Litsy

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition | Fernando Pessoa

This one‘s up next. It‘s a reread. Being lost in the hush of an endless dusk these days makes book like this comforting.

#findingjoy

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Tamra

Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady | Kate Summerscale

so-so

This book is very well researched on England‘s new divorce law, court, and the people orbiting in & around it. Other reviewers have noted Mrs. Robinson serves as a model trope for victims of patriarchy and sexism. So absurd now that everything sexual was the result of a defect or disease of some sort. “Womb complaint”

IMO the degree of detail about extraneous individuals was a distraction from the Robinsons‘ story.

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TheAromaofBooks

L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921 | Jen Rubio L.M. Montgomery

I had to find out what the deal was with these magical yeast cakes (and can I still get them, because I totally would love to have my 20-year-old energy back 😂) Found this fun article - https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-healing-power-of-compressed-...

So is the renewed energy and vigor LMM experienced entirely a placebo effect? Or were the B vitamins really that helpful? Either way it's fun to see how humans always look ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) for the easy ticket!! 😆

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TheSpineView 20 year old... I would settle for 40! 😂 2d

Suet624 Great article! 2d

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Cuilin Fabulous article, thanks for sharing. 2d

BarbaraJean What a fantastic article!! This part: “…when I mentioned the cakes to my husband‘s 91-year-old grandmother, her face lit up. ‘Ooh, I love yeast cakes!‘ she said, before taking a nibble. ‘The texture is so nice.‘ Encouraged, I then spent the weekend trying to press yeast cakes on her. Eventually she turned to me. ‘You know, Catherine,‘ she said, ‘sometimes people say things they don‘t entirely mean.‘” 😂😂 2d

BarbaraJean I love knowing that LMM was just as susceptible to advertising and getting caught up in a health craze as the rest of us!! All her talk of “vitamines” was so interesting. I wonder if she got Ewan to try yeast cakes?! (edited) 2d

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BarbaraJean

L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921 | Jen Rubio L.M. Montgomery

“There isn't a single interesting person in this village—not one who makes you feel better just because of a chat. I really never saw such a collection of stupid, uninteresting people. …When I am feeling normal I suffer them gladly and find some amusement in their very stupidity but when I'm below par I'd like to blow them all up with gunpowder.”

😂 As I find so often, Maud‘s “below par” reaction to certain other people is thoroughly relatable.

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TheAromaofBooks Been there, Maud 😂 2d

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BarbaraJean

L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921 | Jen Rubio L.M. Montgomery

I feel
Very much
Like taking
Its unholy perpetrators
By the hair
Of their heads
(If they have any hair)
And dragging them around
The yard
A few times,
And then cutting them
Into small, irregular pieces
And burying them
In the depths of the blue sea
They are without form
And void,
Or at least
The stuff they produce
Is.
They are too lazy
To hunt up rhymes,
And that
Is all
That is the matter with them.

😂😂
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