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“So. In the beginning, there was nothing. Just the water.” Short Verdict: It is difficult to adequately convey the delight I felt in reading this book. Thomas King’s storytelling voice is moving, delightful, funny and reflective. Green Grass, Running Water is more of a narrative experience than a read. Green Grass, Running Water was my May Shelf Life title,…

The Seven Ages must be read in short, consistent periods – over the course of a day, over the course of a week. Poems must be read and reread, sometimes immediately, sometimes after stepping away for a while. Short Verdict: I have mixed feelings about the consistency of the collection, as some poems don’t seem…

「我告訴她，她會慢慢長大，長大的重點其實不是為了成為一個什麼樣的人，是為了受傷。那些傷口對我們很重要，因為它們將吸引著另一些人的來到，像嗜血的吸血鬼或鯊魚。」 “I told her she would grow up slowly, and that the point of growing up wasn’t to become a certain type of person, but to get hurt. Those hurts are important to us, because they will draw certain people to us – like a thirsty vampire, or a shark.” – from “餘生的第一天，Plumeria” It was…