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Erin B's avatar

We joke that my audible library is an archive of my hobbies & fixations over the last 12 or so years. I can scroll down and see that, for example, I listened to lots of addiction memoirs in 2011; endured a regrettable boss-babe leadership stint around 2015; limped through uninspired 2020 dem presidential candidate memoirs in 2019. Any time I come across a cluster of parenting books in the library, I know at least one of my kids was going through A Phase.

A lot of the time, my interest lead me to the books, but it’s also often a symbiotic relationship. A book about wellness grifts wil reference a related book about the psychology behind fad diets which mentions... etc.

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Mary Taylor's avatar

A mix bag,sometimes I look to books to spark a new project other times to help me grow my knitting,crocheting and cooking.

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