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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

#war & peace. thsi will continue to be true for a while

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my dad sent me this tweet with zero likes or retweets so i can’t rt it without feeling weird but i sure can post it on my tumblr

#very niche example but did this with maths writer marcus du sautoy when i was young #told him i loved jis work consulting on codes for ruby redfort #(which is a childrens book series he didnt write) #tbf. the codes were greay

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#thought that doll in the corner was a jerma face cam

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#he said the line!!!

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so I saw this tiktok where the person said they wouldn't read a book because it was in third person, which struck me as absolutely wild. But now I want to know --

#this is fascinating mostly bc i can't ever imagine wanting to read something in second person #maybe if it's exceptionally well done or very artisitc/experimental i could do it #but normally i just nope out i don't want to be in the book!!!! #get me out of there!!!! #(i voted for third person limited: more interesting for character study stuff but a bit less awkward than first person can be)

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Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh

Rating: 5 stars Pages: 340 Tagged: educational

I love love Simon Singh's The Code Book, but somehow had never read his probably more famous Fermat's Last Theorem. Well, I set out to finally change that, and I really loved this book. Singh remains the King of mathematical pop science books, taking the reader through much of the history of mathematics through the lens of discoveries and techniques related to Fermat's Last Theorem, starting with Pythagoras and continuing through to the 90s with what was at the time some of the most ground-breaking mathematics. He makes complex topics extremely approachable, and managed to make me excited about conjectures and theorems I knew nothing about.

Goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3881645564

#my wonderful friend got this for her birthday and i stole it from her as soon as i possibly could #and then called her immediately afterwards like omggg did you read that bit about galois #booklr #books and reading #books #reviews #sofreviews #fermat's last theorem #simon singh #mathblr #mathematics

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True Love Bites by Joy Demorra

Rating: 4 stars Pages: 377 Tagged: couldnt-put-down, relaxing, these-bitches-gay, vampires

This was a long-awaited read for me, I'm a big fan of @thebibliosphere and was writing for the vibes to be right to finally read this. And boy, was it worth it. This was so totally adorable, and I really loved Vlad and Nathan's dynamic. I liked the Pratchett-esque approach to fantasy, with political & social commentary woven trough a sort of industrial-revolution-era fantasy world. It's definitely the best of both worlds, with balls and very cute romance, combined with fantasy lore and exploration of chronic illness. I found Nathan's story to be very real and relatable, and him finally being listened to by a doctor almost made me cry. All in all, this was wonderfully written and often very funny (I liked the frequent puns), and I really hope I get to see more of Ursula in the next book because her dynamic with the other guys was great :)

Goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5747295311

#Read this with a friend of mine and we were constantly sending each other screenshots of lines that we really liked #Oh also #It still has heavy romance but I liked that it was fade-to-black in sex scenes #booklr #books and reading #books #reviews #sofreviews #joy demorra #phangs #true love bites #hunger pangs: true love bites

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Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Rating: 5 stars Pages: 400 Tagged: couldnt-put-down, romance

I was looking forward to reading this ever since Eve first showed up in Chloe Brown, and it was not a let down! It was just so adorable, I loved the setting (a B&B with an upcoming gingerbread festival?! c'mon that's perfect), and Eve's journey of realising she has autism was realistically and beautifully written. An all around great romance!

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3413670438

#i just enjoyed this one so much it was so cute that i couldn't stop reading it #booklr #books and reading #books #reviews #sofreviews #talia hibbert #the brown sisters #eve brown #act your age eve brown #take a hint chloe brown #autism #autistic

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Neuromancer by William Gibson

Rating: 1 star Pages: 268 Tagged: dystopian, hard-scifi, unfinished

Here's another old review! I read this a very long time ago, so maybe it's worth a re-read, but honestly my memory of it is so negative I'm not sure if it's worth it! It clearly had a lot of fantastic ideas, but the execution was more confusing than intriguing. I'd like to at least be able to work out what the book's about!

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3413670438

#i am such a scifi enjoyer so understand this is not a biased review (hopefully) #booklr #books and reading #books #reviews #neuromancer #william gibson #dystopia #sofreviews

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Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Rating: 4 stars Pages: 400 Tagged: couldnt-put-down, these-bitches-gay, romance

I loved 'Get a Life, Chloe Brown' so much that this managed to end up slightly disappointing, despite being a very solid 4-star read. The romance is very cute, just less relatable, and I'm not so much of a fan of fake dating & social media fame as plot points. Warning as with the previous one that this is very heavy on the smut (at least for me), so be ready for it!

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5980770739

#i feel bad saying it was disappointing but it's true!! #it's talia's fault for writing such a good first book in the series sorryyy #take a hint dani brown #talia hibbert #bisexual #booklr #books and reading #books #reviews #the brown sisters #sofreviews

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Rating: 5 stars

Pages: 384

Tagged: couldnt-put-down, romance

Holy shit, one of the best romance books I've ever read. I don't think I've ever identified so much with the main character of a book. I loved the exploration of how chronic pain affects your life & relationships, without it being too much (or the conclusion being that you can't have relationships, romantic or otherwise!). This was saccharine-sweet, and also pretty seriously smutty, so warning for that!

Goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5975076567

#keep trying to make all of my friends read this book but have so far not been very successful #booklr #books and reading #books #reviews #get a life chloe brown #the brown sisters #talia hibbert #fibromyalgia #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic pain

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sorry all these numbers are so scattered n stuff they just make sense to me

(EDIT) now that this somehow got traction, I’d like to say: once a day, u can click the button on this link to donate to help Palestine for free!!!

#like a couple days ago when reading a book and there were Feeljngs #but tbh jm a big crier its my primary outlet for every emtion lol

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Being an adult will having you freezing foods you didn’t even think were possible to freeze

#me w diced herbs recently

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psa: the Nothing Doing website is up, complete with notes, alt text and transcripts for each strip, and a mostly functional RSS feed! check it out! https://horseonvhs.com/nothingdoing/

#they r both me

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we need more phrases in the vein of 'a monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors'. short, snappy, unhelpful, and debatably not even true. quantum physics is just a self-adjoint hamiltonian on a hilbert space. i like the redundancy there, and how it over- and underspecifies

#a monad is just a monoid in the class of endofunctors #this became a meme in my CS class lol

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Rating: 4 stars

Pages: 386

Tagged: historical, kids-books, mystery

This is THE book for weird little girls, and boy was I one. Murder mystery, historical time period, enormous amounts of detail about poison, what else could you want.

Goodreads review: goodreads.com/review/show/5146216227

#literslly if you know a weird little girl or are one. get it #booklr #books #books and reading #reviews #the sweetness at the bottom of the pie #alan bradley

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Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

Rating: 4 stars

Pages: 422

Tagged: adult-fiction, interesting-format

Many people have a formative book in their life, and while I have many, this would make the list by any metric. My childhood dog's official name according to the Kennel Club was Skinny Legs and All, and while we called her Morgan, the name still intrigued me. When I found this on the shelf as a kid who read voraciously, I never stopped to consider whether it was for me, or even what it's about. It's especially relevant now, much of it discussing tensions in the Middle East, but I certainly didn't understand it then. Its a really fascinating book, and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in a book that's a bit weird.

Goodreads review: goodreads.com/review/show/3869424908

#i feel like i should say. the goodreads review is different and more in depth than my sort of vague overview in the post :) #booklr #books #books and reading #reviews #skinny legs and all #tom robinson