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My Taste

The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

Anarchist Pedagogies: Collective Actions, Theories, and Critical Reflections on Education

Reading...

Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)

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Arranging physical shelves..📚🗃

.. is there anything better?

I have several systems.. my read books are all together, alphabetical. My poetry books are in one spot, the 🌶 ones are in one spot (no accidently scarring visitors..)

My unread ones... some are by genre, some are by size.. some are by binding (all the hardcovers together..) it's organized chaos!

Do you have a system? Does it change? Or has it been the same since you started collecting books?

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Braam.reads

Arranging physical shelves..📚🗃

.. is there anything better?

I have several systems.. my read books are all together, alphabetical. My poetry books are in one spot, the 🌶 ones are in one spot (no accidently scarring visitors..)

My unread ones... some are by genre, some are by size.. some are by binding (all the hardcovers together..) it's organized chaos!

Do you have a system? Does it change? Or has it been the same since you started collecting books?

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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)

Jeff VanderMeer

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

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Mad Sisters of Esi

Tashan Mehta

Myung and Laleh are keepers of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to an enigmatic figure they know only as 'Great Wisa'. To Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough. When Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe where shapeshifting islands and ancient maps hold sway. There, she sets off on an adventure that is both tragic and transformative, for her and Laleh. For at the heart of her quest lies a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries: the truth about the mad sisters of Esi. Fables, dreams and myths come together in this masterful work of fantasy by acclaimed author Tashan Mehta, sweeping across three landscapes, and featuring a museum of collective memory and a festival of madness. At its core, it asks: In the devastating chaos of this world, where all is in flux and the truth ever-changing, what will you choose to hold on to?

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nezuu

tfw an author is so skilled at writing that you literally sit up in your seat and lock in

i just finished a full day of work, dissociated through my online class for my master's program and decided to get at least a few pages of reading in before i inevitably pass out, just to be actually shocked awake at the way this author writes LOL. the prose is so beautifully written, the imagery is so well-done without any overused phrases/comparisons and i literally can't remember the last time i felt this way about a book? i haven't stayed up all night reading in nearly a decade, but i might just pull an allnighter tonight omg

if anyone has recs that have made them feel this way, please send them my way, i appreciate all of you!!

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Doddyaboutbooks

Are you a polyreader?

Are you one of those people who only reads one book at a time or do you have a bunch on the go at once?

I think of myself as a polyreader (and I blame it on my ADHD). I have 14 on the go at the moment, although one of those is a reread. If you do read more than one book at a time - do you ever have problems picking up from where you left off?

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lunarnaut

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🍂 September Wrap Up 🍂

Since September is coming to an end (already?? oof), I wanted to check in with everyone and ask what your reading month has been like? Did you read more than usual or less? Have you started with the Fall readalong?

I read two books less than last month but still my “normal amount” you could say and even managed to read 3 out of the 5 fall readalong books!! and since I read Don’t Let the Forest In last year, I only have one left to go!

template for anyone who’d like to share some september stats:

books in total: favourite: least favourite: most surprising: longest vs shortest: october read to look forward to:

I’ll share my own stats in the comments as well 💗

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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life

Annette Lareau

Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal Childhoods explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood today. Here are the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of "leisure" activities; and here are families with plenty of time but little economic security. Lareau shows how middle-class parents, whether black or white, engage in a process of "concerted cultivation" designed to draw out children's talents and skills, while working-class and poor families rely on "the accomplishment of natural growth," in which a child's development unfolds spontaneously—as long as basic comfort, food, and shelter are provided. Each of these approaches to childrearing brings its own benefits and its own drawbacks. In identifying and analyzing differences between the two, Lareau demonstrates the power, and limits, of social class in shaping the lives of America's children. The first edition of Unequal Childhoods was an instant classic, portraying in riveting detail the unexpected ways in which social class influences parenting in white and African-American families. A decade later, Annette Lareau has revisited the same families and interviewed the original subjects to examine the impact of social class in the transition to adulthood.

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Education of Education

by Braam.reads

16 books

About how we should broaden our perspective. About how we can unlearn.

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Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition

The Miner’s Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy (The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures)

Teaching Resistance: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Cultural Subversives in the Classroom

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

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Among the Burning Flowers (The Roots of Chaos, #0.5)

Samantha Shannon

With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps into the epic. Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze. It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world. A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries. And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall . . . A story of human resilience in the face of dire circumstances, Among the Burning Flowers leads readers through the gripping and tragic circumstances that pave the way for the opening of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of The Orange Tree. Richly illustrated with magical artwork by Rovina Cai (@rovinacai).

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Thoughts from 11% (page 46)

Oh Ione... I'm really curious to what will happen to you in this book!

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Sep 29, 2025

5.0

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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Shattered

This book was so good! I loved the way of storytelling. I loved the different voices, and how it left me shattered.. The chapter with the snakes talking? I cried so hard!

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No Friend To This House

Natalie Haynes

No Friend To This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes.This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me . . .Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, for him and everyone he meets. But if he ever reaches the distant land he seeks, he faces almost certain death.Medea – priestess, witch, and daughter of a brutal king – has the power to save the life of a stranger. Will she betray her family and her home, and what will she demand in return?Medea and Jason seize their one chance of a life together, as the gods intend. But their love is steeped in vengeance from the beginning, and no one – not even those closest to them – will be safe.Praise for Natalie ‘Witty, gripping, ruthless’ – Margaret Atwood on Stone Blind‘Fiercely feminist . . . A many-layered delight’ – The Guardian on A Thousand Ships‘Passionate and gripping’ – Madeline Miller on The Children of Jocasta

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leitmotif

Any particular stand-outs from this list?

As I'm working on this quest, I'm curious whether there are any 'must reads'? My top three will be: Madeline Miller (Circe and The Song of Achilles) and Costanza Casati (Clytemnestra).

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