As a non native speaker, It is practically impossible to understand what Joseph is saying and I tend to skip his dialogues 😵

It has just been 22 % and everyone seems to have anger issues.

The Heathcliff blunt rudeness is comedic.

"Were you asked to Tea?" "I shall be glad to have a cup" "Were you asked?" and then flinging the tea away after hearing no

"Can i get a guide who can help me get back home, they can stay over for the night " "No"

"A Paradise Built in Hell describes how gift economies seem to arise spontaneously in times of disaster. When human survival is threatened, compassionate acts overrule market economies."

This is so interesting, I wanna further read into this phenomenon!

I usually do not read a lot of non fiction unless its being informative. Objectively speaking, I wouldn't say that so far this book has been heavily informative.

Subjectively speaking, 1) I did not know a thing about serviceberry. In fact i picked up this book just because it was in the readalong list and I didn't know that the title serviceberry wasn't some made up impression but the name of a fruit lmao. 2) I really like the idea of abundance and economy of gifting instead of commodification. (Like the author I am not an economist who can give an expert opinion on it but still i like the sound of it)