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since i deleted/deactivated my book related social media. i think iāll be posting more bookish content on here. things like reviews, recs, updates, etc.
so without further ado, hereās the first one! iām currently reading a spy in the house of love (1954) by anais nin. iām about 70 pgs in. itās my first nin novel, and so far iām into it. her prose transports me, i feel like i can envision the charactersā worlds and feel their emotions.
i started reading it around jan 12th and i havenāt picked it back up since then, not because itās a bad book, mostly life getting in the way. for instance, when i come home, the last thing i want to do is read. (i work with elementary school kids, so iām usually exhausted haha) but iām hoping to finish it by the end of this week.
anywho, this isnāt my first read of january. that was the novella first love (1860) by ivan turgenev. let me know if you want info about that one. i really liked it. if you read all this thanks! love ya :)
p.s. i checked out my copy from my uni library and itās the 1959 print by swallow press. (i love old books!!!) and it has some unique and funky illustrations inside too (i wonder who the artist was?)
Jan 23, 2025
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Iāve had this infamous volume Incest: From a Journal of Love: The Unexpurgated Diary of AnaĆÆs Nin, for years; I honestly just bought it because of the provocative title and because I had heard of her but was unfamiliar with her or her work (sub-rec: finally reading the books you actually own that have been sitting on the shelf).
The concept of the narratives we create about our own lives has been on my mind lately as I write a narrative of my own; I was reminded of Nin when thinking about what Gore Vidal wrote (and didnāt write!) about her in his memoir, Palimpsest.
After reading interviews with her + and articles about her life and her approach to publishing her journals (linked)āand seeing myself in her ways of coping, processing, and engaging with the worldāIām very excited to interrupt my own languorous navel-gazing reflection during my protracted period of post-holiday down-time and delve into hers/become too intimately acquainted with her delusional girl persona. The title pretty much exactly shows what to expect here, so itās probably going to be an uncomfortable, gut-wrenching and painful read, to say the least, but it should be illuminatingā¦ pray for my stomach and my heart but itās a great place to start
Jan 9, 2025
Just go this book, Nin is my favorite writer. Delta Venus erotica was my first book I read from her. Today I got her diary from the twenties, volume 2, to be exact. I didnāt know but there was different volumes, which are different eras of her life being written by her. I took a picture of the library checkout because itās from my university library and it hasnāt been checked out since 2004. (Broke the streak).
Feb 6, 2024
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The Diary of AnaĆÆs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
Mar 11, 2024
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I saw this post and it made me pause and think. Hmmā¦ how would I answer that question
Mar 15, 2025
āThis, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human.ā - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Feb 14, 2025
One of my colleagues brought King cake today and I got to try some for the first time. I have to say it tasted pretty good (I wanted to go back for more š).
She then told me about the plastic baby baked inside the cake, and that whoever finds it gets good luck.
I didnāt expect to be the one to find it haha. How cool is that! First time eating it and I get the baby. It really made me day hehe.
I looked it up and the little baby is called a fĆØve.
Mar 4, 2025