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TheBookHippie
A Child's Year | Joan Walsh Anglund
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☘️🍀☘️🌹🪻🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼🦁🐑

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RebeccaRoo7
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Pickpick

Listening to this book made me think of my granddad, who was a watchmaker. He worked as a Timekeeper for a railroad station located in my small hometown in Kentucky. At the time of his death, when he was 87, we found 5 clocks he was working on in his workshop. There was even a beautiful German cuckoo clock waiting to be delivered back to its owners. This book covered so much material but was so enjoyable. I will end up buying the hard copy.

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cant_i'm_booked
A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking
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Pickpick

Content-wise, I felt this was more of a review for me, given that I had started my meanderings into cosmology/physics with Brian Greene‘s “The Elegant Universe.” But it‘s not lacking in star appeal (no pun intended)…I‘m a huge fan of Stephen Hawking, RIP. I‘d recommend this short book to anyone wanting their black holes, neutrinos and particle colliders put in introductory lay terms, from a famed theoretical physicist with a sense of humor.

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vlwelser
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Pickpick

This is about timing. Best, most productive times of the day. Why it's better not to graduate during a recession (😂 duh) etc. I found it very interesting. It also justified my inability to get things done in the afternoon when I get up at 5. Explained? Whatever.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Crazeedi This sounds like one I want to read! You get up at 5 too?☺️ 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Mornings are my time haha I try to use late afternoons and evenings to do more mindless, low-energy tasks. If it doesn't get done by 3pm, it's probably going on tomorrow's list 😂 1mo
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TheBookHippie
A Child's Year | Joan Walsh Anglund
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♥️💕♥️

KadaGul @TheBookHippie How adorable 🥰 very Valentinish 💌 💝 #Valentinemonth 2mo
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TheKidUpstairs
The Order of Time | Carlo Rovelli
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Pickpick

An interesting read. Rovelli brings a sense of poetry and playfulness to a complex topic that makes it engaging and accessible. I think I'd still need another listen (or five) to begin to grasp some of the strands here, but it is worth exploring. (And with Benedict Cumberbatch narrating the audio, I don't mind spending extra time listening!)

#AuldLangSpine @Sapphire @monalyisha

monalyisha I‘m sure I‘d feel similarly! 2mo
Sapphire I agree about Benedict Cumberbatch! I found this book originally because one of my favorite authors recommended it on her fb page - Mary Doria Russell. 2mo
TheKidUpstairs @Sapphire I've always looked Rovelli's books at the library and then passed them over, too intimidated, so I appreciate the push to try. I'll definitely read others now. I've never read any of Russell's work either, which is your favourite? 2mo
Sapphire The Sparrow is my favorite and had the most impact on me personally. But Dreamers of the day is timely now with all going on in the Middle East. I loved Doc as well. Each of her books is very different. The sparrow has been called “Jesuits in space” but is also probably the truest to her roots as an anthropologist. 2mo
rabbitprincess Hahaha the Benedict Cumberbatch narration is the reason I have this book 😂 2mo
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jennirl
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first books of the year are MORTAL FOLLIES by Alexis Hall (which i described as sexy mayhem with Napoleonic War jokes to a friend) and SAVING TIME by Jenny Odell which is even more intense and philosophical than HOW TO DO NOTHING and i am 1000% here for it.

(pink theme is accidental)

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Writeme
How to Stop Time | Matt Haig
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Mehso-so

This book was interesting, but not life changing. Kind of meh.

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BekaReid
Switch | A.S. King
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#top23of23 part 2 listed in the order completed. And there's actually 24 total. Just couldn't cut any on the list 😉

IndoorDame Love this list! The last week of the year is always so dangerous for my TBR! 3mo
BekaReid @IndoorDame I know what you mean! Too many amazing books to keep up with! 3mo
TheBookHippie I love Clarice!! 3mo
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batsy Great list! The Forbidden Notebook would definitely be on mine, as well. And I read Plath's journals years ago and loved them. 3mo
BekaReid @TheBookHippie yes! I adore Clarice's writing!! 3mo
BekaReid @batsy thanks. It's always hard to pick my “top“ books so I try to focus on those that made an impact/stuck with me. The Forbidden Notebook was definitely one of those! And Sylvia Plath's journals ♥️ 3mo
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