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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #14-15

Media Ведьмина служба доставки 2-3, Эйко Кадоно Как и первый роман про ведьму Кики, последующие книги серии достаточно хороши. Замечательная детская литература для умиротворенного чтения в любой период жизни. В целом, сложно говорить что-то плохое про книги, в которых летают бесхвостые бегемоты, болеющие потерей сосредоточения души и тела. Отдельные баллы

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When TikTokification of books becomes more important than reading

Rejecting reading trends in the age of readers’ aesthetics and BookTok recommendations. In all likelihood, everyone is sick and tired of hearing about TikTok’s tendencies of making microtrends, encouraging overconsumption, and promoting low-quality content as much as everyone is tired of “just let people enjoy things” side of the

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House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski

Can one’s trauma be as big as to manifest itself physically, garrotting, scalding, and destroying everyone around? What if the trauma is not real? What if nothing is real? Or if the real is nothing? When a family of four, in hopes of getting their lives together, moves into

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #14-15

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #13

To be honest, I’m running out of ideas of what I should put in the introduction to each Mixtape, so let’s pretend I’ve written something great for this one. Media Rooms of her own. The letters of Tove Jansson, The New Yorker. It was one of the

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #12

Another week, another instalment. Straight to the point: Kiki’s delivery service, Eiko Kadono I’d written how much I love Miyazaki’s anime some time ago, so this week I decided to read the actual novel. A charming and relaxing story about a little witch named Kiki, her familiar,

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #11

To be honest, I don’t remember what I was doing this week except for rewatching “The Office”. The Office (2005), S1-5 I’ve started reading that book by Andy Green about the series and needed to rewatch the whole show for Nth time (even I don’t know how

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #10

It’s been ten (!) weeks of my writing summaries every Sunday, and it is still something I’m motivated to do. So, without any specially long-y introduction, straight to the point. Догра Магра, Кюсаку Юмэно Абсолютно печально, что Догра Магра Юмэно Кюсаку переводилась всего на несколько языков. Из приятного, она

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #9

And we are back for another weekly discussion of the media consumed (and what else). Три круга над домом, Василий Сабиров Ставила я себе целью на этот год читать больше детской литературы (не единственная книжная цель в этом году, но единственная в полной мере выполненная), а тут еще и сам

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #8

Week 8 of my writing about different staff, and I’m still motivated to do so. This one was all about consuming chill and somewhat “low-effort” content, so here we are. Blacksad, Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido. The last two volumes of “Blacksad” by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #7

Another Sunday, another review of reviewable things. The Dark Forest, Liu Cixin The emanation of my annual reread of “The Three-Body Problem” is my rereading “The Dark Forest”, my least favourite book in the trilogy. The potential is enormous with all the little details the author pays attention to. However,

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The weekly mixtape of discoveries in slightly exaggerated headlines #6

This week was of good reads and great music, so without any rumblings, straight to the point. More about Paddington, Michael Bond Although I liked the first book about Paddington, I wasn’t a fan of the story, as per se – it had its problems with the writing and the

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