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The second book in the Lilith's Brood trilogy, this story takes place years after the …
I didn't read the blurb again and was surprised by the start, even though I should have expected it after the ending of the last. That not gonna happen again at book #3!
Autumn Leaves, 2024 Edition (So Far)
Every fall, it happens. My yard goes from green grass to yellow, orange, and brown leaves.
This is just the leaves in my backyard. As you can see, this tree isn’tdone, either.
I spent a large portion of my day using the dreaded lead blower. I’d use a rake, instead, but…
Leaf Pile #1
Leaf Pile #2
Leaf Pile #3
That’s just over half my yard in those leaf piles.
I had hoped to try and get the rest of the yard cleared today. Unfortunately, the weather has other plans.
Here’s That Rainy Day
Guess I’ll clean the INSIDE of my house today. I definitely know what the soundtrack will be.
https://youtu.be/xXBNlApwh0c?si=cYGZXznanxOQlO03
Autumn Leaves, 2024 Edition (So Far)
Every fall, it happens. My yard goes from green grass to yellow, orange, and brown leaves.
This is just the leaves in my backyard. As you can see, this tree isn’tdone, either.
I spent a large portion of my day using the dreaded lead blower. I’d use a rake, instead, but…
Leaf Pile #1
Leaf Pile #2
Leaf Pile #3
That’s just over half my yard in those leaf piles.
I had hoped to try and get the rest of the yard cleared today. Unfortunately, the weather has other plans.
Here’s That Rainy Day
Guess I’ll clean the INSIDE of my house today. I definitely know what the soundtrack will be.
https://youtu.be/xXBNlApwh0c?si=cYGZXznanxOQlO03
These are dated but nicely plotted - I hate it when the 'suspect 1 interview' -> 'suspect 2 interview' -> 'suspect 3 interview' -> 'dramatic mystery solving encounter' plot outline is too transparent. These do not do that.
There's some 'meaningful quote' passages I think should have been edited out but it isn't intrusive.
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …
Again listening to the German audiobook. Like Nice to meet a familiar face after #3 was all new people. Not much of a suprise that I'm enjoying this one as well!
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created …
Expanse #3
Astra has become one of the most popular Sentinels in Chicago, past scandals notwithstanding, and …
This is book #4 in the series, but it's not the fourth part. Apparently there's a short story, "Omega Night", and it contained both plot and character developments that significantly impact this book. However, even on the official author's website it's not listed between books 3 and 4. It's listed after the final book, among other "related works".
And the author doesn't really do a good job of recapping what happened, it's just an abrupt jump, and now Hope/Astra's angsting over a new crush that started during that book, freaking out over a danger to one of her friends that's due to events in that book, and a number of other sudden changes.
And these changes continue to casually come up over the course of the entire book, so that put a serious damper on my enjoyment of it.
Beyond that, the premise/setting was unique and somewhat interesting, but a …
This is book #4 in the series, but it's not the fourth part. Apparently there's a short story, "Omega Night", and it contained both plot and character developments that significantly impact this book. However, even on the official author's website it's not listed between books 3 and 4. It's listed after the final book, among other "related works".
And the author doesn't really do a good job of recapping what happened, it's just an abrupt jump, and now Hope/Astra's angsting over a new crush that started during that book, freaking out over a danger to one of her friends that's due to events in that book, and a number of other sudden changes.
And these changes continue to casually come up over the course of the entire book, so that put a serious damper on my enjoyment of it.
Beyond that, the premise/setting was unique and somewhat interesting, but a lot of it felt like repeating "same song, different verse." Just marking things off a checklist. Astra has a crush that she doesn't want to act on (thankfully not the same one as at the end of book #3). Astra asks for advice, then ignores it in a way that could cause trouble for the one who gave it. Astra manages to get separated from her team (but thankfully not abducted this time). Astra makes mistakes and spends time berating herself. Important rules get massively broken but a loophole means it's okay. And the Perfect Defenses get destroyed via the most plausible method, which somehow no-one saw coming.
I did really like that, after introducing a terrifying Islamic terrorist supervillain in book #1, the author chose to introduce a character that showcases the more peaceful side of Islam. I wish the character was ongoing, but it doesn't look like he will be.
I really didn't like the friend drama for this book - it felt pretty contrived, but Astra was utterly poleaxed. Honestly, the number of times something relatively trivial knocks Astra so off her stride that she can't think straight for several days should probably be cause for serious concern among the team leadership.
Broke young man + chainsaw dog demon = Chainsaw Man!
Denji's a poor young man …
Vol. 2 did not disappoint. Looking forward to #3.
Stormy, Misty's Foal is a children's novel written by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis, …
Book #3 of the Misty series once again performs a hard reset on the Beebe timeline, as Sea Star is AWOL (he isn’t even referenced - which creeps out Adult Me but Child Me probably wouldn’t have minded much, I guess) and Misty herself is back home from NYC.
This one is about a storm that decimates the island’s town and nearly wipes out the feral pony herd. It doesn’t shy away from the bleaker parts of disaster recovery, and I think Henry did a great job in balancing the grim nature of the whole thing for a young audience.
It’s a little frustrating to see Maureen get shot down over and over again. Literally anytime she says anything in this book, Paul or the Grandparents immediately push back. She constantly laments being both “born a girl” and unable to help with the recovery efforts, and nothing ever comes of …
Book #3 of the Misty series once again performs a hard reset on the Beebe timeline, as Sea Star is AWOL (he isn’t even referenced - which creeps out Adult Me but Child Me probably wouldn’t have minded much, I guess) and Misty herself is back home from NYC.
This one is about a storm that decimates the island’s town and nearly wipes out the feral pony herd. It doesn’t shy away from the bleaker parts of disaster recovery, and I think Henry did a great job in balancing the grim nature of the whole thing for a young audience.
It’s a little frustrating to see Maureen get shot down over and over again. Literally anytime she says anything in this book, Paul or the Grandparents immediately push back. She constantly laments being both “born a girl” and unable to help with the recovery efforts, and nothing ever comes of it. She never gets any kind of comeuppance or moment for herself. Realistic, but still irritating to read knowing the target audience for this book.
Soziokulturelles Zentrum Trotz Allem
Wideystraße 44, 58452 Witten
Immer 1. Freitag im Monat
19:00 Uhr geöffnet, 20:00 Uhr Beginn
Selbstgekochtes und Getränke gegen Spende
1. September: Depression und Arbeitsbedingungen
Die Einflussfaktoren auf Depressionen sind multifaktoriell, z. B. durch familiäre oder gesundheitliche Probleme, Schicksalsschläge, Überlastung auf der Arbeit oder gesellschaftlicher Druck. Interessant ist, dass Menschen mit Depressionen die Arbeitsbedingungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf andere Lebensbereiche als Hauptursache für ihre Erkrankung angaben.
Die Referentin skizziert, was Depression ist und räumt mit gesellschaftlichen Vorurteilen auf. Daran anschließend wird aufgeschlüsselt, wie sich die Arbeitsbedingungen, Stress und sozialer Druck auf unsere psychische Gesundheit auswirken und warum auch Arbeitslosigkeit depressiv macht.
6. Oktober: Aktivismus und belastende Erfahrungen
Im Zuge der Klimaproteste im Kontext von Lützerath ist die Frage aufgekommen, wie blauäugig sich junge Menschen in anstrengende, stressige und sogar gefährliche Situationen begeben, um ihrer politischen Mündigkeit Ausdruck zu verleihen. Ein Mitbegründer und ehemaliger Aktivist von Out …
Soziokulturelles Zentrum Trotz Allem
Wideystraße 44, 58452 Witten
Immer 1. Freitag im Monat
19:00 Uhr geöffnet, 20:00 Uhr Beginn
Selbstgekochtes und Getränke gegen Spende
1. September: Depression und Arbeitsbedingungen
Die Einflussfaktoren auf Depressionen sind multifaktoriell, z. B. durch familiäre oder gesundheitliche Probleme, Schicksalsschläge, Überlastung auf der Arbeit oder gesellschaftlicher Druck. Interessant ist, dass Menschen mit Depressionen die Arbeitsbedingungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf andere Lebensbereiche als Hauptursache für ihre Erkrankung angaben.
Die Referentin skizziert, was Depression ist und räumt mit gesellschaftlichen Vorurteilen auf. Daran anschließend wird aufgeschlüsselt, wie sich die Arbeitsbedingungen, Stress und sozialer Druck auf unsere psychische Gesundheit auswirken und warum auch Arbeitslosigkeit depressiv macht.
6. Oktober: Aktivismus und belastende Erfahrungen
Im Zuge der Klimaproteste im Kontext von Lützerath ist die Frage aufgekommen, wie blauäugig sich junge Menschen in anstrengende, stressige und sogar gefährliche Situationen begeben, um ihrer politischen Mündigkeit Ausdruck zu verleihen. Ein Mitbegründer und ehemaliger Aktivist von Out of Action im Ruhrgebiet referiert zu Trauma, Stress und die Umgehensweisen damit im Aktivismus. Danach gibt es eine kurze Workshop-Phase, bei der sich jede*r kurz mit den eigenen Zugängen zu dem Thema auseinandersetzt.
3. November: Depression und Mobbing
Sowohl in der Schule, als auch im Internet sind Jugendliche einem enormen sozialen Druck ausgeliefert. Die Angst vor Bloßstellungen, Mobbing, psychischer Gewalt ist für viele Teil ihrer Lebensrealität. Aus diesem Grund wurde eine Sonderpädagogin eingeladen, die Anti-Mobbing-Fortbildungen anleitet. Sie wird anhand einer Eskalationsspirale aufzeigen, wie sich Mobbing entwickelt, welche Folgen das für die Menschen hat, was sie teilweise ihr ganzes Leben belastet. Kritisch blicken wir gemeinsam auf Möglichkeiten zur Prävention und eröffnen somit die Diskussionsrunde.
1. Dezember: Rückblick und Ausblick
Wir wollen gemeinsam auf das Jahr zurückblicken und schauen, was alles in Witten und darüber hinaus aus der linken Bewegungen passiert ist. Wir wollen schauen, was lief gut, was lief nicht so gut, was kann besser werden, was haben wir gelernt? Welche Formen des gemeinsamen politischen Handelns können wir umsetzen, damit wir unsere psychische Gesundheit stärken und uns gegenseitig besser unterstützen? Wir reflektieren die Vortragsreihe und die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse und kommen darüber in die Diskussion, wie es weitergehen kann.
Schnelle Hilfe bei Depressionen und in Krisenmomenten
Falls ihr in Not seid, Beratung braucht oder praktische Unterstützung sucht, zögert nicht die von der Deutschen Depressionsliga zusammengestellten Telefonnummern anzurufen.
Bücher in der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek
#3 #depression #vortrag #vortragsreihe
https://trotzallem.noblogs.org/post/2023/07/29/vortragsreihe-zum-thema-depression/
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, a special gift edition of Edgedancer, …
Should head back to some Brando Sando before I forget what was happening. Let's read Edgedancer before Oathbringer (#3), eh?
