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Robotswithpersonality

Playground | Richard Powers

Smart man! 🔪🦪

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Robotswithpersonality

Playground | Richard Powers

The WRITING!!! 🫨

BarbaraBB So good 11h

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Robotswithpersonality

Playground | Richard Powers

“What began, centuries ago, as a healthy safeguard against projection had become an insidious contributor to human exceptionalism...“ 🤨🙎🏼‍♂️

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BarbaraBB

Read the World | Pushpinder Khaneka

#ReadTheWorld2025

Hi @GatheringBooks here‘s my first update on your challenge. In January and February I read 6 books set in countries and/or written by authors from all over the world. These countries are #Mexico, #Japan, #SouthKorea, #Netherlands, #FrenchPolynesia and #Chile. I hope to read at least six more in March and April!

GatheringBooks That is awesome! Great progress! 💕💕💕 2mo

GatheringBooks Which one is your favorite, by the way? 2mo

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks

Playground

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GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i have yet to find that one. I did enjoy his

The Overstory

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Suet624

Playground | Richard Powers

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I‘m all over the map on this book. Here are my random thoughts:
1. Don‘t listen to the audiobook. Apparently you can‘t tell that there is a section of the narrative that is in italics which is an important feature of the story. (At least that‘s what Reddit readers said.)
2. It took me forever to get into it and I really had to push to finish it.
3. You have to finish it. But it will give you a headache.
4. The ocean is magical. AI sucks.

BarbaraBB Great review. It‘s my favorite read of the year so far even though I ended up with so many questions 🤯 2mo

Suet624 @BarbaraBB I think it will take time for the book to settle within me. I so dislike Todd/AI/what these creators have done that I angrily squirmed through it. Of course much of it was brilliant and I loved the ocean passages. 2mo

BarbaraBB Angrily squirmed through it 😀 oh Sue I so like the way you are! 2mo

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Suet624 @BarbaraBB Hahaha. 2mo

Bookwormjillk Good to know about the audiobook! 2mo

ErikasMindfulShelf I listened to it. Had no clue. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

Suet624 @BarbaraBB (sigh) I miss the oceanographer. I keep thinking about her. 2mo

BarbaraBB Yes she is a fantastic character 💕 2mo

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ImperfectCJ

Playground | Richard Powers

Valentine's Day gift for my spouse. Slightly self-serving because I REALLY want him to read this so I can talk to him about it.

Hooked_on_books That whale sculpture is beautiful! 🤩 🐋 2mo

BarbaraBB I want my husband to read it too but he keeps refusing unfortunately 2mo

ImperfectCJ @Hooked_on_books SoCal upscale mini-mall decor. :-) 2mo

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ImperfectCJ @BarbaraBB Mine loved The Overstory, and he wants to read this one, he just keeps postponing it. I decided to remove an energy barrier for him (and I'm kind if interested in re-reading it myself) 2mo

LoverOfLearning What a stunning cover! 2mo

Suet624 That sculpture is gorgeous. 2mo

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BarbaraBB

Playground | Richard Powers

#WeeklyFavorites

The last favorite of January is my favorite of the month too! I can‘t stop thinking of Playground!

Read4life

Read4life What a great reading month! Thanks for playing along. 💙📚💙 3mo

BarbaraBB @Read4life Thank you for organizing! 3mo

sarahbarnes You‘re convincing me I need to read this one! 3mo

Suet624 I‘m with @sarahbarnes 3mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 @sarahbarnes I think you both need to indeed 😀 3mo

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ImperfectCJ

Playground | Richard Powers

I have read some great books this week, so it was tough to choose, but the tagged edged out Poor Deer and Martyr! by just a little (even with how grouchy the ending still has me feeling).

#WeeklyFavorites @Read4life

BarbaraBB That #ToB25Longlist has given us so many good books!! (edited) 3mo

Read4life Having to choose between good books is a great problem to have 😉 3mo

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BarbaraBB

Playground | Richard Powers

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I loved this book right up until the end. It‘s probably me but I don‘t get the ending.. I am left with so many questions, it‘s such a thought provoking story.
I loved the friendship between Todd and Rafi, I loved Evelyn‘s diving, her love for the ocean and her marriage, I loved Makatea, its inhabitants, I loved Powers‘ style and love for nature. But I feel like I have to start it again to really get it. All the stars nevertheless! #ToB25Longlist

ImperfectCJ

ImperfectCJ Thank you for tagging me on your review! I still can't quite get over that ending, but the feelings I got with the rest of it are still hanging on and coloring my daily life, too, which really says something for Powers's writing. 3mo

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ I think it will stick with me for some time to come. There‘s so much going on in the book and in my head now! 3mo

squirrelbrain Yes, I didn‘t really ‘get‘ the ending either. 🤷‍♀️ 3mo

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sarahbarnes I‘ve been waffling on whether I want to read this one. Good to know you liked it (except for the ending)! 3mo

Suet624 Hmmm… guess I need to find this one. You‘ve got me curious. 3mo

Hooked_on_books I had a pretty similar response. I really liked the storylines but not really together as a whole. 3mo

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @Suet624 It‘s soo good. I didn‘t get the ending, or at least have to give it some more thought, but it‘s still the best book I read this year (which doesn‘t say that much, I admit!) 3mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books I did like them together as well but I didn‘t get the time thing: that Rafi lived on the island as well as died in Illinois? @squirrelbrain @ImperfectCJ 3mo

ImperfectCJ @BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain I read it as the whole thing was written by Todd's AI as a kind of happy ending for him to listen to as his Lewy Body Dementia progressed. It's similar to "it was all a dream," which feels like a cop-out. 3mo

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks #ReadTheWorld2025 Book 4 #FrenchPolynesia 🇵🇫 (edited) 3mo

GatheringBooks I‘ve only read tagged book which I found to be quite interesting - love how much you have traveled - and we‘re only in February! ✈️

The Overstory

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BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Sometimes I am so fed up with American fiction 🤷🏻‍♀️ and I enjoyed Overstory but this one is way better! 3mo

GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i hear what you‘re saying - fiction from US, Canada, UK - hence the reading challenge. I am aching for stories from elsewhere and everywhere else. Btw, powell‘s made a list of 25 books to read before you die - world edition. I was hoping to get to them this year (and the next), hopefully. 💕 https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/cca42756-6a6c-49de-93ab-cf4f3f7... 3mo

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Thanks. That‘s a cool list. I read most of them when reading Boxall‘s #1001books to read before you die 3mo

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BarbaraBB

Playground | Richard Powers

The people of Makatea in French Polynesia have to decide about their future in this book. The mayor‘s wife is mostly quiet but I love that she speaks out about future generations. In real life people in power hardly seem to think of the future of next generations anymore. This quote touches me deeply ❤️‍🩹

TrishB Agreed. What are we leaving for future generations. 3mo

BarbaraBB @TrishB Have you read this book? It‘s very good. 3mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage I loved Overstory and need to read his more recent books! 3mo

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BarbaraBB @BarbaraTheBibliophage I enjoyed Overstory and this one is even better so far. 3mo

TrishB No- I‘ve got a couple of his but I‘ve not read any of them yet! 3mo

BarbaraBB @TrishB I am not always a fan but this one is excellent 3mo

JenP Loved this book 3mo

BarbaraBB @JenP Me too. Just finished it. The ending left me with many questions though. 3mo

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