@cynical13@Narayoni@bookstodon Somebody once asked on social media for the most “kick-ass” female character in books or on film. Mainly the replies involved Lara Croft, Ripley, or Zena.
They were wrong of course.
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Next book I'm listening to. So interesting! Covers so many words--their first use and how their use evolved. Pretty quick at 8.5 hours and just under 300 pages.
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I finally read Ancillary Justice last night. Late to the party, but glad to have gotten here! I enjoyed the book but it also sort of felt complete to me. Can anyone tell me how the sequels are? @bookstodon#books
44 Travels with Herodotus, Ryszard Kapuściński
Written by a Polish journalist this is a book in two strands. In one he reviews some of his past assignments, in the other he reviews his reading and relationship to Herodotus and his Histories. His interpretation of Herodotus was fascinating. He examines technique and proposes that Herodotus should be known as the first journalist and The Histories is the first piece of reportage.
I must re-read Herodotus. #books@bookstodon
"The book didn’t want anyone to know it was there. If it were destroyed, everyone who’d survived in the story would be gone too. There would be no one left to remember the ones who had died. The balance of the world goes horribly askew when a story is confiscated; it becomes a darker, more ominous place." -- from 'The Book Censor's Library' by Bothayna Al-Essa; trans. Ranya Abdeirahman, Sawad Hussain
Today I will un-hauling all the books I own by Christina Dalcher including Femlandia which is a book I absolutely loved and have raved about but finding out the author is a raging Transphobe who almost puts JK to shame is a deal breaker for me.
I won't support these vile people in way and don't want their books in my house.
What I can't figure out is why some authors speak out in obviously offensive ways like this in the first place. Why court controversy? It's not just horrid, but also harms their careers. Maybe hatred is something people just can't hide?
Attacking an already vulnerable group, who are just trying to exist, is absolutely unforgiveable.
@negative12dollarbill@bookstodon oh my goodness, this does sound like an emotional gut-punch. Reminds me a little of Heaven, by Mieko Kawakami, which was a terrifying glimpse of bullying in Japanese schools.
Librarians are (social) heroes; stepping up when other social services have fallen away, to help those with few other places to go...
No wonder the Right wants to defund the libraries (via attrition against local authorities), when you look at the pragmatic but vital social support they are offering to the vulnerable & isolated.
@ChrisMayLA6@bookstodon it’s also because an educated electorate is selective in voting and the better educated the electorate the less chance of electing a right wing populist.
@beexcessivelydiverting@bookstodon this makes me think of Anne Elliott telling Mrs. Smith that She doesn't believe Mr. Elliott can be trusted - because He always says the right thing, and is consistently agreeable and never offends anyone.
@beexcessivelydiverting@bookstodon when Elizabeth's aunt writes and says how much She really likes Darcy- it dawned on me what perfect complements They are for each other. and when Elizabeth shuts down Lady Catherine- it became certain. but just now, i was thinking of the real point. Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins are blind. because Their hearts are closed. and the promise of prodigious joy for Darcy and Elizabeth- is exactly because Their hearts are open. reserved is really closed, isn't it?
I’m still waiting for my copy of “Ballad of Sword and Wine”. It has been delayed so I’m reading “My Happy Marriage” until it arrives, but I’m itching to return to danmei 🌸
I’m listening to this song now while reading Star Wars Thrawn. No, it’s not a direct allusion to the Thrawn of Rebels (because there it seems to me a little different from the books), but it definitely helped me get in the mood.