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JuliaTheBookNerd
Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
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#RedCover ❤️

#Bibliophile 🎧💌❤️📚🤓📖🐛

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

TheSpineView Lovely shelves! 2w
Eggs Beautiful ❤️📕❤️ 2w
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Mattsbookaday
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The Martian, by Andy Weir (2011)
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Premise: An astronaut recounts his desperate attempts at survival after an accident strands him on Mars.

Review: There‘s not much I can say about this that hasn‘t already been said. Cont.

Mattsbookaday This is an astounding piece of science fiction, heavy on the science, but not at the expense of plot or character. It‘s a harrowing story, but filled with the best of human resilience, hope, and creativity.

Bookish Pair: The only book I‘ve read remotely like this is Weir‘s Project Hail Mary (2021)
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Loved it, unfortunately I read it after seeing the movie but it was still a great book.

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peaKnit
The Martian | Weir, Andy
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@dabbe #TLT 🎶 At laaaaast I know more movies that were Oscar picks. I loved the three above but also so many more. I remember being aghast when my kids wanted to go see JoJo rabbit, which I thought made light of Hitler. Then I read an article from an author who talked about the satire and value of it. It was poignant. An f u to fascism, in my opinion, which sadly seems still relevant. It‘s also a forever “I told you so” by my kids.

dabbe Thanks for sharing that story--so poignant. ♥️ Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2mo
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RamsFan1963
The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury
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12/100 Its been a long time since I read this, back in high school, but I'd forgotten how sad this book is, how melancholy the whole world was, even in the lighter moments. Sometimes Bradbury leans too much into the poetic for my tastes, but his vision of a Mars that will never be, definitely stays with the reader when its finished. 3 ⭐⭐⭐💫 #ClassicLSFBC #Jumpstart2025 #Read2025

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swynn
Martian Chronicles | Ray D Bradbury
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(1950) I read this repeatedly in Junior high and high school, but it's been maybe thirty years since my last visit. The stories have lost some charm: Bradbury's fondness for small-town life is a faith I no longer share. And the idea of colonists recreating mid-twentieth-century Midwestern life on Mars now feels more disturbing than nostalgic. But several stories still effectively evoke a mood for me, not bad for a book pushing 75. #classiclsfbc

RamsFan1963 I'm glad my copy contain Usher II, it was my favorite story. 4mo
swynn @RamsFan1963 Yes, that's a good one. “The Fire Balloons“ struck a chord with me this time, and I don't remember reading it before. Wikipedia says that is not in all editions, and some that have it don't have “Usher II“, so that may explain why I didn't remember it. Anyway, the copy I read this time has both stories, which is best. 4mo
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Jess861
Mars | Michelle Lomberg
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Tonight we spent our reading time learning about Mars. Simple kids book that had some neat facts. It was easy for an 8 year old to follow along. The fact he enjoyed learning the most was that the North and South Poles have dry ice.

#Mars #RaisingReaders #Space #KidsNonFiction #LibraryBook

BiblioLitten Awesome! Do you have any more recommendations for non-fiction reads? My son is 7, and they are discussing non-fiction books in school. Or any books that your child really enjoyed in the past year. 😊 4mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
Jess861 @BiblioLitten we have so many...let me go through the bookshelves and I'll post some that he's loved the most. Lately he has been enjoying National Geographic Weird but True (more facts then a book) and who would win (animals) books. What is your guy into? 4mo
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Jess861 @BiblioLitten for fiction he isn't the strongest reader so he has been more into comics (dog man, investigators and bad guys). He has also recently gotten into Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He loved me reading him Dragon Masters and I think he's a strong enough reader to start reading those on his own now. (edited) 4mo
BiblioLitten Thank you! I‘ll look into Investigators and Dragon Masters (he also likes Dragon Hunters). 🐉 4mo
Jess861 @BiblioLitten There are a ton of Dragon Masters books in the series and they are fairly cheap to buy off of scholastic or we've always been able to find them at libraries 🙂 4mo
Jess861 @BiblioLitten - Finally had some time to go through the bookshelves. Some of these he needs some help reading but these are some he enjoys most. This year he has become alot more independent reading them although still needs some help.

Eyewitness Books - some can have some pictures that some kids might not like (snakes eating mice) but in general they don't.

Smithsonian books - The Animal Book: Our World in Pictures is one of his favourites.....
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Jess861 @BiblioLitten

Planet Earth for Curious Kids - another book he loves - needs a bit more help reading this one.

Animals Lost & Found - Stories of extinction, conservation and survival
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs (probably outgrowing soon)
Dinosaurs: 500 Questions and Answers
Discovering Sharks

As you can see our boy really loves Animals....these are some of his favourites for what he is interested in!
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Jess861 @BiblioLitten -

If your kiddo has any particular interests let me know as I'm sure we have some non-fiction in that subject matter that I can recommend. Our guy enjoys non-fiction more than fiction so we have a ton of books! It was actually quite fun going through the bookshelves and rediscovering some books he hasn't picked up in a while - he's now back into some of them...so thank you!!
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BiblioLitten This is amazing and just made my day! I can completely understand the joy of going through bookshelves. I will check out the books and see if they are in the library. My son likes the Usbourne book for non-fiction. His current favourite is learning about our bodies and about planets. 4mo
BiblioLitten The suggestions are great! I showed him a few pictures of the ones you mentioned and he was interested in Planet Earth for Curious Kids. Thank you so much!! 💙 4mo
Jess861 @BiblioLitten Smithsonian has a Human Body Knowledge Encyclopedia book for kids that he might like. Also on a side note our guy got a science kit for his birthday - Ooze Labs: Visible Human Body with Squishable Organs by Thames & Kosmos.

It comes with a booklet on the body too - very neat if he is into the human body.
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BookmarkTavern
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I am… having a difficult time right now. So let‘s share some of your favorite comforting reads.

This one, with Mark‘s perseverance, the story‘s respect for science & scientists, the whole community coming together to rescue him, the sheer unending hope. I actually found a substack that‘s releasing this one in chronological order, so I‘ve jumped in! 🧡

#SundayFunday I hope you are all doing well, and don‘t forget to tag me! 💛

wanderinglynn I hope things get better soon. 💛 4mo
vonnie862 I'm sorry that you're going through a tough time. I hope things get better! 4mo
thecheckoutstack Mine are: All Creatures Great and Small, anything by David Sedaris, The Secrets of Platform 13, the Harry Potters, Lord of the Rings (I‘m listening to the dramatized BBC recordings and they are amazing), and the dramatized Narnia audio series. 4mo
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TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4mo
AnnCrystal 🫂🙏💝. 4mo
dabbe Sending 🩵🩶🩵 and hope things get better soon. 4mo
AnishaInkspill sorry you're going through this, and I hope it gets easier for you. 4mo
BookmarkTavern @AnishaInkspill Thank you. 💖 4mo
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CatLass007
The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury
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#ClassicLSFBC The Martian Chronicles is a classic of science fiction literature. But I fell asleep four times while listening to the audiobook and I decided that was enough. #HailTheBail!

dabbe YES! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 4mo
CatLass007 @dabbe #BetterBooksAhead is the hashtag I was trying so hard to remember. I think I‘ll start tagging you whenever I bail on a book. You are always so encouraging about bailing! I didn‘t even know it was possible to bail on a book before I joined Litsy 7+ years ago. I love everyone I‘ve met on here!❤️❤️❤️📚 4mo
dabbe @CatLass007 Right back atcha, m'dear! 🩵🩶🩵 4mo
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AnishaInkspill
The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury
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#2025reads #ClassicLSFBC @RamsFan1963 #sciencefiction

This has been in my Kindle library for a while, this did not disappoint and was an amazing read. This has everything I enjoy in a read, quirky, poignant and thought-provoking. I have so many favourite stories but all of them have moments that stand out. I thought some stories were brave, and its light-hearted style was an invitation to just sit back, absorb and enjoy. And enjoy I did.