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May 31st, 2020 || MAY READING WRAP-UP📚 . Here are all the books I read in May. The majority of my reads were written by Asian authors due to the Asian readathon. I have post mini-reviews here for some of them and also on my instagram if you fancy having a look. Some of the books I read were ebooks and since my e-reader died on me and I'm too lazy to charge it, they are not pictured. . 🌿The Complete Chi's Sweet Home, Part 1 by Konami Kanata (8/10). 🌿All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison (8/10). 🌿The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi (6.5/10). 🌿The Map of Salt & Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (DNF). 🌿The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh (8.5/10). 🌿Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (7/10). 🌿Emma by Jane Austen (a reread - 8/10). 🌿Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (9/10). 🌿On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (5.5/10). 🌿A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (9.5/10). 🌿How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C.Pam Zhang (7/10). . Of the ebooks, I have purchased a physical copy for All Among the Barley, The Magical Language of Others and Minor Feelings after reading them because they were that good. How was your reading this month? • • • #readingwrapup #mayreads #asianreadathon #graphicnovels #literaryfiction #thecompletechissweethome #allamongthebarley #thebeastplayer #intothinair #emma #janeausten #englishliterature #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #afinebalance #themapofsaltandstars #themagicallanguageofothers #minorfeelings #howmuchofthesehillsisgold #stackofbooks #recentlyread #adayinbooklandreviews #pileofbooks #unitedbookstagram #fortheloveofreading #bookloversunite https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2gRY7q9sc/?igshid=if5bfhoteq3j

Reading Into Thin Air for English class. Very interesting, I like it a lot!

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'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer I don't know how to write about this book- every adjective that I think of is saddled with the weight of death. A retelling of the events that unfolded in the deaths of his fellow mountaineers, the book is a personal account by @krakauernotwriting of what happened and make sense of the whys. What worked for me: • Sherpas, local Nepalis who ace mountain climbing, have not been shuffled as footnotes to the mountain climbing experience. They literally set the stage for the non-Nepali folks to climb- from carrying supplies to setting ropes and yet in the 90s a tour guide charged $65000, while the Sherpa who works the hardest made about $2500. Go do the Math. As someone from the subcontinent and from a country whose heritage includes examples of this kind of exploitation, it's safe to say- it made my blood boil. • I knew there are risks in mountaineering- high altitude sickness is something we are advised about while doing our acclimatization when travelling to higher altitudes- but the book delves into that and others in more depth and covers a larger risk base. It was scary- how the body turns against itself when so out of its comfort zone. • Krakauer's writing is fascinating. He has written about a horrific episode with remarkable clarity and coherence. I wanted to devour everything that he has ever written. Sharing one of the pic that I have from the Himalayan range. And another of a quaint railway station in the foothills of Himalayas. Sunday mornings armed with a flask of tea and sandwiches, we would head to this platform and chill. Only two trains frequented this station- one arrived in the morning. Another left at night. This station is neither so laid-back nor as quaint anymore. #intothinair #jonkrakauer #nonfictionreads #nonfictionbookclub #nonfictionbooks #mustreadbooks #bookrecommendations #mountaineeringbooks #womenwhoread #indianbookblogger #indianbookstagrammer #delhibookstafam #delhibookstagram #delhibookstagrammer #delhibookstafam #newtobookstagram #newbookstagram #newbookstagrammer #nevernotreading #bookishthoughts #bookishlove #booksbooksbooks #unitedbookstagram #unitedbookstagramindia (at Delhi, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaeJanYLlac/?utm_medium=tumblr

No último sábado, fazendo uma matinê com o Marido, escolhemos como segundo filme "Evereste". Rolando os primeiros minutos eu entendi que o ano era 1996...E depois o nome de Jon Krakauer surgiu numa conversa e logo disse ao Marido: Eu tenho esse livro! (não foi tão calmo assim, algumas expressões em volume alto foram ditas quando o nome do Krakauer foi mencionado). Portanto, metade de mim queria ler logo No Ar Rarefeito e a outra metade queria que A Estrada não terminasse nunca! Ambos sobre sobrevivência: o primeiro sobre uma escalada com muitos erros no percurso e o segundo como resistência ao mundo pós-apocalíptico. Recomendo ambas as leituras e filmes! . . . . . #jonkrakauer #noarrarefeito #intothinair #tragedia #everest #india #escalada #relato #livro #documentario #sobrevivencia (à Sebo do Portuga) https://www.instagram.com/p/CONteYrjcyj/?igshid=1tre0zigwlplc

Memorial for Scott Fisher and others made famous by the Into This Air disaster. As expert mountaineer @ed_viesturs reminds us, the summit is only 1/2 way there. Amazing journey but also sobering. #intothinair #mountains #outdoors #everest #memorial (at Lobuche, Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNey_Usjo08/?igshid=1jvakuc37aqrs