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Clare

I enjoyed All Passion Spent despite knowing that if I’d read a book set today about the wife of a politician and ambassador moving to Hampstead, after his death, to live her best life I’d just be annoyed.

I mean, I know it’s making a point. ‘A Room of One’s Own’ and all that. The tragedy of women simply expected to diminish themselves when they become a wife and hide away their ambitions.

But it was published in 1931 and it’s witty and well observed so I can forgive it everything.

I mean… almost. I could have done without the maid’s ’peasant wisdom’.

A hand is holding a copy of "All Passion Spent" by Vita Sackville-West, featuring a portrait on the cover. In the background, there is a reading log with decorative bookshelves and a bookmark with a checklist.
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mydaemonisabadger

Refreshed my morning mini altar yesterday with some new stones and plants, and a bit of a tidy.

I've managed 5 months now of lighting a candle and reading a short story first thing in the morning instead of going straight on my phone, something I've wanted to achieve for YEARS!

I'm so pleased, and I can definitely see where it's made a difference in my life; I've been crafting and writing again, and feeling WAY less like my phone controls me.

A lit tea light in a large shell with bits of dried lavender, a dried red rose head, some snail shells, stones, and bones, on a wooden table.
#MorningRitual#WitchyMornings#Reading
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Lydia Conwell :mastodon:

I started #reading Lady Chatterley's Lover and I'm not sure what to make of it yet.

I mean, I've only read a couple of chapters so it's early days.

But I've got a feeling its main USP is a controversial-for-the-time liberal attitude to sex and I'm not sure I'm going to find it all that interesting.

I'll give it a go though.

Actually, one concept that impressed me a lot is how it is mentioned one of the pits had been burning for years because it would take thousands of pounds to put out. So the surrounding area is permeated with burning and smoke.

It certainly sets a particular scene.

#DHLawrence#LadyChatterleysLover#books
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Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:

As requested by a few friends, I’m going to go out on a limb and share my (no spoilers) thoughts on my queer reads for #PrideMonth. :gaysparkles:

Book: Payback’s a Witch
Author: Lana Harper
Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Witches/Queer
Stars: 4.5 / 5

Thoughts: This is the first book I’ve ever read in this genre and I loved it! It’s a cozy story that reminds me of the vibe of Legends and Lattes with some romance. Speaking of, the ‘romance’ element is mild, sweet, and makes sense as part of the plot. The story was relatable with fantasy tropes that may feel familiar to folks who read a lot of fantasy books. Overall, found it quite endearing. :lgbtq_flag:

#BrittReads#queer#books
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Feoh

Why was I not informed that @pluralistic's Picks and Shovels was another Martin Hench story?

Dangit, I'd been putting off reading it thinking it was non fiction like Chokepoint Capitalism (an awesome book I very much enjoyed) so I had it on THAT to read list :)

At least now I know, and I'll look forward to it after I finish Ancilliary Sword which is also stunningly good :)

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Blair
For this week’s #ThursdayBooksandBeer I’m reading Hunchback, the debut novel by Saou Ichikawa, who was the first author with a physical disability to win Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize. It was also long listed for this year’s International Booker Prize, in the translation by Polly Barton. I’ve accompanied it with GSB ESB with lovely toffee notes from Gales Brewery. “That was my account name—Buddha. For twenty-nine years now, I have resided in Nirvana. Ever since the day that my underdeveloped muscles had prevented my heart and lungs from maintaining a normal level of oxygen saturation, and I’d grown faint and passed out by the classroom window in my second year of middle school.” #literature #reading #bookerprize #akutagawaprize #japaneseliterature #hunchback #craftbeer #microbrewery
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Curious Magpie

From Annalee Newitz:

"... You know what I say? Fuck those questions. They are near-replicas of the kinds of questions that white people asked about Black people during Jim Crow, that men asked about women during the suffrage movement, and that the U.S. government is asking about immigrants today. They’re a reflection of the contradictory desires held by an ownership class that wants to control laborers violently, but also to receive their care and attention endlessly.

If you’re about to birth a new form of personhood, as a lot of AI developers say they are, those are the worst possible questions to start with ..."
#ai #robots #books #reading
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Hannah Steenbock

Another PSA about Amazon:

They only pay authors 30% in royalties (even if they price above 2.99) when someone buys a book through Amazon COM while not actually living in the US.

That's right. Amazon "steals" 40% of my royalties because the customer is in a different location that the USA.

Why?

Because they can. Because we authors let them get away with that. No other store does this.

Buy direct. Or at least not through Amazon.

shop.hannah-steenbock.de/

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