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Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), Wandering: Notes and Sketches

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Guys, I just finished A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, and oh-my-days.... That book is such a great fucking read! It's been a long time since I last read a book this great.

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quick reminder that it’s ok to say that you love reading and that reading is your passion without reading 30+ books in a year. if you connect with books and love the power of the written word, you’re bookish. you don’t need to justify your love of reading.

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Hip hip hooray. I'm finding my love of reading again.

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Just finished The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende. It is such an interesting read. It's like reading with your funky grandma over a cup of tea and just listening to her talk. Dispensing her knowledge and life's views.

I would have ended up giving a full five stars if it weren't for an off-handed comment the author made about immigrants. I believe she meant nothing bad or negative, but it really rubs me off the wrong way and it really felt driping of "privilege" that just doesn't sit well with me.

#book commentary #the soul of a woman #isabel allende

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𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

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Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

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Been neglecting this tumblr for so damn long. Maybe this will be the resurrection of me whining about books I'm reading and the troubles that plague me in my new chapter of life, here in Shanghai.

#personal rant

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I'm a full-fledged book addict turned 10 today!

#tumblr birthday #tumblr milestone

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“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made, or by dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”

— Alan Cohen

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currently reading violeta by isabel allende. idk about the original in Spanish but I'm loving the translation so far. it feels like listening to your grandma.

i wished i had thought about asking stories if my grandma's youth. she livrd through the colonisation, she spoke dutch and japanese. she must have stories that are so magnificent, nothing in my life could ever top it.

i curse my younger self for not being interested enough towards my grandma's life.

#currently reading #violeta #isabel allende

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“Don’t forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.”

— Charles de Lint, The Blue Girl

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full review here

#booklr #book review #book recommendations #nonfiction #true crime

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book #2 in 2022

"It is much easier to demonise than to emphatise, which is why the former is so preferable by politicians, who care more about promoting and protecting their own self-image than the risks of engagement with an Other whose needs, wants, and point of view are best left to fester in the realm of the unknowable."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

complete review here 👇🏻

#book review #excerpt #books i've read #book #north korea #book quotes #book blog