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Stepping aside from catching up on reviews for a minute to bring up some old favorites: I've loved the works of Madeleine L'Engle almost as long as I can remember.

I feel like a lot of readers are familiar with the first three books of her Murray series, most often referred to as the Wrinkle in Time books, but I rarely hear people mention any of her other books.

Anyone else have favorites of hers outside the big three?

Monday‘s haul from a couple of book swaps on the way home from my private ballet lesson on my exam content. The top and bottom books are for my niece.

I finally got to my #FoodAndLit #Bangladesh book (Although it was mostly set in India so I want to go back and see what the rest of you read.)

This novel revolved around several lives in the Sundarbans - river islands on the border of India and Bangladesh. There‘s a scientist studying freshwater dolphins, the prodigal nephew returning for the first time since he was sent as a punishment as a child, the young family struggling with expectations⬇️

Today‘s haiku is inspired by this information I just saw on Facebook about Dolphins.

Dolphins get high off of Pufferfish
How did they know to do this?
I thought animals didn‘t know how to get high

#haiku #haikuhive

This book is about an American scientist who makes her way to Bangladesh‘s tide country to observe river dolphins. Throughout her trip, she observes the fauna, builds relationships with the locals, connects with religion and finally decides to stay. A nice story that, for my taste however, is a bit too slow to pick up and might have been told too often.

5 ⭐️s
I love this book SO much!! It‘s the 2nd book in Brin‘s Uplift series and I enjoyed it even more than the 1st, and I loved that one too! This story is set centuries later with an entirely different cast of characters. A spaceship with a crew of humans, dolphins and a chimp, stumbles upon a history altering find out in space. Now it finds itself the focus of countless dangerous galactic enemies. An epic science fiction adventure follows that⬇️

Historical fiction of a deaf woman who lived with a male dolphin during a research project on the brains of such animals. Also is a sexist time period. No SA, but close calls. Very emotional times through how the scientist works inhumanely on the 4 dolphins. I loved how human language was portrayed to a non-hearer. Very is well explained, with faded letters missed and lip reading.
Glad I read it before the author visits in a few weeks.

Ea, a dolphin elder, the last of the Longi, looks back on her life.

An interesting story illustrating the different social customs among different types of dolphin and just how brutal they can be, and the impact of "anthrops" on the oceans.

#beachreading