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[Microblog] Stressed?

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 09/04/25. Theme: Nursed Back to Health.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Nursed Back to Health.#nursedbacktohealth #therapythursday #butchfemmefiction #lesfic #sapphicbooks #amreading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

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[Microblog] That's our Emily!

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That's our Emily! Cheerful as always.

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Be forewarned if you haven't seen Materialists yet, this does a really deep dive into the movie while cross-referencing Jane

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Be forewarned if you haven't seen Materialists yet, this does a really deep dive into the movie while cross-referencing Jane.

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[Microblog] Stressed?

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 08/28/25. Theme: Cozy Mystery.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Cozy Mystery.#cozymystery #therapythursday #butchfemmefiction #lesfic #sapphicbooks #amreading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

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Not withstanding the signature evocations of his own death, Robespierre's speech made him sound to deputies less like a man who is ready to die than ...

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Not withstanding the signature evocations of his own death, Robespierre's speech made him sound to deputies less like a man who is ready to die than a man who wants to kill.

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I've finished: City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

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I've finished: City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

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[Microblog] Stressed?

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 08/21/25. Theme: Magic.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Magic.#magic #therapythursday #butchfemmefiction #lesfic #sapphicbooks #amreading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

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In addition to the write-up about the upcoming P+P cast: * More than 78K Austen novels have sold this year thus far (compared to 64K for all of 2024) * The Folio Society's special edition Auste…

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In addition to the write-up about the upcoming P+P cast:* More than 78K Austen novels have sold this year thus far (compared to 64K for all of 2024)* The Folio Society's special edition Austen collection will range about $1000 USD

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I've finished: Brother Bronte by Fernando A

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I've finished: Brother Bronte by Fernando A. Flores

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I've finished: The Unwaba Revelations by Samitt Basu

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I've finished: The Unwaba Revelations by Samitt Basu

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[Microblog] Stressed?

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 08/14/25. Theme: Return to Hometown.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Return to Hometown.#returntohometown #therapythursday #butchfemmefiction #lesfic #sapphicbooks #amreading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

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A thing I love about Austen's work is how immensely quotable it is

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Light green flowered background. There are two lines of medium green curlycues at the top and bottom of the image. The text reads, "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours, he replied, with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them." Below the bottom two golden yellow lines, it says, "Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen"

A thing I love about Austen's work is how immensely quotable it is. All you need to do is open up one of her books and you'll soon enough find a quote to your liking!

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To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along during 2025

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Image of a stack of books. At the top it says "Happy 250th." Below it says, "The Great Austen Read-Along." Each book in the stack has a title of an Austen book with the final book has a link to the website.

To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along during 2025. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to austenconnection.substack.com/.

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Kate Beaton is a comic artist who had a semi-regular web series called Hark!

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Black and white comic of the Brontës man watching on the moors.

Kate Beaton is a comic artist who had a semi-regular web series called Hark! A Vagrant! (harkavagrant.com/). She's ended the series, but her archives are a wonderful backlog of her poking fun at history.

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I've finished: Gund of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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I've finished: Gund of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Another instance of an event I cannot attend because I don't live in the UK

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Another instance of an event I cannot attend because I don't live in the UK. But yes, 150 years of illustrations for Austen books? Yes, please!

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 08/07/25. Theme: Against All Odds.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Against All Odds.#againstallodds #therapythursday #butchfemmefiction #lesfic #sapphicbooks #amreading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

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I was not aware that a new S+S is coming down the pipeline!

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I was not aware that a new S+S is coming down the pipeline! It's from Focus Features (who also did P+P 2005) so hopefully this will be good. Additionally, Fiona Shaw plays Mrs. Jennings here, AND she's playing Lady Catherine de Brough over at Netflix's P+P. She's on an Austen kick!

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Over at Netflix's Tundum blog, they announce the complete casting of P+P

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Over at Netflix's Tundum blog, they announce the complete casting of P+P. Rufus Sewell is Mr. Bennet! And my heart will not protest, nor lie, but I will be throwing Mr. Bennet a bit of my female gaze.

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A well-thought-out piece on Austen, her influence, and where to start reading her works

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A well-thought-out piece on Austen, her influence, and where to start reading her works. The author is cognizant that where to start with Austen is super subjective so she breaks down what book you should read and why.

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Feersum Endjinn by Iain M

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scifi book cover

Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks

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16 to go in the next 5 months!

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to read list

16 to go in the next 5 months!

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I've finished: Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory

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I've finished: Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory

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Every paragraph is like this

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Page 21 of Werner Hertzog's memoir that shows the paragraph: It was only in stag mating season that we really had to be careful. A bicyclist was set upon by a furious stag and fled under a narrow bridge, pursued by the crazed animal. It took the clashing of some empty tin cans to drive him off. There were some eerie encounters Once, in broad daylight-my brother is my witness-the whole slope behind the house was suddenly alive with weasels, all pouring down-hill in the direction of the stream. I don't think it was a dream, al-though it's always a possibility. We had sometimes seen the odd one or two, but this must have been dozens. Lemmings are given to these mass movements, but never in my life did I hear of anything like this ascribed to weasels. A few of them fled between the logs of a woodpile, and I went looking for them but couldn't find a single one. The surroundings were full of puzzles. On the far side of the stream, on the way to the village, there was a lofty forest of spruce, the so-called Fairy Forest that we were leery of going in. In a tight gorge behind the house was a waterfall with a pool partway down before it plunged into the river that was always full of clear water that was as cold as ice. Occasionally, tree trunks came down it, and that gave the spot some aura of jungle. I saw Sturm Josef-Sepp, we called him-bathing stark naked and scrubbing himself all over with a brush made from some root. He didn't seem to be a human figure...

Every paragraph is like this.

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To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long

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Image of a stack of books. At the top it says "Happy 250th." Below it says, "The Great Austen Read-Along." Each book in the stack has a title of an Austen book with the final book has a link to the website.

To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to austenconnection.substack.com/.

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Here is a list of upcoming # JaneAusten and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months

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Here is a list of upcoming #JaneAusten and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. There is a lot here from book clubs to movie nights and everything in between. Check the event websites for more information, including time, cost, and registration details.

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 07/24/25. Theme: Erotica/Erotic Romance.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Erotica/Erotic Romance.

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[Microblog] Yay!

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Yay! #VirtualJaneCon is here! If you don't want to hang out with me for 30 minutes talking about Austen merch, I provided a quick bullet point of my presentation.

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There are over 100 movies and TV shows dedicated to Austen and the Brontë that are available on most US streaming services

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Vintage TV with an image of Jane Austen on the screen.

There are over 100 movies and TV shows dedicated to Austen and the Brontë that are available on most US streaming services. Everything, from variations of Pride and Prejudice to modern adaptations of Austen and the Brontës books, is available! excessivelydiverting.net/

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I'm reading Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

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I'm reading Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. It's like someone smashed a regular-joanne life story novel with an alien's anthropological reporting. Insightful. Tender. Always approaching, never landing.

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[Microblog] It's here!

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Beech wood bookshelf. On the shelf is a stack of Austen books, there Austen inspired Funko Pops, an Austen cande, a tube of Austen lip balm, and a coffee cup that says, "Pride and Prejudice" on it.

It's here! My presentation for #VirtualJaneCon2025 is now live! In this presentation, I speak on the beginning of Austenmania and why Janeites are so obsessed with owning Jane. You can find my video 👉🏻 youtu.be/b013KsmrFCo.

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I've finished: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

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I've finished: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

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[Microblog] Stressed?

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Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 07/17/25. Theme: Second Chance.

Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Second Chance.

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Is anyone else reading—or has read— Moonbound by Robin Sloan?

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Is anyone else reading—or has read— Moonbound by Robin Sloan?

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I've finished: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

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I've finished: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

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I've finished: The Book of Love by Kelly Link

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I've finished: The Book of Love by Kelly Link

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Two years ago I listened to the audiobook Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz, which turns out to be the SECOND book in the "Horowitz's Holmes" series

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Cover for The House of Silk (A Sherlock Holmes Novel) by Anthony Horowitz #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Cover simply shows the title in gold ink made to look old-timey and handwritten superimposed against a black (silk?) cloth

Two years ago I listened to the audiobook Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz, which turns out to be the SECOND book in the "Horowitz's Holmes" series. I liked it so much (Sherlock Holmes is hard for me to not like) that now I'm getting around to The House of Silk, which is the first.

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Just restarted Marrow and Bone by Walter Kempowski Had begun this last summer but never got beyond the first couple pages

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Just restarted Marrow and Bone by Walter KempowskiHad begun this last summer but never got beyond the first couple pages. This year I am in!!#books #bookstodon @bookstodon #amReading

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