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I really liked this one! It's kind of a different version of the Death character than shows up in the later Discworld novels - this Death is a bit more of a jerk. But I think that helps with the plot development - it adds a little more stakes for the characters. And it was cool to learn that characters I was familiar with from later books had backstories that had already been fleshed out!

It's a good one!

Yeah, that's right, I'm reading a book about the grant management system every US Academic loved to hate! What horrors will I learn of?

This story is personal and universal, small and gigantic, grounded and fantastical, dystopian and optimistic. It directly combines two very human mysteries: how much power should one person wield, and in a word that gave us something we wanted, how much would have to change for that to happen? Highly recommended.

I read out loud to my kid on average about 30 minutes every night; right now we're working our way through Terry Pratchett

One of those classics I haven't read yet, I figured it's time

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@ricci@discuss.systems @dev@discuss.systems they call it the fediverse not the deviverse, man

@technicat@universeodon.com I got from the staff recommendation shelf at Legendarium

John McPhee is just great at making every topic interesting. This book talks about the history of oranges and what the industry (particularly in Florida) was up to in 1975 - at the time, concentrated orange juice was just starting to take over from fresh-squeezed. I'd be very interested in learning how things have evolved in the last 50 years.

After finishing this book, I went to my local fancy grocery place and bought one of every orange and tangerine they had. A+, would do again.

John McPhee is just great at making every topic interesting. This book talks about the history of oranges and what the industry (particularly in Florida) was up to in 1975 - at the time, concentrated orange juice was just starting to take over from fresh-squeezed. I'd be very interested in learning how things have evolved in the last 50 years.

After finishing this book, I went to my local fancy grocery place and bought one of every orange and tangerine they had. A+, would do again.

Hey, did you know that bees have a second stomach inside their regular stomach just for holding nectar? And if they get tired they can just move some of the nectar they're carrying into their regular stomach instead of taking it back to the hive? This book is super lighthearted but also you will learn serious things like this. If you like bees, read it. If you don't like bees, read it, and you will like bees.