I have reading difficulties, but I still love a good story.
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From a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about …
I am putting off the McCarthy book, cause this one just spoke to me.
I had heard of the concept a while ago. And Jumped at the chance for this. As a pacifist, this concept is very interesting, very enduring to me. Especially as I pursue online pacifism in interactions.
It is an age when Valdemar is yet unfounded, its organization of Heralds yet unformed, …
Getting awkward at times.
The book starts as if you started reading 1/4 in. There are some concepts explained well enough. But to this point, I am unsure if there is another species besides human and gryphon. Or if something is just an ethnicity of human? I'm confused. The prose is pretty thick.
Also some awkward sexual situations. And a gryphon breeding program. Which, like, the gryphons are sentient and vocal. So... I'm hoping that is revealed as a bad thing.
Still good gryphon stuff otherwise, and decent worlds building. I guess I'm at a net neutral right now. #Books #Bookstodon #Fantasy
@SallyStrange I think so. It is a well constructed book. It gets serious, but prob no more than 13 yo can handle.
But I also agrue an open adult could get something out of this too.
(audiobook) For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade dominated the …
Politics books give me anxiety these days, but I am trying to stay informed and be ready to fight. I'm hoping this book is a chance to look to history when era like this happened before, and figure out what we did then, that we can do now.
It is an age when Valdemar is yet unfounded, its organization of Heralds yet unformed, …
Finally ready to start this. I have been wanting a griffon book for so long. And after some searching, and false starts, I have a book -about- griffons.
In this one, gryphons that talk, have magic, have relationships, fantastical creations, jobs, wars, arrogance, regrets. And who still prefer to eat raw meat. I like that so far (in 3 chapters) there has been a detailed narration of how Skandranon flies, how to repair his wings, and how he eats like an eagle while talking to his boss/ruler.
@SallyStrange lol
I'm hoping it provides strategies for how to deal with them. And at the least, insight that can help my own strategizing.
Milo Bloom, chess prodigy, has a secret: he doesn't want to play chess anymore. If …
This was a good book. Very much written for kids. But still smart, and well made. If you can read it as your kid self, you can get much out of it. Or just learn where kids are now.
The characters are well done. Even some of the more ancillary ones. It does a good job of presenting annoying characters. Then humanizing them. It doesnt do this by striping away the annoying features, but reminding us they are a person behind the annoying.
I think this does a pretty good job of having #GoGame in a story. It doesnt bog the reader down in on and on lessons of how the game works. Even the possibly best player in it tryies to avoid teaching. But the book does give tid bits of the game one might find interesting. As many of the characters find something they like in it.
It …
This was a good book. Very much written for kids. But still smart, and well made. If you can read it as your kid self, you can get much out of it. Or just learn where kids are now.
The characters are well done. Even some of the more ancillary ones. It does a good job of presenting annoying characters. Then humanizing them. It doesnt do this by striping away the annoying features, but reminding us they are a person behind the annoying.
I think this does a pretty good job of having #GoGame in a story. It doesnt bog the reader down in on and on lessons of how the game works. Even the possibly best player in it tryies to avoid teaching. But the book does give tid bits of the game one might find interesting. As many of the characters find something they like in it.
It also makes Milo's journey in Go feel organic. It didnt feel like he plays the game because that is the premise of the book. Just like Hikaru No Go, this book is about the characters more than it is about the game and all its complexity. It is about the character's complexity. The game is a tool to finding it. And not the only one.
It had a good narrative flow. I enjoyed it.
Good word on this. Reviews are all pretty high, and insisting it needs being taught in classes.
Peggy Orenstein reveals what she learn interviewing high school and college young men on their …
This book has frank discussions of sex and masculinity. It fully acknowledges that teenagers have sex, but does not glorify nor damn it.
This was a really interesting book. As a guy, who was/is struggling with this subject. And as a guy who avoided all of this in his teens and 20s. Mostly because I was scared about how any of it could go bad. But reading this, I find out even the guys doing them regularly are not sure what they're doing. And are worried about it still. Some interesting insights with good journalistic work. #Books #Bookstodon #Gender #Masculinity
Inside Out is a 2019 memoir by American actress Demi Moore. It was published on …
Demi is very honest and generous. For a woman who has been hounded by tabloids, she gives alot of herself here. Even bad behavior on her part. Even moments some might consider embarrassing. And she tells it unflinchingly in the audiobook. I think she tries to explain rather than give excuse. She willingly accepts blame for the things she did.
But she also offers the hope she gained as well. She is an intelligent person which beams from the words. And hopes to share what she has learned. About living, growing up, the acting career, being a mother, a parent, divorce, and finding yourself.
This has been one of the most satisfying memoirs I have read. And I am thankful to her for being so giving. And telling it so well.
CW: rape, child abuse, drug use, miscarriage, depression, anxiety
Inside Out is a 2019 memoir by American actress Demi Moore. It was published on …
Demi is very honest and generous. For a woman who has been hounded by tabloids, she gives alot of herself here. Even bad behavior on her part. Even moments some might consider embarrassing. And she tells it unflinchingly in the audiobook. I think she tries to explain rather than give excuse. She willingly accepts blame for the things she did.
But she also offers the hope she gained as well. She is an intelligent person which beams from the words. And hopes to share what she has learned. About living, growing up, the acting career, being a mother, a parent, divorce, and finding yourself.
This has been one of the most satisfying memoirs I have read. And I am thankful to her for being so giving. And telling it so well.
CW: rape, child abuse, drug use, miscarriage, depression, anxiety
Milo Bloom, chess prodigy, has a secret: he doesn't want to play chess anymore. If …
This is very much meant for a kid audience, but it's not flimsy. If you can put yourself back to your 12yo self, and can adjust for technological inflation, I think this can be enjoyed. But these kids act like 12yo's. They get frustrated by things adults might not bat an eye at. It's still early chapters on it. But it's going ok. No #GoGame yet tho. #Bookstodon #Books #Baduk @Bookstodon@a.gup.pe
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, Tom and Hester …
(CW: violence, murder, killing spree, manipulation of minors, child harm, bullying, depression, talk of slavery)
I liked the movie, so I read the book version, and was glad there was more of this interesting world. And this book continues it. Tho maybe a bit unevenly.
This takes place 2 years after the the first book. And for a good while, it seems uninterested in picking up book 1 threads except for Hester and Tom. Who I was glad to see are keeping on with their relationship in the Jeni Hanover. Made all the more genuine with Hester not sure it will last. I could see that doubt in the that character. We also are introduced to a city that is not evil or malicious. Anchorage is relatable compared to its darwinian fellow cities.
But about midway thru the book, book 1 begins come into view more and more. Characters return …
(CW: violence, murder, killing spree, manipulation of minors, child harm, bullying, depression, talk of slavery)
I liked the movie, so I read the book version, and was glad there was more of this interesting world. And this book continues it. Tho maybe a bit unevenly.
This takes place 2 years after the the first book. And for a good while, it seems uninterested in picking up book 1 threads except for Hester and Tom. Who I was glad to see are keeping on with their relationship in the Jeni Hanover. Made all the more genuine with Hester not sure it will last. I could see that doubt in the that character. We also are introduced to a city that is not evil or malicious. Anchorage is relatable compared to its darwinian fellow cities.
But about midway thru the book, book 1 begins come into view more and more. Characters return in one form or another. As the new characters develop. And wheels turn that will change the shape of this world.
There is a love triangle. I'm never fond of them. Mostly in how over done they are or were. But, it is consequential. And also... I think the author was not 100% for doing it. Not sure, but for a triangle, it seem.. less enthusiastic. Or maybe that is how I heard it in my head. He also drops it at the end pretty quick.
This sets up an interesting place to go for the next book.
I do love how fallible these characters are. Hester is kind of a badass, but is equally an insecure person dealing with anything not around violence. And Tom is so naive, but caring along with it. Both do something really bad. And it's not cleaned up neat and pretty.
The story is written competently. The narration can feel like a professor giving a lecture at times. It can be a bit dispassionate. BUT, if you are following the lecture, the world and characters are interesting to learn about.
I had fun. I'm glad to get to learn more about this world. And a bit excited to see where it goes in the next two books.
Inside Out is a 2019 memoir by American actress Demi Moore. It was published on …
Demi is very sharing in this book. Not just bad behavior of her parents, but also her own bad behavior. Revealing infidelities very honestly, and regretted. And I think to show how her upbringing affected her.
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, Tom and Hester …
Was a little put off by the love triangle, but things are kicking into gear a bit now.
