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Rachel is starting Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

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Rachel is starting Project Hail Mary

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Rachel is starting The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

So far, one of the only history books I would also call a page turner. It’s growing my vocabulary (today’s word: mephitic).

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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

Rachel is on page 55 of 242 of MEDICAL NIHILISM

I give up.

— May 07, 2020 02:44PM Add a comment

Rachel is on page 55 of 242 of MEDICAL NIHILISM

This is a dense book.

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Rachel is starting The Lost Art of Sleep

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Rachel is starting The Lost Art of Sleep

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Rachel is starting Pittsburgh: A New Portrait (Regional)

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Rachel is starting The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

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Rachel is starting Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

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The author is discussing the blighted corn crop of 14th century Europe - which I'm pretty sure was zero since maize had not yet been brought back from the Americas, its site of domestication. Wonder what additional literary "facts" I'm absorbing.

— Jul 31, 2013 07:32PM Add a comment

Rachel is on page 130 of 506 of The Night Circus

Still slogging through.

— Mar 20, 2013 06:49PM Add a comment

Rachel is on page 80 of 506 of The Night Circus

Not getting into this one so far. Hope it picks up soon.

— Mar 14, 2013 03:26AM Add a comment

Rachel is on page 53 of 361 of The Windup Girl

This book is really dense, but totally awesome. Love the generipping! Thanks Leah!

— Jan 09, 2013 06:42AM Add a comment

Rachel is 50% done with Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

This book is really starting to drag, but I've got to finish it so that I can start reading the books I got for Christmas!

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

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