Third #wordoftheday
“He felt himself falling into a soporific trance—as if a hypnotist had uttered a trigger word that sent him spinning.”
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Third #wordoftheday
“He felt himself falling into a soporific trance—as if a hypnotist had uttered a trigger word that sent him spinning.”
#foodandlit #Cambodia @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Second #wordoftheday
“Back at his room at Le Royal, Fearless found that the maids had drawn the curtains and lowered the AC to abattoir temperature. He would shower, he decided, and recharge his batteries before he started to plot his next move.”
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#wordoftheday
“He would never forget the last time he saw Wish in Sarajevo. The young sniper glanced over his shoulder when Fearless came in, then turned, gluing his eye to the scope of his rifle. The spirit Fearless had formerly captured on film—vulnerable, sympathetic, and troubled by conscience—had been effaced. Only bitterness now remained in its stead.”
#foodandlit #Cambodia @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
I've just finished this history of #Cambodia. It is depressing.
Last Saturday, I went to an exhibition of pictures taken by Reza, a photojournalist. There was 1 taken in Cambodia in the 90s, of a car used to trigger any mines left on railways, so that it, rather than the real train, explodes. As you can see, it is packed with people risking their lives for a free train ride.
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pickWhew. I don‘t really know how to “rate” a book like this, but I will say (a) I read the whole thing in 24 hours, (b) I now know more about the Cambodian genocide in the 70s than I did before, and (c) I am in awe of the courage that it must take Arn to tell the story as he has. He‘s not 100% hero, he‘s not 100% villain - he is fully human, making choices in impossible circumstances. #FoodandLit
Oh boy. I‘m hoping to stay consistent with these! 🥹 #MajicMonday
#AuldLangSpine @monalisha
#USPresidents @amiable @tearificbooks
#MonthlyNonfiction @julieclair
#192030 and #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle
#WinterCampLitsy and #CampLitsy @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books
#26Shorts2026 @AnishaInkspill
#FoodandLit @Texreader @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
I‘ve also been eyeing #EuropaCollective…
“Leaving Angkor, he took a motodop to see the sunset at Ta Prohm—the next temple on the tourist trail, and the one that had loomed largest in his mind for twenty years. It was renowned for the way the jungle trees had grown into its fabric, the serpentine roots of silk-cottons and strangler figs draping themselves over its columns and pediments, worming tendrils deep into their fissures until root and stone were inseparable.”
Pic from internet
Cambodian dessert: a baked pumpkin filled with pandan-flavoured coconut custard. It's quite the centerpiece! You're supposed to use kabocha pumpkin, but I had a jack-be-little that needed eating, and that was just the right size for me, so I used it instead. It would have tasted better with a kabocha though. And I subbed South-East-Asian pandan with kewra water.
#Cambodia #FoodandLit @Texreader @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
#MagicMonday @Eggs
I think I might be doing a lot of them
#JanuaryBluesReadathon me hosting
#InDeathLongReadalong me hosting with @StayCurious
#LitsyLoveSJM @StayCurious
#LitsyLoveRomance @StayCurious
#SeriesLove26 @Susanita @TheEllieMo
#LitsyAtoZ2026 @Texreader
#Read2026 @DieAReader
#ISpyBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#PhotoChalange @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
