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Intermezzo - sally rooney

After a highly anticipated wait I finally received my copy from the library this morning. I’m already 4 chapters in—couldn’t stop reading—and it’s spectacular. Easily her best book since Normal People, if not better. As always Rooney’s characters are complex and flawed, but that’s what makes them loveable. I like how she writes Peter’s prose in the style of James Joyce—it reads like Ulysses. Next up: Boulder, The Parisian, and Borders, Human Itineraries and All Our Relation.

@fanbeth

Nov 10, 2024

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At the pachinko Party

I know I arrived late to the party but OMG I love this book… history, multi-generational themes of the immigrant family, love and loss… like could it get any better? It’s been 5 days and I’m halfway done already. Big plot twist happened and I was like😟 Also reading Middlemarch that Min Jin Lee coincidentally said was her favorite book in a recent interview…on my Min Jin Lee grind.

@alexandra4senate

6d ago

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A winter’s Promise, Christelle Dabos

This is one of the best books I read the year it came out— it’s originally in French, and is the first of a quartet, but can be read alone. The elaborate world building is such a satisfying contrast to characters that are hyperreal and it was such a beautiful read; I sat with it a long time after I’d finished, and I think it fits the brief of “blow your mind” very well.

@nadiyaelyse

Mar 12, 2024

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Glassware

There are few things more beautiful than glass. Someone once told me that glass is actually one of the strongest materials, but I can’t explain why because I don’t remember the specifics. Some glassware approaches an impossibly perfect form. I like paperweights, perfume bottles, and pitchers. I’m resuming my collection soon, but first I need to save some money.

@anastasia-coope

Jul 11, 2024

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furniture

Mostly these days I think about furniture, and spend a lot of my time looking at furniture online. I got this beautiful lamp four months ago, and now I match everything to it.

@anastasia-coope

Jul 11, 2024

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piano crosswalk in Seattle

I went to Seattle recently for a couple of days and I saw this crosswalk. It struck me because of how beautiful it looks, it is festive but it is not ridiculous- this to me is beauty

@anastasia-coope

Jul 11, 2024