let’s take a walk
→ Let’s take a walk. So, before Quarantine-21, I was walking every day after dropping my kids at school. I realized that walking is my favorite exercise. The best 30…
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I’m gonna tell you the secret to raise bookworms.
…and, with that, to raise better humans for the future. I have two kids. They’re 7 and 5. They both already love books and stories, but there’s a long way…
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end of march, reading list, what was your best read this month?
•• end of March. reading list. what was your best read this month? Here’s what I’ve read: Can’t Buy Me Love, by Jonathan Gould The Miracle Morning for Writers, by…
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if the book you’re reading right now were the last…
•• if the book you’re reading right now were the last book you’d ever read, would you be happy with it? Relax, I don’t have an answer to that either. I…
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crime and punishment – the end
“But here a new story begins: the story of a man’s gradual renewal and gradual rebirth, of his gradual crossing from one world to another, of his acquaintance with a…
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about reading nonfiction
“In a world of endless entertainment, we often opt for guilty pleasures instead of educating ourselves. But how much of real value are those activities actually providing?” Michael Benninger @blinkist…
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the next books to read
• when all the next books you have to read are great, and you can’t decide which one you want to start reading, or the paradox of choice. READING UPDATE:…
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crime and punishment – part 3
Oh no, one more week… I mean… of reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. I’m sad it’s ending. Last week, Raskolnikov had a nightmare with the pawnbroker he killed, and…
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hey, Fall
In Brazil, the March equinox means the beginning of Fall. This means nothing, but it’s crazy if you’re reading me from the North Hemisphere. Yep… 😅 so… #ontheblog today, I…
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to survive, you must tell stories
“To survive, you must tell stories.” Umberto Eco, in THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE This week, because I’m reading FOUCAULT’S PENDULUM, I asked in my stories if you knew…
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it does not take much strength to do things…
“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” Elbert Hubbard What are you reading this week?…
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looking for new creative inspiration
I’ve been browsing and reading and saving and taking notes. Digesting. I talked about it today on the blog. Check the link in the beard. Inspiration. A walk in nature,…
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Let the punishment begin
[SPOILER ALERT] Let the punishment begin. In his head first. He suffers among his confuse emotions. He’s paranoid, anxious, weak, delirious… At this point, Dostoyevsky is painting our man Raskolnikov…
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untranslatable words…
Everything’s connected somehow. This week, we talked about reading in other languages and the influence of foreign cultures in our countries. I also told you that MACUNAÍMA by Mario de…
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For English to See
I love you, forget sclaine Maine Itapiru / Forguet five underwood I Shell no bonde Silva Manuel / Manuel, Manuel, Manuel / I love you too heavy Steven via Catumbay…
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The earth is round…
The earth is round, and it rotates eastward around its own axis. One of the proofs of that is swinging and hanging under the dome of the Panthéon in Paris….
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Book Club – Crime and Punishment (1)
“There wasn’t a moment to lose. He took the axe out entirely, lifted it up high with both hands, barely feeling a thing, and, almost effortlessly, almost mechanically, brought the…
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Saturday updates
writing I took March to finish my final draft. It took me five days to realize we’re already in March. I expect to be on the march next week. See…
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on traveling without traveling
Let’s travel… without traveling. Or FIVE WAYS TO TRAVEL WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR COUCH The whole story of my novel happens in my surroundings. Literally from one to five blocks from…
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