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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962 | Sylvia Plath

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#OneWordReview: Forelsket

Forelsket (Norwegian): The indescribable euphoria experienced as you begin to fall in love.

I have read sylvia's journals long ago. But, it always feels like i haven't read them at all. Every time i go thru them, i get THAT feeling. Hell, i love this girl. Truly. I know i can't have her. I can't meet her. She's dead and gone and just a name that survived til date. But, even then, this feeling that i've feels wonderful.

imitelis whenever i read her journals i fall in love with this girl. I don't wanna confess this but i can't put it otherwise. There's great humour in her journals and things written in a way way she truly feels. Her perspective is amazing. The way she looks at the world and everything about her. Reading her journals is like looking at the world she was in thru her mind. Her honesty is awesome. It just wins you over. 5y

imitelis You feel her pain and her happiness and everything. You wish for things to happen to her that are beautiful and amazing but then, you know, people don't always get what they deserve. And life sometimes as always becomes another form of cruelty itself. 5y

imitelis This one Norwegian word i just mentioned is what i feel like when i go thru her journals. I love her journals more than her poems or any other works. 5y

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imitelis Yet that word isn't enough. Here's the thing. Language is limited and there ain't any words for many indescribable things that you truly feel. 5y

imitelis I could have described my experience in many words such as: 5y

imitelis Wabi-Sabi (Japanese): Finding beauty in imperfections. 5y

imitelis Sylvia isn't a perfect human being. 5y

imitelis And yet that's what makes her so beautiful 5y

imitelis Wait.. Did i just said "She is" 5y

imitelis I mean, She was. 5y

imitelis Then there's this another word 5y

imitelis Saudade (Portuguese): The feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost. 5y

imitelis Hell, English doesn't have many words for feelings that you can't really explain to are so numinous. 5y

imitelis Then there's another word 5y

imitelis Kilig (Tagalog): The feeling of butterflies in your stomach, usually when something romantic takes place 5y

imitelis Especially when you know sylvia's life story beyond her journals, say her suicide and all the terrible things, then reading her journals is like a ...... 5y

imitelis Commuovere (Italian): Often taken to mean “heartwarming,” but directly refers to a story that moved you to tears. 5y

imitelis I feel like using a time machine to go to the world sylvia was in. Not that it was some Disney world or fairyland. No. 5y

imitelis I feel like sharing some lines from her jourmals. 5y

imitelis So i'm gonna do it. Not all lines of course. That might ruin the experience of one can have when going thru her journals after going thru this post. 5y

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Norwegian Wood | Haruki Murakami

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#OneWordReview: Murakamish!

I thought for a long time, in what way one is to describe any murakami novel in perfect words and then i came up with this. I have my own reasons to use or make up this word. As this was not my first murakami novel, i'm pretty much familiar with what one should expect when it comes to murakami novels. You gotta read his works to know what i'm really talking about. It's not The best of murakami but it's a Good read.

imitelis I should be reading "Death in the air" right now. I know. But i haven't touched that book since many days. It's not that there's anything wrong with the book. No. It's interesting to read and i know i'll go thru it no matter what. But, here's the thing, THE MOOD. I'm not in mood to read non-fiction. Nah. However great and interesting it is, i don't give a damn. I guess it'd take me few more days to get back in mood and pick this non fiction book. 5y

imitelis I was going thru some of my favorite classics. Again & Again... That's how i know why those books passed the test of time and have retained themselves even now. Ever green books. That's why they are classics 5y

imitelis In particular, i was "wandering" thru the beautifully written book series "In search of lost time" and "Anne of green gables". Apart from that, i lost myself in world of poetry. 5y

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imitelis So yeah.. It's completely unrelated to the post i know. But i wanted to say these things anyway. 5y

imitelis About this book called "Norwegian wood" 5y

imitelis I'd say it's a treat for those who love the Beatles and classical music etc. As there are many references to that stuff throughout the novel. It's not something unusual though. Murakami have done it in almost all the novels i have read. 5y

imitelis Apart from that, the prose is beautiful. Not "Conrad"-y. But in a Murakamish way. Characters are well developed. At least that's what i found the most interesting part of this book. The book doesn't have much plot to it but the Ending, uh... That's the best thing about this book. At least to me 5y

imitelis I should have read it earlier. But it never attracted me so much compared to other novels by murakami. Novels like Kafka on the shore or The wind up bird chronicle. Those are masterpieces, no doubt in that 5y

imitelis But i'm Glad that i chose to read it. 5y

imitelis To tell you the truth, some of it (most of it) i listened (audiobook) and some of it i read. 5y

imitelis In all, i found it satisfying . now i'm aware that there are lot of readers out there who never liked this one outing by murakami that much. But in my experience, this one is really good. I really liked it . i'd not have liked it that much if murakami would have kept the ending different . 5y

booklahoma @Aashkaar Well said! Murakamish is a great descriptor. 5y

imitelis Yeah.. You're right! 5y

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All Your Perfects | Colleen Hoover

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#OneWordReview : RAVISHING!

I love the writing style and female characters of this author. I have read almost everything she has written. This book is definitely one of her best works.
All right, so, to give you a slight glimpse into this book, I'm putting down some of my favorite lines and passages in comments' section:

imitelis I look at him and realize it‘s the first time I‘ve really taken him in. This might be one of the worst moments of his life, but even taking that into consideration, he‘s extremely handsome. Expressive dark brown eyes that match his unruly hair. A strong jaw that‘s been constantly twitching with silent rage since I walked out of the elevator. (more-->) 5y

imitelis (CONT'D) Two full lips that keep being pressed together and thinned out every time he glances at the door. It makes me wonder if his features would appear softer if his girlfriend weren‘t in there with Ethan right now. 5y

imitelis Here's another one: 5y

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imitelis There‘s a sadness about him. Not one related to our current situation. Something deeper . . . like it‘s embedded in him. I‘ve met people who smile with their eyes, but he frowns with his. 5y

imitelis And this one: 5y

imitelis The problem is, love and happiness are not concordant. One can exist without the other. 5y

imitelis And some more back to back: 5y

imitelis He‘s leaning against the doorway, his curiosity pulling his eyebrows together as he stares at me. He fills the room with his presence.

I only fill it with my absence.

5y

imitelis After knowing him for as long as I have, there‘s still a mysteriousness that surrounds him. It peeks out of his dark eyes and weighs down all the thoughts he never speaks. The quietness is what drew me to him the first day I met him. It made me feel at peace.

Funny how that same quietness makes me uneasy now.

5y

imitelis Sometimes when I open my mouth, it feels like the wind blows all my words straight back down my throat. 5y

imitelis And this passage: 5y

imitelis I miss the days when I needed to tell him everything or I would burst. And I miss the days when he would feel like time cheated us during the hours we had to sleep. Some mornings I would wake up and catch him staring at me. He would smile and whisper, “What did I miss while you were sleeping?” I would roll onto my side and tell him all about my dreams and sometimes he would laugh so hard, he would have tears in his eyes. (More-->) 5y

imitelis (CONT'D) He would analyze the good ones and downplay the bad ones. He always had a way of making me feel like my dreams were better than anyone else‘s. 5y

imitelis And then: 5y

imitelis I‘m bothered by the intensity of my desire for him. I want to turn and fill his mouth with my tongue. I miss the taste of him, the smell of him, the sound of him. I miss when he would be on top of me, so consumed by me that it felt like he might tear through my chest just so he could be face-to-face with my heart while we made love. (more-->) 5y

imitelis (CONT'D) It‘s strange how I can miss a person who is still here. It‘s strange that I can miss making love to a person I still have sex with. 5y

imitelis Another: 5y

imitelis I‘ve perfected the art of avoidance. I‘m so graceful in my evasion of him; sometimes I‘m not sure if he even notices. I pretend to fall asleep before he even makes it to bed at night. I pretend I don‘t hear him when my name drips from his lips in the dark. I pretend to be busy when he walks toward me, I pretend to be sick when I feel fine, I pretend to accidentally lock the door when I‘m in the shower.

I pretend to be happy when I‘m breathing.

5y

imitelis The rain came out of nowhere. No sprinkles to indicate what was coming. The sky just tipped over like a bucket of water and huge drops are falling hard against my window. 5y

imitelis And i loved this dialogue by the male character, not the dialogue itself but the way it appears in book. You'll know it when you'll go thru the book. Anyway here it is: 5y

imitelis the tears will come later, in the silence. 5y

imitelis “You want to get out of here?” His voice is both a whisper and a plea. 5y

imitelis And another one: 5y

imitelis Sometimes this happens. One second I‘m in the shower, the next second I‘m not. I lose myself in the grief. I get so lost that by the time I climb my way out of the dark, I‘m in a new place. This new place is me, naked, in front of the bathroom mirror. 5y

imitelis I didn‘t notice his sadness consumed him even more than it used to. I probably didn‘t notice because sadness is like a spiderweb. You don‘t see it until you‘re caught up in it, and then you have to claw at yourself to try to break free. 5y

imitelis “We‘re all full of flaws. Hundreds of them. They‘re like tiny holes all over our skin. And like your fortune said, sometimes we shine too much light on our own flaws. But there are some people who try to ignore their own flaws by shining light on other people‘s to the point that the other person‘s flaws become their only focus. They pick at them, little by little, until they rip wide open and that‘s all we become to them. One giant, gaping flaw.” 5y

imitelis And some more: 5y

imitelis “Don‘t be so hard on yourself,” he says. “Now you know exactly what to look for. When you meet someone who is good for you, they won‘t fill you with insecurities by focusing on your flaws. They‘ll fill you with inspiration, because they‘ll focus on all the best parts of you.”

I pray he can‘t feel the intense pounding of my heart right now. I swallow hard and then choke out a pathetic sentence. “That‘s . . . really beautiful.”

5y

imitelis And this one: 5y

imitelis I move the pillow and just as I‘m about to reach for the alarm, it cuts off. I open my eyes and Graham is rolling back over to face me. He‘s not wearing a shirt and it looks like he just woke up.

He smiles and pecks me on the lips. “I couldn‘t sleep,” he says. “Finally gave up and came over here after midnight.”

I smile, even though it‘s way too early for me to feel like smiling. “You missed me.”

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imitelis (CONT'D) Graham pulls me against him. “It‘s weird,” he says. “I used to be fine when I was alone. But now that I have you, I‘m lonely when I‘m alone.”

Sometimes he says the sweetest things. Words I want to write down and keep forever so that I‘ll never forget them.

5y

imitelis Uhh... Coming to a halt here! Guys there's a lot more to this book and i hope you'll enjoy it more than i can imagine. 5y

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Blindness | Jos� Saramago

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#OneWordReview : "MASTERPIECE".

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book:

"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are."

“The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.”

"I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see"

(due to word limit I'm adding some more quotes in comment section below)

imitelis Some more:--> 5y

imitelis “the only thing more terrifying than blindness is being the only one who can see.” 5y

imitelis “all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows what happened.” 5y

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imitelis “You have no idea what it is like to watch two blind people fighting. Fighting has always been, more or less, a form of blindness.” 5y

imitelis “That we're going to die is something we know from the moment we are born, That's why, in some ways, it's as if we were born dead.” 5y

imitelis “there is nothing in this world that belongs to us in an absolute sense” 5y

imitelis (when the girl with dark glasses begins to weep) "Be quiet" the doctor's wife said gently, " let's all keep quiet, there are times when words serve no purpose, if only I, too, could weep, say everything with tears, not have to speak in order to be understood." 5y

imitelis “Fear can cause blindness, said the girl with dark glasses, Never a truer word, that could not be truer, we were already blind the moment we turned blind, fear struck us blind, fear will keep us blind” 5y

imitelis “Without a future, the present serves no purpose,” 5y

imitelis I guess i need to come to a halt. There are lot of lines from this book which i totally fell in love with, but i guess i should leave some of them for you guys to discover by yourself.. 5y

rachaich I loved this book. Seriously in awe of it. I think I watched the film after but it's the book that stuck with me :) 5y

imitelis Yeah.. One thing the movie does exceptionally well is cinematography. They have done very good job at adapting the book and its language into visual form. At least that's what i think. 5y

imitelis I especially loved the ending of book and the protagonist "Doctor's Wife" 5y

pdever Great book! 5y

Redwritinghood He is one of my favorite authors. I still need to reading “Seeing”, though. 5y

imitelis Me too. I haven't read it but from what i have came to know about it, it's not the direct continuation of blindness. It's different story within same story world if I'm not wrong. Though i have heard that the doctor and his wife do make appearance in the sequel but not as main protagonists. 5y

ShyBookOwl I've been curious about this one. I hear it has a unique structure 5y

imitelis Yeah.. The style is quite unique. Many long sentences are there in which commas take the place of periods, quotation marks, semicolons and colons. There are no quotation marks. So its slightly difficult for one to guess who's speaking to whom. But it's totally done on purpose. 5y

imitelis And there are no proper character names, we just get to know them by their profession or particular trait or relationship to another character eg. Doctor, doctor's wife, girl with dark glasses, etc. 5y

Carolyn11215 This book messed with my head something fierce. I read it while my mom was going blind. Not an ideal time to read...scared the bejesus out of me. 5y

CaitlinR Added it to my TBR based on the description, your quotes., and the comments. Thanks 5y

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