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Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Light | Claudia Gray

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In all of the High Republic books this one is the most hopeful. Reath Silas leads an expedition to Kashyyyk to stall the Blight. Unfortunately, the drengir also show up and the wookies have their own secrets 💚
#StarWarsBuddyRead
#Pantone2025 #saltedlime @Lauredhel
#WickedWords #fish @AsYouWish

Jari-chan Just gotta love Kashyyk 💖 2w

BookwormAHN @Jari-chan Absolutely 💜 2w

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The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice | Trevor Corson

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I have given this book a lengthy review elsewhere (GR, my blog) substantiating my “pan”. But while I think roughly half of the book is a great reference for the actual (his)story of sushi, the sensationalism and hypersexualizing of Kate (alongside other fixations with women‘s bodily presence) was a huge turn off. That, paired with the “see Spot run” style of writing made this a no-go for me. Watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi instead.

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Texreader

Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World | Mark Kurlansky

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As far as histories about fish go, this is top notch. But it‘s, well, a history about fish. This book covers the economic history of the market for cod, starting with the Basque of Spain through cod‘s depletion in our lifetime. We learn a lot about the cod itself and countless ancient and newer recipes for all things cod. Having toured the ancient Hanseatic Museum in Norway, I expected a lot more detail about the economics of cod. I just felt ⬇️

Texreader like there was more to be covered. I read this for #Greenland #foodandlit but it was barely mentioned at the beginning. @Catsandbooks 2mo

kspenmoll I admire you reading a book about fish! 🐟 even though I am so connected to water, salt or not, fish are squirmy & slimy & at times scary to me. Maybe it was all the hidden eels that found my young self- YUK- when I swam thru tons of eel grass at the CT shore! 🐍 2mo

Sace I have his history of salt sitting in my shelf and I recently ordered a copy of The Basque History of the World.