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Freespirit
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Pickpick

I loved Orbital. A very poetic thoughtful read…I wasn‘t sure how any book could beat James for the Booker, but now I understand.
Loved Clear also.. another beautifully written thoughtful book.
Every year I read a classic…a chunkster…this year it‘s Middlemarch! This is my second attempt and I‘m determined to finish it..
Happy reading everyone
#fiction #classic #awardwinner #bookerprize

JamieArc I started Middlemarch a year or two ago when a group was reading it here on Litsy. I only made it a third of the way so finishing it is one of my goals too. 1d
CarolynM My husband is reading and enjoying Middlemarch at the moment. He said he‘s thinking of it as a series of books, rather than one book, so he can take a break when he reaches the end of each of its parts. 1d
Freespirit Hi @JamieArc I will let you know how it goes! I‘m sure it will be well worth reading 😊 1d
Freespirit What a great idea Carolyn! I wish my hubby read novels more. I often read him snippets of books I read. He reads articles and some non fiction. I think I have convinced him to read Orbital😊 @CarolynM 1d
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Jess861
Mars | Michelle Lomberg
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Tonight we spent our reading time learning about Mars. Simple kids book that had some neat facts. It was easy for an 8 year old to follow along. The fact he enjoyed learning the most was that the North and South Poles have dry ice.

#Mars #RaisingReaders #Space #KidsNonFiction #LibraryBook

BiblioLitten Awesome! Do you have any more recommendations for non-fiction reads? My son is 7, and they are discussing non-fiction books in school. Or any books that your child really enjoyed in the past year. 😊 4d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4d
Jess861 @BiblioLitten we have so many...let me go through the bookshelves and I'll post some that he's loved the most. Lately he has been enjoying National Geographic Weird but True (more facts then a book) and who would win (animals) books. What is your guy into? 3d
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Jess861 @BiblioLitten for fiction he isn't the strongest reader so he has been more into comics (dog man, investigators and bad guys). He has also recently gotten into Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He loved me reading him Dragon Masters and I think he's a strong enough reader to start reading those on his own now. (edited) 3d
BiblioLitten Thank you! I‘ll look into Investigators and Dragon Masters (he also likes Dragon Hunters). 🐉 3d
Jess861 @BiblioLitten There are a ton of Dragon Masters books in the series and they are fairly cheap to buy off of scholastic or we've always been able to find them at libraries 🙂 3d
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klaudiak
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Panpan

A YA book.

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NikkiCureton
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Pickpick

Wow! Beautifully written and extremely timely. This is a love song to earth with well executed verse and subtle warnings about climate change and the hubris of mankind. Admittedly, it took me a few pages to get into the style of the writing, but in the end I was won over by the gorgeous delivery. Must-read brilliance by Samantha Harvey.

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JillR
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Mehso-so

Oh goodness, what do you say about the Booker Prize winner? This is beautiful writing and an interesting premise, I get it. However, purely based on what I want from a book, it was a skim read for the main part with my focus being on the rare moments of character and their narratives. I‘d have read a longer book about the astronauts and their back stories but 135 pages about what they can see of Earth from their spaceship was enough for me.

squirrelbrain I agree with everything you say…. Although I liked it a bit more than you, I think. 1w
AmyG I am reading it now. Some parts are just beautiful while others are parts just didn‘t grab me. I put it down to read the new Grady Hendrix…never a good sign when you put a bookdown to read another. 1w
TheEllieMo I agree totally with your review! 1w
JillR @AmyG I nearly did the same, and I never do that! 1w
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Pogue
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Panpan

I would have bailed on this if it were not so short and a book club pick. The writing style is the type that gives me a headache. At times it was like reading a list.

DogMomIrene Ouch! Enough Littens have panned this one that I was thinking no. But “like reading a list” solidifies my skipping this one. Thanks. 1w
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GatheringBooks
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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#25Alive! Day 21: My #FaveWinterFood is seafood ramen - or any kind of soup, really. 💕

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looks delicious 😋 2w
Eggs Mmmm 😋 2w
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Karisimo
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Pickpick

This was an emotional read for me! I was in 4th grade in Florida when it happened. My class stepped outside to watch so I saw the explosion live in the sky. And in hindsight there were so many reasons to not launch that day 😔 The story was well told by the author.

Amor4Libros I was in 6th grade in Bronx, NY. I remember coming in from recess and our teacher delivering the news. I will never forget that day 😔 2w
CSeydel Oh, how traumatic to see it live 2w
lauraisntwilder Like @CSeydel said, that must've been awful to witness. 2w
charl08 Such a great book about an awful event. 7d
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sisilia
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Bailedbailed

With this, I decided to bail. It‘s too painful for me I wanted to cry. My issue with this novel is the delivery. “Its beauty echoes - its beauty is its echoing, its ringing singing lightness.” 🤨 What?! Is she a disciple of Lawrence Durrell?

Tamra It seems this is one of those cilantro books based on the reviews. 3w
sisilia @Tamra Indeed 😝 3w
Ruthiella Oof. I would not get on with that either. To each their own! 3w
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sisilia @dabbe Hahaha I love these hashtags 😄 3w
sisilia @Ruthiella I just couldn‘t appreciate what one of the Booker judges called as “language of lyricsm” 😆 3w
CarolynM Thank you, you have saved me from this one. That is just awful. 3w
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