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I can‘t say she‘s my favorite author but she definitely is whom I find to be most intriguing.

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An old college book of my mother-in-law‘s that I‘ve always wanted to read. Not entirely a cultural point-by-point analysis of Mexican character and thought, but covers a good swath of Central American history and the psychological/philosophical changes a people must make to accommodate the coming of the conquistadors, Spanish Catholicism, French revolutionary thought and American imperialism. Paz, as poet, places ritual, love and poetry as balm.

It‘s a rainy day but a gift card funded book spree picked me right up. The lovely bookstore is a bit niche. Books I didn‘t know I needed are often the best kind.

Every day, all day (as it feels like we‘re on the 1,000 month of this administration). That & when I hear “breaking news” all I wonder is what ridiculous thing has the occupant of the WH said or done now.

After reading this book, I realized that even the everyday moments we often overlook can become beautiful when turned into someone‘s writing.
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These days, I‘ve been active in a more lively reading community where the atmosphere is great and book recommendations are actively shared.
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This was my first Virginia Woolf book and I liked it. Though this was published in 1929, I feel that much of Woolf's arguments are true today. She described women in fiction, such as writers and women mentioned in literature. Woolf pretty much uses various examples as to why women need money and a room of their own in order to write.

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I tried so hard to read this. I‘d make it about 5 pages before sleep would take me. I know she‘s working towards a specific point but it‘s hard to see in the overly descriptive retelling of her day.

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Meh. Whatever. It's out of the secret TBR cupboard where books go to be ignored.

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Meh. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

Reading some Virginia Woolf as I wait for my connecting flight.

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