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The book of dreams
I dare say, around the world, there may be imitations. But to this day I have yet to encounter a book as inspiring to the youthful mind as the Argos Catalogue.
By Hannah Moore2 years ago in BookClub
A Tale of Digital Discovery
Chapter 1: Fateful Encounter 1.1 An Enigmatic Encounter In a realm where technology and possibility intertwined, George found himself at a blockchain technology lecture. Little did he know, this event would unravel the threads of his ordinary life and weave them into something extraordinary. It was here that he encountered a mysterious figure named Alex.
By YY YY2 years ago in BookClub
Lost My Way in the Darkness
In 2019, my interest in reading was rekindled after a lengthy hiatus, but I discovered that my thirst for short stories was greater than for full-length books. As a result, I searched online for free websites to use to sate my appetite. I discovered several apps and sites that provided ample results, which I consumed with relish.
By Mack D. Ames2 years ago in BookClub
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Introduction The books we read as teenagers for class were never our favorite books. They were just different. Full of complex themes and ideas that adults made us read for…reasons. They were a means to an end, things that you needed to study and memorize for tests and exams, rather than things to be simply enjoyed. For what seemed like the longest time, enjoyment meant escaping from these books as fast as possible.
By Louis T2 years ago in BookClub
Ten Writers I Can No Longer Read
One of the things I have learned after many years of reading and writing is that you are allowed to dismiss what you once loved; you are allowed to give up on writers who no longer speak to you and have set up a barrier in your mind to enjoyment of their work. I do not mean that I care that deeply about their political, racial, psychological or emotional issues (the list of acceptable writers would be incredibly short if I dismissed the ones who did not reach such high standards). I am simply concerned with what is on the page and how it makes me react, as Vladimir Nabokov once stated, “between the shoulder blades” (where you really do feel the work).
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in BookClub
The Call of the Wild: An Unforgettable Odyssey of the Heart and Wilderness
Imagine a world where untamed landscapes echo with the howls of wolves, where survival is a fierce dance, and where the call of the wild reverberates in every heartbeat.
By Jaslynn2 years ago in BookClub
Speaking Truth to Power
I've written a lot of reviews and critiques. Books. Movies. Employee evaluations. Employer evaluations. Submissions to a writers' group I was in. Long ago I decided that there was no point to what I call "golf-clap" reviews. A head nod, a weak smile, a smattering of polite applause. You know, the kind of response that says that everything everyone does is good, even if it isn't.
By Donald J. Bingle2 years ago in BookClub
Summer '23 Reads
This was a whirlwind summer. Not that I did anything fun or exciting, but just a lot happened. Well, I guess one or two exciting things happened (more on that down below). I wasn’t planning on doing one big summer recap, but I forgot to do one for June, and then I didn’t finish any novels in July, and alas.
By Victoria Brown2 years ago in BookClub
The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a beautiful book about magic, dreams, and the treasures we seek elsewhere and and then find at our doorstep.
By Bahar2 years ago in BookClub
Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
This book is like a friend that I carry with through years, whenever I need support of a different kind of the psychological and more conscious awareness and understanding of the relation and communication in between human beings in this world and how to get out from the ones that are simply not healthy for us I tend to open the page in the middle of Hegel's book and here it is always answers to what I am struggling with or situations life put me in to deal with.
By Lightness2 years ago in BookClub
The Huntress and the Enchanted Tome
I’d just killed a man, and I wore his remnants all over my huntress tunic. Shredded, as though his claws hadn’t been trying to kill me, too. Blood-soaked, both mine and his, as though we were tearing away our layers so that we could get to the soul, vulnerable and exposed, and slice it apart.
By em2 years ago in BookClub
Infernal Insight. Top Story - September 2023.
I feel like something of a fraud teaching Dante’s Inferno for two reasons: 1. I must rely upon an English translation to do so effectively. I can tell a bolgia from a boulder and contrapasso from contraception, but my Italian is primitive at best. 2. I do not take the metaphysical or theological foundations of Dante’s work very seriously, insofar as I have a fraught relationship with Catholicism and remain obstinately agnostic. In spite of these considerations, I have continued to guide students through a translation of this astonishing text for many years as part of an introductory course in Comparative Literature. I think it would be irresponsible to ignore Dante's work in such a context, given its enormous historical and artistic significance. In the process, my understanding of moral and ethical matters has undergone a radical transformation. I have come to see betrayal as the most dreadful of transgressions, and to recognize that contemporary culture actually promotes and rewards the traitor at every turn.
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in BookClub