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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: A book review

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  This book made me feel secret things in secret places that I didn’t know I had. A gentle love, a gentle cry, a little laughter and a lots of sad. But it was a good sad, you know. The sad you feel when you meet your friend in a long time. The sad when you see the sky bright and want it to last forever. A nostalgic sad. I liked this sad. This book is a gentle love letter to Dante and I love that. Hi everyone. This book review is on Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. I had been wanting to read this book for a long time, so when my sister brought it home I jumped at the chance. She borrowed it from her friend who has a review blog as well. Apparently, I also found out that my sister also has more interesting friends than I do. Hmmmmmm……. Interesting. Do go and check out her blog. Click to check out her blog The book starts with “ The problem with my life was that it was someone else’s idea .” This is also where my love aff...

The Catcher in the Rye- A book review

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  I just completed The Catcher in the Rye  and I still have no idea what the plot or the theme or the point of this book was. Or why it was written. Why did you write this book J.D. Salinger ? This was a slow read for me, probably because it was a slow book. I read this book because I was getting tired of eBooks and this book just sat on my shelf mocking me. This quarantine has me functioning on a low budget and no friends. I just want to buy some books or borrow them from people. Can I borrow people. Is people starved a thing? But right now people are like cats, you have to coax them to meet you, but they still don’t. Do I have to give them the right kind of food? What is the right kind of food?   Yo people of the world what kind of food do you like. Let’s talk about the book though. Maybe I read it at a wrong age. I am too old for this shit. There was too much teenage. Too much angst. Like, just take a chill pill bro. Please relax. But then I am in college an...