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I recog the convos abt culture + comparisons btwn, being incomers
Hoping for the wolf cub but apprehensive abt his end. I don’t know how they cld hold onto him once he reaches adulthd + I don’t think they cld get away w/releasing him w/o getting into major trouble w/authorities
Not surprised Dorji’s cub ended the way it did when D seemd to go into it w/even less thot - unsup’d play w/child >injury >kill pup

Very much a traditionally stylized fae story with trickery for a happy ending, but way too much retroactive course of the war telling in the beginning and way too wish-fulfillment-y at the end. The reader possibly made it too maudlin - more than the text but I’m not sure. This felt almost like she made a bet w/someone over that final theme. Fun though.

Hm

I thought I wanted it to finish but I was thinking there was just a little bit more. Maybe something of Ludo Sextus

What was the ominous note that said it wasn’t actually ok?

When a man talks from his heart, he speaks poetry (23)
They were all, when their souls grew warm, poets, (25)

Who dreams as the rain falls in sheets?

18 + 19 might be my 2 favorite chapters
Tho they’re still peppered w/the overseer’s determination not to listen to any pleas, cultural or environmental, they also hold the hearts of 2 students + connection w/wild creatures, Chen + his wolf cub, independent + wild but still connected, Yang, the swans + the overwhelming beauty of an untouched valley. Sadness; swans in their beauty always seem to come with sadness

Hearing each other

Just… so… much
And so much wow
He is braver than I, and no I’m not surprised

The actions not being just right “cost[ing] your body” - heart breaking but also resonates way too much. When the world is full of bullies (and worse) each picking a different aspect or different kind of action or behavior to punish

I played Nintendo growing up but I’ve never been very big on computer games; still finding this book and Sam and Sadie engrossing

The irony of an Israeli saying “you don’t understand what it’s like to be under siege” 🤦‍♀️🙄🤬

Part I (3) chapter 11 Going Digital
Part II chapter 20 Memes + Social Media

Such a gifted writer
Such a horrible reality
So empathetically told

Love these 2 characters and this book so far!

Farming vs herding vs wild life
There are a lot of discussions of the best way to administrate the land and the ppl, and defending old practices for the sake of the ecosystemand the ecosystem for the sake of the herds and for the future

Ugh

“A body is a universe”

Short sentences. Not much description. Just announcing. Trying to withhold judgment but I’m not even 30 minutes in and this is terrible and so is she

Yikes. Sherman Alexis intro makes me wonder if I really want to read this book or ever pick up his. Setting reaction aside but, again, yikes

Okay, /that/ was a great essay on writing!
Chapter 2: Run Fast, Stand Still, or, The Thing at the Top of the Stairs, or, New Ghosts From Old Minds

Had to have my notes app opened on the side and kept having to add things that popped onto my mind. Springboard! So inspiring is our hero Mr. Bradbury. Lots of ideas but I may need to start my own list of NOUNS for writing inspo

Part I (end of section 2) chapter 10 (104-116)
Part II chapter 19 (238-251)

Transformation of “you are what you eat” into fable and more

This should have been how I screamed for the soldiers to stop shooting! Stop shooting!
Good Stab fell to his knees pressed his forehead to the floor + he screamed too
And I dare say our screams harmonized at least in how much they pained us
This I believe is the story of America told in a forgotten church in the hinterlands w/a choir of the dead mutely witnessing
You tore out the heart of my people
I’m sorry

Update from last night/early morning

All shall be made known
That which is done in the dark shall be brought into the light