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#DynamicDs #Drink I‘ve got a small section! 🥃🍷🍸🍹
#DynamicDs #Drink I‘ve got a small section! 🥃🍷🍸🍹
pick4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ March 2025 Bookclub Pick
First half better than the 2nd half. Enjoyed all historical comparisons. Came with facts. Didn‘t not expect it to predict current day issues despite being published in 2017.
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#bannedbooks
pickI thought this was a good read. It provided a good overview of the Pacific Theater of WW2. While the U.S. and Japan were the primary focus, other countries involved (such as Australia and Britain) were included as well. Besides major battles and campaigns, other topics include some political aspects, as well as some personal dynamics, like the rivalry between the army and navy. Definitely recommend.
pickSad but ultimately hopeful book of poems about one of the many dark parts of United States history. File it under “stories the Right doesn‘t want your kids to know.”
Edited to add the photo. 😑
#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😍)
1. I wish it were a library. I have books EVERYWHERE. No idea how many, perhaps a few hundred. I'm in the process of getting new bookshelves and reorganizing, but it's taking forever because I'm lazy. 🤷♀️
2. HEARTSTONE by C.J. Sansom: my favorite historical-detective-fictional author. 🤩
An appropriate meme to go with @TheSpineView ‘s #Two4Tuesday questions. I needed a smile and it always delivers. ❤️📚❤️
“Dictionaries, he explained, were records of the language, AS IT IS USED...“[emphasis added 😁]
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And again, today‘s trip is Hilo but with coworkers so the reading will only happen on the plane. Hoping to finish this one today for #Naturalitsy.
pick“Blindness is a radically distinct way of being in the world. Humans are so fundamentally visual in their understanding & experience that blindness requires its own domain.” I did not know that over 70% of people that are blind live in poverty. Mainly because the education model for the blind is not built on ensuring that blind people being successful. Our systems are not built for disabilities either (& currently they are all being defunded or
