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202 reviews

The Cat Inside by William S. Burroughs

emotional fast-paced

3.0

Blade Runner ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas? by Philip K. Dick

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

"Hubo una vez en que vi las estrellas, pensó. Hace años. Pero ahora solo queda el polvo. Nadie ha visto una estrella en años, al menos no desde la Tierra. Puede que vaya a un lugar donde pueda ver las estrellas, se dijo mientras el vehículo ganaba velocidad y altitud. Se alejó de San Francisco, rumbo a la inhabitada desolación que se extendía al norte. Al lugar donde no iría ningún ser vivo, a menos que sintiera que se acercaba su final."
 

El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes by Tatiana Țîbuleac

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

4.0

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

5.0

"I have no more poems. My mind blanks. A roar tears from my mouth. “Burn it! Burn it. This is where the poems are,” I say, thumping a fist against my chest. “Will you burn me? Will you burn me, too? You would burn me, wouldn’t you, if you could?”"

La escafandra y la mariposa by Jean-Dominique Bauby

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

"Si preguntaran a los lectores de Alejandro Dumas en cuál de sus personajes les gustaría reencarnarse, los votos irían para D’Artagnan o Edmond Dantés, y a nadie se le ocurriría citar a Noirtier de Villefort, figura bastante siniestra de El conde de Montecristo. Descrito por Dumas como un cadáver de viva mirada, un hombre moldeado ya en sus tres cuartas partes para la tumba, ese minusválido profundo no induce a soñar sino a estremecerse. Depositario impotente y mudo de los más terribles secretos, se pasa la vida postrado en una silla de ruedas y sólo se comunica guiñando los ojos: un guiño significa «sí», dos «no». De hecho, abuelito Noirtier, como le apoda con afecto su nieta, es el primer caso de locked-in syndrom, y hasta hoy el único, aparecido en literatura."

"¿Existen en el cosmos llaves que puedan abrir mi escafandra? ¿Una línea de metro sin final? ¿Una moneda lo bastante fuerte para comprar mi libertad? Hay que buscar en otra parte. Allá voy."

Noches azules by Joan Didion

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

informative mysterious relaxing slow-paced

4.0

"In traditional indigenous communities, learning takes a form very different from that in the American public education system. Children learn by watching, by listening, and by experience. They are expected to learn from all members of the community, human and non. To ask a direct question is often considered rude. Knowledge cannot be taken; it must instead be given. Knowledge is bestowed by a teacher only when the student is ready to receive it. Much learning takes place by patient observation, discerning pattern and its meaning by experience. It is understood that there are many versions of truth, and that each reality may be true for each teller. It’s important to understand the perspective of each source of knowledge. The scientific method I was taught in school is like asking a direct question, disrespectfully demanding knowledge rather than waiting for it to be revealed"

 "In indigenous ways of knowing, it is understood that each living being has a particular role to play. Every being is endowed with certain gifts, its own intelligence, its own spirit, its own story. Our stories tell us that the Creator gave these to us, as original instructions. The foundation of education is to discover that gift within us and learn to use it well."

 "The roles of mosses are to clothe the rocks, purify the water, and soften the nests of birds."
 

Otoño Imperdonable by María Elena Walsh

emotional inspiring relaxing slow-paced

4.0

Mis poemas favoritos son "Árbol",  "Término", y "El caballo muerto".