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Tag: Bill McKibben

Books for the Lockdown – Happy and Funny

On March 23, 2020March 22, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

By now I’ve been working from home for two full weeks. I got into the prison habit of counting days. Even though I obviously still go out, but we got to a point when 200m trip to Tesco’s is the longest trip during weekdays. Of course, I do exercise and try to be nice to …

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Radio Free Vermont – Bill McKibben

On February 3, 2018February 4, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews7 Comments

It's one of the books I bought during Christmas period, this one was recommended by Liz at Adventures in reading, writing and working from home. As I was getting ready for the two worst months of the year for me (lack of sun is killing me) I decided I need something uplifting to read. I …

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January round-up

On February 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

I'm happy that January is over, as now I only have one more month of darkness to survive! January went quite quickly and despite the lack of sun relatively painlessly (especially if you consider that it is traditionally one of the two worst months in a year for me). Reading-wise it was not a bad …

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Books I acquired over Christmas

On January 13, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

I already shared all the books I received and bought in 2017, apart from the Christmas ones, so here we are. I had to resort to a very 'corporate' verb acquired, as I failed yet again and bought three books in December. I do not regret this, I'm sure those will be amazing reads. What …

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