial recognition, and algorithmic decision making in THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA on the Future Knowledge #podcast, with Laura DeNardis. 🔍

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-secret-life-of-data

#Consent #DataEthics #Privacy #AI @aram @jesse #Bookstodon

Finished @astronomerritt's book this morning, and damn it, I want more!

Do yourself a favour and jump on it, because it's proper.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78787056/chapters/206618866

#Bookstodon

Book 15 was The Subversive Copy Editor by Carol Fisher Saller (narrated by Pamela Almand).

I was hoping for tips to help me self-edit my work before sending it off to my editor. But this is really guidance on how to be an in-house editor.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/63cad795-736c-4cf9-b72e-c077ef8799a3?redirect=true

#bookstodon

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The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) by Carol Fisher Saller (narrated by Pamela Almand).

There should be a Nobel Prize in Audiobook Narration and it should be awarded to Indira Varma. Birgit Nilsson singing Wagner. Enrico Caruso singing Puccini. Indira Varma reading Pratchett. A perfect collaboration. Her interpretations of the characters are spot-on and hilarious. Their mannerisms and accents are like the cure for a bad day. Nothing more joyful than hearing a Varma-acted argument between Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick.

#Audiobooks #Discworld
#Books #Bookstodon

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Short version: Lords and Ladies audiobook cover. Fuller description: Screenshot of my library edition audiobook of Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett, English-language edition. Play-buttons showing at bottom. It has a dark green and black cover with shadowy figures, some in witches' hats, gathered around standing stones with eerie green light pouring from them. Pratchett's name in big white letters at the top. The title in slightly smaller reddish letters in the midle. The little penguin standing at the bottom right, looking in at them, as if wishing to join them and become a Discworld character, and what penguin wouldn't want that.

Today's my stop on the blog tour for The Ossians! Read my review of this absorbing and darkly entertaining road trip story: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-ossians/ #bookstodon #BookMastodon

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Part cover of The Ossians by Doug Johnstone, with the main bit of an electric guitar skidded down a road towards the viewer

Book 14 was Wyngraf Romance Special 2025 by S. C. Mills, Kaitlin Schmidt, AM Croll, and Luana Saitta.

Three short works, all fantasy romance and all with trans main characters.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6fb5a419-c404-445f-a815-896105a607aa?redirect=true

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Wyngraf Romance Special 2025 by S. C. Mills, Kaitlin Schmidt, AM Croll, and Luana Saitta.

What a ride! High-tech 1980s... when you needed to leave your computer and run to the library to check an atlas. 😁

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/450323f2-5fc3-4df1-9eb7-3bc9df6bf016?redirect=true

#audibooks #books #bookstodon #truecrime

This book was fantastic, I highly recommend. It’s a novel telling the story of two girls/women, but particularly one of them, from age 7 in 1950 Tehran all the way to present day.
The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali.
#books #bookstodon

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The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali.

Oh no.

#bookstodon

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The image features a book cover for "Poirot Investigates" by Agatha Christie. It includes a silhouette clearly intended to be Sherlock Holmes with his large pipe, London landmarks like Big Ben and Tower Bridge. A quote reads, nonsensically “a master of suspense and psychological novel of A. Christie”. Poirot Investigates, for context, is a book of short stories.

Book 12 was Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish (narrated by Greg Boudreaux).

After an extended period of sofa-surfing, Rye inherits a house. He packs up and moves across the country … only to discover the house is falling down. Then he meets Charlie.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4a76d4d0-c3d6-428c-be92-282e6ae60df9?redirect=true

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish (narrated by Greg Boudreaux).

Book 11 was Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon (narrated by Kevin R. Free).

Christopher’s agent tells him to attend a writers’ retreat to persuade his publishers not to drop him. Then people start dying.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/30a58f5d-fb4a-4e27-a5c2-355943653b66

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon (narrated by Kevin R. Free).

Amazon just pulled Kindle Store access from every Kindle released before 2013. The hardware still works. Your books still work. Side-loading EPUBs over USB still works.

The fix is the same one that's worked since 2007 — and here's exactly how to do it, step by step:

https://lk0.eu/bks901m

#Bookstodon #ebooks #kindle #FediReads #OpenAccess

Spamazon drops support for older Kindle models, effectively bricking them https://www.instagram.com/p/DW2fExtkZyf/?igsh=MXNiaWhhMnd1NG9hbw==

I'm so glad no Doctor Evil lookalike billionaire can do this to my books (no, I avoid digital reading as much as possible. Some like it, I loathe it, feels like consuming, not reading). I'll stick with my eyes to paper print, turn-page technology, thanks...

#books #livres #bookstodon

Some of my favourite #queer #lesbian #books I've read lately:

- Sunburn (Howarth, Chloe Michelle): Wonderful examination of queer girls coming of age, dealing with shame & expectation
- The Safekeep (Wouden, Yael van der): Historical, set in the Netherlands after WWII, neurodiverse protagonist who won't be for everyone, but I love her
- Atmosphere (Reid, Taylor Jenkins): Historical, female astronauts, late blooming, first love

Currently reading: These Burning Stars (Bethany Jacobs)
#bookstodon

I hope the hive mind can help with finding a book for me. Many moons ago, back in the late 80s I think it was. I'm very sure I heard this story on Danish radio. Set in Sweden a child with divorced parents had to travel between them by flying back and forth from northern and southern Sweden. Back then you could "hand over" a child to the airport and flight staff for them to accompany the children to the destination. In the story the staff had help someone urgently and parked the child (main character) at a check in desk. This was where everything went wrong for the parents and staff but the adventure started. As the child took a handful of the tags that the children got to show where they were going. And they would swap these tags around so it say LAX, LHR, JFK etc. as they got put onto different flights around the world.

Am I dreaming or is this really a book?

Thanks!

#Bookstodon #BookWorms #Books #Sweden #Denmark #Sverige #Danmark #Radio #Story

Book 10 was Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown (narrated by Kristen DiMercurio & Jamal Roque).

On Jaylen’s last night in Seattle, he meets Lucy. A one-night fling might be just what she needs. Except then everything changes.

Libro-fm has it on sale: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781488233715-shoot-your-shot

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown (narrated by Kristen DiMercurio & Jamal Roque). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

shipping v0.1.0 for bookwyrm.koplugin!

I've been working on this for a bit and I think it's in a good place for people to use, test, and give feedback. I jailbroke my kindle just to use this!

Using KOreader, view your bookwyrm bookshelves and checkout books that are already in your eReader library.

Also a shoutout to @bookwyrm

https://codeberg.org/BenDoubleU/bookwyrm.koplugin

#BookWyrm #KOReader #bookstodon #fediverse #opensource

Kobo(dot com) has eReaders that work great and so far they haven't gotten weird about what you can do with any old readers. My oldest one is going on 9 years old and has been passed down to my kid, who uses it daily.

Additionally, you can still break the DRM of Kobo books easily in Calibre. You don't need Amazon for literally anything book-related at this point. Every eBook I own (around 4k at this point?) is FREE. They are mine. It's still possible to do this. (If an author only sells on Amazon, well, that's a choice they made.)

Audiobooks? There's libro.fm, which lets you download unlocked files. All your current "locked" Audible books? You can easily break the locks on all of those too. My audiobooks are all free.

#Books #ebooks #Bookstodon #Kobo #Calibre #DRM

People are complaining about Amazon's refusal to take care of old Kindles and then saying this is why they only read "real" books.

The problem was never digital books, the problem is the corporate ecosystem, which sucks in a thousand different ways. Complain about that, not the existence of eBooks.

I love "real" books, I literally make real books by hand, but I also love digital books. One can break the DRM and free those beloved weightless little tomes into your own hands, for you to keep forever and ever (provided you back them up of course). I read far more than I could otherwise by using a digital format for about 70% of my reading.

Please stop shitting on eBooks, when Amazon the company is RIGHT THERE.

#books #eBooks #Bookstodon

Book 9 was How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D. N. Bryn (narrated by Simon Dornet).

Vincent is a vampire. He’s also poor, homeless, and starving. Wes is a grieving human, determined to avenge his mother.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/44834bd2-83da-4545-912a-f92201dc0572

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D. N. Bryn (narrated by Simon Dornet).

Book 8 was Create Story Conflict by Eileen Cook (narrated by Joëlle Anthony).

Excellent resource on what conflict is, why your story needs more of it, and how to integrate it into your story.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/create-story-conflict-1

#bookstodon

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Create Story Conflict: How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages by Eileen Cook (narrated by Joëlle Anthony).

Oops, missed one. This was actually earlier in the month, but now it’s going in as book 7. Ravaging Phantom by S.T. Arsheep.

After losing someone he loves, Zaven drinks his way through every the bar on the planet. And defending the locals.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2c99c43f-b189-4417-b483-13c3a09bb204

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Ravaging Phantom by S.T. Arsheep.

Book 6 was Marshmallow Mountain by A.J. Truman & M.A. Wardell (narrated by Kirt Graves & Ryan H. Reid).

Six months ago, Marsh unceremoniously dumped Marshall. Now, he wants him to join him for one final weekend, clearing out their cottage.

Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/marshmallow-mountain

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Marshmallow Mountain by A.J. Truman & M.A. Wardell (narrated by Kirt Graves & Ryan H. Reid).

Who gets to decide how your data is used, especially when you never gave informed consent?

Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert explore the ethical gray areas of data use, from facial recognition to unseen algorithmic decisions, in THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA on the Future Knowledge #podcast, in conversation with Laura DeNardis.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-secret-life-of-data

#Consent #DataEthics #Privacy #AI @aram @jesse #Bookstodon