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anushareflects
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I have a feeling the existentialists would be proud of my reading location today…. 📖📚🙇🏽‍♀️
Lovely way to ring in a Saturday morning ♥️

TalesandTexts 💖💖 6h
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rwmg
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kspenmoll The best combo! 2d
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ImperfectCJ
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"When someone has a strong opinion about something, it usually says more about *them* than whatever or whomever the opinion happens to be about. This is especially true when it comes to resentment and hatred of other people."

My family has been reading one entry from this book each day as part of our bedtime routine (my youngest is 16, and we still make a point of touching base at bedtime). Some are meh; others really hit the mark.

BkClubCare Your family idea here sounds wonderful. 💡 🌟 2d
AmyG Yes, what a wonderful family thing to do. 2d
lil1inblue What a fantastic tradition! 😍😍😍 I love the excerpt you shared. 💫 2d
nanuska_153 Oh I didn't realise I was a Stoic, but there it is. I never waste much energy into hating people or people who hate me 8h
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UnderworldAmusements
Might is Right: The Authoritative Edition | Ragnar Redbeard, Arthur Desmond
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Beginning September 11th, we will be taking a brief vacation from shipping and distribution. Normal shipping will resume on September 20th. You may still place orders during this timeframe.

If you want to receive your order sooner, now is the time❗

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uncommonlycozies
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I feel like I‘ve had to keep reminding myself not to suppress my emotions lately. I wanna encourage everyone to sit with their emotions today. Good & bad because those thoughts make up who we are. 💪
#philosophy #meditations #quoteoftheday

Eggs This is a universal truth! Formative 7d
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Billypar
Leviathan | Thomas Hobbes
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In honor of Labor Day, I wanted to get your input on choosing a longer book. I get restless easily, and even if I like the book, I get tired of being in the same world if it takes me too long. But every now and then, I like going down the rabbit hole of a longer work, especially if it's a little weird. These 3 have been on my list for awhile: are any of these favorites of yours? Or did any disappoint, even if you usually like the author?

Billypar 1. Black Leopard Red Wolf, Marlon James; 2. Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace; 3. IQ84, Haruki Murakami 3w
Ruthiella I‘ve read the James and the Wallace. Infinite Jest was very challenging. I‘d say read it first so you can tick it off the list. 3w
Liz_M I enjoyed the experience of reading IJ, there plenty of web references/ guides (Infinite Summer). 1Q84 was okay kind of creepy in gross creepy old man way. I loved MJ's ABHo7K, but not could not get into Leopard/Wolf. (edited) 3w
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Graywacke I‘ve only read IJ. It‘s wordy, maximalist, and doesn‘t hold your hand. I did thoroughly enjoy reading it. But i was all-in. 3w
BkClubCare I have only managed 1Q84, never felt like a chore though it is weird. I have only attempted the other two; maybe someday I‘ll try again. (edited) 3w
BarbaraBB Echoing @BkClubCare . 1Q84 is the only one I read but it‘s very entertaining and easy to read. 3w
Billypar @Ruthiella That's a good thought: if I don't know how long I'll stay motivated to read a longer book (and I truly don't), why not choose the most challenging one? 3w
Billypar @Liz_M Yeah, I really loved both ABHo7K and Book of Night Women, but I've been hesitant to take up the new series given the genre switch. Whereas with IQ84, it seems like the consensus is that if you already like Murakami, you'll like IQ84, even if not his best and we just have to accept a few bizarre/creepy sex scenes thrown in, as with all his novels. Good point about the online resources available for IJ! 3w
Billypar @Graywacke Good to know: I think there's a consensus in this informal poll for Infinite Jest! 3w
Billypar @BkClubCare @BarbaraBB No matter what I read next, I'm probably going to read IQ84 at some point: Murakami's ideas are quite strange, but they've also got a compulsive quality. He knows how to make you want to keep reading, no matter the length. 3w
LeahBergen Exactly what @Ruthiella said! I was glad to have read it. 😆 2w
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bibliothecarivs
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Recent acquisition for our personal library.

#bloom

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Blueberry
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Eggs Clever👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
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rebcamuse
Belief or Nonbelief?: A Confrontation | Umberto Eco, Carlo Maria Martini
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Pickpick

Since it doesn't yet have a post:
These men confront not each other, but the issues of apocalyptic perspective, abortion, women in the Church, violence and much more. They recognize these issues not as polemics to be tossed back and forth for endless bantering, but as fundamental to outlining a definition of “humanity.“ Both men are scholars and people of faith, aware of the cultural and social millieu around them. Also, short! #firstpost

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Eggs
The Prophet | Kahlil Gibran
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You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.
This is but half the truth.
You are also as strong as your strongest link.
To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the ocean
by the frailty of its foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.
-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

#Prophet #CharacterCharm @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

tpixie I read The Prophet in High School- my sister had left it at the house from a college class- I was moved by it. 1mo
Eggs @tpixie 🙌🏻🤗☀️ 1mo
Teresereading I can‘t find my copy, so I might have to pass on this prompt :) 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty photo 🪴 1mo
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