Welcome to Litsy!

Such a weird, fun, odd, interesting, and quirky book! This book looks at classics, bestsellers, award winners and analyzes them using modern tech like word counts & algorithms. All those “rules of English” you learned in school, are they right? Do “good” books statistically have less cliches, exclamation points, or -Ly descriptors? What defines good? What is an author‘s favorite word? The answers are fascinating, and sometimes just plain weird.

I wondered about this when we read this book for #NForNonfiction and she mentioned that some of the wild chimpanzees got and still had issues from contracting polio crossed over from humans. I‘m guessing it‘s only a matter of time until this effects the few wild primates left. 😢

https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-environment-and-nature-georgia-coron...

This conversation between Abrams and Goodall ranges far and wide, while still primarily focusing on its subject. Goodall believes that hope includes action, not just wishful thinking. And there are four specific reasons to remain hopeful despite news coverage of Earth‘s “dumpster fires.” It‘s a bit Polyanna, but mostly optimistic. Short but strongly positive.

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I couldn‘t possible love this book more! The topic is both timely and relevant, even though the book covers decades of music and social history. And Geffen does an amazing job of analyzing musical styles and musicians‘ personal experiences and choices. Their writing has some truly luminous moments as well. Thank you @daniwithtea for adding it to our #nfornonfiction #groupread !

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I loved the first 2/3 of this, the experiences of her young life, the initial wonder of arriving in Africa, and eventually of meeting the Chimpanzees. Such beauty and communion with nature, it was magical to read. The last 1/3 was much harder, it‘s about climate change and species destruction and her reasons for hope, as the title says. However her reasons for hope seem like opportunities missed reading this now in 2021, 21 yrs after publication.

I finished up two left overs from July this week and read 2 short stories…. Otherwise I‘ve dived into 3 buddy reads and still plugging along on my #NForNonfiction pick (from last month), I‘m determined to finish it this week and pass it on!

That‘s it for the short #BookReport & #WeeklyForcast

I had to google these after they were mentioned in the book…. Tiny antelope the size of a hare, her description said….google did not disappoint. So cute!!! Look at those eyelashes.

Sorry I‘m taking so long with this book, I‘m stopping to google way too much! @tjwill I promise I‘ll get it finished and off to you this week.

Look at them @daniwithtea & @BarbaraTheBibliophage
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There was a Prince section in this book that briefly talked about his break with his record company when he changed his name to the symbol. The rift was about the fact that he was putting out music too fast, they didn‘t want him saturating the market, they wanted to make fans wait & clammed for the next release, but Prince didn‘t want to be held back. ⤵️

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