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Cooperator, luddite, and Atlantan. Solidarity forever 🌹. When not reading 📚 probably wants to be out swing or blues dancing 🕺, backpacking ⛺🥾, climbing 🧗, or mountain biking 🚵.
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2024 Reading Goal
20% complete! Sam has read 15 of 75 books.
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Sam finished reading The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies …
Sam wants to read The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a …
Sam wants to read Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
The sun beats down from a glorious Orange County sky. People play softball and pedal their flyers above ecologically-sound thermocrete …
Sam wants to read The Buddha and the Bee by Cory Mortensen
Sam started reading Feminist City by Leslie Kern
Sam rated Bicycling with Butterflies: 5 stars
Sam finished reading Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
Sam wants to read City Limits by Megan Kimble
Sam quoted Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
Trespassing laws bother me. The idea that I can't trespass on private land but private landowners can trespass into my space, by dirtying my air and contaminating my water, has always left me doubting the validity of such restrictions. I admit, I find justice in trespassing.
— Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman (Page 62)
Sam quoted Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
The descent, as with so many, started like a sigh.
— Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman (Page 42)
Sam quoted Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
Braking going downhill is like watching a bowl of chocolate ice cream melt rather than eating it. Basically, unforgivable.
— Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman (Page 36)
Sam quoted Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
After months of planning and anticipation, I was finally on my way. There was nothing left to do but do.
— Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman (Page 34)
Sam quoted Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
It's white and pink paint job was speckled with rust-colored dings—the scars from past adventures. The bike was ugly. To me, however, it was a reliable machine, a deterrent to theft, a statement against consumerism, and my ticket to adventure. I liked the look.
— Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman (Page 31)
Sam wants to read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …