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My #BookSpin is 'something by Edith Wharton" Should I go with House of Mirth or Age of Innocence? The #DoubleSpin is the first in a series I've heard great things about.
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks!

Ruthiella How terribly do you want to be depressed? 😂 I found The House of Mirth to be very sad whereas I found The Age of Innocence to be more bittersweet. 12h

Amiable I recently downloaded this one —could be a nice option to dip in and out of Wharton this month:

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton

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bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella you made me giggle, which I very much appreciated today! I might be rethinking my choice, though, as I'm not eager to be depressed by my reading. 🤔 2h

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bookandbedandtea @Amiable Your suggestion sounds like a good solution! I'm considering getting that collection, but I also found this one, tagged, which I'm finding tempting as it is October. 👻

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

Ruthiella I think the Edith Wharton ghost story collection sounds like a good seasonal choice! 👻👍 2h

bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella I think it's the winner! 1h

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IReadThereforeIBlog

The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite | Daniel Markovits

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David Markovits is Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale University and director of the Yale Center for the Study of Private Law. This interesting but infuriating book convincingly argues that the USA‘s middle classes are locked out of opportunities to advance to the professions and elite education and the elite are forming a self-perpetuating clique but relies on such a narrow view of meritocracy that I was unconvinced by the propose solutions

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Purpleness

Value(s): Building a Better World For All | Mark Carney

One caveat about this quote; I don‘t love the phrase “the best country in the world.” I love my country, it‘s my favourite, it‘s the best one for me, but I don‘t think that makes it just plain “the best.”

mcctrish I struggle with this too 2w

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bookandbedandtea

WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for September. I've been meaning to read both of these for a long time. 😊
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo

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Nicos

A History of Economics: The Past as the Present | John Kenneth Galbraith

pick

Very good introduction to the main economic themes through history, even if the author seems to be a tad conservative.

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk | Peter L. Bernstein

#bookhaul my recent purchases at our town's biggest annual book sale. Found several titles that have been on my #TBR for far too long.

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ImperfectCJ

How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! | Danny Caine

This is from an email from author and biomechanist Katy Bowman, and I've verified the print and e-book numbers (https://thetechylife.com/how-much-money-does-amazon-take-from-book-sales/). Still looking for audiobook numbers as the linked article is less detailed on those. I also learned that Amazon controls 80% of book distribution in the US.

If you, like me, are alarmed by this, check out bookshop.org, libro.fm, and kobo.com for alternatives.

Tamra I love to support local shops & the library! 💕 2mo

Amiable I‘m very proud to say that I‘ve never bought a book from Amazon. I distrusted Bezos from day one and refused to purchase books from there. 2mo

lil1inblue I heard a rumor that kobo is working on compatibility with bookshop.org ebooks, so soon our kobo reads may benefit local bookshops! *crosses fingers* 2mo

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ImperfectCJ I long ago quit buying books from Amazon, but it was in 2020 after getting one too many counterfeit/knock-off items after I'd done hours of research to order a specific brand that I cancelled my Prime membership. The only time my family orders anything through Amazon is when my kids get an Amazon gift card. I figure Amazon already has the money, no use in letting them keep it without sending something. 2mo

ImperfectCJ I should probably get rid of my Goodreads account, but I've had it since well before Amazon bought them, and I feel so nostalgic. And I only use my Ring cameras as wildlife cams in my backyard, but I should probably get rid of those, too. 2mo

ImperfectCJ @lil1inblue What lovely news! 🤞 2mo

ImperfectCJ @lil1inblue confirmation that it's in the works is here: https://support.bookshop.org/en/support/solutions/articles/65000189169-can-i-rea... 2mo

lil1inblue @ImperfectCJ This makes me so happy! 🥰 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @lil1inblue Ooh, that‘s so exciting! Thank you! 2mo

Faranae I don't buy anything from Amazon if I can help it. I live in a kind of far-flung place, so this sometimes means Amazon is the only way a company serves my region, and then I mostly do without.

Incidentally, kobo e-readers can read regular epubs - kepubs work slightly better (and are easily converted to in calibre), and you can side-load any epub of pdf you want.

For GR: it's very easy to import your GR to StoryGraph or OpenLibrary! 2mo

ImperfectCJ @Faranae I love StoryGraph! I actually don't use my GR anymore (haven't for several years), I just haven't deleted it yet. My fave thing about Kobo is how it's attached to Overdrive (and how it's more responsive than my old Paperwhite) 2mo

GingerAntics This is precisely why I get all my audiobooks and ebooks from Apple Books or the library. I get physical copies from anyone but Amazon whenever possible. 2mo

Suet624 It's important to keep pointing this out to folks who don't know this. Thank you. 2mo

Tamra @ImperfectCJ I dumped GR for Storygraph and have no regrets. 2mo

Ruthiella Yeah. I‘ve long stopped buying books from Amazon. Thriftbooks, Better World Books, Blackwell‘s for UK titles, Bookshop.org. There are so many other options. 2mo

BarbaraBB I finally deleted my GR now. Storygraph is so much better but I still had that account 2mo

AnnCrystal Wow 🥺📚💝. 2mo

PuddleJumper That's terrible and yet unsurprising. I don't buy physical books from Amazon, I still use Kindle Unlimited. I'll need to research whether I can read other ebooks on my Kindle 2mo

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Ladygodiva7

Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together | Erin Lowry

I‘ve been on a “reading financial books” kick this past year, they‘re so interesting, I‘m already knowledgeable in most of it but finding out my bank only gives me 0.01 percent in interest for my money when there‘s banks out there giving 1.00 percent APY…I need to shop around for a new bank!!
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mcipher Look at local credit unions!! Ours is like 3% on checking, it‘s awesome 2mo

KadaGul @Ladygodiva7 I don't understand 🤷‍♀️, and I'm sure there is a reason, but the big banks 🏦 don't have high savings or CD yields. People go to big banks 🏦 because they are on every corner, like Starbucks. 2mo

ShelleyBooksie Adorable cat! 2mo

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AlaMich Also look into high yield savings accounts. I‘d never heard of them until recently but you can get almost 4% at the moment. 2mo

Ladygodiva7 @mcipher my bank is a credit union! I‘m disappointed. You go girl!! @KadaGul @AlaMich got money in CDs, but there‘s no high yield savings account around by me, I‘ve looked. @ShelleyBooksie Thanks!! (edited) 2mo

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AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2mo

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JenlovesJT47

None of My Business: From bestselling political humorist P.J.O'Rourke | P. J. O'Rourke

You don‘t like it when
he does it to you — but that‘s
none of my business. 🐸🍵

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #kermitthefrog #whyaremen

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👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍵🐸🐝💝. 2mo

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