Post B2GDBAvdLlC5cpAEtM by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
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(DIR) Post #B2G3kDakRQGqTjSxiS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T23:54:30Z
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You ever read a book that you liked so much that you thought "if I were in prison, but I had this book I would not mind at least until I was done reading it"
(DIR) Post #B2G3uJvHkyen0htCdc by CStamp@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T23:56:18Z
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@futurebird Depends on if I had a private cell. ;)
(DIR) Post #B2G3wfOMuF4qAtbybI by izzyamar@beige.party
2026-01-13T23:56:44Z
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@futurebird I'm not sure if I ever thought about it in quite those terms, but now that you mention it, yes!!! The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss comes to mind (and it's a long one, so I'd be okay for a while!), as well as two books by Tom Robbins - Still Life With Woodpecker, and Another Roadside Attraction.
(DIR) Post #B2G3zuJhs9mLKdyajw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T23:57:18Z
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It's important for those of you who may have written, or might yet write a book to know that nearly every book that I've liked *this* much wasn't some big hit. Not some acclaimed work. It was just a book that finally found one of the people who would love it. And your audience is out there too. It might be like six people, but will you deny them freedom?
(DIR) Post #B2G7e5GMtUKUj7GQuu by KateOfMind@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T00:38:10Z
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@futurebird How did you get your hands on a copy?
(DIR) Post #B2G7poxlK60leE9qzI by KateOfMind@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T00:40:20Z
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@futurebird Oh thank goodnesshttps://openlibrary.org/search?q=Consider+her+ways++Frederick&mode=everything
(DIR) Post #B2G8DvYyR3UB4H3fPM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T00:44:42Z
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@KateOfMind I bought it on Abebooks. I collect books about ants. Please don't tell anyone.
(DIR) Post #B2GDBAvdLlC5cpAEtM by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-14T01:40:11Z
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@futurebird I always thought of it as being stuck on a desert island (prison didn't enter my mind but maybe it's more appropriate in these times. )The book is Awakening Osiris (1988), a poetic translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Normandi Ellis. I haven't changed my mind in almost 40 years.
(DIR) Post #B2GEhbzINe3slguKye by Burn_this_@beige.party
2026-01-14T01:57:15Z
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@futurebird Murderbot!
(DIR) Post #B2GPEa2bdbatpRocj2 by KateOfMind@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T03:55:17Z
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@futurebird The only one I have is by EO Wilson of course. But I'm gonna read this one because it sounds like fun!
(DIR) Post #B2GQM98ldaEQfWrwci by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T04:07:54Z
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@KateOfMind This is a lot more silly than Wilson.
(DIR) Post #B2GSRrAbZ07Ka3Zxzs by LJ@zirk.us
2026-01-14T04:31:15Z
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@futurebird Thank you for this. I needed to read it. I'm struggling to stay motivated with the draft of the sequel to the book I released last February. Book 1 has sold so few copies. And I know that numbers decrease the further into a series you go. But the people who have read it - it's meaningful & important to them. It's important to me to tell this whole arc of story well. To give the characters their truth. So I keep going. Word by word.
(DIR) Post #B2GtcapdLY55r9789w by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2026-01-14T09:35:45Z
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@futurebird I mean, sure, I could sit in prison for an hour without too much bigger