I started reading this book at the beginning of a long train ride. While turning the pages, I drifted off to sleep. As I watched the trees float by outside the train window, I had a series of dreams.
A girl, reiterated. The two of us saw many things. We went to the festival and stepped into the fireworks. Then goshiki told me the story of my 2 brothers, which I had forgotten. Family traditions change, don't they? Finally, the snake in myself reared up and we debated about labor and self and routine and surrender and care and struggle and symbols. The snake both was me and was not me.
I suddenly awoke. I was at my destination with no memory of disembarking from the train. The wind through the trees was speaking to me, whispering kuna-nira.
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I read for many reasons, including to learn more about how the world is, to imagine how it could be, and to get lost in stories.
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Celeste finished reading Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
Celeste wants to read Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment …
Celeste rated Honor girl: 5 stars
Honor girl by Maggie Thrash
"Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep …
Celeste rated Spirals in time: 4 stars
Spirals in time by Helen Scales (Bloomsbury sigma -- bk. 4)
Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the …
Celeste reviewed Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami
"One morning, a woman treads on a snake. She comes home that evening and realises …
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5 stars
I started reading this book at the beginning of a long train ride. While turning the pages, I drifted off to sleep. As I watched the trees float by outside the train window, I had a series of dreams.
A girl, reiterated. The two of us saw many things. We went to the festival and stepped into the fireworks. Then goshiki told me the story of my 2 brothers, which I had forgotten. Family traditions change, don't they? Finally, the snake in myself reared up and we debated about labor and self and routine and surrender and care and struggle and symbols. The snake both was me and was not me.
I suddenly awoke. I was at my destination with no memory of disembarking from the train. The wind through the trees was speaking to me, whispering kuna-nira.
Celeste rated The abyss surrounds us: 5 stars
The abyss surrounds us by Emily Skrutskie
Cassandra Leung--a seventeen-year-old trainer of Reckoners, sea beasts bred to defend ships--is kidnapped by the pirate queen Santa Elena and …
Celeste rated The Edge of the Abyss: 5 stars
The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie (The Abyss Surounds Us, Part 2)
Celeste rated My Beloved World: 5 stars
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
My Beloved World is a memoir written by Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court, …
Celeste rated The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: 5 stars
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family …
Celeste rated Where Am I Now?: 5 stars
Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and a little out of place: as the only child on a …
Celeste rated A spring without bees: 5 stars
A spring without bees by Michael Schacker
"Fifteen billion dollar's worth of America's food crops alone are threatened, and with it, all of our own personal food …
Celeste rated Organic manifesto: 5 stars
Celeste rated Welcome to Night Vale: 5 stars
Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
From the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances …
Celeste rated Your illustrated guide to becoming one with the universe: 5 stars
Yumi Sakugawa: Your illustrated guide to becoming one with the universe (2014, Adams Media)
Your illustrated guide to becoming one with the universe by Yumi Sakugawa
"Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe will set you free on a visual journey of self-discovery. Set …