Rycaut

Rycaut , 4 days ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon not precisely this but many independent comic shops will let you create a “pull list” and will then offer to bundle up the issues you have asked for (which can all be graphic novels) and ship them to you. It probably won’t be for a standard monthly cost but instead the actual costs of the books (often with a small discount)

Illusive comics and games (https://www.illusivecomics.com) which is where I have my pull list (and is a queer woman owned business) does this

Rycaut , 4 days ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon and the nice thing about a local comic shop is once they get to know your preferences they often will tell you about forthcoming works by creators you have read in the past or similar works by newer creators. A lot of the individual issues/ graphic novels I am reading currently were via such recommendations. I pick them up in person but the store is just 15 mins away.

Rycaut , 9 days ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon for anthologies I would tend to sort them by the title of the anthology so that if you have multiple related anthologies even if their editors differed year over year your copies are shelved together. I also shelf shared world books together

(Ie stuff like “Years best …” where the editor might vary)

My challenge is both running out of shelf space and I usually keep my unread books shelved separately from those I have read. But need to do another round of reorganizing

Rycaut , 1 month ago

@hoare_spitall @pocoforte @austern @bookstodon Iain Banks wrote mainstream fiction under his name without a middle initial. And he wrote science fiction under the name Iain M Banks (most famously his Culture series of novels)

He’s a rare author who had acclaim as both a genre and a mainstream fiction author while drawing a deliberate distinction between his books in each genre. (Unlike arguably sf/fantasy works sold not as genre works by so many acclaimed literary authors over the years)

Rycaut , 6 months ago

@bogiperson @bookstodon for free (not paid) newsletters I’ve seen a lot of recommendations for ghost (or @help actually) but neither are being recommended for paid subscription lists. For that @buttondown is what I keep seeing recommended.

You might also look at @Flipboard not sure how their partnerships with publishers/content creators work but they are enabling federation and might work as a curatorial platform (especially if there is a visual element to your story recs)

Rycaut , 6 months ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon going over my full list in a few weeks but likely in my top 5 is Michael Harriot’s Black AF History: The Unwhitwashed History of America which really should (seriously) be adopted as a textbook in classrooms across the country. It should be read by every American.

Rycaut , 8 months ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Tom Hank’s novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture has multiple protagonists who are older (it’s a remarkably good book especially for a first novel. The audiobook read by him along with a cast of others is also excellent)

One of my favorite books of all time is The Stone and Flute by Hans Bemmann translated into English by Anthea Bell. The main protagonist lives their entire life in the course of the book from childhood to old age it’s a remarkable work.