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The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life | Suleika Jaouad

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs (😍 for the tag!)

1. Tagged: THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY; it just came out. I learned about the author from an intriguing article in the NYT and just had to have it.
2. I keep two records of books I've read: #1: a journal where I write down favorite quotes that will hopefully help me remember the story and #2: a Litsy review. I love the required shortness of words; you have to really choose your words wisely.
You're all tagged!

Suet624 I agree with you about enjoying having to be brief in reviews. 7d

dabbe @Suet624 What an exercise to try to teach my students! Write a literary analysis in less that 150 words! They're like 😳! Succinct word choice is so important! 🤩😍🤣 7d

Suet624 What a great teaching opportunity. 7d

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shortsarahrose I loved Suleika‘s first book (tagged) and have followed her newsletter for a couple years. Her new one is on my TBR, but I haven‘t gotten it yet!

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

peaKnit The author is incredible and married to John Batiste, hello, power couple of amazing humans. 7d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe Love this! Oh, if I was still teaching. 😊 7d

dabbe @Suet624 🎯🩵🎯 7d

BooksandCoffee4Me My husband and I each have kept chapbooks of quotes. In fact,, I made a Pinterest “chapbook” board for digital reading quotes. 7d

dabbe @shortsarahrose Ooh, thanks for this! #stacked 7d

dabbe @peaKnit How did I not know this? Love even more! 😍🤩😍 7d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🎯🩵🎯 I'm not either, and I miss this kind of teaching most! Grading essays and ornery parents? #notsomuch 🤣 7d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I'd love to see it if you wouldn't mind sharing the link! 😍 7d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe I refer to it on Pinterest as a Commonplace book - similar purpose: https://www.pinterest.com/?boardId=126663876958866610 7d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me LOVE it! Thanks for sharing! 💜💚💜 7d

Eggs Thanks for joining in 💛🧡💛 6d

dabbe @Eggs 💛🩷💛 6d

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dabbe

The Coming of the Fairies | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NewYearNewBooks
#Fairies
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

As a #sherlocked fanatic, I revere the original canon by C-Doyle. His belief and essay on fairies? #notsomuch #alittlecraycray

Bookwomble Doyle was sensible in not grafting his spiritualist beliefs onto the logical and materialist Holmes ("No ghosts need apply."), but his Professor Challenger stories did become a platform for them. The tagged biography is an interesting one in explaining how Doyle, the medical man of science, became an uncritical believer in the spirit world.

Teller Of Tales: The Life Of Arthur Conan Doyle

Eggs 🖤🧚🏻‍♀️💛 1y

rubyslippersreads I‘ve never read this, but I love the movie about it (FairyTale). I also read a rather interesting novel:

The Cottingley Secret: A Novel

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dabbe @Bookwomble I'll have to look deeper! Thanks for the rec! 🤩😍😃 1y

dabbe @rubyslippersreads Another book to explore! Thanks for the rec! 🤩😍😃 1y

dabbe @Eggs 🖤💜🖤 1y

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Christyco125

Unbroken | Laura Hillenbrand

so-so

This was a brilliantly written book. Much of the history was easy to read. However, it was not a book for me. I struggled through much of the the POW camp portion. I'm glad I tried and completed the #MMDchallenge of trying a genre you avoid. #notsomuch #2017christyread #nonfiction

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Christyco125

Still Life with Woodpecker | Tom Robbins

pan

I pushed through to the end and ... I still don't get it. It was different kind of read for me. It reminds me of At-swim-two-birds by Flann O'Brien. #notsomuch

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Ja_Mez

Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions | Dan Ariely

so-so

The predictably rational writing of Predictably Irrational. An interesting book in and of itself, but unfortunately I didn't learn anything new.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/809422761

#bookstagram #booknerd #bookreview #notsomuch

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