Litsy

1913: The Year before the Storm | Florian Illies

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Well this is a bummer. I am going to Prague for the first time next week and I was hoping to get some history under the belt before I left. This book looked promising it is all about the year 1913 and the lead up to WWI. Unfortunately the format is just not working for me. It is like reading tweets from the year. You have to know everyone already (I know must but still) and you just get these tiny tidbits about what 300 people did each month

ChaoticMissAdventures I just need a bit more content even though the tidbits are interesting, I think that people already VERY familiar with this time and place would enjoy this. 4h

Suet624 Bummer. 2h

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Nathan_Opland-Dobs

The Goldfinch: A Novel | Donna Tartt

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Eggs

Figuring | Maria Popova

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Highly recommend 💛 I began this gem around 5 months ago, intimidated by its length. Finally finished it yesterday🤗 and it is uncategorizable. Explores the search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries - without being pedantic. It humanizes science and nature and encourages the human race to behave respectfully and responsibly with Earth, time, and space. 👇🏻

DieAReader, Texreader

Eggs Discusses Johannes Kepler, Maria Mitchell, Harriet Hosmer, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Fuller, Emerson, Melville, Douglass, Hawthorne, and Rachel Carson. #Read2025 #LitsyAtoZ (edited) 2d

DieAReader 💖Excellent! 2d

BkClubCare Does the author have a newsletter? Is that where I know her name? 🤔 2d

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Eggs @BkClubCare https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/10/22/brain-pickings-becoming-the-marginalia... 👈🏻 Start here 2d

Eggs @DieAReader 🥰🤗 2d

BkClubCare Thanks!! 😊 1d

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Sace

Cats of the Louvre | Taiyo Matsumoto

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When @Robotswithpersonality posted their review of this manga I went searching in my kindle since I had a vague memory of purchasing this. Lo and behold there it was in my library. I enjoyed this one and the art. I now wish I had sprung for the physical copy so I could have given the art the admiration is deserves.

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shanaqui

One Hundred Dresses | Costume Institute, Metropolitan museum of art (New York, N.Y.).

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Some really fascinating dresses in here! My favourite was this Dior dress though.

Clare-Dragonfly Gorgeous! 2d

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Blueberry

The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense | George Santayana

#Amnesiac. #CharacterCharm

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Clever👏🏻👏🏻 3d

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Chrissyreadit

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

Denise!!!! This book is gorgeous!!! thank you so much for thinking of me on my birthday! I LOVE the book and the hourglass!!! You rock!!!!

dabbe

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Happy Birthday 🎂🍰💝. 4d

AmyG That is just the lovliest book. Happy Birthday…tomorrow!!!! 4d

SconsinBookyBadger Cheers to your birthday! Hope you get to celebrate with your new book! 🥳 4d

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mabell I hope you have a lovely birthday, friend!! 🎂🎉🎈📚 4d

Chrissyreadit Thank you!!! @AmyG @SconsinBookyBadger @mabell 😘😘😘 3d

dabbe YAY! One more book you'll have to find room for on your gloriously reorganized shelves! HB, m'dear! I'm so happy to have gotten to know you even better these past few months! 💛💜🧡 3d

Chrissyreadit @dabbe 😘😘😘 How are you feeling?????? 3d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit I've been better, thanks for asking! Usually the first day is the hardest one, so I know things will get easier day by day. 💛💜🧡 3d

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Blueberry

Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece | Edward Dolnick