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#reading

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Graham Downs

This quote resonates with me. Whether it's going to be a good book or a bad book, and whether I'm going to end up finishing it or not, those first few lines always fill me with anticipation and excitement and the feeling of adventure to come... Well, actually, the way the author describes it is just perfect! ;-) #reading #quotes @bookstodon

The image features a person reading a purple book with a quote from Kate Albus, "A Place to Hang the Moon," at the top. The quote reads, "The first words of a new book are so delicious—like the first taste of a cookie fresh from the oven and not yet properly cooled." The person is partially visible, with their head and shoulders peeking out from behind the open book. To the left, there is a plate with several chocolate chip cookies, and a hand is reaching for one. To the right, there is a glass of milk. The background is a simple, muted brown colour, and the overall style is a clean, modern illustration. Provided by @altbot@fuzzies.wtf, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B
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Esa Lackström

I finished this one last night. I had no idea how Darcy was as a writer but decided to buy this and see what this is. I expected a generic horror story but the story suddenly started to take unexpected turns and I was hooked. One of the best "haunted house"-stories I've ever experienced.
I will look more into Darcy's material, "From below" most likely next on the list that I will buy.

Awesome.
#books#horror#novel
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars:

:boosts_ok: boost to help me survive~ :hug_love:

Come listen to another cozy story reading~ :shiba_excited:
This time, it's a short lore primer for anyone playing or planning to play Oblivion that's vital to understanding the who, what, and why of the central story

Succubard Gently Reads [The Amulet of Kings]
youtube.com/watch?v=8GNBwFbYRt

:zerotwo_learn: It's an unfortunately short video this time, but I hope this helps anyone confused about what's going on. The Elder Scrolls has a lot of lore that affects the stories that play out in the games, but it can be hard to track it down in an easy-to-understand form. The books tend to be all over the place, picked up out of order, or, as is the case for a lot of us, just something we don't really engage with while we're playing :bugcat_nod:

(oh, and tell me what you think of the thumbnail text)

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If you like it and/or want to help me survive and keep doing what I do, ko-fi monthlies help me buy food for me and my cats and I appreciate every one a ton :frog_blush:
[ko-fi] ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore

I also do live readings a few times a week over on Twitch (alongside Youtube) if that's more your thing :shiba_excited:
twitch.tv/octaviaconamore

#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Bard #Games #Gaming #LGBTQ #Queer #Trans #TransFem #VoiceOver #Fantasy #Reading #Bookstodon #Books #ElderScrolls #Skyrim #Oblivion :cat_interact:

A vtuber with glasses, black hair tied in two two low buns, and a dark grey and black outfit with blue accents, including blue roses on her upper arms and a blue cravat. She stands within a cozy library lit by a fire in the fireplace, bookshelves crammed with books and a large window spanning from the floor to nearly the ceiling. She looks down at a book floating in front of her, whisps of magic supporting it. Text in the left half of frame reads "The Amulet of Kings"
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Jim Bodie

I finished book 27 which was Lee Hollis’s “Death of a Gingerbread Man”. This is the latest book in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery series. Lee Hollis is the pen name of Rick Copp and his sister Holly Simason.

It's Christmas time and once again Hayley is solving a murder. This time her long absent deadbeat father may be the killer. Hayley is hoping to prove otherwise.

The full report can be read at: substack.com/profile/22175895-

SubstackJim Bodie on SubstackI finished book 27 which was Lee Hollis’s “Death of a Gingerbread Man”. This is the latest book in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery series. Lee Hollis is the pen name of Rick Copp and his sister Holly Simason. The series takes place in Bar Harbor, Maine. Unlike a lot of other murder mystery series that takes place in Maine, Bar Harbor is a real place. It’s been like 35+ years since I’ve been there, but Bar Harbor is really nice. It’s Christmas time. Hayley is busy running her restaurant, and doing everything else to get ready for the holiday. Her mother and mother’s boyfriend are coming to visit from Florida. Dear ole Mom can be a handful. While accompanying one of her lifelong friends, Mona, to deliver forgotten medication to Mona’s father 3 hours away in a cabin, Hayley discovers that her deadbeat father, who she has not seen since she was a child, was one of the guests at this cabin. A cabin 3 hours away, and her mother in Bar Harbor should be no problem. That is if her father keeps his promise not to come to Bar Harbor. I think you see where this is going. It’s not only Hayley’s mother that loathes Dwight, Hayley’s father. More than half the town has reason to throttle him for ways he screwed them over. Dwight, while a con artist and deadbeat, is also ha hell of a cook and baker. one of the residents who has a grudge against Dwight, rather than fight him or get all angry challenges Dwight to a gingerbread contest. His revenge would be to beat Dwight. It would be a spoiler to tell you who one, but it might be obvious to know the other man dies under suspicious circumstances and it looks like Dwight did it. Hayley butts her nose in all the other murders (Maine is like the murder capital of the whole world with all these murder series taking place there), so she is determined to figure out who did it. I like this series. They tend to be quick reads and are a good break from my usual fantasy, Sci-Fi or military history reads.
#Reading#Books#JimsBooks
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Melissa

Here's what my Audible library looks like. I have so many books to listen too and I just signed up for another 3 months so that'll be 3 more books. Once I finish with my library book I should listen to some of my audiobooks.

I don't know where to start though. I want to listen to MOX, but I also want to listen to Sunrise on the Reaping before the Internet spoils it for me, but I need to read Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses because it was recommended by my best friend.

#books#reading
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A. Rivera

> American readers are worried books will get pricier thanks to tariffs
nbcnews.com/business/business-

Oh, whoop dee doo, they asked the "influencers" of BookTok. I guess going beyond #SocialMedia would mean some actual journalistic work.

For me, well, there are still #libraries. Just saying.

NBC News · American readers are worried books will get pricier thanks to tariffsBy Caroline Radnofsky
#books#reading
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Douglas E. Welch

How New Ideas Arise via The MIT Press Reader [Shared]

While discussing the problem of how ideas arise in his “Science of Logic,” Hegel stated that “the beginning must be an absolute, or what is synonymous here, an abstract beginning.” Therefore, a new beginning “may not suppose anything, must not be mediated by anything,” but “must be purely and simply an immediacy, or rather merely immediacy itself.” In other words, Hegel declares the utter necessity of intuition, renouncing the control of the rational mind in favor of unconscious foresight. This is perhaps motivated by the fact that self-censoring doesn’t exist in the unconscious or in ideas, which are free to combine in improbable and ever-mixing associations.

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#idea#Thinking#thought
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