#bookstodon

See tagged statuses in the local BookWyrm community

2026 Book 1: Death in Trieste by Jason

It's been a while since I've read any of Jason's work, and although he's one of my favorite cartoonists, I don't remember things being so... weird. Engaging and enjoyable, but very weird.

I think 2026 now needs to include a re-read of all his previous books!

https://bookshop.org/a/100022/9798875001253

Death in Trieste by Jason

โ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ! ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต.โž

Here Sam will autoplay five of the best YouTuber books recommended for you.


๐Ÿ”— https://www.booknotification.com/blog/5-top-youtuber-books-to-add-to-your-reading-list/

This is an engaging historical survey highlighting the very different reality of the 'colonisation' (if you can call it that) of tropical Australia.

Europeans were often little more than bit players in the settlements and industries that developed in these regions, and the impact of the implementation of the White Australia policy was devastating to many of these places.

Many indigenous communities were devastated too, of course, but in many places remained relatively undisturbed, well into the 20th century.

One thing that particularly struck me was the powerfully racist rhetoric that was par for the course in Australian political discourse up to at least WWII. Mainstream Australian politicians were spouting white supremacist views that had different primary targets but were otherwise indistinguishable from what was coming out of Berlin throughout the 1930s, for example.

This is only 200-odd pages, and is very readable so not in โ€ฆ

cover of Henry Reynolds' 2025 book Looking from the north: Australian history from the top down

In case you missed it, Ann Bannon's "Women in the Shadows" has been posted in form by Project Gutenberg. It's part of the whole "Beebo Brinker" saga.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77570

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Bannon

Storygraph has a challenge to read every day in January. To get into the habit of daily reading.

Would love to hear from others whodo this

Is daily reading really something new for you?

For me I think the challenge is more daily tracking. The challenge helps me to do that, but I'm not sure I want to keep that up.

Five stars:

Murder in Waiting by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (Narrator) (2020) is the eleventh book in the Tourist Trap mystery series. Amy's wedding is coming up and Jill is doing her best to help plan a bachelorette party. But she's distracted by the hit and run death of Frank Gleason, the historical society man who has been epically slow at approving the wall at her home for preservation.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_01/murder_in_waiting.html


@bookstodon

Cover art

The Nature Embedded Mind explores...vital questions...regarding the broken relationship between humans & nature. Our persistent & shared delusion that we are different from the rest of nature is at the heart of why we behave in ways that destroy our own habitat. ...These pages combine the latest scientific research, personal stories, and writing prompts that will allow you to expand your own thinking.

Article Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-01-13/the-nature-embedded-mind-excerpt/

Get the Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-nature-embedded-mind-how-the-way-we-think-can-heal-our-planet-and-ourselves-julie-brams/e3c7c4d8fa68a785

The Nature Embedded Mind: Excerpt Julie , originally published by Resilience.org January 13, 2026 Conversely to Hansel and Gretel who left breadcrumbs to find their way out of the woods, we find ourselves now stranded in our civilized, industrialized, digitized cage and needing to find the trail back into our Wilderness. Photo of the author sitting on a tree stump, and image of the new book cover, an illustrated line drawing of a face with colored flowers here and there. โ€“ No Greater Time Than Now (excerpted from The Nature Embedded Mind: How The Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves by Julie Brams) "Human-Nature connection plays a significant role in our health, the health of our planet, and our ability to return to a sustainable culture where humans live in balance with the rest of nature. This sustainable culture is a nature embedded way of life that stems from a nature embedded mind. This way of thinking and behaving is best exemplified by our Indigenous ancestors and our current Indigenous contemporaries. However, itโ€™s also a way of life that has no racial identity and is the natural birthright of all human beings. We are all born from Earth, and we all have the capacity to live in connection with Earth...."