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"In puddles and rivers/ Pebbles hit bull’s-eyes/ Before targets are drawn"
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Name from this haiku by Emmanuel Lacaba titled "Poem":
"In puddles and rivers/ Pebbles hit bull’s-eyes/ Before targets are drawn"
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Updated Book Rating:
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❗️- Essential
⭕️ - Positive
❓️ - Neutral
❌️ - Negative
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now reading:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (S. Clarke)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (S. Clarke)
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December 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
now reading:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (S. Clarke)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (S. Clarke)
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🎟 No Other Choice
dir. Park Chan-Wook
2025
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dir. Park Chan-Wook
2025
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November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🎟 No Other Choice
dir. Park Chan-Wook
2025
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dir. Park Chan-Wook
2025
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Sudden Light
Enda Wyley
Enda Wyley
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sudden Light
Enda Wyley
Enda Wyley
Tetelestai
Eugene O'Connell
Eugene O'Connell
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Tetelestai
Eugene O'Connell
Eugene O'Connell
Winterfield
Ellen Bryan Voigt
Ellen Bryan Voigt
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Winterfield
Ellen Bryan Voigt
Ellen Bryan Voigt
SoMa
Hieu Minh Nguyen
Hieu Minh Nguyen
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
SoMa
Hieu Minh Nguyen
Hieu Minh Nguyen
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Roses, Late Summer by Mary Oliver
"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Roses, Late Summer by Mary Oliver
"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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Currently reading:
⛩️ Starting Point (H. Miyazaki)
🥿 My Brilliant Friend (E. Ferrante)
🏝 Rock Solid (M. Vitug)
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⛩️ Starting Point (H. Miyazaki)
🥿 My Brilliant Friend (E. Ferrante)
🏝 Rock Solid (M. Vitug)
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July 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Currently reading:
⛩️ Starting Point (H. Miyazaki)
🥿 My Brilliant Friend (E. Ferrante)
🏝 Rock Solid (M. Vitug)
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⛩️ Starting Point (H. Miyazaki)
🥿 My Brilliant Friend (E. Ferrante)
🏝 Rock Solid (M. Vitug)
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Q2 2025
The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin
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The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin
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July 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Q2 2025
The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin
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The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin
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How Our Bodies Did This Unfamiliar Thing by Malika Booker
"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How Our Bodies Did This Unfamiliar Thing by Malika Booker
"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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We need a return to analog culture: handwritten letters, seeing films in the cinema, reading books, in-person visits, time in the outdoors. We weren't meant to spend our whole lives online. The joys of tangible living are something no one can take from you.
June 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We need a return to analog culture: handwritten letters, seeing films in the cinema, reading books, in-person visits, time in the outdoors. We weren't meant to spend our whole lives online. The joys of tangible living are something no one can take from you.
Q1 2025
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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June 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Q1 2025
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Sleeping in the Forest
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
March 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sleeping in the Forest
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
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Bowing to the Empress by Mary Oliver
"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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March 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Bowing to the Empress by Mary Oliver
"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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From Sunset to Star Rise
Christina Rosetti
Christina Rosetti
March 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
From Sunset to Star Rise
Christina Rosetti
Christina Rosetti
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No Ruined Stone by Shara Mccallum
"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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January 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No Ruined Stone by Shara Mccallum
"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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Wild Blessings by Lucille Clifton
“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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January 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wild Blessings by Lucille Clifton
“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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Some Questions You Might Ask by Mary Oliver
"One question leads to another."
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"One question leads to another."
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February 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Some Questions You Might Ask by Mary Oliver
"One question leads to another."
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"One question leads to another."
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The Bleeding-heart by Mary Oliver
"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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February 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Bleeding-heart by Mary Oliver
"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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Ode to Repetition by Ellen Bass
"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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February 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Ode to Repetition by Ellen Bass
"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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Universal Truths by Shira Haus
"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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January 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Universal Truths by Shira Haus
"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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Sacred Objects by Ada Limón
"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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January 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sacred Objects by Ada Limón
"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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Brujitas by Emma Trelles
"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Brujitas by Emma Trelles
"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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The World Has Need of You by Ellen Bass
"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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January 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The World Has Need of You by Ellen Bass
"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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