Cheryl’s Comments (group member since Nov 29, 2022)

Cheryl’s comments from the Beyond Reality group.

Here's a thought, new to me even though I've read this thrice already. Do you think Paull is promoting feminism?

Of course bees' colonies are structured the way described, with the queen doing the birthing and the workers all being female, the males being worth not much besides their semen but that being, of course, critical.... Paull could have chosen other creatures to write about - did she choose bees because their females are so interesting?

A free press. I get tired of following the news, but it's so good to know that I can get other points of view instead of just propaganda.

I reread The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and thoroughly enjoyed it again.

I've often used the 'currently reading' to tag library books, to make sure they don't get lost in the shuffle.

Fiction for bed, non-fiction or anthology or poetry for ongoing from the loveseat, children's books whenever I have a few minutes in the day (I have no children but read these for fun).

I do want to reread Uprooted someday. No idea if or when that might happen. But I agree that leaving threads open is a Good Thing!

Fair enough! I had a Hagen Daz 'dulce de leche' ice cream bar today. Sorry to tempt you.

I had to give up on Civil Dis & etc.. I persuaded myself that it's historical, and the current relevance is only tangential.

Oh Dawn, I empathize. I have decided to just do the best I can, without worrying or researching. Less salt, fewer refined carbs, less processed. More beans from the slow-cooker. That's about it, for me, for now.

Currently reading Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables, which I have a feeling that I'll be recommending widely.

Our preconceptions influence our interpretations of the results of research and experiments... so, for example, are crows really as smart as they seem to be on youtube, or are we primed to think so, because of the fables we've read about them?

The City Inside looks like it might be my first SF read of the month.

Almost done with Hellspark. Brilliant, chock full of ideas, would love to reread for an active discussion thread.

Woot!

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages is so much fun so far I'm going to hold off until I visit my mother so that I can share it with her.

And to think that I randomly discovered it in a thrift store. :)

Hard to think off the top of my head, but googling reminded me of the hero of Far-Seer. Great trilogy, and the covers are correct; they really are dinosauroid.

Of course many aliens in the stories by Becky Chambers are wonderful. (Others we'd want to avoid but ok.)

I'd love to have a friend who is a Vulcan, like Mr. Spock... well, maybe his considerably less ambitious and busy second cousin. ;)

Probably many more, esp. from Star Trek....

Yes, this is indeed one to pay attention to. I do hope I get a chance to reread it soon.

Yay!

Michael Perry, and most I reread, for example Truck: A Love Story and Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy.

Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet etc.) most of which I reread.

Most by many children's authors including Kevin Henkes and Vivian Vande Velde off the top of my head.

I'm sure there are more; I read a lot and tend too much to follow up on books I like with others by the author.

Thanks!

I'm going to get caught up on Nathaniel Hawthorne's shorter works, as I'm currently visiting WI and they kept his books on the shelves.

I read it a few months ago and am considering rereading it this month if I can make time. I did enjoy it, and the P. issue was not too much for me.