The #MarSocSciBookClub is always one of he highlights of the month. Yesterday we had the 5th anniversary 🥳 of the @marsocsci.bsky.social bookclub! Author Malachy Tallack joined us for our discussion of That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz, a lovely book set on the Shetlands.
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Four book covers: "Dark, salt, clear" by Lamorna Ash, "Die Stimme der Kraken" by Ray Naylor, "That beautiful Atlantic waltz" by Malachi Tallack, and "Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut
I stopped doom scrolling to unpack my 🌊 book package - and these next reading projects are already giving me so much joy!
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We are SUPER excited to be heading towards our 5th birthday in March - and are looking forward to reading #Book60, which will be #ThatBeautifulAtlanticWaltz. If you would like to join us, email info@marsocsci.net. We will be confirming the March details asap!
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For many of us, this is a read that has been sitting on our #ToBeRead piles, and so it has been lovely to read it, and take the glimmers from it. Not necessarily one we would usually include in #MarSocSciBookClub - a lesson to really never judge a book by its cover...or title!
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At times though, we found that we lost the thread between some of the stories. Linked to this, we wondered if perhaps this a book that you're not meant to read in on sitting, but is one that you can draw on to remind you to look for those #glimmers.
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Some enjoyed the read for its positive message, the focus on finding awe and wonder in the small moments, of finding our #glimmers and our own #phosphoresence. There were reflections on friendship, and the importance of generational wisdom, which we also enjoyed!
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This #OceanRead received mixed reviews, with many feeling like the book was very different to expectations. With its title and ocean-themed cover, we expected this to be strongly linked to #Phosphoresence and full of ocean stories - and this is very much not the case! #MarSocSciBookClub
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Happy Friday #TeamMarSocSci! Yesterday marked our 2nd #MarSocSciBookClub chat of 2025 - 12 of us met to chat about #Phosphoresence by Julia Baird.
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The best way to start this dreary, January week - the first #MarSocSciBookClub of 2025 💙
Huge thanks to these smiling faces for keeping me company through #Book58
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Next month, we are reading #Phosphoresence by Julia Baird. Email info@marsocsci.net for more info and to get involved!
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And yet, there are wonderful, intriguing descriptions, and the story definitely sucked us in - and our chat didn't put people off finishing! A very interesting read as we start a new year of bookclub reads!
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The book is written from multiple perspectives, and in some places feels very long, arduous and drawn out - perhaps a reflection of a voyage on what was known as a 'coffin ship' (We did say it wasn't a January read!)
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Many of the characters are unlikeable, and the realities of Irish history are hard to read in this story. We drew similarities with ongoing conflicts, migration, challenges facing refugees across the globe - and how in many cases, nothing has changed.
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For those of us who knew little about this time in Irish history, Star of the Sea gave us a valuable insight into what was happening at the time - this is not a story of redemption, but one that is bleak, dark and hard.
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Drawing on real excerpts from the time, the novel explores the interconnected stories of a number of passengers, from the land-owning Merridiths to the impoverished Mary Duane, who is escaping famine ridden Ireland for a new home.
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We have kick-started our #MarSocSciBookClub sessions for 2025! This month's read was a bit of a heavy going one for January - #StaroftheSea focuses on the year 1847, taking place on an Irish famine ship bound for New York.
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Hey #TeamMarSocSci! Our next #MarSocSciBookClub chat is happening on *Monday* 27th January - we will be chatting about Book 58, Star of the Sea.
If you want to join us, email info@marsocsci.net and we will send you the link!
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Dec24 | Closing with the highlight of every month: the #MarSocSciBookClub. We started during the covid19 lockdown and are still going strong. Here's the books for Q1 2025. If you want to join us, contact @marsocsci.bsky.social!
Happy new year all! (13/13)
If you want to join in, email info@marsocsci.net and we will send you the link!
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We will be moving our #MarSocSciBookClub summary chats over here - we are excited! We've missed doing them over recent months 💙 #MarSocSci #TeamMarSocSci
Check out the books for starting 2025 as we head towards our 5th #MarSocSciBookClub birthday!
Hi Annika. I don't know if there is one in Sweden, but our #MarSocSciBookClub usually meets 17:00 CET and has members from various European countries, Canada and US. You're welcome to join.
Hi Haleema, Just send an email to the email address below and ask to be included in the membership list of the #MarSocSciBookClub
