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Nancy Drew turns 90

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Have you read 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 and|or 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒑 by Beth O’Leary? Or maybe 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆? All of them have been given top ratings by several fellow readers, whose taste I trust and share, so it was about time they were rescued from the TBR pile (and before beach reading requires blankets!).

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If you’ve read O’Leary’s novels, do let me know which one’s your favourite!

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Wednesday motivation . . . . . . #dreamplan

Wednesday motivation

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#dreamplango #motivationquotes #inspo #motivation #goforit #gogirl #midweek #go #midweekmotivation #yesican #mindset #wednesdaymotivation #itsallinyourhead #justdoit #inspirationalquotes #endurance #determination #mindbodysoul #getitdone

Highlights from 𝑨 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇

Highlights from 𝑨 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 by Julian Barnes. There are so many brilliant sentences, thoughts, reflections in this little gem of a book that you find yourself rereading entire pages! This is a compilation of a few of my favourites.

Barnes’ writing is elegant, concise and full of depth as well as wit and warmth. It’s a short book (160 pages), yet packed with philosophical thoughts, reflections, humour and insights on human behaviour. The main character’s portrayal through the story is so skilfully executed - and the underlying psychological tension so carefully increased - that during the final pages you’d think you’re reading a novel from the thriller shelf!

𝑨 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 is a book about youth, friendship, first love, aging and the mechanics of memory. It made me laugh out loud (the dialogues are hilarious!), but it also moved me deeply. Julian Barnes has definitely gained himself a spot among my favourite authors.

📌 Here’s another highlight that I forgot to include in the reel and that I find representative for the novel:

’𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.’

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Summer office ☀️ . . . . #analog #offline

Summer office ☀️

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📖🍷 New week, new month, new book… 🤍 .

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New week, new month, new book… 🤍

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I’ve started reading Julian Barnes’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 (winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011) and I’m absorbed! I’m also focusing on staying hydrated and finding shade.. ㋡

What are you reading?

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Starting the day ｓｌｏｗｌy… . Have a lo

Starting the day ｓｌｏｗｌy…

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Have a lovely Sunday, folks! 🤍

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Nora Ephron 🤍 . Impossible to choose a favour

Nora Ephron 🤍

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Impossible to choose a favourite among her books (and I haven’t read them all!) and her films, but I loved ’Heartburn’. And in the latter category I would probably pick ’You’ve Got Mail’. Or ’When Harry Met Sally’…. or ’Sleepless in Seattle’? ツ

I can think of no other author capable of portraying true struggle and personal challenges (chaos!) with such wit and humour as Ephron. Simply brilliant!

The lists of things she would/wouldn’t miss (repost from @words_of_women) are from the last pages of ’I Remember Nothing’, her last book.

Have you read her? What’s your favourite book/film?

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𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢.

— 𝚂𝚊𝚖 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚗

I find comfort in Keen’s words these days, because one feels 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 (and constantly) lazy during prolonged periods of extreme heat. No use in trying to fight it either; your body -and mind!- change their pace without even asking for permission.

So, lazy or not, in my defence, during a heatwave that shows no sign of loosening its grip, one can but try to cope. Respectably, if possible ツ

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🇫🇷 When your girl goes on a flying visit to

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When your girl goes on a flying visit to Paris and buys you a little something.. 🤍

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