Global Book Project

A blog for me to share my experiences reading books from around the world.

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Now I’m just debating if I should order now or wait until I’m not sick and check to see if the library has them, but yeah here’s the first three books I’ve decided on

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Well I guess I'll put this here even though I'm not counting it towards the project

I finally read a book by Ayn Rand, and while the name still leaves a horrible taste in my mouth I can say that she's an alright author and I appreciated most of the story. The book was Anthem which my sister handed to me because it was a quick read and she's so disconnected from the world she doesn't understand why I don't enjoy the author as a person.

Anyway the book tells the story of a dystopian world built around collectivism and loss of individuality which sure yeah its Ayn Rand I get why this is the thing she decided could turn the world into a whole new hell. Over the course of the story the protagonist deals with guilt over their desire for individual expression and their feelings of favoritism for people and other such things. My only issue comes in the conclusion of the story which I believe I can say without spoiling the story, turns into a strange manifesto about how living life for others is the worst way to live and you should live only for yourself, you get the gist.

Nation of Origin: America? Maybe you could count it as Russia idk

Overall I'd say the book was enjoyable, it had a clear message, and it was easy to read for the most part. I can recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read that is willing to deal with challenging ideas.

Umm let's make a format for this why not

Author: Ayn Rand

Title: Anthem

Length: 105 pages/about an hour or so

Nation of Origin: America? Maybe Russia

Would I Read It Again? Maybe in a year or so I'll look back on it, as I said before it's not a bad book at all I just can't agree with its message or the general philosophy of the author.

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I’m not sure if I posted this earlier or not (if I did I didn’t get any interaction on it and I’d really like some for this)

So yeah

I’ve decided I’m going to try and read a book from every UN recognized nation + Taiwan. So if yall have any suggestions from your countries I’ll take em. If you don’t have suggestions please please please reblog or share with someone who you think might have some recommendations for me

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I think I might make a separate blog for this

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Here's the new blog where I'll try and keep a record of this little project of mine. Feel free to send this blog the recommendations and such.