Here are a few thoughts on The Animators, 2017, by Kayla Rae Whitaker, about art college friends who become a creative team and the fallout of their indie scene success #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #audiobook @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/dccb46df-eccb-4229-9cc6-fd7d93e579d0

I’ve just read To Exist as I am, 2025, by Grace Spence Green in a day! She expresses so brilliantly the realities of being a disabled person through her own life changing experience and her career as a doctor. An honest and moving memoir #bookstodon #BookReview #audiobook #Storygraph #disability @bookstodon @disability
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bee27c95-a24d-4f42-82d9-e548a131ebb9

Read a book as part of a buddy read - June 22, 2025 - Book 4 of the Murderbot Diaries picks up immediately from book 3 and is action-packed. This is the first time in the series that I felt the story was well rounded. I enjoy the witty repertoire Murderbot has with itself and in interactions with others.

Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2

#StoryGraph #allisonpicksbooks #bookstodon #bookstodoner #murderbotdairies #scifi #RainyDayReads #librarylend

"I forget why I don't use bookwyrm, let's go check"

I initially searched for 'Howl's Moving Castle' and was presented with 8 different entries which are largely the same, with different reviews, etc.

I tried searching for "On Tyranny" in quotes, and get ten completely off target responses before the exact match is presented.

Without a good search, it's useless to me. I'll continue with #StoryGraph, even if it does make it hard to see user reviews of books.

Holy shit I need better #book recommendations. #Bookwyrm and #Storygraph and #Goodreads got me fucked up.

Just give me a dude who fights things with a mundane weapon.

No Witchers. No very special mages. No hidden bloodlines and secret powers from special parents. No cutesy.

Guy. Weapon. Action.
Please?

The last 3? 4? books ive read have all left me with the distinct feeling that I read them out of some sense that i "should" read books vaguely similar to the one i would like to write. They've also left me with the distinct feeling that i don't enjoy reading. I endure it.

EDIT:
Shit. Nevermind. The book before this one was guy. weapon. action. That shit left me cold too. I was bored.

Here are a few thoughts on The Millstone, 1965, by Margaret Drabble, a powerful and memorable novella that I became very invested in #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #audiobook @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/dfcbeb5b-bb5f-4c06-b545-e024413a701c

Tällainen lukuvuosi tähän mennessä Storygraphin genrelistauksen mukaan. Ei tämä nyt ihan tavanomainen ole, ja tämän valossa on kyllä vaikea uskoa, että jos katson listaa koko ajalta, jolta minulla on kirjat StoryGraphissa, fantasia ja scifi ovat siellä selkeästi ykkösgenret.

#kirjamastodon #kirjamasto #storygraph

Currently reading: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I picked up this book at a library sale years ago, and know it’s past time I make time to read it. #bookstodon #StoryGraph #TheKiteRunner #khaledhosseini #currentlyreading

Ok, after some helpful input from folks here I have decided to nix that one. I’m not wasting any of my time on someone with the opinions he has.

So, instead, as I approach the summer solstice here how about some short stories with a dark and spooky winter solstice theme instead.

#StoryGraph #bookstodon

Finished the celtic mythology book. It was weirdly bad. I think it was down to the writing style. But there were also numerous spelling errors etc. Odd.
Next up Wisdom of the ancients.
#StoryGraph #bookstodon

I read The Fatness as part of the r/fantasy reading challenge on The StoryGraph.

A challenge intended to help you diversify your reading.

The prompt was:

15. Small Press or Self Published (962 added)

Read a book published by a small press (not one of the Big Five publishing houses or Bloomsbury) or self-published. If a formerly self-published book has been picked up by a publisher, it only counts if you read it before it was picked up. HARD MODE: The book has under 100 ratings on Goodreads OR written by a marginalized author.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/07d82cd6-23ef-421f-a799-2dc2f3f185fb?scroll_to=fb6f2734-065c-4800-bea8-c040a6f3e85b

Because of my low vision I only read audiobooks, and small press or indie books are often not available in audio.

There's a whole controversy about audio books read by AI virtual voices, with Audible / Amazon promoting it as a way for indie authors to get their books published in audio format for a lower price.

As someone who uses assistive tech, I cal already load an e-book into an app Like VoiceDream Reader and have it read to me by a TTS (Text to Speach) engine.

The trick was getting a book without DRM so I can choose what app I use to read it.

Here the Fediverse came to my aid. It was on the Fediverse that I learned about SmashWords, a DRM free e-book store and it was through the fedaverse that I follow Mark A. Rayner and know about his novels.

@bookstodon @audiobooks
#StoryGraph #ReadingChallenge #fediverse @markarayner

I’ve written a few thoughts on In a Summer Season, 1961, by Elizabeth Taylor, insightful and witty as ever but that ending was a surprise! #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #audiobook @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/778f7e44-0ca1-44fc-bd4c-3cc8c710ca14

I’ll go read a new book to see if that can lull me to sleep

Yes I’ve finished Riley Sager’s book. It was okay. If you wanna know more about my stupid book list, you can find me on StoryGraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/hellofarah #books #StoryGraph

I read The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng. 3.5⭐

Emotional, slow-paced historical fiction mostly set in and around a Japanese garden in the jungle highlands of Malaya after WWII.

📚 #StoryGraph Reads the World #Challenge
✅ Prompt 7: Malaysia

I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had any interest in gardening.

👉 Check the content warnings.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/293b9fb6-2ef2-4796-bc3f-395dcfe88ab8

#bookstodon #books #ebook #fiction #literary #historicalfiction #malaysia #libraries #reading #readingchallenge

Finished “Prophet of Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: Druidhome #1”, by Douglas Niles #dnd #ttrpg #fantasy #sff #booksky #forgottenrealms #storygraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1ea4eee7-b3e9-4026-9712-ebeb48476266

#readingwrapup #allisonpicksbooks #bookstodon #bookstodoner #maybooks #StoryGraph

Ondanks vakantie die vol was met andere dingen, toch nog 5 boeken gelezen, waaronder 3 vogelboeken. Dat valt mee. #bookstodon #storygraph

While I'm at it, my #Storygraph wrap up for last month. Numbers bolstered by graphic novels and short stories.
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