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Bodling

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Retired librarian. Retired Lutheran pastor. Semi-retired Lutheran. Appalachian Trail hiker. Concordia graduate.

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szilviavirag , to bookstodon
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What's a good book to read this month? What is as light-hearted as chick-lit, but without the romance and vanity? I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance.

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@szilviavirag @bookstodon Jasper Fforde, perhaps?

hawksquill , to bookstodon
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My 2024 reading thread is below!

Book 1: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

5 stars

Stunning art, lovely found family, and a fun sci fi setting, all while managing to strike the perfect balance between cozy and yearning.

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@hawksquill @bookstodon The depiction of University faculty internal politics is spot on.

Schnuckster , to bookstodon
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I was in the Gower Street Waterstones today, asking about where to find books on neurodiversity. Got told they could be in any of three or four places depending on the type of book it is. Made me wonder, when a bookshop is that big, wouldn't using Dewey decimal be a better option? @bookstodon 📚

Bodling ,
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@Schnuckster @bookstodon Librarians can tell you, though, that just exactly what Dewey number they assign to a book, really depends on the book. One book may emphasize, say, the genetic aspects of neurodiversity. Another would be about strategies for students to adopt. Another might be for primary school teachers. Another for college faculty. Yet another book could focus on the history of ways neurodivergents have been discriminated against.

And all those books could be classified with different numbers under genetics, or pedagogy, or sociology, or psychology, or history, or whatever.

So the bookseller was correct. But what they should have done is what a reference librarian would (hopefully) have done: asked you some questions to find out what your specific interest was in order to direct (or even accompany) you to the correct shelf.

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"It’s no surprise that fertility is dropping in many countries, which demographers attribute to factors such as higher education levels among people who give birth, rising incomes, and expanded access to contraceptives. The United States is at 1.6 instead of the requisite 2.1, for example, and China and Taiwan are hovering at about 1.2 and one, respectively." https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.ze0x33r @science

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Bodling ,
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@bibliolater @1dalm @science Maybe that's the key to the whole drop in fertility: too many sperm thinking that golf balls are eggs

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