Camille
@theverveine.bsky.social
Nonfiction and literary fiction enthusiast, aspiring writer, looking to get into environmental activism. '97
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Written some 40 years after the fact, Lord had the chance to speak with several survivors. The writing's masterful, the stories some of the most moving in human history. The only time in my adult life where a book has made me cry. Can't recommend this enough
Written some 40 years after the fact, Lord had the chance to speak with several survivors. The writing's masterful, the stories some of the most moving in human history. The only time in my adult life where a book has made me cry. Can't recommend this enough
December 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Written some 40 years after the fact, Lord had the chance to speak with several survivors. The writing's masterful, the stories some of the most moving in human history. The only time in my adult life where a book has made me cry. Can't recommend this enough
Written some 40 years after the fact, Lord had the chance to speak with several survivors. The writing's masterful, the stories some of the most moving in human history. The only time in my adult life where a book has made me cry. Can't recommend this enough
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Simple, informal, fun, and very uplifting. The author argues the majority of people are innately good with fun anecdotes and some interesting science. An ideal pick me up for when the news makes you feel hopeless.
Simple, informal, fun, and very uplifting. The author argues the majority of people are innately good with fun anecdotes and some interesting science. An ideal pick me up for when the news makes you feel hopeless.
December 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Simple, informal, fun, and very uplifting. The author argues the majority of people are innately good with fun anecdotes and some interesting science. An ideal pick me up for when the news makes you feel hopeless.
Simple, informal, fun, and very uplifting. The author argues the majority of people are innately good with fun anecdotes and some interesting science. An ideal pick me up for when the news makes you feel hopeless.
Packing for Mars by @maryroach.bsky.social
Possibly the most fun I've had reading a book. The day to day realities of space travel, slightly less heroic, infinitely more charming. Beyond interesting, very informative, a little absurd, and often hilarious. All in accessible language.
Possibly the most fun I've had reading a book. The day to day realities of space travel, slightly less heroic, infinitely more charming. Beyond interesting, very informative, a little absurd, and often hilarious. All in accessible language.
![A cover for Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Three planets, one red, one white, one blue, on a black background. An astronaut on a trajectory hopping between them. In white letters the title, in red the author and an excerpt from a New York Times review by Janet Maslin: "[Roach's] style is at its most substantial - and most hilarious - in the zero gravity realm"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udlyeqx2vo7ehzmd36oe2gy6/bafkreiac3qaubqtjzeaabbdb6osvjshwhwky2l3xpftkgpclm37l4risdy@jpeg)
December 2, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Packing for Mars by @maryroach.bsky.social
Possibly the most fun I've had reading a book. The day to day realities of space travel, slightly less heroic, infinitely more charming. Beyond interesting, very informative, a little absurd, and often hilarious. All in accessible language.
Possibly the most fun I've had reading a book. The day to day realities of space travel, slightly less heroic, infinitely more charming. Beyond interesting, very informative, a little absurd, and often hilarious. All in accessible language.
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction, this nearly 100 year old essay in Woolf's beautiful prose is still relevant today. As someone who loves quiet time alone I've come to appreciate it even more knowing how recently it's become a reality for women
Blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction, this nearly 100 year old essay in Woolf's beautiful prose is still relevant today. As someone who loves quiet time alone I've come to appreciate it even more knowing how recently it's become a reality for women
December 2, 2024 at 6:44 PM
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction, this nearly 100 year old essay in Woolf's beautiful prose is still relevant today. As someone who loves quiet time alone I've come to appreciate it even more knowing how recently it's become a reality for women
Blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction, this nearly 100 year old essay in Woolf's beautiful prose is still relevant today. As someone who loves quiet time alone I've come to appreciate it even more knowing how recently it's become a reality for women
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
What should have been an article about the commercialisation of climbing Everest becomes a firsthand account of a deadly storm at 26.000 feet. While it is only one version of events, I found it to be well written, captivating from start to finish, & thoroughly moving.
What should have been an article about the commercialisation of climbing Everest becomes a firsthand account of a deadly storm at 26.000 feet. While it is only one version of events, I found it to be well written, captivating from start to finish, & thoroughly moving.
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
What should have been an article about the commercialisation of climbing Everest becomes a firsthand account of a deadly storm at 26.000 feet. While it is only one version of events, I found it to be well written, captivating from start to finish, & thoroughly moving.
What should have been an article about the commercialisation of climbing Everest becomes a firsthand account of a deadly storm at 26.000 feet. While it is only one version of events, I found it to be well written, captivating from start to finish, & thoroughly moving.