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Books read in January
Feb. 1st, 2021 04:51 pmA book by an author who shares your zodiac sign (Gemini): Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (Jan. 1-5). Wow, he's an amazing writer..there was more than one quote that resonated deeply with me, like this one: "Some people accept that they will never be free of their anxiety, they just learn to carry it. She tried to be one of them. She told herself that was why you should always be nice to other people, even idiots, because you never know how heavy their burden is." OMG YESS..we get nasty customers at work sometimes and I tell Donna that they were probably already having a bad day to begin with..I try to give them the benefit of the doubt lol
A locked-room mystery: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Jan. 6-18). SOOO GOOOOOD! One of the most unique books I've ever read!
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf: The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon (Jan. 19-26). A ship with tons of explosives blew up, and the explosion was so powerful it basically vaporized the ship and anyone right by it, completely flattened anything within a half-mile radius, displaced the water in the harbor and caused a tsunami, the cloud of white smoke rose to at least 11,800 ft, the pressure wave was felt over 100 miles away, and it shattered windows 50 miles away (a lot of people lost their eyes because they were standing at a window watching the ship burn). The blast released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT..that is crazy. D: Boston sent help quickly, and because of that, Halifax sends a Christmas tree to them every year..that is so cool!
A book with a black-and-white cover: End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica by Peter Matthiessen (Jan. 27-30)
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The weather decided to be "funny" and get down to -20 on my first day walking to work since the surgery..thanks, how thoughtful of it LOL
Everyone else is doing a different 365 meme, so I'll do that one and maybe save the rest of the themed days one for next year..coming up with questions can be hard! Haha
Feb 1: What are your favorite indoor activities? Going online, sleeping lol, watching movies, etc
Today's trivia: After African American performer Josephine Baker expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music
A locked-room mystery: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Jan. 6-18). SOOO GOOOOOD! One of the most unique books I've ever read!
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf: The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon (Jan. 19-26). A ship with tons of explosives blew up, and the explosion was so powerful it basically vaporized the ship and anyone right by it, completely flattened anything within a half-mile radius, displaced the water in the harbor and caused a tsunami, the cloud of white smoke rose to at least 11,800 ft, the pressure wave was felt over 100 miles away, and it shattered windows 50 miles away (a lot of people lost their eyes because they were standing at a window watching the ship burn). The blast released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT..that is crazy. D: Boston sent help quickly, and because of that, Halifax sends a Christmas tree to them every year..that is so cool!
A book with a black-and-white cover: End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica by Peter Matthiessen (Jan. 27-30)
( the topics )
The weather decided to be "funny" and get down to -20 on my first day walking to work since the surgery..thanks, how thoughtful of it LOL
Everyone else is doing a different 365 meme, so I'll do that one and maybe save the rest of the themed days one for next year..coming up with questions can be hard! Haha
Feb 1: What are your favorite indoor activities? Going online, sleeping lol, watching movies, etc
Today's trivia: After African American performer Josephine Baker expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music
