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Island on Fire

I've been really looking forward to my trip to Iceland and still hope we can get a tour to the most recent active volcano. At the moment it is all closed off so it's not likely, but fingers crossed.

The book was a really great read. I learned a lot about volcanoes and the impact they have not only near the eruption site but all around the world. Some of the descriptions about how people perished in the aftermath of an eruption were quite horrific.

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Make it Stick

It was an interesting read. The writing style of foreshadowing and repeating their points and examples was different but engaging.

I think I just know quite a bit of the techniques already but not always consistently or consciously.

I can recommend the book to anyone who wants to learn more about learning and study more efficiently.

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Books read in 2025

1. Make it Stick by Peter Brown

2. Island on Fire by Alexandra Witze

3. The Illiad by Homer

4. Snark by David Denby

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I've updated the completed list. I finished the last book 12 minutes to midnight.

Looking back I would not be able to tell which one was my favorite. A lot of these books where fantastic and really enjoyable in totally different ways.

Books read in 2024

What if? 2 by Randall Munroe

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

1984 by George Orwell

Being a Beast by Charles Foster

Das Leben ist kurz by Jostein Gaarder

Beowulf by Maria Dahvana Headley

Erebus by Michael Palin

Rooted by Sarah Langford

The Flow by Amy-Jane Beer

Changes in the Land by William Cronon

Wendy, Darling by A.C.Wise

How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm

Tough Women Adventure Stories Edited by Jenny Tough

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Surrounded by idiots

A Woman looking at men looking at women by Siri Huvstedt

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Das Recht auf Faulheit by Paul Lafargue

Gebrauchsanweisung für Häuser

Know This by John Brockman

Roumeli by Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Quiet Moon by Kevin Parr

Rewild Yourself by Simon Barnes

Calling Bullshit by Bergstrom and West

Patrick Leigh Fermor by Artemis Cooper

A far cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark

A Disorder peculiar to the country

Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson

Before Scotland by Alstair Moffat

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This is going great. I am posting so much here. 🙈

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me, the motherfucker with over 50 abandoned works in progress: i have an idea

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Hm I seem to have lent out my physical copies. I don't really remember doing that. But I know I have pressed them on several people. Curious.

I've been sick so I haven't really got the headspace at the moment to dive into my current book which is about data science.

But I thought I could yell into the void about one of my all time favorite book series.

Leagues and Legends by E.Jade Lomax aka @ink-splotch

I adore the story and well rounded, loveable characters and the books are so remarkably well written. I struggle to put it into words.

I am not usually one to reread books all that often, there are simply to many I want to read, but I have read all three of them several times.

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I've been sick so I haven't really got the headspace at the moment to dive into my current book which is about data science.

But I thought I could yell into the void about one of my all time favorite book series.

Leagues and Legends by E.Jade Lomax aka @ink-splotch

I adore the story and well rounded, loveable characters and the books are so remarkably well written. I struggle to put it into words.

I am not usually one to reread books all that often, there are simply to many I want to read, but I have read all three of them several times.

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I feel this is a bit of an unnecessary criticism, but hasn't it been decorative gourd season for more or less six weeks already?

Guess what time it is? If you guessed time for me to put up my favorite cross stitch, you're correct!

If you are unfamiliar with the source material you can read it here

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Books read in 2024

What if? 2 by Randall Munroe

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

1984 by George Orwell

Being a Beast by Charles Foster

Das Leben ist kurz by Jostein Gaarder

Beowulf by Maria Dahvana Headley

Erebus by Michael Palin

Rooted by Sarah Langford

The Flow by Amy-Jane Beer

Changes in the Land by William Cronon

Wendy, Darling by A.C.Wise

How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm

Tough Women Adventure Stories Edited by Jenny Tough

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Surrounded by idiots

A Woman looking at men looking at women by Siri Huvstedt

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Das Recht auf Faulheit by Paul Lafargue

Gebrauchsanweisung für Häuser

Know This by John Brockman

Roumeli by Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Quiet Moon by Kevin Parr

Rewild Yourself by Simon Barnes

Calling Bullshit by Bergstrom and West

Patrick Leigh Fermor by Artemis Cooper

A far cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark

A Disorder peculiar to the country

Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson

Before Scotland by Alstair Moffat

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My dash did a major thing

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I always feel a bit weird writing into this nirvana. Who is gonna read what I want to say?

But I really want to start talking more to people about the books I love to read.