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Sisterhood, Motherhood, and "Worry": A Novel's Quest for Identity

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tore my shelves apart to share some autumn reads with you

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every day i get my heart ripped out & every day i simply just continue

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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

- Gilbert Hignet

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Feeling that white/grey/brown combo

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hello from british columbia 🗻 i’ve already found myself in several bookstores, even in whistler. here’s one i haven’t heard of but purchased anyway because it sounded so good ➡️ having and being had by eula bliss i’ve been in BC for a few days now and it’s felt so good to be away. i missed it here so much — i got to visit family i haven’t seen in over ten years and it felt so bittersweet. it’s a bit sad i’m not here seeing my nana since that’s the only reason we used to visit but i know that these bookstores i went to are probably the same ones she would wander through and bring home books to me as a kid. i got to see snow for the first time❕❄️ and visited the mountains. i went snow tubing? which was so fun and have hiked several little trails. it really is my home away from home. all i need to really feel at home is my dog 🐕 🏷 #britishcolumbia #vancouver #havingandbeinghad #eulabliss #riverheadbooks (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8y_g0Pmos/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today I was greeted at my favorite coffee shop with a hug and it really reinforced my belief that baristas are the backbone of this existence :,)

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‘Women are strongest when bearing one another’s pain. We each take a little on ourselves. No one dies, and we all heal together.’

Kiersten White, The Guinevere Deception (via brightbeautifulthings)

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i am missing the little bookstore i used to work at so much lately

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‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough

or a book long enough to suit me. ‘  C.S. Lewis

© Frances 

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i think a few things went into it!!

- since i read less, i was able to focus on the books i was reading more often and i made better choices on what i felt like reading. i did dnf a few things because i simply didn’t want to read them. i only kept reading things i was enjoying

- i also read a lot of books that i’ve been meaning to read for awhile (a secret history, song of achilles, a little life, norwegian wood, etc.) so i was looking forward to these reads! they’re all pretty popular so i had high hopes going into them and wasn’t really disappointed (maybe a lil with norwegian wood lol)

- i read a lot of manga which i genuinely never rate poorly so that could be why my rating is so high. i gave like every manga i read this year 4/5 stars just cuz i love it so much lol

- i did stumble upon a new fav tho! Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner was my favorite book this year and i bought it on a whim, knowing nothing about it besides the fact it was written by the lead of Japanese Breakfast. it was perfect timing for me to read that book too! a little bit of everything tbh :) 

7, 8 and 9 please?

7. What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

it was 4.6 stars out of 5 which seems right! although i didn’t read much this year, i read a lot of amazing books :)

8. Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

i didn’t read my overall goal to read 25 books (MUCH less than usual, 2020 was even worse bc i only read 8 books) but i did read mostly asian authors this year which is something i really wanted to do more of :)

9. Did you get into any new genres?

no, not really! i think the most diff thing i read this year was probably adichie’s tiny book on grief. other than that, i stuck to a lot of manga, fiction and memoirs :)

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Very early morning or very late night... either way, cozy reading with Chekhov and my favorite tea <3

🎵 Chopin, Mazurkas - Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy

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What were your top five books of the year?

i'm in the middle of a book that could possibly be included in this but as for things i've finished this year, here are some of my favs (IN NO ORDER)

- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

- Gallant by V.E. Schwab (comes out March 2022!)

- The Secret History by Donna Tartt

- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (not quite done with this one yet but the writing is absolutely beautiful)

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7, 8 and 9 please?

7. What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

it was 4.6 stars out of 5 which seems right! although i didn't read much this year, i read a lot of amazing books :)

8. Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

i didn't read my overall goal to read 25 books (MUCH less than usual, 2020 was even worse bc i only read 8 books) but i did read mostly asian authors this year which is something i really wanted to do more of :)

9. Did you get into any new genres?

no, not really! i think the most diff thing i read this year was probably adichie's tiny book on grief. other than that, i stuck to a lot of manga, fiction and memoirs :)

ask questions from here!

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if u ask me to go to the park and just swing on swings with u there is 98% chance i will say yes and swing for 5 hours do not test me

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young adulthood is extremely lonely but also wildly freeing. i’ve gotten coffee at three different cafes today