all the books i read in february and what i thought of them

 All the books I read in February and what I thought of them

The second to last time I went back to school after a break was in September and I forgot how to read; this last time, it is not so much that I forgot how to read and more that I forgot how to do my homework, so I kept procrastinating and then not having any time to read. I also finished Elena Ferrante's series, and am I really going to stay up until 3 reading a book by someone else? Elena Ferrante is the only author for me. That's empirically false. 

I only read three books this month so I also have my receiptify at the end so it will be a more interesting blog post.

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Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

rating: ⭐⭐⭐

I don't like short stories. The one about the horse was kind of neat. A fun fact about the author is that Israel and Lebanon assassinated him in revenge for the Lod Airport Massacre and then that time a Palestinian militant organization took the Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Olympics and killed them, that was revenge for Kanafani's assassination. He was an interesting guy.

☀️☀️☀️

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book wrapped up the series very nicely, but it was also weirdly transphobic for no reason. But I love Lila and Lenù, and for the most part I love the series as well. It is like a whole little world that you get wrapped up in. Elena Ferrante is such a good author.

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Ports of Call by Amin Maalouf (reread)

rating: ⭐⭐⭐

I read this book again to write a review about it for an assignment and I was underwhelmed, so I exaggerated some criticisms so I would have a longer book review. There are too many themes and I was confused and I didn't get how they all tied together so I pretended it was the book's fault. What is my professor going to do, tell me my opinions are wrong?

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The promised receiptify. The tenth song is attributable to my brother.




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