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Tag Archives: books
A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand’s Gold Rush.
First Book Tag Ever
Turns out this is really fun.
Hidden Corners of Mexico City
About a year ago, when I was still living in Mexico City, a friend and I found ourselves in what seemed to be a small town in the middle of the city. It is not surprising to see this kind of thing here—think, for example, of Coyoacán or Tlalpan, actual towns that were at someContinue reading “Hidden Corners of Mexico City”
What I Read: May
Poisonous jellyfish, dysfunctional families, unlikely friendships and mice.
An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
“«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»”.
“The Best is Only Bought at the Cost of Great Pain”: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds
700 hundred pages of suffering and a very handsome priest.
What I Read: April
April is gone! We are almost halfway through 2019 already. Even though I am way behind in my reading challenge, I had the chance to read some memorable stories. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë I just love Charlotte Brontë. I have read Jane Eyre many times and Villette twice, they’re just wonderful novels. So the nextContinue reading “What I Read: April”
Earth Week Essentials
Books to remember everything’s not lost 💚🌎
The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone
Life has been so busy lately! Work has been a bit in the way of my reading, which means I’ve been only reading a bit before bed. Anyway, I managed to finish The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah last week. I had never read anything by her before —or anything written after 1970 in aContinue reading “The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone”
An Age for Civil Disobedience
Why a man not paying his taxes in 1846 is still relevant.
Lives Without Principle: Thoreau and Our Complex Times
As you may know, recently I finally got down to reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Thoureau had fascinated me since I studied some of his essays in university, mostly because I believe he’s one of the few thinkers who really put his money where his mouth was: his lifestyle was always coherent with hisContinue reading “Lives Without Principle: Thoreau and Our Complex Times”
