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Retired: was lab tech, religious sister, archivist, US Army (no not all at the same time) Interested in Linux and eclectic reading.

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ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon
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I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.

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Okay!! This is very good to know information.

lorywidmerhess , to bookstodon

Nonfiction Reader Challenge: Life After Doom by Brian McLaren

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https://enterenchanted.com/nonfiction-reader-challenge-life-after-doom/

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Great article about this book and your thoughts on the topic. I'm finding myself nudged to open up to the reality through a workshop on mortality. I just began reading another book that I'd tried twice before and couldn't get into. Now I'm able to read it. It seems that Life After Doom would be a good fit for me, too. Thanks for sharing your writing.

lorywidmerhess , to bookstodon

Begins: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

My thoughts on the first book of my favorite series from childhood -- and the movie, too.

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https://enterenchanted.com/ozathon24-journey-into-the-heart/

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Lory, when I think about the , it reminds me of the new Readalong feature on . I haven't tried it yet. Have you heard of it?

johnrakestraw , to bookstodon
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I have so many more unread books on our shelves than I'll ever read. Each of those books is somewhere on my TBR
list. I'm thinking that I might complement my list with a list. There are so many (and more and more)
books, and I have so little (and less and less) time in front of me when I might read them. Obviously, winnowing
the collection would help to declutter our small space, but might it also declutter my mind?
https://johnrakestraw.com/post/from-the-tbr-pile-to-the-ntbr-pile/. @bookstodon

ajlewis2 ,
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You said in your article "one has to be very careful when one considers getting rid of books that one urgently needs to read... I have to admit that there’s something freeing about it."

I'm currently reading Walking on Water by Anthony De Mello. He mentions detachment often in regard to freedom, including spiritual freedom. He gives this exercise: Take these books (hard to separate from) and say to them "How precious you are and loved, but you are not my life. I have a life to live and a destiny to fulfill different from you." That seems to be a way to get rid of something with care.

thestorygraph , to random
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Today we're launching a new way to read books with your friends! 💙📚

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRvmWy2L/

ajlewis2 ,
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This sounds wonderful! Thanks for posting it on Mastodon. And lovely to see and hear you, Mr. Storygraph

lorywidmerhess , to bookstodon

My essay "Relearning the Alphabet," originally published in Parabola in 2005, now in the beautiful online journal Braided Way.

https://braidedway.org/relearning-the-alphabet/

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Very interesting. The alphabet is awe inspiring! I surely never thought of it. Very nicely written!

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