mad reads books

hey I'm mad!! 18, lover of books  Goodreads.com/mad-reads-books

[bookishgr]

BOOK MAIL! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[theyorkshirecomma]

27.5.17 My first exam is two weeks yesterday!! But yesterday was Prom too, which was really nice. It’s so strange now to have left sixth form; exams will soon be over. 🌸

[anti-social-sciences]

16/08/21

there is literally no good reason why i haven't read 'notes on camp' before but the more i procrastinate the more random things i accomplish 👌 and it was a really good essay, made me miss Wilde a lot!

[thefutureacademic]

I wanted this to be a "Jane Austen summer" but it ended being a "locked up in her room studying" kind of summer.

These are some of the latest posts on my instagram @thefutureacademic

feel free to follow 🤎

[apricitystudies]

archie comics from the early 90s ft. tutorial notes and history primary sources

[wellexecuted]

Happy to announce that I’ve officially earned a first class honours degree in history!!! Starting my master’s programme in October. Hope you’re all well!!!!!

[studentnursemahogany]

I asked for a current students old syllabus so that I can read before the semester starts 😎

[rosecorcoranwrites]

[well-read-blackgirl]

[bookguide]

The Book of Salt

Author: Monique Truong

Book: 1/1

Summary: Truong begins her novel in Paris, early 1930s, as the main character Bính bids farewell to his Mesdames leaving for America. From that point on, Bính, a Vietnamese cook, takes us back to his life in Saigon, his Journey to Paris, his past of mysterious lovers, and how he became a cook for the famous Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

Review: If you love books with stunning poetic language that only sometimes make sense, this book is for you. Starting this book was difficult: I had no understanding of the story structure, and Truong seamlessly switches from Bính’s past, to present, to a few days in the past, to now the present again. I was fairly lost within the first few chapters. Fortunately, I caught on to Truong’s structure pattern and managed to keep up. Another confusing detail was character names. When reviewing his past, Bính introduces characters and their real names, as well as the names he chooses to call them. There were many occasions when I was unsure if he was discussing one character, or two different characters. Despite the confusion, I can’t deny that Truong’s writing is beautiful. It is incredibly poetic and flows nicely from page to page. I even grew attached to the main character as he told stories from his past. A peculiar detail in Truong’s writing is her use of second person narrative. At first I thought Bính was talking to the reader; after reading certain passages again, it seemed that Bính’s narrative voice was in his head, and in his head he was talking to other characters and addressing them as “you.” I can’t recall many books being written like this and it stood out to me. This book was fast-paced and worth the read.

Rating: 3/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Keep reading☕️

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[elfspectations]

Picked up Pale Fire at the library for @readerbookclub

Read part of the intro and it looks like I may need a companion text for understanding what Nabokov was trying to say, which sounds about right for what I know about him as an author. I haven't read any of his books before so I'm looking forward to it.

[therefugeofbooks]

Rereading Pride and Prejudice after three years

[kat-from-minasmorgul]

[uponthepages]

my nana’s copy of Life of Pi ♡

[meg-elle]

calming afternoons with a cuppa x 

[books-and-cookies]

1K PAGES READATHON - AUGUST 2021

Hello bookish bees! 💖

Without further ado, I present to you The 1000 Pages Readathon - I-LOST-COUNT EDITION! 😅🤷‍♀️

These are fun and you guys seem to really enjoy them, so here we are 😂😌 It will take place for 10 days, between August 14th and 23rd - my actual birthday woooo 🥳

We’ll each start and end on our own time zones, so when midnight hits on August 14th, you’re free to start reading! 😊

The goal with this readathon is not to read a certain number of books, but to hit 1000 pages read in 10 days. It can be a single book, or 5, as long as you manage to read those 1k pages. Of course, you’re more than free to read more than that! 😊

We’ll be using the tag #1kpagesaug21, so make sure you tag whatever posts you might make with it so we can find each other and have fun together!Hope to see a lot of you participate!!

Love,

Mary 💖

P.S. Totes cool to spread the word!

P.P.S. My ask box is open for any questions you might have, so feel free!

P.P.P.S. If you want to challenge yourself, use these prompts (the same book can cover multiple prompts):

* A book you’ve been putting off for more than a year

* Reread a favourite book

* Read a book from a genre you don’t normally read

* Read a diverse/own voices book

* Read the final book in a series you haven’t finished

* Read a book with a trope you love