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Wow. Just, wow.
I did not see that reveal coming at the end, and I had to go back and read the last part again to see if what I thought he was doing was what he had actually done! This is a book that would get richer with every reread. I loved Overstory, but just like this one, I wasn't sure until the ending put it over the top. This was November's #Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Richard Powers writes very science-y, literary books the premise of which I‘m often doubtful is for me, then writes so beautifully I can‘t stop! There‘s a big raft of characters here, the story moves disjointedly amongst them, it was tricky at times to keep the threads straight yet it was worth the effort. One to take slowly and thoroughly enjoy, however beware the ending! You‘ll feel you need to start again to untangle what you just read!

The best book of the the year for me.
Made me cry a few times. I love Richard Powers. Themes of human and animal consciousness, peril and possibilities of AI, protecting culture, friendship and betrayal, and beauty of the ocean. Will be thinking on this one for days. As a kid who grew up near the ocean and would have been a marine biologist had I been better at math, this novel really resonated with me.

#sundayfunday

I don‘t really have a favorite place. I‘ll read wherever. However, I do prefer to read where I will not be disturbed. That‘s difficult, not only because I have too many kids, but because I have ADHD. 😂

#chatterday

Took the train to my mom‘s for some business she needed to include me in. Was worried about the heat, but it was only in the 70s. Weird weather for that area. Also, learned they have TWO Dutch Bros. We have ZERO. What conspiracy is this? 😂 😭

An amazing book about the different ocean types and their ecosystems. I learned so much from this.

But I have to admit that if I hadn‘t read What the Wild Sea Can Be from this year‘s Women‘s Prize Nonfiction Longlist, I probably never would have gotten to this.

I had no idea.

More, remarkably, studies have shown female krill shrinking in winter and regressing their external sexual physiology, thereby effectively returning to their juvenile life stage, when their energy needs were smaller. This downsizing enables them to use their own body protein as fuel to last them through the lean times. With the return of spring they regain their sexual characteristics and become fully mature just in time for the breeding season.

Read with my son first, then got my own reading done. A couple of my kids went to the fair so it was very quiet here for reading hour tonight.

#hyggehourreadathon

But as on many oceanic islands, today the biggest threats to Rain‘s turtles originate from far away. Higher tides caused by rising sea levels are now flooding many of their nests every year. And there is an additional and invisible danger.
While it is still in the egg, the sex of the developing turtle is determined by the temperature of the nest in which it lies. Nigh temperatures lead to the development of females, lower ones to males. In recent