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Now, I AM an Axolotl
There was a time when I would think about axolotls a lot. I used to go look at them in the aquarium of the Jardin des Plantes and would stay there hours contemplating them, observing their immobility, their shadowed movements. Now, I am an axolotl. Hubo un tiempo en que yo pensaba mucho en los axolotl. Iba a verlos al acuario del Jardín des Plantes y me quedaba horas mirándolos, observando su inmovilidad, sus oscuros movimientos. Ahora soy un axolotl. JULIO CORTAZAR (1914-1987)
By Rob Angeli2 years ago in BookClub
Egg & Spoon
To say that I have been in a bit of a reading slump lately would be an understatement. For whatever reason, perhaps burnout, stress, or just a general sense of apathy, I haven’t been overly motivated to read (or I simply lose my focus after a few short pages).
By Kurt Mason3 years ago in BookClub
How ‘The Rules’ Gave Me Better Self Esteem
When I was younger I had problems getting dates. I kept watching everyone around me coupling up and it made me feel like there was something wrong with me. I’m kind of an open book when it comes to my feelings, so my friends and family would often see me moping about it. They’d dispense advice like that old Supremes song. You can’t hurry love…
By Leslie Writes3 years ago in BookClub
Top Five Books of '22
In 2021 I noticed that my reading was slipping. I’ve always been a big reader, but when talking about my favourite books of the year so far I realised that I couldn’t bring very many to mind. It was about halfway through the year and I’d only read around four or five.
By Madoka Mori3 years ago in BookClub
The Pleasures of Hemingway and Freud
In “The Pilot Fish and the Rich,” a vignette included in the restored version of Ernest Hemingway’s last novel, A Moveable Feast, published posthumously in 1964, one can make the invisible claim that human minds are influenced by Sigmund Freud’s pleasure principle. We avoid unpleasure and seek pleasure. However, the ego’s instinct for self-preservation attempts to replace the pleasure principle with the reality principle which, out of practicality, postpones the ultimate pleasure we are seeking. Our sexual instinct, which is difficult to educate, often succeeds in overriding the reality principle to the detriment of the organism (Freud 3-7). Poor Papa is the poster boy for the pleasure principle. This vignette is an anguished memoir of his love for two women, his first wife Hadley, whom he eventually betrays, and the woman he betrays her with, Pauline Pfeiffer, his second wife.
By Lacy Loar-Gruenler3 years ago in BookClub
Book Outlet Unboxing
I had to add to my ever growing pile of TBR books. I absolutely love this website called BookOutlet.ca They are cheaper books that were slightly damaged or left over stock from big brand name companies. Over the years, I have made quite a few purchases from them. You can't always find what you're looking for but its a great place to get a few books at a discounted rate. Even rare finds show up on this site. I found quite a few childrens books for my kiddos on here before. But this time, my purchase was all for me.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹3 years ago in BookClub
The Dead Zone
Do you believe that you are born for a purpose in this world; that we all have some sort of fate that awaits us, no matter what other plans we have in mind? The joke is if you want to make g*d laugh, tell him your plans. I wonder about that sometimes, especially after reading another Stephen King novel.
By Kendall Defoe 3 years ago in BookClub
My Favorite Memoirs
*The books discussed in this list contain themes of abuse* Let me first admit that I am a slow reader. I read my share of Vocal content, but books are a different story. I admire my fellow vocalites, like L.C. Shafer and Heather Hubler, who are prolific readers as well as writers. For me, it is difficult to find books that I can dig into and stick with to the end. I may have undiagnosed ADHD. My mind just wanders in the middle of the page sometimes.
By Leslie Writes3 years ago in BookClub
