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[adayinbookland]

May 31st, 2020 || MAY READING WRAP-UP📚 . Here are all the books I read in May. The majority of my reads were written by Asian authors due to the Asian readathon. I have post mini-reviews here for some of them and also on my instagram if you fancy having a look. Some of the books I read were ebooks and since my e-reader died on me and I'm too lazy to charge it, they are not pictured. . 🌿The Complete Chi's Sweet Home, Part 1 by Konami Kanata (8/10). 🌿All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison (8/10). 🌿The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi (6.5/10). 🌿The Map of Salt & Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (DNF). 🌿The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh (8.5/10). 🌿Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (7/10). 🌿Emma by Jane Austen (a reread - 8/10). 🌿Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (9/10). 🌿On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (5.5/10). 🌿A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (9.5/10). 🌿How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C.Pam Zhang (7/10). . Of the ebooks, I have purchased a physical copy for All Among the Barley, The Magical Language of Others and Minor Feelings after reading them because they were that good. How was your reading this month? • • • #readingwrapup #mayreads #asianreadathon #graphicnovels #literaryfiction #thecompletechissweethome #allamongthebarley #thebeastplayer #intothinair #emma #janeausten #englishliterature #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #afinebalance #themapofsaltandstars #themagicallanguageofothers #minorfeelings #howmuchofthesehillsisgold #stackofbooks #recentlyread #adayinbooklandreviews #pileofbooks #unitedbookstagram #fortheloveofreading #bookloversunite https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2gRY7q9sc/?igshid=if5bfhoteq3j

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May 23rd, 2020 || another saturday, another currently reading update 😬 i hope you are not tired of these. regarding the #asianreadathon: 🌿i’m 200 pages from finishing A Fine Balance and i cannot tell you all how much i love this book. i almost don’t want it to end despite the fact that the narrative is both breaking and healing my heart at the same time. there is so much tragedy but also kindness. the title is very fitting. 🌿i have finished the first part of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous and besides having a beautiful writing, i’m not too sure what to make of it yet. what the author is writing about is very traumatic but at the same time there is some sort of disconnection on my behalf. let’s see where it takes me. . 🌿i also started The Luminaries last night because the tv adaptation is coming out the 22nd of june in Spain. I’m only 43 pages in and so far, so good. nothing really to make up my mind yet. better get reading though, because it is an almost 850 pages mammoth. . hope you are having a good weekend wherever you are 😉 tell me below about your current reads! • • • #readingupdate #afinebalance #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #asianwriters #theluminaries #rohintonmistry #oceanvuong #eleanorcatton #literaryfiction #fortheloveofbooks #fortheloveofreading #pileofbooks #bookstack #unitedbookstagram #mayreads #currentlyreading #saturdaybooks #bookloversunite https://www.instagram.com/p/CAh6h2FKfzq/?igshid=10w3fz8u57y0l

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Mar 17th, 2020 || @carlaslittlelibrary tagged me to do the #tenonmytbr last week and i wanted to do it sooner but we lost all natural light where i live because clouds decided to hide the sun permanently 🙄🙄 here is my stack. better late than never: . 🌿if we were villains by M. L. Rio 🌿cantoras by Carolina de Robertis 🌿maus by Art Spiegelman 🌿she should be king by Wayetu Moore 🌿before the devil breaks you by Libba Bray 🌿know my name by Chanel Miller 🌿my dark vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell 🌿always another country by Sisonke Msimang 🌿the lies of locke lamora by Scott Lynch 🌿a fine balance by Rohinton Mistry . two of these i wil be reading very soon: before the devil breaks you - continuing with the series asap - and the lies of locke lamora -because i promised () i’ll get to it in april. the other 8 i wish to read before we get halfway through 2020 but who knows… i never stick to my tbr . i have tagged a few of you but no pressure to do it. • • • #afinebalance #theliesoflockelamora #alwaysanothercountry #mydarkvanessa #knowmyname #beforethedevilbreaksyou #shewouldbeking #maus #cantoras #ifwewerevillains #nonfiction #literaryfiction #yafiction #yaliterature #unitedbookstagram #bookaesthetics #bookstagram #pileofbooks #stackofbooks #booksoutofdoors #fortheloveofreading #ilovereadingbooks #tbrpile https://www.instagram.com/p/B916WMPo_fY/?igshid=1t9fns7btdi96

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Jan, 28th || a library haul. One of the things that I love about living in the UK is going to the library and finding all the books I wanna read, and I don’t have to pay a single penny 🙌🏼🙌🏼 . 🌻 How Saints Die 🌻 Empire of Sand 🌻 Eleanor (which I have already finished) 🌻 The Fifth Season (+ the rest of the trilogy) 🌻 A Different Drummer 🌻 A Fine Balance . . What books have you borrowed recently? Or bought? ❄️ • • • #libraryhaul #howsaintsdie #empireofsand #eleanor #thefifthseason #adifferentdrummer #africanamericanliterature #afinebalance #rohintonmistry #canadianliterature #bookishlove #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMC79_Hq9y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7ri9nlv8a4jr

[adayinbookland]

These 5 titles were on my #top5tbr books for 2018 and so far I’ve read three: - Agnes Grey, which it wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be; - North and South,which again I enjoyed but not as much as everybody else (😔); - Educated, which you should know by now how much I loved that book and it’s one of my faves this year. • The two other remain unread. However, I’m planning on reading I’ll be Gone in the Dark during my holidays so that will be another way out of the list. A Fine Balance I’m hoping to read during autumn or winter. It’s the one I’m most excited about of the whole list but it’s also the one that terrifies me the most. • • Did you have any reading resolutions for 2018? How are they going? 🌷 • • • #educated #illbegoneinthedark #nonfiction #afinebalance #rohintonmistry #literaryfiction #northandsouth #agnesgrey #victorianliterature #victorianclassic #penguinenglishlibrary #booksofinsta #bookstagramespaña #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookstagramit #unitedbookstagram

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The Covenant of Water Is A Wonderful Read But It Needs Time

Abraham Verghese with his newest release, The Covenant of Water The Covenant of Water is the second book by Abraham Verghese that I have read and it was just as fascinating as his earlier book, Cutting For Stone. At more than seven hundred pages it was more than I could read in my allotted twenty-one days from the library, so I bought the hard-cover edition on Amazon so I could finish it at my…

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[hilarybravo]

Presently I make 3 sizes - 2 shapes in my papier-mâché ranges. I tend to change this with each collection. Laser cutting slightly scorched the edges making a firm base to apply copper tape to. 🖌️🎨🧰⚖️It’s a fine balance. #afinebalance #toolsofmytrade #papiermâché #papermache #paperjewelry #paperjewellery #colourfuljewellery #hilarybravojewellery #artjewelry #artjewellery #artisanjewellery #artisanjewelry #artjewelry (at Devon) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClQUTGcLKe6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kukubh]

I planned to read Sapiens after Beyond Possible. But Here I am. . . . #AFineBalance #RohintonMistry https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFNIvNJGoc/?igshid=iqwem21vc9cu