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4 votes
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Official Overwatch Novel: The Hero of Numbani
5 votes -
A feud in wolf-kink erotic fanfiction raises deep legal questions about copyright and authorship
18 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
14 votes -
We’re not polarized enough: Ezra Klein’s flawed diagnosis of the divisions in American politics
5 votes -
Let's be comrades: In her book "Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging", American political theorist Jodi Dean wants us to give the word "comrade" another try
3 votes -
Recommend me a book that _________.
EDIT: This is an old thread that's fallen off many people's feeds. See a current version here. Top level comments should fill in the blank with some sort of descriptor identifying a kind of book...
EDIT: This is an old thread that's fallen off many people's feeds. See a current version here.
Top level comments should fill in the blank with some sort of descriptor identifying a kind of book you would like suggestions for. Be as generic or specific as you want.
Replies can then recommend books to that individual.
Examples of what I'm thinking for top level posts, in case my description was unclear:
- Recommend me a book that will make me cry.
- Recommend me a book with a great twist.
- Recommend me a book that deals with loss.
- Recommend me a book about the fall of the Roman Empire.
- Recommend me a book with a main character in her 80s.
- Recommend me a book to help me learn PHP.
29 votes -
Does “The Case Against Socialism” hold up? It does not. A brief look at Rand Paul’s new book
9 votes -
The GOP is the problem. Is ‘human identity politics’ the solution? (Book review of Ezra Klein’s 'Why We’re Polarized')
9 votes -
Algonquin Round Table: How the group of writers became a symbol of the roaring twenties
4 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
16 votes -
Science fiction builds mental resiliency in young readers
7 votes -
Our bookless future
11 votes -
The case for Stanislaw Lem
10 votes -
What business leaders are reading now
4 votes -
What are your favorite non-fiction audiobooks?
I'm about to finish my semester and, since I've been taking a lot of walks lately, I figured I should listen to some audiobooks. In particular, I'd love some suggestions for nonfiction audiobooks....
I'm about to finish my semester and, since I've been taking a lot of walks lately, I figured I should listen to some audiobooks. In particular, I'd love some suggestions for nonfiction audiobooks. I recently read Boom Town by Sam Anderson, a sort of pop history about Oklahoma City and its basketball team, and I listened to Silver Screen Fiend, by Patton Oswalt, about his addiction to movies.
Are there any audiobooks you recommend? Preferably they would be good books that also have particularly good audio versions (well-produced).
Thanks!
10 votes -
Jason Brennan's Good Work If You Can Keep It
6 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
21 votes -
Harry Potter at home - Celebrities will be recording videos each reading a section of the first book, with Chapter 1 read by Daniel Radcliffe now available
10 votes -
Terry Pratchett novels to get 'absolutely faithful' TV adaptations
15 votes -
Nick Carraway is gay and in love with Gatsby
23 votes -
Tildes' Book Backlog Burner Event: Final Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What books did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? Also, given that...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What books did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
Also, given that this is the last update thread:
- How was the month overall?
- Did you enjoy the event?
- Any breakthroughs, standouts, or lessons learned?
- If we did something like this again, what would you change or want to see?
9 votes -
Suggestions for non-fiction books about the decay and decline of human civilisation?
Need suggestions on books on the topic of decay/decline/end of human civilisation I have read Richard Heinberg's End of Growth edit: no fiction please
10 votes -
One of Sweden's best-known authors, Per Olov Enquist, has died aged 85
8 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
17 votes -
Tildes' Book Backlog Burner Event: Week 3 Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What books did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? (Optional!)...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What books did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
(Optional!) Focuses for Week 4 (Last Week!)
- ANYTHING GOES!
Let's burn through these backlogs!
6 votes -
Tildes' Book Backlog Burner Event: Week 2 Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What books did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? (Optional!)...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What books did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
(Optional!) Focuses for Week 3
- Books with an aggregate review score of less than 4.0/80% on Goodreads, LibraryThing, or any other review aggregator
- Books that someone else recommended to you
- Non-fiction books
Let's burn through these backlogs!
7 votes -
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
3 votes -
Tildes' Book Backlog Burner Event: Week 1 Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What books did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? Focuses for Week 2...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What books did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
Focuses for Week 2
- Books in a genre you don't normally read
- Books that you own physical copies of
- Books with more than 400 pages
Let's burn through these backlogs!
8 votes -
Crafting "Crafting Interpreters"
10 votes -
Books briefing: If your attention span is shrinking, read poetry
10 votes -
Why authors are so angry about the Internet Archive’s Emergency Library
10 votes -
Tildes' Backlog Burner Event: Shrink your unread books list this April!
What is this? First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our...
What is this?
First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our attention away from the news, and I know that many of us have accumulated quite the to-read list of books. As such, I'm thinking it could be fun for us to tackle those lists together and collectively clean up our clutter! Let's all burn through our backlogs!
The goal isn't necessarily to completely clear them, just to put a dent in them.
How does it work?
Your "backlog" is all those books you've been meaning to get around to read, but never have yet! For the purposes of this event, an item can be removed from your backlog in one of three ways:
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Finished: you completed the book
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Moved On: you tried it out, but it didn't hold your interest or wasn't for you
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Removed: you are choosing to remove this from your backlog without reading it, likely because it no longer interests you, but really for any reason at all
Use this thread to talk about your backlogs, plan for the month, and once you start reading, inform us of any backlog downsizing and their associated categories. Give us a list of the books you removed. Tell us why you moved on from what you were just reading. Gush about how a particular item held your interest long enough to see it through. The goal of this isn't to read every book you own; it's to explore what you already have in the way that's best, and most meaningful, for you. If you're not enjoying a book, dump it and move on!
If you're not sure what you might write, take a look at a previous backlog post for games to get an idea. Also if you want to keep track of statistics or anything else like that, go for it!
What's the timeline?
I will post an update thread weekly, each Wednesday, for the four weeks of April. At the end of the month, I think it would be neat to tally how many collective books we all removed from our backlogs, as well as what the best finds were from our collective digging into our libraries. I expect we'll turn up some good hidden gems, as well as interesting insights.
Each week, I'll also include some "focus" areas which can help narrow down choices for what to read. Those are just recommendations for fun, however. Read whatever you like, whenever you like, however you like! If it's in your backlog, then it's automatically a good choice!
Do I need to sign up?
You don't have to do anything to officially join or participate in the event other than post in these threads! Participate in whatever way works for you. Also, because this is ongoing, it is okay to make more than one top-level post if you're updating the thread with new information.
Focuses for Week 1:
- Books that have been on your to-read list for more than a year
- Books that have single-word titles
- Books that are less than 200 pages
Let's burn through these backlogs!
Meta Note: I am also running this same event for ~games as well. I am not active in the other media-focused communities on Tildes, but I encourage someone(s) to pick this up and run it concurrently for ~movies, ~tv, ~anime, and/or ~music (and any other places you think it might fit). I like the idea of it being sitewide, with people participating in their media format(s) of choice. Any runners for those groups have my full permission to steal this wholesale, tweak it for their target group, and post it there.
18 votes -
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Dolly Parton will read children's books at bedtime on social media
13 votes -
What's on your bookshelf?
Here is mine but I want to see yours! Feel free to ask any questions about books here!
12 votes -
Down to earth, present or near-future, science or science fiction stories featuring space?
I just finished binging The Habitat, the awesome podcast about NASA's simulated mission to Mars. And I'm feeling the urge to read something along those lines: fiction or true stories and indulge...
I just finished binging The Habitat, the awesome podcast about NASA's simulated mission to Mars. And I'm feeling the urge to read something along those lines: fiction or true stories and indulge my fascination with space (and things coming from it) and how that relates to contemporary imagination.
Any suggestions?
11 votes -
The National Library of Scotland has digitized the first eight editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, issued between 1768 and 1860
10 votes -
Best non-resident library cards for Overdrive access
11 votes -
Norway's hazmat booksellers – two Oslo bookshop owners deliver books wearing full hazmat suits and gas masks in order to raise local awareness
4 votes -
Internet Archive has created a National Emergency Library, allowing users access to all 1.4 million books in their collection with no waiting lists
25 votes -
Growing up in Quarantineland: Childhood nightmares in the age of germs prepared me for coronavirus
6 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
10 votes -
How do you all do "deep readings"?
I'm reading a book right now that I am finding fascinating, but I don't want to forget the thoughts and ideas presented in each chapter by the end. I was wondering what you all do when reading...
I'm reading a book right now that I am finding fascinating, but I don't want to forget the thoughts and ideas presented in each chapter by the end. I was wondering what you all do when reading books like this. In college, I would usually jot down a few notes on the chapter I was reading, but I always found the act of interrupting my reading to write to be very disruptive.
- Do you take notes and highlight directly in the book, or use another notebook or software?
- Do you take notes as you go, or wait until the end of a chapter or section?
I want to arrive at a system that works well for me, so I'm looking for suggestions here.
15 votes -
What should I read next/suggest me a book?
Looking for some illuminating books in the same vein as The Divide by Jason Hickel Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean Dark Money by Jane Mayer What should I read next? TIA!
9 votes -
"Missile Gap" by C. Stross (medium-length scifi novella)
7 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
14 votes -
Book Review: Irrational Exuberance by Robert Shiller
4 votes -
LibraryThing is now free to all
13 votes -
What are some good books about pandemics, epidemiology, and/or infectious diseases?
Understandably, my interest has piqued on this topic cluster (as I'm sure it has for many others), and I should have more time than usual to read in the coming weeks. I also am spending far too...
Understandably, my interest has piqued on this topic cluster (as I'm sure it has for many others), and I should have more time than usual to read in the coming weeks. I also am spending far too long jumping around aimlessly to assorted news articles and would like to tame that nervous energy into a more focused approach on longer writings.
While I'm interested in non-fiction primarily, I'm also open to fiction suggestions. Also, anything that lands in the ballpark of what we're dealing right now with the novel coronavirus fits (though it certainly doesn't have to be specific to coronavirus, nor COVID-19).
7 votes -
Book Review: Hoover
5 votes