SO it’s been an exciting week! And how is it July already?? Time flies! Beginning of the week slowed me down a bit as I was sick but I caught up with the reading. Books I’ve read this week:
The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg. Giving birth to a girl in Afghanistan is often mourned as misfortune. In Afghanistan there is also a cultural practice called Bacha posh where some families without sons pick one of the daughters to dress, to live and to behave like a boy to avoid the embarrassment family would otherwise face. In this book Nordberg opens the topic for us. I personally can’t believe how much there is still wrong with this world.
I discovered Audible and listened to Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay & read by Roxane Gay.
“In yet another commercial, Oprah somberly says, “Inside every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be.” This is a popular notion, the idea that the fat among us are carrying a thin woman inside. Each time I see this particular commercial, I think, I ate that thin woman and she was delicious but unsatisfying. And then I think about how fucked up it is to promote this idea that our truest selves are thin women hiding in our fat bodies like imposters, usurpers, illegitimates.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger was just heart-breaking, however it changed the way I think and reminded me that we always need to think of the why. Always. Our society needs to change. Fat shaming is wrong. Hunger was the best memoir I’ve read this year so I warmly recommend it.
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff. Rothfuss described it as “Japanese Steampunk”, I think the description fits well, however for some reason I couldn’t get into this book. Tenth of December by George Saunders which was a collection of short stories. Some were disturbing, some had a dystopian sense to them but all in all I really enjoyed them all. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks. Book by Sacks I hadn’t yet read in which he described musical hallucinations among other.
So a total of: 5 books which means I’m behind my Goodreads challenge…again… I’ve
also started listening to Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond read by Doug Ordunio. Audible said it’s 16 hours…so I guess I’ll be listening to this for some time.
“In short, Europe’s colonization of Africa had nothing to do with differences between European and African peoples themselves, as white racists assume. Rather, it was due to accidents of geography and biogeography—in particular, to the continents’ different areas, axes, and suites of wild plant and animal species. That is, the different historical trajectories of Africa and Europe stem ultimately from differences in real estate.” ― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
On blog side, I’ve been rather lazy. I only managed with one post this week: https://readandsurvive.com/2017/06/27/best-nonfiction-ive-read-in-2017-so-far/
Me and my friend went to see Transformers: The Last Knight. Say hello to bad Optimus. I think it was an enjoyable movie and the effects were great as usual. However, Optimus Prime & Peter Cullen got very little screen time so I didn’t like that, on the other hand, there were lots of new Autobots and Dinobots were a good touch.
I’ve been exploring my new neighborhood and participated in Helsinki Pride 2017.
I accidentally found this song when I was listening to one song and then Youtube kept playing songs by itself…Does that happen to you? Maître Gims’ voice is amazing! I think this song makes me think of all my past friendships and about people who weren’t loyal to me in the past or who threw my friendship away because of some other person they found more interesting at a time. I think the lyrics also reflect my thoughts. French is the language for songs like this :D
Tu m’as demandé pardon, j’t’ai repoussé (repoussé)
J’voulais qu’tu comprennes que je souffrais (je souffrais)
Mais t’as laissé ton odeur sur les draps (sur les draps)
J’donnerai tout pour être dans tes bras (dans tes bras)How’s your week been?
//Anastasia
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Japanese steampunk actually sounds amazing :D
Japanese steampunk actually sounds amazing :D
I’m with Avalinah. It does sound interesting. I’ve not read any steampunk in a while. I’m sitting here watching my dog roll around in circles. Such a silly thing. LOL Enjoy your reads and have a lovely day:)
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It was interesting! However, for some reason, I couldn’t really get into it so I can’t recommend it with my whole heart. I did, however, enjoy Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve so I’d recommend that if you haven’t read it already and want to read some good steampunk.
Your dog sounds lovely…or silly :)
Yeah it’s ridiculous how backwards so many things are still in the world. Underground Girls and Hunger… you’d think we’d be beyond some of this stuff by now. And Guns, Germs and steel I’ve seen around before, bet that’s an interesting read.
I’ve never seen any of the Transformers movies, glad it was good! And nice song! Yes I have absolutely discovered new music while Youtube went about its business in the background lol. I’m like, ooh whats that??
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Before being brought back to reality by reading these books, I often tend to think that maybe the world is getting better little by little. Guns, Germs & Steel is very informative and I think the author tries his best to provide answers but it’s a little bit off.
I spend way too much time listening to music on Youtube -_- Haha but I’m happy this seems to happen to other people too!
I’m with Avalinah. It does sound interesting. I’ve not read any steampunk in a while. I’m sitting here watching my dog roll around in circles. Such a silly thing. LOL Enjoy your reads and have a lovely day:)
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It was interesting! However, for some reason, I couldn’t really get into it so I can’t recommend it with my whole heart. I did, however, enjoy Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve so I’d recommend that if you haven’t read it already and want to read some good steampunk.
Your dog sounds lovely…or silly :)
Yeah it’s ridiculous how backwards so many things are still in the world. Underground Girls and Hunger… you’d think we’d be beyond some of this stuff by now. And Guns, Germs and steel I’ve seen around before, bet that’s an interesting read.
I’ve never seen any of the Transformers movies, glad it was good! And nice song! Yes I have absolutely discovered new music while Youtube went about its business in the background lol. I’m like, ooh whats that??
http://gregsbookhaven.blogspot.com/
Before being brought back to reality by reading these books, I often tend to think that maybe the world is getting better little by little. Guns, Germs & Steel is very informative and I think the author tries his best to provide answers but it’s a little bit off.
I spend way too much time listening to music on Youtube -_- Haha but I’m happy this seems to happen to other people too!