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Fun history of stones! Beautiful artwork💜

#ReadAway2024

Went through all of my library renewals on this one so I finally finished it up last night to return today. If you‘re a stone geek & like learning about the history of things, you‘ll probably enjoy this book with about 60 essays about different rocks from jasper to opal to lapis lazuli to moonstone. Although I skimmed some stones & sections more than others, most of the essays are pretty interesting & it‘s a beautiful book.💎🪨🩶

Audiobook narrated by Nina Wadia. She's better at narrating fiction books!

This would probably have rated higher for me if I'd read it in print.

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I took my time (9 weeks—the maximum library renewals) to make my way through this collection of stories about all kinds of different rocks. Geology, mythology, ancient texts, contemporary social history, philosophy and more are encompassed in this fascinating collection.

Dyers‘ lists of the late 16th century reveal such appealing shades as sheep‘s colour, motley, new sad colour, puke (a blue-black), devil in the hedge (off-red), pease porridge tawny, and goose-turd green.