*El Dorado: A Reader* juxtaposed with *Valverde’s Gold* for a thrilling tale of adventure, riches, & lust for the unknown beside a critique of extractive American colonial ideations. it’s about balance 😌 and mania 🤑
Jan 30, 2025
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This is a fiction book that tells a story about a young man who go on an adventure to seek out a treasure from a hint he found.
In the journey, not only he grows as a person, he also discovers love and wisdom. Sadly, he failed to find his treasure and thought maybe the experience is the treasure.
So he went back home, living his old life back. Only to find that the treasure he was seeking all along is hidden nearby.
It's a great closing. And the moral of the story is we always try to look for treasure outside, while it is always inside of us. But the experience that we encounter outside will made us realize the treasure inside.
The Alchemist is a fiction book with beautiful narratives, filled with magical stories and deep morals that changed my perspective in life.
Jun 11, 2024
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For fans of: prose, history, poetry, beauty, humanity. Not for fans of: Spain.
Jan 23, 2024
Ling Ma made me enjoy reading again
It is in the most surreal situations that a person feels the most present, the closest to reality.
Themes include alienated women in bizarre circumstances, husbands speaking in $$$$, yeti lovemaking, immigration, ancient burial rituals, and so much more
Apr 28, 2024
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Jan 26, 2025
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yay:
- smooth rocks
- popcorn for dinner
- silk pjs
- mass market paperbacks
- spaghetti houses
- sidewalk hopscotch
- hotel tv
- plot twists
- werewolves
- oregano
nay:
- slams and whams
- timelines
- vegan cheese
- billionaires
- airplanes/ports
- mcu
- landlords
- mondays
- ghouls
- dominos ‘pizza’
Jan 24, 2025
I’m sure you’ve seen it, but if it’s been awhile (it had been for me) I recommend a re-watch. My mom‘s husband had been politicking for its election as our annual x-mas watch for years and I was finally out-voted in its favor this year; I can admit I was wrong. I was near to sobbing by the end and its old-timey-ness did not detract from the incredible writing, pacing, and understanding of the human condition, rendering it - actually - time*less*.
Jan 27, 2025