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2025 Reading Goal

17% complete! jterryn has read 12 of 70 books.

reviewed About love and other stories by (Oxford world's classics)

About love and other stories (2004, Oxford University Press)

Review of 'About love and other stories' on 'Goodreads'

About Love is a wonderful collection of short stories. Some end in disaster and others with painful longing. Chekov’s writing is beautiful. The way he describes the various landscapes and the innermost feelings of the different characters is gripping. My favorite out of the different stories is the first one. It was the most hopeful. Others such as the black monk left me feeling a bit melancholy. It’s a short read and I highly recommend it if you want something to read that doesn’t feel like a chore.

Sally Rooney: Intermezzo (Hardcover, english language, 2024, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have …

Review of 'Intermezzo' on 'Goodreads'

A beautiful book. Contains so many nuances. The book takes a little getting used to, but the latter half of the book is fantastic. I love all of the little details in the book and how much emotional depth each character is given. It’s a story about grief, but also a story about healing. Fantastic.