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Victoria Strauss · @victoriastrauss
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Yet another article about , this one regretting how GR has "gamified" reading. Interesting points, but the article largely ignores the toxicity that is such a large part of the gamification. Plus, does GR really represent such a big portion of "reading culture"? shondaland.com/inspire/books/a

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Went through that at a fair clip...

Book 11 is Otherlands: A World in the Making, by Thomas Halliday.

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Book 10 of 2023 is Sam Leach's The Rocking City: The Explosive Birth of the Beatles. Great so far, but I keep reading my grandad's name, but it's the *other* [NAME REDACTED], from the *other* end of my hometown.

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Book 9 of 2023 is The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen.

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Book 8 of 2023 is The Last British Dambuster by George "Johnny" Johnson

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
221 followers · 837 posts · Server mendeddrum.org

#nos4a2 #joehill #nowreading #books #rading #bookstodon

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Well, I'm giving up on this one because it's like wading through mud. Sad, because it's interesting - but it's so very descriptive. Everything needs an adjective.

So on to book 6b of 2023 - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett.

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Book 6 of 2023 is The Sea is Not Made of Water, by Adam Nicholson

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That Idiot Monro · @ThatIdiotMonro
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Book 4 finished, on to book 5 of 2023 - How To Stay Alive by Bear Grylls.

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