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In all of the High Republic books this one is the most hopeful. Reath Silas leads an expedition to Kashyyyk to stall the Blight. Unfortunately, the drengir also show up and the wookies have their own secrets 💚
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#Pantone2025 #saltedlime @Lauredhel
#WickedWords #fish @AsYouWish

I have given this book a lengthy review elsewhere (GR, my blog) substantiating my “pan”. But while I think roughly half of the book is a great reference for the actual (his)story of sushi, the sensationalism and hypersexualizing of Kate (alongside other fixations with women‘s bodily presence) was a huge turn off. That, paired with the “see Spot run” style of writing made this a no-go for me. Watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi instead.

As far as histories about fish go, this is top notch. But it‘s, well, a history about fish. This book covers the economic history of the market for cod, starting with the Basque of Spain through cod‘s depletion in our lifetime. We learn a lot about the cod itself and countless ancient and newer recipes for all things cod. Having toured the ancient Hanseatic Museum in Norway, I expected a lot more detail about the economics of cod. I just felt ⬇️

I‘m squeezing in one more book for #Greenland #foodandlit because my library hold finally came in. @Catsandbooks

May 8th #Bibliophile Favorite Colour on cover. My favorite colour is yellow, reminds me of the sun. Can't go wrong with Dr. Seuss @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Word 1/5 #fish

I really enjoyed reading about following the striped bass migration southward. The author stops in many places and sees firsthand what this migratory path means to the community.

Meh. The introduction was awesome but is never spoken of again. The book follows her on a journey across the globe in search of a fish. But as a read I never really understood why? And honestly I didn‘t care either.

I thought it would be fun to change up how I do bookspin - since I think I'll do better with more flexibility in what I read. I'm going to use this list of reading a book that has a certain colour or colours on the cover. Here is my bookspin list for January.

#bookspin #January #2025

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“It's a very nice hat,“ said the fish.