zuzaer and her Stack Of Books through the year (2)

My name is Susan (I think I respond to every version of this name); located in Poland, humanities student and a (hopefully) avid reader---that is, when I manage to peek above of the requited readings. This is my first year here on LT, with me reading irregularly; I keep this thread up with the intention to motivate myself and write down my thoughts about the books, not necessarily reaching the number of 75 started/read books. Since it's the middle of summer, I've decided it's a good time to start a new, hopefully more alive, thread.

My Stack Of Books for 2022:
(coming soon)

Happy new thread!

I enjoyed the stats on your previous thread.

>3 figsfromthistle: Thank you! Not impressive and definitely show that I start way more books than I finish, but I'm planning to work on that.

(26) Secrets of a River Swimmer: "Life certainly has a way of keeping you on your toes". And what a surprise it was. The narrator wakes up in the river he jumped to the day before... as a fish. Yes, that's right. We'll see what happens next.
Edit: I've been nodding on and off in the train, so I still have no idea whether Freddy (that's his name apparently) will stay permanently in the fish body, since he started switching between... As for my thoughts about what is going on, I've decided that a little bit of something fantastic is maybe what was needed there.

In the morning I've read a short article in Vogue Italia about kids and teenagers

Happy second thread, Susan!

Happy new thread, Susan. It has been very interesting keep up with you this year from Poland.

Thank you!

Happy new thread!

>9 drneutron: Thank you!

Happy new thread.

Happy new thread!

>11 EllaTim:, >12 magicians_nephew: thank you!

Happy new thread, Susan!

>14 Familyhistorian: Thank you!

Dear LTers,

once again it's been a month since I've written here. There's quite a bit going on in my life at the moment, and I found I can't keep up with all my places in the internet as I would've liked to; right now I'm only thinking about LT and some other sites in terms of "ouch, how long it's been since I've last been there, read, updated?". So I'm not quitting per se, rather taking a prolonged break---going "on hiatus", let's say---until I sort myself out. There's nothing wrong, but it's just a lot of new things and that'll continue for some time.

I'm not saying goodbye, and I'm looking forward to re-joining this great community :)

Also, today I found a new Wordle, made by Folger Shakespeare Library:
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https://prattle.folger.edu/?seed=20220914&length=5&game=1

>16 zuzaer: Life does sometimes get in the way of other activities.
I hope 'sorting yourself out' results in a good way. We will be here, whenever you have a bit more spare time.

Zuzz I've enjoyed reading your thread and your posts on mine.

We will be here when you come back count on it

>18 magicians_nephew: What Jim said.

Happy New Year to all of you!

I thought I could post some update; I've spent almost four months in Italy, learning and communicating daily in three languages (sometimes it was a real mashup of things and thoughts), trying not to think too much about all the mistakes that I'm making... I know---the only one who doesn't make a mistake is the one who doesn't try, and then mistakes help us to grow, but sometimes it's really frustrating :) the positive side is that everyone around me is helpful and I never feel looked down upon because I've messed something.

I'm reading; it's not a lot but it's something: I'm (pretending that I'm) reading Dante's Comedy---and that by the way is an exam that will probably be the most difficult one for me---obviously a few academic papers here and there, then for my Sunday reading (which was not a thing before) I'm on-and-off with the recently deceased Pope Benedict XVI and his Jesus from Nazareth, a profound work in which the theologian looks at the figure of Jesus portrayed in the Holy Gospel---as a Man. A book, as I'm told, definitely easier than the Introduction to Christianity, form which I've read only an excerpt, so it could be also considered a good introduction to the Pope's works.

My family recently moved---just before Christmas, to be precise (I do not recommend moving before Christmas: it has a risk of unpacking for the next two weeks); the good side is that we can see the mountains, the air is better and everything's peaceful here. The downside is that we're much too far from the city to my liking, even if the plans from the beginning were for me to stay in the city. So now, during the breaks that I travel back home, I'll stay with my parents, but after the holidays... we'll see. My university schedule is too wild for the not-so-frequent public transport.

All in all, life is good for me; I hope it's good or even better for you too. I'm not coming back yet---too much on my mind and frankly I need to cut my Internet hours, develop some healthy standard---but I'm not forgetting LT anytime soon. Thank you for all the kind words.

Have a good year and a good 2023 challenge!
Susan

Wishing you all the best for 2023, Susan.

Good luck with your study, enjoy your books, and maybe we will see you back here one day.