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Gersande La Flèche

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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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started reading Transformer ses ruines en ombre à paupières en dix étapes faciles by Catherine Côté

Catherine Côté: Transformer ses ruines en ombre à paupières en dix étapes faciles (EBook, Hamac)

Portée par une oralité dure et à fleur de peau, avec autodérision et insolence, Catherine …

J'ai eu un petit moment ce matin où j'ai compris que je ne me souvenais plus de la dernière fois que j'ai lu un poème en français écrit après 1910 donc je me suis dit qu’il fallait qu'je corrige ça. J'ai trouvé ce bouquin sur le site de la BANQ, j'ai aimé le titre, on verra bien ce que ça donne!

commented on Socialism or Extinction by Ted Reese

Ted Reese: Socialism or Extinction (2020, Independently Published) No rating

"The most complete book I've read on the nature of our historical moment." – Stephen …

Sigh. Reese is apparently one of those hemp Marxists, which is fine but exhausting. Also the dude is apparently a covid denier, according to a friend of a friend who knows him, so I might not be finishing this book apart from reading ch 5 and 12 for book club.

started reading Socialism or Extinction by Ted Reese

Ted Reese: Socialism or Extinction (2020, Independently Published) No rating

"The most complete book I've read on the nature of our historical moment." – Stephen …

Need to read chapter 5 and 12 for a bookclub and might try to tackle more of the book, though it is a little on the dense side so I don't know if I have the energy for it.

started reading How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing (2019)

In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and …

Attempting to read nonfiction that is not SUPER depressing, I guess?

I am skeptical about this one, but it came unexpectedly soon in the library so let's hop to it.

started reading Thorn by Anna Burke

Anna Burke: Thorn (Paperback, 2019, Bywater Books)

When you know the Disney Beauty and the Beast, the bones of this story are very apparent. But they're good bones. And though I don't like the first two-ish chapters, it does pick up nicely.

finished reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (Paperback, 1968, Holt, Rinehart and Winston)

Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel …

Well, that was cheerful. And I'm noticing so many more little similarities between Persuasion and P&P and the evolution from P&P to Persuasion is very interesting to think about. The use of the epistolary is so good.