pickI always find poetry in translation difficult. When a poem doesn‘t work for me, is it the poet or the translator at work? I found most of these good, but none of them great.
First book of 2024 done.
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Those interested in joining are more than welcome - the #192025 challenge runs through December 31, 2025, so still plenty of time! In this #ReadingChallenge, we‘re reading one book for every year from 1920 through 2025. You can keep track on Storygraph by searching for the #192025 Challenge.
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Farmers‘ market today, which meant that the Friends of the Library had their book sale! Time for a little #bookhaul
One of the volunteers said that Hesse is her favorite author. I‘ve never read anything by him, but I take that as high praise!
Starting this one.
I've been using dice to roll for what books to read next to get through books I've had for so long but haven‘t gotten to. Really is helping me get rid of the tbr 🤣🤣
But anyway, I hadn't planned on being able to finish this but I'm home from work sick. So.
Hesse is one of those authors I‘ve been lucky to read at just the right moments and so several of his works, including this one, have had a great impact on me. #GamesPuzzlesDay #NovemberNarrative @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
A collection of shorts. I enjoyed the first the most - Augustus. A little bit of sci fi here, and being Hesse his hope & struggle with humanity is evident although not so misanthropic.
"a proper Glass Bead Game player ought to be drenched in cheerfulness as a ripe fruit is drenched in its sweet juices. He ought above all to possess the cheerful serenity of music, for after all music is nothing but an act of courage, a serene, smiling, striding forward and dancing through the terrors and flames of the world, the festive offering of a sacrifice."
#BeginsWith #Glass
For a moment I regretted using The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters for the Dream prompt at the beginning of the month, but then I remembered this pseudo-scifi chunkster.
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
