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A experience from another point of view.
It was interesting to read about covid from a different side of this pandemic

What was fascinating to read was, how frank and open Fang criticises the authorities and their way to (not) inform the people. She asks questions and wants answers. I was surprised that people dare to do so. Okay, “response“ was that those texts were taken offline – but it left me with a weird feeling. The Chinese know that they are being lied to.

But still, those interesting bits in the book didn‘t carry a volume of 370 pages.

Classic “right book, wrong reader”. A scarce “So-So”, almost a “Pan” for me. In the beginning it‘s interesting and impressive but I was more and more bored by repetition, dry- and lengthyness. I also couldn‘t relate to Fang and “the Wuhanians”. Maybe I‘m not made for that kind of metaphorical writing style the Chinese seem to have.

But I was astonished that everybody knows about censorship, the “tactics” of the state and how to deal with it.

Doing my best to get some more pages done in here.

I‘m still finding it interesting but slowly ask myself if the topic, the style and the content carry for 260 more pages.

I like how the Chinese obviously deal with censorship and uttering criticism – but, you know that‘s not the main point of the story.

I don‘t know. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Maybe it‘s me. Maybe I‘m already too indifferent to the world‘s horror‘s.

@BayouGirl85 #ThoughtprovokingThursday

Thanks for the tag @La_Cori @Arvena ‼️

This is both, interesting and difficult …

I go with Seven-of-Nine‘s »May all your wishes be fulfilled. Except for one, so that you have always something to strive for.«

Which reminds of »Be careful what you wish for – you might get it.« from, googled that Aesop‘s fables.

But also John Lennon‘s «Life is what happens when you‘re busy planning other things.«

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

🍬 There have been between few and none last year and I think this will be the same this year. Not because it‘s Corona but because the target group is constantly growing up.

👻 No, I don‘t. As I didn‘t grow up with it, I lack understanding for it. In my eyes it‘s just blackmailing or begging – compared to 🇩🇪 https://bit.ly/31OybRV

I took this screenshot from Marnie‘s feed also. (👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3jyFaVc) Had me think about my own reading year.

As you know I don‘t like pressure, so I don‘t call out numbers. But I summed up:

36 📚
53 🎧📚

I was really surprised to see how far audios outnumber books (e- or physical). 😯

Regarding all the worries that kept me from books recently, 89 in total, maybe 91 by the end of October because at least +1 each, feels _really_ good.

?? „Menschen, die jetzt aus Angst Hamsterkäufe machen, sind auch sonst schnell zu verunsichern, daran lässt sich nichts ändern.“ (Seite 62)

?? “People who now are panic buying and hoarding out of fear are also those who are unsettled quickly to be, there is nothing to change.” (p. 62)

⬆️⬆️⬆️ It‘s so true. I like the facial style she reminds the reader of this but still, this knowledge doesn‘t change that hoarding is contagious these days.

This was a complete impulse loan when w browsed my online library. I saw this one and immediately thought that this must be about Covid-19. It looks like my library got it all brand-new, so I took my chance and brought it home without knowing much more than what the title tells: “Diary written from inside a closed city.”

I can‘t keep on with this. Post-pandemic, I‘ll get back to it, but it is hard to have perspective on a diary written at the beginning of this virus now that we are so deep in the mire of it.

This book is exactly what I need to read right now, especially her reflections on disinformation and conflicting reports coming from the government and health sectors.

Next e-book!

Today‘s #audiowalk gave me a chance to break in my new lightweight folding umbrella. Those were some intense skies.

This‘s a pretty intense book, too. Fang Fang wrote it in real-time—one entry per day—and there‘s a lot of, “This respected authority says we‘ll curb the novel coronavirus soon,” followed by, “The situation has worsened again.” There‘s a sobering bit where her community‘s shocked that doctors project 100,000 infections.

It‘s so cool to read this daily account of the early outbreak. Yes, there are cultural differences between how China and the US populations view the virus. But what‘s interesting is to see the thoughts, dreams, worries and more of someone in lockdown. It reminds me of Anne Frank‘s diary. An interesting read that‘s censored on Weibo.