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Do you enjoy a good mystery or thriller? If so, then this month's batch of Early Reviewers includes quite a few giveaways you might find interesting. You can sort the batch by genre—and you can exclude genres, in your search!—so come take a look, and enter to win some free books! #mysteries #bookgiveaway See link in the highlight. Mystery giveaways this month include: Death at King's Cross by Rosanne Limoncelli, from @crookedlanebooks The Blind Woman of Sorrento by Francesco Mastriani, trnslated by Idara Crespi, from Espresso Publishing House Incident in Romania by Diana Manwaring, offered by Shilka Publishing Mark of Eternity by Murray Bailey, offered by Heritage Books Whispers on Flowers by Matilda Lockwood, offered by @matildalockwoodwrites Phantom of the Galleria by Sebastian Gregory, offered by @pocketbook_press Grayduck by Scott R. Welvaert, offered by @flatsolestudio The Red Jack Society by John L. French, offered by @especbooks The Most Dangerous Man by Jack Murphy, offered by @crookedlanebooks The Trail Cutter by Mike Robinson, offered by @runningwildpressllc Murder at the Boxing Match by Davin Colten, offered by the author The Inheritance Killer by Maya Long, offered by the author The Invisible Trail by Filipe Silva, offered by the author 24 Hours to Forget by Filipe Silva, offered by the author The Boardman Watches by Duke Lott, offered by the dukelottauthor Never Forgive by Lane Carey, offered by the author Deadly Ground by Lane Carey, offered by the author New Life for a Dead Man by P.M. Mahoney, offered by the author The Luminous Darkness by Guilherme Lemos, offered by the author Dear AI, I Killed Her by Kirill Khrestinin, offered by the author The Emperor of Seville by Matthew Carr, offered by the author

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads Join our discussion over in Talk. See link in the highlight.

LibraryThing sat down this month for a special interview with Stacy Mitchell, founder and proprietor of Bold Magazine Shop in LibraryThing's very own Portland, Maine! Come read what she has to say about the shop, the resurgence of this form of print media, and the allure of magazines. #interview #magazines @boldmagshop See link in the highlight.

Today is the birthday of American actress Katharine Hepburn. Her personal library, auctioned at Sotheby's in 2004, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #KatherineHepburn #bornonthisday #borntoday #LegacyLibraries #LibraryThingLegacyLibrary See link in the highlight.

The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean And the clean ones so seldom are comical. Happy Limerick Day! Chosen to honor the birthday of Edward Lear, the creator of many beloved children's limericks, this is a day to celebrate these short, comical (and often ribald) poems. Do you have any favorite limericks? #LimerickDay #limericks #EdwardLear #bornonthisday Please see link in the highlight.

Today is the birthday of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the English poet, painter and translator who helped to found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His personal library, as inventoried by his brother in 1866, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #DanteGabrielRossetti #borntoday #bornonthisday #LegacyLibraries #LibraryThingLegacyLibrary See link in the highlight.

We've given our Helpers Log a big upgrade! It is now essentially complete—a one-stop page for everything members are doing to help the site. It's faster, divided into sections, and includes lots of new sections! Come read more about it in Talk, and let us know what you think. See link in the highlight.

Happy Mother's Day from LibraryThing! #MothersDay2026 #MothersDay In honor of the day, we ask: who are some of your favorite fictional mothers? See link in the highlight.

It's Peter Pan Day, chosen in honor of J.M. Barrie's birthday, and celebrating his most famous creation! Have you read the story of the boy who never grew up, and his adventures with Wendy and the Darling brothers in Neverland? #PeterPan #PeterPanDay #PeterPanDay2026 #JMBarrie See link in the highlight.

Sometimes we resist reading specific books. Perhaps they're too popular, and we think they can never live up to the hype. Perhaps we've heard something we don't like about the author. Perhaps we just dislike the cover, or have reasons entirely our own. Our May 2026 List of the Month is devoted to the Books We Resisted Reading. Please come and add your top ten picks to the list, and help to create a resource for your fellow readers. #LibraryThing #ListoftheMonth #booksweresisted See link in the highlight.

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads Join our discussion over in Talk. See link in the highlight.

Today is the birthday of the great Bengali poet, playwright, composer and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore. Known as the "Bard of Bengal," he is particularly celebrated for his poetry collection, "Gitanjali." He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Have you read his work? #RabindranathTagore #Tagore #bornonthisday #borntoday See link in the highlight.