#bookstore website

[lethal-spaceship]

please more dipcifica i am on my hands and knees 🙏

SIR YES SIR also feel free to give me any dipcifica requests (twirling my hair giggling)

when I got this ask I was like:

[booksophile]

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

And because of Fanny’s grounded nature, kindness, and unwavering principles, characters like Henry Crawford, Sir Thomas, and even Edmund, who faltered due to temptation, changed their views and behaviors.

Historical fiction books like Mansfield Park (historical because we are already in the 21st century) require patience to understand Fanny’s cautious nature. It is unpredictable and nuanced. While Mansfield Park is not one of the bestsellers fiction books of Jane Austen, like Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, it is complicated and courageous. 

The substance of the novel is layered beautifully in the surroundings of Fanny Price’s life, which is a stark and shocking contrast to her simple character and her superior understanding of people’s feelings. And that, readers, is exactly what makes her a Jane Austen heroine. 

To end, Jane Austen is an expert in satirizing the narrow mindset of society that believes that marriage is the ‘ultimate achievement’ for young ladies, as it is associated with good fortune and a position in society. 

It is a must-read by Jane Austen’s fans who can easily understand the humor and sarcasm behind her words and for those who are interested in exploring Bestsellers and fiction books from the 19th century. 

And if you want to read this book, you can buy it from Booksophile, one of the best-selling websites for historical fiction books and online law books. 

[escapeintoaworldoffiction]

Bars And Shadows: The Prison Poems Of Ralph Chaplin , has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

[whyshouldyoureadoldbooks]

Why Should You Read Old Books?

Your favorite writer just launched another thriller book, but your best friend suggested ordering a world classic, unabridged version from the Booksophile bookselling websites. So, why should you go back in time and order rare, old books from book-selling websites?

This same question was in our minds before we read Paradise Lost, the Call of the Wild, and Beyond Good and Evil.

In an article, Jean-Paul Sartre emphasized that authors shouldn’t think about future generations but write for their own time.

The books of the modern world simply address the challenges of modern life, and that makes it more urgent to read the year’s best books. They not only provide pleasure but also understand 21st-century readers. Not least, you will sleep better knowing that you have done your part to keep up with the current literature and scholars.

While that’s true, we still emphasize people reading old books. Old books are the foundations of learning, gaining familiarity with music, art, and history, and getting acquainted with new languages, cultures, and world literature. These books actually provide the ideas and works that shape human civilization.

So, the question remains, is it important to read old books? Should you order from an old bookstore website?

Yes, not only for the sake of reading but also for developing your vision, for growth, and for improving knowledge. Old books have a personality, and they add to your personality. Today most books are adulterated with dark humor, modern-day chaos, technology, and relationships abuses.

But an old book, particularly the first prints ordered online from book shopping sites like Booksophile, are goldmines for pure literature.

While the main reason for you to read an old book is that you want to read (and it also makes people think that you are smarty-pants), other reasons why you should be reading more books from the previous century are:

They enrich with knowledge before the pre-technology era — knowledge that new books won’t have or may not be presented accurately.

Reading an 18th-century novel is literally traveling through time. You can jump from 2023 to 1550 in a matter of a few minutes. And you get to play each character in the book and visualize how they lived, loved, and learned.

Reading old books take you back to simpler times when things were more than Facetime and creating reels.

Old books give an excellent view of a specific period’s social and political construct and people’s behavior, mentality, culture, and literature of an era gone by. Reading one will give you an idea of how things have affected society and social norms today.

Best Place to Buy Books Online

Reading a book means escaping from reality. Old books are no different. Online book shopping sites like Booksophile have thousands of books from the centuries gone by, written by famous authors like Jack Landon and Jane Austin. You can browse and order books online from one of these bookselling websites.

We recommend Booksophile as one of the best site to buy books online because they assure quality and originality.

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[heedra]

a thing i think is good to keep in mind, and this does not invalidate or diminish concerns about the state of art under capitalism or storytelling in mass media, is that, if you go out and snuffle around in the places in the world where the art that is further from your immediate line of sight dwells you will find enough interesting art to eat well in your mind for your entire life

[owlbelly]

sometimes i do actually forget that Realm of the Elderlings is technically/nominally "about an assassin" (it's in the title of every book in the first trilogy & 2/3 books in the last trilogy) because "assassin" is in fact one of the last words to come to mind when i think about Fitz

honestly i love that Robin Hobb said "let's make the main character of this series a professional assassin, but give him the skillset & temperament of an axe-wielding berserker. oh and he'll put every last point of his stealth training into Bisexual Self-Deception"

[charlott2n]

where are you finding cheap books theyre like $15 a piece here what

thriftbooks!! it will change ur life

[volcanicsleep]

i need that tmnt x naruto comic like i need water

[kingdomoftyto]

Hi, happy spooky month, I have a ✨manga rec✨!! And in the spirit of the season, it's a horror story! >:3c

I want to spoil as little as possible because I went into this manga essentially COMPLETELY blind and, honestly, imho, I imagine it's the ideal way to experience the story. I literally first heard about it from a random youtube comment on a video about an entirely different manga--one which, mind you, had VERY different themes, which colored my preconceptions and added to the surprises for me later on!

ANYWAY, what I mean by all that is I'm going to start with the simplest possible summary of the premise, and if that's intriguing enough for you to give it a shot, then I recommend diving right in!! But, if you still need more of an in-depth, slightly spoilery rec? Then I'll gush a bit more under a cut to see if I can hook your attention.

With all that out of the way,

The Summer Hikaru Died is a horror/supernatural story about a high school boy named Yoshiki whose best friend (Hikaru) went missing in the mountains outside of town. What comes back is... something else. It looks, acts, and talks like Hikaru, but it's not him, and Yoshiki is the only one who seems to notice.

The only other thing I knew going in was that the commenter made a brief mention of the "Hikaru"-thing protecting Yoshiki, which seemed odd but intriguing alongside the rest of the premise.

So if that's enough for you (plus the fact that I'm telling you I haven't stopped thinking about this story since I read it two weeks ago), then please check it out! There are only 5 volumes so far!! Suffer through the wait for the rest with meeeeee ಥωಥ

More spoilery extended rec below the cut:

📣THESE MOTHERFUCKERS GAY*!!!📣

📣GOOD📣FOR📣THEM!!!📣

I know what you're thinking, and YES, it appears to be BL between the TIMID HIGH SCHOOL BOY and the ELDRITCH HORROR WEARING THE SKIN OF HIS BEST FRIEND.

And it's SO GOOD.

No SERIOUSLY, for real though, I had NO inkling going into this that it was even in the realm of possibility that it would involve romance

Let alone a nuanced, slow burn, VERY QUEER romance layered with ruminations on grief and identity and one's relationship to society

(ON THIS NOTE, I must advise up front that I DO NOT KNOW if this story will end in tragedy... It's still ongoing, after all! BUT, I think either way it will be an amazing story and... maybe I'm just delusional, and though this may be considered spoilery in itself, the most recent chapters have me optimistic that we might indeed be on track for some sort of happy ending... eventually.)

Anyway, I cannot express enough how incredible it was to uncover this aspect of the story organically without knowing about it beforehand. Born and raised in a rural village, Yoshiki is deep in the closet, and that's reflected in how subtle the hints are at the beginning. Over time, it starts to become clearer and clearer, but always with a layer of plausible deniability, at least if you're not expecting it to take such a queer turn. ("Hikaru" literally makes a ton of "no homo" style jokes early on, which... god don't get me started--)

As you might guess, Yoshiki had feelings for the real Hikaru before his disappearance, and ooh boy does that affect how much the grief and guilt and fear play into things. It's delightfully fucked up.

So yeah. I 100% expected the plot of this manga to revolve around the intrigue of the monster finding out Yoshiki knew its secret, the fear of not knowing when the monster would strike next, etc, but NO! That particular "reveal" happens within the first 10 pages, and then the entity just kind of... lives the life of a high school kid! He's kind of a little shit, but for the most part, he's a nice boy! Yoshiki is the only one who knows who "Hikaru" really is, but much of the tension comes from him having to come to terms with that, rather than the fear itself.

...and also the OTHER horrors and mysteries. There's tension there too, considering it's where the actual plot lies, lmAO. Just because "Hikaru" isn't a totally evil monster doesn't mean there aren't a lot of grotesque and scary things in here. Most of this manga I would classify more in the "supernatural" genre than "horror", but in those moments it DOES delve into horror, it goes pretty damn hard. I remember more than one moment where I felt sharp regret about reading it in the dark at 2 a.m. 💀

Still, if you dare, it's worth the read. I can't recommend it enough.

P.S. I wouldn't say it's a "funny" manga but it does nonetheless have an amazing sense of humor. There are a handful of actual jokes and gags that did have me rolling, but more importantly there's an unspoken, implicit acknowledgement of how absurd this all is, in that way only good self-aware horror can achieve. Take the main character Yoshiki for example. The image I used of him up above? The unsettling camera angle, the haunted look in his eyes? That's just how he always looks. The panel after that one shows that all he's looking at on his phone is a text from his sister reminding him to pick up wasabi flakes.

P.P.S. There's apparently an anime adaptation coming out sometime? I'll probably watch it, but I expect something will be lost in translation. We'll see, I suppose.

*- To be precise: Yoshiki is gay. The creature that takes Hikaru's place has a more nuanced (and alien) perspective on sexuality, and... I'll leave it at that.

[see-arcane]

In which we see the food chain of the Vampyre. Better work on those table manners, sir.

Minor update for The Vampyres!

The unfathomably cool Vampire Media People who I still can't believe said yes are almost ready with their respective reviewing and foreword dealies. Once I have those it'll be time to format all the pages, the table of contents, and the back cover blurb before I cannonball into the Publishing Process.

I am full of terrified (but excited!) butterflies c:

[tellmeomuse]

aitnists week 19

The main story is finished serializing on Patreon! 🥳

So Chapter 19 just hit AO3 and Chapter 20, the final chapter, is now on Patreon. There is still one more additional scene I'm going to post there, but not until after the main story is finished serializing on AO3.

Once both sides are finished serializing, I'm going to take aim at the ebook, which I'm hoping to have up and ready by mid-October. That said, the responses I got to the survey really made me reconsider how I was intending to handle the publishing side of things... I'm still learning about my options and stewing on the best way forward, so the ebook might take a little bit longer.

(I'll have a post up about my thoughts there later.)

Anyway, onto this week's chapters!

And In The Night, I See The Stars (Ch.19) OMC/Minotaur | Chapter Rating: T | Chapter Length: 3k words Phaidros is used to making sacrifices to ensure a safe voyage -- but every man has his limits. -------------- And In The Night, I See The Stars (Ch.20) OMC/Minotaur | Chapter Rating: T | Chapter Length: 3k words Phaidros and Asterion speak in the light of rosy-fingered dawn.

In addition to this week's chapters, I also posted the last Designing post on the free tier of Patreon. It's about Asterion's injury from Ch19, what it looks like, and why that's extremely important.

Like I can't overstate how important it is, tbh, to the point where I might post spoilers on main after the AO3 crowd has had a chance to read Ch19 just to make sure everyone has access to the info.

Anyway! For now, though, thanks as always for reading and I hope you enjoy.

[bookie-the-reading-junkie]

Rational Me: Okay, I spent more money than I anticipated this summer and I want to be a little more frugal next semester--

me: i wanna buy the demon slayer manga box set

Rational Me: You--did you not just hear what I said?!

me: i've already read it twice, i might as well buy it, especially when i'll need it for a reference for writing

Rational Me shaking me by the shoulders: IT'S OVER TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS

me: support local businesses

Rational Me: *screeching* DO YOU EVEN HAVE SPACE FOR IT

me: . . .we'll burn that bridge when we get to it

[escapeintoaworldoffiction]

Escape into a World of Fiction: Our Top Picks for Must-Read Books

Fiction books have always been a popular form of entertainment and escape for readers. From classic literature to contemporary bestsellers, fiction books offer a wide range of stories and genres that can captivate and transport readers to different worlds and perspectives. In this blog post, we will be discussing some of the best-selling fiction books of all time, as well as some of the most popular contemporary bestsellers.

One of the most popular and enduring fiction books of all time is "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Published in 1813, this classic novel tells the story of the Bennett family and their interactions with upper-class society in early 19th century England. Pride and Prejudice, Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.

Another classic novel that has stood the test of time is "The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Published in 1903. The Call of the Wild is the story of a dog in the frozen Yukon told from his point of view. But this brilliantly told tale of a canine hero is in fact a graphic picture of the great gold rush to the Klondike in 1897. Brutal and fierce on one hand, it is also a story of tenderness and loyalty between man and beast and remains one of the best-selling books in American.

Moving on to more recent times, "Paradise Lost: The Greatest Epic Poem by John Milton. Paradise Lost is written in blank verse and was originally published in 10 books in 1667. The second edition was published in 1674 with 12 books (books 7 and 10 each were split into two parts). It was one of the best fiction books of the 17th century. 

Another recent bestseller is "The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel, which was published in 1890, is set in a post-apocalyptic world where children are forced to participate in a brutal annual event called the Hunger Games. The novel explores themes of sacrifice, survival, and rebellion and has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. This thrilling best-selling fiction has all the signatures of Doyle’s writing – a gripping, easy yet difficult, and fast-paced story. Arthur was able to add a lot of things in just a few pages. The story opens with a revelation that Holmes had been heavily dosing himself with cocaine almost three times a day. It was as if he was either injecting drugs or solving cases – there was no in-between. 

The War of the Worlds: A timeless masterpiece by H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds is one of the oldest best fiction books to portray the battle between humans and hostile extraterrestrials.  

This science fiction was written long before books were adapted extensively into feature films, resulting in one of the most realistic and stimulating sci-fi books ever published on extraterrestrials where the content and plot weren’t purposely moulded to suit a film with special effects. 

The World of the Wars by H.G. Wells, first published in 1897, describes events following an uncanny invasion of Martians on our planet Earth. Depressing, inhuman, & crippled monsters land on Earth like meteorites before turning into grotesque fighting machines on tripods.You can buy this book at Booksophile online fiction bookstore. 

These are just a few examples of the many best-selling fiction books that have captivated readers for generations. Whether you're looking for a classic novel or a contemporary bestseller, there is a wide range of fiction books available to suit any taste. So, pick one of the above mentioned books and get ready to lose yourself in a captivating story.

[bigassbowlingballhead]

my avoidance of people has won out and i ordered the other three green creek novels from a different book store.

[jackies-ear]

Aaahhhhh i finally emailed the new bookstore asking if they were hiring and she replied and I have a chat/interview tomorrow!!!

[thicc-astronaut]

crazy how all my college professors go "I reccomend a physical textbook it's much more convenient than a digital textbook" but then the school's official bookstore only offers online e-rentals for most of our texts