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Asterisk46

I treat reading for fun like an assignment for myself, but it's still fun because I'm a nerd. Perpetually behind in updating my reading journal.

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The Concept of Equity in Calvin's Ethics

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  • La Vie Heureuse
    Asterisk46
    Dec 26, 2025
    2.5
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 1.5Plot: 2.0
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    C'est certain, Bouraoui sait écrire l'esprit d'une adolescente, son intransigeance surtout. Alors qu'il y a des paragraphes qui réfléchissent bien autour des sujets de la mort, la maltraitance emotionelle et l'amitié, je n'ai pas eu l'impression de connaître les personnages et pourquoi j'étais censé.e m'interesser dans leurs vies et leurs sentiments. Peut-être que j'aurais mieux aimé ce bouquin si j'étais un.e adolescent.e toujours "closeted"...étant donné que je ne l'en suis plus, je trouvais le récit plutôt ennuyeux.

    (Sure, Bouraoui knows how to write the mind of a teenager, especially its intransigence. But while there are some paragraphs that reflect well on death, emotional abuse, and friendship, I never felt like I got to know the characters or why I should care about their lives and emotions. Perhaps I would have liked this book better if I were still a closeted teen...since I'm not I thought it was rather annoying/boring).

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    La Vie Heureuse

    La Vie Heureuse

    Nina Bouraoui

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  • East of Eden
    Asterisk46
    Dec 23, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    woah.

    After slowly rereading the final 5 chapters, it feels incorrect to try to "review" this book. What I can say is that Steinbeck captures the deep meaning of what it is to have free will, to have choice. In so doing, he calls into question nature vs. nurture saying that neither can totally dictate the individual. One could dedicate the majority of their life to unpacking this book, and I'd be so curious to hear what a non-United Statesan would have to say as it is keenly American.

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    The Concept of Equity in Calvin's Ethics

    The Concept of Equity in Calvin's Ethics

    Guenther H. Haas

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  • La Vie Heureuse
    Thoughts from 36% (page 103)

    Elle est insupportable cette narratrice

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  • Le Genre, la BD qui dit tout
    Asterisk46
    Nov 21, 2025
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: Plot:
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    It's a nice little bouquin, my primary disappointment is that it read the same way as most little books about gender in the US (the author studied at Columbia). I'm always looking for different ideas/interpretations of gender in all its facets and this one only reiterated what I knew. Par contre, je crois que ce bouquin pourrait aider pas mal de jeunes qui sont en train de s'orienter dans leur identité. En tant que "première leçon sur le genre" c'est pas mal et les dessins sont "fun".

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  • Malik Oussekine: Contrecoups
    Asterisk46
    Nov 21, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.5
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    J'aurais bien aimé qu'il pousse plus dans les détails, mais c'était une bonne introduction à une des plus grandes manifestations des années 80. Les élèves me demandent souvent de la violence des policiers aux États-Unis mais il me semble qu'ils se rendent pas compte de cette histoire de violence en France...

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  • The Poisonwood Bible
    Thoughts from 5% (page 27)

    slightly daunted by the quantity of pages in this one, but within the first two pages I was already sold on the writing style and the sense of mystery, very intrigued also by the changing of writer perspectives so far!

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  • The Song of Achilles
    Thoughts from 30% (page 106)

    I grew up feeling weirded out by gay people. Yes, some of you may hate on me for saying this but c'mon, growing up in a conservative country surrounded by conservative people, it's hard to outgrow this weird discriminatory feeling inside of me. Of course my mindset is shifting to not judge. Would also like to note I never bullied anyone because of their sexuality, I only judged silently.

    So with this book, I'm weirded out by the sexual angle between those two characters (won't say who because of spoilers). Or maybe I'm just weirded out by the intimacy and smut and not actually the gay-ness...

    I'm surprisingly liking this book a lot. I decided to "follow the masses" by reading the very very popular books around my generation once in awhile. I appreciate the action and background story telling more than the relationships and friendships that are growing.

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  • 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
    Asterisk46
    Nov 15, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    A fascinating compilation of pre-Columbian American research. I really appreciated the last few chapters digging into the idea of ecology and wildnerness and debunking the idea that nothing in nature was touched before the Europeans arrived (I really wasn't expecting such a good ecological analysis in a history book!). There is So Much Information in here, and really my only gripe was the organization. I understand why Mann split chapters the way he did, but for me personally it felt confusing at times, and I couldn't always follow him as he jumped from north to south, east to west. Still, a worthwhile read!

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  • The Ministry of Time
    Asterisk46
    Nov 09, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 3.0
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    woah. OW. OW, it Hurts, but woah. Um that basically sums it up. Love the concept of time being an exhaustible resource in time travel. I do plan on incorporating "Rhubarb!" into my insult vocabulary.

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    The Ministry of Time

    The Ministry of Time

    Kaliane Bradley

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  • Coming In
    Asterisk46
    Nov 05, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0
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    Un bon bouquin, j'ai beaucoup aimé. Élodie Font écrit honnêtement que même après la grande épreuve du "coming out", on a toujours le défi du "coming in"--accepter soi-même. C'est vrai qu'elle raconte son expérience avec une famille et des ami.e.s qui l'acceptent (ce qui n'est pas le cas pour tout le monde) mais ça fait du bien de lire un récit lesbien avec une fin heureuse.

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  • Coming In
    Thoughts from 59% (page 84)

    Son coming-out me rappelle tellement de ma propre expérience!! Et les dessins de "plonger" sont tops

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