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The world around changes but the book remains a safe place to immerse myself.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/eoinho/statuses/116427757128215665</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/eoinho/statuses/116427757128215665</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[eoinho@mastodon.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:09:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:30:52 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@readit@mastodon.social</a> Come to <a href="https://bookrastinating.com/hashtag/107">#BookWyrm</a> ! There are a ton of us here.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bookrastinating.com/user/Sasu/status/1106613</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bookrastinating.com/user/Sasu/status/1106613</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sasu@bookrastinating.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:30:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:08:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> Flowers For Algernon! Now that's been awhile!</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Eetschrijver/statuses/116427516866662355</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Eetschrijver/statuses/116427516866662355</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[eetschrijver@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:08:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:19:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> The Little Prince is for a reason one of the best selling and most translated works ever, I think. Always thought it would be "only a nice children's book" until i read it.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116427323886315829</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116427323886315829</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lankohr@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:19:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:37:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Have you checked out bookwyrm.social? If so, what do you think of it?</p><p>I set up an account over there about a year ago, but didn't find it to be very intuitive and not very easy to use, but maybe that was just me.</p><p></p><div class="card col-md-9 col-lg-6 position-relative link-preview p-0">

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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">Do you enjoy reading books? There's a social reading platform on the Fediverse called BookWyrm, which is a free open alternative to Amazon Goodreads. Lots more info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading

BookWyrm lets you import your existing account data from other platforms including Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary and Calibre.

If you want to use BookWyrm's features you should join a BookWyrm server:

➡️ https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances

#FediTips #Books #Reading #BookWyrm #GoodReads</p>
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Many of them are as famous in Germany as in US.. .<img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f49a.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--green_heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💚" alt="💚" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/arielle/statuses/116427158027577103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/arielle/statuses/116427158027577103</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[arielle@det.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:37:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:50:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> I’m a reader.  Currently reading The Memory Police and Pastoralia.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/dylanmorgan/statuses/116426974906027403</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/dylanmorgan/statuses/116426974906027403</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dylanmorgan@mas.to]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:50:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:44:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> Yesterday I was sitting in a med waiting room with 20-30 people. I felt totally out of place, I was the only person with a book.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/A_Minion/statuses/116426947969159181</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/A_Minion/statuses/116426947969159181</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[a_minion@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:09:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> "A man called Ove" is a wonderful hearwarming book, I love it <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f60a.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--blush" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😊" alt="😊" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/115955866739878785/statuses/116426813933145225</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/115955866739878785/statuses/116426813933145225</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cofycat33@cyberplace.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:09:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:25:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/theprivacydad%40social.linux.pizza">@<span>theprivacydad</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>This is a real story of Billy Milligan’s madness… or of a criminal who may have faked the illness. An absolutely mind-blowing story. <br />There’s also a documentary about him, but the book is better to read first.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116166929052393523/statuses/116426640428781526</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116166929052393523/statuses/116426640428781526</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[readit@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:25:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:17:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@satorare">@<span>satorare</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> one of the four books I’ve read from this picture</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipboard.social/users/noy/statuses/116426606196822967</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipboard.social/users/noy/statuses/116426606196822967</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[noy@flipboard.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:17:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:16:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> I love "Dandelion Wine" so much! <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f4d7.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--green_book" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="📗" alt="📗" />🥰</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/satorare/statuses/116426366258707091</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/satorare/statuses/116426366258707091</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[satorare@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:16:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:13:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Also, do you know <span><a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/@thestorygraph">@<span>thestorygraph</span></a></span> ?</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/theprivacydad/statuses/116426356762991223</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/theprivacydad/statuses/116426356762991223</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:13:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:12:22 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/readit%40mastodon.social">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/bookstodon%40fedigroups.social">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> What is The Minds of Billy Milligan about?</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/theprivacydad/statuses/116426351710386037</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/theprivacydad/statuses/116426351710386037</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:12:22 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>