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<p>🦊</p><p>I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.</p><p>Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:</p><p><a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres</span><span class="invisible">h-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ydatubook/" rel="tag">#YDATUbook</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/techlabor/" rel="tag">#TechLabor</a> <a href="/tags/unions/" rel="tag">#unions</a> <a href="/tags/techunions/" rel="tag">#TechUnions</a> <a href="/tags/1u/" rel="tag">#1u</a></p>

<p>The trailer for Season 2 of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast has dropped! I’m ridiculously proud of the guest list I’ve curated for us to try to make sense of the 21st century together – where we’ve been, where we’ve ended up, and where we’re going – all through the lens of art. Find out who’s joining me next and hear about the upgrades coming to this podcast. I&#x27;d love to have you as a listener!</p><p><a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/screenwriting/" rel="tag">#screenwriting</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#writinglife</a> </p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841</span></a></p>

<p>IndieAuthors.social is a Mastodon server for independent self-published authors to discuss writing and support each other. Fans of their work are also welcome.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://indieauthors.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>indieauthors.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://indieauthors.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>indieauthors.social/about</a> or contact the admin accounts <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>admin</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@steaphan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steaphan</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthors/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthors</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>The beginner&#x27;s guide to <a href="/tags/srop/" rel="tag">#SROP</a> books, Part 0</p><p>As one place to start... There&#x27;s a complete list of <a href="/tags/srop/" rel="tag">#SROP</a> titles on <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> here, at the SROP Librarian&#x27;s account:<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/164943049-library?shelf=%23ALL%23" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/list/164943049-library?shelf=%23ALL%23"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/list/</span><span class="invisible">164943049-library?shelf=%23ALL%23</span></a><br>Each of those links to a book page where you might even find a review to reassure yourself that the books are real.<br>(Maybe save this thread for future reference?)<br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>A surprising number of medieval scribes were women</p><p>New research estimates around 8,000 of those manuscripts could still exist today.</p><p>By Andrew Paul</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/science/medieva</span><span class="invisible">l-women-book-scribes/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#oldmanuscript</a></p>

<p>Das erste Buch aus der <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> ist „Ferdinand der Stier“. Es erschien 1936 und war radikal bzgl. seines Verständnisses von Männlichkeit und dem hohen Wert von Individualität. Auffällig ist, dass Ferdinand nie Teil einer Gesellschaft ist. Er ist der glückliche Außenseiter, der nicht kämpfen will, sondern viel lieber (allein) an Blumen riecht.<br>Ferdinands Pazifismus bleibt für ihn folgenlos, ganz im Gegenteil zu dem Buch, das wir als nächstes vorstellen. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a></p>

<p>Green Queer Erotic Love Magic is the sometimes poetic and sometimes discursive imagination of a green queer erotic love-based anarchy. It discusses the meanings of green, queer, erotic and love and argues for the imagination to create &quot;anarchy&quot;. </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/gqelm-c" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.org/details/gqelm-c</a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#green</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/erotic/" rel="tag">#erotic</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#love</a> <a href="/tags/anarchy/" rel="tag">#anarchy</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/imagination/" rel="tag">#imagination</a> <a href="/tags/pagan/" rel="tag">#pagan</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Fae Reviews makes videos about books, especially the romantic fantasy (romantasy) genre. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/video-channels&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}, {&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://makertube.net/a/faereviews&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}, {&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://makertube.net/accounts/faereviews&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews</span></a></span> </p><p>They&#x27;ve already uploaded more than 30 videos. If these haven&#x27;t federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/faereviews/vid</span><span class="invisible">eos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow their blog at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.faereviews.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews@faereviews.com</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>

<p>I liked this, quite a lot 💖📖 ...</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

<p>The March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine is coming soon for our members, featuring some of our best reporting, a sneak preview of Lise Olsen&#x27;s new book, Justin Miller&#x27;s vital political analysis, and more.</p><p>Become a member: <a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/join/</span></a> </p><p>(📸 Cover photo by Shelby Tauber) </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>

<p>Last Stand on a Dying World<br>Semper Audacia, 99¢ Space Opera <br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauthor/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauthor/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauth</span><span class="invisible">or/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a></p>

<p>Leave the Internet Archive alone!</p><p>Except for book publishers, the Internet Archive has done no one any harm. But that hasn&#x27;t stopped hackers from beating up on the site over and over again.</p><p><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3593110/leave-the-internet-archive-alone.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.computerworld.com/article/3593110/leave-the-internet-archive-alone.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.computerworld.com/article/</span><span class="invisible">3593110/leave-the-internet-archive-alone.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/digitallibrary/" rel="tag">#digitallibrary</a></p>

<p>My latest <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> is available in <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> format!! 💫 </p><p>It&#x27;s about two women undercover agents who find themselves in need of a new pilot in order to complete their mission.</p><p>It is set in universe of empire and <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#colonialism</a> and the dispossessing of indigenous people. </p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bWa70q" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/bWa70q</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#Scifi</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#Resistance</a></p>

<p>“If we can succeed in restoring a play-based childhood, then we’re going to see, I think, big benefits to mental health.” </p><p>Jonathan Haidt Brings New Evidence to the Battle Against Social Media<br>The author of “The Anxious Generation” shares his latest research about the harms social media is doing to children.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.ND__.ZER4HyfZPmJE&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.ND__.ZER4HyfZPmJE&amp;smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/pod</span><span class="invisible">casts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.ND__.ZER4HyfZPmJE&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/smartphones/" rel="tag">#SmartPhones</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/youth/" rel="tag">#youth</a> <a href="/tags/adults/" rel="tag">#adults</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/australia/" rel="tag">#Australia</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/play/" rel="tag">#play</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/anxiety/" rel="tag">#anxiety</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#depression</a> <a href="/tags/sexualharassment/" rel="tag">#SexualHarassment</a> <a href="/tags/cyberbullying/" rel="tag">#cyberbullying</a> <a href="/tags/sextortion/" rel="tag">#sextortion</a> <a href="/tags/suicide/" rel="tag">#suicide</a> <a href="/tags/aicompanions/" rel="tag">#AIcompanions</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/porn/" rel="tag">#porn</a> <a href="/tags/gambling/" rel="tag">#gambling</a> <a href="/tags/vaping/" rel="tag">#vaping</a> <a href="/tags/sportsbetting/" rel="tag">#SportsBetting</a> <a href="/tags/cryptoinvesting/" rel="tag">#CryptoInvesting</a></p>

<p>So the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/@dedication_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dedication_bot</span></a></span> now has a dedicated website with over 3,000 scanned book dedications!</p><p><a href="https://bookdedications.glitch.me" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookdedications.glitch.me</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookdedications/" rel="tag">#BookDedications</a></p>

<p>Coca-Cola has a new AI-powered ad that proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book — except he didn&#x27;t write the words, and it&#x27;s not his book. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span> explains what happened — and the irony of using Ballard&#x27;s words in a commercial built with technology. &quot;The ultimate role of &#x27;Crash&#x27; is cautionary, a warning against that brutal, erotic and overlit realm that beckons more and more persuasively to us from the margins of the technological landscape,” Ballard wrote in his 1995 introduction to his most famous work.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/mp9fCF" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/mp9fCF</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/jgballard/" rel="tag">#JGBallard</a> <a href="/tags/cocacola/" rel="tag">#CocaCola</a> <a href="/tags/lifestyle/" rel="tag">#Lifestyle</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>

<p>&quot;Little Brother&quot; von Cory Doctorow ( <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> ) handelt davon, wie schnell die eigene Heimat zum Feindstaat werden kann, wenn die Freiheit der Sicherheit untergeordnet wird. Und davon wie schnell die Technik, die uns ermächtigt und vernetzt, zum Mittel der Überwachung und Unterdrückung werden kann. Dabei macht Doctorow Mut mit den Mitteln der Technik für die Demokratie zu kämpfen. <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#bücherwabe</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>&quot; I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.&quot;<br>Have His Carcase</p><p>English author, poet, and playwright Dorothy L. Sayers died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1957. Sayers is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, an aristocratic amateur sleuth. She wrote several plays, including The Zeal of Thy House and The Man Born to Be King. Sayers also translated major works, notably Dante’s Divine Comedy. </p><p>Dorothy L. Sayers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/45867</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Magic of Mucha</p><p>This Czech artist’s lush, irresistible designs helped define art nouveau.</p><p><a href="https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/march-april-2026/the-magic-of-mucha/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lcm.loc.gov/issue/march-april-2026/the-magic-of-mucha/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lcm.loc.gov/issue/march-april-</span><span class="invisible">2026/the-magic-of-mucha/</span></a></p><p>Illustrations made by Mucha at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44270" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44270"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44270</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p>

<p>A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old brick factory 📚</p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/eur</span><span class="invisible">ope/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#Library</a></p>

<p>Five Good Books about Mental Illness. As a parent and caregiver for an adult living with a serious psychiatric illness, I have read a lot about the subject. Here are my five favorite books about psychiatric illness. </p><p>An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (1996) by Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD. The best memoir about living with a serious mental illness and the best book overall that I have read about mental illness, in this case bipolar disorder. Fine literature written by a brilliant author who earned a PhD in psychology and has been awarded about a dozen honorary doctorates. It is inspirational. </p><p>The Mad Among Us: A History of the Care of America’s Mentally Ill (1995) by Gerald Grob, PhD. The author was a medical historian who wrote this balanced and objective book about the history of psychiatry. It includes the good and the bad. Despite the unfortunate title, this is a great non-fiction book about the history of psychiatry in the USA. </p><p>We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication (2010) by Judith Warner. This book, written by a journalist, was originally intended to be a critique of psychiatry and the parents of children with mental illnesses. But as the author met families and did her research, she changed her mind and wrote a balanced book about parents trying to help their children. As the author points out, we parents are not eager to put our children on psychiatric medications; in fact the opposite is true. </p><p>Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of An American Family (2020) by Robert Kolker. This biography was written by a journalist about the lives of a large family with twelve children, six of whom were eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. It is intense and disturbing, as is living with schizophrenia. It is not an encouraging or feel-good book. </p><p>Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are (2018) by Kevin Mitchell, PhD. This book by a neuroscientist is more broadly about neuroscience, rather than specifically about mental illness. But the author addresses serious mental illness and the state of our knowledge about possible underlying causes of it as a developmental disorder. This book focuses on modern scientific evidence, rather than assumptions and the blame game often associated with attitudes about mental illnesses. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/caregiving/" rel="tag">#Caregiving</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/schizophrenia/" rel="tag">#Schizophrenia</a> <a href="/tags/neuroscience/" rel="tag">#Neuroscience</a></p>

<p>My local public library is handing out bookmarks that say this: &quot;A book a day keeps reality away.&quot;</p><p>Amen.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>Book number 9 for the year finished!</p><p>This time I read The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang. It was quite good! I loved all the characters and the different shops in the market! It was a very chill book with surprising action. I also appreciated the twists and turns at the end. I even teared up a little bit!</p><p>I give this book a 4.5 out of 5!</p><p>Only 26 books left until my goal!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingchallenge/" rel="tag">#readingchallenge</a></p>