Why can't I read all these books!? 🍋🟩
🍵 Lots of nonfiction, literary fiction, poetry, classical literature, speculative fiction, magical realism, etc.
📖 Beaucoup de non-fiction et de fiction, de poésie, des classiques, du spéculatif, du réalisme magique, etc.
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Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. …
Sam Brower mentions this book and why Jon Krakauer wrote it in Prophet's Prey. The origin story is quite ironic.
Sam Brower mentions this book and why Jon Krakauer wrote it in Prophet's Prey. The origin story is quite ironic.
From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the conviction of …
Content warning CW: Everything? Warren Jeffs and the FLDS is a brutal example of human cruelty
Easy read because it's clearly written, which is a relief because the subject matter can be really intense in a bad way. A page turner, too. I have a lot of thoughts about everything but it's quite jumbled.
What's wild to me about all of this is the era it was happening in. 2003-2004 was the era of Islamophobic panic across France and Canada and the USA, and then you have these intensely white supremacist bigots out in the desert enacting religious laws that are absolutely horrific and abusing children and men and women and doing a lot of human trafficking and slave labour of children but it's fine because it's (mostly) Christian. Right? UGH.
A look at the seven emotional systems of the brain by the researcher who discovered …
Found out about Dr Panksepp through the work of Dr Grandin, discovered the 7 core emotion systems ...system, got excited, bought the book, here we are. I'm very excited about this not only because I'm fascinated by the similarities in cognitive processes and emotions of all mammals, but because it covers in a pretty rigorous way some stuff that gets talked about a lot of polyvagal theory that is often dealt with in a ... perhaps less rigorous way? (Depends on your framework and point of view, I guess.)
In any case, following this rabbit hole to see where it goes.
Found out about Dr Panksepp through the work of Dr Grandin, discovered the 7 core emotion systems ...system, got excited, bought the book, here we are. I'm very excited about this not only because I'm fascinated by the similarities in cognitive processes and emotions of all mammals, but because it covers in a pretty rigorous way some stuff that gets talked about a lot of polyvagal theory that is often dealt with in a ... perhaps less rigorous way? (Depends on your framework and point of view, I guess.)
In any case, following this rabbit hole to see where it goes.
From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the conviction of …
Content warning CW: Everything? Warren Jeffs and the FLDS is a brutal example of human cruelty
So, uh, I guess I'm reading this now.
From this NYMag article on some of the best book out there on cults (written in 2018).
Whom do we touch when we touch a dog? How does this touch shape our …
I love this book. I had forgotten how much I love this book.
Whom do we touch when we touch a dog? How does this touch shape our multispecies world?
In 2006, …
The Companion Species Manifesto is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, …
Finished this morning. Book has a handful of myopic moments, probably best described in the latter chapter on QAnon's international reach. Several chapters were very interesting, completely scribbled on with highlights and notes.
Finished this morning. Book has a handful of myopic moments, probably best described in the latter chapter on QAnon's international reach. Several chapters were very interesting, completely scribbled on with highlights and notes.
Content warning CW: QAnon
The book is definitely interesting but I am sometimes struggling to read right now because I'm absolutely exhausted. And this topic is absolutely exhausting. I'm taking some notes on the culty things I notice, mostly.
Just finished the introduction. Nothing that wasn't familiar to me thus far, though I'd forgotten a lot. Will keep going.
Just finished the introduction. Nothing that wasn't familiar to me thus far, though I'd forgotten a lot. Will keep going.
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief is a 2013 non-fiction book about …
I finished this book exactly a month ago but I think about it often and even thought about rereading it this week, though I've got a few more nonfictionny books I'd like to squeeze in before the end of the year. I really appreciated Lawrence Wright's tone, approach, exposition. Everything about his narrative style really appealed to me. And every now and then there would be absolutely hilarious yet dry turns of phrase that made me chuckle. The subject matter is not funny at all, and in fact the book is often a bit chilling, but for me I kept turning pages not because of lurid subject matter but because the narrative style was so engaging.
I finished this book exactly a month ago but I think about it often and even thought about rereading it this week, though I've got a few more nonfictionny books I'd like to squeeze in before the end of the year. I really appreciated Lawrence Wright's tone, approach, exposition. Everything about his narrative style really appealed to me. And every now and then there would be absolutely hilarious yet dry turns of phrase that made me chuckle. The subject matter is not funny at all, and in fact the book is often a bit chilling, but for me I kept turning pages not because of lurid subject matter but because the narrative style was so engaging.
After the big disappointment that was Operation Mindfuck (sincerely, save your precious time and avoid it) my research continues with Will Sommer's book. I'm several pages in and already it's so much better written and easier to follow. Fiou.
After the big disappointment that was Operation Mindfuck (sincerely, save your precious time and avoid it) my research continues with Will Sommer's book. I'm several pages in and already it's so much better written and easier to follow. Fiou.
Anxiété, angoisse, migraine, insomnie, côlon irritable, fibromyalgie, épuisement, etc.
Avez-vous déjà considéré la possibilité …
Lecture fortement conseillée par ma travailleuse sociale, donc je plonge.
Sequel to "Shards of Honor". The two were later published together under the title "Cordelia's …
From Jo Walton's November 2023 Reading List
From Jo Walton's November 2023 Reading List