Cnemi

Eccentric reader, nature lover, unfunded philanthropist ♥️🍅

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Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)

Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland

The Gospel of Mark (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture)

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Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

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Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

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Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Loss of passion in reading.

Lately, I feel like I am just wasting SO much money on books. And it is upsetting me how I’m looking back on the majority of books I’ve read this year and my only thought was ‘what a waste of money.’

I keep having countless bad reads. I just finished a 1 star book, and now I have started a new book which I already hate only 13 pages in. I cannot get a refund or an exchange either.

It’s starting to make me lose my passion in reading and I don’t know what to do about it, because the last time this happened I went into a reading slump that lasted over a year.

All of the books I pick up that I think match my taste just end up being something I really hate. I don’t know the last time I picked up a book that genuinely stuck on my mind.

I like fantasy, with slowburn romance that doesn’t take up the whole plot. I like plot heavy stories, which rely more on worldbuilding than romance. I like kings, princes, monarchies, kingdoms and warriors with medieval settings. I don’t like sex heavy books, I like books that have no sex scenes or scenes that last less than 3 pages without going into graphic detail. But I don’t really like YA, I like adult.

I don’t know what to read, everything is just really disappointing me and making me think that reading is a waste of money.

Edit: I have just DNF’d a book that I bought TODAY. I had only been 18 pages into it but I couldn’t bare it, it was awful. I’m so mad and frustrated because I just wasted £10 on something that I couldn’t bare. I was only 1 and a half chapters into it. This is the last time I’m buying a book for AWHILE now. I’m going to try to go to my local library soon.

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Francis of Assisi: The Life

Augustine Thompson

Francis of Assisi: The Life is an elegant and accessible biography of one of Catholicism’s most beloved saints. Originally published as Part 1 of Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson, O.P., it stands alone as a richly informed portrait of a man whose complex faith and commitment continue to inspire today. A new introduction by Thompson places his biography in the context of continuing discussions about Francis’s legacy, particularly the new Pope’s decision to adopt the saint’s name.

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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi (Tan Classics)

Bonaventure Bonaventure

"Francis, go and build up My house, which as thou seest, is falling into ruin." To fulfill this command of Our Lord, St. Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) began by restoring physical churches and continued by building up the spiritual Church. Francis' humility, purity, and true joy inspired many men and women to conversion and a deeper faith. Others joined with him in serving God and the poor; thus began the Franciscan Order. Never ordained to the priesthood, St. Francis nonetheless was a preacher of great renown and a miracle-worker of the first order curing, prophesying, casting out devils, turning water into wine, and raising people from the dead. Indeed, though not arranged in typical biographical form, The Life of St. Francis of Assisi by St. Bonaventure conveys a picture of the Saint through his miracles, his sayings, and his holy life that renders an indelible impression of a man totally transformed in God and by God.

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Francis and Clare: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback))

Francis of Assisi

Francis (c. 1182-1226) and Clare (c. 1193-1254) together shaped the spirituality of early 13th-century Europe. Here for the first time in English are their complete writings, brought together in one volume.

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

Kaitlin B. Curtice

In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice reclaims it as a basic human calling. Resistance is for every human who longs to see their neighbors' holistic flourishing. We each have a role to play in the world right where we are, and our everyday acts of resistance hold us all together. Curtice shows that we can learn to practice embodied ways of belonging and connection to ourselves and one another through everyday practices, such as getting more in touch with our bodies, resting, and remembering our ancestors. She explores four "realms of resistance"—the personal, the communal, the ancestral, and the integral—and shows how these realms overlap and why all are needed for our liberation. Listeners will be empowered to seek wholeness in whatever spheres of influence they inhabit.

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Cnemi

Jun 21, 2026

Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

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Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.5Characters: Plot:

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Great introduction to, shall we say, a resistance mentality, for those new to this space or those who have been at it so long they're feeling they're losing the plot. I recommended it to one friend just because I thought Curtice's reflections would be meaningful in light of that person's mental health struggles. Curtice also references a lot of other creators/books/articles, so curious readers can choose those that sound meaningful to them and go looking for more. I'm not sure there's much for those who want to start taking direct action, though- for them, The Path of Most Resistance by Marovic or just looking for activist groups to join in your area might be more effective (big public events are usually good for this! Who is organizing, speaking, or presenting at a march, Earth Day event, etc.? What local groups exist to feed the hungry or provide help to immigrants?). My other concern is that she assumes readers support and accept all humans regardless of identity, so if baby activists haven't yet decolonized much there, it also might not be right for them yet, versus books more explicitly challenging prejudices. On the other hand, I think she is gentle enough a reader could go "mm, well, I'm not sure about all THAT yet, but I certainly do have ideas about what a better future would look like!" and keep engaging with her prompts and questions.

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Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

Kaitlin B. Curtice

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Tips for Reading Faster?

Does anyone have any tips for reading faster? I’m a slow reader but I want to start reading faster so I can read more books overall. Since coming onto this app, the amount of books I’ve read has definitely increased but my pace of reading hasn’t. I feel like I’m not reading quick enough especially when I see others who have already read 100+ or even 50+ books already! It’s so impressive and so I’ve been wondering, if you consider yourself a fast reader, how do you do it? Good time management? Skimming? Skipping pages? And how does your way of reading quickly affect your understanding of the book? Please let me know of any helpful tips!

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Thoughts from 80% (page 154)

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Thoughts from 79% (page 152)

The bit about Dr. Stella Nyanzi strikes me because "radical rudeness" was a significant part of Otpor!'s ultimately-successful resistance movement. That "poking holes" in the "untouchable demigod" of a brutal dictator, freeing people to feel, think, speak more freely, that is the beginning of action. Will "radical rudeness" all on its own bring down Uganda's dictator? No, probably not. Is it an important part of nonviolent resistance that can clear the way for public protest, populist candidates, etc.? Absolutely.

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Lesser-Known True Crime

by crow-and-sparrow

16 books

Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, Manson, and the rest can step aside!! These stories of violent crime are from off the beaten path a bit, stories you may not have heard before even if you binge true crime podcasts and docs like it's your job. I've started with ones I've read already but that will probably change soon so feel free to recommend! Any true stories about violent criminals, detectives and/or investigators, victims, or the criminal justice system in general are fair game ☺️

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