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A review by logarithms
Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird
3.0
ill b real i didnt read the blurb or subheading so i thought this was gonna be a pop-sci book about jellyfish when i picked it up. read the contents and was like what? awe? huh!?
but anyway interesting read. not very cohesive, reads more like a series of blog posts filled with tangents (which is fun once in a while and very australian lol). the writing is sometimes clunky (like whenever smth is quoted, the quote is punctuated with: they're right. i agree. yes. it feels out of place - like if ur quoting someone in your book, naturally we can deduce that you like what theyre saying, no need to point it out every time P:)
doesn't really bring up any original ideas or thoughts, but i enjoyed reading about the authors life experiences
**my notes are in the black and blue notebook**
obligatory meme(s) (see p39 for context):
"(Bathing in nature was found to help) Danish soldiers with PTSD; Koreans who have suffered strokes, neckaches or chronic pain; Swedish dementia patients; Chinese hypertension sufferers; Israeli school students with learning difficulties; Japanese diabetics and cancer patients; stressed Florida office workers; Lithuanians with heart disease; and depressed American retirees." (which lemon demon song is this??? (jk its redesign ur logo. everyone will see it. every demographic))
"Without [the moon], [...] many creatures of the night - bats, possums, and university students - would be lost." this got a good chortle out of me. back to uni in a week babey!!! live by the sun, grind assignments by the moon U_U
but anyway interesting read. not very cohesive, reads more like a series of blog posts filled with tangents (which is fun once in a while and very australian lol). the writing is sometimes clunky (like whenever smth is quoted, the quote is punctuated with: they're right. i agree. yes. it feels out of place - like if ur quoting someone in your book, naturally we can deduce that you like what theyre saying, no need to point it out every time P:)
doesn't really bring up any original ideas or thoughts, but i enjoyed reading about the authors life experiences
**my notes are in the black and blue notebook**
obligatory meme(s) (see p39 for context):
"(Bathing in nature was found to help) Danish soldiers with PTSD; Koreans who have suffered strokes, neckaches or chronic pain; Swedish dementia patients; Chinese hypertension sufferers; Israeli school students with learning difficulties; Japanese diabetics and cancer patients; stressed Florida office workers; Lithuanians with heart disease; and depressed American retirees." (which lemon demon song is this??? (jk its redesign ur logo. everyone will see it. every demographic))
"Without [the moon], [...] many creatures of the night - bats, possums, and university students - would be lost." this got a good chortle out of me. back to uni in a week babey!!! live by the sun, grind assignments by the moon U_U