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descalibrary · 2 years

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Ik ben blij en dankbaar met minn leven! Meski kena food poisoning dan perut kaya dikruwes Mike Tyson dua hari ini tapi well, I still could sip my herbal tea and read. What else can I expect for? Elke dag leker bezig ya kan?! Des ✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2022 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld22 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #ShankariChandran #ChaiTimeatCinnamonGardens #TamilLiterature #Diaspora (at Bangkok, Thailand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNb4jQL98T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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PAUl VERLAINE, ARTHUR RIMBAUD AND INDONESIA Who doesn’t know Arthur Rimbaud? French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes, and his influence on modern literature and arts. A restless soul who is also well-known for his controversial homoerotic relationship with the fellow poet Paul Verlaine. Rimbaud wrote his famous poem the Drunken Boat in 1871 and sent a copy to Paul Verlaine. Verlaine - not knowing that Rimbaud was only 17, urged him to come to Paris where they began their feverish homosexual passion and emotional abnormalities. It lasted for 13 months as in 1873, Verlaine shot Rimbaud in Belgium. In 1876, Rimbaud joined the Dutch army and was sent to Indonesia in 1876. He was stationed in a small city of Salatiga, East Java where he finally escaped and made his way to Europe a week after his arrival. People made a speculation saying that he returned to France with the British army. He then made it to Cyprus before headed to Africa and lived a prosperous life in Abyssinia for 11 years until he contracted syphilis. In 1891, he had a leg injury and was forced to return to France. It was too late because his leg would have to be amputated and at the same year he died in the hospital there. Meanwhile, 3 years later in 1894, Paul Verlaine died penniless and in relative obscurity after: being divorced by his wife, prison in 1981 and living as a religious Bohemian who could not stop his drinking habit even in poverty. Slide 7: Rimbaud's monument in Salatiga. Slide 8-9: Leonardo di Caprio and David Thewlis play as Rimbaud and Verlaine in Total Eclipse (1995). A movie one must watch tho! #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookblogger #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2021 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld21 #riotgrams #ArthurRimbaud #PaulVerlaine #FrenchPoet #FrenchLiterature (at Krungthep Mahanakorn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjlunhPgjf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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"To be in love...to be utterly alone..." A beautiful quote by Henry Miller. Who does not know him? A casanova who spent most of his time wandering around between the U.S. and France, going from one lady's arms to another lady's embrace, drinking and smoking, and living a controversial life and a complicated love life with Anaïs Nin and his June Miller. Those qualities only add more charms to Miller's. Yet one thing should be noted: Henry Miller is one of the prominent figures in erotic literature. The World of Sex is one of the books that he wrote. What makes it different is the fact that Henry puts his personal thought about life, love and sex here. His ideas and ways of thinking are always fascinating. He always sees things from different aspects. His opinions related to the prostitutes here is the example. Henry also believes that love is different with sex and most women often mix them both. I surprisingly enjoy reading The World of Sex. It is a bit of non-fiction and autobiography as it's based on Henry's experience himself. Still a book worth reading tho! #booklover #bookish #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookenthusiast #bookaddict # #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookshelves #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descanto #fictionbook #nonfictionbook #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #literatureisliving #riotgrams #theworldofsex #henrymiller #eroticliterature (at Desca's Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrzPbshymez/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Rasina tells a story from two POVs: from the POV of Joost Borstveld, a Dutch officer in Batavia in 1755 and from the POV of Hendriek Cornelis Adam, another Dutch officer in Banda circa 1621. What makes these two POVs intersected is the narration about slavery during the Dutch colonialism in Indonesia esp those coming from Banda; pointed in two aspects: the opium trade and the slavery. I am always amazed with Banu’s ways in depicting his story. He seems to drag his readers’ imagination and take them to experience the story themselves. Add his strength: his research on the specific matters he’s trying to convey. I wish that this book can be translated into different languages. It does worth the hype and it will defo become another great addition for ASEAN or Asia literature. KEBAB Reading Club @kebabreadingclub is conducting a discussion on this book on 25 April 2023. Check their IG and register yourself in. Link in KEBAB’s bio. Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #IndonesianLiterature #IndonesianAuthor #IksakaBanu #Rasina (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrUIeqoS_qb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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There is indeed a lot to admire about Waris Dirie and her story. Raised in a nomadic Somali family, raped at age four and then mutilated in a female circumcision ritual at age five, she bravely ran away from home at thirteen to avoid being married off to an old man. The Young Dirie endured many obstacles - finding her way to Mogadishu and to her long-lost relatives, a string of unsuccessful living arrangements, working as a maid in London and then as kitchen help in McDonalds with minimal English language or literacy. Eventually, Dirie embarks on a successful modeling career and then uses her success to speak out against female genital mutilation (FGM). So yes! It's defo a shocking story and everyone can read quickly despite the mediocre writing which detracted some. Unfortunately I just couldn't warm up to Dirie as a narrator. Some parts of the books seemed so superficial and dull which didn't leave me any impression at all. Well, still a quick one to read during the short flight tho! Thanks @namakurhea for shipping this book all the way from Jakarta. ❤️ Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #WarisDirie #DesertFlower #AutoBiography #FemaleGenitalMutilation (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_wwy2y3ok/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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My access to book is very limited ever since I moved to the border between Indo and PNG. So here comes the rereading... Bright is a novel written by Duanwad Pimwana and is translated into English by Mui Poopoksakul. I had a buddy read on this novel with the one and only Prabda Soon-die-hard-fan @teguhafandi and the podcast queen @patricia.wulandari There is no plot-line in this novel as the story is centred around an abandoned five-year-old Kompol. His mother left him and the baby boy for another man after the husband kept hitting her. The father returned to the ex-wife taking Kompol’s baby brother. The family is all scattered out. Kompol’s parents keep coming in and out of Kompol’s life; leaving him collectively adopted by the community: Hia Chong, Aunt Mon, the womaniser Old Tia and many more. This little boy makes a bit of money from being a masseuse for Dang and also as a helper for Hia Chong. Kompol’s collection of incidences consists of sad and happy stories of his childhood. I know there are some sad parts, but I still cannot help myself but to smile while reading the parts about his innocence and foolishness. Kampol and his friends make me giggle with all of their usual childhood mischief. They befriend the stray dogs, playing with marbles, bounce-back balls which remind me of my childhood. What I also love from this novel is the fact that Pimwana does not only give me a joyous depiction of childhood but also a portrait of working class in Thailand. I really recommend this book especially to those who enjoy sweet stories (the ending is sweet even it ends tragically) about family. Des ✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #Bright #DuanwadPimwana #ThaiLiterature #ThaiWriter (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8-Kb3y62p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Here: my rainbow socks and my current read! I am mow reading an anthology of Japanese gay literature and I cannot help myself but to highlight some sentences I have read in the introduction. There's a sentence which makes my heart constricts (slide 2), saying, ..." Love between men is not in fact a tradition that has been widely discussed by the Japanese academic community..." I cannot help myself but to think "what a lamentable fact..." it is indeed a lamentable fact because if I always adore the Japanese Samurai homosexuality and their trends. The trends have shifted from a beautiful and more passive boys or the acolyte or the sexual companions of a monk or abbott called chigo to a wakashu - the brave and manly squires of the samurai. So what's more beautiful in life than seeing the broad chest, stocky body and muscular thighs of those samurai a la Yukio Mishima (last slide) being described and romanticized for the same-sex love in the literary arena? Des ✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #JapaneseLiterature #JapaneseAuthor #IharaSaikaku #anAnthologyofJapaneseGayLiterature (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZn1UBLddG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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So here: the anthologies of short stories published by by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The list of contributors are some prominent writers you may have known like Hannah Lilith Assadi, Yoon Ha Lee and Madeline Ashby. Add the foreword from Roxanne Gay. The idea for this anthology is to shine a light on various issues occurring and worsening, and show potential solutions. The main point is to create a utopian world where people can live safely. Interesting ha! Well, just like any other anthologies, this anthology has some good and okay stories. Yet they will mention and offer you stories about domestic violence, child abuse, animal abuse, physical violence and murder, islamophobia, xenophobia, racism, classism, poverty, self-harm, alcoholism, substance abuse, homophobia and possibly other issues that I have forgotten. If you’d prefer to avoid sensitive matter related to the topics I just listed, Take Us to a Better Place Stories may not be for you. So did the stories in the collection lean a little heavily on their theme? Of course they did. Were they still well written and enjoyable? Yes! Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels#RoxanneGay #Anthology #MadelineAshby #TakeUstoaBetterPlace (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVpy0aypWY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Here: If you plan to do a quick reading on this compilation of essay to be exact then drop your plan - I suggest! The 21 essays on translation written in this book aren't something you'll read in a glance. It's simply because they'll take you to the world of (literary) translation from both personal and professional perspectives. I sound a little bit like Bloom but I couldn't help myself but raise this question, “Shall we see (or enjoy) a piece of translation aesthetically or seeing the meaning behind each translated word written there which lead us to an ideological perspectives. I have given an example of how political and ideological a translation could be on my previous post on this book. I also mentioned Burton’s translations as an example which is also mentioned several times in this book. Yet I cannot neglect that there are plenty of literary translated works that I fall simply because of its translations. Here’s an example: Some of my #TiltedAxisTeam friends told me that Hamid Ismailov’s are not easy to be understood even they’re translated into English. In my case, I do fall for Ismailov simply because I can convey and relate to what he wrote through the English translation. Another example: I always adore Marguerite Duras! I always have my head over heels when it comes to Duras. But I do enjoy reading the translated version of L’amant - the Lover. I stock each word there as I put my heart on sleeve. Another interesting point is how this book points to the discussion of decolonisation through literary translation. An example is the translation of the Arabic words and the works of my love- a Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott. Will elaborate more on the review on this book in my personal platform. Will keep you updated. Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #LiteraryTranslation #ViolentPhenomena #ReadTiltedAxis #JeremyTiang (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoQZ7-9S7TO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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I have never been a huge fan of horror books nor horror movies. I don't really fancy the recent Indonesian horror movies too. Most of them are likely eroticised the Indonesian local ghosts. Say: Diperkosa Setan (Raped by Satan); Tali Pocong Perawan, and Paku Kuntilanak. Does the title offer some derogatory terms? Those movies do not only offer the audiences some horror scenes but also the sensuality of the actress. People will watch an Indonesian actress Dewi Persik, dancing in see-trough cloth while taking a baht dan dancing. To gain more and more fame, some of the movie magnates invited the Japanese adult movie stars to act as the main actress in their horror movie. Check Suster Keramas and Hantu Tanah Kusir starred by Rin Sakuragi and Maria Ozawa. Their name surely ring a bell in the Japanese adult movies industry. I must say that as an oldie, I kindda miss the "old horror tale" about pesugihan, black magic, and if it comes to a movie, the old horror movies starred by Tante Suzanna are my preferences. So comes this book: Lewat Tengah Malam by Sweta which drag all my memories to those types of horror tales I often heard when I was a kid. There's nothing scary in the book but entertaining. What I also love about this book is the fact that all the things Sweta portrays here are familiar to us as an Indonesian. The sketches do remind me of those Abdullah Harahap's books. Entertaining tho! Give this book a go! Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #IndonesianLiterature #IndonesianWriter #LewatTengahMalam #SwetaKartika (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJqDGKrNVY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Eli eli lama sabachtani! Des ✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #beachvibes #beachlife #DescainPNG #papua (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGJAscSTqZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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My Romo kept asking me what I would be when I was a kid. I told him that I wanted to live and work in the eastern part of Indonesia. I haven't given any thoughts about it any longer since then. I traveled , lived in so many different countries but well, 25 years later: here I am - in the farthest (eastern) part of Indonesia - close to the border to PNG! I can always mention how great and kind the universe to me. It works in such mysterious ways. I do not know whether those words I've spoken have become such a mantra, and a silent prayers or simply it's just a matter of coincidence. What I know is that the universe always have such ways to manifest those prayers. Reading Menjadi (Becoming - Eng) by Afutami is like dragging myself to the past. It allows me some spaces to retrace the pieces that I have left back then and reconnect them with the present meh! It gives me some spaces to unveil who I am, what I need and how to achieve things I've been dreaming of. I also like the allegories used in this book. The allegories used is so simple and understandable - at least to me who have no interest in such motivational books (simply because 1st: I am always sceptical when it comes to these kinds of thingies; 2nd. That's why it's not my cup of tea!). The contents of the book is also relatable to our life. Thankies Kebab @kebabreadingclub for conducting the discussion on this book this month. Such a pleasant one Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #Afutami #Menjadi #MotivationalQuotes #MotivationalBook (at Sota,PNG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAASwfLQgz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Memecah celengan rindu yang entah sejak kapan ditumpuk. Dan tentu saja gibah sabtu pagi yang bisa via telepon kini tumpah-ruah kayak banjir. Dari obrolan translasi yang kami baca di Violent Phenomena, the Woman in the Purple Skirt, dan tentu saja ... kami sedikit melankolis dengan puisi-puisi Fernando Pessoa. "Kisah kita lebih panjang dan pasti lebih panjang dari jalan...." Ah, terima kasih Mas Tepok @teguhafandi dan baby bear @shu.kho for the quick airport meeting. Let me know if you happen to his the farthest part of eastern Indonesia; I'll meet you at the border for some great laughter and some love. Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #JeremyTiang #NatsukoImamura #FernandoPessoa #ViolentPhenomena (at Terminal 2F, Bandar Udara Soekarno Hatta, Cengkareng Tangerang Banten) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnqPDn1SzW_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Grazie per tutto l’amore che mi hai donato finora e grazie per tutto l’amore che verrà. Grazie di essere entrato a far parte della mia vita, di essere diventato il motivo per cui ogni giorno sorrido. Mi ritengo la ragazza più fortunata al mondo. Grazie, amore! Ti voglio bene, Pak! Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #TheGodfather #IlPadrino #DonVitoCorleonne #DescainThailand (at Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnogbZwLoje/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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Q: Dove può arrivare una donna se punta alle stelle? A: Sulla luna 🌙 Des ✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #TheGodfather #IlPadrino #DonVitoCorleonne #DescainThailand https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnk1zEmyL_F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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descalibrary · 1 year

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And I refused to be a fool, dancing on the strings held by all those big shots. I do not apologise. That's my life! - Don Vito Corleonne in the Godfather Des✨ #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #booksbooksbooks #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descareading2023 #fictionbook #literaturejunkie #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #ReadTheWorld23 #riotgrams #BookstagramReels #TheGodfather #IlPadrino #DonVitoCorleonne #DescainThailand (at Banyan Tree Bangkok) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnj0gI8yPt_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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