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galina · 3 days
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Spontaneous jaunt in the South of France, with friends — chasing sunsets at the citadel — a neon tabac sign — laughing until I had to bend over to catch my breath — sleeping piled on top of each other in a tiny bed — a tightly wrapped sandwich in brown paper — the pinch of the needle going through my ear — a poppy in the gorse —sharing a bottle of wine on the walk home — yellow stone, clear blue water — lounging on the beach reading Ada Limón, Simone de Beavouir, Jacqueline Harpman — an oyster shell gleaming
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literatureaesthetic · 23 hours
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first read of may — a cup of sake beneath the cherry trees by yoshida kenkō
moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair. 'a cup of sake beneath the cherry trees' is a collection of fragments from the journal of a 13th-century monk, as he reflects on the pleasures of life and its passing moments. i think there's something in here for everyone to admire, with its reflective themes, philosophical undertones, and beautiful writing and imagery.
i definitely recommend!! 🌱
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care-i-only-around · 2 days
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therollingquill · 3 days
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I saw an interesting article talking about a new book by Stephen King, or a novella would be more accurate. It is he and another author who each have a story in it. Tread it normally and it's king's story. Flip it over and turn it around, reading from the back cover and it's the other fella's story. What are you thoughts on ?
I think It'd be cool to do that and one direction is antagonist pov, and the reverse is protagonist pov.
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writewithgur · 2 days
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Dialogue prompt #3
"Hello Darling, We are long overdue for a chat"
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nando161mando · 6 months
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oops! it seems i tripped and dropped several million free books, papers, and other resources
https://annas-archive.org
https://sci-hub.se
https://z-lib.is
https://libgen.is
https://libgen.rs
https://www.pdfdrive.com
https://library.memoryoftheworld.org
https://monoskop.org/Monoskop
https://libcom.org
https://libretexts.org
http://classics.mit.edu
https://librivox.org
https://standardebooks.org
https://www.gutenberg.org
https://core.ac.uk
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jayvespertine · 4 months
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— Jay Vespertine; not from a book but from an actual conversation.
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thvmuse · 1 year
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Fictional men who have the "it's ok to murder but it's never ok to disrespect your wife" energy >>>>
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“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.” – Maya Angelou
@/fridacashflow
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fangtastic-vampyra · 8 months
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buying books & reading books..two different hobbies.
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galina · 3 months
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Minster Gate Bookshop, York
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melodysbookhaven · 4 months
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ajaneofallreads on Instagram
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superkursunaskr · 14 days
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booksinmythorax · 5 months
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If you buy a lot of books and end up not liking some of them very much, can I suggest checking them out from your library first?
I worked in bookstores for a long time, and of course lots of my paycheck went directly back into the store. I've ended up "weeding" a lot of those books and donating them to different places just because I knew I wasn't ever going to read them again.
Now I'm a librarian, and I'm realizing just how much money I'm saving by checking books out FIRST. Maybe I check something out and I end up DNF'ing it within 50 pages. Maybe I check something out and I enjoy it, but not enough to read it again. Maybe I check something out and I really love it, but it freaked me out so bad it's tattooed on the inside of my eyeballs and I won't need to read it again (Drew Magary's The Hike, I'm looking in your direction).
Or maybe I check something out and I love it! And then I go buy a copy to own because I know I'll reread it, probably with a pen to mark up the margins in a way I know I can't with a library book!
Idk man. If you want to be more intentional with the way you spend your money, if you want to combat the commercialization of the publishing industry, if you hate that authors are being forced to do all their own marketing on TikTok and that readers are feeling shame about not purchasing and finishing literal hundreds of books per year... Maybe start by going to your local library. You can still post haul photos of library books without spending a dime.
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tizian-a · 11 months
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so many books but never enough money
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