I have finally finished reading my last book for 2021 🥳
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I have finally finished reading my last book for 2021 🥳
So far I'm really enjoying this collection of short stories. I was expecting a completely different kind of "horror" but I'm pleasantly surprised!
bailedI thought I would love this book but I didn't. So it goes.
so-soThe last two months I didn't read anything ~at all~ mostly because I was fostering these two puppies for an NGO. Now they are both grown up and adopted 😊
I finally finished what I thought was the last book in the series. Honestly, I didn't love it. The first two books are waaay better. I also don't like it when too many new characters/places are added so close to the end.
Should I read Map of Days?
It had become one of the defining truths of my life that, no matter how I
tried to keep them flattened, two-dimensional, jailed in paper and ink, there would
always be stories that refused to stay bound inside books.
It's been a while since I last read book 2, but I'm definitely going to finish this series
pickI'm actually proud of myself for reading this book :P It took me nine months!
It's easy to see why this book is so popular.
Less than 100 pages left 🔥🔥🔥
Great documentary and the author of this book is featured!
This short book is exactly what I needed after finishing a 13-books series.
pickNo, not all questions are answered. I understand the author wanted to make a point that the end of the book is not the end of the story but I also understand why so many people felt frustrated. I personally liked the Netflix adaptation better because I felt all of the changes to the story only favored its progression.
This book is teaching me the art of patience. Feels like I'm getting closer to the end but there are still soooo many pages left 😫
People aren‘t either wicked or noble. They‘re like chef‘s salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.
Interesting and intense chapter. I was eagerly waiting for this encounter. That's all I can say without spoiling the story.
pickI was disappointed with the slow and boring start, but this ended up being one of the best in the series. I love that we learn more about VFD, but also end up with even more questions.
One of the only good things that happened this year was having more time to read, mainly because I was tired of staring at my phone/computer screen all day. My reading breaks were essential for helping me make it through each day.
Let's hope that 2021 will be a better year! It can't get any worse, right? :P
I give up on finishing this book before the year ends. It doesn't look like much, but I still have 500 pages left. Still, this was a great year for reading 😊
pickJournalist Sara Stopazzolli tells the story of women in abusive relationships that ended up in them killing their partners. She also dives into the legal aspects of how the law can protect women and how it fails to do so at times. At the end of the book there is a much needed reflection of what will take to change this reality.
My sister let me try her new kindle and I loved it! ❤
pickI finished part 3. I don't have much to say other than I'm glad I finally took the time to read this classic. It makes the perfect reading for being stuck at home. Only parts four and five left! That's like five hundred pages 🙌
pickHonestly, I think the series should have started with this book. The ones before are just as good, but I think it took too long to introduce some key characters/information/VFD. Maybe in the end everything will connect and I just wasn't able to pick on some things. I don't know.
I'm not done reading but I already think this is the best book in the series so far. The story really picks up and the introduction of new characters really helped.
I would have never thought a book could keep my interest after so many pages. I also regret not taking any notes on the characters and places. The story moves around a lot.
pick“Well, this is a story about books.
About books?
About accursed books, about a man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about a betrayal and a lost friendship. It's a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.“
I'm glad I gave this book a second chance. However, I have to say I was extremely disappointed with ALL of the females characters.
Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
pickI'm done reading Part 2! I liked Part 1 better and reading about Edmond's time in prison. However, it was fun to read about the Carnival in Italy and the ending of Part 2 really made up for the really boring middle.
pick"They had each other. To have each other in the midst of their unfortunate lives felt like having a sailboat in the middle of a hurricane, and to the Baudelaires orphans this felt very fortunate indeed".
My favorite so far!
Quick drawing for today's #inktober prompt: Labyrinth.
I totally cheated yesterday because I couldn't come up with an idea 😜 Today I went with my obvious choice: The Pan's Labyrinth. One of my favorite movies and favorite bookworm characters!
I hope I can keep up with the prompts and keep them book related.
pick“They didn‘t understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don‘t understand it doesn‘t mean it isn‘t so“.
I loved it and can't wait to read the next one in the series! I really wish I had read this when I was younger. I watched the netflix show first but that didn't make the book any less enjoyable. The show and the book really capture what I love most about reading, books, and stories.
So comfortable 😆
pickI was surprised to find that everything I knew about this classic was wrong.
pickI decided I'm going to write a review for each part.
I'm done with part I and I really enjoyed it despite the slow start. It's not hard to sympathize with Dantes and I hope some people get what they deserve.
fun fact: the sole reason why I wanted to read this book is because Revenge is one of my favorite tv shows ever ❤
Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?
Este mundo no se morirá de una bomba atómica como dicen los diarios, se morirá de risa, de banalidad, haciendo un chiste de todo, y además un chiste malo.
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Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that.
I regretted not starting this book earlier but it seems I'll be in quarantine for the rest of the year with plenty of time to read 😜
I decided to give this book a second chance and I'm sure this time I'll be able to make it to the end. I understand why I bailed and why I thought the writing was a bit annoying but I can also see why this is a comtemporary classic.
pick"I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now".
Yesterday I finished my reread of the series. I'll definitely read these books again in the future! Narnia is still one of my favorite series ❤. Some things do feel outdated but the magic is still there.
pickI don't like scifi but I can make an exception for Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin.
I don't know why I thought this would be a difficult/challenging book. So far I'm enjoying it.
"(By the way, if you are going to read this story at all, and if you don't know already, you had better get it into your head that the left of a ship when you are looking ahead is port, and the right is starboard)"
These pictures and explanations I find when reading are not only welcome but much needed because I always feel lost when reading books that involve navigation/ships/boats or whatever because I know nothing of the sort haha
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