Do you think Blair would share his croissant? ❤ I’m still working my way through Beyond Survival as you mention it’s a thinker which I love! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Thanks for bringing up the think pieces about Gaza! I haven't had the time to go into those third spaces where we stop and discuss what is actually happening versus simply amassing more information. I'll definitely check out your recommendations!
I'm actually reading a book that's been on my physical TBR shelf for at least 20 years. besides trying to read my physical TBR - or at least make a big push this year - I am scanning in old photographs, and on one from 2004 I could see that there were three books on a nonfiction shelf in my room that are STILL sitting unread on my TBR shelf. so I at least want to get through those three this year - it's the long nonfiction books that can really bog me down though. this is called fanshen: a documentary of revolution in a chinese village by william hinton. the author was an american working at a rural chinese university during the communist revolution and he was able to observe and document exactly how that worked out on the ground in one particular village. it's 600+ pages but very grounded in stories from the villagers' lives (which were absolutely horrific under the previous oppressive landlord system, people routinely starving to death, selling children, selling wives, being beaten constantly, etc.) and so I'm getting through it at a good pace. and of course, I'm picking up a lot of history that I wasn't taught/have forgotten/was taught from a virulently anti-communist perspective long ago in high school. this was published in 1966 (it seems like his notes may have been confiscated by the US government for quite a while before he was able to write it); I've read several quite old nonfiction books this year from sort of the mid 1900s.
Wow, those definitely sound like some interesting reads! I can’t imagine how satisfying it will be to finally get to those books that have been with you for so long! What a great project!
I recently got a copy of a local literary magazine and can't wait to read it :) Gutter Magazine from Scotland
Ooh sounds very cool!
Do you think Blair would share his croissant? ❤ I’m still working my way through Beyond Survival as you mention it’s a thinker which I love! Thank you for sharing it with us!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it!
Thanks for bringing up the think pieces about Gaza! I haven't had the time to go into those third spaces where we stop and discuss what is actually happening versus simply amassing more information. I'll definitely check out your recommendations!
Yes those third spaces are easy to miss, I think! But I’ve been finding them really valuable. 😊
Ollie just looks so chill in your arms❤
She’s just the sweetest 🥰
Olly's haircut looks so good ❤
I think so too! 🥰❤️
I can't! Your furry friend IS TOO ADORABLE. 😎📚👍
Isn’t she adorable?! 🥰
Awesome!
I'm actually reading a book that's been on my physical TBR shelf for at least 20 years. besides trying to read my physical TBR - or at least make a big push this year - I am scanning in old photographs, and on one from 2004 I could see that there were three books on a nonfiction shelf in my room that are STILL sitting unread on my TBR shelf. so I at least want to get through those three this year - it's the long nonfiction books that can really bog me down though. this is called fanshen: a documentary of revolution in a chinese village by william hinton. the author was an american working at a rural chinese university during the communist revolution and he was able to observe and document exactly how that worked out on the ground in one particular village. it's 600+ pages but very grounded in stories from the villagers' lives (which were absolutely horrific under the previous oppressive landlord system, people routinely starving to death, selling children, selling wives, being beaten constantly, etc.) and so I'm getting through it at a good pace. and of course, I'm picking up a lot of history that I wasn't taught/have forgotten/was taught from a virulently anti-communist perspective long ago in high school. this was published in 1966 (it seems like his notes may have been confiscated by the US government for quite a while before he was able to write it); I've read several quite old nonfiction books this year from sort of the mid 1900s.
Wow, those definitely sound like some interesting reads! I can’t imagine how satisfying it will be to finally get to those books that have been with you for so long! What a great project!