I'm participating in a Cozy Mystery Book Blast today! Over 150 free cozy books from different authors, from historical, to contemporary, to paranormal... I'm in the paranormal section, naturally.
So, I really needed to know who Rick Ferreira was (you know, the author of 'The Darling Fishes', published by William Kimber in 1977)... so I went on the hunt. A new blog post:
Thanks everyone! We were able to get @DCBookstoPrisons up to 70 followers and boost their presence the first day they joined us:
As someone who has mailed books to an incarcerated friend who was caught up in the USA prison system, I'm happy to be able to welcome @DCBookstoPrisons a #WashingtonDC based #501c3#nonprofit to the Fediverse!
i #AmReading The Possessed by Elif Batuman now. i thought it was a non fiction about literature, but it turned out to be more of a memoir of an academic, and she got a sense of humour 😁
Elif's luggage was lost on her way to Yasnaya Polyana and she had to attend a Tolstoy conference in loungewear. it would be even funnier if she wore a hoodie instead of a shirt – hoodie is called "tolstovka" in russian, after, you guessed it, Tolstoy 🤓
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The Mountains Sing is a book I started during May for AANHPI month but didn’t finish until early July. As a Viet-American whose parents grew up in war stricken South Vietnam, I wanted to read from that perspective and try to get some insight into what it may have been like for my parents growing up. This book is from the perspective of a family from the North, but I feel like my parents experienced similar hardships in the South.
#currentlyreading The House in the Cerulean Sea. I’ve heard good things about it. I’m on chapter 10, and I like it for the most part. I think the magical characters are interesting, but the caseworker rubs my skin the wrong way. Gonna try to be patient with him.
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
SPLIT SCREAM Vol 3 is an eerie, darkly fun double feature of horror showcasing the lengths artists will go to remain true to themselves. Barb's twisted tale of family bonds/traditions will horrify & haunt; McCarthy's nightmarish novella of survival is terrifying & tragic. (Dread Stone Press)
#FinishedReading a cosy organic farming postapocalypse is visited by a sinister figure in a giant nuclear powered vehicle... and what a great cover by #DexterMaurer . Book was fine but running with a passive and disengaged main character was an odd choice. #JonathanLethem#Bookstodon@bookstodon#SciFi
I'm looking for book bloggers/reviewers/people to follow. Someone who reads and posts a lot about speculative fiction, mystery, crime, thrillers... dark and gritty... thoughtful, clever stuff... whatever will blow my mind. The more they fall between genres, the better. Newer releases rather than old.
I read Iron Curtain by #VesnaGoldsworthy. A page-turner set in the 1980s. A young privileged 'red princess' from a poor unnamed central European country elopes to London in the name of love. The sense of displacement has echoes of the Patricia Engel book I read just before this. There's also enjoyable farce here even if the clichés about the UK are laid on a little thick at times. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads
Still struggling to focus on reading. But enjoyed #HarlemShuffle by #ColsonWhitehead. Not sure what it all means but an entertaining insight into the blurred space between straight and criminal life in Harlem in the 1960s. #bookstodon#bookToot#KeefsReads
Part of the SF Masterworks Collection. Despite being nearly 60 years old the narrative around the manipulation of the truth feels incredibly prescient. Wondering whether David Whitaker had read it before he came up with #DoctorWho story The Enemy of the World. #Books#Bookstodon#SciFi#PhilipKDick
This one has sat on my shelf for a number of years since I decided it would be a good idea to buy a load of Booker Prize winners. It’s quite a gentle read and pretty short, but I can’t say it really grabbed me. There’s no real plot to speak of, which I don’t mind, but I also wasn’t quite engaged enough in the characters to make up for that.
Debut novel by the national treasure that is Bob Mortimer. The plot is tidy and hangs together pretty well. There are the expected moments of slightly surreal daftness, but with it being tricky to make a novel downright hilarious the element of Mortimer’s work that shines through most is the general sweetness. It’s no game changer, but it’s an enjoyable read with some nice characters.
#BooksOf2023 #1: #KeeperOfTheLosCities #3: Everblaze. My kids have enjoyed getting into a new series after we finished the #WingsOfFire books last year. These magical adventure books are perfect for our next series together. 📚 📕
@bookstadon#BooksOf2023#14: A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro. The 4th and final book in the Charlotte Holmes series, this book very nicely wraps up the story of Sherlock’s modern-day descendant. A great mystery read!