My niece recommended this, so it's an important book. Also, I can already feel my heart being wrenched. Generally I avoid stories about animals because I am soft and easily bruised, mentally and emotionally, but MY NIECE RECOMMENDED THIS so it must be read. And four chapters in, it's pretty darn mesmerizing.
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Cassandra started reading The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
My niece recommended this, so it's an important book. Also, I can already feel my heart being wrenched. Generally I avoid stories about animals because I am soft and easily bruised, mentally and emotionally, but MY NIECE RECOMMENDED THIS so it must be read. And four chapters in, it's pretty darn mesmerizing.
Cassandra finished reading A Complicated Grace by Dave Hillis
A Complicated Grace is a collaborative memoir by Dave Hillis that explores the themes of …
Gosh. A LOT of thoughts and feelings about this book; it deserves a more thoughtful "review" but the one thing I feel prepared to say off the cuff is that it's remarkable how "Pacific Northwest" this feels to me. It's really rare that any work of art or literature provokes a "yes, this was made where I'm from" reaction in me but A Complicated Grace really did. I'll be ruminating on this and if anything actually interesting comes to me I'll add it here, but wanted to note it at least: this collaborative memoir is extremely Tacoma.
Gosh. A LOT of thoughts and feelings about this book; it deserves a more thoughtful "review" but the one thing I feel prepared to say off the cuff is that it's remarkable how "Pacific Northwest" this feels to me. It's really rare that any work of art or literature provokes a "yes, this was made where I'm from" reaction in me but A Complicated Grace really did. I'll be ruminating on this and if anything actually interesting comes to me I'll add it here, but wanted to note it at least: this collaborative memoir is extremely Tacoma.
Cassandra commented on A Complicated Grace by Dave Hillis
A Complicated Grace is a collaborative memoir by Dave Hillis that explores the themes of …
Really thought-provoking and poignant. A side effect of all the poems in the book: I'm realizing I really ought to read more poetry. Just, like, in general. This is a good start.
Really thought-provoking and poignant. A side effect of all the poems in the book: I'm realizing I really ought to read more poetry. Just, like, in general. This is a good start.
Cassandra started reading A Complicated Grace by Dave Hillis
A Complicated Grace is a collaborative memoir by Dave Hillis that explores the themes of …
The intro says this book is intended to be read slowly, and I'm already failing—this is just extremely readable and propulsive. I can easily imagine returning to passages for more contemplative rereads, though.
The intro says this book is intended to be read slowly, and I'm already failing—this is just extremely readable and propulsive. I can easily imagine returning to passages for more contemplative rereads, though.
Cassandra finished reading The Book of Candle Magic by Madame Pamita
I really liked this. I guess the best thing I can say is that it made me want to actually just go do some candle magic.
Cassandra commented on The Book of Candle Magic by Madame Pamita
Ha ha this rules. I like Madame Pamita's whole deal even more after watching a couple of her YouTube videos.
Ha ha this rules. I like Madame Pamita's whole deal even more after watching a couple of her YouTube videos.
I need to get a hold of this one.
Cassandra started reading The Book of Candle Magic by Madame Pamita
Cassandra commented on The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (A Harvest book,)
The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt's first major work, wherein she …
I hit 99 pages like a week or more ago, and I turned the book back into the library yesterday because it has a hold on it. My reach exceeded my grasp! I'm marking my progress so I can get The Origins of Totalitarianism back at some point and finish reading it. But for now...we're on pause.
I hit 99 pages like a week or more ago, and I turned the book back into the library yesterday because it has a hold on it. My reach exceeded my grasp! I'm marking my progress so I can get The Origins of Totalitarianism back at some point and finish reading it. But for now...we're on pause.
Cassandra commented on The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (A Harvest book,)
The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt's first major work, wherein she …
FINALLY made it through the prefaces. Ten pages in and I'm keenly aware that: A) I've rarely if ever read political science and B) I definitely lack a sophisticated understanding of "responsibility" as Arendt is using it.
Slow going but obviously thought-provoking.
FINALLY made it through the prefaces. Ten pages in and I'm keenly aware that: A) I've rarely if ever read political science and B) I definitely lack a sophisticated understanding of "responsibility" as Arendt is using it.
Slow going but obviously thought-provoking.
Cassandra started reading The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (A Harvest book,)
The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt's first major work, wherein she …
So many prefaces! Two down, one to go.
Cassandra finished reading How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism by Craig A. Johnson (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)
Have I mentioned that I want to make everyone I've ever met read this book? Really solid, short, practical, focused advice. I guess I should say I don't have kids so I don't have personal experience to draw from to say how the "here's how to talk to children/teens/young adults about difficult topics" stuff might resonate with someone who does, but it certainly feels plausible to me.
Have I mentioned that I want to make everyone I've ever met read this book? Really solid, short, practical, focused advice. I guess I should say I don't have kids so I don't have personal experience to draw from to say how the "here's how to talk to children/teens/young adults about difficult topics" stuff might resonate with someone who does, but it certainly feels plausible to me.
Cassandra commented on How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism by Craig A. Johnson (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)
Chapter four is especially good. Much to contemplate.
Cassandra commented on How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism by Craig A. Johnson (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)
Very straightforward and compassionate. I really want to make everyone I know read this book.