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Gersande La Flèche

gersande@millefeuilles.cloud

Joined 3 years, 2 months ago

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.

💬 they/them ; iel/lo 💻 blog: blog.gersande.com 💌 Find me on fedi @silvan.cloud/@gersande or bsky

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finished reading The Other End of the Leash by Patricia B. McConnell

Patricia B. McConnell: The Other End of the Leash (EBook, 2009, Random House Publishing Group)

The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with …

A lot of this book is very wise. I don't have a ton to nitpick, and they really would be nitpicks, about the theoretical and practical advice this book communicates. If you're trying to better understand how to communicate effectively with dogs (and maybe other people too), this book has a lot to offer. It's not a training manual, it definitely goes deeper, but it helps to explain why "dog training" is at its core a two-creature process, and the human has to work just as hard as the dog to get it right.

commented on Don't Call it a Cult by Sarah Berman

Sarah Berman: Don't Call it a Cult (Paperback, 2021, Steerforth)

They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more …

Flying through this book despite all the random crap I've got going on. Because I read this book for the first time less than a year ago, a lot of it has remained in my head —especially names, which I'm not naturally good at keeping in mind—, but I'm able to notice a lot of new details, so that's good.