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Odder | Katherine Applegate

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Oh my gosh, this was adorable. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it written in free verse, but once I got used to it, I was invested in the story. I liked that it was based on real otters.

Karisimo Loved this too š�° 4w

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Addison_Reads

Odder | Katherine Applegate

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I'm loving all the MG reads I'm reading lately. Katherine Applegate has been a favorite of mine for years. With Odder, she has written an adorable tale about an orphaned otter who humans help. I liked how she addressed troubles sea creatures face and how humans can be both good, and bad in our interactions with animals and their environment.

I loved that Applegate included the true facts at the end.

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mandarchy

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? ? this paragraph will make a teacher blubber in June. If you loved the One and Only Ivan, you'll love this too. I'm not sure why "Sea Otter" by Ezterhaz wasn't in the back of this book, but almost everything I know about otters is from Ezterhaz. Both books will make you want to watch the otter cams at Monterey or the Seattle aquarium. #playlikeanotter

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mandarchy

Odder | Katherine Applegate

What are you thinking about the updates in goodreads. I am feeling meh. I want goodreads to be more interactive. I want to be able to share from goodreads to other sites similar to the way my posts automatically tweet - especially since Twitter has become so Twit(tee). It's appearance was the least of my concerns and the update is not really an improvement. I want it to have more features like storygraph or share to SG.

mandarchy It drives me crazy that someone can like my post and when I get the notification it takes me to my post and when I click on their profile, it does not take me to theirs! Who are these people?
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mandarchy I wrote to the help desk asking about sharing improvement and got directions for how to share to Twitter and Facebook. I want to crossover to Storygraph. I do not like the share feature for Facebook. It never works the way I need it to. I automatically share to Twitter, but I only have 62 followers there. I don't really want a new platform. Just having some growing pains about GR. 1y

Bookwomble Goodreads was taken over by A****n in 2013 (the year I moved to Library Thing) & the ensuing 10 years has seen a gradual decline from a thriving bookish hub to a platform for shifting units. I far prefer Library Thing as a cataloguing tool, & Litsy as a social platform. The new GR book page is terrible, imo, but as ever when they test a beta feature, to which I was an early subjectee, they ignore the feedback as it's clearly already decided on. 1y

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mandarchy I may have to move to Library Thing. Maybe my next vacation, I'll move there... but goodreads has been underwhelming for such a long while. 1y

BookwormM @Bookwomble @mandarchy I still haven‘t forgiven Amazon for killing Shelfari I use GR because that is where my reading group moved to but imo it is completely inferior to what Shelfari provided in terms of book discussions 1y

mandarchy @BookwormM I never tried shelfari. I like story graph, but got tired of posting in 3 places and often not finding a good fit with their tags. I've tried a couple of others but couldn't trust because of creeps such as on bookstagram. Or even the bots on GR! 1y

mandarchy @Bookwomble thanks for your reply, I forgot to tag you in my reply to your reply. š™ me 1y

wideeyedreader I actually really like the new book page on GRā€”it‘s much more attractive and intuitive for me 1y

mandarchy @wideeyedreader Ah! Good to get positive feed back. I always wonder, who needed this? 1y

wideeyedreader @mandarchy personally, I felt like the text on the old one was too small, and I hated that the reviews were automatically an infinite scrollā€”not I choose to read them, and it‘s much easier to actually read the information! 1y

DogMomIrene I haven‘t spent a lot of time with the updates. I don‘t tend to interact there much. I would like more features like Storygraph because I don‘t have it in me to add another platform to the mix. I do like the more modern look. Minimalism feel with larger text. But the wholeā€¦here‘s the Kindle purchase button grosses me out. Like Amazon, you‘re huge. Get out of my face on the book app, but that‘s me. I‘ll be curious to see what others say. 1y

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Nebklvr

Odder | Katherine Applegate

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A blend of fact and fiction. I wish it had been told chronologically as it was sometimes confusing as to which hospitalization Odder was referring.

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Karisimo

Odder | Katherine Applegate

ā€In their defense, sharks do not (as a rule) eat otters.ā€

This is a super cute (yet realistic) middle grade novel in verse from the perspective of a young sea otter!

#firstlinefridays
@shybookowl

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