Notices by Lydia Schoch (lydiaschoch@mastodon.social)

#SilentSunday

@bicmay I’m sorry this is still an issue for teens. I struggled to have enough time for sleep when I was in high school. So much homework and studying, not to mention extra-curriculars and part-time work.

It’s a high-pressure stage of life even before you consider smartphones.

@WarnerCrocker Those poor people.

The books I’m sharing are free as of today in Canada and usually the United States of America, too. If you do not live in those countries or are reading this after April 10, 2025, I do not know if they are free or available for you.

Please tag me if you want a boost for your lists of free speculative fiction books from other parts of the world.

#SpeculativeFiction #Horror, #Paranormal #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy #FreeBooks

@br00t4c @BrianJopek He’s a hero!

Books with Springy Covers: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-springy-covers/ #BookCover #TopTenTuesday

@jellyfriend @RamenCatholic Agreed! Shall we use a hashtag like #AprilHugsDay?

This week I’ve been listening to an audiobook of The Testaments by Margaret Atwood.

I still prefer The Handmaid’s Tale, but I love seeing Gilead from other perspectives in the sequel.

Here’s hoping the TV series based on it will be good.

#Bookstodon #AmReading #MargaretAtwood #Television #TheTestaments #TheHandmaidsTale

@bookstodon

@WarnerCrocker Spring is always fleeting this time of year.

My parents took their kids on many nature walks and hikes when we were growing up which is where my love of nature and rambling outdoor walks comes from.

One time we walked by a dried-up old pond and saw an abandoned beaver’s lodge there.

I still think about that lodge sometimes and hope the beavers who lived there built wonderful new homes in nearby bodies of water.

#Beavers #Walking #Nature #Hiking

@WarnerCrocker It would be heavy foreshadowing if this were a novel!

@aral @SallyStrange Good luck, Oksy!

@WarnerCrocker I am ignoring it! Tempted to rent Dirty Dancing or some other dance movie instead. 😄

@WarnerCrocker All I can say is, that poor kid. What an awful way to go.

Bookish and blogging friends, The 2025 Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge blog hop topics have been released. The first one came out today.

I made a post to transcribe all 50 topics as the original didn’t have alt-text. Hope to see you all around at Long and Short Reviews this year: https://lydiaschoch.com/the-2025-wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-topics/

#WritingCommunity #Blogging #Writing #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge #BlogHop #Bookstodon #LongAndShortReviews #Books #Bookstagram

@bookstodon

@RamenCatholic That looks like such a cool place to live.

@WarnerCrocker Feel better soon.

@WarnerCrocker Cool!

Will Mastodon be sharing more snake photos in the Year of the Snake?

(I hope so. I think snakes are cool. 🐍)

#Snake #YearOfTheSnake

@WarnerCrocker My update today told me it would take 2 months. 😂