1. 🤔Why? Why do you want to read books anyway these days? Is it because you want to learn a specific skill like cooking? Then don’t feel guilty about not being able to make time for other books. Is it because you want to get lost in a fantasy world and escape real life forContinue reading “5 ways to make reading books easier for yourself”
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📘Reflection: Convenience Store Woman (by Sayaka Murata)
There are some books like this I get to read where I can see parts of myself in the characters and end up feeling much better about life. So I ended up really enjoying this one. Convenience Store Woman is a novel (originally in Japanese) about a 36-year-old woman who is considered unusual, and aContinue reading “📘Reflection: Convenience Store Woman (by Sayaka Murata)”
Reflection: 📕Letters to a Young Poet (kinda detailed)
Overall Impression I recently picked up this book by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, which is a collection of 10 letters he wrote in response to a student (the young poet) named Franz Kappus. [There are spoilers in this post if you haven’t read the book yet] My first favourite thing about this book wasContinue reading “Reflection: 📕Letters to a Young Poet (kinda detailed)”
Reflection on reading ‘Ego is the Enemy’
Overall impressions For the last 3-4 days I’ve been reading the book and I’d like to jot down the thoughts that came up. They are not necessarily a summary of what is written in the book, but the points I learned, and other things I was reminded of as I kept on reading. In thisContinue reading “Reflection on reading ‘Ego is the Enemy’”