Laura Blackwell (she/her)<p>What a gorgeous night of stories this was! Lyndsie Manusos and J.A.W. McCarthy took us down a dark river from fury to melancholy. So lovely, so poignant. You can still watch! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/StoryHour2020" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoryHour2020</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AuthorReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorReading</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/DarkFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FantasyFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bluebeard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluebeard</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LyndsieManusos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LyndsieManusos</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/JAWMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAWMcCarthy</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=3063124393843948" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=w</span><span class="invisible">atch_permalink&v=3063124393843948</span></a></p>
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Books of My Heart<p>ICYMI:🎧 Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw <br><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/3Hearts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Hearts</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/AudioBookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AudioBookReview</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a><br><a href="https://booksofmyheart.net/2022/08/01/%f0%9f%8e%a7-long-live-the-pumpkin-queen-by-shea-ernshaw/?fsp_sid=2171" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">booksofmyheart.net/2022/08/01/</span><span class="invisible">%f0%9f%8e%a7-long-live-the-pumpkin-queen-by-shea-ernshaw/?fsp_sid=2171</span></a></p>
Htaggert<p>It’s New Book Tuesday in North America! Here’s one book releasing today that I’m interested in! How about you? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/newbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newbook</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Australianauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australianauthor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/newbooktuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newbooktuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cinderella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinderella</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mermaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mermaids</span></a> <a href="https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2025/02/new-book-tuesday-but-make-it-water.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hollysreadingescapades.blogspo</span><span class="invisible">t.com/2025/02/new-book-tuesday-but-make-it-water.html?m=1</span></a></p>
Starry Time Podcast<p>Do you like a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> retelling of Greek myths?</p><p>Then, you're gonna *love* Jordan's cozy & sweet ret-constellation of the Greco-Roman myth of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (aka the myth of Callisto).</p><p>Check out our ret-cons here : <a href="https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ursae-myths-and-retconstellations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/</span><span class="invisible">e/ursae-myths-and-retconstellations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StarLore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarLore</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMyth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Constellations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constellations</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UrsaMajor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrsaMajor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UrsaMinor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrsaMinor</span></a></p>
Books of My Heart<p>ICYMI:The Better to See You by Kate SeRine <br><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/BlogTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlogTour</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Giveaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Giveaway</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Vampires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vampires</span></a><br><a href="https://booksofmyheart.net/2022/04/04/the-better-to-see-you-by-kate-serine/?fsp_sid=913" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">booksofmyheart.net/2022/04/04/</span><span class="invisible">the-better-to-see-you-by-kate-serine/?fsp_sid=913</span></a></p>
Baroness Book Trove<p>👑📚 Book Review 📚🛖 <br>Take a look at Karen’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> of IN ROYAL RUINS by Serena Clarke. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fairytalesfolklorefantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairytalesfolklorefantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KingThrushbeardretelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingThrushbeardretelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a><br><a href="https://baronessbooktrove.com/in-royal-ruins-by-serena-clarke/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">baronessbooktrove.com/in-royal</span><span class="invisible">-ruins-by-serena-clarke/</span></a></p>
Sarena Ulibarri<p>My book STEEL TREE is on sale for only 99¢ for a limited time!</p><p>It's a <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> of <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheNutcracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheNutcracker</span></a>: In the agricultural bread basket for humanity's new colony, farmers have been going missing and rumors abound of something lurking in the shadows. At Klara Silber's winter harvest party, a dancing fairy-like creature appears, and a hidden history unspools about how humans conquered these alien lands.</p><p>Available via Android Press <a href="https://www.android-press.com/product-page/steel-tree-ebook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">android-press.com/product-page</span><span class="invisible">/steel-tree-ebook</span></a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/499oI9f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/499oI9f</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lauren Lopes - Author<p>A fun little journey on my path to decentralisation (there needs to be a shorter way to say this lol) </p><p>I'm writing a novel, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in Joburg except she's a hacker and there's no magic. She's also a cybersecurity expert and built an app for her future boo because he's paranoid</p><p>In the research for this, my eyes were opened to the realities of the web...</p><p>(TBC)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AccessControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessControl</span></a></p>
crashmoney<p>20 books that have had an impact on who you are. one book a day, 20 dates. no explanation, no reviews, just book covers (with alt text).</p><p>Day 6/20: One for All – Lillie Lainoff</p><p>loved the female friendship and fight scenes. completely re-defined how i view chronic illness in fiction, and has since become one of my favorite comfort reads.</p><p>(so i guess we’re giving up on the “no explanation, no reviews” thing 🙈 also, inconsistent posts because life is a little insane right now)</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/20Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20Books</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/20Books20Days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20Books20Days</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/POTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTS</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
MK_Wizard<p>Tapas: <a href="https://tapas.io/series/MKs-Frankenstein-Novel/info" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tapas.io/series/MKs-Frankenste</span><span class="invisible">in-Novel/info</span></a><br>NC: <a href="https://namicomi.com/en/title/7znvDXZR/mk-s-frankenstein-novel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">namicomi.com/en/title/7znvDXZR</span><span class="invisible">/mk-s-frankenstein-novel</span></a><br>FF: <a href="https://flowfo.me/artwork/MK_Wizard/MK-Frankenstein-the-novel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flowfo.me/artwork/MK_Wizard/MK</span><span class="invisible">-Frankenstein-the-novel</span></a><br>Support and Social <a href="https://linktr.ee/MK_Wizard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/MK_Wizard</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Frankenstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frankenstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monster</span></a></p>
Books of My Heart<p>Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding </p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/AudreyBellezza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AudreyBellezza</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/EmilyHarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilyHarding</span></a> @GalleryBooks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://romancelandia.club/@sophiarose1816" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sophiarose1816</span></a></span> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/5Hearts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5Hearts</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/PrideandPrejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrideandPrejudice</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a></p><p><a href="https://booksofmyheart.net/2024/08/21/elizabeth-of-east-hampton-by-audrey-bellezza-emily-harding/?feed_id=2941&_unique_id=66c5bb37c6e36" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">booksofmyheart.net/2024/08/21/</span><span class="invisible">elizabeth-of-east-hampton-by-audrey-bellezza-emily-harding/?feed_id=2941&_unique_id=66c5bb37c6e36</span></a></p>
Jill Minor August 16, 2024 <p><strong>JAMES</strong> rating: five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.</p><p>My favorite book of 2024 so far is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738749/james-by-percival-everett/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JAMES</a> by <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/percival-everett/46040" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Percival Everett </a>(Doubleday/Penguin Random House, March 19, 2024), a retelling of <a href="https://marktwainhouse.org/about/mark-twain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Twain</a>‘s classic <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN</a> from the point of view of Jim, Huckleberry Finn’s companion on that legendary raft trip down the Mississippi River.</p><p>I can’t claim I was “unable to put this book down.” I put it down to cry, to laugh, and to reflect. In JAMES, the gruesome realities of slavery are interspersed with humor and action, so that this reader (I don’t pretend to speak for Black readers at all) was not overwhelmed with horror, grief, and generational guilt and shame. I needed to work through some of that before blogging.</p><p>The complex relationship between James and Huck centers the novel. James must keep Huck at a safe remove, yet he feels both fearful of him and protective of him. Stuck in a childlike posture, James is nevertheless, while a father himself, on an escape/adventure with a naive and reckless child. They become too close for James’s comfort when Huck catches James not using his fake slave dialect.</p><p>Along with their speech patterns, much of the behavior of James’s Black community is actually performance art for white people, especially their feigned superstition, laziness, and gullibility. Black enslaved men who appear to be sleeping deeply are listening and waiting, gathering information. If a white person pranks them, even in an abusive or potentially harmful manner, they play along to make white people feel clever. Conversations among Black men and women about “devils” and “witches” are–unlike in Twain–ironic rather than simply funny.</p><p>Many of Jim’s ideas and talents from Twain, such as building shelter and fixing the raft, are preserved and expanded upon by Everett, but lent a grim survivalist flavor instead of increasing the sense of adventure. The stakes for James if the two fugitives are caught are far higher. Jim is depicted by Twain as a clueless and abusive father to his disabled daughter when she was four years old, emotively confessing this to Huck for no imaginable reason, except possibly to contradict Huck’s characterization right before Jim’s outburst as a “good n****r.” Everett’s JAMES is a far better father and human being. Huck comes across as a much better kid as well.</p><p>There is an <em>epic</em> twist. I will say no more.</p><p><strong>Reading in context:</strong></p><p>Compare-and-contrast with THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN is included above.</p><p>The code-switching of the enslaved population in JAMES–speaking differently to one another than to (or within earshot of) their white captors–surprised me, but check out <a href="https://www.icls.edu/blog/african-american-vernacular-why-it-matters-in-language-learning" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this article on African American Vernacular</a>. Our Black fellow Americans have had a their own distinct and evolving dialect ever since arriving in this country in chains. <a href="https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/conversation-theres-no-one-real-english-a-linguists-take-on-the-brilliant-complexity-of-black-english/20538/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In this interview,</a> Columbia professor <a href="https://americanstudies.columbia.edu/people/john-h-mcwhorter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. John McWhorter</a> explains that in many ways, Black English is more sophisticated than Standard American English. He wrote a whole book on the subject which I have not read yet, entitled <a href="https://blpress.org/books/talking-back-talking-black/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TALKING BACK, TALKING BLACK: TRUTHS ABOUT AMERICA’S LINGUA FRANCA</a> (Bellevue Literary Press, 2017). </p><p>Finally, from the Will inventory of William Greer, 1802: “Listing: Slaves Cloey and child, Raner, Ester, and other chattel.” I am descended from this enslaving scum <em>twice</em>. He is both my 5th and my 6th great-grandfather. This blog is dedicated to Cloey and her children. A complete list of my documented ancestors who enslaved Black people would take a new blog–a lengthy one.</p><p><strong>What I’m reading right now:</strong></p><p><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250280824/the-sirens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE SIRENS</a> by <a href="https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/emilia-hart" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emilia Hart</a> (St. Martin’s/Macmillan, March 4, 2025). Off and on, I’m dipping into <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/183598/cutting-for-stone-by-abraham-verghese/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CUTTING FOR STONE</a> by <a href="https://www.abrahamverghese.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abraham Verghese </a>(Knopf/Penguin Random House, 2009).</p><p> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/james/" target="_blank">#James</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/percivaleverett/" target="_blank">#PercivalEverett</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/racism/" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/slavery/" target="_blank">#slavery</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/marktwain/" target="_blank">#MarkTwain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/theadventuresofhuckleberryfinn/" target="_blank">#TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/retelling/" target="_blank">#retelling</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/black/" target="_blank">#Black</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/humor/" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/adventure/" target="_blank">#adventure</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/language/" target="_blank">#language</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/dialect/" target="_blank">#dialect</a></p><p><a href="https://jillsreads.com/james/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://jillsreads.com/james/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/adventure/" target="_blank">#adventure</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/black/" target="_blank">#Black</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/dialect/" target="_blank">#dialect</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/humor/" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/james/" target="_blank">#James</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/language/" target="_blank">#language</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/marktwain/" target="_blank">#MarkTwain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/percivaleverett/" target="_blank">#PercivalEverett</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/racism/" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/retelling/" target="_blank">#retelling</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/slavery/" target="_blank">#slavery</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://jillsreads.com/tag/theadventuresofhuckleberryfinn/" target="_blank">#TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn</a></p>
Allyson Shaw<p>Every month I write about what I’m reading, listening to, thinking about and planning. July’s round up is all about cover versions, gate crashing the archives, and Samhain plans for my subscribers.</p><p><a href="https://allysonshaw.substack.com/p/cover-versions-and-proustian-return" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allysonshaw.substack.com/p/cov</span><span class="invisible">er-versions-and-proustian-return</span></a><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CoverSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverSong</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CoverVersion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverVersion</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CurrentlyLIstening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentlyLIstening</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CurrentlyReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentlyReading</span></a></p>
Lydia Schoch<p>I’ve been on a wonderful streak of sharing links to free books I’ve reviewed each week. Let’s see how long it lasts! Here is the link for A Fairy Tale Murder by Dulcinea Norton-Smith: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/58939" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smashwords.com/books/view/5893</span><span class="invisible">9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a></p>
River J. Hopkins<p>Been working on <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Curious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Curious</span></a> the past couple days, and I really enjoy where it's going so far. I've been dreaming this book series into being since I was a child.</p><p>I can't wait to introduce you all to <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TheWorldOfStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWorldOfStory</span></a>!!</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TheBirchHollowMultiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBirchHollowMultiverse</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AliceInWonderland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AliceInWonderland</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PortalFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortalFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a></p>
Starry Time Podcast<p>In our <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> this week, we met Medusa-- the mortal Gorgon with snakes for hair & the ability to turn people into stone (listen here: <a href="https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/perseus-myths-and-retconstellations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/</span><span class="invisible">e/perseus-myths-and-retconstellations/</span></a>)</p><p>Here's a sculpture giving the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myth</span></a> of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Perseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perseus</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Medusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medusa</span></a> a serious <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RetCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetCon</span></a></p><p>📷 :<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/design/medusa-statue-manhattan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU0.q6bk.mRPkLyyIwoMP&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/de</span><span class="invisible">sign/medusa-statue-manhattan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU0.q6bk.mRPkLyyIwoMP&smid=url-share</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myths</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bronze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bronze</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StarLore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarLore</span></a></p>
A Blue Box Full of Books<p>From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart. </p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ya</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/yalit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yalit</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/fairytale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairytale</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yalit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yalit</span></a></span></p>
A Blue Box Full of Books<p>The States is a modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, a story of love, obligation, and second chances.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/littlefreelibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>littlefreelibrary</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookdrop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdrop</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/janeaustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>janeaustin</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/romancebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romancebook</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Starry Time Podcast<p>DON'T LOOK BACK (??) & other "takeaways" from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/oprheus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oprheus</span></a> myth in our newest <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> episode here: <a href="https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lyra-myths-and-retconstellations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/</span><span class="invisible">e/lyra-myths-and-retconstellations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myths</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lyra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lyra</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMyth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekGods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekGods</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StarLore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarLore</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StarStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarStories</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Retcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retcons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retelling</span></a></p>
Ian Gregoire (Author) ☑<p>KING MAKER is the first book of Maurice Broaddus’ ambitious KNIGHTS OF BRETON COURT trilogy, a unique re-telling of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arthurian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arthurian</span></a> legend, playing out on the crime ridden streets of an African-American neighbourhood in Indianapolis. Check out my review to find out if the book warrants the plaudits that describe it as The Wire meets Excalibur. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://iangregoire.co.uk/2020/05/15/book-review-king-maker-by-maurice-broaddus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iangregoire.co.uk/2020/05/15/b</span><span class="invisible">ook-review-king-maker-by-maurice-broaddus/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmReadingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmReadingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookToot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasyFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanFantasy</span></a></p>
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