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PaintedSkies

she/her // your friendly neighborhood scientist // i love reading books that teach me something but i need my easy reads mixed in too <3

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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PaintedSkies commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • kei-drama
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    Memory Reset 🧠

    You get one wish: You can forget the plot, the ending of ONE book just to read it for the first time again📖✹ ​​Which book ruined your life (in the best possible way)?đŸ˜»

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    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    Robin Wall Kimmerer

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  • The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
    PaintedSkies
    Mar 06, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    I love reading older books that are easy to comprehend and this was a great read. After reading/watching so much murder-of-the-week type content content in my life it gets a little tiring but it's refreshing to read one of the originals

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  • Eat the Ones You Love
    PaintedSkies
    Mar 06, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    Absolutely loved the tension between the parasitic magical plant and the dying out mall. I got annoyed with the human characters the whole time but the plant's pov was enthralling

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  • Recommendations for Crowd Pleaser Books

    I am in a book club that has a very diverse group of readers and I always struggle to suggest a book that everyone will enjoy reading.

    Does anyone have any go to books that they recommend to anyone regardless of their typical genre? Or books that are so good that anyone would like them?

    So far, I've stuck to books that try to encompass several genres or just the most basic contemporary fiction but I'm curious to see if anyone else has had this issue! Any recommendations are greatly appreciated <3

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    Mexican Gothic

    Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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  • Recommendations for Crowd Pleaser Books

    I am in a book club that has a very diverse group of readers and I always struggle to suggest a book that everyone will enjoy reading.

    Does anyone have any go to books that they recommend to anyone regardless of their typical genre? Or books that are so good that anyone would like them?

    So far, I've stuck to books that try to encompass several genres or just the most basic contemporary fiction but I'm curious to see if anyone else has had this issue! Any recommendations are greatly appreciated <3

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  • Recommendations for Crowd Pleaser Books

    I am in a book club that has a very diverse group of readers and I always struggle to suggest a book that everyone will enjoy reading.

    Does anyone have any go to books that they recommend to anyone regardless of their typical genre? Or books that are so good that anyone would like them?

    So far, I've stuck to books that try to encompass several genres or just the most basic contemporary fiction but I'm curious to see if anyone else has had this issue! Any recommendations are greatly appreciated <3

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    Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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  • Black Cake
    PaintedSkies
    Feb 26, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    I really enjoyed the stories in the book, and I really liked how it was set up. I feel like I didn't need to hear everyone's take on every piece of the story but other than that the pacing was really good. I love interconnected storylines and the way the author weaved them all together was very satisfying

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    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    Robin Wall Kimmerer

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    Eat the Ones You Love

    Eat the Ones You Love

    Sarah Maria Griffin

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  • Eat the Ones You Love
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    Eat the Ones You Love

    Eat the Ones You Love

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