pickThis was a slightly spicy romance with surprising depth. Kat has severe anxiety and frequent panic attacks, Silas has PTSD from combat in the Marines/post-service trauma from a comrade‘s suicide. Twelve years after their disastrous first encounter leaves them bitter enemies, Kat and Silas end up in a fake romance to piss off her ex-fiancé (whom they both detest). I loved the hidden complexity of both characters and the way they came together.
so-soThanks to kiddo‘s extra (waste of time) ballet rehearsal, I finished this. I agree with other reviews that there‘s a lot of name-dropping that doesn‘t tell me much. At least, not much good. I‘m not impressed that AA used to hang with Laura Ingraham, for instance. This wasn‘t what I expected or wanted, but there are some useful observations scattered around, and it‘s fairly short. Maybe Autocracy, Inc. is better?
From a figure of the Spanish far-right nationalist movement, modeled on Trump 1.0. Our world in a nutshell. 🙁
A good description of philosophy, if a bit counterintuitive.
#adventuresinphilosophy #OtherMinds #DeadPhilosophersSociety @GingerAntics @AlaSkaat @TheBookHippie @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp
panMeh. I thought this was going to be sociology, current events, something I could learn from. Instead, it‘s memoir sprinkled with informational tidbits. Aside from the disappointment (it‘s not just me, I first heard about this on the radio ages ago and it was billed as this insightful study of care work in the pandemic era), it‘s not successful as memoir IMO. Garbes constantly stops short of actual insight. And a lot of it feels 👇🏻
“‘-nication was possible with him, not because he lied but because he was surrounded by the most reliable of all safeguards against the words and the presence of others, and hence against reality as such. (EJ 49)‘
His words were empty because his mind was without resonance. Eichmann was thoughtless to the point that he no longer inhabited the real world—which was partly why he could wreak such terror upon it.”
Sounds familiar.
“What is being claimed is the right to have rights.”
Boy, isn‘t that just the nail on the head today.
#HannahArendt #adventuresinphilosophy #WeAreFreetoChangetheWorld
Having recently finished Silent Spring, and now dipping my toes into the deep waters of Arendt, it looks like it‘s the time to give Baldwin a try. Finally.
Empathy. Being able to understand, to care about other people. What happened to it?
#HannahArendt #adventuresinphilosophy #WeAreFreetoChangetheWorld
“…we have to recognize that democracy is not a permanent good.”
Wow, so much of this is hitting hard today. Absolutely, and unfortunately, prescient.
And then there was today‘s #bookmail - a hard copy of the Hoffer for my personal library project, and the Arendt inspired by (in addition to, well, everything) reading We Are Free to Change the World.
Seriously, I have a problem. And it‘s not enough bookcases.
Kiddo and I went to Fort Worth (again) for new pointe shoes (again). We went to a new-to-us Barnes & Noble as a treat.
In my defense, I can‘t be expected to exercise restraint when they set up mythology and myth-inspired tables right next to each other in the main aisle. I did resist all the other pretty shiny things.
#bookhaul
One of my goals this year is to educate myself as much as I‘m able to stomach about what‘s going on. So far this year, I‘ve read a few books (currently listening to Stacey Abrams Our Time Is Now and reading Angela Davis‘ Freedom Is a Constant Struggle) and these are all on my agenda. Right stack is most directly involved, left is supplemental. Also following some great thinkers on fbook and Substack that I‘ll share below. Let‘s be bricks/mortar!
Not from the tagged, but on Solnit‘s facebook page today:
“You don‘t need to be the whole wall against fascism yourself; you can just be a brick and if you can‘t be a brick, you can be a dab of mortar…”
@kspenmoll and all of us who need it right now.
And I spent the last of my gift card (and then a little more) on these beauties. I know nothing about any of them, but it‘s been a while since I blindly browsed. 🤞🏻 they‘re good! #bookhaul
My Christmas present to myself was joining Haymarket Press‘ monthly book club. I get my choice of one new print title every month, plus all the new ebooks. And I paid for the whole year, which gets one month free. I haven‘t dived in yet, but I‘m really excited about these. #bookhaul
I got the tagged book for Christmas (my sister is awesome) and used some of my Christmas gift card on the other three (my dad is also awesome). I‘ve been waiting forever to get this Riordan but now I have to wait on the new Percy books to come out in paperback 😢 and I decided to bite the bullet on Bride. I‘ve liked everything else I‘ve read by AH (which is everything but Check & Mate, which I‘m currently reading) so we‘ll see. #bookhaul
“…the propaganda effect of infallibility: the trick of appearing omnipotent by prophesying a future that you then make happen.”
#adventuresinphilosophy #resistance #HannahArendt
Eichmann sounds a lit like somebody else in today‘s news, doesn‘t he? I mean, like a lot of somebodys, really.
#adventuresinphilosophy #HannahArendt
#DannyBoy wishes everyone a happy new year, and reminds us all to choose love. Thanks to Penzeys Spices for his new bandana, which required a collar, so kiddo and I went shopping yesterday. Danny‘s thrilled about it, really.
#catsofLitsy
panLate for the readalong but figured I‘d finish it, and wish I‘d just chucked it. Repetitive but never particularly clear or convincing, Harris just seems to spitballing about something he kinda believes but can‘t convey. Not a great one, and if he were anybody else I don‘t think this would have gotten published at all.
#deadphilosopherssociety #adventuresinphilosophy
pickA library impulse pick that turned out to be really good. She‘s adrift after an unwanted proposal and heads to the lake she spent childhood summers on. He‘s trying to find his way as a single dad of two, one with ASD, after a messy divorce. He‘s also her brother‘s best friend. A lot of good stuff about finding yourself, finding your family, taking care of each other how it needs to be done (not how you want to do it). Surprisingly enjoyable.
So it would appear that our spelling book is out of date.
panDo you ever think you have a book figured out, then it doesn‘t work out that way and you‘re disappointed because your twist was better? That was this. I had an idea that would make this actually thrilling and mysterious, but it was just not good.
Today‘s bookmail part 3/3 is the general purpose portion. A little for school and a little for my own education.
Today‘s #bookmail 2/3 is for the book advent calendar for kiddo.
Today‘s #bookmail part 1/3 - I may have gone a little overboard with new cookbooks…
Why did I do this? I‘ve been scattered for the past month, between weird health stuff (nothing major) and the election, other personal junk; can‘t concentrate to read or get other stuff done. So, clearly, I needed to order a huge box of books. And half of them are cookbooks (serious problem). The justification of needing books for the advent calendar is negated by yesterday‘s Amazon order for just that purpose…
Today‘s library #bookhaul is entirely impulse grabs from the new books displays. I‘ve had a lot of trouble focusing on…anything…in the past month. We‘ll see if any of these help. Or hurt. 🤷🏻♀️
Haymarket Books is offering a library of ten anti-fascist books for free for a limited time (one week, I think). Run, don‘t walk.
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-free-ebooks-for-getting-free
Today‘s library #bookhaul - kiddo complained because I gave her a limit (15 is a reasonable limit!) and then found all of these for myself. Two I‘ve read before but need to refresh to finish the trilogy. Everything else is new.
Sigh. We just can‘t move beyond this, can we?
Starting this one today. We just got home from a few days at Great Wolf Lodge in Dallas (kiddo‘s been dying to go back), and #DannyBoy is so happy to be back from boarding school! He‘s been my velcro kitty most of the evening, and exceedingly vocal about my failings as a mom. Time to sit down and hold the kitty.
#catsofLitsy
Another concern about the AI aspect.
#NaNoWriMo
Hey NaNoWriMo folks, some not great news: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/02/nanowrimo-gets-ai-sponsor-says-not-writing-yo...
#nanowrimo
This week‘s library #bookhaul and they‘re mostly for me! (The mountains of Warriors and Rainbow Magic and 13-Story Treehouse books for kiddo have taken over our hearth)
In honor of World Folklore Day, I picked one of my many (so many, so very many, seriously I have a problem) books of folktales to dive into.
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