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Moon was never a word I worried about defining or looking up when I read about them.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

The book that introduced me to Paleoseismologists and how they study earthquakes of the past. Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History And Volatile Future Of The San Andreas Fault by John Dvorak. Learning about pre-modern quakes was really interesting - the details they can learn from geology!

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I love encountering new scientific specialties in the fields I read about. Several years ago I was captivated by Paleoseismologists - those who study ancient earthquakes. Tonight I have now encountered Tephrochronologists - those who study and date volcanic ash layers. Amazing.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

I'd love to say it's because there isn't enough science education but the reality is I think they understand the issue, they just refuse to have to do anything about it.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

While I love a good earthquake book, I'm also madly addicted to good science videos and this makes the list. Short, informative and with excellent diagrams explaining complicated stuff.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

The World In A Grain by Vince Beiser is the story of sand. The different kinds, where it comes from, how it's used. I love reading books about objects or things that seem so simple and learning all the crazy history and science or stuff that goes into getting it or making it.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

I feel like this is on point for books too. A good cover and a snappy blurb can lead to a book purchase you'll regret..

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

The victors write the histories. Reading your own history from a different perspective can be eye-opening. History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History by Lindaman and Ward collects chapters from non-US textbooks. There's even one from N. Korea which is bonkers.

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

1491 by Charles C. Mann is THE book that really kicked off my library on Native Americans. It brings to non-specialists the newer concept that exposure to diseases wiped out up to 90% of people living in the Americas and that there were great civilizations and peoples here.

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

It feels like the end of the world right now, making it the perfect time for reading post-apoc stories. One of the best is Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming. It is the start of a series set in the same universe, with different groups handling the same post-apoc world.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

As I struggle to handle the current times, this is still the best advice I've found. I've thought about it a lot in the past few days when feeling overwhelmed. And it's why I still take time to read.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Not every scary thing you read is a Stephen King novel.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Because the government cannot stop the average person from valuing diversity... a book for Black History months: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. It documents the migration of blacks from the South to the North from 1915-1970.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

For the times when you want to bury yourself in a nice fantasy series and pretend the world is not there, my top pick goes to The Belgariad by David Eddings. Such a fully developed world and a great mix of different characters. Read it 6 or more times so far and feel like another re-read is due.

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

One of the most terrifying books I've read is Nuclear War: A Scenario by Ann Jacobsen. A 2024 book, Jacobsen walks you second by second the process/procedures from the moment a foreign nuclear launch is detected. The time to respond and make all these really important decisions is insanely short.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 118 days ago • 1087 comments

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by William Shirer. Probably the leading history of how Hitler and his Nazis came to power. Shirer was an American based in Berlin at the start and offers powerful first hand experiences that go with the massive historical research and documents.

submitted 118 days ago • 1 comment

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong by James Loewen. All those historical markers you see? Someone wrote them, and not always someone with real historical facts in mind. There are agendas and spin even in what we think of as simple informational markers.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

IT by Stephen King. Hands down still the best horror novel I've ever read. Doesn't matter how many re-reads, Pennywise still scares the crap out of me 🤡🎈

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

Mondays can be overwhelming, so let's start our week with one of the best fun reads ever—Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. An angel, a demon, and the apocalypse. It's also one of the very few books where the TV adaptation holds up just as well—Tennant and Sheen really make it sing.

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. A bit on the nose, but how could I not? It's a normal morning for Arthur Dent til the Vogons announce the destruction of Earth; his friend Ford turns out to be an alien - so begins his life, hitchhiking the galaxy. Don't forget your towel!

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

I didn't want this place to just be a re-post of stuff I do elsewhere. So I'm going to use this place to promote my favorite reads - not just stuff I've read this year, but any book I've loved. Because what reader doesn't want more stuff on their To Be Read pile!

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

Something new, something blue. The perfect place for a Hooloovoo.

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments