#LARB Radio Hour talks with #PankajMishra about his new book, "#TheWorldAfterGaza: A History”
"[H]ow the legacy of the Holocaust has shaped the contemporary world order, including how it has shaped the government of #Israel, and the current war in #Gaza. The book grapples with how, within the relentless violence of the 20th century, #trauma can lead to #nationalism, and also how one #genocide can lead to another."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/pankaj-mishras-the-world-after-gaza-a-history/
#QuestionOfTheDay: What's the middle child of a franchise/series that you like? By middle child I mean like not the ones people love and remember but not the black sheeps either that are cult classics or make "underrated" lists. Like the ones that get forgotten and get no discourse.
I now have a total of 360 audiobooks in my library. 
I'm feeling pretty great about that!
I love listening to books while I complete other tasks. It helps keep the 'mind noise' to a minimum. #ADHD It also reduces anxiety and helps keep me in the present. win/win.
I also enjoy listening to audiobooks at night while following along on my e-reader. It's immersive. I recommend trying it sometime. :)
Everyone says her predecessor died in a car crash, but what if he was murdered? Petra knows she’ll need evidence, not her psychic sense she hides. Get an early review copy:
https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/201265/a-stone-cold-murder
#books #mystery @bookstodon
https://www.magmoe.com/2240575/book/2025-04-01/ 書籍『「新機動戦記ガンダムW&Endless Waltz」30周年オフィシャルブックOperation 30th』12月12日発売 – TOWER RECORDS ONLINE #book #books #CD #DVD #MUSIC #オンラインショッピング #タワーレコード #タワーレコードオンライン #タワレコ #書籍 #書籍『「新機動戦記ガンダムW&EndlessWaltz」30周年オフィシャルブックOperation30th』12月12日発売 #音楽
April Showers - Cozy Mystery & Clean Romance
If you like mystery, romance, or both, you'll find dozens of fun free books here! They include my Furrever Friends Sweet Romance, Lions and Love at the Cat Café, plus “The Case of the Missing Monkey and other short mystery stories.”
https://books.bookfunnel.com/cozycleanapril2025/cjfe4143l5
#books #mystery #romance #booksky
@bookstodon
Hitting People in the Feels:
A quick roundup of some of the lovely reviews of The Gates of Polished Horn.
I'm really touched that this collection is working for readers. I was nervous to put some of these more serious and literary stories together with my usual blend of SFF and humor. But I guess it works. Thanks to @ilanderz for believing in the project!
In partnership with the Seattle Public Library, the KUOW Book Club will read "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" this month.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/kuow-book-club-april-pick-poetry-in-the-natural-world-ada-limon-seattle-reads
#KUOW #News #ArtsAndLife #Books #Seattle #Books #Poetry
March reading (https://www.mollywhite.net/reading). Quite an eclectic mix this month, with some really enjoyable reads.
Range of Motion by Elizabeth Berg #books #literature #dedication
April: Free Cozy Mysteries
Can you judge a book by its cover? Check out these cozy mysteries and if you're drawn to dogs, cats, cafes, spooky old houses, or cheerful witches, you'll find something fun!
https://books.bookfunnel.com/cozymysteryapril/cuvjd7vmyu
#books #mystery #bookstodon @bookstodon
Just a little hello from Bologna. I hope you’re having a swell week. I found my book «Mut und Marmelade» on a shelf at the book fair. Soooo sooo cool
#bookstodon #illustration #books #kidlit
Joseph Conrad’s Travel Stories Weren’t Black and White
Conrad’s celebration of imperial exploration is accompanied by an acknowledgment that such feats often go hand-in-hand with oppression and exploitation.
By: H.M.A. Leow
https://daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/
Small irk: when a book is translated, and the new title does not match the original, thus making it harder to find the original, especially for lesser known or very regional writers.
Anyhow, my Search-Fu remains strong.
There's a very famous quote from a French movie that says: "Les cons ça ose tout. C'est même à ça qu'on les reconnaît."
In English: "Morons, they do anything they feel like doing. Actually that's how you spot them."
Republicans certainly fit the definition.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/new-book-bans-library-schools
How to Fail Miserably at Love
#books #essays #QueerBook #QueerAuthor
https://donutsdesires.blogspot.com/2017/11/how-to-fail-miserably-at-love.html
The new book from Lise Olsen traces a forensic anthropologist’s decades-long attempt to restore the identities of the victims of one of #Texas’ most prolific serial killers—and explores the shocking reasons why so many boys who were kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a murderer trolling #Houston neighborhoods in the early 1970s remained anonymous for so long.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer/
#history #CriminalJustice #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #GulfCoast
A phone call is a signal from a life left behind in Rachida Lamrabet's Two Girls on Bicycles, translated from Dutch by Johanna McCalmont:
Image: Nick Nice
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon
Using a unique method of blasting antique books with high-pressure water and stripping them of their covers, Guy Laramée manipulates the bound text blocks into craggy cliff faces and rocky promontories. 
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/guy-laramee-book-sculptures/
