I have now added these two eBook covers to my ko-fi shop - abs, fantastical animals, and you can also commission something like this if you like!If you are looking for covers, check my shop now!And please share so I can get these covers sold. (I also have discounted covers, and some old ones can be retouched a bit as well.)https://ko-fi.com/hiisikolo_artContact for commissions: [email protected]#bookcovers #illustration #art #books #bookstodon #author #forsale

So, I picked up this audiobook; Blank: The First NumberAt 37 minutes, I thought it would be a quick read for the night before starting a larger book for the commute tomorrowUnfortunately, couldn't get past the first chapterThe Introduction alone was a quasireligious celebration of an unknown quantity, complete with the full gamut of deitic descriptions ranging from nothing to infinity, alfpha and omega, et nauseumI feel myself wishing for the last six minutes of my life backThankfully, I did not actually pay money for this... #books #bookstodon #Audiobooks

Browsed through #Amazon #Books yesterday to see what the current landscape of #Ubuntu books was. Sorting by publication date, I'm pretty sure most if not all of the new books were #AISlop. Digging into some of the "authors", this became even more obvious. OTOH, books by real authors (e.g. “mastering Ubuntu server”) have not been updated since 2022.Let's support real tech publishers like @mwl https://nostarch.com but also more philosophical authors in our bubble like @pluralistic - otherwise the self-digesting heaps of silicone from moltbook will push us into intellectual slavery.

Monk and Robot: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers #books #literature #dedication

@renata A movie is on the way. There's a point in the book, dunno if you've reached it, where you're probably going to think. “I want to see *this*.”

@AlexWolfe oh they absolutely are not! You really should check them out, it's been a blast from start to finish

Ngl, chapter one was a tough read but I'm enjoying learning about Ukraine's history. #Ukraine #YaroslavHrytsak #History #Bookstodon #Books #NowReading

@stefan Can't find much from the actual scene in the show, but John Mulaney kinda nails Thoreau's pathetic "excursion" in the show Dickinsonhttps://youtu.be/LmneLDB6hAI

And my two kiddos, E (13 and transgender as well) and K (8 and cute as a bug). They gave permission for me to share their photos. My oldest is 18 and on her own. I won't share their pics often for safety reasons, but they are my pride and joy and reason for living. They are such good, empathic children. Which we need in this world now days.

@joel Oh yeah.... That's such a good idea! I can probably find the commits and do that too!

@hyde oh really! May I see your edition?

Review: Twelve Months by Jim Butcherhttps://nullrouted.space/2026/02/02/review-twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/Please boost this post and consider supporting my writing work through the following methods:Stripe:https://subscribe.packetcat.caPatreon:https://patreon.com/Bastetrix#books #bookstodon

@randomized solid suggestion, thanks! I’ve read the Martin Hench novels and enjoyed those—I feel like I’m behind in reading much of his other work!

@stovis @threedollarchickenparm Despite the very serious subject matter, the book has made me laugh a few times already. @pluralistic has an exceptionally witty writing style (if, like me, you appreciate offbeat nerd humour). I'm starting the section "The Cure" today, but I've already recommended the book to several people just from the first chapter. Definitely my book of the decade.

@joyousjoyness I'm a single father. My son's grown up now, but for the first 19 years of his life I read to him every night. We read many hundreds of books. I was already an expert on children's and YA books, with quite a collection; so it was a real joy to be able to read those books to my son, many of which had been read to me as a toddler by my own parents. As he grew up I read the books that I read as a child, and then a teen, and then as an adult. His vocabulary is exceptional as a result, and he's quite the reader himself.I can't possibly stress how incredibly helpful all that reading turned out to be. My son and I share hundreds of stories, plots, characters, and jokes from all that reading. We have never lacked for things to talk about, because we have so much in common. When he hit puberty, we never drifted apart the way many parents and children do; there was just so much that we shared. It was the best thing I ever did! I've recommended a lot of the books we read to other parents, and I've even been on panels at conventions about children's and YA literature.#Books #bookstdon #ReadToYourKids

@lizmeyer what have you enjoyed?Authors: Ann Leckie, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Beck Chambers, NK Jemisin, Nnedi OkoraforRandom books: Space Opera, Light from Uncommon Stars, A Fire Upon The Deep#bookstodon

@ThePolishDispatch @CiaraNi That's very interesting, can you point me to some resource about that minimal free internet connection?Do you know if it is/was challenged in court somehow?

@GeoffWozniak I wonder if they're all related? Cousins perhaps?

Midnight stories. #grickledoodle #horror #reading #books #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Librarians, book preservationists, historians: what's the best practice for caring responsibly for very old books? I have some and I don't want them to accrue damage on my watch. #I-will-never-be-a-frequent-duster-or-an-owner-of-glass-cases-but-I-want-to-be-a-good-adult-about-this. #books #history #idk-what-to-tag-this-with #antiques #heirlooms #vintage #??