Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Month: December 2024
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 28th
From Dominicana, by Angie Cruz: “The first time Juan Ruiz proposes, I’m 11 years old..”
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie’s First Book
The inception of the famous detective Hercule Poirot – and how an editor created one of the Belgian’s most famous scenes
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My Year Reading Asia
Japan’s imperialism and other discoveries after 15 books and 10 countries in the Asian continent
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 21st
From Beatrice and Virgil, by Yann Martel: “Henry’s second novel, written, like his first, under a pen name, had done well…”
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas [Book Review]
A classic of Brazilian literature about a man obsessed with himself
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Books on My Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List (TTT)
The titles I plan to burry myself into to escape the cold
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Why I Decided to Start a Read the World Challenge
How the passion for data and some Instagram accounts re-ignited my desire to read
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 14th
From Yellowface, from R. F. Kuang: “The night I watched Athena Liu die while celebrating her TV deal with Netflix…”
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My Hiatus to Experience Double Grief
Yet another one of those special curve balls that my life has thrown at me
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