• to continue the anne of green gables, fruits basket and percy jackson and the olympians series
• to have 25% of my read books be non-fiction
• to not let my tbr get to 200 books
• to read 10 books from cplp authors
• to read 4 books in a language that is neither portuguese nor english
• to read 6 books over 500 pages
• to read at least 15 books by non-western authors
• to read at least 65 books
• to read at least one poetry book
• to read mostly books that are over 300 pages
• to write a review for each read book

• a year in provence
• anne of windy poplars
• sweet bean paste
• the enchanted april
• the fair botanists
• what you are looking for is in the library

general

• quick summary -
• key themes - cults, linguistics, power.

interests

• what i found interesting -
• what i learned - theory of performativity, thought terminating cliche
• fav quote - "a cult is like porn, you know it when you hear it" + "our behavior is driven by a desire for belonging and purpose. we're cultish by nature" + #once followers fully adopted the group's jargon, higher-ups were able to weaponize it"

further reading

• follow-up context research -

rating

• 4.5/5 -

january

• the ballad of songbirds and snakes
• the dollmaker of kraków
• pine
• jane eyre (audiobook) [re-read]

february

• the matchmaker's lonely heart
• antigone
• fruits basket, collector's edition (vol. 9)
• moominland midwinter
• winter in sokcho
• poems to fall in love with
• as good as dead
• caderno de memórias coloniais
• to capture his heart

march

• heartstopper (vol. 5)
• why you should read children's books, eve...