As the year of 2022 comes to a close, I was able to read more books this year than I did last year. I managed to read about 49 books this year alone! However when you read so many books in a year, you are going to find a few books that you just didn’tContinue reading “The Five Most Disappointing books I’ve read this year (2022)”
Category Archives: Philosophy
Sophie’s World
Title: Sophie’s World Author: Jostein Gaarder Genre: Philosophy Pages: 471 Pages Synopsis: When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solveContinue reading “Sophie’s World”
My TBR List for 2022
As I said in my Year in Review post, last year was a good year for my reading and I want to expand on that. Today I want to share with you my TBR List for 2022, these are the books that I look forward to reading this year (expect a lot of Fantasy forContinue reading “My TBR List for 2022”
Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2021
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Books Read: 5 This month was a very big reading month for me I think I read over 1000 pages. On the long weekend alone, IContinue reading “Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2021”
The Fall
Title: The Fall Author: Albert Camus Pages: 147 Genre: Philosophy Synopsis: Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has come to recognize the deep-seated hypocrisy of his existence. His epigrammatic and, above all, discomforting monologue gradually saps, then undermines, the reader’s own complacency. (from Goodreads) My Thoughts: This is one of my quickest reads all thisContinue reading “The Fall”
Nausea
Title: Nausea Author: Jean-Paul Sartre Genre: Philosophical Fiction Pages: 178 Synopsis: Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogues his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which “spreads at the bottom ofContinue reading “Nausea”
The Outsider
Title: The Outsider or The Stranger or L’Étranger Author: Albert Camus Genre: Philosophical Fiction Pages: 117 Synopsis: Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself. So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers afterContinue reading “The Outsider”
Candide
Title: Candide Author: Voltaire Genre: Philosophical Fiction, Satire Pages: 115 Synopsis: Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in “the best of all possible worlds.” On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actuallyContinue reading “Candide”
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