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“What is a game? It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It's the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.” ―from Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

[getdownintheshire]

Haven’t read that much this year but this is my number 1 of the year so far. Thank you @megsenturk for introducing me to this book 🔪🙏😈bookstagram #horrorbooks #mybestfriendsexorcism #80s #80sreference #2023readingchallenge #books #reading #thisbookiscrazy https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJ3bLkNopt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[scholarlysoldier]

Definitely a slower start to the reading year than I was hoping for. January was a bit of slog between a very busy and hectic Christmas followed by getting thrown right into the breech back at work once leave ended. Regardless the first three books of 2023 are down 👍 Januarys reading include Jocko’s Leadership Field Manual which is effectively a condensed and combined version of his two pervious absolute heaters; The classic book on the how influence those around in a positive way with Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People; and finally a summation of the final days of the Afghan conflict threw the eyes of a man who found it for over a decade in many capacities, and did what he could to influence and salvage whatever humanity was to be found in that chapter of history’s tragic close. #bookstagram #2023readingchallenge #januaryreads #jocko #leadershipstrategyandtactics #dalecarnegie #howtowinfriendsandinfluencepeople #elliotackerman #thefifthact (at Village of Port Williams) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYM9Z_pg7hH8H76h6NmBsSLxYxDL6Ketkl8aI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cupofteajones]

It's that time of year again! 📚📖👓 If you are looking to either challenge yourself, tackle your TBR or you just want to read more, then head over to the link in my bio to sign up for the Cup of Tea's 2023 Reading Challenge, both taking place on @the.storygraph! And if you are trying to tackle your ever growing classic TBR pile, I have also created a Classic Reading Challenge that is also taking place over @the.storygraph. Make 2023 your reading year! 📚 #bookblogger #books #bookstagram #readingchallenge #2023readingchallenge #thestorygraph #readmorebooks #classics #tackleyourtbr #tbrpile #blogpost https://www.instagram.com/p/CmzwOtar6tS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thegirlbythefirelight]

To go back to Murakami after what seems like ages (it has been- last year somehow I missed reading any of his books 🫣) is to go back to life. 24 short stories, what our writer calls sprints, written in between his novels, (you guessed it right-marathons) are perfect for anyone who wants to sample his style. On offer are- crows that know the difference between cakes, a one-legged surfer, a couple who take off to Greece on a whim, unexplained disappearances and cats, of course they are Mhrakami's mysterious cats. This was my fifth by him and the one that left me most disappointed. Apart from 3-4 stories, the rest were less nuanced than what I had expected. Short stories lack the room to flesh out their characters, mostly, & someone who prefers character-driven tales vis a vis plot-driven narratives, the commitment they demand and offer is inadequate. Also, I felt at sea with some stories- neither I could understand their meaning nor the metaphor behind them, if any. But. Great if you want bite-sized Murakami morsels. Also great if time is at a premium (when isn't it?). My favourite - If you liked this read: For #magicrealism: •Kafka On The Shore- predictably the better Murakami to start with. •The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue •The Night Circus •The Master & The Margarita • Beloved •Midnight's Children For #Japaneseliterature: •When the Emperor Was Divine •Never Let Me Go •Before The Coffee Gets Cold •The Easy Life In Kamusari #shortstoriescollection #harukimurakami #blindwillowsleepingwoman #japanesefiction #contemporarybooks #fantasyfiction #asianliterature #delhireader #delhibookstagrammer #delhibookstafam #2023readingchallenge #januaryreads #murakamiharuki #murakamibooks #bookaesthetic #indianreaders #indianbookstagram #bookstagramindia #kindleflatlay #booksandtea #winterreads #mybookfeatures #readerslife #alwaysreading #bookdragon #bookishthoughts #alwayswithabook #readingchallenge2023 (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoEWLOirrKz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wcs53]

I wasn’t going to sign up for any reading challenges this year, but I changed my mind and decided to join in with the #tbr23in23 challenge hosted by @gilioncdumas Last year I failed to complete the #tbr22in22 challenge, but I’m hoping to do better this year. 📚 The 23 books I’ve chosen for this challenge are pictured below. Are there any there you have read or are interested in reading? 📚 #tbr23in23 #2023readingchallenge #bookaddict #bookstagram #alanbennett #raybradbury #frederickbuechner #patticallahan #lisachaney #michaelcoren #roalddahl #fyodordostoevsky #rachelheldevans #neilgaiman #malcolmgladwell #kazuoishiguro #samkean #stephenking #madeleinelengle #janetmock #oscarromero #edwardrutherfurd #davidsedaris #snorristurluson #miriamtoews #jrrtolkien #jeffzentner https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIwU-7L39l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stories-by-shanna-p]

As we wrap up 2022 and dive into 2023, it’s time to take a look at new reading goals and challenges! If you are looking for a fun challenge this new year, consider joining my challenge! Let’s see how many amazing #RomanceBooks we can read in 2023! #2023ReadingChallenge #ReadingChallenge #Romance #RomanceReads #AuthorChallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1kmWPuaKR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[aaknopf]

Yes, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a love story, but unlike any you have read before. Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. Gabrielle Zevin’s X novel examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect.

[thegirlbythefirelight]

Our story begins with our mothers'- for when she is conceived, one half of us is already present in her. Metaphorically, yes? But let's come down to the bare bones. A girl is born with all the eggs she will ever have- we are a part of our mothers long before we become an idea, a desire, a wish. I've avoided picking this book for the longest time; I am known to cry copiously, especially at emotionally charged words. And an ode to a dead mother who ends her life at 51 years was certainly going to have me weep buckets. It didn't. Handke writes about his mother seven weeks after her death-in parts to make sense of this loss & to capture the entirety of 'her'. So he begins- she as a child, as a young woman learning the vocabulary of this world, a wife, a mother, an essential but ignored limb of the society, a matron who finds herself (better late than never) to only realise just how late that is & then… I didn't know there were controversies around Handke. This work, though, is just a testimony to love felt and experienced. This pithy German book, mere 78 pages, is held down by the beauty of the prose. Grief has words and more than wrenching your heart out- they wipe the muck off our vision. If sadness were words- A Sorrow Beyond Dreams would be those. And what it really says is… It's already too late, it's already too less. Go tell your mother you love her. #peterhandke #asorrowbeyonddreams #germanbooks #pushkinpress #nobelprizeliterature #austrianliterature #translatedliterature #translatedbooks #delhibookstagrammer #indianreaders #bookstagramindia #addictedtobooks #coffeeandbooks #bookishthoughts #neverwithoutabook #nonfictionreads #nevernotreading #januaryreads #2023readingchallenge #indianbookstagrammer #mumbaibookstagram (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn8b4EzLM6q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[thegirlbythefirelight]

There’s love accumulated over stretches of time that they haven’t met and so you understand that moment when Tom and Claudia are walking in Cairo markets replete with their filth and fragrances, why he wants to buy her something….anything. They both don’t know if there is a future, times being as such, and hope is a flighty word. That desperation to offer something tangible, because who can hold love, is my favourite part of the story. It’s as human as it gets. Penelope Lively’s Claudia- the custodian of lost Hungarians, enterprising, almost fearless, leaving behind her wake of bad decisions, a spunky historian. She is a handful and age has nothing to do with it. As a feisty chit of a girl or as a supposed dowager, lying on white sheets, forgetting the names of things, pretend-sleeping through family visits- there was no point when I wasn’t rooting for her. No two people are born in the same family- siblings meet their parents at different growth trajectories, so each has a different childhood. History is something like that- how the world moves for an Indian is different for how it moves for a Ukranian, a Sudanese, an American. So when Claudia aspires to retell the history of humankind, in effect, it is her version of the world she is offering. Ambitious, much? But then we all think we have a tomorrow and the next year and a life planned till 80, so who isn’t? Travelling through time with Claudia was like diving into the vortex- levels fly past, and everything’s happening simultaneously on them. Lively was right- memory doesn’t care for chronology. Neither is it that clinical nor as neat. I loved the same version of events retold through different character perspectives. Moon Tiger isn’t a romantic read, lest my opening lines put you off. More like a manual for living- if we are going to take up space, might as well make the most of it. PS: The cover. I detest it. #moontiger #penelopelively #delhireader #delhibookstagram #bookerprizewinner #femaleauthors #readingwomen #feministbooks #bookflatlay #delhibookstafam #historicalfiction #smallbooks #recommededreading #womenwhoread #2023readingchallenge #bestbooks2023 #indianbookstagrammer (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn3YEEEL7HZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thegirlbythefirelight]

As I begin to write this, I'm trying to pin down what this story is about- India's first lady doctor or child marriage? Does it catch the Indian women emancipation movement in its nascent stages or capturing the downfall of the last nawab of Awadh is its aim?  It's all this. Which is part of its charm & also the reason why it overpowers you. But let's start from the beginning.  Krishnosundor & his family leave their village with a promise of better days but life sells them off as plantation slaves. His sister, Bhubonmoni, his two daughters & his wife- their lives form the crux of this story. The first 150 pages pulled me in; the story took off immediately but I found myself emotionally overwhelmed. I asked @pepperandpetals the one who loved this book and gifted it to me, if things get better. She encouraged me to continue reading & I am glad I listened to her.  The story is well-researched & apart from the protagonists there are others who held my interest- I mean, Rabindranath Tagore is practising his poetry & Kadambini Ganguly is studying to be a doctor here. The tapestry is rich with memorable characters, sewn with the silk of the Indian history.  @arunavasinha has done a fantastic job with the translation and I wish @debarati.mukhopadhyay more success with her book. The Indian historical fiction scene is richer because of her work.   Trigger warnings: Child marriage, rape, gender & caste issues.  #chroniclesoflostdaughters #bengalitranslatedliterature #debaratimukhopadhyay #delhibookstafam #delhibookstagrammer #indianbooks #historicalfiction #translatedbooks #indianreader #indianbookstagrammer #bookstagraminda #translatedliterature #alwaysreading #bookblogger #bookishthoughts #bookdragon #2023readingchallenge #readingchallenge2023 #januaryreads #delhireaders (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnoYS4Vr1MC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=