Recent reading
Apr. 25th, 2017 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI am back from DOGSLEDDING! In fact I came back on Saturday. It was wonderful; report and photos to follow.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa (original in Spanish, read in Swedish)
For bookclub-at-work. I guess this was okay, though it ended in a bit of misogyny that made me wince, and I found the characters a bit flat. Which is probably because much of this is farce/humor. And some parts were funny, but in all I'd rather have been reading something else if not for book club.
Defending the Earth: a dialogue between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman, edited by Steve Chase
Oooooh, what a wonderful book. ♥ I was lent it by a friend, and I think I'll buy my own copy to lend further. What I love about it is that it's not a debate but a dialogue, between two people who want to find common ground and find where they complement each other, but who also disagree with each other and want to discuss that disagreement in a thoughtful way. This is so rare; it's much more common for people to retreat into their various trenches. Recommended for anyone who's interested in the relationship between humans and nature.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa (original in Spanish, read in Swedish)
For bookclub-at-work. I guess this was okay, though it ended in a bit of misogyny that made me wince, and I found the characters a bit flat. Which is probably because much of this is farce/humor. And some parts were funny, but in all I'd rather have been reading something else if not for book club.
Defending the Earth: a dialogue between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman, edited by Steve Chase
Oooooh, what a wonderful book. ♥ I was lent it by a friend, and I think I'll buy my own copy to lend further. What I love about it is that it's not a debate but a dialogue, between two people who want to find common ground and find where they complement each other, but who also disagree with each other and want to discuss that disagreement in a thoughtful way. This is so rare; it's much more common for people to retreat into their various trenches. Recommended for anyone who's interested in the relationship between humans and nature.
