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USGS geologist Wendell Duffield was assigned to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1969-72. Here he gives a little history of the HVO, some of his personal stories, and very accessible vulcanology. He shows how studying the extremely active Kīlauea has helped scientists better understand other volcanoes. Fascinating and fun book!

This book really goes into detail about Roman life, the eruption and later the work of archeologists to find and restore this chapter of history.

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Definitely the strangest 🦇💩🍌👖book I read all year, which also made it the most intriguing and fun. And I luuuurve the cover.

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An assorted group of characters are all gathered at a hotel up high on a Mediterranean island for Christmas. Then a couple of deaths that look like accidents occur. Closer inspection shows the individuals were murdered. In the meantime a nearby volcano is coming to life

A delight. Set in one of my favourite places. Set in the 60s, a budding female writer in a very male dominated time, a close gay friend also in a difficult time for gay men. I read it in a few hours. A perfect way to spend inside time as we are having much warmer weather than usual for this time of year.

Had to read for a class. I guess it was kinda cool to read about all the “teleconnections” but boy was this book dense and boring. Also the epilogue was scary for no good reason. I DIDNT NEED MORE EXISTENTIAL DREAD IN MY LIFE

Borrowed from Libby. I didn‘t know this is book 13 of 20 of Perry‘s Victorian Christmas stories. Setting is Italy 1866: after gathering on Stromboli Island there is risk of volcanic eruption. As they plan to escape, one of the group is found dead…

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#RushAThon Day 25

I‘m afraid I‘m not in the right mind space to enjoy this very strange book. It was too convoluted for me just now. There are so many characters and storylines, I‘m just not really sure what happened.

There were parts I really liked, especially the bee/pollen mutation and hive mind infestation that developed from that.

Overall, 🍌👖 and downright strange.

Airport reading. ✈️ Headed to Colorado to visit family.

This is a strange one! Not sure yet if I‘m enjoying it or not. I‘ll let you know 🙂📚