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Playground | Richard Powers

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The best book of the the year for me.
Made me cry a few times. I love Richard Powers. Themes of human and animal consciousness, peril and possibilities of AI, protecting culture, friendship and betrayal, and beauty of the ocean. Will be thinking on this one for days. As a kid who grew up near the ocean and would have been a marine biologist had I been better at math, this novel really resonated with me.

CoffeeAndABook Wow this sounds amazing!! How had I not heard of it yet??? Thanks for the post 😊 2w

BarbaraBB Such a fab read! A favorite of mine too this year 2w

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 2w

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SamAnne @CoffeeAndABook it hit me through the heart. 2w

sarahbarnes I need to read this! 2w

JuniperWilde I love his books, too. Have you read North Woods. Not like RP but also excellent. 2w

CatMS Loved Overstory and have Bewilderment on my shelves to read, will put this one on my TBR 2w

SamAnne @CatMS I really enjoyed Bewilderment but loved this one more. I plan to dive into his earlier books. 2w

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IriDas

Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science | Robert Kunzig

#sundayfunday

I don‘t really have a favorite place. I‘ll read wherever. However, I do prefer to read where I will not be disturbed. That‘s difficult, not only because I have too many kids, but because I have ADHD. 😂

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ncsufoxes My mom came last month to stay with our 3 kids last month while my husband & I went away. She can read a book in a day or two. When we got back she said, “I forgot what it was like to have kids interrupt you all the time. I barely got much reading done.” The main interrupter is the 10 year old, that talks all the time. She finally understood why I can‘t read as fast as her. 3mo

IriDas @ncsufoxes 😂 Yes, there‘s always something with the kids. 3mo

BookmarkTavern That sounds like a storm of distractions. 😂 Thanks for posting! 3mo

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IriDas

Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science | Robert Kunzig

#chatterday

Took the train to my mom‘s for some business she needed to include me in. Was worried about the heat, but it was only in the 70s. Weird weather for that area. Also, learned they have TWO Dutch Bros. We have ZERO. What conspiracy is this? 😂 😭

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Leftcoastzen 😂I‘m not a fan ,in Phoenix, Az there are many with long lines every day ! 3mo

IriDas @Leftcoastzen I heard that about La Habra too. I‘ve only been to them in North and Central Cali where there are no lines. Just the usual for the time of day. 3mo

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AnneCecilie

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness | David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

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An amazing book about the different ocean types and their ecosystems. I learned so much from this.

But I have to admit that if I hadn‘t read What the Wild Sea Can Be from this year‘s Women‘s Prize Nonfiction Longlist, I probably never would have gotten to this.

charl08 Oh, I still have this to finish. Thanks for the nudge to pick it up again.

What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World�s Ocean

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AnneCecilie

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness | David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

I had no idea.

AnnCrystal
😢🙏🏼🌍💔🌎❤️‍🩹🌏💝. 3mo

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AnneCecilie

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness | David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

More, remarkably, studies have shown female krill shrinking in winter and regressing their external sexual physiology, thereby effectively returning to their juvenile life stage, when their energy needs were smaller. This downsizing enables them to use their own body protein as fuel to last them through the lean times. With the return of spring they regain their sexual characteristics and become fully mature just in time for the breeding season.

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IriDas

Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science | Robert Kunzig

Read with my son first, then got my own reading done. A couple of my kids went to the fair so it was very quiet here for reading hour tonight.

#hyggehourreadathon

TheBookHippie, chrissyjohnson, AllDebooks

AmyG Dogman! 3mo

AllDebooks ❤️ Stacked! 3mo

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AnneCecilie

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness | David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

But as on many oceanic islands, today the biggest threats to Rain‘s turtles originate from far away. Higher tides caused by rising sea levels are now flooding many of their nests every year. And there is an additional and invisible danger.
While it is still in the egg, the sex of the developing turtle is determined by the temperature of the nest in which it lies. Nigh temperatures lead to the development of females, lower ones to males. In recent

AnneCecilie seasons over 99 per cent of the turtles that have hatched on Raine have been female. (The picture is from the book) 3mo

AnnCrystal That is incredible 🙏🏼🌊🐢💝. 3mo

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AnneCecilie

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness | David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

This is insane to think about

Jari-chan It is! 3mo

Cuilin Wow 😮 3mo

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AnneCecilie

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness | David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

This is just amazing and unbelievable

AnnCrystal Thank You for sharing 🤩 Amazing 🐳🌊🐋💝💝💝. 3mo

Cuilin 🤯 🐳 🦕 3mo

Read-n-Bloom WOW 🤯 3mo

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