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cosmicbutton

✨️ Autumn • she/they • teacher • musician • tea drinker • nature lover • goofball 📖 literary fiction • classics • thriller/horror • dystopian • time travel • romance •

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Historical Fiction Starter Pack Vol I
Fictional(?) Dystopian Societies
Level 4
My Taste
Piranesi
Pride and Prejudice
And Then There Were None
The Dutch House
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
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The God of the Woods
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Kindred
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  • Razorblade Tears
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    These people are so unlikeable... 🙃

    I hope this won't just be a 'Hypermasculine Alphamale Revenge Story' thing where the gay couple and the things they experienced are in the background for these two (horrible, sorry not sorry) fathers to run around having their baddie montage moments or whatever 😭😭

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    The God of the Woods

    The God of the Woods

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    Kindred

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    Octavia E. Butler

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    cosmicbutton commented on cosmicbutton's review of Remarkably Bright Creatures

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  • Remarkably Bright Creatures
    cosmicbutton
    Feb 11, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    I don't know how to adequately describe my love for this very human story, the messy yet loveable people in it, and the octopus that brought them all together. I stayed up late finishing this book, hugging my hardcover with happy tears running down my face.

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  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
    cosmicbutton
    Mar 20, 2026
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    This is the longest I've spent reading a book because each time I picked it up, I held the words with such reverence that I had to mentally prepare to read. I cried many times from the beauty of the words and the devastation that comes when reflecting on our relationship with the planet. I loved reading these and will be taking the lessons from this book to heart. Just hope it doesn't take this long to read her other books!

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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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  • How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
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    Mar 18, 2026
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    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0
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    Here are some of my personal takeaways:

    1. Dress correctly
    2. Big light off- personal favorite
    3. Find the cozy moments from the holiday season and continue throughout the rest of winter
    4. Consider how your city provides winter infrastructure
    5. Consider your own biases and your culture's perception of winter
    6. Appreciate winter as a unique and awe-inspiring time of year instead of dreading its inevitable arrival

    As someone who lives in a place with winter weather for a portion of the year, this was a welcome reminder of how precious winter is and instead of dreading it, it's time to grow to appreciate it.

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    Why Does Everybody Hate Me?: Living and Loving with RSD

    Why Does Everybody Hate Me?: Living and Loving with RSD

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    How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days

    How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days

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    cosmicbutton commented on cosmicbutton's review of The Penguin Lessons

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  • The Penguin Lessons
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    Mar 11, 2026
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    The title feels off base, considering this is merely a memoir about a guy who impulsively rescued a penguin and what resulted from that choice. There's no real "lessons" unless you want to correlate the title to his role working at a boy's school. It's persnickety, but I went into this book with different expectations than what was presented based on the title. Otherwise, it's a charming story about a charming penguin.

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