Super fun read, especially for theatre geeks. Chock full of puns, absurdism, and some pretty meta comments on determinism. Definitely gave some new credence to “all the world‘s a stage” 😛

So glad I finally got to this one. All humans would benefit from reading Part I at the very least; in it, Frankl reveals his thoughts on finding meaning via vignettes from his Holocaust experience. He shows that one can build meaning out of suffering, as long as she fights to retain her inner freedom.

In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. This is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility in the West Coast.

Part epic love story, part bildungsroman. This book was an eloquent (yet super readable) comment on immigration, race, and returning home. My only beef is that sometimes the characters and plot seem shallow, but at other times disjointedly revealing.

It was honesty that he valued; he had always wished himself to be truly honest, and always feared that he was not.

Really glad I finally had the chance to read this collection of short stories after learning about Maeve Brennan in the London Review of Books. All these stories are set in Ireland, and about 2/3 of them focus on the unspoken tensions within two marriages. Clean, evocative prose that ambles along into moments that stand still in their beauty. #shortstories

Just found this at a farmer‘s market by chance! All flash stories- half presented in Americana type face, half hand-written and accompanied by childlike sketches. Some are silly and whimsical, while others melt your heart open.

Crying.

Parts made me laugh out loud; parts made me cringe. Awesome illustrations though! #comics

Awesome set of short stories. All are chock full of allusions to and lessons from Greek mythology, reframed for modern-ish eyes. My favorites were The Story of a Panic and The Celestial Omnibus; both had mad Peter Pan vibes. #shortstories #emforster

“Come, come ! why do you cry?”
“Because—because all these words that only rhymed before, now that I‘ve come back they‘re me.”

Going down as one of the best books I‘ve ever read. Through the eyes of three brothers, we get to see the demise of a Southern family‘s final generation. Both style and sense of chronology shift as you meet the three narrators, each unreliable and stress-inducing in his own way. #litsyclassics

Disappointed with this, but it might have been underwhelming because I just finished Love in the Time of Cholera. Overall, the style is very simple and the characters one dimensional. This might be fun to read aloud to kids if you bypass the explicit bits.

Disturbing- Florentino draws the reader in with a Humbert Humbert-like embrace. It‘s an intricate history laced with beautiful words, but it reveals passion‘s depraved, haunted nature. #litsyclassics