#bookstodon

Mira los estados con etiquetas en la comunidad local de Lectura Social

La literatura tiene futuro entre la generación Z: “Hay una comunidad enorme de lectores y escritores jóvenes”

> En un mercado difícil, los menores de 30 años se han creado su propio lugar a través de editoriales independientes que tratan temáticas distintas y ofrecen nuevos referentes

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Estoy con la saga de The Boys of Tomen de Chloe Walsh. Terminé Binding 13, y estoy con Keeping 13. Madre mía, no esperaba tal drama, y una profundización tan heavy en el tema del bulling y sobre todo de la violencia doméstica. Empecé la saga porque está ambientada en Irlanda, y salen muchas cositas, nombres, términos que he aprendido viviendo aquí, y al leerla en inglés también usa jerga de aquí. Sabía que había romance, pero no era consciente del dramazo que iba a ser.

Estoy leyendo Lecciones de Química, Lessons in Chemistry de Bonnie Garmus y estoy llorando mucho. Lloro sobre todo de impotencia porque a pesar de que no deja de ser una novela, mucho de lo que cuenta fue, y sigue siendo en muchos casos real, y duele, duele mucho ver como las mujeres han sido, y siguen siendo maltratadas, despreciadas, utilizadas e infravaloradas, y no sé si por ser yo mujer, me duele el doble.
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There's a lot of wisdom and truth to be found in Sir Terry Pratchett's writing, and I think that this quote is so indicative of that, and so effective at getting the point across in the simplicity of what Granny Weatherwax is saying.

It's also characteristic of how, even at his wittiest and most caustic, and even when he was writing his most grumpy and no-nonsense characters, he never succumbed to cynicism and misanthropy. There are a lot of things making the Discworld books special, and the amount of heart that can be found in those stories and characters is probably at the top part of that list.

“And that’s what your holy men discuss, is it?” “Not usually. There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example.” “And what do they think? Against it, are they?” “It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.” “Nope.” “Pardon?” “There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” “It’s a lot more complicated than that—” “No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”  ― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

‘El abismo del olvido’ (Astiberri), el cómic de Paco Roca sobre las fosas del franquismo, premiado por los críticos

César Sebastián, con su 'opera prima' 'Ronson', reconocido como Autor Emergente en los premios de la Asociación de Críticos y Divulgadores de Cómic de España (ACDCómic)

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https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20240221/comic-paco-roca-fosas-franquismo-98473600

Ive been trying to track down a book I read and loved as a kid and have searched for, but can't remember the author or title, so thought maybe the fediverse could help me track it down.

I read it in the late 80's / early 90's, but I remember the cover art being a bit "old fashioned" so it technically could have been published the 70's or earlier.

The story revolved around a kid/kids moving to (or just spending the summer at) an old American farmhouse that was haunted by the ghost of a young boy in "wild west" style clothes. The main plot is the kids solving the mystery of the ghost boys death, that involved a train heist 100 years earlier and the boy being killed for betraying the gang who did the heist.

I think. like I say, I read it 30+ years …