Litsy

Jane Austen's Letters | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye

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I love reading other people‘s mail.

It was so lovely to spend time with Jane again but as I got towards the end, I got quite sad.

I started this in 2022 and finally finished it as part of my #finishwhatyoustarted readathon

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xicanti

Letters to a Young Poet | Rainer Maria Rilke

There are a lot of powerful thoughts in this tiny book. Rilke‘s ideas often reminded me of Buddhist texts for how deeply he considers concepts like emotion and solitude.

TheBookHippie One of my favourites. 3w

Karisa Love this book! 🥹 3w

Singout My life has been transformed by work with Buddhist teacher of the Work That Reconnects, Joanna Macy, who is also a translator of Rilke. 3w

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dabbe 🖤🐾🤎 3w

zezeki I love this one! 3w

xicanti @Karisa @TheBookHippie @zezeki it was so good. Definitely one to return to again and again. 3w

xicanti @Singout I guess Rilke draws in all the Buddhists. 3w

xicanti @dabbe he‘s a stellar reading buddy, this guy. 3w

TheBookHippie @xicanti I find something in every reread 3w

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TheLudicReader

Letters | Henry James

Look what arrived today, @dabbe !!!
Although the strike is not over, postal workers have begun rotating strikes, meaning we will occasionally get mail.

dabbe Yay, it made it! I thought the strike was completely over. Bummer to that. 🧡💜💛 4w

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shanaqui

Written in History: Letters That Changed the World | Simon Sebag Montefiore

so-so

Some of these are so insignificant, and just included so that Montefiore can talk about the context. Sometimes that's interesting, sometimes less so, but honestly I found the letters and choice thereof fairly meh.

Also the organisation is weird. Themes I can get, but chronology within each theme is all jumbled.

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kelli7990

Dear Sun: The Letters of Joy Hester and Sunday Reed | Joy Hester, Sunday Reed

I saw this graphic on Facebook and wrote this about it.

#haiku #haikuhive

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JenlovesJT47 🧡☀️🧡 2mo

dabbe I drew my sun that way, too. 💛🧡💛 2mo

lil1inblue 💛🌞💛 2mo

AnnCrystal Lovely 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌞🐝💝. 2mo

Bookperson96 I did draw the sun sometimes like that too. 👍🏻🥰☀️ 2mo

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gossamerchild

Kurt Vonnegut: Letters | Dan Wakefield, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

I'm feeling this quote about #poetry. I'm learning to appreciate poetry more these days, but it seems like such a personal thing, more so than any prose.

#kurtvonnegut #aam

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Mitch

Letters | Henry James

What a lovely set of snail mail papers ♥️. Thank you @iread2much It‘s a timely reminder that I do owe you a letter! Be in touch very soon. Take care Xxx

Soubhiville That‘s cute! 2mo

iread2much I‘m so glad you liked it! Happy birthday! 🎂 2mo

Mitch @iread2much thank you. Your card came today as well. It has pride of place in my little library x 2mo

iread2much @Mitch 😁 It makes me so happy when I pick a good card for people ♥️ 2mo

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