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Cooking, Sexism, Rowing, and Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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I think Lessons in Chemistry had been recommended to me no less than 10 times, by different people, before I decided to give it a try. I don’t know why I delayed reading it, probably mostly because I was trying to complete my 2023 reading challenge and couldn’t figure out how to make this fit. But this year’s challenge required a book set 24 years before I was born, and Lessons in Chemistry fit the bill! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Based on […]

Fifties and Sixties Time Travel

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Time-Jump by John Brunner (1973) I know I’m reliving my youth, but I picked up “Time-Jump” by John Brunner for some classic science fiction.  It was published in 1973 but contains his pulp science fiction stories from the periodicals of the fifties and the sixties.  This is a short collection of ten of his time-related tales.  At first glance, you’d think “these stories have all been done before” until you realize that these classic tales are the originals.  Written before Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, […]

Break down the self, offer yourself up like dust to the universe.

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In the Cannonball Read Facebook group, someone awesome posted an article called “The best books of 2016 list you get when you combine 36 “Best Books of 2016” lists.” The Girls is 6th on that list, appearing in 10 of the 36 “Best Books of 2016” lists combined for the “ultimate list.” It’s okay. Here’s what it has going for it: it’s completely real. Here’s what it has against it: it’s not new. The Girls is the story of an older woman reminiscing about that […]



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