pickThis is a powerful, intense collection of climate activist Greta Thunberg‘s speeches. I listened to this straight through, and though it is repetitive by nature, being a series of speeches, it was moving to hear back to back, especially given most of the speeches are read by Greta herself, in her earnest and furious and urgent young voice. Thank you to Libro.fm for the free listening copy!
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I enjoyed this. Running out of water is a really scary concept, but definitely something we should be thinking more about. Although this is set in southern California, it's just as applicable here in Australia.
I liked the characters and the story, although it definitely is targeted more towards YA.
This is my #clifi pick for #booked2019
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Only one more book to go!
pickLove! Lots of interesting information and just makes me want to read more about the history of Earth. The chapters at the end, about our time and the last extinction, might be my favorite.
Very fitting that this was delivered today. She was named times person of the year and our unfortunate leader decided to attack her for it. Shameful, she is such an inspiration for her activism and also the way she handles being bullied by the leader of the United States.
pickI‘ve had this on my physical shelves since 2017, but it wasn‘t until I was able to access a library #audiobook (narrated by Brit Marling) that I finally read it. Even then, if Klein hadn‘t promised “a road map for shock resistance” and a credible plan for a safe & caring future, I wouldn‘t have been able to face the depressing subject. It‘s not long (266 p or 8 hr) and it‘s very readable. I came away with greater understanding & greater hope. ❤️
pickThis is a really engaging science book. It‘s very accessible to the average reader and no science background is needed to be able to follow it. Despite this, the information is still accurate and not dumbed now. It examines the current era of mass extinction by looking at the animals affected by it (some species of frogs, bats, rhinos, etc) with a chapter on each.
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My top ten NF reads of the decade were all books that had the capacity to be too depressing but were too important not to love, and all my hope for the future comes from writers like this speaking truth to power and sharing it with the world. I managed to keep Naomi Klein to just 2 of the 10 but the list was almost only her! Here‘s to another decade of powerful writers changing the world
The hour calls for optimism. We‘ll save pessimism for better times.
—Jean Claude Servals
My plan was to check out a ton of books from the downtown library but apparently my card is expired and I lost my local library so I can't renew it...😅😅 so I went across the street to the B&N to read some stuff for a while #tmskellington #wintergames
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