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“Jefferson also hoped they might discover a living giant sloth. The bones of thus creature were well known to Jefferson, and his rational mind couldn't conceive of any reason why nature would be so wasteful and inefficient as to let a perfectly good species vanish.”
― Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery
― Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery
“A single parrot locked in a cage is the saddest sight imaginable once you've sat under a fruiting rainforest tree full of chuckling birds, deftly plucking fruits, continuously chattering to each other, and occasionally taking a break from feeding to swing by their beaks from a branch just for the hell of it.”
― Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery
― Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery
Sam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
620 books
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23 friends
438 books
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18 friends
162 books
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8 friends
73 books
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12 friends
415 books
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42 friends
596 books
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73 friends
Favorite Genres
Chick-lit, Crime, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Science, Thriller, and Nonfiction
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