Elanor Landrie
@elanorlandrie.bsky.social
Writer, reader, neurodivergent, SSL speaker, progressive, atheist.
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Books from 40+ years ago that are still well-known today have stood the test of time, while all the lower quality works have faded away. So don't be afraid to mix some 20th-century #literature into your #TBR.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Books from 40+ years ago that are still well-known today have stood the test of time, while all the lower quality works have faded away. So don't be afraid to mix some 20th-century #literature into your #TBR.
My question is this: Did the demented old fool even know something unusual was happening?
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My question is this: Did the demented old fool even know something unusual was happening?
Yep. I would not have read like half the books I've read this year if not for them.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yep. I would not have read like half the books I've read this year if not for them.
I suspect lots of audiobooks' most vehement haters probably don't have hyperphantasia and therefore don't have this drastically different internal experience between reading and listening to the same book.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I suspect lots of audiobooks' most vehement haters probably don't have hyperphantasia and therefore don't have this drastically different internal experience between reading and listening to the same book.
But when you're listening, you can just close your eyes and play the entire book like a movie in your head. Every event and every word in full HD technicolor, every conversation spoken in realtime by the characters you concoct. Just like a film.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
But when you're listening, you can just close your eyes and play the entire book like a movie in your head. Every event and every word in full HD technicolor, every conversation spoken in realtime by the characters you concoct. Just like a film.
Those of us who didn't vote Trump are tapped out of empathy. Now all we have left is the world's smallest violin.
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Those of us who didn't vote Trump are tapped out of empathy. Now all we have left is the world's smallest violin.
Compassion fatigue happens to healthcare, social service, and animal welfare workers all the time. Now it's just happening on a macro scale, and it is entirely self-inflicted on the part of the Trump voter +
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Compassion fatigue happens to healthcare, social service, and animal welfare workers all the time. Now it's just happening on a macro scale, and it is entirely self-inflicted on the part of the Trump voter +
Haha I think all the bleeding heart liberal articles I've published over the years will probably suffice 😂
September 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Haha I think all the bleeding heart liberal articles I've published over the years will probably suffice 😂
Only a rich white Christian male can have "confidence In the judicial system" at this point.
September 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Only a rich white Christian male can have "confidence In the judicial system" at this point.
Yeah I don't think I could write a standalone either haha. If I can write a book under 200k words it'll be a miracle.
September 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Yeah I don't think I could write a standalone either haha. If I can write a book under 200k words it'll be a miracle.
The pressure to publish fast is also a problem here. Readers don't give authors time to cook their books before releasing them. They just want them now now now. So we end up with a bunch of assembly line and AI books. It's not just publishers' greed. It's our impatience too.
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The pressure to publish fast is also a problem here. Readers don't give authors time to cook their books before releasing them. They just want them now now now. So we end up with a bunch of assembly line and AI books. It's not just publishers' greed. It's our impatience too.
That's very true. I would check reviews and look at their catalog to be sure I wasn't buying AI slop. But then again, quite a few high-profile trad authors have been accused of using AI to write their books too. So leaning on publishing gatekeepers to avoid AI isn't bulletproof either.
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
That's very true. I would check reviews and look at their catalog to be sure I wasn't buying AI slop. But then again, quite a few high-profile trad authors have been accused of using AI to write their books too. So leaning on publishing gatekeepers to avoid AI isn't bulletproof either.