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How We Learn by Benedict Carey

April 13, 2019 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

Well, I just loved this book. The title and subtitle pretty much tell you what it’s about, but I do want to take a minute to impress upon you guys the one thing I didn’t realize until I read it: this book is for practically everyone. As a homeschool mom, I thought this might be a dry but useful book that would help me grow as an educator, but oh no. Are you a student of anything? Any age, any topic? Are you educating anyone […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: benedict carey, Education, how we learn, learning, Psychology, studying

Blingle Bells's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: benedict carey, Education, how we learn, learning, Psychology, studying ·
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Its essence is a mathematical construct, a self-referencing tautology, consecrated in the plane of regret.

September 3, 2016 by borisanne 2 Comments

A salute to the Cannonball Read and the Readers, for bringing this book into my brain. Holy crap, you guys. So good. Honestly, I had been expecting (and bracing myself for) something super duper effed up, based on the reviews that I had skimmed (to avoid spoilers). And yeah, it’s dark and horrifying and confusing and complex, but still really fricking readable. Here’s what I texted about 20 of my closest friends when I was halfway through and couldn’t stop reading last night: “It’s as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: america, CBR8, fantasy, Fiction, gods, Hawkins, history, horror, librarian, magic, monsters, scott hawkins, studying, universe

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: america, CBR8, fantasy, Fiction, gods, Hawkins, history, horror, librarian, magic, monsters, scott hawkins, studying, universe ·
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