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RaeLovesToRead
The Secret | Rhonda Byrne
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https://youtu.be/UARJ-hx2zso?feature=shared

Check out my saltiest video yet.
Over 30 minutes of ranting about books.
I am exhausted 😅😅

willaful lol! 5h
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ImperfectCJ
The Glass Bead Game | Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi
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I went to the library to pick up a hold and was seduced by the "blind date with a book" display. I almost don't want to open it, the anticipation is so sweet! Any guesses about what it is before the big reveal? The clues: It's satire, "dark, unsettling, and nerve chafing," and about 1/2 inch/1 cm thick.

Lindy That could describe a lot of books I like. Hope you enjoy whatever it is. 🤞 4h
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ImperfectCJ @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Lindy @Meshell1313 Turns out it was this one. I read it in 2009 just before my son was born. I liked it then, but it might be interesting to see how it reads almost 16 years later. 22m
Lindy @ImperfectCJ The blind date idea is fun. We did that sometimes at the public library before I retired. 😁 14m
ImperfectCJ @Lindy To my knowledge, this is the first time our branch has done it. I am amused at how much of a draw it was for me. I'm such a sucker for those kinds of controlled surprises, like getting a mystery grab bag or a tea advent calendar. 😂 now
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MemoirsForMe
How to Relax | Thich Nhat Hanh, Nhaaat
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Sarah!!! Just received your wonderful letter and package this week. OMG, I‘m speechless!!! 🤩🤩🤩😭😭😭😘😘😘 How you ever found time to make us this beautiful blanket with all that‘s on your plate. It‘s already keeping me cozy, warm and relaxed during reading time. (And as you can see, Frost thinks it‘s for him!)
We will treasure it always…and you! 🥰🥰🥰
@TheAromaofBooks

PurpleyPumpkin Beautiful!🤩 16h
Lesliereadsalot You‘re so lucky! 15h
TheAromaofBooks YAY!!! I'm so glad it arrived safely. Congratulations on getting married... a year and a half ago 😂 Also, we are closing on our new house tomorrow!!!!!!!! So whenever you get a chance to write back, do use the new address I sent you!! 😁 13h
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AmyG Frost has apparently already read this book! 12h
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 8h
MemoirsForMe @TheAromaofBooks That‘s fine by us, we‘re still celebrating! 😁 Wow! So happy for you! Your new place looks amazing. Those garages would have sealed the deal for me too! 🏠🎉🍾 2h
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin @Lesliereadsalot I feel like Linus, I‘m wrapped up in it all the time! 2h
MemoirsForMe @AmyG 😸😸😸 2h
MemoirsForMe @dabbe He sure does run this household! 😸 2h
Schnoebs I got my mom this book a hey years ago in hopes that she would get the hint to relax and enjoy her down time more. Shockingly, the book did not help 😂 1h
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kspenmoll
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“The real survivor is indeed a cephalopd, but nautilus rather than octopus.Still living in the Pacific, present-day nautiluses are little changed from 200 million years ago. Living in coiled shells,they‘re now scavengers.They have simple eyes and a cluster of tentacles,and they move up and down, from the deep sea to shallower water in a rhythm that‘s still being studied.They seem to stay higher in the water at night, deeper in the day.”

kspenmoll Immediately thought of OWH‘s poem The Chambered Nautilus, which I have co-taught, unpacked, & analyzed with students. 1d
LoverOfLearning Looks like a cool little book! 1d
GingerAntics @LoverOfLearning we‘re enjoying it. So far, highly recommended. 23h
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Bookfan1414
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First, I love this man‘s voice. I‘m seriously just vibing at this point. But he asked a question and I had an instinctual visceral response to… if an Alien from space walked up to you and asked you to take them to your leader… would you take them to the White House…. Personally, that sounds like the beginning of the first intergalactic war with earth so imma pass on that, thanks. 😳

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AlaSkaat
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Anyone else gets annoyed by these? ://

Almost always can‘t get my focus back

kspenmoll Yes! 2d
AlaSkaat @kspenmoll it reminded me of the ‘can you find the the mistake? 123‘ so I kept going back and forth thinking I‘m reading it wrong ! There‘s so many punctuation mistakes in books though. Especially older ones. 2d
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FelipeChapulaS
La peste | Albert Camus
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Un malade a besoin de douceur, il aime a s‘appuyer sur quelque chose, c‘est bien naturel. - Albert Camus, La peste

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kspenmoll
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This book was so dense and meaty that I pulled quotes for my review. I can say that I am inclined to read more of Ardent‘s books but feel it would take more than a year & I would certainly need buddy reads,because although I am fascinated the philosophy thanks to the exposure from classes my son took in college,I struggle with processing philosophical thinking. Any takers? #adventuresinphilosophy

Suet624 I‘m not ready right now but, yes, soon I would be interested (edited) 3d
kspenmoll @Suet624 Sometimes it challenging right now-days I want only escapist reading. I found a penguin reader that dips into her work- maybe I can face that!!!! (edited) 3d
kspenmoll How is the snow? We have sleet, ice everywhere- cannot go out. Dangerous! 3d
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Suet624 Oh yeah, that penguin reader looks interesting! We are overwhelmed with snow up here. It‘s like time is standing still. No cars, no plows. I feel like it‘s what Vermont used to be, with snow drifts over our heads. I walked to the bakery, a couple of blocks away and got myself a great big cinnamon roll. Just a few people out shoveling . It‘s gorgeous, but a lot. (edited) 3d
kspenmoll @Suet624 I am glad you live close to a bakery- you deserve a treat! Aldo glad you can walk. I got out yesterday for the first time since last Wednesday (in with bronchitis) & it was so refreshing to breathe in the outdoor air! 3d
Suet624 @kspenmoll I‘m glad you got outside. Snowstorm air is spectacular. 3d
TheBookHippie In a couple months yes! I preordered this yes I know pricey and Amazon but I preordered a year ago!! https://a.co/d/62iIAb3 however any of her books I‘d reread! I‘ve not read most since my 20s and I have no problem buying copies. 3d
ravenlee I got The Origins of Totalitarianism recently, so I‘d be game for a buddy read at some point. 3d
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie I have the older copy, not expanded, with intro by historian Anne Applebaum. 3d
TheBookHippie @kspenmoll @ravenlee I‘m up for anything. I wanted to get her books to own anyway. 3d
ravenlee @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie my copy is the same, with the Applebaum intro. 3d
GingerAntics You‘re done already? I‘m still struggling my way through it. 3d
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Bookwomble
A Way of Being | Carl Rogers
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I'm a third of the way through a 12-hour online conference: "The Future of the Person-Centred Approach: How to Serve a Changing World" and it's been by turns intense, dull and fascinating. A bit hard for my ADHD to maintain focus when people are rambling, despite being totally focused on another person is what I do for a living (or perhaps because of ?)

Bookwomble Taking a walk during the lunch break to clear my head and prepare for the next 9 hours!
Nobody's tried to sell me a book ... yet!
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TrishB 12 hours online is a challenge to anyone‘s concentration! 4d
merelybookish Online conferences are brutal. They suck up double the energy! Also, do love Carl Rogers. 3d
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Bookwomble @TrishB @merelybookish On a 15-minute tea break - it's being quite stimulating now (coffee and tea helping!) One of the speakers I was particularly wanting to hear is Peggy Natiello - she was a student of Carl Rogers and at 95 years old, still as sharp as a tack and as revolutionary and anti establishment as ever! ✊🏻 3d
julesG Yay for tea!!! Enjoy the rest of the conference. 3d
bibliothecarivs Is that a photo from your walk? Oh, how I wish I was in England today (and every day)! 3d
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Yep - cracked pavements, damp weather, cold wind and all! 😄 3d
Bookwomble @julesG I needed the tea! It was a good day's reflection and discussion 😊 3d
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GingerAntics
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How is it going, ladies? Anyone else troubled that E. Coli can SMELL YOU?! I wonder if probiotics can sense when you‘re about to take them? Do they get lonely when I forget to take them for a while? The poor dears.
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

kspenmoll 😂😂😂 lonely probiotics! 4d
GingerAntics @kspenmoll I know. I feel so bad for them. Don‘t tell them I can‘t find them right now. 3d
AlaSkaat I somehow lost the book. Where / how ??? but new one is coming tomorrow so I shall get back to this haha 2d
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GingerAntics @AlaSkaat oh my, really? That‘s horrible! I hate when that happens. Of course, as soon as the new one arrives, the original copy will appear. lol It‘s a law of physics or something. You got this. You‘re going awesome! 1d
GingerAntics @AlaSkaat it didn‘t arrive with like an alternate cover or something, did it? 1d
AlaSkaat @GingerAntics unfortunately I did not find the lost book. Where it could be I have absolutely no idea. I haven‘t lost a book in like… a week. I‘m kidding lol. But seriously it just disappeared! The new one came in good shape so I‘m back to reading 📖 1d
AlaSkaat I did find this book for free on Archive online, but I prefer physical copies for this, especially if I‘m to mark something interesting 1d
GingerAntics @AlaSkaat totally agree that adding notes is easier in physical copies. 100% I‘m glad you got your new copy. Perhaps someone saw it, thought it looked interesting, and wandered off with it. You have inadvertently spread knowledge. Good work! 1d
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