My favorite quote for today:

“Politics is a matter of choices, and a man doesn't set up the choices himself. And there is always a price to make a choice. You know that. You've made a choice, and you know how much it cost you. There is always a price.”
― Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men

#Quotes
#GreatBooks

Looking for a great read with a transmale main character? Try out My Heart Is Human, where a father is trying to save his daughter while an AI is taking over his mind!
#greatbooks
#NewRelease
https://amazon.com/dp/B0C57HTVHH

Great Googly Moogly! Out of the few thousand books that I have read in my life, #DemonCopperhead is in the top 10. #BarbaraKingsolver stuck the landing perfectly. The #Pulitzer folks got this one right.

#GreatBooks #ImInLove

@theappletree

While I think the gravitational force to #RightWing extremism is powerful, there are some who I think are persuadable. Minds do change. How? A great book to read is “How Minds Change” by David McRaney. I’d say it was the most meaningful book I read last year

I’ll check out “The Wave”. I’m not familiar with Morton Rhue

#Books #GreatBooks #Persuasion

It's time for #PrideMonth and great #reads! Check out these #scifi, #fantasy, #urbanfantasy, #spaceopera, #dystopian, and #superhero #books!
#LGBTQIA
#readerscommunity
#greatbooks
https://books.bookfunnel.com/pridesffreads/7we3y806cq

"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."

"In fact," said Mustapha Mond, "You're claiming the right to be unhappy."

"All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy."

--Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932

#Quotes
#BannedBooks
#GreatBooks

Who is smart, by the way?

To me, you are smart if you are open, adventurous, and curious — if you bond with others quickly and have a great sense of humor — if you can analyze difficult situations quickly and act accordingly — if you are self-aware, confident, and always have a positive mindset — and of course, if you are good with money.

#greatbooks #learning #medium

https://medium.com/mind-cafe/4-books-so-brilliant-they-can-make-you-insanely-smart-3d46e015469

Someone hold my hand. My senior got into #StJohnsCollege and it's her first choice and I want it for her but it's financially draining on both her and us before she even gets to grad school. If she just did a standard #liberalArts degree and not the #greatBooks program, we have another college acceptance that would get her through undergrad debt free. Yes, I grasp the extent of our #privilege but we still have to choose. #johnnies perspective would be welcome

Just finished listening to the Dirk Maggs radio adaptation of “Good Omens” and although I loved it, I prefer the TV version. Having said that, the TV version is inferior when compared to the book! All versions are worth spending time getting to know though and I thoroughly recommend all three #GoodOmens #BookVersusTelevisionVersusRadio #RadioComedy #GreatBooks #TVAdaptation

Hi Twitter
Q; what do you do with such ancient treasures as a complete #Encyclopaediabrittanica or #greatbooks (each with their own bespoke bookcase??
Cleaning out mum’s affairs hard enough-what can you do with old books these days?
Where’s that circular economy?

Until two days ago, I thought the name "mouthbreather" was an epithet used to describe someone with dubious intelligence and even worse manners (dare I say white and/or MAGA?). Then I started reading the book #BREATH by #JamesNestor.

Turns out folks of European descent (myself included) have forgotten the health and wellness benefits of nose-breathing. Indigenous folks and other cultures have practiced nose-breathing since the beginning of time. #ReadAlong #GreatBooks #Health #Breathe

'Africa is Not a Country' by Dipo Faloyin is so very worth a read to better understand the world and the impact of colonialism - and, if you're a writer - to better understand great writing.

Inspired, sharp, funny, horrific, provocative and vibrant, this is a history book and commentary that feels alive in your hands.

#greatbooks #bookreview #BookRecommendation #Bookstodon #DipoFaloyin #AfricaisNotaCountry #writingcommunity

#introduction #introductions
Hey now! I'm Jeremy.
I ski, hike, backpack, and run, with the Horsetooth half marathon and the BolderBoulder 10k planned next. I'm a Linux system administrator with a pedestrian commute to work. I participate in the Online Great Books program reading Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War next, arrange my physical and race training with the help of a future.co coach, participate in my Storyline Arvada community, and shake off comfort a bit with regular challenges like cold showers in The Strenuous Life community. I enjoy friendly, intelligent people and expect you're one of them. Grateful to be here!
#greatbooks #books #rhel #redhat #skiing #hike #running #backpacking #camping

Earlier I asked about the"new to you" author that you discovered in 2022.

Now I want to know about an under-hyped author that you love?

What author/series/book needs to be more widely read? My answer is in the replies.

#BooksThatNeedLove #Authors #Reading #GreatBooks #EyeHeartBooks

This goes out to all my #reading people out there. Who is the “new to you” author you found in 2022? What did you like about them? What book do you recommend? I’ll go first:

I discovered the Canadian author #GuyGabrielKay He’s notable for taking real life historical eras and turning them into fictional high fantasy. The majority of his books are standalone with a few two-book sets thrown in. I happily recommend #TIGANA but any book is a good starting point. #GreatBooks #Books #AmReading

We've quite enjoyed reading modern retellings of myths and tales, the nest example being Margaret Miller's retellings of Greek myths, like the following:
madelinemiller.com/the-books/

We read the "Song of Achilles" after reading Homer's The Iliad and it was a wonderful counterpart to the original I just wish we had time to read more of these, but there are so many #GreatBooks to read with him before he leaves for college!

5/n

Moby Dick is a great work because manages to soar while not taking itself too seriously. Melville via Ishmael delivers a grand paean to whaling that centers the bloody, exploitative, and frankly absurd nature of the business.

I understand he finished a rather simple, semi-autobiographical draft, then binged Shakespeare and decided to rewrite it as a grand tragedy. I'd love to see what that process was like.

#mobydick #WhaleWeekly #greatbooks #writers

@whit_whal
@bookstodon

Our #BookBank is open and our shelves are full of beautiful free books for children who need them most for equity in literacy, learning, and life — so come on in and stock up for the new year!

Check out the link to Give Books, Get Books, Donate, and Volunteer!

https://www.childrensbookproject.org/

#ChildrensBookProjectSF #NorCalNonProfit #GiveBooks #KidsBooks #NewYear #2023 #GreatNonProfit #MoreBooks #MoreReading #Donate #GreatBooks #Literacy #ChildrenLiteracy

@berinkinsman as Mortimer Adler puts it, history is a branch of fiction

#greatBooks #bookstadon #writersCommunity

Just reminding myself how much I loved this book. #Read #GreatBooks