Manal's Updates en-US Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:54:31 -0800 60 Manal's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9023665882 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:54:31 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal wants to read 'Beyond Good and Evil']]> /review/show/7289149484 Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche Manal wants to read Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
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ReadStatus9023665776 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:54:27 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal wants to read 'Letters from a Stoic']]> /review/show/7289149401 Letters from a Stoic by Seneca Manal wants to read Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
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Review5764289708 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:51:28 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal added 'Almond']]> /review/show/5764289708 Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung Manal gave 3 stars to Almond (Hardcover) by Sohn Won-Pyung
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Review6620337635 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:51:12 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal added 'The Hole']]> /review/show/6620337635 The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada Manal gave 3 stars to The Hole (Paperback) by Hiroko Oyamada
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ReadStatus9023653876 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:47:43 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal is currently reading 'The Prince']]> /review/show/7289140626 The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli Manal is currently reading The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"very mindful. very demure.

in all seriousness, this was quite wholesome and homey :) i didn't mind the old english and i think the overall message was very sweet.

to reward myself, i shall rewatch the movie :D "
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Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai
"There is such beauty in simplicity. Coming-of-age existentialism through a series of vivid descriptions and internal monologue—so universal, fleeting thoughts feel weirdly comforting; the hypocracy of the self; the love and grief and longing and nostalgia...all bundled into one. of childhood, of loss; of purpose, of loneliness.


"..when we became adults, we might look back on this pain and loneliness as a funny thing, perfectly ordinary, but–but how were we expected to get by, to get through this interminable period of time until that point when we were adults? There was no one to teach us how."

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Review7266726982 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:08:42 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal added 'Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 33']]> /review/show/7266726982 Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 33 by Yoshihiro Togashi Manal gave 5 stars to Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 33 (Hunter x Hunter, #33) by Yoshihiro Togashi
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Review7266723010 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:07:31 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal added 'Heaven']]> /review/show/7266723010 Heaven by Mieko Kawakami Manal gave 4 stars to Heaven (Hardcover) by Mieko Kawakami
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Review7266707072 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:06:57 -0800 <![CDATA[Manal added 'The Book of Tea']]> /review/show/7266707072 The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura Manal gave 5 stars to The Book of Tea (Hardcover) by Kakuzō Okakura
Holy smokes, absolutely stunning. Okakura beautifully describes how imperfection is fundamental and crucial in Zennism, showing how it affects Japanese culture and philosophy. "He entered the realm of art when he perceived the subtle use of the useless." ]]>