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The Painted Alphabet: A Mythical Story of Bali | Diana Darling

Endless airport waiting time + book store = new book. No surprise here😂 wanted to bring something home from this memorable trip to Bali and Lombok and this one caught my eye!

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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | Elizabeth Gilbert

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The profound story of the author's adventure is an experience that anyone and everyone can relate to, regardless of age. Making “Eat, Pray, Love“ an unforgettable experience for anyone to enjoy.......
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6535915260

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Branwen

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | Elizabeth Gilbert

Our summer reading theme this year is 'Tell Your Story', and we've been encouraging patrons and staff to share their stories! I decided to talk about one way in which books saved my life! 📚 💙 Give it a quick watch if you get the chance! Books really are magical! 😄

And please tell me about a book that saved you/inspired you/motivated you here in the comments!

How Books Saved Me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-Od8_q6Do

Branwen A few more I didn't have time to talk about in the video: Rose Madder by Stephen King, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, and Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden! What are some of the books that have made a difference in YOUR life?! 📕 📘 📙 💜 3mo

kspenmoll Just a quick response: Picture books! Nancy Drew, Little Women ( my 3 sisters & I had their Madame Alexander dolls, acted book out, etc., Laura Ignalls Wilder hot me writing my own adventure stories, Romeo & Juliet, 1984, various poets, Mary Daly, too many books each adult decade!!!! 3mo

readswellwithothers Loved the video! Thank you for sharing your inspiring story with such joy! 💜 3mo

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DaveGreen7777 “Sojourn” by R.A. Salvatore really changed my life for the much better… I think you know why! 😊 3mo

Branwen @kspenmoll Ooooh yes! I didn't even think about picture books or other books like that! What wonderful choices! 🥰 @readswellwithothers Awww, thank you so much! 🥹 I really appreciate you watching it! 💕 @DaveGreen7777 YES! WE OWE R.A SALVATORE SO MUCH! 😭 I really hope one of us gets to meet him someday so we can share that story with him! 📚💕 2mo

vivastory This was a great video. Thank you for sharing 💙 2mo

Branwen @vivastory Thanks so much for watching, Scott! 💕 2mo

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sisilia

Lies and Sorcery | Elsa Morante

Annual pilgrimage 😆 #bali

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Graciouswarriorprincess

Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto

Book 89/100 of the year.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻 4mo

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humouress

Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto

💬Here, she's laid-back and cheerful and like...a woman instead of a mother, which is utterly weird.
Oh god, it just strikes me that maybe she's got a crush on someone. Maybe it's George's dad. Eww. Can people in their late thirties even have crushes? That's, like, way ancient to have a crush. 💬

humouress When a teenager starts seeing her mum as a person. Almost … 4mo

humouress 💬In reply, they all talk in low voices among themselves, as though I'm not right here in front of them and can hear every single word they're saying.
Papa: “You're right, he's hopeless.“
Eleanor: “Told you.“
Nainai: “He'll be celibate his whole life. No one will continue the family name.“💬 (edited) 4mo

humouress George‘s dad, gran & 13 year old sister discussing his dating life, or lack thereof 4mo

humouress 💬Indonesia's a pretty conservative country when measured up against Western standards, but the Chinese-Indonesian community is even more conservative. It's not even about religion; it's a really weird thing where I feel like a large part of the Chinese-Indonesian culture is based around olden-day Chinese customs that most people in China have moved on from, but we never got the memo because we left China. Dating is very much one of these💬 (edited) 4mo

humouress Happens all over the world; a culture that‘s moved away from the home country is even more set on sticking to traditions. 4mo

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humouress

Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto

A bit like ‘Crazy Rich Asians‘ in that an American Born Chinese (ABC) is brought back to Asia and has to cope with a culture (in this case Indonesian-Chinese) and family that she knows nothing about.

Ch 8 - hilarious because it‘s obvious (from the quality of English) that the parents are setting up their kids on a dating app, but they don‘t realise and are thrilled that they‘ve found perfect (by their lights) partners.

humouress The story is narrated in the first person but by both protagonists in different chapters. I keep missing the change over and having to go back to the beginning of the chapter to see which one is narrating. 4mo

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TheSpineView

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | Elizabeth Gilbert

bailed

I tried and I just could never get invested into the story. I kind of felt she thought others were responsible for her happiness. So I bailed and glad I did. At least I can mark this one of my TBR mountain.

@cbee #ReadYourKindle #ReadYourEbook

TheLudicReader You‘re not missing anything. 7mo

CBee Onward and upward 😊 7mo

TheSpineView @TheLudicReader Good to know 7mo

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TheSpineView @CBee Totally 7mo

Deblovestoread #HailtheBail….i did not like this book at all. 7mo

5feet.of.fury I will add to the others, this book was not good, you‘re not missing out 😂 7mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 7mo

marleed Haha! I read this in late 2007 in a critical juncture in my life. Parts of this book were a life raft. I haven‘t read it since mostly because I want to keep my memories of this book‘s value to me as they are. But so many readers just can‘t with this one. I really do wonder what I‘d think now in this life of mine I‘ve since crafted which is filled with almost nonexistent daily drama. 7mo

Christy2318 I read this around the time it came out and it was one of those right book right time situations for me. I‘d probably bail if I read now. 7mo

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SarahBookInterrupted

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | Elizabeth Gilbert

so-so

So this was the first book in Book Interrupted‘s Book‘s with Movies Season. I loved this book in 2008 and recommended it to others but reading it this time around there were some really cringy parts in it. I still loved the spiritual and self discovery stuff. We had a good discussion on the podcast about how people 15+ years ago didn‘t really talk openly about mental health or women escaping social expectations to know themselves. So-so in 2024.

SarahBookInterrupted It you want to listen to the podcast episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/11vjoOx85XIBfPNrCId5Xm?si=besggGAURG6oR5RDI9oBR... 7mo

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