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Aw crap, it's too? Celebrate with a book about taking down an evil fossil fuel corporation!

Wild Things - Sometime in the near future, four teens are living through every day dystopia, perpetuated by ecological collapse and mass extinction. Each has a unique connection to nature; a connection which will prove useful as they find themselves embroiled in fossil fuel conspiracies and corporate corruption.

https://books2read.com/b/3y667v

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(sorry for all the book posts - I'm self published and mastodon is the only place I have to advertise!)

It's ! I practically grew up in a library, and my love for them is often reflected in my books. I literally cannot imagine a world without them.

In my post-apocalyptic novella "Unloveables," the unnamed protagonist even lives in one!

Unloveables was originally written as part of the novel, _Where There's Smoke_, but I also published it separately as a novella.

I'm self-published and release all my books for free. Try one today!

https://books2read.com/b/bo0GeL
https://books2read.com/b/mvPN9q

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Screenshot of text: "They're poisonous," I insisted. "They are not." "It's literally impossible to tell without a microscope," I said smugly, reciting a little-known-fact from an old magazine I read in the library. . . . Yes, we had a library. It was open 24/7 and there were no librarians. There was no one in charge at all, and there was little furniture left besides the staggering bookshelves. It was not in great shape and the newest book was almost as old as I was. I practically lived there. The basement storage rooms were particularly cozy year-round. . . . Rat: "That is a myth perpetuated in the twenties, after artificial intelligence began publishing misleading field guides that encouraged readers to consume toxic mushrooms.

An older review of The Last Philosopher on royalroad.

Since I try to write what I call "Attempted Comedy" it's always nice when someone finds it "Haha" 😜

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Review BadGuyGetsAway Title: Funny story made me go haha Look, this story made me laugh, and that alone is worth at least 4 stars to me. Why'd it make me laugh? I'll tell you why, it's just plain witty. This is the kind of story to label accidents as ‘natural selection’. It's the kind of wit that makes you stomp and pout when it's aimed at you because it's mean and unfair, but when it's aimed at other people? You giggle because it's hilarious. The actual story is bleh. It's carried by the wit of its prose and characters. | don't really know what's going on, | think there's a prophecy? One of the characters is trying to go east, but even he can’t remember why he wants to? Man, | don’t know. Herschel doesn't know either, and the wizard with the long name is still trying to figure out what's happening Speaking of, the characters are as funny as the prose Lyean-whatever-the-hell-his-name-is is a massive asshole and it's funny to watch him be ajerk to others, plus he's got these different pieces of himself that chime in Disco Elysium style that only enhance the humor. Herschel kind of has that too towards the beginning, but it's played down in favor of making it L-Sorcerer's defining trait. Herschel is funny too, in a weird kind of way. Redilistically, I'd probably slap him in real life, but watching him infuriate others is funny. There's a bunch of other POV characters too, and they're mostly funny. Anyway, read the story. It's funny.

April is School Library Month and this week is National Library Week! Librarians are some of our favorite people. Thank you for the incredible contributions you make to our schools and communities. 💝

It's a great time to watch The Neighborhood Storyteller. This short documentary follows Asmaa Rashed, a young Syrian mother and refugee, as she establishes vibrant reading circles, transforming a humble act into a powerful tool for social change. The film celebrates the importance of reading and sharing stories to find one’s voice.

Our Discussion Guide for this film also connects with "Muzoon: A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out" by Muzoon Al-Mellehanan with Wendy Pearlman, for an exciting film-book teaching combination.

Learn more!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/the-neighborhood-storyteller/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_id=National+Library+Week&utm_content=link

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Asmaa Rashed, a young Syrian woman in a khaki headscarf, sits in her living room holding a book while reading aloud. Text says: "School Library Month. Teach with Film." The Journeys in Film logo is in the bottom right corner. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals icon for Quality Education, a white book and pencil over a red background, is in the top left corner.

My is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular far and wide.

Folk-horror tinged, strange stories of compulsions, sacrifices, and the uncanny, COME SING FOR THE HARROWING is filled with uniquely sinister, striking, & spooky tales. Dan Coxon masterfully weaves stories wrought with atmosphere and ambiguity that leave you pondering and unsettled. (Clash Books)


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Cover of paperback COME SING FOR THE HARROWING. A woodcut style of graphic art of a forest and strange, human-like being.

I've finished: Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

I was not aware of Ruthanna Emrys's The Litany of Earth novelette that preceded Winter Tide, and know Lovecraft only from other works he inspired.. So I read this novel without much background.

What I got was a mature protagonist, from a community designated as an enemy of the united states, trying to save the remnants of her culture as the red scare threatens to place them on the domestic enemy list yet again.

She has some remaining family both biological and adopted and gathers a number of allies to assist her, but she has to deal with allot of bullshit from allot of privileged pricks.

Quite often she ends up as the only adult in the room.

The magic system has allot of depth and a long history as elder gods / aliens are at it's heart.

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Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.

Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?

Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed . She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.

One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇

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Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë’s poetry

That sounds made up, but I'm not a doctor so I'll allow it 😁
But I'm wondering if anyone knows what this disease is called? 🤔
My genetic disorder just makes me want to pee all the time 😂

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Post by Louise Jensen Duffy So, a lot of people ask me why I buy so many books. The truth is, I have a genetic disorder where my body doesn’t produce enough books of its own, so I have to supplement.

4/21. Does the change of seasons affect your writing at all? If so, how?

Doesn’t affect me that much but it does affect my characters. My protagonist is prone to making comments on other people’s dress sense, usually in a derogatory manner. Often pointing out the people who tend to discard their clothes when the weather’s good are usually the one’s you definitely don’t want to see in a state of undress.

Whilst it’s not directly connected to the seasons my novels revolve around the pagan wheel of the year with auctions of magic artefacts taking place on, or near, the date of the various festivals.