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I always enjoy learning how other people bears with their own life, since there’s not exclusively one way to live, and that’s might be the main reason why I love reading autobiographic novels.

Last week, I finished reading “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed.

I enjoyed Cheryl’s adventure through the Pacific Coast Trail, all those thoughts and feelings she unravels with the challenges of every mile in the PCT.

Cheryl Strayed is a talented writer because, even though her life story is far from my own, she made me relate to hers and even feel like walking in her shoes.

Illustration inspired by Wild

I enjoyed this book and I’m certainly ready to watch the movie (huge fan of Reese Witherspoon here!).

Last, my #nowreading quote chosen from this book + design created for it:

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Other memorable quotes from this book:

“I could only be who it seemed I had to be”

“What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I’d done something I shouldn’t have? (…) What if what made me do all those things everyone thought I shouldn’t have done was what also had got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?”

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Have you seen the movie or read this book? 

#nowreading

Andrea Casals

During the lasts 2 months, I’ve been reading Sunset Park by Paul Auster.

It was my first book from this author. Unfortunately, this book become tough and sometimes even a little boring for me –sorry to disappoint you, definitely not a fan of Auster’s prose– but I liked that I could connect with the book through my dear Brooklyn.

The quote that I chose for this #nowreading is this one:

“It was the best thing that could have happened to him, it was the worst thing that could have happened to him”

Paul Auster – Sunset Park

That’s how wishes work, right? When a wish comes true, it’s so amazing but then… you have to really deal with that! Sometimes we found ourservelves thinking that that was it…. The mere realization as a result but then we really discover that the wish that came true is only the beginning of a new path.

Best and worst… I liked that.

If you want to know about other quotes that I liked from this book, let’s be friends on Goodreads!

See you soon, folks!

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national handwriting day

Andrea Casals

Today is National Handwriting Day.

Sakura was asking their followers to upload a picture with their favorite quote and I accepted the proposal.

But, since choosing “a favorite quote” is such a difficult task, I decided to pick one of the book that I’m currently reading (as I posted before that I would do).

These months I’ve been reading “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” by Haruki Murakami; the 4th novel that I read from this author.

I liked this book, specially, those long moments of solitary thoughts but I didn’t go nuts for the story (that’s the reason why it took me so long!).

The quote that I chose from this book was: “Deep rivers run quiet“. But these are also others that I highlighted:

“Humans are immortal in their thought. Though strictly speakin’, not immortal, but endlessly, asymptotically close to immortal. That’s eternal life.”

“Eternity can actually be experienced” (this quote made me remember a how a person can describe a panic attack).

“I have a thing about losers. Flaws in oneself open you op to others with flaws”

“Everyone may be ordinary, but they’re not normal (…) But there’s normal and there’s normal. I mean the kind of normal that can sit down next to you on the train and you wouldn’t even notice. We eat food, drink beer–oh, by  the way, the sandwiches were great!”

“Nobody got the keys to t’the elephant inside us. Freud and Jung and all the rest of them published their theories  but all they did was t’invent a lot of jargon t’get people talkin'”

I think I’m going to take a break from Murakami, but I still really love his writing style and crazy stories.

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*Have you read Murakami? Any favorites?

#nowreading

Andrea Casals

Those of you who follow me on Instagram, already know that the #nowreading of this month was “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd.

I’ve decided to draw a little something with a quote from this book and I’m planning to continue doing so with the following #nowreading.

It’s a difficult task to choose just one quote -specially from this emotional, moving novel- but I’ll do my best.

Here it is.

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More of my favorites quotes from this book:

“In the photograph by my bed my other is perpetually smiling on me. I guess I have forgiven us both, although sometimes in the night my dreams will take me back to the sadness, and I have to wake up and forgive us again.”

“After you get stung, you can’t get unstung. No matter how much you whine about it.”

“Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn’t know a thing about life.”

PS: I’d love to know which one is your favorite from The Life of Bees!