August 2025 – The Pine-Scented Chronicles
10 posts published by carllbatnag during August 2025| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
10 posts published by carllbatnag during August 2025| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme started by @Lauren’s Page Turners but is currently hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog. This meme is quite easy to follow – just randomly pick a book from your to-be-read list and explain why you want to read it. It is that simple. This week’s book: The Czar’s Madman by Jaan […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Hello, readers! It is Monday again! As it is Monday, welcome to another #5OnMyTBR update. The rule is relatively simple. I must pick five books from my to-be-read piles that fit the week’s theme. This week’s theme: No Prompt Since there is still no prompt this week, I opted to feature works of Baltic literature, following […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Essential Kawabata With a literary career that spans nearly five decades, Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成) has established himself as one of the most prominent and influential names in the ambit of Japanese literature. Born on June 11, 1899, in Osaka, he was orphaned when he was four; he would eventually lose his close paternal […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
First Impression Friday will be a meme where you talk about a book that you JUST STARTED! Maybe you’re only a chapter or two in, maybe a little farther. Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end. Synopsis: In the sixteenth century, Antinous Bellori, a boy of eleven, […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Beauty of Found Family One of the inherent beauties of literature and writing is the freedom it allows writers to explore different forms. Several writers have been pushing the boundaries of their oeuvre, with some first establishing a foothold in a particular literary form before venturing into others. Some writers commenced their literary careers […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Wednesdays also mean WWW Wednesday updates. WWW Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted originally by SAM@TAKING ON A WORLD OF WORDS. The mechanics for WWW Wednesday are quite simple: you just have to answer three questions: What are you currently reading? It’s already the middle of the week. How has your week been […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Happy Tuesday everyone! As it is Tuesday, it is time for a Top Ten Tuesday update. Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and is currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s given topic: Books with a High Page Count Share those doorstop books! Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme started by @Lauren’s Page Turners but is currently hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog. This meme is quite easy to follow – just randomly pick a book from your to-be-read list and explain why you want to read it. It is that simple. This week’s book: The Bridge on the Drina […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Hello, readers! It is Monday again! As it is Monday, welcome to another #5OnMyTBR update. The rule is relatively simple. I must pick five books from my to-be-read piles that fit the week’s theme. This week’s theme: No Prompt Since there is still no prompt this week, I opted to feature works of Balkan literature, following […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
First Impression Friday will be a meme where you talk about a book that you JUST STARTED! Maybe you’re only a chapter or two in, maybe a little farther. Based on this sampling of you…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Lamentations of an Old Man Our lives are abound with curmudgeon individuals who we cross paths with on a daily basis. Their sourpuss faces leave an impression on us – the down curving smi…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
10 posts published by carllbatnag during August 2024| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Book Specifications Author: Kyung-Sook Shin Translator: Chi-Young Kim Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Date: 2008 Number of Pages: 237 Pages Genre: Asian Literature, Korean Literature Synopsis…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
It’s A Lonely World It cannot be denied that Korean literature is currently enjoying a surge. While it has always been a prominent voice, Korean literature has largely been obscured by its ne…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
10 posts published by carllbatnag during July 2025| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Hello, readers! It is Monday again! As it is Monday, welcome to another #5OnMyTBR update. The rule is relatively simple. I must pick five books from my to-be-read piles that fit the week’s theme. T…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
10 posts published by carllbatnag during June 2025| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Wednesdays also mean WWW Wednesday updates. WWW Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted originally by SAM@TAKING ON A WORLD OF WORDS. The mechanics for WWW Wednesda…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Messianic Complex Ever since I started doing list challenges, I have encountered several authors and books that I have never heard about or of previously. It is through these must-read challeng…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Profundity of First Love In the 1960s and 1970s, Latin American literature experienced an unexpected but welcome boost when a group of young and upcoming writers earned global acclaim and recog…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Legacy of Colonialism In 2021, the Swedish Academy recognized Abdulrazak Gurnah as the honoree for the Nobel Prize in Literature, widely considered as one of the, if not the highest achievement…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
The Legacy of Colonialism In 2021, the Swedish Academy surprised the literary world when it awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature—long considered the pinnacle of any literary career—to Tanzanian wr…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Of Rivalries and Spurring Changes As history has shown, rivalries are inherent parts of our lives. One does not have to look far to find examples. In the recently concluded Olympic Games, various r…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme started by @Lauren’s Page Turners but is currently hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog. This meme is quite easy to follow – just randomly …| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
First Impression Friday will be a meme where you talk about a book that you JUST STARTED! Maybe you’re only a chapter or two in, maybe a little farther. Based on this sampling of you…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Hello, readers! It is Monday again! As it is Monday, welcome to another #5OnMyTBR update. The rule is relatively simple. I must pick five books from my to-be-read piles that fit the week’s theme. T…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Happy Wednesday everyone! Wednesdays mean WWW Wednesday updates. WWW Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted originally by SAM@TAKING ON A WORLD OF WORDS. The mechanics for WWW Wednesday are q…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
