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.
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The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali.

Oh no.

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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

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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

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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

Ok let’s crowdsource this shit. I know there’s some #discworld nerds on here.

I want to make a playlist where I have one song for each book in the series. Eg Thief of Time is obviously Clocks by Coldplay, Pyramids is Walk Like An Egyptian, Small Gods is Losing My Religion. Songs should be bangers and also thematically appropriate. (I have a list for a lot of them, I’ll post it after this has had a chance to make the rounds.)

Aaaaand: go. Mastodon do your thing.

#TerryPratchett #music #boostsWelcome #discworld #bookstodon

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

QOTD💬

#qotd #quotes #getnotified #bookstodon

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

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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).

Alright fellow readers. Who’s read #RFKuang? #Katabasis?

For the life of me, I cannot get through it. I don’t often #DNF books (and I don’t have any issue with DNFing books) so it’s been odd for me.

I assumed I just wasn’t in the mood maybe, or experiencing the usual disorientation at the beginning of any new story and vibe.

I’ve tried four separate times since the book has released…and I just… can’t.

I liked #ThePoppyWar, and #Babel…

Have you read Katabasis? (No spoilers plz) Am I alone in feeling this?

#AmReading #bookstodon

So what's the best, most open, e-reader to get?

I'm being pushed out of one increasingly locked-down corporate ebook racket and I don't want to sign up to another one.

So:

- Who's making the best e-readers that'll allow me to buy ebooks from different providers?
- Who's selling eBooks that aren't locked down to a single brand of device?

(I'm in the UK)

#bookstodon

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

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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

My next novella is available for pre-order, set in a #solarpunk world somewhere in Africa, and revolves around an old woman who must organize the defense of her nation, though it has no weapons or army and no central government, when a colonizer invades to steal the technology that makes them an egalitarian utopia. You can find a sample here and it's available in all stores.
https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/
#book #books #bookstodon #writing #writingcommunity

Another one to add to the collection. And this one's seminal.

The Dragon Book.

#Compilers #book #bookstodon

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A top-down photo of a book. "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools" by Alfred V Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D Ullman. It is laying on a wooden table.

I can't recommend this highly enough. I'm currently half way through, and think everyone should read it.

#Bookstodon #AmReading

@astronomerritt https://hachyderm.io/@astronomerritt/116347475754380223

Having a hard time enjoying my bday with the everything today, so I'm gonna go lose myself in a book for a while. I thought about it, & I want you to be able to do so too...

I'm putting Warm & Lucky Machine ebooks up for free today. Use code 'hope' https://shop.aimeecozza.com/product-category/books/

#Bookstodon #Scifi #Books

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Use coupon 'hope" for some free ebook escapism. April 7th 2026 only. Ebook mockups of books The Warm Machine and The Lucky Machine by Aimee Cozza.

Book 5 was George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett (narrated by Samuel Barnett).

The cover and blurb both say quirky queer time travel romance. But the book is historical lit-fic about the meaningless of modern life.

Libro.fm has it on sale: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063424715-george-falls-through-time

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett (narrated by Samuel Barnett). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

Has anyone read a book about the connection between Antebellum white evangelicalism with modern-day white Christian nationalism? #bookstodon #books #religion

#Vietnamese history is filled with incredible women and it is something I am very proud of.

"The Bronze Drum" is a book about the first rebellion against China lead by a pair of Vietnamese sisters known as "Hai Bà Trưng." (The book is in English).

Their courage is a symbol of resilience against colonizers and oppression that has stood thousands of years.

Happy Womens Day y'all. Women are incredible.

#HappyWomensDay #bookstodon
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A picture of "Bronze Drum" by Phong Nguyen. It is a book in English but tells the story of two sisters in Vietnam that lead the first rebellion against China thousands of years ago. Their bravery is celebrated even today as a symbol of resilience against colonialists and oppression.

Congratulations to the BSFA winners, especially my chums Neil Williamson & E.M. Faulds! https://locusmag.com/2026/04/2025-bsfa-awards-winners/

#books #livres #ScienceFiction #bookstodon #BSFA

I’m here to recommend the new (February 2026) collection of poems by Nicky Melville, ‘Get Tae’. Writing also as nick-e melville, he’s one of my favourite poets, Scottish or otherwise. His work is lucid, biting, often darkly funny, satirical and archly acquisitive (in the sense that he borrows brilliantly from the mundane, the political, film, and the realms of ad copy, among other things).

The book is available from Blue Diode Press, who also published his excellent selected poems, ‘Decade of Cu ts’.

https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/get-tae-by-nicky-melville

#NickyMelville #Poetry #ScottishPoetry #ScottishPoets #Edinburgh #BlueDiodePress #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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The poetry collection, Get Tae, by Edinburgh based poet Nicky Melville. The paperback lies on a colourful geometric carpet. The book’s title is in very large white uppercase letters, filling about two thirds of the cover space. The background is grey-ish, concrete-like in colour and texture. It appears to be splattered with a red substance that looks a little like blood.

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/qms70wsgar

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

Jeg er næsten færdig med en kort historie om Italien og det giver stort indtryk om lige præcis hvor imponerende EU er efter tusinde år af mere eller mindre konstant krig i Europa.
Jeg får også lyst til at starte en ny europæisk bogklub til at lære om vores fælles europæisk naboer samt læse nogle gode bøger jeg ellers ville aldrig har kommer til. Nogen der har lyst til at komme og læse med i hovedstaden?

Eng:

I’ve almost finished a short history of Italy, and it really brings home just how impressive the EU is after a thousand years of more or less constant war in Europe.
I’m now also keen to join/start a European book club to learn about our fellow European neighbours and read some good books I’d otherwise never get round to. Anyone fancy joining me in or around Copenhagen?

#bookstodon #bogstodon #dkæs

Book 4 was Red Heir by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (narrated by Nick J. Russo).

After picking the wrong pocket, Loth winds up in prison. He tries striking up conversation with his grumpy cell mate, Grump – but then there’s a break-in.

A great fun read.

Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/red-heir

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Red Heir by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (narrated by Nick J. Russo).

Book 3 was The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman (narrated by Angus Freathy).

Parts of this book are very dated. But there’s a lot of baby in that bath water. There’s a lot of really good stuff in here about tightening up your writing – especially on a sentence level.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0c521221-db02-46a6-aeea-43fc1c1bc061?redirect=true

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The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman (narrated by Angus Freathy).

Book 2 was Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James (narrated by Iggy Toma & Alexander Cendese).

NHL star Ezra is a one-and-done kind of guy. When he’s out on the town after losing a game, local fans attack him. Hometown hero Anton comes to his rescue.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ebe984b5-9e2e-4459-a9aa-ebe843d953b6

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Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James (narrated by Iggy Toma & Alexander Cendese).

New month, new book thread! My first book for April was Sentenced to Troll by S.L. Rowland (narrated by Eric Jason Martin).

After Chad’s online trolling goes too far, he’s sentenced to spend 30 days as an actual troll in a video game.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8b7bf2db-2655-4835-a86b-d562c27563de?redirect=true

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Sentenced to Troll by S.L. Rowland (narrated by Eric Jason Martin).

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#bookmemes #getnotified #bookstodon

My March reading roundup. I read 34 books. Some of my top reads included:
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The Long Game by Rachel Reid
How We End by LM Juniper

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Screenshot from @clacksee's March 2026 Wrap-Up BOOKS: 34 PAGES: 9,863 AV. RATING: 4.51 Average book length: 290 pages Average time to finish: 2 days Top genres LGBTQIA+ Romance Contemporary Science Fiction Mystery Highest Rated Reads A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers The Long Game by Rachel Reid How We End by LM Juniper

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Screenshot from Storygraph showing the books from further up the chain

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Screenshot from Storygraph showing the books from further up the chain

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Screenshot from Storygraph showing the books from further up the chain

Dear chum from bookshop visited me last night and brought hugs, and more hospital reading. Scottish scribe Cal Flyn's upcoming The Savage Landscape (pub May, HarperCollins).

Engrossing. Explores changing human attitudes to wilderness across history & cultures, also exploring what we mean by wilderness.

Will be recommending to my Rob MacFarlane readers when back at the bookshop.

#book #livres #CalFlyn #TheSavageLandscape #AmReading #NatureWriting #Nature #Wilderness #bookstodon

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Cover for advance copy of The Savage Landscape, with a fiery, red landscape atop, an icy, frozen across the bottom

Book 34 (and my final for March) was Livewire by Sarah Raughley (narrated by Soneela Nankani).

Amanda’s the unpopular girl at school. But the other kids don’t know her secrets.

I don’t like YA, but if you do, check it out.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f2335fb7-4124-41dd-ae0c-7ff1e1c879c5

My listening supports
The Portal Bookshop
Libro.fm

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Livewire by Sarah Raughley (narrated by Soneela Nankani). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

Hey #bookstodon! I’m looking for short stories that would be suitable for someone with limited working memory. Fairly light subject matter, easy to follow, but not overly simplistic or predictable. Something that could be read in an hour or less. Ideally not sci fi. Do you know of anything like that? Collections particularly welcome.

Book 33 was Closeted: My Life as a Gay BYU Student, with and read by Jonathan Alder.

I know very little about Mormonism. But when it comes to purity culture, one flavour of shame is very much the same as another.

Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/closeted-my-life-as-a-gay-byu-student

#queerbooks #bookstodon

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Closeted: My Life as a Gay BYU Student, with and read by Jonathan Alder.

Book 32 was D3F3CT by Olive J. Kelley.

Unapologetically queer, trans, and disability-positive. Dark but affirming and heartwarming.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a0fa8259-0195-4973-985e-18758cded8d4

#queerbooks #bookstodon

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D3F3CT by Olive J. Kelley.