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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Welcome to America, 2025
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kspenmoll Sadly, yes. #resist #createcommunity #love (edited) 3h

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Hell, the tyranny of the minority is also a threat, as we are seeing right now in America.
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kspenmoll This is why I need breaks after a chapter- It‘s close to the bone- each day it is as if we are living this tyranny. 3h

GingerAntics @kspenmoll oh thank god I‘m not the only one. Sometimes I can read another chapter the next day. Sometimes it‘s several days between. 3h

kspenmoll @GingerAntics Same here!!! 3h

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I feel so much better about my slow, stilted pace now. lol It‘s not just me. 2h

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

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@Chrissyreadit is this foreshadowing something I don‘t want to think about? 😢
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #dragons #riders #LastFight #DontWantToThinkAboutIt

Chrissyreadit Maybe…. but i keep watching the interviews and i just think it‘s going to be a bumpy ride! you did finish? or not yet- because i have comments but don‘t want to spoil anything 3h

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit oh, I finished on the 22nd. I‘m on my second read through, and I‘m not sure I want to go beyond where I am now… I know the battle I‘m at is when the Aretian ward stone gets properly fired, but then it just goes downhill SO fast after that. I‘m not sure I‘m ready. 3h

Chrissyreadit I was nervous BUT am really glad i did a complete read through- lots of important info. 2h

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Chrissyreadit I‘m wondering who else was a traitor with Panchek (Kaori???) and also that means Pancheks dragon is a traitor to the empyrean!?!? 2h

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit right? Panchek definitely raises MANY questions. I think Dain‘s father has turned. I also wonder what is happening within the Empyrean now that Pachek has been outed. Then again, Sygeal is keeping the same secret, too. The next book, and I‘m guessing a lot of the final book, are going to be a hard road to hoe. 2h

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit did you see the interview where someone asked if she would write a history of Navarre, and her response was something about how would we know if it was accurate? Then multiple people in the audience said “if Jesinia wrote it,” and RY covered her mouth and chuckled? Seriously, it‘s making EVERYONE wonder what on earth we are reading if we can‘t trust Jesinia? I swear, it‘s getting harder and harder to know who to trust around here! 2h

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit she‘s going a GREAT job of not giving ANYTHING away!!! 2h

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I get the impression that we will learn a whole lot about who turned the more info we get from Asher‘s and Lilith‘s writings. Turns out Vi‘s family is more screwed up than Xaden‘s. 2h

Chrissyreadit i think her interviews have been great! 1h

Butterfinger Who do you think was the brother? Xaden had too many "brothers" to count. I have my opinion, but want to hear yours. 36m

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Let‘s call this discussion 0.5, because I‘m not sure what we can discuss from the page/page and a half that was the epilogue. If you haven‘t started yet, you are not even close to behind yet. lol
#PeterGodfreySmith #Otherminds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

kspenmoll My library edition, 2016 has no epilogue, just a half page of 2 quotes. Is that what you mean or is there a newer edition? (edited) now

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

I have had this thought since I was a kid, and was told by my Catholic grandmother that it was quite an uncharitable thought to have. 🙄 Apparently people genuinely believe it is wrong to believe the world shouldn‘t need charity, but since it does, it is our duty to do what we can. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Go figure.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #charity #politics #philosophy #failure

TheBookHippie It‘s allllll POLICY CHOICES. (edited) 19h

TheBookHippie You should have been at resistance spaghetti dinner -the topic: did Adam blame the apple on Eve when he was in fact guilty and did she take the blame cause “love” and is that actually our curse because she did that?!?! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫😝😅🫨 19h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie what a discussion topic. That had to have been a good one! I love it. Yeah, every policy should lead to no longer needing charities or voluntary help for people, and yet most policies actually do the opposite. 16h

Bookwormjillk Another book going on my TBR 15h

GingerAntics @Bookwormjillk it‘s really good so far 15h

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

I meant to post this earlier in the week, but our first “discussion” for this is tomorrow. We are just reading the epigraph, so if you don‘t have your copy yet, it‘s nothing to worry about.
#PeterGodfreySmith #Otherminds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

TheBookHippie Just got my library hold!! 23h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie perfect timing! 20h

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Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age | Katherine May

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

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This is going to surprise NO ONE.
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #SaveXaden #Riorgail #Sorrenson #Longest2YearsOfMyLifeAhead

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

#JanuaryWrapUp with my January stats recap on #StoryGraph. The brief hangover I had starting on the 22nd after finishing the tagged book shows when you look at how many pages I read each day of the month, but for the most part, I did okay. #RebeccaYarros #FourthWing #IronFlame #OnyxStorm #SaveXaden #Riorgail #Sorrenson #Longest2YearsOfMyLifeAhead

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Finally starting this.
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TheBookHippie You‘re in for a ride 🎢 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie this book is making me feel like the 20‘s are cursed and then next 30 years are going to be hell. 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie the 2020‘s are gearing up to be much like the 1920‘s. 5d

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TheBookHippie @GingerAntics ahhhh yupppp 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I mean, I already had that feeling, but this book is really confirming that for me. 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I know. 😵‍💫 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie just change the names and the countries and this could be 2070 and the rebuilding (again) West. 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics yup. Heather Cox Richardson says she will not see the end. She‘s 62. I won‘t either. 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I might see the end. I‘ll be 84 in 2070. I fear I won‘t see the end either. 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I hope you do!!! Hold the line! 🙃🤪 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I literally went in to indeed today to do my daily ritual of feeling crappy about myself to get the message “we can‘t find any job recommendations for you at this time.” That amount of self loathing should last me DAYS! 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics 😵‍💫😵‍💫😩😩😩😩 I‘m so sorry!!! 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it‘s not surprising. I was honestly expecting the job market to crash after he was sworn in. It just sucked to actually see. Who knows when or if it will ever come back. 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I foresee lots of field work jobs here 😵‍💫😝 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie there is all that forest land around you to exploit and destroy. I‘m sure there will be lots of work in the fields that handle that sort of thing. If they deport everyone who isn‘t white, that will leave all of those jobs too. 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics RIGHT?! My treeeees!! 5d

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

The end papers are glorious! The bottom is mostly white and the top is pure black.
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmoyrean #TargetEdition

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

IT‘S HERE!!! A day early, too.
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #TargetEdition

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

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Oh my gods, I need to scream and figure out exactly what in Dune‘s name is actually happening here. I‘m not even sure I know what happened at the very end. It‘s going to be a very long 2 years to wait for this next book.
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #wtf #needthenextbooknow #IllTapeHerTogether #whatjusthappened #help #screamingintothevoid

Shannon_McKinney Can‘t believe we have to wait so long. 😭 2w

GingerAntics @Shannon_McKinney I do. She was pushing to burn out and worse with her speed. She needs to take care of herself. As long as she doesn‘t go Patrick Rothfuss on us, it‘ll be fine. … just after this one … this one hurts this morning. (edited) 2w

Liatrek Just finished and loved it too! 2w

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GingerAntics @Liatrek I woke up early this morning and was REALLY messed up about the ending. I got some more sleep and I‘m feeling better about it. I‘d say there are two options, but I‘m betting on Yarros finding option 3, 4, or 9. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2w

Chrissyreadit I loved it but that ending was crushing…. by ending last 20% of the book. I‘m wondering who else turned- Garrick? Bohdi? ugh!!!! 2 years at least! 2w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit why do you think they turned? I didn‘t even go there. My mind has been working out possibilities for Xaden, given that he married her (?) and then SHE chose to have Imogen take her memories. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit crushing was a great word for it, though. 1w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics It‘s in the Xadens chapter that one of them turned. I am rereading this weekend. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I didn‘t have a Xaden chapter. I had a Bodi chapter I think. No Xaden this time. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit okay, now I really need to reread again. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit wait wait wait, multiple riders are missing with Xaden. Maybe they ALL turned. 1w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics I will let you know what page it is when i get home. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit all I‘m saying, is if this ends up being a version of Twilight with dragons where Jacob wins, I. AM. OUT. Yarros is WAY too good a writer for that. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit maybe they‘ve decided to take them out from within? That‘s why they‘re missing? lol 1w

Chrissyreadit What do you mean about Jacob wins? I don‘t think so. I think Violet and Xaden are end game. I wonder if she was influenced by How people change when injured or TBI and have to work hard to get back to who they want to be? i may be over thinking it. but xaden NEVER channels for Love of power- it‘s for love of violet and love for sgael 1w

Chrissyreadit and yes i think take them out from within may play a part!!! 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I was just thinking the same thing after I found Xaden‘s chapter and read it again. He only ever channels from the ground for Vi or Sygeal. All the other Venin channel for power. You‘re so right. I hadn‘t made the TBI link before. PTSD could also be an option. I think her husband is a veteran. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I just say that because she made a comment recently that Violet gets a HEA. I don‘t see that happening w/o Xaden, unless Sygeal‘s link to Tairn is somehow part of his link to Vi, so if Sygeal breaks the bond like Andarna did, Vi‘s feels lose intensity and then she falls for Aetos. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit 1. I cannot wait to see why Andarna came back. There is definitely a story there. 2. Who are the other three missing riders? Did they turn or are they dead? 3. He married her, and “it‘s yours now” (what is “it”), but where did he go? OHMYGODS I NEED THE NEXT BOOK!!! I am NOT okay!!! 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I still have large sums of money on Aetos also having turned! Panchek was in no way a surprise. 1w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics I think she will save him- for many reasons. He held onto the thread of his love with her, sgael stayed… my guess is the missing riders include bhodi and/or were either venin and killed or are with Xaden. Violet knows his plan and agreed with it- that‘s why her memory is erased. It is Tyrrendor I believe. 1w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics I think Violet agreeing to break Andarnas bond provided proof to the irid of her value. I am certain they will be a big part of what happens. I also think Dunne will play a part- and here is what i also wonder- Does males hold the venins souls? Will it be a bargain with Malek for Xadens soul? and what does it cost? Something happened 600 years ago to end the venin reign…. 1w

Chrissyreadit Im really worried because Rebecca said someone we love will die. So we know it‘s not Dain…. my guess is Garrick, Imogene, Rhi or Ridoc but i‘m really hoping not any of them. Honestly i‘m shocked she did not kill Mira off. 1w

Chrissyreadit This is going to be a very very long two or so years… 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit what‘s Tyrrendor? I‘m hoping Vi somehow proved herself to the Irid by letting Andarna make her own choice. So many people could die. As Xaden has said repeatedly (or I‘ve just read it so many times it feels repeated), this is a war, and people die in wars. I dunno. I feel like this book answered exactly zero questions from book 2 and just added questions to the list. Oof (edited) 7d

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit why do we know it‘s not Dain? 5d

Chrissyreadit Tyrrendor is the province Xaden is Duke of. Dain is a favorite character of Rebecca Yarros 5d

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I know he‘s the Duke of Tyrrendor and now, apparently, Vi is the Duchess of Tyrrendor. That‘s fun to think about. Really? Dain is one of her favorite characters? I do not feel like this is good news for Xaden getting a HEA. I mean, at least Asher told Vi to “let go of” her “affection for” Dain. Here‘s hoping that‘s a good sign for Xaden. I still wonder what on earth he would think of her falling for Xaden. 😂🤣😂 5d

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit just confirmed. Xaden was Duke of Aretia by birth (per Iron Flame), but now he‘s Duke of Tyrrendor. That dude has has so many Nobel titles. Next, she‘s going to drop that he‘s somehow distantly related to the English royal family. 🤣😂🤣 5d

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

WHAT?! HOW?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #dragon #bond #WhatJustHappened #Why

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Shannon_McKinney This had me actually laughing out loud. 🤣 2w

GingerAntics @Shannon_McKinney in the book or on Litsy?! I was in public when I read this bit and STILL laughed out loud like a lunatic!!! 2w

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

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Spoiler free, snarky quotes!
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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

Spoiler free, snarky quotes!
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Butterfinger Spoilers have never bothered me. I know it does some people. I'm over here trying not to go straight to the end. 2w

GingerAntics @Butterfinger oh, I‘ve have a few friends like that. I am trying SO hard to keep everything to myself!!! 2w

GingerAntics @Butterfinger all I‘m gonna say is silver hair and Xaden‘s mom. 2w

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Chrissyreadit @Butterfinger I always read the end first! i do not care at all about spoilers and need to be emotionally prepared for what im getting into. I was still emotional! 2w

Chrissyreadit I will be rereading this over the next week. 2w

Butterfinger @Chrissyreadit I have really missed you. 2w

Chrissyreadit @Butterfinger I missed you too! I am so glad you are back ❤️ 2w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I‘m rereading as well. I need to wrap my head around what just happened. Her endings always seem to have only half meaning until you get the next book. 1w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics I really picked up on more and more with each reread. they have not gotten boring yet. 1w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit oh, same! You‘d think after reading them so many times, I‘d have a handle on it, but no. Every time, it‘s a different experience. 1w

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!! YAS!!!
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #AsherSorrengail

Butterfinger Spoiler. I'm kidding. I'm as tickled as you. 2w

Butterfinger It was Fourth Wing that got me out of a two year reading slump. Love the characters, world, and action. 2w

Bookwormjillk I‘m just here for the dragons honestly. Tell me there are plenty of sarcastic dragons. 2w

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GingerAntics @Bookwormjillk of course! How could you have a book in this series without them? I could tell you more, but it might be a spoiler. 2w

GingerAntics @Butterfinger I‘m so glad this got you out of a slump. The characters, world, and action are great in this series, aren‘t they? 2w

GingerAntics @Bookwormjillk the joy that is Andarna‘s sarcasm is on point! 🤣😂🤣 I seriously love that kid. 2w

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

When your book is SO good, your heart rate is going crazy!
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean

Bookwormjillk Lol enjoy! 2w

GingerAntics @Bookwormjillk I AM LOSING MY BLOODY MIND!!! 2w

julesG 🤣🤣 2w

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GingerAntics @julesG I thought you‘d like that. 😂🤣😂 2w

julesG Reminds me of that time I had to be on a heart monitor all day (in hospital) for my first time on new medication and I read an exciting book. Since my HR spiked instead of dropping the nurses were just amusing themselves and asked how spicy it got. 2w

GingerAntics @julesG 🤣😂🤣 what book was it?! 2w

julesG I don't remember which exactly. It was 7+ years ago. But certainly a spicy romance since I remember that I'd specifically put a few "light reads" on the kindle. Funny wasn't an option, because shared room. Same reason for any drama/horror/... . The only other option would have been non-fiction, but then my BP and HR might have dropped for real. 2w

Butterfinger I was listening to Quicksilver last month after my surgery and it was3 in the morning. The nurses were listening with me. Hahaha. @julesG 2w

ravenlee I just saw a meme about smart watches essentially being tamagotchis, but the stupid creature you‘re trying to keep alive is yourself. 🤣 2w

GingerAntics @julesG I don‘t think I would have done non-fiction for that either. 2w

GingerAntics @Butterfinger seriously?! That is awesome! 2w

GingerAntics @ravenlee 😂🤣😂 this is my new official stance! 2w

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

🤯🤯🤯 OH MY GODS!!! 🤯🤯🤯
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #Xaden #Violet

GingerAntics You‘re welcome for spoiling NOTHING! 2w

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

OH MY GODS THIS IS SOOO GOOD!!! … and not even close to what I expected…
#RebeccaYarros #OnyxStorm #IWillSaveHim #TheEmpyrean

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LET‘S GO!!!
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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

And so the longest hour of our wait begins…
#RebbecaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #countdown

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LESS THAN 24 HOURS!!!
#RebbecaYarros #OnyxStorm #TheEmpyrean #countdown

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TWO DAYS LEFT!!!
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3 DAYS LEFT
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Chrissyreadit Are you going to any release party? 3w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit no. I don‘t have a car, busses stop running at 9, I can‘t afford an Uber, and I‘m not even sure we have a bookstore around here. I feel like that would be fun, though. 3w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit what are your plans for Monday night? 2w

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Chrissyreadit I was supposed to go to LA- i had tickets for an event Rebecca Yarros was speaking at- but we had a crisis here and i spent friday in court with my daughter getting orders of protection- so missed my flight and decided i needed to stay home to make sure everyone is safe. But i did buy a ticket to a local midnight release because i need something to look forward to. @GingerAntics (edited) 2w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit oh my god I‘m so sorry! I hope everyone is okay. 2w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics ❤️ 2w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I hope you get to go tonight! I look forward to the photos! 2w

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GingerAntics #HallieRubenhold #TheFive #audiobook #JackTheRipper #SecondChance #SecondAttempt #BetterAsAnAudiobook 3w

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper | Hallie Rubenhold

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I far preferred the audiobook for this one. Rubenhold did a wonderful job of humanising these women, as well as addressing the importance of Not forgetting them amidst the infamy of their killer. It is sad just how much of the views of these women in their day are making a come back today. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics This is definitely worth a read, and I would like to see more authors who claim to be trying to discover Jack the Ripper‘s identity do a better job of discussing his victims as opposed to copping out and calling them prostitutes. 3w

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper | Hallie Rubenhold

Trying this again as an audiobook. Fingers crossed.
#HallieRubenhold #TheFive #audiobook #JackTheRipper #SecondChance #SecondAttempt

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Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age | Katherine May

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Sort of like the Braiding Sweet Grass of English people; where the traditions and connection wasn‘t taken away by colonialism, but from neglect and the invasion of Christianity centuries ago. Here, the traditions have been lost entirely, so there are many guesses and many failed attempts. There is little to no cultural memory of such connectedness and tradition.

GingerAntics Those waters are very much muddied by modern inventions that are sold as older than Christianity for someone‘s gain. This focuses on coming out of COVID, lockdown, and the effects of what I can only guess is a type of long COVID on daily life.
#CatherineMay #Enchantment #audiobook #postCOVID #longCOVID #anxiety 3w

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Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age | Katherine May

I always intended to read this after a reread of Wintering, but this seems even more fitting now than it did in July when I bought it. I looked at the date today and went, crap. 10 more days of sanity. I‘m just not doing the news for the next 4 (or however many years). If something is important, someone will tell me. Something stupid was said and offended XYZ is NOT breaking news!
#KatherineMay #Enchantment #anxiety #AnxiousAge #godshelpus

GingerAntics Gods help us. All of them. 3w

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫 3w

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Wintering: How to Survive When Life Is Frozen | Katherine May

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This is such a lovely reminder that our modern view of always being productive and if you can‘t be productive, you are a waste, is not only false, but damaging to all of us. It is currently the real winter here in Northern Minnesota, but I‘ve been in my own personal winter since August, probably July. I was ready to hear this again, and I hope I have learned these lessons better for next time. We all know there will be a next time for all of us.

GingerAntics #KatherineMay #Wintering #Audiobook #busbook 3w

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GingerAntics #OtherMinds #PeterGodfreySmith #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp 4w

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

The first day is 3 weeks, but 4 Sundays away. The epigraph looks like it‘s about 2 pages, so that shouldn‘t be too bad if someone can‘t get this book until the following week.

2 Feb - Epigraph
9 Feb - Meetings Across the Tree of Life
16 Feb - A History of Animals
23 Feb - Mischief and Craft
2 Mar - From White Noise to Consciousness
9 Mar - Making Colors
16 Mar - Our Minds and Others
23 Mar - Experience Compressed
30 Mar - Octopolis

TheBookHippie Looks good! 4w

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie how did you see that so fast?! 4w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics just logged in 🤣 I just put it on hold hopefully it arrives soon. 4w

kspenmoll I will check this book out-see if library has it. 4w

ravenlee Ok, I‘ll give this a try. I was getting all confused because Litsy wasn‘t showing it as read but I thought I had…I did read this about five years ago. I liked it but don‘t remember it and still have it, so I guess it‘s time. 4w

AlaSkaat Looks good. I‘ll try getting the book by end of this month 3w

kspenmoll I just got my library hold in so i am set! 23h

GingerAntics @kspenmoll so did @TheBookHippie! Both of your libraries have brilliant timing! I love that they both came in at the same time. 20h

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

This also sounds fun. Let me know if you‘d rather read this (or something like it). This seems like it might be a bit more upbeat… which I feel like we need these days.
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TheBookHippie Yes!!!!!! 4w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie doesn‘t this sound fun? Plus the cover is gorgeous! 4w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics yes!!!! It looks so good. 4w

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AlaSkaat This sounds a lot more interesting and less daunting! 4w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that‘s what I thought! 4w

AlaSkaat When do you guys think of starting? 4w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that‘s going to be my next question. Do we want to start later in January or wait for February? 4w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics February would be ideal for me, but I‘m open to anything 4w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat February 2nd is the first Sunday, and that actually gives us 4 Sundays between now and then, so everyone would have time to get a copy and what not. 4w

AlaSkaat Works for me. How would we do it this time? I read one of your comments where you said questions were hard to come up with, we could try something easier ? 4w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I‘m thinking either just open the discussion, maybe have one question to start things. I thought about opening it up so if anyone had something they wanted to discuss they could post it and we could all join in. In the Shakespeare group we just had a post and it was a discussion free for all. That wouldn‘t be so bad. 4w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics yeah, we can try doing that 4w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I feel like the conversations are more organic that way and they‘re easier to have. You just kind of jump in. If a topic gets a ton of traction or something, we could make a separate post for it just to keep things organised if we needed to. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics That sounds good. We‘ll see how the discussions go next time 3w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat if it doesn‘t work, we can always go back or try something else. I‘m always open to ideas. 3w

kspenmoll My son thinks he has this- now to find it in his extensive somewhat chaotic library!!!! 3w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll love that! Fingers crossed you can find it! 3w

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Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will | Robert M. Sapolsky

We talked about reading this in January, but I don‘t know how we‘re all feeling about this after the Sam Harris book.
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TheBookHippie I cannot 😩 4w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I‘ve been having the same thought. 4w

ravenlee I got it recently and want to read it, but not immediately. I think it has to be an improvement, right? Also, “science” is a good sign that it won‘t just be incoherent ramblings. I think. I hope. 4w

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The Guest | B.A. Paris

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Just when you think you‘ve got this one figured out… Just when I thought I knew what had happened and what everyone‘s secrets were... SURPRISE! The secrets are rather different.

This one is a slower burn than Paris‘s usual books. Perhaps her books are getting a slower burn as time goes on. I didn‘t dislike it, but it took a moment to realise I needed to settle in for duration (unlike some of Paris‘s others). It was well worth the wait.

GingerAntics #BAParis #TheGuest #audiobook #busbook 4w

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Storymapping: Crafting Products That Engage | Donna Lichaw

I joined StoryGraph… just in base Jeff figures out there is something he owns that he hasn‘t ruined yet. I‘m the same there as I am here. #loonyandproud #storygraph

vlwelser Added. This seems to be a popular trend this week. 4w

Deblovestoread Added you! 4w

GingerAntics @vlwelser I think after we found out Bezos owned even that tiny part, people wanted a back up option. I know I downloaded it back when that first came out, but I decided to wait to start using it until the new year just so I wouldn‘t have to go in and backdate every book I‘d already read last year. 4w

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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Added 😊 4w

kspenmoll Will add you! 4w

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The Guest | B.A. Paris

Taking this for a spin while I donate plasma.
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The Prisoner | B.A. Paris

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WTF DID I JUST READ?! Seriously?! I‘m not sure I even know what just happened. I‘m going to be processing this one for a while. This book is one hell of a mental trip. Just be ready to ask WTF repeatedly.
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TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

TheBookHippie I don‘t read these type books but you made me giggle with your review. 1mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I read them sometimes because I like the mental challenge… this one is more than I was expecting. 1mo

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The Prisoner | B.A. Paris

🤯😳😱
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Knight's Fire | Sj Himes

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This is another sweet, short story of beautiful, unique love. I love this just as much as I love The Solstice Prince. I love the idea as a human to love being part of (or the only part of) a dragon‘s hoard.
#SJHimes #KnightsFire #JoelLeslie #dragon #knight #prince #audiobook #adore

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The Therapist | B A Paris

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A slower start than some of Paris‘s other books, but so worth the slow build up.
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The Therapist | B A Paris

🤯🤯🤯
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The Philosophy Book | Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

This sounds like us…
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kspenmoll Love this!!!! 1mo

GingerAntics Even with that flashlight, you‘re never finding that cat. That‘s just cats for ya. 1mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I saw it and had to share. 1mo

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TheBookHippie Omg 🖤🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣DEAD ON!!!! Lolololol. 1mo

julesG 😂😂😂 Spot on!!! 1mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @julesG I knew this was the perfect image for this group. It just took some doing to get Litsy to actually let me post it. Oof 1mo

AlaSkaat At this point I feel like we‘ve been reading metaphysics with all those questions that always come up but no answers to them! 1mo

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I think that last one definitely left so many questions unanswered. Harris is known for the nonsense. That‘s as my second Sam Harris book, and my last 1mo

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat in all fairness, we have been reading a lot about what is real and what is not, so yeah, we‘ve been doing a lot of metaphysics. 1mo

ravenlee Right on the nose! (Boop) 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee the (boop) is perfection! 1mo

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The Therapist | B A Paris

Not gonna lie. I‘m a little nervous by all the DNFs I saw scrolling through the history of this book, but I do love a good B A Paris mystery, so I‘m jumping in anyway.
#BAParis #TheTherapist #busbook #audiobook #heregoesnothing