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I’m looking for people to participate in a huge book exchange. You can be anywhere in the world. All you have to do is buy your favorite book (just one) and send it to a stranger (I’ll send their details through in a private message).

You’ll receive roughly a maximum of 36 books back to you, to keep. They’ll be favorite books from strangers around the world!

If you’re interested in taking part, please send a message saying “IN” and I’ll send you all the details!

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LIT MEME → [12/12] Female Characters

Feyre Archeron - A Court of Thorns and Roses

I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would not be weak, or helpless again. I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.

#feyre archeron, #acotar, #acowar, #acomaf, #booklr, #sarah j maas, #sjm, #acofas, #books, #bookworm, #moodboard, #lm

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A few years ago I read The Love that Split the a World by Emily Henry and I thought it was gorgeous. When I came across A Million Junes I knew I wanted to add it to my personal library. Henry’s covers are always so gorgeous. 📚📚

Last week was my first attempt at cinnamon buns AND documenting it step by step for Instagram. Much like I’m learning, I love experiment with how a book would look in the middle of all of the ingredients. Tomorrow will be Churro Fries, so hopefully more fun pictures will happen! 📚🧁

Do you have an auto-buy author? 🤔📖

IG: @daylafm

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Impulse buying books and then not reading them for months is my superpower

#booklr, #books, #reading, #booklover, #booknerd, #bookworm, #read books, #read more, #text post, #no shelf control, #buy books

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“And one day the girl with the books became the woman writing them.” -Kristen Costello❣️

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Still reading, Volume 2 of The Baroque Cycle, The Confusion, by the genius Neal Stephenson..

Omg, I cant handle myself, parts are hysterically funny and then there are parts that hit me so deep I’m breathless..

Incredible, incredible work

#the baroque cycle, #the confusion, #neal stephenson, #historical fiction, #history, #fiction books, #fiction, #bookmark, #book, #book review, #books, #bookish, #booklr, #bookworm, #bookaholic, #books and libraries, #bookpages, #bookpic, #bookpile, #bookporn, #bookpost, #bookblr, #bookblogger, #on reading, #on books, #readthisbook, #readthisnow, #readtolive, #read more, #booksbooksbooks

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“‘If we can do this impossible thing, perhaps together, we can do many impossible things.’”

—Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

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Panel from Andromeda Stories by Takemiya Keiko.

#artnachronisme, #bookshelves, #books of tumblr, #book, #bookworm, #interior, #library, #manga, #manga collection, #andromeda stories, #takemiya keiko, #vintage manga, #manga panel

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i n c e n d i a t e

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Guys!!! The May 2020 Bookish Box! It’s got all of the Harry Potter magic that I needed 😆. I love the keychain and the blanket and just…everything. No book this month, but it was definitely worth it!

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Love in the Time of the Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Synopsis:

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs–yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

Note: 3.5/5

Review:

In this coming-of-age novel, Gabriel Garcia Marquez transports us into the lives of Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, showing us their love stories in the South America of the late 19th century-early 20th century.

While the writing is absolutely beautiful, Garcia Marquez can describe places and changes with mastery; the story made me quite conflicted. To give you an idea of the writing quality, here are two quotes from the novel:

“Worldly goods: security, order, happiness, contiguous numbers that, once they were added together, might resemble love, almost be love. But they were not love, and these doubts increased her confusion, because she was also not convinced that love was really what she most needed to live.”
“All that was needed was shrewd questioning, first of the patient and then of his mother to conclude once again that the symptoms of love were the same as those of Cholera. The doctor prescribed infusion of linden blossoms to calm the nerves and suggested a change of air so he could find consolation in distance but the man longed for just the opposite, to enjoy his martyrdom.”

While there are many examples of Garcia Marquez’s talent throughout the novel –he didn’t win a Nobel Prize in literature for nothing. Yet, the actions described as “loving” are particularly problematic when they’re read with today’s perceptions. As a matter of fact, the best example of this is the whole character of Florentino Ariza.

Straight from the beginning, Florentino Ariza’s “love story” with Fermina Daza starts with him stalking her, waiting for her, and observing her outside her house. The stalking of Fermina Daza never ceases throughout the length of the book. Then, as soon as Fermina Daza’s husband, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, dies, Florentino Ariza goes to her house to renew his vow of eternal love. Later in the book, he told her he had remained a virgin for her.

Yet, while she was living a happy married life, he definitely didn’t stay a virgin. First, he lost his virginity when he was raped by a woman. After the rape, he developed feelings of love for that woman, even though he never learned for sure who she was. A similar situation happens with a woman falling in love with her rapist later in the book.

To continue on the topic of rape in the book, we can also read a moment when Florentino Ariza raped on his housekeeper and then sent her away as she fell pregnant from the rape. While his niece of fifteen years old was in his care, he committed statutory rape; he was already in his sixties or seventies. He literally made her “fall for him” by letting her indulge in whatever she desired so he could “make love to her.”

While I understand that, when the book was written, the topics of rape were not discussed like they are nowadays, it still feels like Garcia Marquez is romanticizing rape in this novel. So, while I was enjoying the author’s writing skills, I was also disturbed by how rapes and stalking women were glorified.

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If you’ve read the book, what was your opinion?

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YA book lovers, reblog with a similar book you’d recommend to your fellow bookworms. build off of each other’s recommendations and keep reblogging!

i’ll start with Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

#books & libraries, #reading, #booklover, #reblog, #bookworm, #young adult books, #books, #simonverse, #becky albertalli

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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace

1868

Translation: Louiss and Aylmer Maude

If you are a book lover, a lover of literature, especially historical literature, some works instantly stand out as a rite of passage. Tolstoy’s War and Peace is one of those works. Many book lovers are intimidated by it. “What is War and Peace? It is not a novel, even less is it a poem, still less a historical chronicle. ” This massive work spans about 20 years during the Napoleonic and the disastrous invasion of Russia. Tolstoy, not satisfied with the way history has been written, he sought to to establish a novel way of writing history, making the line between fiction and non-fiction even thinner. Through the lives of the tens of characters we meet, especially the 5 aristocratic families, the Rostóvs, the Bezúkhovs, the Bolkónskis, the Karágins, and the Drubetskóys, along with many real life historical people, Tolstoy attempts to demonstrate how the sweeping motion of history affected, even connected, the lives of hundreds of thousands, millions, between periods of war and peace.

Many will find it hard to follow through with the novel as it has no central “human ” character, yet to me, history itself is the main protagonist of War and Peace. This main protagonist affects every single person and place we encounter. History to Tolstoy isn’t the work of a few influential people who “change its course”. Neither Napoleon nor the Tsar changed the course of events with their actions. The continual locomotive motion of history will take every one with it, so someone like Napoleon won’t have a bigger influence than a common soldier.

But what of the characters? Tolstoy immersed me in the world of War and Peace. He doesn’t romanticize his characters, and it the really grow on you with their naturalism. This is a very immersive work not just by the richness of his Tolstoy’s descriptions, but also in his portrayal of the characters, their interactions with each others, and eventually their arcs. It was a little difficult to follow through at the beginning due to the book’s structure, but eventually I always awaited to see what will happen to this or that person.

As much as I loved War and Peace, I can see how it’s not for everyone. Yet if you are patient with it, not only it will give you important historical insights, but also you will enter into a profound discussion with Tolstoy on human nature and our place in the world.

#books, #books and libraries, #bookworm, #booklover, #books and reading, #literature, #reading, #book, #bookgram, #books and literature, #Russia, #Russian literature, #russian history, #russian book, #war and peace, #war, #peace, #history, #europe, #european history, #lev nikolayeviç tolstoy, #Tolstoy, #leo Tolstoy, #napoleon, #napoleonic wars, #philosophical, #philosophy of history, #chronicle, #philosophical novel

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this may seem dumb, but after reading an 1000 page book, I have my confidence when it comes to reading, I tend to read faster and consume more books then before. I dont feel so intimidated by 500 or more page books anymore 👌😂📚

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Hola,

Ich hab mir heute mal wieder etwas überlegt.

@kat.loves.books_ hatte letztens gefragt ob wir schon mal ein Buch abgebrochen haben.

Na? Habt Ihr?

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Als Kind habe ich ständig Bücher abgebrochen bzw. aus Faulheit einfach nicht mehr weitergelesen.

Die einzigen Reihen, die mich wirklich interessiert haben, waren “Das magische Baumhaus” und “Beastquest”.

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Mittlerweile kann ich es nicht mehr wirklich mit meinem Gewissen vereinbaren ein Buch nicht fertig zu lesen.

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Die beiden Bücher, die Ihr da oben seht gehören zu den wenigen Exemplaren, welche ich abgebrochen habe.

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Wie gestern schon geäußert, fand ich den Verlauf der “House of Night”-Reihe alles andere als bezaubernd und habe den 3. Band “Erwählt” daher nicht fertig gelesen.

Bei Tom Clancys “Jagd auf Roter Oktober” war es weniger das Was sondern eher das Wie.

Seid geraumer Zeit bin ich ein Fan von Geschichte. Vorallem Die Zeit des 20. Jahrhunderts in Europa, speziell die deutsche Geschichte, hat es mir angetan, denn das letzte und das Ende des vorletzten Jahrhunderts sind meiner Meinung nach sehr interessant, wenn auch dunkel.

Anyway, um mal zum Thema zurück zu kommen.

Jeder, der ein Buch von Tom Clancy gelesen hat weiß, dass seine Bücher sehr Anspruchsvoll sind. Er benutzt viele Fachbegriffe und Abkürzungen.

Das hat mein 16 jähriges Ich extrem abgeschreckt.

Wiederum möchte ich den Film nicht gucken ohne das Buch gelesen zu haben.

Also werde ich es zwangsläufig irgendwann nochmal lesen😅

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Lavender: “Oh, Professor, look! I think I’ve got an unsuspected planet. Oooh, which one’s that Professor?”
Professor Trelawny: “It is Uranus, my dear.”
Ron: “Can I have a look at Uranus, too, Lavender?”

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“I see your fear, and it’s big. I also see your courage, and it’s bigger. We can do hard things.”

“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. We need to let go of the lie that it’s supposed to be.” “What scares me more than feeling it all, is missing it all.”

This book! I’m glad I took my time and read Untamed by @glennondoyle slowly, because it is a book that requires a lot of quiet reflection at the end of most chapters. This book takes of the ways our brains are systematically trained to the negative in life, and contemplates what would our lives look like if we only let the positive and love have influence over who we are. This book addresses so many large topics such as motherhood, mental illness, addiction, Faith/religion, divorce, race, politics, and so much more. This book doesn’t shy away from the hard stuff, and the things we would rather not think about, but as Glennon writes in this book “we can do hard things.” I think the thing that I loved most about this book is how vulnerable and honest Glennon Doyle is about mistakes. She writes about how by bringing our faults and mistakes into the open where we can see them we can learn and grow from them, instead of internalizing them and then living based on fear and anger. This is definitely one of this books you keep and refer back to as needed, but also that book you want to give to all of your friends and say “read this!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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“man is not molded from clay … he is pounded like hot iron on an anvil.”

Knights Magi by Terry Mancour (Spellmonger book 4)

#terry Mancour, #spellmonger, #bookworm, #knights, #knights Magi, #magi, #manhood, #tyndal, #rondal

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The latest book I’ve read is Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur. I had this book when I was in my early teens but lost it half way through reading (my sister probably stole it), so I finally managed to grab myself a new copy!

Despite being a book for young teens primarily, iris a very deep story that stays with you once you’ve finished. I did find it a little hard going at times and did struggle to concentrate on the chapters but once you have finished and really think through the events I the book, it can feel slightly haunting.

PSA: I am going to be returning to work as of the 1st of June, meaning sadly I won’t have as much time for books, crafts and updating my blog but hopefully i’ll be able to find a balance!

#Love Aubrey, #Suzanne LaFleur, #reading, #reads, #read, #books, #book, #bookworm, #young adult, #lockdown, #COVID19, #coronavirus, #isolation, #loss, #love, #family, #SweetPeasandHerbalTeas

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My discussion on The Evolution of Mara Dyer! I hope you enjoy it!

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