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I live in Michigan but when I close my eyes I see Middle-earth! Author of Golden Light, first book in the Wands and Roses series. Website is http://www.danielshieldswrites.com

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The first book in the Wands and Roses series is available now ๐Ÿ™‚
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

04.02.2026 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€œWrite a wise saying and your name will live forever.โ€ Unknown Author.

โ€œWrite a wise saying and your name will live forever.โ€ Unknown Author.

03.02.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This video is mesmerizing. I suppose the person with the lighter is real life "fireman" as Bradbury envisaged the term!

04.02.2026 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A heat sensitive edition of the iconic Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451, which depicts a future in which all books are burned. (Fahrenheit 451 โ€“ the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burnsโ€ฆ).
(By French publisher, Super Terrain).
#BookSky #ReadingPledge

01.02.2026 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just read this myself and I strongly recommend it. Even better than The Martian and the ending is superb!

04.02.2026 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The IT cover is almost on par with the Jurassic Park logo. In a world where the term "iconic" gets abused, this is one instance where iconic is absolutely warranted.

04.02.2026 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I enjoyed this book but the last death toward the end went just a little too far for my taste. Great tension and very well written, though!

04.02.2026 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a great elevator pitch and title!

04.02.2026 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same, although I don't know if anyone can capture the political complexity of ASOIAF. Even George doesn't seem to be able to recapture that magic.

04.02.2026 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even damaged that cover looks great! The burned out P is clever and immediately gives off a mysterious vibe.

04.02.2026 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A dramatic, artistic composite portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797โ€“1851), the English novelist best known as the author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). The image overlays a classic 19th-century oil painting-style depiction of Shelleyโ€”shown in a three-quarter view with pale skin, dark curly hair parted in the center and falling softly around her face, large expressive brown eyes gazing directly and thoughtfully at the viewer, and wearing a low-cut black off-the-shoulder gown typical of Regency-era fashionโ€”onto a dark, textured background filled with layers of translucent, handwritten manuscript text in faded ink. The overlaid script appears to be excerpts from Frankenstein (or closely related drafts), featuring Mary Shelleyโ€™s own elegant, flowing cursive handwriting with crossed-out words, revisions, and phrases such as โ€œthe wretched phantom,โ€ โ€œcatastrophe,โ€ โ€œlimbs,โ€ โ€œrain,โ€ โ€œwindow,โ€ โ€œfeatures,โ€ โ€œgreat God,โ€ โ€œskin scarcely covered,โ€ โ€œwork of muscles and arteries,โ€ and other evocative fragments describing the Creatureโ€™s creation and appearance. The text swirls and overlaps around her face and shoulders like ghostly memories or the very pages of her groundbreaking novel coming to life, creating a haunting, literary effect that symbolizes how her personal experiences, intellectual circle (including Percy Shelley and Lord Byron), and the famous 1816 ghost-story contest at Villa Diodati inspired one of literatureโ€™s most enduring and influential works on creation, responsibility, isolation, and the ethics of science.

A dramatic, artistic composite portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797โ€“1851), the English novelist best known as the author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). The image overlays a classic 19th-century oil painting-style depiction of Shelleyโ€”shown in a three-quarter view with pale skin, dark curly hair parted in the center and falling softly around her face, large expressive brown eyes gazing directly and thoughtfully at the viewer, and wearing a low-cut black off-the-shoulder gown typical of Regency-era fashionโ€”onto a dark, textured background filled with layers of translucent, handwritten manuscript text in faded ink. The overlaid script appears to be excerpts from Frankenstein (or closely related drafts), featuring Mary Shelleyโ€™s own elegant, flowing cursive handwriting with crossed-out words, revisions, and phrases such as โ€œthe wretched phantom,โ€ โ€œcatastrophe,โ€ โ€œlimbs,โ€ โ€œrain,โ€ โ€œwindow,โ€ โ€œfeatures,โ€ โ€œgreat God,โ€ โ€œskin scarcely covered,โ€ โ€œwork of muscles and arteries,โ€ and other evocative fragments describing the Creatureโ€™s creation and appearance. The text swirls and overlaps around her face and shoulders like ghostly memories or the very pages of her groundbreaking novel coming to life, creating a haunting, literary effect that symbolizes how her personal experiences, intellectual circle (including Percy Shelley and Lord Byron), and the famous 1816 ghost-story contest at Villa Diodati inspired one of literatureโ€™s most enduring and influential works on creation, responsibility, isolation, and the ethics of science.

Novelist, poet & essayist Mary Shelley died #OTD in 1851.

Daughter of famed philosopher & feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley is best known for her 1818 Gothic novel ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ: ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด.

poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-w... #literature #litsky #booksky

01.02.2026 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Books are like therapists made of paper ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

04.02.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This time it's purrrrsonal

04.02.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Claws beer

Claws beer

Best beer ever! #AuthorSky #BookSky #HorrorSky

03.02.2026 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#booksky

02.02.2026 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The duality of book worms!

04.02.2026 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

George is a genius but I feel like the first three books were a firmly plotted trilogy and the next two just don't have that structure to their story.

04.02.2026 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just want to say that's a great title for the book. Feels like I spend 99% of my life on side quests๐Ÿคช

04.02.2026 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here, as Ferris Bueller would say, "Life comes at you pretty fast." Oh wait that dates me to way back in the 1900s ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.02.2026 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Magic Made in New York City

19.01.2026 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cat with psychedelic fur licking catnip and thinking "I swear this catnip is medicinal"

Cat with psychedelic fur licking catnip and thinking "I swear this catnip is medicinal"

10.01.2026 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Poetry and magic are sister arts" quote over bridge.

"Poetry and magic are sister arts" quote over bridge.

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06.01.2026 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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