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“Clues that you’re reading a Jane Austen novel.”
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Dear Zainub,
I am currently writing my response for your review of the Alchemist.
I just wanted to let know what the status of my return post was.
- Hanaa
P.s. Your thoughts were woven together so eloquently.
#32: In Memoriam A.H.H by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Date Finished: 04/11/11
Dear Zainub,
Some stanzas were just as Tennyson called them, “The Way of the Soul”.
Arthur Henry Hallam, I’ve never met you but even I grieved your passing.
Aside from the discussion of evolution, I found much passion and unrestrained honesty buried in the crevasses of his words.
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
#31: The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Date Finished: 04/08/11
Dear Zainub,
Clarity comes when we realize that our time is severely limited.
“I have been here. Now I am going there.”
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
#30: The Best American Travel Writing (2010) - Edited by Bill Buford
Date Finished: 04/06/11
Dear Zainub,
I read this anthology throughout the semester and since then I have concluded that I do indeed have a bad case of wanderlust.
Favourite destination? Siberian deserts of ice, need I say more.
Some mad respect for ‘the New Yorker’.
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
#29: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephan R. Convey
Date Finished: 04/03/11
Dear Zainub,
Whilst reading, I simultaneously compared lessons I derived from this book to lessons the Qur’an and advice the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) have already taught us.
The similarities are uncanny.
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
#28: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Date Finished: 03/30/11
Dear Zainub,
He asserts my exact sentiments. He chimes in, “I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop.”
Sometimes living life can make one cynical.
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
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#27: Swimming to Cambodia by Spalding Gray
Date Finished: 03/26/11
Dear Zainub,
Answers always out of reach, while questions enumerate. Consistently fleeing for a moment of self awareness.
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
#26: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Date Finished: 03/24/11
Dear Zainub,
The Yellow Wallpaper = an epistolary novel featuring a woman’s decedent into unbridled insanity.
I loved reading of her triumphs over her husband, who consistently belittles her.
- Her Literary Jar of Hearts
