Collected Fictions | 
Trying to finish this since it's a fine at the library. I've always read things based off of his writing so I decided it was time. It was so diverse and detailed in different cultures and history, I kept asking how he knows all of this. I've never heard of so many words that I had to look them up and this very pretty dictionary had none of them!
My favorite stories were about labyrinths or alternative culture philosophies.
One of the last books I bought. Used a gift certificate I got for Xmas. Sort of an impulse buy. One of the authors whose name I knew but was never exposed to as an English major.
#weekendreading
My most indulgent book spree. It‘s not overspending if it‘s on books right ?
I have the best family 😁! I left half my Christmas presents at my parents‘ 🙄🙈🤦🏼♂️. They sent my books as media mail, and they‘ve arrived at last ☺️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🕺! They chose well!!! Have you read any of these?!
#feistyfeb Day 9: #deckleedge! I've only got two with me right now, but boy are they good ones! I was so sad when I finally finished all of the Borges... Luckily Italo Calvino is so similar!
"This much is know: For every rational line or forthright statement there are leagues of senseless cacophony, verbal nonsense, and incoherency." - The Library of Babel
My all time favorite collection. Short stories. Some set in South America. Some just set in Borges mind, which is housed in his brain, which was often in Argentina, which is in South America. #booktober #southamerica
"Oh time thy pyramids"
Happily, my favorite surrealist South American author is also a decent #scaretober read. If this compilation of most of his works is daunting, my favorite book-within is "The Garden of Forking Paths," which contains his semi-famous vision of the universe as a library. #booktober @RealLifeReading
(for further fun, check out: http://en.illogicopedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel)
June 14, 1986 Jorge Luis Borges died. The Aleph is still one of my favorite stories, although Mickey The Wonder Dog prefers The Library of Babel. (Mickey also wanted everyone to know he only posed for this picture because I promised him a belly rub. He drives a hard bargain ...)
Happy National Library Week!
