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The next book posted from this account will be Edith Wharton's Summer.

Per Wikipedia:

Summer is a novel by Edith Wharton, which was published in 1917 by Charles Scribner's Sons. While most novels by Edith Wharton dealt with New York's upper-class society, this is one of two novels by Wharton with rural settings. Its themes include social class, the role of women in society, destructive relationships, sexual awakening and the desire of its protagonist, named Charity Royall. The novel was controversial at the time of its publication and is one of the less famous among her novels because of its subject matter.

This will happen over 37 days, starting tomorrow at 8am US Eastern (1300 UTC).

Read along! #tomesclub


I created the bot that does this because I was having a hard time setting aside time for reading novels, feeling like I had to make the time "special". But I was happy enough to read articles and long threads that came across my feed. This bot (inspired, too, by the old DailyLit service) is a way to get that reading in where I already am.

It posts around 1,600 words a day, given a 10,000 character limit and trying to honor chapter and section breaks.

If you want to read along, follow @tomes@phantasmal.work

I just finished Mrs Dalloway, if you'd like to see what posts look like in practice, here's its thread .

[-] ghost@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

I'm nearly done with Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and it's really working for me.

I had been planning on reading As I Lay Dying next, but maybe I'll pick something with a more straightforward POV before jumping to Faulkner.

[-] ghost@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Currently: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. I picked it up somewhat randomly and feeling good about my luck. Sort of has a less depressing Thomas Hardy vibe, though still definitely about people trapped by society and circumstance.

I'm probably going to continue to read reach into the past for novels this year. Not sure what's next, though.

[-] ghost@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

Oh I loved How to Be Both. I've read most of Ali Smith's novels and I'll continue until I've read them all. How to Be Both might be my favorite so far.

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[-] ghost@piefed.social 7 points 7 months ago

You can (and should) fight fascism without "AI". Certainly there are anti-fascist illustrators.

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