Merlin Franco
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𝗔𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. The Mermaid Chair begins as a story of the mundane, about the midlife crisis when people overlook what they have in hand and go around chasing mythical ge ...more |
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This is another novel from Sue Monk Kidd that I intentionally slowed down to read. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞. Every written sentence (except for two: see below) flourishes as if they were cultivated by the autho ...more |
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𝑬𝒅𝒈𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. This is the story of half-Apache, half-White Edgar. It's fun at times, painful otherwise, as Brady Udall takes us through the everyday st ...more |
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Vernon God Little found me (yes, it came buried under a hundreds used books) at a crucial point in my life, like a miracle. I was half through with Saint Richard Parker, where I used first person POV in present tense, employing an absurdist tone. Tho ...more | |
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There has been much confusion about what Saint Richard Parker is about. Here comes the author’s perspective. 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. This is a satirical take on the maladies of South and Southea ...more |
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This is another novel from Sue Monk Kidd that I intentionally slowed down to read. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞. Every written sentence (except for two: see below) flourishes as if they were cultivated by the autho ...more |
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“The most beautiful things in life are unassuming and simple to begin with.”
― A Dowryless Wedding
― A Dowryless Wedding
“To you, the beautiful human in you, who, like everybody else on this planet, is on an everyday struggle to love and be loved. I hope you find the love, happiness, and enlightenment you have been looking for, in you, in your backyard, in your wretched little neighborhood.”
― Saint Richard Parker
― Saint Richard Parker
“Let your ego go . . . This is how the world is. Everyone chases love, but very few recognize it. Because to love unconditionally is the toughest task on earth. Learn to accept it.”
― Saint Richard Parker
― Saint Richard Parker
“Buccal list: A list of food a person has never tried before but wants to taste during their lifetime.”
― Saint Richard Parker
― Saint Richard Parker
“If you had closed your eyes and looked inward, you would have seen me; you would have seen us. We have always been inseparable, like night and day, light and dark, flowers and fruits, and spirituality and sexuality.”
― Saint Richard Parker
― Saint Richard Parker
“Swim, crawl, stagger, walk, bend, stagger and gone – that’s life in simple terms, and all that matters here is how well we fought.”
― A Dowryless Wedding
― A Dowryless Wedding

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