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I didn’t think I would be tempted by the god forsaken Shakespeare and Co.
I always go to bookstores (libraries as the French say) and buy books I never read, but today was just too good to pass up. Hoping I actually finish the book I got (Giovanni’s Room) because it’s gotten so much praise, I love Baldwin, and it’s so short. It would be a shame if I didn’t finish it actually.
So yes, my recommendation is to go outside and read a new book. My goal is to ready 10 more leisure books before I turn 21. Idk if that’ll happen though.
I always go to bookstores (libraries as the French say) and buy books I never read, but today was just too good to pass up. Hoping I actually finish the book I got (Giovanni’s Room) because it’s gotten so much praise, I love Baldwin, and it’s so short. It would be a shame if I didn’t finish it actually.
So yes, my recommendation is to go outside and read a new book. My goal is to ready 10 more leisure books before I turn 21. Idk if that’ll happen though.
Mar 19, 2024
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I read a lot for school. To ease the pain that causes, I’ve decided to read even more. But stuff I choose. For the love of god I just need to lessen the percent of my time occupied by utter academic gibberish.
Here’s what I purchased on Saturday. I‘m reading Dubliners first and saving Dostoyevsky for when the weather‘s less depressing.
I’ve read the Wittgenstein book and Waiting for Godot but just need to own my own copies at this point.
Here’s what I purchased on Saturday. I‘m reading Dubliners first and saving Dostoyevsky for when the weather‘s less depressing.
I’ve read the Wittgenstein book and Waiting for Godot but just need to own my own copies at this point.
Feb 4, 2025
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📖… and actually enjoying it. In the past year i’ve finally nailed down my taste/hit a groove with pleasure reading and now I can’t stop. I do a lot of reading recs in a way that I almost feel self-conscious about but I can’t contain it - truly bringing me crazy amounts of peace in my life right now.
When I was 19-22ish, I spent a lot of time reading what I thought I *should* be reading and ending up spending 3 months trudging through a book just to say I did. I blame Red Scare Podcast. Why was I 19 thinking i needed to read Houellebeq and Lasch?
Now I fly through pages and (mostly) love it all. or feel like I got something from it at least. Right now I‘m reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and loving it, can spend hours at a time with it. My favorite book is probably If on a winters night a traveler by Italo Calvino. Happy to get more recs always.
When I was 19-22ish, I spent a lot of time reading what I thought I *should* be reading and ending up spending 3 months trudging through a book just to say I did. I blame Red Scare Podcast. Why was I 19 thinking i needed to read Houellebeq and Lasch?
Now I fly through pages and (mostly) love it all. or feel like I got something from it at least. Right now I‘m reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and loving it, can spend hours at a time with it. My favorite book is probably If on a winters night a traveler by Italo Calvino. Happy to get more recs always.
Feb 25, 2024
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Trying to re-enter my literate era and exit my iPad baby era because ebooks are not cutting it… I finally explored the library in my new neighborhood and it was glorious. I forgot how exciting it is to leave the library with a veritable HAUL! when I was a kid I would check out like 30 books at a time, fiction and nonfiction, just whatever piqued my interest as I walked through the shelves. Returning them was always an ordeal where I would have to go through the receipt item by item to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I exercised self control this time so it wasn’t that extreme but I can tend to want to flit from book to book so getting a mix of titles felt right.
I’m most excited about Joyce Carol Oates’ newest novel Butcher and will probably start with that because her writing is addictive and I love her deranged fanfiction accounts of real life historical subjects that end up feeling more real than the actual facts (lol I’ll drop the synopsis in the comments because it’s kind of long)
I’m most excited about Joyce Carol Oates’ newest novel Butcher and will probably start with that because her writing is addictive and I love her deranged fanfiction accounts of real life historical subjects that end up feeling more real than the actual facts (lol I’ll drop the synopsis in the comments because it’s kind of long)
2d ago
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🧀BOURSINNNNN avec l’ail et des herbes
Guys… I HATE cheese like pretty much everything that’s not your basic mozzarella, parmesan (but not when it’s hard), colby jack, or cheddar (only sharp). So basically yeah this is huge. Everyone needs to get in on this. It’s actually not pictured below because I tore it tf up but that was the site where I made gigi hadid’s penne alla vodka (sans vodka) for the first time since quarantine AND IT WAS BOMB AF. Still, all I could think about was damn I should’ve added boursin to the sauce like that would’ve hit so different.
Guys… I HATE cheese like pretty much everything that’s not your basic mozzarella, parmesan (but not when it’s hard), colby jack, or cheddar (only sharp). So basically yeah this is huge. Everyone needs to get in on this. It’s actually not pictured below because I tore it tf up but that was the site where I made gigi hadid’s penne alla vodka (sans vodka) for the first time since quarantine AND IT WAS BOMB AF. Still, all I could think about was damn I should’ve added boursin to the sauce like that would’ve hit so different.