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Animal Farm by George Orwell
5.0
It's no wonder why Orwell's seemingly a child-fairytale-story is so relevant even up to this day. The allegory! The metaphors! The world hasn't changed even for a bit. Reading the last chapter makes made me so sad. It leaves you thinking but then all you can do is hope for that one day.
1984 by George Orwell
5.0
Like most of anything that is a slow burn, your patience and effort are never wasted. Finally.
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
4.0
It's so cute!!!!! Just that sometimes, it feels too much to a point that it feels gimmicky. Still... I guess I'm back in the YA train once again?
Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor by Brian Keating
4.0
I feel like this book was conceived out of the author's bitterness but the outcome was an interesting memoir intertwined with a historical account of how science, at least one corner, was shaped by the hard work of brilliant minds and some happy coincidences. I like this so much because I can relate to how ambitious the author was and how painful it is to just "settle". Regarding his critiques towards the Nobel Prize, I think they were valid. Granting that this came from a person who is obviously still caught up in his feelings, it kind of loses its touch on me.
It's such a human thing to be so competitive. The invincibility we feel out of a winning streak can make us so disillusioned. What if the Nobel Prize was organized and decided this way, would that even change the result? Would he win? I also have my own "what ifs" and I've learned that being grateful for the current state of my life can be sometimes numbing.
It's such a human thing to be so competitive. The invincibility we feel out of a winning streak can make us so disillusioned. What if the Nobel Prize was organized and decided this way, would that even change the result? Would he win? I also have my own "what ifs" and I've learned that being grateful for the current state of my life can be sometimes numbing.