about to finish book 9 out of 40 for the year this morning. we’re also in the planning stages of something related to Beehaw which hopefully we’ll fit into this month, but no promises

  • 🐠 tiago🍍@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    that’s great! way ahead of the goal, i see. what was this last book about?

    i’ve met with 3 people i cherish and haven’t seen in a while (a best friend, a cousin, and a fwb), yet there’s this lingering sensation it was all sour and i didn’t know how to properly react.

    apart from that, I’ve been more physically active in the evenings. and I’ve eaten! regularly!

    i treated myself by having a loooong play session of Hollow Knight. the stopping point was right after a key upgrade, so it felt like a cliffhanger (!!!) for when i pick it up again.

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgOPMEnglish
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      5 months ago

      that’s great! way ahead of the goal, i see. what was this last book about?

      it was Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion which, as the title might imply, is about Cuba and how it conducts elections (with a lot of context for how that system was arrived at, how it works, features of the system, etc).

      i wrote about it fairly briefly as follows elsewhere:

      i think this is a good book on the Cuban system as seen from Cuba, and a good book if you’re looking for a heterodox opinion on Cuba’s system. i’m sure you won’t agree with every assertion in the book, nor every prescription that Cuba’s system applies—i certainly don’t—but i have much more appreciation for the Cuban system than i did previously