Showcasing Books You (Likely) Won't Hear Of Anywhere Else Book Blogger/ Book Reviewer of ~2K books & counting across nearly every imaginable genre and interest
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fwiw, very nearly *any* take that says 'no reader' or 'no male reader' does something...
... fails when it comes to *me*.
I read wider both in content and demographically than damn near *anyone* you or I know, and if you don't believe me, well, you can look at my @Goodreads or @thestorygraph histories. ;)
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My secret to reading so wide demographically:
I pay *zero* attention to it at all.
I read what looks interesting. Period.
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Crichton is good. Great, even. Classic, at this point.
For more recent stuff, read @ryanpatrickauth, @JRobinsonAuthor, @bowengreenwood, @YuvalKordov, @jmleduc1, @boowalkerbooks, @davidwoodweb, @DPLyle, Michael McBride, David McAfee, and I really could go on and on and on here...
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Heading out to meet up with @JRobinsonAuthor, @KaneGilmour, @XanderWeaver, @jmleduc1, and a few others at Robinsonfest 2026 in St. Augustine in a few.
There *will* be at least some video and pics today.
May even be a livestream tomorrow...
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I don't know how long it will be there, but the @OnyxBoox Palma 3 is *finally* available in the US!
Just ordered mine! :D
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Many generations have passed. The world is now run by AI supercomputers. Even new humans are grown in artificial matrices. "Fluid exchange" between humans is completely banned, and it has now been several generations since the last person who ever remembered how has died.
One person is entrusted with reviewing the code the supercomputers run on, but even this person is only allowed one week per year to do so, and is severely restricted on which files they can look at. It can only be done deep inside the supercomputer's compound at one specific terminal, and no other human is allowed inside at all.
Finally, one day many years after starting the job, this person stumbles out of the compound and approaches the reporters desperate to hear what they have learned.
In a wail, the person proclaims "STIMULATING! The code was supposed to say *STIMULATING* contact!"
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Econ 101, almost verbatim
A grocery store that runs out of eggs loses customers. One that orders too many loses money.
Somewhere between those failures is the quantity shoppers actually want.
Markets give stores an incentive to find it.
Central planners had five-year plans. Walmart has inventory data.
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Not just this, but a generation (+) growing up being told they don't have to read books they find "problematic" only leads to them never being able to deal with people who think one iota differently than they do.
A generation of kids growing up without reading is a generation losing the muscle for empathy. Books are training grounds for imagination, for slipping into someone else’s life, someone else’s grief, joy, fear, or mess. They teach you to sit with feelings that aren’t yours.
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In 16 years of buying Kindle books, I've learned a few things and maybe have a tip or two...
16 yrs ago today, I bought my first Kindle book. Since then, I’ve built a library of over 9,000 of them - and done so for an avg price per book of just $1.69.
Here’s a brief look at my own data and some tips for how to build your own library on a budget.
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Really proud of how this music turned out.
Really disgusted with @SenRickScott, @SenAshleyMoody, and @RepRutherfordFL forcing their constituents to go to school in the dark so that they can play an extra round of golf in the evenings with their "donors".
July 15 - October 29, 2026.
~6AM Eastern Delusional Standard Time.
Why did @SenRickScott, @SenAshleyMoody, and @RepRutherfordFL all vote to force @DuvalSchools students to go to school all year in the dark?
Along this road alone there are at least 4 schools directly on this road, including two which students have been seen crossing this divided six lane boulevard on foot between their homes and their schools.
#DitchDST @SaveStandard
Music created with @ElevenLabs. Pictures entirely my own, both photo and text.
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I am one of no more than 24 people who have read a certain book releasing in April 2027 *AT ALL*.
*This book has a 1* rating on Goodreads already - and not from any of us!*
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That time when a Big 5 publisher sends a blatantly bigoted email... but it is misandrist, so few will call out @AtriaBooks...
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Finally did the "My Nine Books" thing.
I have tattoos from the top left and bottom right corner books... :D
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The answer is in this post, btw... teapaw.org/BookAnonJeff/status/21…
Well this is interesting.
Apparently Amazon no longer recommends free books on their main Kindle Deals pages.
Every single book I see when looking today is 0.99 or higher, and if it is 0 it is because it is actually Kindle Prime and to buy is still 1.99 or higher.
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