How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history “From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.” As ominous as the threat of generative AI replacing writers is, there are some kinds of things that AI can be legitimately […]
When I posted about all the Best Books of 2024 by editors, publishers, and critics, Davida The Chocolate Lady wrote that she hated such lists and would much rather see lists of books that other book bloggers liked throughout the year. I immediately smacked myself on the forehead and shouted to the empty living room, “Of
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Here’s the last gasp of the Best Books of 2024 theme. 10 Beloved Authors We Lost in 2024 Tertulia profiles 10 authors who died during 2024 and recommends one representative book for each. The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024 From Literary Hub. These were the most-borrowed books from public libraries in 2024 NPR compiled
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In past years, I’ve kept my best books list to a total of 15, usually a top ten list plus five honorable mentions. But this year’s list just didn’t fall out that way. Because I read a lot of good books throughout 2024, I’m putting them all together here while capping the total at 15.
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Electric Lit’s Best Novels of 2024 “Here are Electric Lit’s Top 5 novels of 2024, followed by the best novels of the year.” Public Picks 2024 This is NOT your ordinary list. I guarantee you’ll find something here that interests you that isn’t included on all the other “best books of 2024” lists. This list
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Update on Comments Glitch The cause of the problem has been traced to Jetpack. Jetpack support has informed me that “this is an issue that our development team is aware of and working to resolve. It will likely be fixed in the next version of Jetpack in early January.” So that’s where we are. In
This year, we’ve said goodbye to so many beloved authors. Here is a snapshot of ten of the monumental authors who passed away in 2024, along with one recommendation of a work that embodies their literary legacy. Source: 10 Beloved Authors We Lost in 2024 | Tertulia
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I don’t know what happened this year. My pad-your-year-end-statistics-with-these-short-books list is usually longer than this. Either I didn’t come across many short-book recommendations, or I simply didn’t faithfully add them to the list. Anyhow, here you go: Three individual book titles and three lists. Links for the book titles are to descriptions on Goodreads. Happy
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Update on Comments Glitch The cause of the problem has been traced to Jetpack. Jetpack support has informed me that “this is an issue that our development team is aware of and working to resolve. It will likely be fixed in the next version of Jetpack in early January.” So that’s where we are. In
My Continued Apologies The comment glitch on this blog continues. My hosting provider has been helpful in trying to track down the cause. In the meantime, here’s a trick that has been working for me: If you type a comment and hit the “post comment” button, you’ll get the message “submitting comment,” followed by nothing.
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