Reading fluency is essential for making reading both enjoyable and meaningful. Fluent reading begins with a strong foundation in decoding and| Lindamood-Bell
Forty years ago, I attended a conference of literature professors at Christian liberal-arts colleges in which the keynote speaker was an esteemed Christian journalist, tasked with giving us advice, I guess. Whatever his task was, he lectured us about our narrow-mindedness, our parochial attitudes, our failure to introduce our students to the most challenging literary masterpieces. Instead of teaching them … well, whatever we did teach them, we should dare to assign Dostoevsky! As this har...| The Homebound Symphony
‘Tis the season already! Get your holiday shopping wrapped up before the last-minute December rush with these amazing gift ideas for kids who love to read and learn. There’s something on our list for kids of every age and interest. For over 50 years, Cricket Media has delivered magic and wonder to homes around the country. Now, we’re sharing our special […]| Cricket Media, Inc.
Old Post This is just an old post, about reading, that has moved from the personal section to here.| Janusworx
Queen Demon by Martha Wells; Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber; Kill the Beast by Serra Swift; Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines; A Heart So Haunted by Hollie Nelson; The White Octopus Hotel; Spe…| LessthanThreeD
But combing through the shelf while plucking a heavy volume of the first The Complete Calvin & Hobbes tome, I rediscovered my copy of The Last Lecture,| in|retrospect
2016 mystery, first in its series. In 1908, the widowed Lady Hardcastle and her faithful maid Armitage move to rural Gloucestershire for a quieter life than London can afford.| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
2025 SF, seventeenth of its series. With Chimera still occupied, and relief having to wait for a massive ship-building programme, a diplomatic mission is sent to the other reezh worlds to see whether any of them can be persuaded to become allies.| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
2020 historical mystery; eighth in Huber's Lady Darby series (post-Regency amateur detection). Lady Darby, six months pregnant, is painting the portrait of the scandalous Duchess, and then a Twelfth Night party turns up a corpse in the cellar…| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
Last but not least is The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. You can read our short reviews here: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. The novel made it onto three of our predictions lists with Nicole, Lisa, and myself predicting it would make the shortlist. The Booker judges had this to say about the book… […]| The Reader's Room
Next up is Flashlight by Susan Choi. You can read our short reviews here: Flashlight. The novel made it onto 2 of our predictions lists, with only Tracy and Anita predicting it would make the short…| The Reader's Room
When The 74 started looking for schools that were doing a good job teaching kids to read, we began with the data. We crunched the numbers for nearly 42,000 schools across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. and identified 2,158 that were beating the odds by significantly outperforming what would be expected given their student […]| The 74
“Reading what you want, and having one book lead to the next, is the way I found my discipline. I’ve suggested this to many of my students: When you find a writer who really is saying something to you, read everything that writer has written and you will get more education and depth of understanding […]| rebeccatoh.co
Dr. Matt Colborn argues that, by denying the objective reality of what appears to us as the physical world out there, materialist cognitive science renders its own metaphysical assumptions untenable. Only an idealist or nondualist metaphysical basis can render modern cognitive science internally consistent again. Het bericht Post-materialist cognitive science: Is it viable? verscheen eerst op Essentia Foundation.| Essentia Foundation
I’m just a girl trying to survive in this harsh world, which means I have an entire playlist dedicated solely to Taylor Swift. Because I have a very boring life, I don’t associate her songs to moments in my life, instead I draw connections to the lives of fictional characters. Today I’m gonna put my… Continue reading Taylor Swift songs I associate with books …| AceReader
Smartphones are a blessing and a curse; you are only ever a few taps away from communicating with people across the globe, but that comes with a heavy price. In the modern world, people are expected to be available instantly. Endless beeps, buzzes, and vibrations are enough to annoy anyone, especially if you’re trying to […] The post Focus Mode on iPhone: The Complete Guide appeared first on Astropad.| Astropad
It’s literally the first Saturday of the month, which makes it Six Degrees of Separation day. This meme, hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best involves Kate nominating a book I ha…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
What's a new release you are excited about? The post New Book Releases – November 2025 Edition appeared first on Armed with A Book.| Armed with A Book
Dates: 11/10-11/16Host: Liz at Adventures in reading, running and working from homeTitle: Fiction and Nonfiction Book PairingsThis week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. Maybe it’s a historical novel and the real history in a nonfiction version, or a memoir and a novel, or a fiction book you’ve read and you would … Continue reading 2025 Nonfiction November: Book Pairings| Book’d Out
It is a sad truth that I have a finite lifespan (and budget) yet a desire to read all the books. The books on my Reading Schedule(click the link to view) largely represent those I’ve been privileged to select from offerings by a range of generous publishers, and therefore are my priority, but they don’t embody … Continue reading Book Lust| Book’d Out
Dates: 11/3-11/9Host: Frances at Volatile RuneTitle: Choosing NonfictionThere are many topics to choose from when looking for a nonfiction book. For example: Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, Travel, Health, Politics, History, Religion and Spirituality, Science, Art, Medicine, Gardening, Food, Business, Education, Music to name but a few. Maybe use this week to challenge yourself to pick a … Continue reading Nonfiction November 2025: Choosing Nonfiction| Book’d Out
Welcome to the Monthly Spotlight for the 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge! Each month I highlight some of the reviews shared for the challenge in the linky Don’t forget to link each book you r…| Book’d Out
Video: How to Create and Sign In to Your Vispero Account in JAWS 2026 Freedom Scientific: step-by-step tutorial. Podcast: FSCast #263 Freedom Scientific: Introducing the 2026 software updates, and a potential opportunity to start your own business. What’s New in JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2026 Freedom Scientific: JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2026 are now available, […]| OZeWAI
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard W3C: The formal recognition enables more countries to formally adopt the standard. U.S. Access Board Shutdown Due to the lack of appropriations, all Access Board services are suspended. Please see the shutdown plan. OpenAI, ARIA, and SEO: Making the Web Worse Adrian Roselli: OpenAI […]| OZeWAI
Case Study: Adyen| ozewai.org
I started a lot of reading challenges this year, so many that I didn’t really manage to finish reading the TBR list of most of them. I plan to continue my incomplete challenges next year though, so I can make a complete wrap-up for most of them. 2025 Book Bingo Challenge (Hard Mode): Almost completed. … Continue reading "2025 Reading Challenges Wrap-Up"| My Reader's Journey
Picture by SzaboJanos on Pixabay I have been for a while now working on a new project, a Chapbook with poems. I don’t know how long it will take for me to finish, but for now you can listen to the …| My Reader's Journey
Back in January of this year I decided to leave Pinboard, and start managing my bookmarks myself. I had been using the service for almost 15 years, so it was kind of a big change. The reasons for the move were that Pinboard had seemed increasingly unstable, and I discovered that the site owner had expressed some political views that didn’t align very well with my own. Plus, I had wanted to see what other tools were like, especially open source options. After experimenting with a few differe...| inkdroid
New book touts the critical role teachers play in literacy development| Education Next
How were you at spelling when you were a tyke? I was an okay speller, but throw a number at me and I’d run like a bat out of . . . well, you get the idea. I ran across … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
No, this is not about the decline of the occident, just a note about a curiosity in academic philosophy. Philosophy is a discipline in which reading is a key competence, not least in that philosophical exchange often focuses on the precise formulation of a premise or an argument. But while there are numerous guides on … Continue reading Why does hardly anyone in academic philosophy care about reading?→| Handling Ideas
When reading texts with lots of general remarks and little attention to detail, I often wonder whether it’s produced by ChatGPT or some other LLM. I don’t like this kind of suspicion, especially in…| Handling Ideas
Do you ever enjoy a book, but not enough to keep thinking about it? It’s like the good can’t outweigh the meh.| Voice of Reason
I thought I would do something unique, read through the Nobel Prize Winners! There are lots I have never heard of and I feel I would have a lot to learn from them. Though when I googled Sully Prudhomme, the first winner, I see that Brona had this idea long before me. But it is […]| Yarra Book Club
This book was our book club book back in July, but I had bitten off more than I could get through and I was busy with the Man Booker Long List, work and looking after my father when mum was unwell.…| Yarra Book Club
TRT Podcast #232: Quick tips for teaching morphology in the primary grades – with Sarah Paul If you’ve ever wondered what morphology has to do with K-2, this is the episode for you! Sarah Paul shares fun and simple ways to incorporate morphology into your instruction in the primary grades. A must-listen! Listen to the episode here […] The post Quick tips for teaching morphology in the primary grades – with Sarah Paul appeared first on The Measured Mom.| The Measured Mom
TRT Podcast #231: A powerful and practical routine for teaching with decodable text – with Brianna Guild Discover how SLP Brianna Guild makes decodable books the heart of her literacy intervention sessions—while naturally weaving in vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension! Listen to the episode here Full episode transcript Resources mentioned in this episode Connect with Brianna […] The post A powerful and practical routine for teaching with decodable text – with Brianna Guild appeared...| The Measured Mom
TRT Podcast #230: How to teach students to use set for variability - with Jen Yagid and Wendy Darasz Jen and Wendy, reading specialists and dyslexia practitioners, explain what set for variability is and why it's| The Measured Mom
Every Thanksgiving season, this cheerful old song starts echoing in our homes:“Over the river and... The post Over the River and Through the Wood: Classic Thanksgiving Poem appeared first on Teach Beside Me.| Teach Beside Me
Do you read? I mean, really read? A 2024 survey by the Reading Agency found that over one-third of UK adults have abandoned reading for pleasure altogether. That’s a pretty worrying statistic for a…| The Emotional Learner
Completed reads for October: Orendel and King Rother are Heidi Graw’s translations. After a fairly substantial break from original fiction writing (as opposed to editing and translation work), I was back in the groove in October. An extremely meaty 7,700-word sword and sorcery piece called Ecce Damnatus, set in southern Germany around A.D. 1100.| A Phuulish Fellow
These past few days, I have been working my way through some of Robert E. Howard’s non-Conan stories. With one notable exception, the ones I have read thus far have been generally a bit weake…| A Phuulish Fellow
When cozy magic meets chaotic mentorship: a review of 'Uncharmed' by Lucy Jane Wood.| heavenlybookish
‘Once Upon a Broken Heart’ by Stephanie Garber is pure fairy-tale vibes with just enough bite.| heavenlybookish
ok ok im super late with this post and there’s only half an hour left in today’s date but listen MY CURRENT READ IS TOO FUCKING CUTE, OKAY? no but genuinely. it is reminding me why i fucking love romance books! this is a second chance romance with a woman finding herself again and a … Continue reading currently reading→| so sumedha
Biblio Nerd Reflections provides a list of anticipated November 2025 book releases, including fantasy, sci fi, and romance novels.| Biblio Nerd Reflections
'I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.' — David Lynch| Makoism
Ali Abdaal is one of the most popular YouTubers and the most-followed "productivity expert" online (at least, as per the book's cover). He's been making videos about productivity for several years and has a very large following online. Unsurprisingly, his debut book, Feel Good Productivity, has gotten high acclaim from all possible sources worldwide. Does the book stand up to the hype and praise? Let's dive in.| the wordy habitat
Life In contrast to September, October was like a long stroll along a fiery park noticing the changing of the season, mother nature dressing up in her best red gown, for her big night, before her slumber. With the growing darkness, our children grow; they are calmer, focused, though they still prove as challenging as ever to my mental reserves. My eldest got inundated during the last week of September with birthday invitations — one per week — for the next 4 weeks. He is also adap...| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
SciFiMonth is a monthlong celebration in November of all things science fiction. The event is held by the Wyrd & Wonder crew, and the leaders of this iteration are Imyril at There’s Always Room for… More| Zezee With Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic: First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed I’ve been gone a whi…| Zezee With Books
July is always a busy month for me, as I try to get ahead with work so I can take time off in August. I seem to have still done a lot of reading, though! One note of warning: I don't include plot spoilers in these reviews, but I do| Caroline Crampton
For a recent scary story night, I decided to explore a setting that had been rattling around in my head for a while. REM State is unrelated to The Bell Forging Cycle, but it shares a similar DNA. I…| K. M. Alexander
A review of THE BONE KEY, a historical horror fantasy short story collection by Sarah Monette. (Highly recommended!)… Continue reading Book Review: The Bone Key (Sarah Monette)→| BookWyrm Knits
There was a LOT of reading in October! A bunch of it was shorter pieces—including a short story, some graphic novels, and a picture book—but still. It was a lot. And most of it fit in with the Spooktastic Reads, which made me happy! I don't generally read creepy books much at all, so to read so many books that fit into the horror-adjacent genres and tropes felt much more seasonally appropriate than I usually manage.… Continue reading Reading Wrap-Up: October 2025→| BookWyrm Knits
Here are some more mini reviews of the books I've been reading for the 2025 Spooktastic Readathon! My goal was to try to get to the creepier books as the months went on, so these might be a little more scary than the books I posted mini reviews of two weeks ago. It's still me, though, so they're not that scary.… Continue reading More Spooktastic Mini Reviews: Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop, Cinder House, & Haunted Hallways→| BookWyrm Knits
With November right around the corner (no, I don’t know where the month has gone either) that means it’s time to start planning for the #SciFiMonth readalong! This year we’ll be doing a readalong of Ancillary Justice, the first book in Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy. Annemieke has the official announcement for the readalong on… Continue reading Ancillary Justice Sci-Fi Month Readalong→| BookWyrm Knits
It’s almost time for the next Readathin reading challenge! I always love these challenges, since they include activity/self-care prompts as well as reading prompts to remind us that—much as we’d like to—we can’t spend all our time reading. If you’d like more information about this challenge, the information can be found here. As always, I’m… Continue reading November 2025 Readathin is almost here!→| BookWyrm Knits
Gender Queer written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe Publisher: Oni PressInitial publication year: 2019, this deluxe edition published in 20222025 Library Rental Format: ebook (256 pages)Genre &…| BookWyrm Knits
There is something special about romance in single parent romance books. I'm sharing several varied romance books with the single parent trope—10 books with single dads and 10 with single moms.| the wordy habitat
Hey, guys!It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks. Today we’re tackling books with titles that are song titles! #1 Heart Shaped Box I got this […]| The Punk Theory
Hey, guys!It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks. Today we’re tackling books that are based on a true story! #1 Into the Wild Up first, […]| The Punk Theory
Do you like to have students practice sight words or even flash cards for math facts? Do they lose them? Here is a solution! Make little folder wallets!| Organized Classroom
I’m more of a fiction reader than a non-fiction reader, so of the 110 books I’ve read this year, only 13 fall into the non-fiction category. To be honest, I’m surprised I even read this many, but then I looked a little more closely and most of them are memoirs or travelogues or biographies. Which … Continue reading Non-Fiction November: What have I read this year| findingtimetowrite
How could I not take part in this month’s Six Degrees of Literary Separation meme, as hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best, when it starts with one of my favourite authors and books, probably one I’ve already used multiple times in the 6 degrees series of links? So our starting point … Continue reading #6Degrees of Separation November 2025| findingtimetowrite
This month I will focus mainly on a round-up of my reading, because I’ve already bored you to death with my life summary (going to England to bring Kasper back, unpacking, getting internet connection, cleaning, and building shelves and other necessities). I’ve also been to see One OK Rock twice, once in London and once … Continue reading October Reading Summary| findingtimetowrite
I did it. I survived the Latinx Heritage Month + October blogging stretch. I have been so busy these last two months putting out content and it’s been fun, but I definitely need a break. I am so tired and with major holidays approaching, I know I will probably be exhausted for different reasons. Expect … Continue reading Monthly Wrap-Up: October ’25| A Kernel of Nonsense
Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and is currently being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is “Cozy/Atmospheric Reads.” I l…| A Kernel of Nonsense
Haha! I messed up big time! Ok, so that’s a weird way to start a book review, I know. Let me start over: Confession by Michael Cordell is a legal thriller following lawyer Thane Banning on his latest case: defending a young sex worker who’s accused of murdering a high profile football coach. The kicker?... Continue Reading →| Trey Stone, Author
So, we meet again, Silmarillion – my nemesis of books. I’ve read The Silmarillion once before, sometime less than ten years ago. I was very excited to finally give it ago, having read b…| Trey Stone, Author
Shapiro Administration Delivers Funding to Bethlehem, Lancaster, & Tamaqua through City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) Program Erie and Reading Take Important Steps Forward to Benefit from CRIZ Program, Spur […]| PA Department of Community & Economic Development
If you went to high school in America, you probably read Moby-Dick — or, more likely, you skimmed the CliffsNotes and wondered why this dense, whale-obsessed novel was considered a classic. That was me in 10th grade. But earlier this year, I decided to revisit Moby-Dick in midlife, and it hit me completely differently. […]| The Art of Manliness
In today’s educational environment, the Science of Reading is a critical framework for understanding how students learn to read. This evidence-based approach draws on decades of interdisciplinary research to inform the most effective literacy instruction. At Lindamood-Bell, we align with the principles of the Science of Reading and expand upon them, offering programs rooted... The post Unlocking Student Potential with a Science of Reading-Aligned Curriculum appeared first on Lindamood-Bell.| Lindamood-Bell
Each new change in scholarly communication promises to make research fairer, faster, more transparent. Yet, in many cases, researchers, especially from under resourced countries or from countries where English is not the first language, face added pressure to catch up, rather than to move forward. The post The Next Disruption is Listening — In Every Language appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.| The Scholarly Kitchen
The genteel word “readers” is inadequate for the condition in which we self-declared readers find ourselves. “Consumers,” on the other hand, seems to me a better fit for the current moment. That word has become something of a catch-all, used ruefully to term any group, from college students to church members, who act entitled to receive something without any effort. The post A Way Through the Literary Forest appeared first on Slant Books.| Slant Books
Ingalls Family Homestead, 2014| Craft Knife
I have been a casual blogger and video maker for years now, but I’ve never put much thought or effort into growing a following. The only people I had ever heard talk about reading advanced co…| LessthanThreeD
A former slave learns to read and write. But just how old is too old to learn? The post One Is Never Too Old (1938) appeared first on Useless Information.| Useless Information
Every book I've read since I starting reading outside of school (Age 7-8).| Nick Yoder
2024 paranormal fantasy, fifth of a nine-book series. As Lorelei Clay tries to come to terms with being the guardian deity of a small town, various problems demand her attention.| RogerBW's Blog
Next up is The Rest of our Lives. You can read our short reviews here: The Rest of our Lives. The novel made it onto 0 of our predictions lists. The Booker judges had this to say about the book ‘When Tom Layward’s wife cheated on him, he stayed for the children but promised to […]| The Reader's Room
Next up is Audition by Katie Kitamura. You can read our short reviews here: Audition. The novel made it onto 4 of our predictions lists with all by Lisa predicting it will make the shortlist. The Booker judges had this to say about the book… ‘This novel begins with an actress meeting a young man […]| The Reader's Room
Now that the shortlist has been announced, our panel will be providing some additional thoughts on each of the shortlist nominees. First up is Flesh by David Szalay. You can read our short reviews …| The Reader's Room
Brian Fang discusses the many instances in which mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature. Why would primates evolved to hunt and gather develop the cognitive ability to unveil the underlying mathematical structure of the cosmos? He argues that the most plausible explanation is that nature is itself the expression of mind-like structures also directly present in the human intellect. Mathematical introspection is thus a...| Essentia Foundation
In this remarkably Schopenhauerian essay, Arthur Haswell argues that a world where consciousness is fundamental may still be a world of suffering; even fundamental suffering: "Does a universe imbued with mind, or even purpose, necessarily translate into one that is benevolent or meaningful in the way we might wish, or purposeful in a way that is conducive to joy? Surely, if consciousness is ubiquitous, then the problem of suffering may be expanded rather than alleviated," he argues.| Essentia Foundation
So this summer has been crazy. I have been working 50 hour weeks in 40 degree heat, all while dealing with the post-grad blues and having an existential crisis over what the hell I’m doing with my …| AceReader
You guys, it’s been so long since I wrote something for this series and it’s time to rectify that! So today I’m back with a few book recommendations that feature books in some way or another! Let’s get started! Book Lovers by Emily Henry It’s a modern rom-com and you must have heard of it […]| Books Real When Shared
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Hello friends! I was so excited to see that Victoria nominated me for the Oddly Specific Things I Love in Books Tag! I love talking about books, so of course I had to take advantage of the opportun…| I Have 12% of a Plan
Linking to: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at BookDate; Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer; and the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz ==================== Life… Have…| Book’d Out
Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2 TPGi: Aditya Jainapur explains what SC 4.1.1 covered, why it was removed, how it affects accessibility in practice, and which criteria now address issues once covered by parsing. Tables: Beyond Rows and Columns TPGi: Akash Shukla explains the best way to use semantic table markup to […]| OZeWAI
Creating a truly accessible Flip Card TPGi: small blocks of content designed to resemble a playing card or business card, or similar two-sided thing. Webinar: An Introduction to ChatGPT – Conversations, Creativity, and Clarity Freedom Scientific: Introduction to Using ChatGPT with JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion. Thursday, October 2 at noon ET on Zoom. Employee Spotlight: […]| OZeWAI
Proof Documents Faster and More Efficiently with JAWS Text Analyzer| ozewai.org
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happ…| Unwrapping Words
I recently finished At Work in the Ruins by Dougald Hine (co-author of the The Dark Mountain Manifesto). I aim to re-read it after it has sunk in a bit more. The arc of the book reminds me a bit of Bruno Latour’s thinking, in that it seems to make the axis of left/right political debates more two (or three) dimensional. In part, the book reflects on what we can learn from the response to the COVID19 pandemic, when thinking about climate change, and the unsustainable/extractive economies and...| inkdroid
So did you tune in? I am not sure how I feel about the list – but like any list that is subject to votes, it will have a lot of ‘different’ books. I have read 34 of these, and there are definitely a bunch I would like to read. Hats off to those that […]| Yarra Book Club
This intriguing book was picked for our Yarra Book Club by Nina. Review: During one evening, on a single night, wherever you were in the world you will, if you are 22 years or older, you will awake to a little wooden box on your doorstep. On this box, in whatever language you speak, it […]| Yarra Book Club
TRT Podcast #229: Simple writing activities that boost reading comprehension – with Sara Marye Sara Marye walks us through writing activities that are easy to implement, yet make a big difference when it comes to improving reading comprehension. Listen to the episode here Full episode transcript Resources mentioned in this episode The post Simple writing activities that boost reading comprehension – with Sara Marye appeared first on The Measured Mom.| The Measured Mom
TRT Podcast #228: Tips for teaching high frequency words - with Christina Winter Christina Winter and I discuss misconceptions we used to have about teaching "sight words" and what teachers should keep in mind when| The Measured Mom
As we gallop towards the end of the year crying it can’t be October (or November/ December… whichever applies) literary challenges abound. It’s nearly time for a new classics club…| Volatile Rune