So much happens in my mind, it's almost enough...but not quite.

monthly favorites ― November 2024.

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It’s finally time for another monthly round-up!

Books.

November was a productive month. I read a lot. Many great articles, a book that I have been carrying around for a couple of months, and almost finished another dense and challenging one (that will appear on my December favorites). Plus, I rediscovered the pleasure of immersing myself in poetry.

But I must admit that half the time I was completely absorbed in reading multiple fan-fictions about a particular Game of Thrones couple…(find out more at the end of the article!).

• Reborn by Susan Sontag

It hurts to love. It's like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.

It has been a tormented journey, in all the best ways.

A journey on the discovery of love, of oneself, of the first life lessons to be swallowed, and much more, through the attentive eyes of Sontag.

We are in her thoughts and…