Read YOUR DRIVER IS WAITING by Priya Guns if you love children of immigrants, rideshare apps, grief narratives, queer lust, organizing spaces, protests, the crushing weight of capitalism, getting swole, chocolate almonds, white girl tears, incendiary emotions, Michael Douglas & overpriced coffee.
Recently read Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo and it was really good, highly recommend if you're looking for a short read that will have you still thinking about it for days after.
how vashista's son - Shakthi's rage killed himself and his brothers
how even great beings from sages to scientists like Strauss in Oppenheimer movie and me suffer from getting petty and bitter over what seems like simple things. Everyone has giant egos but we want to believe that we are this forgiving loving angel.
Until the very end I thought she was making a bad decision but wow! She believed in herself when nobody did. She believed in herself even when her own family and close circle didn't. It is great if one is lucky and blessed enough to have a little love and encouragement throughout their life. This story is an example that even if it is only a fleeting moment that you get a little love and encouragement it can give you strength for a very long time.
We are not exactly in control of the love and encouragement that you receive, let us at least be abundant in spreading love and joy. Happy New Year all
For those interested #Professor#RobIliffe has an excellent book on Newton's theological writings entitled 'Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton'.
I was reading yet another story on Sapta Rishi by Amar Chitra Kadha today. There was a very beautiful story on #rage and #anger. There has never been a time a curse/words of anger has not harmed the host. A very #beautiful#story Not revealing the spoilers, check out
My favorite series by far in 2023 was the Empires of Bronze series by Gordon Doherty. Extremely well-written with fully fleshed-out and complex characters and a coherent, engaging, and complex plot (with earlier events coming back as echoes and repercussions in later books). Most importantly for historical fiction, the books were very well-researched and the author clearly delineates which parts are fact vs fiction.
Yet somehow Epictetus's father was always cheerful.
"Who had it better than us?" he liked to ask.
"Um everyone?" she would reply.
"We have our health, we have each other" he'd say with a smile.
"I love life and all it brings me. Simple as that"
Ryan Holiday, The Girl Who Would Be Free: A Fable About Epictetus
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Highly, highly recommend the historical fiction series "Olav Audunssøn" by Sigrid Undset (if you can't read Norsk, get the translation by Tiina Nunnally, which is what I have). I've read Vows (part 1) and it already promises to be a highly enjoyable read (if a sad/tragic story). The scenery and the historical setting come alive.
Happy #DecRecs 17, my friends! Today's recommendation is 'Scales and Sensibility', by Stephanie Burgis, a delightful regency romp with magic, imposters, romance, and of course dragons. Incontinent dragons.
@bookstodon Highly recommend the long-running (and still running...i.e. not finished) After Cilmeri series by Sarah Woodbury. It's historical fiction/alternate history set in medieval Wales, where Wales is never consumed by England. Fairly light reading and quite fun!
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I really can't recommend Gordon Doherty's Empires of Bronze series enough - it's written really well and he clearly has done his research. What's really fascinating is that the story is ultimately a sad one - the Sea Peoples essentially end up wiping out most Bronze Age civs (other than the Egyptians), but the story has a hopeful ending. The author also does a great job of separating fact from fiction.