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DrexEdit

Joined September 2016

I make books and I read books. That's pretty much it. Pronouns she/her. DrexEdit on GoodReads and StoryGraph if anyone wants to follow me there also.
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Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell
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Beautiful, sensitive story, mostly fiction, about Shakespeare's young son who died. This book imagines he died of the plague. I just loved Maggie O'Farrell's writing. It reminded me of Lauren Groff or Hilary Mantel. 5⭐
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Soubhiville Wow 5 star! That‘s great! 8mo
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"We were working late on the time machine in the little makeshift lab upstairs."

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Lit Hub is celebrating short stories in May. One each day. https://lithub.com/tag/one-great-short-story/

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Everything Calls for Salvation | Daniele Mencarelli
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I finished this book a couple of weeks ago and forgot to come back and post a review! In any case, I think the book is well-worth reading. I don't think you can say you “enjoy“ a book about mandatory mental incarceration, but this book, drawing on the author's own experiences, oozes empathy and compassion, along with the indifference, roughness, and cynicism of the mental health workers. It's a pick for me.

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One by One | Ruth Ware
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A corporate retreat goes wrong after an avalanche traps them in a ski chalet in Switzerland. This starts out slow but picks up the pace from the middle-ish onward. I wasn't blown away by this book, the only Ruth Ware I've read, but it was readable. I did figure out early on who the killer was & how things would end up. It felt a bit formulaic. A so-so pick for me. I'm not likely to pick up any other Ware titles.
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Chapter One: Leaking Sacks of Chemicals
“I don't think he's been in here before, “ Alexandra Horowitz tells me, “So it should be very smelly.“

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#WeekendReading

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Poetry For Dummies | The Poetry Center, John Timpane
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I'm not good with poetry. My brain rarely has the patience for it. But I do want to improve and Poetry in America is one of my favorite ways to do that. For #NationalPoetryMonth you can stream all episodes for free at https://www.poetryinamerica.org/tv-series/. If you subscribe all seasons are available on PBS Passport also. And LitHub announced this PiA marathon screening on the World channel, if you have access to that.

Happy Poetry Month!

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Everything Calls for Salvation | Daniele Mencarelli
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I'm just starting this little book about the main character (named Daniele Mencarelli?) who ends up in a psychiatric ward under involuntary commitment.

It's interesting so far. This is the second good Italian author I've found through Europa Editions. Huzzah for translations! 😊

DrexEdit Oh! It's apparently already a Netflix series! 😲 12mo
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#NetGalley asked, “Do you want to read a book about the search for giant freshwater fishes?“ I replied, “Heck, yeah!“ Depite jumping back & forth & to & fro amongst the author's many fishery projects, the enthusiasm & passion the author has for this subject is clear & conveys itself on the page. Travel the world with the author learning about river eco-systems & conservation all while hunting for a record-breaking fish! 5⭐

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Wandering Souls | Cecile Pin
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Catching up with some long overdue reviews. Thanks to #NetGalley and #HenryHolt for an #ARC of this book. This title published this week in the US. This is Cecile Pin's first novel & she will be a writer to watch. Her writing style is quite lovely. This story of 3 siblings fleeing post-war Vietnam and their struggle as refugees is emotional, but the author keeps you rooting for them. I felt fully involved in these characters lives. It's a pick! 👍

DrexEdit The interspersed stories told from another POV from the main story didn't work for me. That was my only small nit to pick with this book. It just took me out of the main story. Otherwise this story about refugee struggles and the way none of our lives turn out the way we expect them to was a great read for me. 5 ⭐ 12mo
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This is the Steinbeck book I read for March's #AuthorAMonth thanks to a very kind gift from @Soubhiville. I enjoyed the book quite a bit. Steinbeck doesn't write about what he finds in America so much as his own story about traveling around America. Overall his POV, as one might expect, is a bit dated. It wasn't bad enough to interfere with the enjoyment of the story. It's a nice, light travelogue. It's a “why not?“ pick for me.

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Heads of the Colored People: Stories | Nafissa Thompson-Spires
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I very much enjoyed this collection of stories about black middle-class characters. The stories are funny and smart and razor-sharp in their societal observations.
Definitely a pick for me! 👍 5 ⭐

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WOW! WOW! WOW! Thanks @Soubhiville for the wonderful prize PACKAGE of books for participating in the #AuthorAMonth challenge in 2022. This was WAY more than I was expecting and all perfect books I would have chosen for the 2023 challenge. Such beautiful editions too! I'm looking forward to reading all of these! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 😊 💖

Soubhiville You‘re welcome! I hope you‘ll enjoy them. 🙂📚 14mo
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Moo, Baa, La La La! | Sandra Boynton
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My friend's son had his first child, a daughter, last October and I have yet to send a gift. I have decided that I want to start, or severely populate, her first library. I know there will be some Boynton books definitely included, but what other books would you all recommend for a first library? What are the classics? What are the hot new books? Any an all recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! 😊

Clwojick Oooo. 14mo
Clwojick Okay, thee book tagging feature isn‘t working… but pretty much any book by Robert Munsch, especially Love You Forever, 50 Below Zero, and The Paperbag Princess. Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers. The Wonkey Donkey Books. The Bear series by Karma Wilson. And The Littlw Blue Truck books by Jill McElmurry 14mo
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DrexEdit @Clwojick Thanks! I will check these out! ❤️ 14mo
monalyisha Love Boynton. Tagging my newest favorite. 14mo
Clwojick Not sure how many of these come in board book form, but nevertheless I‘d save them on your list of idea for future years to come. I have an ongoing list for my best friends 3 little ones. They get a couple books added to all their gifts. 💖 14mo
DrexEdit @monalyisha thanks very much! 👍 14mo
Clwojick And maybe it‘s random to have a favourite Halloween childrens book, but this is it! ❤️ 14mo
DrexEdit @Clwojick that's a great idea! I feel a new Goodreads list coming on! 😉 14mo
Clwojick I spent an afternoon at the library, reading through all the childrens section to make a list of favourites for Greyson. Now I‘m using the same list for his little twin siblings. ❤️ 14mo
DrexEdit @Clwojick 🎃🎃🎃❤️ 14mo
monalyisha You‘re welcome! It has no Litsy info but you can see more (check out the illustrations, etc) on Amazon. 14mo
BethM Jabberwocky was and is my son‘s favorite. Anything Pooh, any of the 5 minute stories books. 14mo
BethM Loves the colors and pictures in this 14mo
BethM I like the Jane Yolen how do/why do dinosaurs series 14mo
Aimeesue No suggestions, because that was a loooong time ago, and I can't remember any faves besides the Boyntons and, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Pooh, but I can still recite Hey! Wake up! and Hippos Go Berzerk by heart. And every once in a while, to my children's horror, I do. ❤️ 14mo
Clare-Dragonfly Boynton books are always a great choice! I also recommend Margaret Wise Brown—Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny—as well as 14mo
DrexEdit @BethM Thanks very much! I like all these suggestions. 😊 14mo
DrexEdit @Aimeesue All classics! Thanks for these ideas. Too bad Litsy does not have video capability. I would certainly love to see you recite Boynton! 😊 👍 14mo
DrexEdit @Clare-Dragonfly Oooooo! Yes! Love these suggestions! Perfect! 😊 ❤ 14mo
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The new edition of Buzz Books from Publishers Lunch is out and available for free download. I always like getting a copy of this ebook with so many excerpts of upcoming titles, it helps me decide which ones I want to try by reading a little sample first. They cover both fiction and non-fiction. The spring Romance Books should be out a bit later too, for those interested in that.

Download at: https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/

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Hey, I read a thing!
I was awarded this #ARC through the Publisher's Weekly Grab-A-Galley giveaway and accessed it thru #Netgalley.

This description--“Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test.“--grabbed my attention immediately. This is a first-in-a-series title for Gillian Flynn Books at Zando Projects Publishing so you know it's going to go to some dark places, and it does. ⬇ ⬇

DrexEdit Sister Holiday investigates arson and murder at St. Sebastian's in New Orleans. This book has a heavy noir feel to it and Sister Holiday is about as hard-boiled as they come having been knocked around in the school of life. Plenty of quirky and unsavory characters to enjoy and as we learn more about Sister Holiday's back story, the more heart-breaking the overall story becomes. ⬇ ⬇ (edited) 1y
DrexEdit Overall this is a really good read and a great start to a character motivated series and I'm looking forward to more. I've heard that this title has already been acquired for TV by the same people that produced Station Eleven and The Lincoln Lawyer (the McConaughey film version).

PUB DATE: February 21, 2023!
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Heads of the Colored People: Stories | Nafissa Thompson-Spires
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Riley wore blue contact lenses and bleached his hair--which he worked with gel and a blow-dryer and a flatiron some mornings into Sonic the Hedgehog spikes so stiff you could prick your finger on them, and sometimes into a wispy side-swooped bob with long bangs--and he was black.

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I knew I was going to like this book! A look at the scientists and hard science behind the hunt for the origins of the covid coronavirus. More questions than answers at this point but if you're interested at all in how viruses work, I highly recommend this book. No politics, except where it intersects with scientists doing their work. No Fauci or public health crisis stories. Just a thorough and informative science timeline, clearly explained. 5🌟

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This was part thriller, part philosophical musing, part sci-fi dystopian novel all based on the octopus. I have a fascination with cephalopods anyway and this book was about their intelligence which I really enjoyed. Lots of pondering on the nature of consciousness and being human. I liked all the parts and would recommend this book! 4🌟

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Current mood. Interesting fore edge painting.

#currentread

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A new book from my favorite science writer (and an expert on viruses) about the origins and implications of the COVID-19 coronavirus? Yes, please! 😊 👍

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Matrix | Lauren Groff
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Hi all, I've been pretty quiet on here lately. Nothing wrong really, just too much life going on. I now have covid on top of everything else. At least it has given me some time to post about this lovely book I read last month though. Loved this girl power story. The right story at the right time for me.

Chrissyreadit Hope you feel better quickly! 2y
DrexEdit @Chrissyreadit thanks! Definitely on the upswing side of things now. 👍😊 2y
FlowerFairy Feel better soon! 2y
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LeahBergen I hope you feel better soon! ❤️ 2y
Ruthiella Hope you get well soon! ❤️ 2y
Reggie We‘ve been having people go through their 2nd and 3rd rounds. Hope you feel better! 2y
DrexEdit @FlowerFairy thank you! I'm definitely much better than I was last week! 2y
DrexEdit @LeahBergen thank you! I'm feeling pretty good. Just wish this cough would go away! 2y
DrexEdit @Ruthiella thank you! I'm going to go back to work today (although working isolated at home) so I think feeling normal will come back quickly then! 2y
DrexEdit Thanks, @Reggie! This has been a flu-like covid for me, rather than a head cold-covid. My worst fear is passing it on to someone else! 2y
TrishB Hope you‘re soon on the mend! 2y
UwannaPublishme Hope you‘re feeling better! 🤗 2y
DrexEdit @TrishB thank you! 2y
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I‘m very glad to have had the chance to read this book from #SimonandSchuster. I received an #ARC from #NetGalley. I don‘t think I went looking for it, but I‘m very glad I found it!

Path Lit by Lightning is the story of Jim Thorpe written by renowned historian and biographer David Maraniss. This is a very thoroughly researched and detailed biography.

This is a VERY STRONG PICK for me. 5 🌟

DrexEdit Jim Thorpe has achieved an almost mythical status in American sports history. Even if you think you know Jim Thorpe and early American sports and Indian history, you will learn something new from this book. 2y
DrexEdit Although they had earlier restored Thorpe's gold medals, today the International Olympic Committee, on the 110th anniversary of Jim Thorpe winning gold in the decathlon, reinstated him as the sole winner of the pentathlon and decathlon in 1912. 2y
BarbaraBB That‘s quite the recommendation! I hope you are well, you have been quiet lately 🤍 2y
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The Big Book of Classic Fantasy | Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
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From “The Queen's Son“ by Bettina von Arnim, published in 1808.

“There was once a king who ruled over a delightful land, and his burg stood on top of a high mountain, from which he could see far into the distance.“

#FirstLineFridays
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Hey all the audiobook readers out there. I am taking a very unscientific poll. The publisher I work for publishes exclusively non-fiction history.

One of my book narrators suggested that we include a companion PDF of all the images in the book. This is a thing that can be done through Audible?

I don't use Audible enough to know. What do you all think? Would you like such a thing included with an audiobook? Or would it be so much extra floof?

fredthemoose I listen to a ton of audiobooks, mostly nonfiction, and many historical. I always appreciate having PDF materials—the more, the better! I prefer audiobooks to other formats, but sometimes there are images or charts that are important to the text and I definitely think they should be included. 2y
DrexEdit @fredthemoose Good to know! Thanks so much for sharing that with me! :-) 2y
Soubhiville I listen to a lot of audiobooks as well, but I mostly use Libby and Libro.fm. If there is a way to get pdf links, I don‘t know how. But if I love a book on audio and want to see the pictures I‘ll usually get the physical book from the library. 2y
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julesG Yes, audible provides accompanying information like charts, maps, and pictures in a PDF document. I've also come across non-fiction audiobooks where the narrator gave information where to download the PDF document on the publishers' website. I do appreciate such "extra" information when listening to a NF audiobook, especially when the book refers to charts and such. 2y
julesG I clearly remember that there was a PDF with Wordslut. 2y
DrexEdit @Soubhiville I just finished an e-ARC that didn't include any pictures, but it described photos on like every 3rd page or so. So I know there are very likely going to be photos in the finished book. I'll have to definitely find a copy when it is published! Thanks for chiming in! 2y
DrexEdit @julesG Thanks! I appreciate hearing your thoughts! I will see if I can get a copy of Wordslut through Audible as a test case. :-) 2y
Megabooks Yes! A lot of nonfiction books have accompanying pdfs! 2y
Megabooks Although I will admit I only look at them about 10% of the time. If I want visuals with a book, I usually just go for print/ebook. 2y
DrexEdit @Megabooks thanks! Good to know! 2y
Graywacke I recently read a nonfiction book on audible without the figures and maps. Very frustrating. But audible often includes extra content as pdfs. (As @Megabooks already noted) 2y
DrexEdit @Graywacke I would be frustrated too without the maps! 😊 Thanks for letting me know! Very helpful! 2y
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The Big Book of Classic Fantasy | Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
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Here's the update to my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for July. Both classic fantasty stories! Can't wait to dig in!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Good luck!!! 2y
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It is 1931, I am five years old, and my older brother Bernie takes me to see a movie called Frankenstein at the Republic Movie Theatre. Big mistake!

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The Big Book of Science Fiction | Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
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Well, here is where I am at for #Bookspin for July 2022. I am so deeply behind with all the chunksters I'm supposed to have read by now (which I haven't) that I'm going with all short stories for July. I've got three fairly large collections I'm working on so there's more than enough here to spin with!

@TheAromaofBooks

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A General Theory of Oblivion | Jos Eduardo Agualusa
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Ludovica never liked having to face the sky.

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I had another thought about book technology. See #SundayFunday thread. There is one book-related tech I use every day. It's not an app tho. It's a browser extension called Library Extension. Add it to your browser & then when you're on a book-related site (goodreads, storygraph, amazon, B&N, bookshop, scribd, libro, etc.) it will show you if that book is available in your local library.

DrexEdit The developers say they have 5000 libraries worldwide listed in their database so it might be worth a shot to see if your library is listed. This is why my #TBR is so long! If I see a book is available, I go put it on my hold list! 😂 2y
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I know it's not Sunday anymore, but I use some apps that I haven't seen mentioned so I thought I would post anyway.
1.litsy, gr, storygraph, YouTube, ig, and TikTok among others. I've just started trying out an app called Likewise and one called Tertulia (iOS). These are both mostly just discovery apps from what I can tell.
2. Litsy, gr, and storygraph pretty much every day. I want to make the jump from GR to storygraph and abandon the Amazon ⬇️

DrexEdit Empire, but there a few things that GR does that I haven't found in storygraph yet, so I haven't completely abandoned GR yet. 2y
DrexEdit 3. I think storygraph is going to be the next big thing or certainly the model to follow. It's the reading challenge tracking that got me started there. And the stats tracking are pretty impressive. 2y
BookmarkTavern I adore the stats breakdown of StoryGraph! Thank you for sharing! 💜 2y
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bthegood I also use storygraph (love it)- I gave up Amazon in 2020 (right before the pandemic!)- and I have to admit - I'm not missing it. 🙂 2y
DrexEdit @bthegood storygraph is definitely way better but I like GR editions info and lists. I think as storygraph grows these might be added. Fingers crossed. 2y
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I know many people here admired Colson Whitehead's book The Nickel Boys. I saw this book in some promotional piece this past weekend. It's the real story of the Dozier School that Colson Whitehead's book is based on. Told by the forensic anthropologist investigating the deaths and identifying the bodies. Pub day is supposed to be tomorrow. #NewBook #PubDay

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Finally getting around to posting my #bookspin and #doublespin selections for the month. More #chunksters! Not surprising. They take up a huge part of my #TBR.

I will say though that the Physics book goes back to the very start of my #Goodreads list from 2008. One of the very first books I #TBR'ed there. The very first book I TBR'ed on Goodreads was the 3rd book in the Name of the Wind trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss. Still waiting on that one. 😊

Ruthiella Not your fault you haven‘t managed to read the third King Killer chronicle yet! 😆 2y
DrexEdit @Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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📷 by @DavidDrexler on Instagram.

#ThinkPositiveBePositive @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My brother, who loves photographing street art, captured this sidewalk stencil.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love it 💙 2y
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Basic Black with Pearls | Helen Weinzweig
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Thanks #NYRBBookClub for another really good read! This is definitely not a book I would have picked up on my own. While it's hard to say that this story is “enjoyable“ I did enjoy the feverish paranoid quality of the characters stories and imaginings. I started out trying to sort out what was true and what wasn't and then realized it would be better just to go with the flow. A truly unique and mesmerizing read.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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My #Bookspin for June looks exactly the same as my #Bookspin for May as both spin numbers were “renewables,“ or in other words, stories of my choosing. Still working on my chunksters from earlier in the year! Looking forward to June's Spinning Wheel of Book Fate! 😃

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This was a fun and fast read. In this book of haiku for the modern age everyone will find at least one haiku they can relate to and many more that will amuse. It‘s a pick because some of these are snort out loud funny. 🤣

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People were eager to see "the Big Indian" as soon as he returned to America. He was a celebrity now, a global sensation, after winning two gold medals at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, where the dapper king of Sweden was said to have called him the greatest athlete in the world.

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The Big Book of Science Fiction | Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
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My #BookSpin for May was a story from The Big Book of Science Fiction. If the spinning wheel of book fate keeps this up I'll have this 1160-page book finished in no time! ha! This month's story was Mechanopolis from 1913 by Miguel de Unamuno; translated from Spanish. It's a very short story. A man travels to a world where there are no humans, just machines. ⬇

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DrexEdit Cut off from all human contact, he loses his sanity. When he finally escapes back to earth he resumes his life devoid of all de-humanizing machines. Yeah, the author's point of view is crystal clear. 3 ⭐

I shall pick my #DoubleSpin short story from this book of Latin American stories I just happen to have checked out from the library. Can't imagine I won't find a good story to read here!
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TheAromaofBooks Short story collections can be so hit or miss, so it's kind of fun to read them in snippets instead of all at one go. 2y
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The Moviegoer | Walker Percy
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"This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch."

Sounds ominous.

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jlhammar Yay, Walker Percy! Really liked this one. 2y
DrexEdit @jlhammar cool! I'm looking forward to it! 2y
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I am so far behind in posting reviews! Just reading like a fiend + life getting thrown in my face = not. enough. time. sigh.

I did finish this book in April the #AuthorAMonth author for April. I had been warned that it was a really good book and that I would need a box of kleenexes. I didn't. I found it more melodramatic than dramatic with sparse detail given it was supposed to be an historical novel. ⬇

@Soubhiville

DrexEdit I did finish the whole thing, even though it was a chunky 580 pages. So I guess it's a soft pick/so-so for me. It was pretty good, but I didn't find it overwhelming. I'm glad I tried a book by this author. I don't think I'll continue with him unless someone knows that one of his other books is totally worth the time. 2y
Ruthiella I didn‘t love this either. But I want to give him another chance. 2y
DrexEdit @Ruthiella I'm hoping he's got a short book out there! ☺️ 2y
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Woman of Light: A Novel | Kali Fajardo-Anstine
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I received a complimentary ARC of this book courtesy of Netgalley and Random House in exchange for a fair review.

Woman of Light is a multi-generational story about the Lopez family which starts in 19th-century New Mexico and follows their migration to 1930s Denver. The story centers mainly on Luz who is a seer, but also includes her brother Diego who entertains and hustles with a snake charmer act.

DrexEdit I did enjoy reading this book and the author‘s prose is spare and exquisite. This is a story of the West that isn‘t a typical cowboy or settler story. These are people who have lived on this land for centuries that are now being displaced and treated as foreigners. ⬇
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DrexEdit However the reader should not expect a historical novel rich in details. The author seems to only give enough detail to make her setting. Otherwise these characters could almost be living in any time. Perhaps that was intentional?
This is also not a traditional linear historical story. The narrative jumps around in time and also from character to character. At times it was difficult for me to keep all the players straight. ⬇
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DrexEdit In the end the novel just didn‘t absolutely take off for me, it felt like a light treatment of what should be weighty historical fiction. I am glad to have had the chance to read it. I enjoyed the author‘s style and now I want to try her short story collection where I think her writing style will really shine. 2y
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My #Bookspin list for May. Wait. . . what month is it again? 😲 There's no stopping 2022, I guess.

DrexEdit Sorry for forgetting the tag @TheAromaofBooks ! 2y
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Ten Steps to Nanette | Hannah Gadsby
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Not that I needed anything new to read, but just look at what came in on my library hold list today. 😍😳🍀 Both of these books are going straight to the top of the #TBR list.🎉🎉😊

RamsFan1963 The Mel Brooks's book is very funny. 2y
DrexEdit @RamsFan1963 really looking forward to it! 2y
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I Shall Wear Midnight | Terry Pratchett
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1. Finishing up a book called Basali! for #readingafrica2022.

2. I like both, but don't read much in either format.

3. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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Today's best find was this boxed set of Richard Russo short stories. #bookcrawl #score! I've been looking for this to purchase for a long time!

Nute What a wonderful find! 2y
DrexEdit @Nute it certainly made it worth the while to get up and get out of the house today! 2y
Nute I am already preparing for Indie Bookstore Day this year. The key to success is just as you have stated getting up and getting out of the house early. It looks like you had a ton of fun today.🤗 2y
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Einstein's Dreams | Alan P. Lightman
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The results of today's #bookcrawl. Such a great day. The sun was out for a change. I haven't been out for real book browsing in almost 2 years! Finish off with lunch at Five Guys and the day is pretty much perfect.

EvieBee Nice haul! 2y
DrexEdit @Ruthiella I'm so glad to hear that. Jane Smiley is usually a go to author of mine but I had never heard of this title before! 2y
DrexEdit Thanks, @EvieBee! 😊 2y
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Einstein's Dreams | Alan P. Lightman
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Next stop on the #bookcrawl The Book Deal! 📚📚📚💜

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Madison Public Library | Madison, MN (Library)
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It's #bookcrawl day! 😊📚📚📚 Starting at the friends of the library pop-up book sale. 💜

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Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
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Is there such a thing as #readingsynchronicity? I ended up reading these 2 historical novels of Korean 20th-century history at the same time. While the Sea Women focused on a particularly strong subset of Korean cultural community, Pachinko, also focused on strong women, told more about the Korean diaspora in Japan as a result of the colonization of Korea before WWII. Both highly recommended! 4 ⭐ each!

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I‘m quoting an entire paragraph because I love this.

“Basali literally translated into English is “women,” but its meaning as an exclamation on Sesotho is rich with humor, affection, and women‘s connection. Usually exclaimed by one woman to another, often delivered with a laugh, an amused shaking of the head, or a clapping of hands, Basali! strongly evokes Basotho women‘s love and respect for one another. ⬇

DrexEdit It is roughly equivalent to “Girl!” in African-American English and is spoken with the same high-toned, sliding inflection. It could be translated as some variant of “You‘re so sassy/clever/good-looking/outrageous/hilarious/dangerous/powerful/dazzling/audacious that I don‘t know what more to say to you!” But note that “Girl!” is singular and praises individual audacity. ⬇ 2y
DrexEdit Basali! is plural; it carries with it the implication that whatever the one woman is, and is being praised or admired for, is also true for the rest of her kind. “You are outrageous, powerful, etc.; and so are we all!”

From a book of stories written by Lesotho women that I am reading for #ReadingAfrica2022.

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