Tag: leo tolstoy
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saying no to the phone and reading update
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Not enough. This mainly persists in my random scrolling and checking notifications. While I mean well for myself when opening apps, it can turn into anywhere from a mere 5 minutes to an hour of bullshit that could have been spent…
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saturday morning musings
Word vomit post Happy Saturday and yay for shitty pictures I am back to reading War and Peace with my big love muffin (and oh, is she big; and sometimes I curse her out for dragging me. The mug greatly describes her at times. But she’s doing a wonderful job of protecting her livestock babies.)…
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sunday musings with a shelfie
I was messing around with my Stephen King books for a minute. I think I may copy a friend’s [on bookstagram] idea of how to tackle War and Peace by taking breaks between each book. And I haven’t read any King since August, so I think a King break in a couple hundred pages of…
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finding old treasures and current reads
You find the most interesting things when buying old books. Especially when you’re buying whole lots. There’s so much to learn out there in the world, so many books out of print. Yet, if there are only corporations that invest in only the shiny and pretty new releases, how are we to ever learn from…
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quality over quantity
I started thinking about quality over quantity for books yesterday. I want to read all of the books on my tbr and those that extend passed it. The only way to do that (in my mind) is to read as much as I can, as fast as I can. But here’s the issue with that…books…
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