Eq0 @ Eq0 @literature.cafe Posts 7Comments 102Joined 2 yr. ago
I read it, maybe the translation I had wasn’t great, but it barely left any impression at all. Nice, but little else.
There are so many options that giving a strong answer is impossible. I’m willing to recant everything in here.
“Should read” as in “should enjoy”: either Terry Pratchett or Victor Hugo, pretty much anything from either of them. I’d throw in also Dostoyevski and Le Guin. Pick a book from them and utterly enjoy every word, the world, the people that populate it, the driving concepts that structure the narrative.
“Should read” as in “important information”: Chomsky maybe? Yeah, let’s say Chomsky, in particular any chapter of Understanding Power. Or maybe Washington Bullets? Also extremely informative. Or Why we’re polarized. I’ll stop here, there are just too many options. All of these are historico-political books, mostly about how the US politcs has evolved over time, talking about internal media and propaganda, US interference into other countries, and the creation of the two party hatred system.
Yeah, but that doesn’t bring out votes of the perceived quality of life decreases.
I’d love to see meat prices keeping increasing, but you also need the other prices to keep being accessible.
Thanks, that’s a great read!
Recently ended up neck deep in Japanese teas, love them so much! In particular genmaicha.
I know it should be loose leaves, but I usually use a paper tea bag, because I don’t like to clean the tea pot. 100C for 30seconds. Delicious.
I’m also interested in the mini-compost idea! Let us know
Green tea for the win here!
I use “stronger” green teas, let them steep overnight in the fridge starting with room temperature water. If the tea is very simple pr not that great, I add some random fruits and a bit of lemon. Maybe that’s heresy, but it’s good heresy.
One day, I understood that my then-boyfriend was the real thing.
Before him, I had a couple of good relationships. I was happy, but always wondered if I would have been better off on my own. The thought would pop up every couple of days, I would seriously consider it for a bit, then decide I was happier with them than in my own. Then my now husband showed up and we started dating.
One day, some three-four months into this new relationship, I realized I never had that old thought. It just never crossed my mind for months that I should evaluate the relationship. We clicked on so many levels, he made me a better person because it made me want to be better.
We got married “fast” for some external reasons and I never doubted that was the right choice. Since then, i don’t have to think about it: I know my life is so much better with him in it.
J’ai étudié le français, j’ai lu les classiques, mais le français « moderne » m’échappe un peu, je cherche à comprendre plus
Absolutely ! For work, I have to keep moving every couple of years, so I’ve learned a few tricks to create a network. The two main rules are: online doesn’t count and something is better than nothing. The first is clear, while the second one is based on the “friends paradox”: on average, your friends have more friends than you have. That means that meeting someone random can help you meet more people, until you gather your own group.
Merci énormément pour cette longue explication ! Maintenant je comprends beaucoup mieux le contexte et ton message.
I will! Can’t wait to share !
Pardon, je ne suis pas française et je ne comprends pas ta réponse :( que veut dire « JCDecaux » ? Et creuser un trou des collectivités ?
I’m not sure I agree with your psychological analysis, but it is compelling. The wiskey! Every time, there is wiskey! To me it seems more like a misconstruction of what is normal, to create a character that both cool and relatable.
For me Murakami has been hit or miss, but the I only read three books of his. Norvegian Woods is great, Hardboiled Wonderland is good and very enjoyable, but the I read Killing Commendatore and just could not get into it.
I agree about being put off by the obsession on having sex with any and all women in the plot, for no reason. I don’t really get it either.
I’m cheating, on multiple counts: I put aside the book in German that I have been reading to have something lighter to read. And instead of going through my local library, I bought it on Amazon.
But other than the personal background, I’m now reading “Babel” by R.F. Kuang. Just started a couple of days ago, but is all I expected and more. A steam-punk coming of age novel that confronts racism and colonialism, while talking about the subtleties of languages and the English language in particular. Absolutely great!
I like it, definitely more politically aligned than reddit, but I still find it a bit empty. On one hand, I like that my comments don’t drown in a sea of similar comments, on the other there is rarely a lively discussion. So: mostly good, still hoping for a bit of growth
I think listening to a book is inherently different than reading. With paper-reading, jumping back is easy, as is slowing down and speeding up. But that’s close to impossible for audiobooks. Thus books that work well with audiobooks are books that are written too be read at a constant pace and not require going back on. I think novels for that description, but I struggled to listen to non-fiction and I wouldn’t try to listen to “hard” books either.
Personally, I can only listen to audiobooks when I am performing a repetitive task (mainly driving around). Otherwise I get distracted, either by the task or by my own thoughts. So I don’t use audiobooks much.
Yeah, I have the same question. Also the statement that it would work without internet is confusing. Would it be something like chip you carry around? It seems like a potentially interesting idea, and I’m glad to see the EU being active towards developments in the crypto world and counteract