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@Jax67@mastodonapp.uk · 4h ago
The sheer quantity of printing errors in this book made me so angry that I corrected them in red pen and then marked them to better see how bad it was. 46 obvious errors - wrong words, spelling mistakes, twice a whole phrase was repeated. I really wasn't proofreading it, I'm sure there will be more. Well done Arrow Books (typeset by Replika Press Pvt) for a shit experience, I hope to never give you any more of my money. Pic taken in my dinning room, where I did not have a grain on my face (yes those are actual examples). #books #reading
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@RailAndy@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 24, 2026
22nd April: An awful journey in. No info #Reading train was going to be that late. Due to that lateness, I missed Bus & only scraped getting in on time by getting train instead: 2V38 07:39 #Reigate to #DorkingDeepdene: 29 minutes late: Signal failure between #Redhill & #Reigate. 1D18 08:32 #Dorking (Main) to #Leatherhead: On time. 1O80 18:31 #DorkingDeepdene to #Reigate: On time. #GWR delays: 1 hour & 45 minutes. #Southern delays: 13 minutes. #GreatNorthern delays: 3 minutes #Thameslink delays: 2 minutes. #SouthEastern delays: 3 minutes. #SWR delays: 3 minutes. Total delays: 2 hours & 9 minutes. #GWR On time: 11. #Thameslink On time: 3. #GreatNorthern On time: 1. #Southern On time: 3. #LondonOverground On time: 2. #SWR On time: 1. #GWR Cancellations: 4 (2 full Cancellation, 1 skipped later stops, 2 Part Cancelled). Total On time: 21 / 49 trains. 2025 Stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113798558464526915 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats:
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@Doubleaa@gamepad.club · 1d ago
Wheel of Time book seven complete! Now on to Path of Daggers. But not tonight. I’m very quickly approaching all new material because I believe I was partway thru eight when I stopped reading before. #WheelOfTime #Bookstodon #Reading
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@soheb@pkutalk.com · 1d ago
Finished Mort by Terry Pratchett today. I enjoyed the book, thought it was good! It really needed more Death - he was such a stand out character! The book is full of funny and intelligent quips! I found the pacing of the plot to be a bit all over the place, though. #books #booksky #book #bookstodon #reading #readingcommunity
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@readit@mastodon.social · 2d ago
John Hollander’s poem Kitty and Bug is self-explanatory in its simplicity. The cat’s unpunctuated, almost stream-of-consciousness thoughts fit into a physical ‘cat’ shape, while the bug – in sharp contrast – is but a 3-letter word near the edge of the page. Happy #Caturday ! #poetry #poem #cat #cats #kitty #catsOfMastodon #books #reading #literature #bookstodon @bookstodon@fedigroups.social
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@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk · 3d ago
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@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk · 3d ago
#LesFicFri "MISTAKE" “Stop treating me like a child.” “Stop behaving like one.” Polly backed off the bed and on to the floor. “Look, you made a mistake. Everybody does. You owned up to it, you said you apologised to Ursula.” “I did.” “So, let it go.” Veronica pushed herself up in one smooth motion and landed in front of Polly. “That’s easy to say, Polly,” she said. “It’ll haunt me for the rest of my life.” “Well, don’t dwell on it.” Polly lifted Veronica’s hem and tutted. “Not straight. Let’s get you sorted.” From THE TASTE OF VERONICA by Stephanie Bull (a pen-name of Steve Turnbull), from Book 2 of VERONICA'S LIFE #sapphic #lesFic #writingCommunity #wlw #writing #reading #lesbianVisibilityWeek
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@crafts_and_cats@mastodon.social · 4d ago
Hello! I’m Bee and as my username suggests I love doing #crafts. I am also rather obsessed with #cats and am owned by 2 of the creatures myself. I mostly do #knitting #crochet #crossstitch and #embroidery but I also dabble in other crafts from time to time. I intend to post on this account about my craft projects and I hope to meet other like minded crafters! I may also post about #books from time to time, since #reading is another big hobby of mine. #introduction
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@sophiajanehayden_author@indieauthors.social · 4d ago
A travel book. In the steamy globe-trotting romance novel, Flicka's LOVERS, Flicka travels to Japan, China, Thailand, Paris, Germany, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. She gets around other places, too. This backdrop is Paleochora, Greece. #travel #fun #novel #novels #books #bookstodon #booksky #Readers #reading #readingCommunity #people #places #world #destinations #globe #fiction #romance #romanceReaders #romancelandia #marissa #book #booktok #writer #author
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@sophiajanehayden_author@indieauthors.social · 6d ago
I still cry happy tears at the end, and I wrote it. #free #tuesday #bookstodon #mastodon #reading #read #readers #author #authors #writing #writingCommunity #writer #ebooks #ebook
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@LehtoriTuomo@mementomori.social · 6d ago
In our latest study, we examined how Finnish children read and integrate information across multiple expository texts when given an inquiry task. We were interested in how task-relevance of text information affects readers' eye movements and whether the eye movements are connected to the quality of an essay written after reading. We were also interested in differentiating between the effects of technical reading skill and reading comprehension in respect to these processes. In total, 24 fifth and sixth grade Finnish native-speakers completed the experiment. Prior to testing, the participants were told that at the end of the testing session, they would have to complete an inquiry task (e.g., “What's the difference between human and dog hearing?”). During an eye tracking experiment, the participants read two science texts on the topic of the inquiry task. The texts contained both task-relevant and task-irrelevant text segments. After the reading task, the children wrote an essay to complete the inquiry task. Furthermore, participants' technical reading skill and reading comprehension were measured with an independent classroom test. It was shown that the task-relevant segments were read longer than the task-irrelevant segments during first-pass reading. Moreover, reading skills modulated the effect of relevance, as weaker comprehenders were less likely to regress within an irrelevant segment. Furthermore, the relevance effect was more pronounced for the better technical readers with respect to look-backs. No reliable effects were found for the essay-writing task. The results imply that the participants were able to detect which parts of the text were relevant and adjusted their reading accordingly, based on their reading skills. However, they did not seem to form a coherent memory representation of the relevant text contents in order to perform well in the essay writing task. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjop.70099 #reading #MultipleTextComprehension #EyeTracking #relevance
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · 6d ago
A culinary adventure https://thistleandfern.org/p/half-baked-022?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Sarah---Thistle-and-Fern #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author #poetry
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@Rasta@zeroes.ca · Apr 26, 2026
A library is telling patrons how much money they save by going to the library #Books #Library #Reading #Receipt
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@elena@aseachange.com · Apr 26, 2026
👩‍💻​ My So Called Sudo Life: Jailbroken Kindle edition 📖​ If you followed my #Jailbreaking adventures this past week, I'd like to add a final chapter on the positive effect it had on my reading habits. Long story short: I used to be an avid reader and I had sadly lost the habit of reading books in the last couple of years (blaming tiredness at the end of the day). I had been looking for a system to encourage me to get back on track. When I found out about #KOreader and #SimpleUI I was totally smitten: an elegant interface that kept track of my reading stats? Sign me up! In the photo I've attached you can see my reading stats for the past week - aka since I started using KOreader and SimpleUI. If you don't want to squint / find it harder to read: my daily reading average is about 40 minutes. Not bad! I'm just absolutely delighted by this. #KindleJailbreak #reading #books #habits #MySoCalledSudoLife
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@NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art · Apr 25, 2026
I just learned that the last saturday of April celebrates Indie Bookstore Day. So, please buy your books from Indie stores. Yes, even if they don't have dragons 😜😁 #Indie #Bookstore #IndependentBookstoreDay #Bookstodon #Reading #Books My book is available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA
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@skymoo@floss.social · Apr 25, 2026
Been wanting to read The Laundry Files by @cstross@wandering.shop for quite some time and finally started The Atrocity Archives. So good! I’m going to be burning through this series! #Reading #LaundryFiles #bookstodon
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 23, 2026
Measurements in Time https://keiraofthestars.beehiiv.com/p/measurements-in-time?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Keira-of-the-Stars #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author #poetry
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 23, 2026
https://twp.ai/9OVXtp #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author #poetry #lyrical #beautiful I catch myself mid-sentence, forgetting what I was saying because the thought of her walked in and made itself at home.
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@RLRVivaldi@social.vivaldi.net · Apr 23, 2026
While reading Murakami’s “The City and its Uncertain Walls” I came across a weird symbol near the spine on page 38. Part of me knows it’s a print artifact, but another hopes it’s more: a mystery; a gateway; a sign. Yeah, that’s how deeply I read. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading
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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online · Apr 19, 2026
Happy National Library Week! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week #libraries #NationalLibraryWeek #LibraryWeek #books #reading #bookstodon
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