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Cosmos_Moon_River

Cosmos_Moon_River

Joined May 2016

mother, scientist, writer, bibliophile
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The Unseen Wounds Of Women by Caroline Strawson
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Future Shock | Alvin Toffler
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Taking a moment to brag & would love to hear what you‘re proud of—Two weeks ago I spoke about sustainability in maritime at 3 separate events. I was particularly proud of the Tulane Future of Energy Forum panel as the only woman & with three men who are CEOs. They took great photos, an event YouTube page with the 28 sessions & our panel made the cover!
@TulaneFutureofEnergy" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://m.youtube.com/@TulaneFutureofEnergy
https://youtu.be/auIrAShIPkQ?si=aqimXsJ1rnlWBrAI

Ruthiella Awesome! 👏 👏👏 5d
mcipher Congrats, that‘s so awesome!!! 👏 👏 👏 5d
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Historical depiction of the political and environmental history of about the mid-1980s to present. This is the first nonfiction I‘ve read by Rich, although in the middle of his second (Second Nature). I was aware of much of this history, but really got into this. His writing reminds me of the populist style of Rachel Carson, and I feel he could bring some of these important issues more mainstream at a time when our world desperately needs to care.

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I had long awaited Anguish & Anarchy. It was pretty good but I was a bit disappointed at the end. It had a great build up with a lot of action, but felt it all resolved too quickly. I just went back and read the first two so I could experience the whole story at once. It was fun to revisit all, and still looking forward to the movie—following Adeyemi on instagram, she is working on the Blood & Bone script. And the covers are all so beautiful.

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I‘ve been a Malcolm Gladwell fan for a bit. This book focuses on how many most-known exceptional people became who they are. Much of it is experience in a field, and the luck of being in the right place, knowing the right people & even being born in the right year. One example in the book, Bill Gates & Steve Jobs, both born in 1955-the perfect age at the right time for tech enterprises, with unusual opportunities available at young ages.

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A reading suggestion from my boss. I work as a sustainability manager in a highly project management, infrastructure focused industry. I thought this would be about project management, but more about knowing and talking to the right people who can help you out when you need it, or to help find ways to connect the right resources.

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Leslie F*cking Jones | Leslie Jones
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I‘m so behind on posting my completed books! This is a definite pick, although, as some others said, a few too many fucks throughout. I don‘t mind the delicately and well needed F-words, but she uses a lot. I think the audio had a few improvised parts, which I think is always fun. It‘s like Leslie is driving around with me telling me about her life. A good story about her background, life‘s struggles and behind the scenes on SNL.

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Leslie F*cking Jones | Leslie Jones
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I just want to say, I started this audio yesterday and I fucking love it! Already laughing and crying.

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My Name Is Barbra | Barbra Streisand
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I have a new love for Barbra after listening to this 48+hour audiobook. Easily the longest I‘ve ever listened to, but was never bored. She recounts nearly her entire life, starting in Brooklyn with a single mother, her father passed when she was about 18 months. From an independent young woman turning into a do-it-all genius powerhouse. I loved hearing about the causes she‘s supported and politics she‘s influenced. More amazing than I ever knew!

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Mermaids in Paradise | Lydia Millet
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I could not get into this one. I don‘t feel connections to the characters and can‘t get into a reading flow. I wanted to love it because my bff sent it to me and it has a cool title and cover, but there are so many other books to read, I‘m not wasting my time on it right now. What makes me want to read a little more, is as I just searched on google and Ed Helms may be making it into a movie, and I he‘s pretty funny… maybe I‘ll come back someday.

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Welcome @RoseMallow to Litsy! Our kids take music lessons at the same place and we started talking about the books we‘re reading while waiting for them. She just joined yesterday….

Share how you love to #Litsy! I always describe it as Instagram for books and readers.

slategreyskies Welcome, @RoseMallow ! It‘s great to have you here! 📚 ☕️ 3mo
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Ruthiella Welcome to Litsy @RoseMallow ! 😃 3mo
JessClark78 Welcome to Litsy! @RoseMallow 🙂📚 3mo
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The author lays into us and tells a difficult truth. We are all complicit, but some may just be sociopathic. If people in power do the opposite of what is necessary for humanity‘s survival, there must be a special place reserved for them.

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Sadly we‘ve become a fragmented world.

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This book recounts an infuriating history from the 1970s to 1990s when politicians failed humanity and scientists failed to express our existential crisis in a meaningful, change inducing way. This was published in 2019 when politics in the US were at an all-time low for the environment. Our current president has made some advances to implement a “Green New Deal” through the IRA and BIL legislation. I hope these efforts start to make a difference.

Cosmos_Moon_River I don‘t mean the posts about this to be political, just honest. I can‘t help myself in following with a few quotes coming next. 4mo
Vansa @Cosmos_Moon this is actually not just political, it's about the only home we have and how our attitude towards it's destruction is 🤷🏾‍♀️ 4mo
Cosmos_Moon_River @Vansa 100% I agree 💚 It is about science and taking care of our home. Sadly so much of it has become tangled in politics and profit. I work in the sustainability field and so much of this breaks my heart every day to think of the world my children may live in. We are all responsible. 4mo
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The Wise Man's Fear | Patrick Rothfuss
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Excellent follow up to The Name of the Wind. Now I‘m stuck with my friend who recommended these, waiting for book 3. Love the journey, fae and Kvothe‘s internal and external battles. Kvothe matured and learned so much through this segment of his story, but I felt letdown with more questions along with the Chronicler toward the end.

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Spare | Prince Harry
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I enjoyed this. Surprisingly to me, Prince Harry is very relatable, has done amazing work and seems like a down to earth person. I empathized with his struggles of losing his mother, the strife it caused him throughout his life and terror he‘s felt from the paparazzi. I don‘t think anyone could handle the harassment he and Meghan have faced. Fame and royalty are not for the faint of heart-I had no idea the imposition on privacy was so extreme.

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The Day After Roswell | Philip Corso
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I was watching a series, “Aliens Among Us”. One of the interviewees mentioned this book. Written by a US Army colonel in charge of Roswell crash debris/technologies. Colonel Corso‘s job at the pentagon was leaking technologies into society by releasing them to companies to reverse engineer. He claims this explains a huge boom in technology since the 1950s & similar crashes in Russia advanced their technologies. Maybe this is still happening today?

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The Woman in Me | Britney Spears
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So I‘m not a big Britney fan, but I enjoy audio memoirs for my commute. I enjoyed hearing her background and her story of her conservatorship. It was insane what her father did to her, and no one should have to endure this level of control from another adult. She seemed very naive for much of her life. I‘m glad she‘s free of that and hope she can rebuild her life in a positive way. Overall a pick for me #freebritney

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This was a little strange… a self help type/psychology book translated from Korean. Much of the book, the author is recounting, word for word, her interactions with her psychiatrist. It seems like most of her problems stem from childhood problem or issues with societal norms. Some must really like it, as it has been translated in many languages and is a Korean best seller. In my opinion, it was alright. Something is learned from all we read.

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Finally, the long-awaited book 3 arrived today! I originally preordered this years ago, then saw signed preorder available, so cancelled to get this one. Can‘t wait to read the final segment - with a new map expanded from Orisha… new adventures and new places! Probably going to go back and read books 1 & 2 again before starting this. Just happy it‘s here! Yay!

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Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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I am bailing on this one for now. Perhaps I will come back to it someday, but right now I can‘t get into the book. I feel no connection to the characters and do not have patience for reading 4 page paragraphs in small, tightly spaced font about what seem to be unnecessary details. The couple times I started to get into it a little or started to like a character, the plot jumps around to another character or timeline.

Cosmos_Moon_River Also, the book seemingly goes on infinitely. If I‘m reading 1000+ pages, the book should be flowing through by nearly 100 pages, but was not. Also it is described as an encyclopedic novel… encyclopedias have never flowed for me, either. 7mo
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The Car Thief | Theodore Weesner
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Sad events of a misguided youth in urban Detroit around 1960. Alex lives with his alcoholic dad who works 2nd shift at a car factory. I enjoyed the ups and downs of the book, cheering for Alex, hoping he would make it through his hardships to lead a good life. He is a complex character with a complicated history. The story takes place over the course of about a school year, but has many flashbacks giving the characters tangible depth.

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This story does not bring you back to Kvothe‘s world, but provides a glimpse into Auri‘s. It develops her character by following a week of her life during the time she knows Kvothe, although never mentions him by name. In Rothfuss‘s afterward to the book, it sounds as if Auri was revealing herself to him as much as his readers. Shorter than I expected when I picked it up, a quick read.

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Crow's Dinner | Jonathan Carroll
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A fun read of short thoughts and one of the strangest/coolest covers I‘ve seen. Noted on the dust jacket, the cover is designed by Jonathan Carroll‘s son. This was fun to read, feeling like I was getting a behind the scenes view of the author‘s brain and some snapshots of where some of my favorite novels came from. Also, of course, his love for dogs is obvious, as in probably all of his books a dog plays a prominent role.

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Wonderful story. Looking forward to reading more of this saga. Some cool pictures of depictions of Kvothe (Quothe/Kote) and Auri a friend of mine has. The book is as hard to describe as Kvothe‘s love for Denna. After a battle with some unusual creatures and a chance encounter, Kote begins to tell his story of growing up; making his way as a respected performer with his family, to being a lost, lonely youth, and his growth overcoming adversities.

Cosmos_Moon_River Also, I have a thing for books with maps. 8mo
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Our little leaper is here. Our 3rd (and last) boy! Welcomed him yesterday. His first birthday he will be four and it will be a Mardi Gras day! Perfect New Orleans baby 🥰 he‘s reading with me in the hospital already and just made 24 hours. Thank you all for the well wishes!

TheKidUpstairs Congratulations! Welcome to the world, little one. 9mo
DieAReader 🥳❤️‍🔥Congrats!! 9mo
AmyG Adorable! All the best to you and your family. ❤️ 9mo
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Librarybelle So adorable! ❤️ 9mo
Blackink_WhitePaper He is cute...!!! Loads of love to the little one. Take care 😻 9mo
julesG Congratulations! What a cute little 🐸 9mo
TheQuietQuill Congratulations! He‘s beautiful! 9mo
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Jari-chan Congratulations ❤️❤️ 9mo
Chelsea.Poole Congratulations!! Absolutely precious!! 💚 9mo
Leftcoastzen So cute! Magical Leap day ! Congratulations 🎉 9mo
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marleed Oh congratulations! 9mo
Ruthiella So cute! ❤️ 9mo
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About to meet my third boy in a couple hours. Happy leap day!

AmyG Oh wow! Congrats! (edited) 9mo
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Reggie Congrats!!! And good luck! 🍀 9mo
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Cosmos_Moon_River Thank you all! Everything went smoothly and our River Bastion is here. Pic in new post 🥰 @AmyG @julesG @marleed @LiteraryinLawrence @TheSpineView @SamAnne @BookmarkTavern @Librarybelle @Reggie @Ruthiella 9mo
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I love stories that give me perspectives of lives I will never live and provide a glimpse to empathize their struggles. Lamya comes from a background of conservative Muslim family and country. Eventually she moves to the US and initially lives with her uncle. She starts to find her community through college and young adulthood but continues to struggle with coming out to her family in the US and overseas.

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Matthew Perry‘s memoir accounts his life in somewhat of an anachronistic order from his life with his mom in Canada and father in LA, to lifelong struggles with addiction. At the end of his memoir, Perry seems to have overcome his biggest battles, but sadly we know where his story ultimately ends.

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Amazing story of a young woman and a tree. Julia Butterfly spent more than 700 days in Luna to save it from the logging industry. She peacefully fought big business and violent loggers at times. Over her time in Luna, she had visits from celebrities building publicity to the tree. Some of her colleagues in protest lost their lives, while Julia stayed in the tree as long as it took, until it was guaranteed it would not be cut.

Scochrane26 I‘ve had this book for many years but haven‘t reread in so long. Thought it had been forgotten! My roommate at the time read it for a class & told me to read it. I sometimes wonder if the tree is still standing & what she‘s doing now. (edited) 10mo
Cosmos_Moon_River @Scochrane26 I wondered when I was reading this so had to do some googling… she is still an activist and Luna is still there! She has not done another 2 year tree sit, though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(tree)#:~:text=Luna%20is.... (edited) 10mo
Scochrane26 @Cosmos_Moon Thanks for the info! 10mo
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Kindred | Octavia Butler
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It‘s been a while since I‘ve posted my read reviews, so I‘ll have a blast of a few. I loved this book! A lovely combination of fantasy time travel and historical fiction.

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A harrowing feat of literature, but a bit long and dry for my tastes, even for an audio. I am sure some of the knowledge from this book stuck, but also looked forward to it ending after more than 24 hours of listening. Like some other long anthropology works, seems to rehash the same themes repeatedly.

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The Best of Poe | Edgar Allan Poe
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Got this a couple months ago because my 7th grader needs to read the Raven and Tell-Tale Heart. I read all the stories and poems in this compilation. They were a little too male-centric, dry and built on the boredom for me. I got into some of the poems at the end and some of the stories I did really like, Murders in the Rue Morgue stands out. I also had some trouble with the old English. It didn‘t flow well for me while reading.

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Peony in Love | Lisa See
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This was a beautiful story of love sickness and enduring love in a time of feminine oppression and betrothal in high society China. In reading the author‘s notes and acknowledgments at the end, learning this was a true story, written as historical fiction was touching and amazing. Lisa See talks about the real opera of the Peony Pavilion and how the commentary of three wives on the opera really existed. Loved it!

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The Sense of Wonder | Rachel Carson
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A lovely Rachel Carson book geared toward children and with her grandnephew Roger in mind, written when he visited her summer Maine cottage. First published as an essay in 1956, she wanted to publish this with illustrations to captivate children, however was not able to complete the visuals before her death. This is a posthumous edition from 1998 with new photos celebrating nature and its wonders. A quick and peaceful read.

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The Birchbark House | Louise Erdrich
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This was a sweet sad little story. My son had to read this for his 5th grade class, and he wanted me to read it, too. Omakayas is an Ojibwe girl growing up on an island in the Great Lakes. It follows a year of her life through the seasons, with good times and struggles throughout the year.

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In Pieces | Sally Field
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Loved this memoir read by the author. Many parts so heart wrenching for her. I‘ve always liked Sally Field but never really knew anything about her. This story must have been so difficult but I am sure it is a huge weight from her chest to tell.

jamield1911 She is amazing 😍😭 13mo
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Intelligent Design | Denise Little
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Good little book of short stories, most with some conflicting scientific and religious conflict, some with science and religion supporting each other. I think my favorite in this collection was “God, No Matter How You Spell It” with a little bizarre twist at the end. They each had their own bit of the bizarre.

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This was good and historically educational. I did not know about these murders in the Osage tribe. Glad I had a chance to listen to the audiobook before watching the movie. Crazy the audiobook already has movie images on the cover in my library app.

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I finished this a few weeks ago but was having trouble gathering words to review… this is a harrowing true story of 2 young Jewish sisters fighting as Nazi resisters during the holocaust & through the end of WWII. Their strength, cunning & selfless courage saved so many & kept their family together through most of the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands & Europe. This is an amazing account detailing their lives & eventual experience in Auschwitz.

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The Call of the Wild | Jack London
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This is another one my son has to read for English this year, so decided to read, too. I give it a “meh”. I wasn‘t really into the storyline, and felt bad for Buck.

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Kitchen Confidential | Anthony Bourdain
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I enjoyed this, but just thought it was okay. I‘m sure restaurateurs and cooks would have a greater appreciation for this book. I could see my mom liking it more, having a lot of experience in restaurant kitchens, as well as cooking for a convent for 17 years. Some fun anecdotes of kitchen life and compelling to hear some of Bourdain‘s back story. I enjoyed his food network series much more.

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Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes
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My son has to read this for 7th grade English this year, so I decided to read it since I haven‘t before. It‘s different than I expected. More sex & alcohol—especially for a Louisiana school, but I like the premise & arc of the story. Not going to mention the sex parts to my 12 y.o. before he reads it—I‘ll ask him about it when he‘s at those parts. He has to read it next quarter. Brave teacher to assign this & wonder if other parents have read it.

Ruthiella I read this in 7th grade too! Made me cry. 1y
rwmg I read it a couple of years ago and it was quite different from the way I remembered it from having read it as a teen. My memory was of his relapse taking almost half the book 1y
Cosmos_Moon_River @rwmg I guess kids pick up on different things than adults. 1y
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Invisible Women reviews places in society where women are entirely overlooked for the default human condition: being male. When women are included in decisions and research, better outcomes are found across the board. Women‘s perspectives find solutions men don‘t see, women account for other women‘s needs in times of disaster and humanitarian aid, outcomes in car accidents — overall providing for the needs of families and communities better.

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This is a book of finding good in humans. The author argues where good people stood up at bad points in history. I liked his arguments against some of Jared Diamond‘s theories in his book Collapse. Overall pick, enjoyed his perspectives of good.

CuriousG Have this one on my shelf, but it has to compete with the other hundred unread ones and hasn't made its way to the top of the pile yet, although I have read the first 40 pages on and off for quite a while! 1y
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The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver
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I enjoyed this book. Partly thought it could be about 200 pages shorter, but I also liked how it brought the characters through their lives. I disliked Rachel more and more as the book went on, and this probably brought me to tears at least four times. Loved the multi character all women‘s perspective, and political histories of African nations through their experiences.

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I think this is my new favorite opening paragraph.

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I enjoyed this audio for insights on the connection of disease, thought processes, mental health and health outcomes. I do believe the brain and thought can be a powerful tool, but I thought sometimes Mate stretched the correlations a little too far. I enjoyed listening to his experiences psychedelics and various celebrities he‘s worked with, normalizing addiction and mental health problems, with some relatable stories.

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Finished this a couple nights ago… yes I cried. Have been wanting to read this so I can finally watch the movie. Creatively intertwines a murder mystery, love story, sad family dynamics, nature and science. Really enjoyed it and recommend.

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Imaginary Friend | Stephen Chbosky
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Just finished this chonk. I couldn‘t stop til I got to the end. Some mixed reviews here, but I enjoyed it. Gave me a few weird dreams, which can be fun. Very imaginative story about overcoming demons within. The end left my imagination reeling. Some spots were maybe over the top & some people said it‘s too long, but to me it was worth every word. Hope there‘s a movie someday. Perks ended up as a great film adaptation, this one is so different tho.