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Gersande La Flèche

gersande@millefeuilles.cloud

Joined 2 years, 8 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.

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finished reading The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

Stephen King: The Colorado Kid 4 stars

On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no …

This was a really quick but fun read. I'd watched Haven (it's not ...good, do not recommend) a very long time ago and was expecting The Colorado Kid to have more of a sci-fi angle than it did, at least a more overt one, so it was cool to see what the book actually did. I liked the ending, though I understand why it's apparently pretty polarizing.

(I will say — what the fuck is up with the cover...)

commented on Prophet's Prey by Sam Brower

Sam Brower: Prophet's Prey (Paperback, 2012, Bloomsbury USA) No rating

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

Jaak Panksepp, Lucy Biven: Archaeology of Mind (2012, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.) No rating

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.