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I listened to several hours of The Feast of the Goat over the weekend and got to some tough chapters describing the torture of men arrested after Trujillo‘s assassination. So, I took a break today and read some more of my Hemingway book. This book also quickly turned more violent than I was expecting from the description, but I was happy to realize it‘s partially set in Cuba.

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“Just one of the 3,653 days of his sentence, from bell to bell. The extra three were for leap years.”

This book follows Ivan Denisovich Shukhov for a single day while he is serving a term in a Stalinist labor camp. Definitely recommend wearing a jacket and having a hot beverage nearby because it‘s gonna be cold! I could feel the chill of the Siberian winter when reading this from the warmth and comfort of my own house! 🥶

I spent a few hours continuing to listen to this book today, and I‘m really enjoying the way it‘s told from different perspectives. I also made chivo guisado, or braised goat, served with rice. It turned out well and I‘ve got a few meals made for this coming week.

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This is a short novel, but there‘s a lot to consider, especially about culture and names. The Caribbean setting was vibrant, yet the feeling of conflict was ever present. There were shifting perspectives and it always felt a bit disjointed, reflecting how the characters never find a way to trust or communicate clearly. It‘s definitely an interesting companion read for Jane Eyre.

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Today on my way home from school I started listening to this and continued it on my evening walk with Luthien. I‘m interested so far, but I‘m also thinking I may need to look up a bit of history to supplement the story set in the Dominican Republic in 1961.

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In January 2023, I completed 12 books including the tagged Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien that I‘ve been slowly working my way through for almost a year and a half. It was well worth the time and effort and completed a bingo! I read 2 of my #Roll100 selections and 3 #1001books in the mix as well. It was a good month!

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Definitely a soft pick for me. I enjoyed spending time with Stephen before and during the war. His time in the trenches kept me engrossed. Reading about the tunnels in the first war was also fascinating to me. There‘s more I could say, but I‘ll leave it with this: I‘m glad I read it. I found it to be moving in certain parts. It‘s also one more book I can cross off the 1,001 list. And lastly, there are parts of this book that will stay with me.

Uh… what?

I think I‘m glad I read this? It at least saved me from wasting time on Gravity‘s Rainbow 😬

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This book has been on my TBR list for quite a while and I‘m excited to finally reading it.

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Well, that was quite a trip! I never would‘ve picked this up without the 1001 list, and it‘s not one I would recommend to many people. It is set in a dystopian U.S. descending into another civil war and includes a LOT of violence & sexual content. Evelyn begins as a real jerk of a man who is captured by a tribe of women & transformed into a beautiful woman. Suffice to say Eve experiences a completely new perspective.

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