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Just Another Manic Punday

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In Ask Metafilter, Phanx is seeking cookbook joke titles that are puns on classic literature, "eg ‘Loaf of Pi’ or ‘Bun day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,’" while mermaidcafe would like ideas for "Southern Slothic fiction titles." Time to put your mighty lowest-form-of-humor skills to work, everyone!

03/17/24
by taz

Simple Pleasures

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nightrecordings is asking for "recommendations for memoirs and personal diaries written by people who made a conscious choice to live a more ascetic life, and in turn discover how to better appreciate simple, but meaningful, pleasures," and the Ask Me crew is coming through!

03/11/24
by taz

"...magic and mystery boil down to very simple universal truths and lessons..."

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Cupcakeninja posted a link to 30 of the best fantasy novels of all time and we're drawn in by the comments. There's various opinions about what is and isn't on the list, come share your thoughts!

Choose your Throwback Thursday Adventure!

You are looking for something interesting on the internet. Do you: A. Choose a random post on MetaFilter B. Click the link for a look back on the Choose Your Own adventure book series

Best non-fiction books of the 2020s so far?

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clawsoon wants to know which non-fiction of the past three years you will still be recommending in 2030.

12/18/23
by taz

Vibes

"I have never read anything like it"

an array of 14 book covers in two rowsA selection of Kathleen Sully’s novels via neglectedbooks.com

"Kathleen Sully's name appears in no encyclopaedia, in no dictionary of biography, in no other survey of the English novel" ... BenAstrea posted Brad Bigelow's NeglectedBooks.com article "Kathleen Sully, the Vanished Novelist," a nice bit of detective work on an author who seemed to continually mystify her contemporaries.

11/18/23
by taz

Cozy, cozy, cozy

photo of a sunlit, colorful comfy couch with pillows and a patchwork quiltCozy by Anne Marie Clarke

Snuggle up, frens: In Ask Metafilter, azalea_chant seeks Cozy Crime (less trope-y than cozy mystery), signal is looking for Cozy History on everyday life, and churl wants Bedtime Reading Suggestions for Couples.

10/30/23
by taz

A Mystery That Should Not Exist

A years long search for the cover artist of an edition of "A Wrinkle in Time" comes to an end with the help of WBUR's Endless Thread podcast

"All truth is profound"

Moby Dick - Herman Melville (Club français du livre, 1964)Moby Dick - Herman Melville (Club français du livre, 1964) by -ep- (cc by)

I'm reading Moby Dick. It's fun! But I'm sure I'm missing a lot. This is where you come in ... wooh is looking for good explanations and analyses for our favorite great white whale.

07/30/23
by taz

Local Library Love 📚❤️

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SaharaRose's post about ways to support libraries in trying times offers suggestions for individuals and multiple resources to help support US libraries and the freedom to read.

05/02/23
by taz

Checking the Fahrenheit

Book Burning - Quema de Libros - Suns and Book BurningBook Burning - Quema de Libros - Suns and Book Burning by derechoaleer (cc by)

Posted to the blue from Mefi Projects: Banned Book Book Club "displays information about a book that has been banned in American schools 2021-2022, alongside a readable preview of most books (on desktop only) and a link to buy it. Reload to see another one." Amazing, really.

04/25/23
by taz

"a bitter, poisonous read ..."

Come for the "simple listicle designed to elicit clicks and furious argument" (– doctornemo), stay for the explanation of why Lovecraft is an incel (– mittens) in the Esquire 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time thread.

04/16/23
by taz

“ T—S.T.D.—B”

an open book showing the page with the printed notation at the bottomPhoto by whitewall

An interesting discussion on the origins of some printed mystery notations in a 1966 Penguin book: "The bottom of page 33—and only page 33 – in my 1966 Penguin edition of Saul Bellow’s “Seize the Day” has “T—S.T.D.—B” written on the bottom left, opposite the page number. What does it stand for?"

04/08/23
by taz

Lit Listicle

Photo of several of the books included in the listimage via Book Riot

Metafilter members are discussing BookRiot.com's list of 20 genre-defying sci-fi books that broke the mold.

02/19/23
by taz

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