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IriDas

IriDas

Joined June 2024

The most important thing a reader in this society can know how to do is to make full use of and give full support to their local library.
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1) No pets right now. I‘d like to get my daughter a cat.
2) Yes, both.
3) Voyage of the Turtle.

#wonderouswednesday

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Well, this just got kinda sad.
#librarybooks
#libby

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The City of Brass | S. A. Chakraborty
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Reading in the ER. Needed a physical book because my phone doesn‘t stay charged forever. What I‘ve learned in this book is that all demon-possession in stories now has a very sinister feel because it‘s always the disabled person.

Texreader I hope everything is ok. 24h
IriDas @Texreader It seems to be. My older daughter has certain health issues that require surgery every once in a while and I feared that‘s what it was. So, I‘m happy it‘s just probably an ulcer? 🤷 🤦🏼‍♂️ 🤪😞 14h
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Mehso-so

It‘s not terrible. 🤷 It‘s not so much a history as it is a highlight of bookshops the author found interesting. Not a problem, but some of them were not to me. I also do not like the way certain historic events were worded. Eg. In the chapter about “radical” bookstores, he states that Eugene Debs (an American socialist) went to prison. No context. It makes me wonder about other facts he tossed around.

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Back to work today. I almost left without a book and had to just grab one as I was heading out the door. :D Guess I‘ll be reading this next. I cannot read ebooks or audiobooks when students are in the room and I like to set an example of reading for them since many tell me they never read. :( #education

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Internal Family Systems Therapy | Richard C. Schwartz
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1) Exhausted. One of my autistic children needed me to help them self-regulate so they could complete an assignment for their Senior Seminar. It‘s my last day of Spring Break so at least I didn‘t have to call off work.
2) I do not care for most of them. I have been studying mental health issues for a number of years and mostly know what works for me, so it‘s a matter of personal preference. I don‘t follow any.

#mentalhealthmonday

TheBookHippie ♥️ sending light your way… 2d
Kerrbearlib Sending support your way. I hope today was less exhausting. Good for you for finding what works for you. 1d
IriDas @Kerrbearlib Thanks. We‘re actually at the ER today. lol. I guess this just isn‘t my week. 1d
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8pm is too late for me to drink anything but water. :) My son was under the weather and asleep already so my daughter and I dug into this book. We both learned a lot about Iceland when we were housebound during the pandemic so one of my older kids bought me this when he was visiting Venice (California). #hyggehour

TheBookHippie That looks good. Hope health returns quickly! 3d
AllDebooks ❤️ 3d
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 3d
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Echoes of the Imperium | Olivia Atwater, Nicholas Atwater
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Are you ACE? ARO? Are you tired and sick to death of the same old tropes about ACE/ARO folks being cold, aloof, stuffy tea sipping snobs who delight in tearing down their friends relationships? Or, worse, are “faking it” for nefarious purposes? Click on “comments” for all the rest. 1/6

IriDas And do you love, love, love a truly warm found family story filled with imperfect people helping each other through life—a life which happens to be filled with pirates, fairies, rebellions, aethermancers, and more, in a fantastic and imaginative steampunk world? 2/6 (edited) 5d
IriDas If you said yes to any of that, but especially to the parts about ACE/ARO folks, have I got a series for you. 3/6 (edited) 5d
IriDas Tales of the Iron Rose has 2 published books. A .5 novella and a full length book. It also has a short story available to subscribers to the authors newsletter. The stories follow Captain William Blair and his hodgepodge crew of former imperialists, rebels, spies, and a school teacher, the latter who leads the ship‘s gunnery ladies knitting circle. 4/6 (edited) 5d
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IriDas See, you‘re already intrigued. 5/6 (edited) 5d
IriDas I cannot recommend a series more. I haven‘t been so excited about a couple of books since I read the Six of Crows duology, and I‘ve now read that 15 times (just to give you a picture of how much I love it). 6/6 (edited) 5d
BookmarkTavern You had me at ace! 👍🏻👍🏻 3d
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Junior high sucks in every country.

#librarybooks
#libby

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In the reference section of my Alma Mater working on a project for my Masters which I‘m getting at an entirely different university. But it‘s 5 hours from me and my Alma Mater is only 30 minutes. :D

#highered #mlis

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Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
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1. Pachinko. Because it gave me the most to think on and consider about my own pre-conceived notions and biases. It also got into the racism in Japan that is mostly ignored by the West.

2. Not wholly DNFed yet, but I haven‘t torn through Children of Anguish and Anarchy the way I did the first books of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy. The chapters are so short and all a different POV. I feel thrashed around as a result.

#wonderouswednesday

Eggs I can relate to that feeling 🤪 7d
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Pickpick

My son and I finished this yesterday. It was a nice little book of poems that introduces kids to many queer people and their contributions as well as the ideas of found family, loving the othered, and standing up against all bigotry. My son is autistic and he appreciated all the love for people represented in the book.

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Frankenstein | Mary Shelly
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1. No, yesterday. 😊
2. Provocative

#two4tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1w
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Frankenstein | Mary Shelley
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My next Toastmasters speech will be based on one of the many themes on humanity found in my favorite book, #frankenstein

Texreader You‘re in Toastmasters? How awesome! I was in it for many many years 1w
IriDas @Texreader Yes, I just joined last year. It‘s been really helpful. Pretty sure it helped me finally get a job after a year of unemployment. 1w
Texreader @IriDas That‘s awesome. I often use everything I learned in toastmasters in my career. And I‘m so glad you‘ve joined Litsy! 1w
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Late to the game because Monday is busy.

1) Good-ish. Landed on a direction for my next Toastmasters speech, so that‘s always a mental load off. Got my taxes finished. I was unemployed almost the whole year so it didn‘t take long.

2) I think positive affirmations are good for people. In the US, at least, the culture seems to be so focused on the negative and tearing people down for anything they do. Positive affirmations can help buoy us.

Kerrbearlib Sounds like you had a good day! Thanks for responding. I hope you have a wonderful week! Thanks for tagging this book as well, I keep meaning to read it! 1w
Kerrbearlib Sounds like you had a good day! Thanks for responding. I hope you have a wonderful week! Thanks for tagging this book as well, I keep meaning to read it! 1w
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Watched an interview with the author this morning so I‘ve added this to my reading list. I did read the negative and positive reviews. I agree with one of the negative views that the author went to great lengths to discuss the misuse of language and its negative impact only to repeatedly use the word “tribe” in place of community. I noticed it in the interview which is why I read the reviews first. Looks good otherwise. #toread #autism #asd

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Impossible Creatures | Katherine Rundell
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Reading to the kids with some YouTube reading ambience.#hyggehourreadathon (couldn‘t quite hold them for an hour though, 😆)

TheBookHippie 😊♥️ 1w
AllDebooks ❤️ I love this. You tried. X 1w
Chrissyreadit My friend has told me to try this out- I really should!!!( youtube ambiance) 1w
IriDas @Chrissyreadit I use YouTube ambience for everything. :D I love so many. The reading ambience gets my mind focused on the book. :) 1w
Chrissyreadit @IriDas I especially like the idea for rainy days. 1w
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A fitting end to a great trilogy. A bit heavy handed at moments, as if the author felt some readers might be too dense to get the message. Of course, considering the world these days, that might be a necessary sentiment. All in all, it did not devolve into a desperate tying up of loose ends that too many final books do, just a few moments to leave the reader realistically stunned. #review #thelibrarytrilogy

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The Trial of Anna Thalberg | Eduardo Sangarca
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Won this in a contest. It was a hard read, but not for the way it was written. It‘s about a witch trial in medieval Europe and, unlike my usual fantasy fare, I cannot split my mind and read it dispassionately. This stuff really happened. Anyway, I highly recommend it. Especially if you like creative prose. Sangarcía‘s method really adds to the intensity of a story that we probably think we know well. Also timely, atc.

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Echoes of the Imperium | Olivia Atwater, Nicholas Atwater
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“I should have died the day the Avalon Imperium fell.”
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl found at @TheBookgeekFrau

TheBookgeekFrau Thanks for the credit, but I'm just a participant 😊 The people who start these are the only ones who need tagging; unless you are tagging other people to play along. 2w
IriDas Thanks for letting me know. :) 2w
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Echoes of the Imperium | Olivia Atwater, Nicholas Atwater
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Another #currentread This one courtesy of my local library and #hoopla

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still testing how this site works

TheBookgeekFrau Welcome! This site can be a little confusing at first. I'm happy to answer any questions--just tag me in a reply to this comment or you can comment on one of my posts. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks is there still a link for new users to learn about Litsy to help out here? 11mo
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Current read.

#evolution #science

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New here. Just testing how this app works. #new #newuser #tags