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

Books, movies, culture

💜Melancholic/ slice-of-life narratives

Current obsessions: Translated fiction, Wong Kar-wai movies

https://medium.com/@aryajames
Watching Nobel winner Han Kang's press conference 💙
December 6, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Toxic hero worship at its peak.

(Image via ifp.world on Instagram)
December 6, 2024 at 6:42 AM
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December 1, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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
November 30, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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!
November 29, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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
November 29, 2024 at 4:29 PM
What a beautiful cover! Reminds me of an edition of A Doll's House.
November 28, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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 🤞
November 28, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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
November 27, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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
November 23, 2024 at 3:43 PM
We are all eyes when a woman becomes a Sherlock Holmes in her own right.

Watched it and loved it.

Meticulously crafted thriller!

🎬 #filmsky
November 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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.

#booksky
November 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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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#BookSky

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November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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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November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Repost with one of your favourite books you've read this year!

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#BookSky #Books #QueerBookSkyp
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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
November 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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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November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Oddly relatable 😺📚💙
November 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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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
November 17, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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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November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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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November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM