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Pina is Currently Reading

Pina Baker is currently reading

The Dark Vineyard

by Martin Walker

bookshelves: currently-reading, cosy-crime, crime-thrillers, library-books, mystery

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"This will be the last Bruno book for me. It could be because it’s written by an English author, but I can’t detect an ounce of French atmosphere. It’s just an English story set in France with the nouns all changed. And I don’t understand why ‘pompieres’ is italicised to describe the firemen! It’s flat, boring, and misogynistic" — Jan 19, 2022 02:43AM

Jan 15, 2022 03:27PM

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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

by Ryan Holiday (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, books-i-own, ebooks, motivational, non-fiction

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"Excited to be reading this book. Will commence journaling again this year to record my actions and try living the Stoic way of life" — Jan 14, 2022 03:16PM

Dec 31, 2021 09:18PM

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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

by Richard Osman

bookshelves: cosy-crime, e-audio, entertaining-reads, library-books, mystery, english-village, currently-reading

Reading for the 3rd time

read in December 2020

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Dec 09, 2020 02:13AM

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Pina’s Quotes

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

tags: books-vacation

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“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.”
― Hilary Mantel

tags: creativity, distraction, inspiration, openness, problem-solving, procrastination, writers-block

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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
― Mark Twain

tags: arrogance, humor, ignorance

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

tags: patience, patient, water

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