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I felt so drained after finishing this book I couldn't even begin to think how to review it.

I really enjoyed Plath's writing, its lyrical, captivating, and unique. I'll be on the lookout for her poetry.

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Enchanted_Bibliophile I only realised that this book is semi-autobiographical after the fact, and I think that was the part that threw me. It's really dark and heart-rending and to think it's only part fictional... I don't want to go there again.

I want to read it again, but I need time. 3w

Enchanted_Bibliophile #LitsyAtoZ #B @Texreader
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GatheringBooks

I Have More Souls Than One | Fernando Pessoa

#DaysDevotedTo Day 2: #AllSouls with Pessoa. Here is my book haul from Livraria Bertrand in Lisbon, the world‘s oldest operating bookstore in the world, according to the Guinness World Records: https://wp.me/pDlzr-qPD

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Lovely! 4mo

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GatheringBooks

I Have More Souls Than One | Fernando Pessoa

#DaysDevotedTo Portuguese #Authors while I was in Lisbon a few weeks back - at the ostensibly oldest running bookstore in the world, according to Guinness World Records - Livraria Bertrand founded in 1732.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Oh the lure of the bookshop 👌🏼 4mo

Kristy_K I‘ll be in Lisbon in two weeks! Adding this bookstore to my list. 4mo

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anushareflects

The Missing Girl | Shirley Jackson

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My first introduction to Shirley Jackson who I‘ve heard so much about! A set of 3 short stories where she offers no easy explanations or conclusions to the reader. An underlying sense of eerie-ness that persists even if we don‘t completely get what‘s going on. Great mindbenders. Definitely interested in reading more of her soon!

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merelybookish

Death the Barber | William Carlos Williams

Day 1#sealeychallenge
A short collection of works by WCW. (I believe from a poetry swap from @batsy ?)

"Flowers by the Sea"
When over the flowery, sharp pasture's
edge, unseen, the salt ocean
lifts its form -- chicory and daisies
tied, released, seems hardly flowers alone
but color and the movement -- or the shape
perhaps -- of restlessness, whereas
the sea is circled and sways
peacefully upon its plantlike stem.

sarahbarnes I still love his well-known poems from college - the wheelbarrow and the plums. 2y

batsy Oh, lovely! I need to read more of him! Like @sarahbarnes I've enjoyed the few well-known ones I've read. This sounds like a great challenge; only know about it now thanks to you 🙂 2y

merelybookish @sarahbarnes Me too! As much as they get made fun of, they are so powerful in their simplicity. 2y

merelybookish @batsy I don't think it's very old! It's a good excuse to read more poetry. 2y

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merelybookish

I Have More Souls Than One | Fernando Pessoa