ellclaire
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ellclaire commented on moski's review of Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats
there are tears in my eyes. i wasn’t sure what to expect when picking this up - so what a pleasant surprise this short (and sweet) collection was, comprised of poems, letters, comics, photographs. and memories so filled with the kind of detail only love and devotion bring about in an author, so vivid i feel as if every cat in this book now lives in my heart, too. i was thinking recently about how i wish there was more poetry about cats and these poems really scratched that itch. her writing is catlike: nimble, funny, observant.
this too reminded me of one of my favorite movies, kedi, a documentary about the cats of istanbul. one of the subjects of it says, “if you can enjoy the presence of a cat, a bird, a flower, what can i say, the world will be yours.” this book feels like a testament to that idea. it is silly and lighthearted but so much more than just a little gift book for cat lovers - it’s a reflection on what cats can teach us about life and our humanity! it’s love and love and love!!!!
favorite lines / excerpts of mine:
“they are entire tiger in their souls.” “we are both old and doing what pleases us / in the garden. now i am writing / and the cat / is sleeping. / whose poem is this?” “in smoothness of darkness are / warm lumps of silence. / there are no species.” “all cats are balloons.”
2ellclaire commented on a post
Put this on to listen while I cleaned, didn't realize fast enough that I'm going to enjoy it much more if I'm trying to properly track all the details.
2Post from the The Joy Luck Club forum
As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a small leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist Church every Sunday. But later, after my mother lost her faith in God, that leatherette Bible wound up wedged under a too-short table leg, a way for her to correct the imbalances of life.
I am speechless. I don’t even know what this means to me yet but I can guarantee this quote will love rent free in my head for a while.
0ellclaire commented on spaceystargazer's update
spaceystargazer is interested in reading...
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
2ellclaire commented on ellclaire's review of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
In which murderbot discovers therapy.
2ellclaire commented on ellclaire's update
ellclaire finished reading and wrote a review...
In which murderbot discovers therapy.
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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Martha Wells
0ellclaire commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Ahhh I’m so obsessed with my PB wrapped!! It’s so cute and colorful and my god did I really write over 400 comment in the 2 months I’ve been on here? 😳Honestly I’m really glad I’m spending more time on here as it’s been shrinking my insta time which just always stresses me out 😅
I’m curious what y’all’s favorite section of the wrapped was. My favorite was either the reading bff (shoutout to @toadox!) or the most used emojis (🚀🤖🖥️ because of all the murderbot I read this year. 😭 I might have a problem 👀).
Anyway, let me know your favorite part of wrapped! Sending love to the PB community and all my reading family here 🥰. Happy New Year!! 🎉
28Post from the Pagebound Club forum
Ahhh I’m so obsessed with my PB wrapped!! It’s so cute and colorful and my god did I really write over 400 comment in the 2 months I’ve been on here? 😳Honestly I’m really glad I’m spending more time on here as it’s been shrinking my insta time which just always stresses me out 😅
I’m curious what y’all’s favorite section of the wrapped was. My favorite was either the reading bff (shoutout to @toadox!) or the most used emojis (🚀🤖🖥️ because of all the murderbot I read this year. 😭 I might have a problem 👀).
Anyway, let me know your favorite part of wrapped! Sending love to the PB community and all my reading family here 🥰. Happy New Year!! 🎉
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ellclaire commented on toadox's review of Skipshock
felt like i was stuck in a feverish dream where i was being tossed around like a ragdoll whilst being fed melting oranges
3.75 ⭐
4ellclaire commented on a post
Hehe love how ART and murderbot are just parenting their crews. 🤭 Did they nap? We should ban them from drinking caffeine so they will nap. No Ratthi, you cannot have any dessert until you finish all your Brussels sprouts.
6Post from the System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) forum
Hehe love how ART and murderbot are just parenting their crews. 🤭 Did they nap? We should ban them from drinking caffeine so they will nap. No Ratthi, you cannot have any dessert until you finish all your Brussels sprouts.
6ellclaire commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I have an intermediate understanding of Spanish (but my listening is terrible) and im reading La Última Cuentista to try and pull all the concepts I’ve learned so far together. It’s a little overwhelming tho so I’m only reading a couple pages at a time. 😅 My question for people who’ve learned another language through reading: did you stop and translate every single word you didn’t know as you came across it? Because there’s a lot of words I don’t know (a handful per page) and it’s kinda frustrating having to stop reading to translate stuff. But I’m worried if I don’t, it’ll hurt my learning and I won’t actually learn conjugation or vocab etc. I’ll just fill in the blanks to figure out the story. Do you have any tips for learning another language through reading? I know to some extent I have to just jump in or I’ll just keep worrying about doing it “right” and I’ll never actually learn anything. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
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Reading this in Spanish to improve my Spanish skills. 🫡 wish me luck!
8Post from the Pagebound Club forum
I have an intermediate understanding of Spanish (but my listening is terrible) and im reading La Última Cuentista to try and pull all the concepts I’ve learned so far together. It’s a little overwhelming tho so I’m only reading a couple pages at a time. 😅 My question for people who’ve learned another language through reading: did you stop and translate every single word you didn’t know as you came across it? Because there’s a lot of words I don’t know (a handful per page) and it’s kinda frustrating having to stop reading to translate stuff. But I’m worried if I don’t, it’ll hurt my learning and I won’t actually learn conjugation or vocab etc. I’ll just fill in the blanks to figure out the story. Do you have any tips for learning another language through reading? I know to some extent I have to just jump in or I’ll just keep worrying about doing it “right” and I’ll never actually learn anything. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
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