Tag: bookworms

• On Reading “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros

  

  I am currently reading The House on Mango Street (2004) by Sandra Cisneros. It came recommended by a friend’s daughter; she read it as part of her English Literature syllabus in Grade 8. Well firstly, I am absolutely delighted that this young bright student recommended this book to me. Secondly, how fabulous that a book…

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  5 Jan 2019

  Academic, Books, diversity, Gender, Read, Story

  authors, bildungsroman, bookworms, chicana, coming of age, danya rutenberg, esperanza, female heros, gender, grade 8, intersectionality, kids, latina, literature, literature in english, mexican, novel, represent, representation, sandra cisneros, the house on mango street, vignettes

• Top 5 books I read in 2018

  

  It is almost the end of the year and a good time to reflect on the best books I read in 2018. I try to read as many books as my age, this year had the ambitious 39 figure. I managed to read 33. Falling short of my goal by 6 books, but then it…

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  26 Dec 2018

  Academic, Books, diversity, Education, Read, Story

  2019 goals, a little life, bipolar, Book, books 2018, bookworms, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, gail honeyman, han kang, hanya yanagihara, heart berries, in cold blood, memoir, mental health, novels, ptsd, Read, read with me, readers, reading, roundup, shame, sleeper emotion, the vegetarian, top 5 books, trauma, true crime, truman capote

• A Pictorial Ode to Books

  

  I had written about the Friday book market at the Spui earlier. This time around I managed to get better pictures. This is for my bibliophile readers. You would understand the poetry in these pictures.

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  11 Jul 2017

  Books, Photography, Story, Travel

  academics, amsterdam, bibliophile, book market, books, booksplease, bookworms, boxes, business, cartons, city life, city pockets, dutch, friday, fun, home, joyofreading, learning, life, Netherlands, old books, pages, paper, photos, places, Read, readers, reading, scooter, space, spui, Travel, walks, words