Having the coziest Sunday reading this book in the garden while being surrounded by (bumble)bees. ☀️ 🐝 🍃
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reading tofu started reading A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
reading tofu wants to read A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
reading tofu started reading Die Tyrannei in strukturlosen Gruppen by Jo Freeman

Die Tyrannei in strukturlosen Gruppen by Jo Freeman
Erstmals vollständig in deutscher Sprache erschienen.
Jo Freeman ist eine US-amerikanische Feministin, Politikwissenschaftlerin und Anwältin. Als Studentin war sie in …
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reading tofu rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 5 stars

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …

of narrow interest but I wish this was an ongoing field of research
3 stars
Oddly satisfying, surveys of outdoor living and gardening space in poor rural south in 1990, detailed planting census and interviews covering aesthetics, materials, goals. Historical analysis of influences of colonizing and slavery and sharecropping and land ownership - throughout, emphasizes the ephemeral nature of gardening as a built environment, always on the cusp of changes in function or technology - indoor plumbing, lawn mowers, big box stores.
The outer ring was farmland, packed thick with mixed grazing grasses and fruit trees and spring crops, all working in concert to create chemical magic in the soil below.
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Joining #SFFBookClub this month 📚️
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Didn't remember how much the characters defined and justified their doing with their work, for example Shevek justifying going to Urras because he can't do his work in the way it'd be the most effective. Is it that different from today's anarchist (anti-) work discourse as it sounds? Or is it mostly the same? There are parallels for sure but Idk.
reading tofu finished reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Alloy Cooperative by K. J. Noakes
Gram is angry at work, and not just because of his bad back. The forge he works at sits atop …