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 penel:

Your support is much stronger than mine! I haven't been able to finish any interesting books for months:(

I’ve been struggling to finish the book I’m on now not because it’s boring but during this Christmas season I’ve been too busy to finish it.  It’s The Magi, a historical study of the magoi of Persia and other ancient kingdoms and their presence in Matthew. 

I have a stack of novels for the new year when hopefully I can block out more reading time. When I start fiction books I tend to read them voraciously and I don’t have time right now. Even my Dramaland viewing has been short films when I can squeeze one in. XD

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penel VIP
 The Butterfly:

I’ve been struggling to finish the book I’m on now not because it’s boring but during this Christmas season I’ve been too busy to finish it.  It’s The Magi, a historical study of the magoi of Persia and other ancient kingdoms and their presence in Matthew. 

I have a stack of novels for the new year when hopefully I can block out more reading time. When I start fiction books I tend to read them voraciously and I don’t have time right now. Even my Dramaland viewing has been short films when I can squeeze one in. XD

I've bought a few books I found interesting and I hope, during spring semester -which is less busy for me- to find the time to read them!
Then I'll have something to share/post here :)

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Winter

2024 - Best books each month: It was a pretty good reading year overall. Some of these are re-reads that made me fall in love with the books more than I once was as well. I feel as if I won't read  as often next year because it's time for me to take a break and I think I'll be busy. But who knows.

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Wow what a month of books for me. I finished Lost You Forever by Tong Hua (also the writer of Scarlet Heart). I also reread Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao to prepare for its sequel Heavenly Tyrant (which I am currently reading!). And I finished another book by Nghi Vo from her Singing Hills Cycle novella series. 

What a story. I know this is not a book for everyone, Tong Hua's stories usually aren't. This is one of those "you either hate it or you love it," and luckily for me I loved it. Honestly, the differences between the drama and the book were also interesting in and of themselves. And revisiting scenes I loved in the drama in the prose was satisfying. One of my favorite scenes was better depicted in the drama, but I don't really mind. They two manifestations of the story had their own strengths and weaknesses, and in the end, I liked them both :) While people seem to be divided on how they feel about Xiaoyao, I really loved this multifaceted character who really feels life. She's fierce, willful, silly, afraid of pain, and genuinely wants to be loved. This was a fun book to read on the feeds as I ended up sharing quotes in MyBooks. 
Rereading Iron Widow felt kind of amazing. I'd forgotten what it was like to be so engrossed in a story that I'd be compelled to binge it. Obviously I had a great time rereading it. All of this was for the purpose of being able to seamlessly transition into Heavenly Tyrant. The book was a long time in the making and I'd forgotten details and characters over the years that I waited for the sequel. Very glad I reread Iron Widow as its made enjoying Heavenly Tyrant that much better. 
While I didn't like this as much as the previous book I read by Nghi Vo, this novella was still very much up my alley. A political drama with intriguing worldbuilding, all beneath layers of archiving. An interesting alternative vehicle for storytelling. 
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MichaKu

Finally a book I could finish in a while and what the hell of a book. Easily a 5 of 5. Some might just call it an angry feminist book, but all the angryness is very justified in my opinion and who I am to judge anyway, it's time to listen ! Me as a male I can see my self being caught in some of the ways of thinking about what she's addressing in society and what's so wrong with it. It really made me reflect on myself. Even if it's from 2006, so much is still very relevant. It's basically a shame that since the 1970's not enough has changed in all the aspects she's talking about. If you read the book also, would be fun to share your thoughts about it!   

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