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And after a very long tiring day, all I want is this quiet moment, with a good book.

My next read is another poetry book by one of my favourite poets.

Great start.

I always have an extra book beside my bed in case I want a break from my current read.

Although this is a small book, I will not read it till certain circumstances.

This is my choice whenever I want a change.

“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
Ché la diritta via era smarrita”

“In the middle of the journey of our life
I found myself in a dark wood,
For I had lost the right path.”

— Dante Alighieri


The half part of this book is so good that I can't let go.

“the disease of depression remains a great mystery.”

It is time to read about someone who understands, someone who knows. It makes me feel at ease.

The aim of therapy is not to correct the past, but to enable the patient to confront his own history, and to grieve over it.

— Alice Miller

I said this before and I will keep saying it, mentioning Alcestis in this book made the book and the story more fascinating. This is genius, to make a book around a play; I want to see Alicia’s paintings so bad, especially the Alcestis.

I think I just discovered a new favourite writer; I think many may agree on how good his writing is.

So far the story is surprisingly exquisite, I hope it keeps that way. I hope I don’t end up disappointed.

Alex on the other hands definitely knows how to use words. My god, he is amazing.

Since I can’t use my eyes much in basically anything due to an infection, an amazing person (hi Anfal 💕) recommended switching to audiobooks till my eyes are cured, which can take up to a week or more.

It was a hard decision to make though, I have a schedule of what to read next, and finding an audiobook and enjoy it is not an easy job. But I did find one! Yay.

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I wanna keep reading this one for longer hours but my eye infection is getting in the way, and it will be stuck for quite a while.

So I only have limited time for using my eyes for any activity. So I may close my eyes tomorrow the whole day even while eating so I can read more pages tomorrow. lol jk. But maybe I will switch to the audiobook if I kept wanting to end the book soon.

“I felt knots untie themselves, knots I didn't know were there. I could already tell there were things happening deep inside me that were irreversible. Is there any scarier word than "irreversible". It's a hiss of a word, full of side effects and mutilations. Severe tire damage—no backing up.”

I love how he poetically described his wife, his words are not corny nor cheesy.

“Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count on the music to bring me back—or, more precisely, to bring her forward.”

The way he misses his wife is heartbreaking; he turned her old mixtape into a time machine. He listened to her tunes like it was her voice.

I finally found someone who loves and appreciates music the way I do.

I love how the writer adds a mixtape at the beginning of each chapter.

I was shocked when I knew the truth about some people oh my god I never suspected it!

My favourite character so far is Estelle, she is so kind, sweet, and funny. I wanna give her a hug.

This is the first time I start an audiobook with the intention to finish it, I usually give up after few minutes because I keep zoning out.

So far, I am in love with the experience and the story too. What an amazing storyteller, she was the reason for me to give audiobooks another chance.

I have the book in Kindle just in case I wanted to highlight something, that's the only thing I dislike in audiobooks so far.

Note for the future: Chapters 18 and 19 are my favourite from the book.

Every chapter is very eye-opening.

This is the kind of book that requires your full attention to understand, but oh god, this is one of the best psychology books I have ever read. Now I understand the hype.

It gives me a clear understanding of what trauma can do to the body, and a small perspective on how a person with PTSD's life looks like.

This is five stars for sure, even though I finished part one out of three.

My next read till the end of May is going to be The Body Keep The Score.

I waited for about a year to start reading this one, and now, it is time.

gaslight anthem

How cruel it is
To deny yourself something
Which is born from you,
Something so personal
And pure
As a feeling.

Some poems went right through to the heart, it beautifully hurts. I almost cried.

Note for the future: 3 A.M. is my favourite so far. It is so genuine.

Today I am reading my 10th book of the year; so for the sake of this accomplishment, I decided I am going to read a new genre that I always wanted to read, but never did. Poetry.

So of course, I picked one of my favourite poets that I discovered accidentally through Twitter, so I am pretty excited to discover this one.

I'm glad that I picked this one as my next read. Such a great book, full of precious wisdom and philosophy. My new favourite.

This is a very short book, but even though I am still at the beginning of it, it opens your eyes to some new perspectives, great ones too.

The writer focuses on one's thoughts, he explains how our thoughts are the creator of our personality and circumstance, and how mostly we are unconscious about that.

“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”

Great Start.

I don’t think I am ready to leave this book yet. I need more, I need a sequel

It is impressive that the writer mentioned and focused on etiology and teleology studies; insisting on showing the negative side of etiology is a great move, since an etiological mindset is common, and is one of the reasons why psychological problems become harder to resolve.

Also, many philosophies mentioned reminded me of CBT— many of his points consisted of shifting one's thought.

I am enjoying this one!

Excited to read this one

“Use thyself, as often, as thou seest any man do anything, presently (if it be possible) to say unto thyself, What is this man’s end in this his action? But begin this course with thyself first of all, and diligently examine thyself concerning whatsoever thou doest.”

— From “The Tenth Book”

If anybody shall reprove me, and shall make it apparent unto me, that in any either opinion or action of mine I do err, I will most gladly retract. For it is the truth that I seek after, by which I am sure that never any man was hurt; and as sure, that he is hurt that continueth in any error, or ignorance whatsoever.

― From "The Sixth Book"