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Youtube and chickens

Chick Magnet by Emma Barry

July 13, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

Amazon sucked me into buying Chick Magnet (2023) by Emma Barry. It’s rare that I buy a book (I am a very faithful library user)–but I can’t remember the last time I bought a random romance online. I’m not sure what prompted me, but it must have been cheap and looked fun and new. Nicole Jones, also known as “Chick Nic” is a Youtube influencer and star who focuses her Youtube channel on breeding chickens. Nic has hastily moved across the country to the small town where […]

A Witch’s Guide to Standing Up to Your Toxic Family: CBR 15 Bingo – Adulthood

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

July 13, 2023 by RevGirlUtena Leave a Comment

Mariel Spark has always been seen as a bit of a disapointment to her magical family. Born under a prophecy that she would become a powerful Witch, she never has seemed to master her magic. She only excels at plant and nature magic, but those skills are seen as not as important to the rest of the magical community. One night, while testing her skills, she accidentally summons a demon instead of a bag of flour. Ozoroth the Ruthless is a Bargaining Demon, which means […]

“attention forms the ground not just for love, but for ethics”

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

July 13, 2023 by tiny_bookbot Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo Square: GUIDE I got this in a CBR gift exchange…a couple years ago, maybe? And it has haunted me ever since as I kept finding reasons to read other things (I’m so busy with grading/researching! I’m in a nonfiction book club and those books keep taking up the nonfiction slot!). But after the spring semester wrapped, I went to South Africa to visit my sister, and I put this in my suitcase, determined to finally read it. And I did. And I liked it. I […]

Fingers Crossed This Time I Get the Look Right

The Vegan Cake Bible by Sara Kidd

July 13, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 3: Guide For a how-to category, it seems pretty obvious for me that I have to do a cookbook. Not only that, but this is a cookbook I bought while travelling, knowing full well it would be a struggle to fit into my luggage. Just based on the read-through, The Vegan Cake Bible might be worth it. I’m a decent baker but I’ve never been any good at decorating or getting things to look anything close to the picture. I have a tiny bit […]

Running Writer Contemplates Stuff

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

July 13, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 2: Asia & Oceania I’ve read a few of Haruki Murakami’s novels (in translation; I don’t read Japanese); I enjoyed them but they’re definitely something you need to be in the right mood for. His non-fiction What I Talk About When I Talk About Running sounds exactly like the kind of guy who would write some of those stories, at least style-wise. Murakami is a long-time distance runner as the title suggests, and basically he’s turned bits of his running journal into a nine […]

Plant Mind Control

This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

July 13, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 1: Edibles I think the only other thing I’ve read of Michael Pollan’s was Food Rules, which was as it sounds, a general rules list with brief discussion per rule. They were pretty common sense, and I generally agreed with them. I know he’s actually a bit more controversial than that, but it’s only now I know why. I’ve had This is Your Mind on Plants on my TBR shelf for a while. Now I’ve read it. While the subject isn’t edibles in the […]

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