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24-28 Dec 25 (audiobook)
Soft pick. I have loved many of Ian McEwan‘s novels, even some of the less popular, but I did not love this. His ideas about the explosion of information, the dangers of AI being regulated and exploited by private interests, and the difficulties of finding truth amongst so much fake news and information dumping are very interesting. As are his environmental concerns. But I did not really engage with the characters or story

“Doesn‘t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
🥰💫💖

The poems inside deal largely with the speaker‘s body, which is fitting because all I want to do is talk about the physical body of her book. It‘s gorgeous.

A note at the back informs the reader, “Founded in 1994 as an independent, nonprofit, literary press, Sarabande publishes poetry, short fiction, and literary nonfiction—genres increasingly neglected by commercial publishers. We are committed to producing beautiful, lasting editions…” 👇🏻

#LELH #LitsyEventsLittleHelper @LitsyEvents (thanks @dabbe for setting these tags)

This is one of the 3 challenge on Storygraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f54808fc-dbba-416b-b817-cd601e4....

I came up with Long Reads Workout 2026 to read books that are long and intimidating but I still want to try and read them. If you're interested tag me, @AnishaInkspill, or let me know if you want to be added to #3BookChallenge2026.

There is an ethereal, misty, dream-like quality to these poems, of the sublime and the ordinary. #Day10 #poetry #12Booksof2025

Gorgeous beyond words this book is not long, but so thoughtful & lovely. A few words about nature were removed from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, so the author & illustrator created this epic to honor them. For each word (otter, bramble, & bluebell) there is a jumble of letters, then a page with a beautiful poem based on the word, then a full-spread illustration depicting that word alive in nature. It‘s a pleasure to read & I'm thrilled to own it.

@BookishMarginalia your post reminded to pick up my hold from the library. A beautiful companion book for it is The Lost Words. This book contains some of the 50 nature- related words that were taken out of the Oxford Junior Dictionary in place of technical words. This is the author‘s and illustrator‘s beautiful protest.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/13/oxford-junior-dictionary-replaceme...

It seems to be World Storygraph Day? I use it for different purposes than Goodreads so I'm active on both, but I'd love to connect with more people on SG - please add me!

We have a #signededition from #GoldsboroBooks that I‘ve been wanting to read for a while, so #naturalitsy 2026 seems like a great reason!