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Talya (she/her) wants to read Toki Pona by Sonja Lang
Talya (she/her) reviewed The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Despite not being his usual style, this is the best John Green book.
5 stars
Full disclosure, I was a fan of the podcast before that podcast turned into a book. And yet, this book is very strong on its own merits. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and I didn't want to put it down so badly that I read it end to end in a just little bit over one month. The only thing I was missing was John Green's voice, and that can be achieved by the audiobook. Highly recommended.
Talya (she/her) wants to read Narratives, Nerdfighters, and New Media by Jennifer Burek Pierce
Talya (she/her) reviewed The conquest of bread by Peter Kropotkin (Penguin classics)
There's a reason this book is synonymous with anarchist communism
5 stars
Sure, some parts are out of date. But so much of it remains true even today. There's a saying about lectures that say that the best questions a lecturer can get are the ones answered by the very next slide. Well, that is exactly what happened to me, again and again, with the chapters of this book. Most amazingly, a question a friend raised in a discussion we had about chapter 8 was answered by the very first sentence of chapter 9. Can't be better than that.
Talya (she/her) reviewed A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green (The Carls, #2)
Review of 'A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I didn't expect this book to be better than the first one, but it was. The different points of view, the build of tension, the somewhat existential take on modern society, the new perspective on the beauty that is humanity... What's not to like in this book?
My only complaint is that I had to deal with the fact I couldn't stop reading, and finished the book 9 days after I got it despite having worked for most of those days, and had to deal with having finished it so fast. But that's less of a bug and more of a feature.
Talya (she/her) rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 5 stars

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #4)
The fourth book in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry returning for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft …
Talya (she/her) rated Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone: 5 stars
Talya (she/her) rated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set: 4 stars

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Talya (she/her) rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 5 stars

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #3)
'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step …
Talya (she/her) rated Lord of the Flies: 4 stars

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
Talya (she/her) reviewed An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Talya (she/her) rated The Frood: 5 stars

The Frood by Douglas Adams, Jem Roberts
'Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.' (Sass: know, be …

Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles (2021, Independently Published)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. A young girl …