Book Review: Ninth City Burning

Book Review: Ninth City Burning

Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black. The future of Earth is threatened when an alien race suddenly appears in our skies, wielding a power we have no idea how to combat. Cities disappear, and it looks like the planet will be overrun, when humanity discovers it can...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

  Scientist Resurrects Ancient Creatures by 3D-Printing Them in Metal. This seems like a much better plan than Jurassic Park. Lack of contact with nature 'increasing allergies'. The average person is better off without a fitness wearable, weight loss study finds....

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Book Review: The Fifth Season

Book Review: The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin. Sometime far, far in the future, Earth (is it Earth?) is unrecognizable. The landmasses have shifted into one big, volatile continent called The Stillness. Every few centuries or so, this volatility causes a...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

  Cartoon of the week: How to be perfectly unhappy. Scientists have identified why binge-watching Netflix brings couples closer Can students who are constantly on their devices actually learn? No, Your Quirks Aren't 'OCD'. Welcome to Your Local NFL Stadium: Home...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

  Cartoon of the week: Earth Temperature Timeline. Pretty informative and cool, and then you get to the end... 🙁 Best article-inspired-by-another-article of the week: Why I Date Exclusively Feminists. Our parents discovered leisure. We killed it. The...

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Book Review: The Invisible Library

Book Review: The Invisible Library

The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman. An inter-dimensional library tasked with collecting rare works from the the different alternate realities. Do you really need more of a hook than that? I didn't. Turns out, being a Librarian for...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

  This week, in everything is a lie: Bob Ross’s Hair Was Actually Straight. Why Are So Many Wingsuit BASE Jumpers Dying? “Perhaps the most confounding question, though, is why so many people seem to believe that the unthinkable won’t happen to them.” The Pill,...

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Book Review: The Fire Sermon

Book Review: The Fire Sermon

The Fire Sermon (The Fire Sermon, #1) by Francesca Haig. Some time in the future, a nuclear disaster devastates the world. 400 years after that, humanity is still around but has been changed drastically. Every single person is born with a twin. One twin comes out...

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I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.

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Currently Reading

The Surviving Sky
Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms
Thinking, Fast and Slow


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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Amanda has completed her goal of reading 75 books in 2023!
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