A public library in Ohio is celebrating the life of one of its most loyal patrons, a retired social worker named Dan Pelzer.
Activity tagged "reading"
Reviewing the 19 books I read in July
Good reading month! Highlights were Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup and more of the Murderbot series
@molly0xfff July reading wrap-up, reviewing the 19 books I read this month (no spoilers) #readingwrapup #julyreadingwrapup #booktok #bookrecommendations #murderbot #scifibooks ♬ original sound Molly White
I didn't realize both Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz had new books coming out, and they both look so good!
Automatic Noodle, Analee Newitz (publishing August 5)
This cozy near-future novella speaks to me as someone who watched our Brooklyn neighborhood’s restaurants take care of each other during covid lockdown, but Annalee Newitz’s new book will appeal to anyone who connects food with community. As San Francisco recovers from a devastating war, a band of recently reactivated robots take over a ghost kitchen to make the tastiest hand-pulled noodles in the Bay—because even when you’re living through unprecedented times, you gotta eat.
Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Charlie Jane Anders (publishing August 19)
Big queer Practical Magic vibes from Charlie Jane Anders’ new contemporary fantasy novel about Jamie, ostensibly a New England academic but also a witch teaching her mother Serena witchcraft from a three-hundred-year-old book. As with many mother/daughter tales involving magic spells, there’s a dark family history snaking around their bond, and it will take more powerful spellwork than Jamie has ever harnessed to save Serena from her darkness.
Both have DRM-free ebooks published via Tor Books.
as someone who likes to collect cool or new words, you would not believe my delight just now when i discovered my e-reader saves a list of all the words i look up while i’m reading
every time we get a spate of hot weather i remember i'm a discworld troll whose brain slows to a crawl above 70˚ or so
It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done.– Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
Reviewing the 14 books I read in June
So many good books this month, with Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents and Martha Wells’ Artificial Condition leading the pack for fiction.
@molly0xfff June reading wrap-up, reviewing the 14 books I read this month (no spoilers) #readingwrapup #junereadingwrapup #booktok #bookrecommendations #parableofthetalents #murderbot #spaceopera #litrpg #newtanddemon ♬ original sound - Molly White
NYC, 1919: Perched on a towering pile of donated books, a librarian calls from a megaphone to request more book donations for American troops stationed in France. The American Library Association’s campaign sent up to 55,000 books each month to military camp libraries.
(via Library of Congress)
Reviewing the 15 books I read in May
Belated May reading wrap-up. Lots of comfort/escapist reading this month, heavy on the litRPGs and detective novels. Favorite out of the fifteen was probably Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi.
@molly0xfff May reading wrap-up, reviewing the 15 books I read this month #litrpg #progressionfantasy #cozyfantasy #detectivebooks #readingwrapup #booktok #bookish #bookrecommendations #mayreadingwrapup ♬ original sound - Molly White
there is no feeling like finishing book two in a series you're enjoying and then discovering that book three is coming out only days later