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Brooke_H
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My 16yo and I have agreed on a reading challenge: We will each read 20 pages a day of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. If we do that, we will complete the book before we leave on our trip to the Galápagos Islands in a few weeks. And this (somehow?) will enhance our trip. At page 206, am I having regrets? Perhaps.

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Brooke_H
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New bookstack! ☀️ What is everyone reading this long weekend?

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dabbe
On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Words of advice from Mr. Darwin. Luckily we can still do these things in this country. For now. 🤞🏻 #carpediem

Texreader 💙💙💙🤞🏻 2mo
lil1inblue This reminds me of a quote I love from Goethe: “One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” 🩵🩵🩵 2mo
dabbe @Texreader 🩵💙🩵 2mo
MemoirsForMe 💙🤞🏻💙 2mo
dabbe @MemoirsForMe 💙🤞🏻🩵 2mo
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BarbaraJean
Darwin: Texts, Commentary | Charles Darwin
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I've seen this quote before, and I love it, but I love this framing of it even more!

Also, I think I need this quote on a t-shirt. For those non-great days.

CSeydel Absolutely! 3mo
Deblovestoread Love this! 3mo
lil1inblue Well, I'm gonna save this for the next non-great day. 😍 3mo
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Ambl1966
Unsheltered: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this tale of Willa Knox in a falling down house in modern day Vineland, New Jersey in and Thatcher Greenwood a high school teacher in a falling down house in 1870s Vineland. I love the juxtaposition of the 19th century of Darwin by the principal of the high school, to the annoyance of Thatcher and the Trumpian views of Willa‘s father in law Nick. It just goes to show that you cannot use logic and reason to undermine good old blind belief

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CSeydel
Unsheltered: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Panpan

Barbara Kingsolver is a very good writer, and this book is rich with metaphor and well-drawn parallels between the 2015 and 1870 storylines that illustrate the ideas about America she‘s trying to convey.

But. It‘s not a good book.

The problems are:
- the book is tedious and the story and characters didn‘t draw me in
- I disagreed with much of her overall sociopolitical message, which made it even more tedious to read.

LeeRHarry Oh no! That‘s not encouraging 😔 5mo
CSeydel @LeeRHarry The worst part is we read it for my in-person book club this month … and it was my suggestion 🙈 5mo
Bookwormjillk I love her books- but not this one. I‘ve tried and bailed several times. 5mo
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CSeydel @Bookwormjillk Glad it‘s not just me! Demon Copperhead was my favorite book of the year when I read it. 5mo
Bookwormjillk @CSeydel same. Prodigal Summer and Poisonwood Bible are also favorites of mine. 5mo
LeeRHarry @Bookwormjillk yes Prodigal Summer is my fave too. 5mo
LeeRHarry @CSeydel oh I‘ve been in that position with my book club before - I‘m thinking of when I suggested Han Kang‘s The Vegetarian which is still remembered as the most hated book of all time! 😆 5mo
Susanita She is very hit or miss for me. 5mo
CBee If you‘ve not read some of her earlier stuff, The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven are fantastic 👍🏻 3mo
CSeydel @CBee I‘ve heard that! I‘ve definitely noticed that even people who like her in general are a bit cool on this one. 3mo
CBee @CSeydel I haven‘t read it, but I love that she‘s still writing amazing books years after I read Bean Trees et al. Didn‘t I put Demon on my #auldlangspine list for you? Btw, I‘m hoping to read either Goodbye, Vitamin or Ordjnary Grace next! 3mo
CSeydel @CBee Oh yes, you might have and I disregarded it, since I‘d already read it! It was my top read of 2023. I thought it was amazing! Ooh, Goodbye, Vitamin and Ordinary Grace — two very different books, but I think you will find either of them very moving. 3mo
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CSeydel
Unsheltered: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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#weekendreads

Reading this one for my in-person book club which meets this Thursday. I suggested it because I enjoyed Demon Copperhead tremendously. This one, unfortunately, is a slog. I‘m about halfway in, and there‘s no plot to speak of - it‘s long on characters discussing social issues and short on story.

WorldsOkayestStepMom I also bailed on this one, even though I love one of her others. 5mo
CSeydel @WorldsOkayestStepMom Yeah, I keep pushing on, hoping it‘s all going to come together at some point. But I‘m afraid it‘s just not very good. 5mo
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bookwyrm7
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Speaking about Darwin's Finches (on my last post), if anyone is interested in the theory of evolution and Darwin's work, you might enjoy the tagged book.
Now, it's been almost two decades since I've read this (and it was a translation) so I was very young then and I'm hoping the writing isn't actually as dry as I remember 😅
Still, it's an interesting book and I'd love to read it again soon.
#Naturalitsy
#WinterGames2024 #XmasChaCha +5pts

StayCurious How interesting! 6mo
bookwyrm7 @StayCurious it is! I'll probably try to get the original next year and read it again 6mo
AllDebooks Thank you for the recommendation 😊 6mo
bookwyrm7 @AllDebooks 👍😊 6mo
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Brooke_H
The Voyage of the Beagle | Charles Darwin
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Don‘t read this book unless lots of animal death and racism don‘t bother you and you‘re just super into Victorian science. I‘m Brooke H on Goodreads if you want to read my full review. (And yes, I did read this entire book to prep for a trip to the Galapagos. Of which there was one chapter. So.)

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