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Book 51 of rereading/cataloging the home library - another lovely #classic, requires some suspension of disbelief, but otherwise found it a simple feel-good read #fiction #booksky 💙📚

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Book 50 of rereading/cataloging the home library - the Secret Garden! A lovely #classic - some flat side characters and bits around race/class/illness that may not have aged well, but by and large I liked the pacing, beautiful nature descriptions and two main protagonists #booksky 📚💙 #fiction

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Book 49 of rereading/cataloging the home library - oh I absolutely loved this! A lively romp through a #fairytale world with a kidnapped #dragon, a no-nonsense princess and a sensible king 💙📚 #booksky #fantasy

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Timeline zen - love the view of the lamplights against the dimming sky #sunset #vietnam #photography

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Timeline zen - moon shining through a trellis covered by plants #vietnam #photography #nature

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Timeline zen #vietnam #sea #photography

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Book 48 of rereading/cataloging the home library - I enjoyed this much more than the first book in the series. Much better pacing of a creative premise involving curses, rogues, #timetravel and wastelands 💙📚 #booksky #fantasy #fiction

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Book 47 of rereading/cataloging the home library - this is by far my favorite Margaret Mahy book. Gorgeously written and amazingly creative #booksky 💙📚 #fantasy #youngadult #romance

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More timeline zen from Lung Ngoc Hoang in #Vietnam - absolutely gorgeous nature reserve, best visiting in the morning when no one else is around! #nature #photography

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Some timeline zen from Can Tho, #vietnam #nature #photography

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71 books read so far this year! Revisited a lot of my old childhood/YA favorites in Feb ❤️📚 #booksky #storygraph

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Badges from Vietnam's #war remnants museum - history repeats

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Greeted by this adorably cheery snek in #hochiminh

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Book 46 of rereading/cataloging the home library - loved the magical worldbuilding (curses, time travel, surreal wastelands) but struggled with the slow pacing, infodumps and self-sabotaging protagonist #booksky 💙📚 #fantasy #fiction #magic

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Book 45 of cataloging the home library - DNFed this frustratingly boring read. Protag was a boob-obsessed Gary Stu. It didn't matter who the boobs belonged to - his romantic interest, her mom, his guardian angel - he spent a torturous amount of time rhapsodizing about all. Those. Boobs. 📚💙 #booksky

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Was trying out the personalized AI (beta) feature on #storygraph and was amused to see what books it predicted I'd like and why - I've recorded no cookbooks in my reads so far 😆 I'll stick to the Recommendations feature for now - that feels more aligned to my tastes!

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Book 44 of reading/cataloging the home library - Sturge is a Statistician at the UK House of Commons Library, and thus she was well equipped to provide a very detailed overview of all the problems plaguing UK government #data (and very likely beyond) #booksky #nonfiction #politics

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Book 43 of reading/cataloging the home library! I quite enjoyed this #fantasy read - it was full of colorful characters (a pacifist sword, a rhyming demon allergic to rhymes, a theatrical dragon etc), lively #humor and magical settings. Would be keen to read the other books in its series #booksky 💙📚

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Book 42 of reading/cataloging the home library - Mandy by Dame Julie Andrews! Story premise was pleasant (reminded me of The Secret Garden) but the characters felt a tad bland 💙📚 #booksky #fiction #children

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Browsing through old photos and came across this highly appropriate reminder 😆 #art

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Book 41 of rereading/cataloging the home library - Knock Three Times could get surprisingly suspenseful, despite being a children's #classic where the main antagonist was literally...a slow-rolling pumpkin 😅 Very much enjoyed the #fairytale worldbuilding and creative quest plot 💙📚 #booksky #fantasy

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For book 40 of rereading/cataloging the home library - this quick #supernatural #fiction ! Enjoyed the wording - Mahy writes beautifully - but thought the plot was too thin and the story too short for me to get invested in any of the characters 📚💙 #booksky

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Spent a relaxing afternoon with this read. Some bits of the writing resonated but most of it was too generalized for my liking. What I really adored was the accompanying artwork - found Youngcheol Lee's illustrations absolutely gorgeous #nonfiction #booksky 💙📚 #mentalhealth

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Highlight of the year - stumbling across this bewilderingly addictive and hilariously absurd #song performed by a Japanese yodeler about his crime-fighting chicken. #music youtu.be/miomuSGoPzI?...

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Earworm of the day - the Sky is Calling by Kim Boekbinder, a gorgeously haunting #song I first heard on #welcometonightvale (found so much good #music via that podcast!) m.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJz...

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Book 39 of rereading/cataloging the home library - was surprised to find that it still packs an emotional punch! Loved the complex relationship dynamics between the v flawed characters (Cassy was SUCH a parentified 13yo), and the surrealism of the wolves 📚💙 #booksky #youngadult #fairytale #thriller

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Another gorgeously inspiring #song I often come back to is Stand Up, performed by Cynthia Erivo: Stand up Take my people with me Together we are going To a brand new home Far across the river Can you hear freedom calling? Calling me to answer Gonna keep on keepin' on www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn19...

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Stumbled upon a cosy little book #cafe in Malaysia - amazing selection of books, I can't wait to browse through them all! 💙📚 #booksky #bookstore #bookshop maps.app.goo.gl/noVmkWoerQ3u...

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An interesting #journalprompt for #selfreflection : who/what has a life you'd want to swap with the most, and why?

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A #song I constantly return to is Astronautalis' The River, the Woods - the lyrics are gorgeous: So this is why we try? We bet it all on hopeless? And swim against the tide till until our every bone is broken m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jg1...

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Book 38 of rereading/cataloging the home library - decided to revisit a read I did as a kid! Mahy is great at writing creative feel-good stories #booksky 💙📚 #children #shortstories

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Book 37 of rereading/cataloging the home library - loved the intricate worldbuilding and social commentary! Features a romantic strategy run like a military campaign, a business built on bug vomit, and savvy gender politicking in a patriarchal society #booksky 💙📚 #spaceopera #sciencefiction #romance

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Book 36 of rereading/cataloging the home library - it's a strange read, somehow managing to mix together metal concerts, ghostly hauntings, levitating yoga, and all sorts of other elements into a wild plot 💙📚 #booksky

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One free resource for testing and understanding your potential unconscious biases is Project Implicit - it's helpful to be mindful of where your conscious beliefs may not align with your subconscious reactions! #psychology #bias #stereotype implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

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Book 35 of reading/cataloging the home library! I'm one chapter in and while I like the topic, I dislike the writing style so far - feels like a lot of irrelevant stories and rhetorical questions are being used to support the main argument, I would've much preferred clear data evidencing #booksky 💙📚

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One free resource for honing your #fakenews detection & #factcheck skills is this course on "Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World" - it was created years ago so some links might need updating, but the content has stayed highly relevant! www.callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html

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