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TiffanyEAuthor
@TiffanyEAuthor@poweredbygay.social · 23h ago
#sapphicfictionsaturday I’m reading Crime Of Secrets by Ann Aptaker: a historical, crime fighting duo, murder mystery, butch/femme, medium heat romance. What’s in your hands today? 📖 Bluesky: @annaptaker.bsky.social Instagram: @ann_aptaker #whatareyoureading #books #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity
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@cinoreus@lemmy.world in books · May 08, 2026

I didn't like animal farm that much

My biggest complaint was how thin the allegory was. Like, Orwell didn’t have to use animal farms at all, it read like a history lesson for most parts. I felt between chapter 3 to chapter 8 were mostly just boring and pigs Doing a power capture slowly. Did chapter 3 to 8 help create the impact of chapter 9 and 10? Absolutely. Could they have been done better? I think so, it didn’t have to be read like a history lesson.
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Heidentweet
@Heidentweet@todon.eu in palestine · 1d ago
The Free Palestine Reading List of Pluto Press: "As the genocide continues, we continue to publish books exposing Israel for what it is, a state built on extreme settler colonialism. Here is a list of our books published both before and after October 7th. Free Palestine!" https://www.plutobooks.com/free-palestine-reading-list/ @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #Nakba #FreePalestine #Reading #discount #books
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TiffanyEAuthor
@TiffanyEAuthor@poweredbygay.social · 3d ago
It’s Thirsty Thursday! 🔥 Suggested spicy butch/femme sapphic fiction books for 05/14/26. #thirstythursday #lesfic #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #books #readingcommunity #butchfemme
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TiffanyEAuthor
@TiffanyEAuthor@poweredbygay.social · 4d ago
#wipwednesday From Deja’s Secret, Vol. 2 of the sapphic The Brethren series: a supernatural, dark fantasy, vampire/warrior, hidden secrets, danger/in peril, hot and steamy romance. #vampires #butchfemme #sapphicbooks #books #bookstodon #writingcommunity
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TiffanyEAuthor
@TiffanyEAuthor@poweredbygay.social · 5d ago
COMING SOON! Butch/femme sapphic fiction books currently in pre-order status on Amazon as of 05/12/26. #comingsoon #books #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme
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CiaraNi
@CiaraNi@mastodon.green · 5d ago
Our local independent bookshop has a monthly ‘mystery book’ subscription. The staff have hand-crafted teeny tiny editions of each title they’ve included so far. Each book cover is a faithful rendition of the real one. Amazon could never. AI could never. #Books #Bookstodon
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TiffanyEAuthor
@TiffanyEAuthor@poweredbygay.social · 6d ago
Happy Monday! Here are (12) butch/femme sapphic fiction suggestions for the Facebook BFSFR group reading challenge category for the week of 05/11/26: Saving the World. #books #readingchallenge #savingtheworld #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme
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@FediVideo@social.growyourown.services · 6d ago
Kerry Ferrand makes book review videos about a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. You can follow their review account at: ➡️ @kerry_ferrand They've already published over 60 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand/videos #FeaturedPeerTube #Books #BookReviews #Fiction #NonFiction #Literature #PeerTube
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askDNA
@askDNA@urusai.social · 6d ago
Looking for book recommendations. Been on a long nonfiction run. I'm tired of learning about stuff. Just need some fiction. Something creative, something neat, maybe adventure, maybe dystopia, maybe gangster with a heart of gold, maybe breaking the psyche, world traveller, bicycle mechanic, just about anything. Anyone reading anything great these days? #bookstodon #books #fedibooks #askfedi #fiction
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simbarr
@simbarr@c.im · May 03, 2026
Master Slave Husband Wife The 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography by Ilyon Woo that tells the story of Ellen & William Craft + their escape from slavery in 1848 Georgia. Ellen, whose father was a white plantation owner was enslaved by her half sister, working as a seamstress + house servant. William, her husband, worked as a hired out carpenter for his master. Ellen who was extremely light skinned disguised herself as a wealthy southern planter while William portrayed her slave in order to make their escape. The 1st half of this book is a gripping tale - the 2nd half however looses the thread as Ellen + William travel to England - their story gets lost amid the politics + the stories of other abolitionist who help them on their journey. #masterslavehusbandwife #ellencraft #williamcraft #africanamericanhistory #abolitionists #americanhistory #blackhistory #booklist #mybookshelf #books #pulitzerprize #biography
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Nick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement’

The philosopher thinks humans should pursue advanced AI and the promise of a “solved world.”
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TheTempleMom
@TheTempleMom@pagan.plus · May 08, 2026
Yes, folks, I wrote a romance novel! It's Minoan-themed (a total surprise, I'm sure 😉) and is set among the bull leaping community of ancient Crete. It's lightly spicy - apologies to those of you who were hoping for more steam. It is, however, plenty angsty and emotional, and it has the desired happy ending, because Adelphos and his new love deserve that much. For more details, and plenty of places to find it that aren't named after a South American river, go here: https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/leap-a-love-story #books #bookstodon #GayRomance #HistoricalFiction #Minoan
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indieauthornews
@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · May 08, 2026
‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators? A booming tech sector has disrupted translation jobs in publishing – but they could be needed for a while longer yet In February 2022, while he was plugging away at rendering the US writer Dana Spiotta’s novel Wayward into French, the literary translator Yoann Gentric decided he needed a bit of light relief. He would test whether AI could put him out of work. Gentric had been grappling with a short non-verbal sentence that described the book’s protagonist’s feelings upon opening a window: “Bright, sharp night air, bracing.” He put the prompt into DeepL, a neural-network-powered machine translation engine that regularly outperforms Google Translate in… https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/08/being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators #AIartificialintelligence #Publishing #Europe #Languages #Books
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ami_angelwings
@ami_angelwings@urusai.social · May 08, 2026
#QuestionOfTheDay #FavCharacterAtoZ Who is your favourite fictional character from any work whose name (if they only have one) or first name begins with the letter "B"? Please include the series/work the character is from and why they are your favourite. Include the hashtag #FavCharacterAtoZ also, so we can easily group the answers. Also maybe add the hashtag #FavCharacterB to it so there's sub-sorting as well. #fiction #books #anime #manga #TTRPG #CCGs #VideoGames #superheroes #comics #comicbooks #superheroes #writing #webcomics #poetry #mythology #movies #film #television #tv #musicals #scifi #fantasy
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jaelisp
@jaelisp@lgbtqia.space · May 02, 2026
Ponyboy (Eliot Duncan) – I'm a sucker for atmospheric prose, and Ponyboy seemed to give prose that echoed the protagonist's own chaotic, drug scrambled perception of his world in Paris and Berlin. It can make it a confusing read at times, but I felt that very much kept you inside Ponyboy's head as he gets trapped in his cycle of drugs, booze and godawful relationship choices. For as much as I enjoyed that, I felt it was lacking enough threads in the final act to tie the themes together. On it's own, it's strong. But set against a large number of tragic and self destructive queer stories, it was hard to see this standing out and offering something beyond a final movement past hopelessness and into recovery. In many ways, that mirrors stories that stem from the personal. But for a story that can be so evocative, I felt it had more to give in this current climate than what was said on the page. #Bookstodon #Books #QueerBooks #Queer #LGBTQ #TransBooks #Trans
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stina_marie
@stina_marie@social.horrorhub.club · May 07, 2026
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide. Illuminating, concise, and chock-full of fascinating details— with images of pages and ephemera pulled from King's personal archives— this book provides a truly unique and one-of-a-kind window into the Writing World and Words of Stephen King. An absolute joy for any Constant Reader. (Hogarth) #book #review #bookstodon #StephenKing @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #mothersuspiriareview #MSReview @bookstodon@toot.community
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econopass
@econopass@flipboard.social · May 07, 2026
What Should I Pack in a Bug-Out Bag? Having a properly packed bug-out bag is essential for rapid evacuation during emergencies, and the resources collected here complement your reading with practical… https://econopass.com/what-should-i-pack-in-a-bug-out-bag/ #books #prepping #preppers #survival
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nicegnome
@nicegnome@social.horrorhub.club · May 06, 2026
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nicegnome
@nicegnome@social.horrorhub.club · May 06, 2026
Finished this genre challenge on StoryGraph! It took a long time, but it was fun and definitely got me to read books I wouldn't normally pick. I wish Letterboxd had challenges like this. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b1b9faef-d005-43c3-9335-cc55e8da5237 #storygraph #books #bookstodon
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