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Arya🌙📚
@aryaliz.bsky.social
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Literature Major, blogger

Books, movies, culture

💜Melancholic/ slice-of-life narratives

Current obsessions: Translated fiction, Wong Kar-wai movies

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Watching Nobel winner Han Kang's press conference 💙
A screenshot from Han Kang's press conference.
December 6, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Toxic hero worship at its peak.

(Image via ifp.world on Instagram)
An image of Allu Arjun from Pushpa 2. At the background are a security, policemen and the body of the deceased.
December 6, 2024 at 6:42 AM
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A quote of Sylvia Plath on a vintage brown paper background. "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
December 1, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
The image of a beautiful young man. Dark hair, black suit, mysterious air. Gazing at us. Behind him is what looks like an antique mirror. It's like a painting. The cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Words on top- The original 1890 novel about eternal youth. Below - Oscar Wilde.
November 30, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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When it gets closer to December, Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s "Merry Christmas" starts ringing in my head.

Ever since this song was released three years ago, it has become my definition of Christmas time.

It’s like I have forgotten every other song!
Night time. A deserted Christmas alley. There are houses and little shops on either side with Christmas trees. The street is adorned with lights. Image by Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@fredelangloisphoto?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Frede Langlois</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-city-street-is-decorated-with-christmas-lights-W1fjsX7vdXs?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>
November 29, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

19/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
A mansion in the dark. It's blue. Light from the inside is yellow and pink. The house reflects on the ground. There are trees and a piece of pink moon behind it. It's like an animated image. The cover of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
November 29, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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What a beautiful cover! Reminds me of an edition of A Doll's House.
Hanging bird cage with a woman's wedding ring connected as a loop. The cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.
November 28, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Coca-Cola killed-off Santa Claus!

That was a shocker!

Maybe not.

There'll be more failed attempts like this in the future.

But I hope for even more backlashes 🤞
A screenshot from NBC news. Title: Coca-Cola causes controversy with Al-made ad. A still from the video where a young black man wearing red holds the coca cola bottle. The atmosphere is Christmassy with snow and lights in the background.
November 28, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
A bird cage on a beige background over which the words A Doll's House and Henrik Ibsen is written. The cage is connected to a woman's wedding ring and it hangs from the top. The cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.
November 27, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
An image of author Kamala Das. She is wearing a black salwar laced with silver border on her shawl. She also wears a nose stud. The cover of My Story.
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

16/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
Sepia hued image of Vaikom Mohammad Basheer. The cover of Malayalam novel, Balyakalasakhi
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

15/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
Black background against which is the outline drawings of glass animals overlapping. The cover of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
November 23, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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We are all eyes when a woman becomes a Sherlock Holmes in her own right.

Watched it and loved it.

Meticulously crafted thriller!

🎬 #filmsky
Cartoonish animated image of a man and a woman looking through a magnifying glass. The poster of Malayalam film, Sookshmadarshini.
November 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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For further context, I read Han Kang's 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮 𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬 today.

From her upcoming novel 𝙒𝙚 𝘿𝙤 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩.

It was meditative and melancholic. The snow storm in it is visceral.

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Snowy night sky with stars. Trees on large white pillars. The cover of We Do Not Part by Han Kang. Via Goodreads
November 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

14/ 20
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#Books

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A boy in the countryside, wearing a cap a dark blue shawl and a brownish-grey shirt. In the backdrop are white cumulous clouds and birds and greenery. His shawl is swirling in the wind. The cover of Great Expectations by Dickens.
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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I'd dnf-ed 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓵 last year.

But yesterday, when I saw @lntubbs.bsky.social's post, I felt oddly Christmassy☃️ and picked it up again. Now I can't remember why I dnf-ed it.

Dickens's humour is really doing it for me this time.

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥?

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Red background. Santa flying on his reindeer vehicle across a full moon. Below are green pine trees. There are snow flakes in the sky. The cover of A Christmas Carol. Via Goodreads A screenshot from Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Repost with one of your favourite books you've read this year!

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#BookSky #Books #QueerBookSkyp
Image of a man standing in a neon lit city at night. He looks tiny among the buildings. The cover of Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park.
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

13/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
The image of a little girl in brown frock with a bag in her right hand, standing in the middle of lot of plants, trees and flowers. It looks like a painting. The cover of Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery.
November 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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First time reading Anna Akhmatova.

Beautiful lyrical brevity+ complex emotions!

Timeless for a reason.

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮;
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.
𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴,
𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢,
𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.

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A screenshot of Anna Akhmatova's "Three Things Enchanted Him." Via https://poetryilove-abhaiyengar.blogspot.com/2014/01/three-things-enchanted-him-by-anna.html?m=1 A portrait of Anna Akhmatova. She is wearing a dark blue gown and yellow shawl, black stockings and shoes. She is sitting on what looks like a table, cross legged with her legs on a stool. Artist: Nathan Altman. Via Wikimedia Commons.
November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

12/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
Animated image of a little girl in a purple frock, sitting on a bench, with dry fruits on her lap. Her hair is braided at the tip of which is a blue ribbon. Sitting next to her on the ground is a Kabuliwala (a person from Kabul). He is a dry fruit vendor wearing traditional kurta with a vest and turbon. He has a blue sack of dry fruits which he is tying into a knot. The cover of Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore.
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

11/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
Cartoon of a man in a desert who looks more like a goat than a man. The cover of Aadujeevitham by Benyamin.
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Oddly relatable 😺📚💙
The cartoonish images of a girl breaking a jigsaw globe. A little in the first one and in entirety in the second one. 1. Making small edit 2. Breaking entire page because of one slash. Via Wikimedia Commons.
November 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

10/ 20

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#Books

#BookSky

#Booklover
A monochrome image of two men hugging with only their hands and shoulders visible. The cover of On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous.
November 17, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Wilde ridicules the superficiality of the Victorian upper class through puns, parody, irony and epigrams.

I love the way he plays with the characters' double lives and dandyism.

"You don't seem to realize, that in married life three is company and two is none."

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From The Importance of Being Earnest. Algernon and Jack in Victorian clothes. Via Wikimedia Commons.
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Oscar Wilde's comedies are really something else.

"The Importance of Being Earnest", for example, is hilarious and timeless.

Characters say things like,

“In matters of grave importance style, not sincerity is the vital thing”

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The front page of The Importance of Being Earnest with the subtitle A Trivial Comedy for Serious People and by the author of Lady Windermere's Fan.
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM