Litsy

Prosas profanas y otros poemas | Ruben Dario

My attempt at vaho/baho: steamed beef marinated in bitter orange juice (or here, a mixture of lime & regular orange) with plantain, green banana & yuca. Served with the white cabbage & tomato salad with lime dressing that seems to be a must with every Nicaraguan dish!
It's no doubt delicious when done properly but I had to find a workaround when it wouldn't cook & the result was disappointing.
#Nicaragua #FoodandLit
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Texreader You impress the socks off me, the food you attempt to make! So awesome (even if disappointing). The salad sounds yummy!! 3w

Dilara @Texreader Thank you, I'm flattered 😊 3w

dabbe 💜🩶🧡 3w

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Dilara

Prosas profanas y otros poemas | Ruben Dario

There are so many references to European literature and culture (mostly French, but also British, German, and of course Spanish, though not as much as I thought he would) in this poetry collection. The quoted poem is about Marguerite Gautier (or here, Margarita), the Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias) from the novel/play of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils.

#Nicaragua #FoodandLit
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Dilara translation found here: https://www.artvilla.com/plt/marguerite-by-ruben-dario-translated-by-william-rul...
Poster for the play by Mucha, via Wikimedia

La Dame Aux Cam�lias

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Dilara

Prosas profanas y otros poemas | Ruben Dario

First poem in this collection by Rubén Darío, and the parallels between it and Nerval's Fantaisie jump out to me (but then, I'm French and I had to learn it by heart at school).

#Nicaragua #FoodandLit
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Melismatic

Monday Or Tuesday | Virginia Woolf

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I‘ll be honest, I have no idea what I read - I just know Woolf‘s style isn‘t for me. So much double speak and description of minutiae for no real reason. Only one of the stories in this collection was enjoyable to me…but even then its point felt confused. #AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville

Melismatic Photo is from the Museum of Broadway in NYC 3mo

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Soubhiville

Monday Or Tuesday | Virginia Woolf

bailed

I tried Virginia Woolf for the first time and she is definitely not for me. I hope other #AuthorAMonth readers have better luck!

TheBookHippie 🙃 I adore her. Sorry it didn‘t work for you. 4mo

Soubhiville @TheBookHippie It‘s ok! I‘ve found so many other authors through #AAM, there‘s bound to be one that misses every once in a while. 📚🙂 (edited) 4mo

Sace I feel better seeing this. I‘ve spent today debating whether to bail or not. I might give her one more day, but I‘ve been struggling with her. 4mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures I liked her Mrs Dalloway, but her racism has always been an issue with me and I have struggled to get into any others. 4mo

Soubhiville @Sace I felt like the language was too dense. I was trying so hard to understand what she meant that it wasn‘t enjoyable at all. Did people ever talk like this or was she trying to make her works somewhat inaccessible? I‘d love to hear theories. 4mo

AmyG Yeah, I read one of her books, forgot which one, but she is not for me either. 4mo

Gissy I think the same. I will try some books I own but I don‘t feel that passion for her writing style as other people do🤷🏽‍♀️There are authors and writing style for every reader🙌📚 3mo

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kspenmoll

The Waves | Virginia Woolf

A day late but here I am joining in! #Tuesday #Scavengerhunt #Ocean #youreit

@marleed your it!

Chrissyreadit

marleed Oh @Amiable tagged me yesterday and I followed up when I saw the ocean in @BookmarkTavern ‘s post 🤣🌊 4mo

Chrissyreadit 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 4mo

Chrissyreadit play anytime this week! 4mo

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onionsforever

No Modernism Without Lesbians | Diana Souhami

From a bubble of privilege, she extolled idleness. I think one must be idle in order to become oneself, she wrote. 'If you have a profession you become part of that profession. With work you become a function. With idleness you become who you are.'

LiseWorks

The Waves | Virginia Woolf

March 25th #CoverStories Waves @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 🩵 🌊 🤍 7mo

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Gissy

Monday Or Tuesday | Virginia Woolf

pick

January 2025 Book #7
My experience with short story collection is that like/enjoy some stories more than others just like this collection. Some of stories were so beautifully written, others in my humble opinion, were like beautiful expressions but didn‘t feel like a short story for me. 3.5⭐️

Gissy #BookSpinBingo #4 BuddyRead #VirginiaBloomberries (January book) @Alldebooks #GoodReadsAroundTheYear2025 prompt #8 collection of short stories 7mo

AllDebooks Great review.❤️ 😊❤️ 7mo

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