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Be the Human Magnet you wish to see in the world

Crash Test Girl: An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life's Toughest Questions by Kari Byron

November 5, 2019 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

If you get to know [people] a little better and work up a degree of human warmth toward them, you can judge them without the influence and control of unseen forces. — Kindle location 1081  

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, cbr11, Kari Byron, Mythbusters, non fiction, Read Women Challenge 2019, ReadWomen, Scientific method, sistercoyote, STEM, women in STEM

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:28 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, cbr11, Kari Byron, Mythbusters, non fiction, Read Women Challenge 2019, ReadWomen, Scientific method, sistercoyote, STEM, women in STEM ·
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A glimpse into the mind of a 12th century religious thinker

Hildegard of Bingen: Mystical Writings by Hildegard of Bingen, Fiona Bowie (Editor), Oliver Davies (Editor)

February 2, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Every so often a book about faith sneaks into my reading. There was a time when I was much more involved in organized religion, but it has been a tough fit for me in the past decade or more. I have tended to hold my personal faith a little closer than that shared in a large gathering. The historian side of me is also always looking to learn more about the faith I was raised in and a couple of years ago when the ladies […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: faintingviolet, Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic Writings, read harder challenge 2019, Read Women Challenge 2019, reading women, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: faintingviolet, Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic Writings, read harder challenge 2019, Read Women Challenge 2019, reading women, works in translation ·
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Muderbot and I Share So Much

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

January 9, 2019 by faintingviolet 9 Comments

Late last year I read Martha Wells’ All Systems Red the first book in her Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, and bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries. The series features a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into one adventure after another, even though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk. Its perfect day is holed up somewhere dark and quiet with its entertainment feed. I can relate. I travel the last two weeks of the year to […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Artificial Condition, Exit Strategy, faintingviolet, martha wells, murderbot, read women, Read Women Challenge 2019, Rogue Protocol, The Murderbot Diaries

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Artificial Condition, Exit Strategy, faintingviolet, martha wells, murderbot, read women, Read Women Challenge 2019, Rogue Protocol, The Murderbot Diaries ·
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