#Books

Sian Cain

siancain

I've seen some people tweeting the Guardian's Not the Booker prize this year - and as someone who helps put it together each year (with the wonderful @samjordison) I thought

Oba Bosque

AshwagandhaAli

The Amish retention rate used to be a lot lower. The rise in the retention rate can be explained by the Amish shifting from public schools to private Amish schools.

Dr. Caroline Bartman

Caroline_Bartma

These are my top 10 sci fi books! @RMedzhitov •Grass, Sheri Tepper•The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell•The Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge•Stories of your life and others, Ted Chiang•Never let

Sophia Says Black Lives Matter

VanillaIsBlaque

Unpopular opinion but "having children is bad for the environment" is a bad take Why a generation is choosing to be child-freehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/25/why-a-generation-is-choosing-to-be-child-free Same as &quo

Alex and Books 📚

AlexAndBooks_

On a quest for your next great read? Here are 4 of my favorite book recommendation sites:(thread) 1) FavoBooksThis site has book recommendations from outstanding people throughout history.Learn what

Livi⁷ | yoongi baby ♡

pocketdiminie

So I saw a tweet recently with that fic reader revoke card crap where someone said if you read fics you have to read books or you're missing something and

Keith Alexander 🍉

keithalexander

It's interesting how different the theoretical carbon saving/cost of doing something can be from observations of people doing it in real life. Car ownership & use has a large carbon

Karl Knights

Inadarkwood

In 2006, nondisabled school children (in Years Two to Six) were asked for their thoughts on whether disability appeared enough in the books they read. Here's what they said. These

Tshepo Is Fine

TheJoyScribbles

The reactions to this tweet are weird. I don’t think Lala means you’re on your own like you’re expected to coparent. She’s talking about readjusting friendship to accommodate that someone

Kingfisher & Wombat

UrsulaV

Okay, the bit where they said reluctant readers are just looking at the pictures...godDAMN but that makes me angry.https://twitter.com/veronikellymars/status/1281747557643886598 I spent a good decade of my life writing and illustrating

Vanessa Freedman

vrfreedman

Next Ekaterina Oleshkevich on the Schneerson Collection in @Leninka_ru #AJLConnect20 First three Chabad admorim didn’t have any marks of ownership in their books 5th and 6th admorim (19th/20th cent) were

Carrie Harris

carrharr

This morning, I read this article about the Internet Archive. I have thoughts. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/83971-internet-archive-answers-publishers-copyright-lawsuit.html (1/?) I'm not a huge

Chris Geidner

chrisgeidner

“I am sick and tired of reading and hearing such goddamn demeaning, degrading bullshit about me and my friends.” Wow. Responses to Joseph Epstein’s essay are harsh. Although that seems

Laurel Cremant / Snark Maven

LaurelCremant

I remember my first ereader. It was a Sony with a carmel leather case gifted to me by my now husband. I remember purchasing my first ebooks and not blinking

Henry Sotheran Ltd

Sotherans

it's been years and I still cannot get over the fact that the rare book industry basically survives on Book Fairs, which are like dusty, suspiciously hidden conventions where everyone

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

Fox and Friends some years ago attacked Mr. Rogers because he said all children are special. Their argument was that it would make children entitled. What Republicans want is for

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