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Book Review of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

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3.5⭐

"I love all but one of the "how's" of Cloud Cuckoo Land. I love how interconnected the characters are. I love how all of these stories are driven by the original CCL. I love the point made that the same story can be learned from and appreciated over millenia, but it is so hard to love..."

Hi readers! I finally got around to reviewing Cloud Cuckoo Land! I spent a few hours trying my best to put all my thoughts down on this review and I hope you might be able to makes sense of it.

"How could I possibly thank him for all the love I could not give myself?"

-S.R. 2024

You’re never too old to learn something new. Never stop studying. 

1/2/24

Good morning my readers!

I hope you all had a great New Year's holiday! I know I sure did. My partner and I went to a friends house for a small kickback and we had a blast, although the next morning, not so much. The hangover I earned pretty much started when I went to bed and wouldn't let me sleep at all! That aside, I was able to spend a lovely holiday with my partner again, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I have a few goals this new year I would like to complete, so here they are:

Read 5 books to completion. Unfortunately I've had a habit of reading books to about 75% through, then becoming uninterested and moving on. I'm going to try to break that! I've started a Storygraph account to track my reading stats that I plan on sharing on here.

Work out at least once a week. Although I am a bit insecure about my weight, the goal with this one is more about heart health and mobility. I currently live in a colder climate than I'm used to so I'm hoping that this will help loosen up my joints.

Complete some at home studies. I have already graduated from college and currently have no intentions of returning, but I would like to keep my studies up. I think I'll go to a library or coffee shop and study with seminars and lectures from YouTube.

I need to come up with a schedule for daily, weekly, and monthly activities so I will try to wriggle this in there as well.

No photos today! I don't take photos often enough to post but maybe that's another thing I can try to do. et me know how your NYE celebrations went!