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Did you know
That spices are what fueled the economies of Venice, Amsterdam and London?
That a woman invented the first version of monopoly as a criticism of capitalism and that it had two versions of game play- be a capitalist or a socialist?
That the lowly keyboard arguably advanced technology more than the auto?
That the European craze for calico fabric transformed the act of shoping? Me either. Flawed book, but learned a lot.

This mostly felt like a long rambling book about a TON of facts. Parts were enjoyable, mostly about topics that interested me like Disney. I'm glad I did the audio on double speed because I'm not sure I would've read the whole thing otherwise.

I'm not loving this as much as I thought I would, but it's a pretty short audiobook so I'll push through.

This was pretty dry for a pop science book. I remember liking Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson back in high school but I think my expectations of nonfiction have risen in the days of excellent science podcasts like Invisibilia, Hidden Brain, and Freakonomics. I listened to half of this on audiobook and repeatedly felt obligated to apologize to my boyfriend for subjecting him to so many boring facts about the history of cotton. 😐

Some interesting parts but way too technical.

Saw this while browsing at the library. Looks interesting. #nonfiction

Turns out "play" is the "mother of invention". Cool.

Jean Case, Chairman of the National Geographic Society, has chosen these as her favorite 2016 reads. Have you read any of these? I want to read *all* of them, thank you very much 😁! I'm having a blast finding out what various people enjoyed reading this past year ☺️! #ReadToLead

Waiting at the airport to pick up my dad. I found 2 books to put on the Christmas Wish List. 🤓📚