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Next destination for my project Books Beyond Border is El Salvador. My first pick is The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende.

Do share any resources(books, videos, podcasts, articles) to help learn more about this country.

I learnt a new word today and I found it quite fascinating. This was an adjective used to describe the book ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clarke.

Reading report for May. Most of my reading for this month was focused on reading Arizona. It was overall satisfactory month. I am also getting back to read mangas, so that is quite exciting too.

I’m almost at the end of Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami. I don’t think this is his best work, as he was still developing his style. However, there’s something soothing about reading about the mundane and sometimes nonsensical aspects of people’s daily lives. I don’t grasp any deeper symbolism, if there is any, though maybe the book club will help me understand it. Still, I enjoy his work.

Here goes the full post for Arizona Reads

I discovered a new app called Instapaper today, which allows you to save any article you want to read later with a single click. The neat thing is that this app is highly compatible with e-ink devices. As a bonus, it supports pagination for reading articles, and page turns work with the volume button. Now, I can read all my saved articles in one place, on my e-reader.

My next read is Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami. I am reading it for International Murakami Bookclub where we are reading all of Murakami published works in chronological order.

Finished The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, my last pick for Arizona. This is book again filled with heavy themes but dealt in a delicate way. I absolutely loved the women in this book and the idea of a chosen family. However, I wouldn’t recommend this book to those who are lighthearted, as the themes of child abuse might be triggering for some.

Full blog post for Arizona coming soon