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book five shows that “war and peace” is a contradictory and often simple choice for and by those without direct personal stake in their liveliness and material pleasures.

Rostov begins to realize that for those who must literally give up their future, mental stability, and physical bodies, they are simply objects exploited for the empire’s senseless use and preservation of face

I think this page

Idk how I feel about the ending and the amount of writing/plot provided to explore the characters/relationships

This last third section of the book (3/3) is a 3.5 or 3/5 stars

Evening commute
This book is so comforting

Sigh so good

Despite a completely different world and time period, ramy and robins experiences of having to socialize as the other is so near and close to my heart. I can FEEL the anxiety and dubois’ 😛 double consciousness 🤏🏼

It makes me smile and laugh when I read because someone has so beautifully articulated social narratives so distant in fantasy genres.

On my commute home

From my afternoon lunch break

Bit the bullet and got her
VERY EXCITED NOW THAT I ACTUALLY READ THE SUMMARY
ALSO RF KUANG WAS AT 57TH STREET BOOKSTORE THE OTHER DAY 😩 I MISSED HER BUT I GOT A SIGNED COPY 🫸🏼🫷🏼😛

I have a crush on Pierre

Eh

I’m not still in favor of the whole lent idea, but I do love the reflections and lessons I gain in implementing into my daily walk. I’m just confused why this isn’t a regular thing if it is purportedly to bring me that much closer to God. maybe it’s just a more intense form of worship or a yearly > daily thing. Also, I wish there were more personal/diff struggles to relate to beyond self-inflicted criticism.