celinna

Philosophy student / 💕 horror, sci-fi, & classics / Spend most my time reading required course material / sporadic reader with many "currently reading"

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No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature

The Serious Leisure Perspective: A Synthesis

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Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

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No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

Thich Nhat Hanh

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No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

Thich Nhat Hanh

The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we’re able to face our suffering, we can’t be present and available to life, and happiness will continue to elude us. Nhat Hanh shares how the practices of stopping, mindful breathing, and deep concentration can generate the energy of mindfulness within our daily lives. With that energy, we can embrace pain and calm it down, instantly bringing a measure of freedom and a clearer mind. No Mud, No Lotus introduces ways to be in touch with suffering without being overwhelmed by it. "When we know how to suffer," Nhat Hanh says, "we suffer much, much less." With his signature clarity and sense of joy, Thich Nhat Hanh helps us recognize the wonders inside us and around us that we tend to take for granted and teaches us the art of happiness.

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Aug 15, 2026

The Sorrows of Love (Essay Books)

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Good quick read, though it definitely over-romanticises at times. But, what is a school of life book if it doesn't fluff the nature of reality.

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Aug 07, 2026

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction

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Read it for an introduction to modernism for a university unit. Lack of definitions and explantions on the people in the book. I skimmed much of the book because I had no idea who more than half the people were or the works the author was referencing were. Definitely not a good introduction or simple explanation. Though, I do have a better understanding of what modernism is, in a general sense. Maybe I'll give it another read after I finish the course.

I did not buy the book. I got the digital copy for free from my university library.

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Teach Me Something New and Oddly Specific 🐟🚀🦇

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This Quest is a collection of micro-histories inspired by the List "Teach me something new and oddly specific," winner of Q2 2026 community voting.

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Meow-moirs: A Cat’s Purrspective 🐈🐱🐾

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Man's best friend has nothing on felines, with nine lives of purrspectives and tails! Curl up in a sun spot and enjoy these books told through kitty eyes. Meow!

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Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Religious Horror 😈☠️👹

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This Quest was inspired by the List "forgive us our trespasses: religious horror," winner of Q2 2026 community voting.

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The Monk

Matthew Gregory Lewis

'He now saw himself stained with the most loathed and monstrous sins, the object of universal execration ... doomed to perish in tortures the most severe' Shocking, erotic and violent, The Monk is the story of Ambrosio, torn between his spiritual vows and the temptations of physical pleasure. His internal battle leads to sexual obsession, rape and murder, yet this book also contains knowing parody of its own excesses as well as social comedy. Written by Matthew Lewis when he was only nineteen, it was a ground-breaking novel in the Gothic Horror genre and spawned hundreds of imitators, drawn in by its mixture of bloodshed, sex and scandal.

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A Short Stay in Hell

Steven L. Peck

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.

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Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

Suppose you were an up-to-date young wife who moved into an old and elegant New York apartment house with a rather strange past. Suppose that only after you became pregnant did you begin to suspect the building harbored a diabolically evil group of devil worshippers who had mastered the arts of black magic and witchcraft. Suppose that this satanic conspiracy set out to claim not only your husband but your baby. Well, that's what happened to Rosemary... Or did it...?

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Japanese Literary Fiction 🇯🇵👤💭

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From the provocative and challenging to the emotional and quiet, Japanese literary fiction tends to be nuanced, introspective, and minimalistic. These books contain layered cultural commentary and may lean on psychological, surreal, or fantastical elements to convey their message.

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Russian Lit 101 🪆🇷🇺📚

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Masterpieces of Russian literature, attempting to cover a broad range of the most well known authors.

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Blood Suckers 🩸⚰️🧛🏾‍♀️

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Greetings dear mortals, I bid you welcome to this humble Quest. Enter freely of your own will, though you may not leave the same...for the vamp lovers.

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Classic Literature from the United States 🇺🇸📚🥧

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A collection of the most influential works in literature from the United States.

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British & Irish Classic Literature 🇬🇧🇮🇪🫖

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Timeless works of literature written in Modern & Early Modern English that have shaped the literary heritages of Britain & Ireland. (This quest will not include children’s classics).

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The Church of the Mountain of Flesh

Kyle Wakefield

THE CHURCH OF THE MOUNTAIN OF FLESH is a cosmic horror novel about mad artists, bodies spiralling out of control, and a trans man's merciless desperation. Sole De Gasinis drowns his grief in wine and buries his hatred of his body in twisted sculptures. When, one drunken night on the beach, God orders him to rebuild his village's church, he knows he wasn't chosen for his piety. Instead, he and God make a deal. If Sole rebuilds the church, God will give him the body of a man. As Sole works in a frenzy for salvation, lifelong friendships decay, a village united to tear down its church fractures into pariahs and zealots, and power and grief reshape the prophet into a tyrant. Grief for a boy he fell in love with ten years ago, who claimed to be a virgin birth, who died in agony in the church crypt when the God inside him wanted out -- and whose monstrous remnant Sole must commune with for every piece of his prize.

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The Butcher of Nazareth

David Scott Hay

“The New Testament à la Cormac McCarthy.” – Kirkus Reviews --- Haunting visions drive a grieving butcher to hunt down an obese, pre-ministry Jesus to prevent an age of fire and ash. But when the Butcher ‘adopts’ a dead newborn, his hunt for the son of Nazareth takes a personal and horrific turn. --- How does one choose between personal redemption and world-wide salvation? --- From Bethlehem to Jerusalem to Nazareth, familiar events and figures are reimagined with a modern sensibility, building to a gut-wrenching conclusion. A heart of darkness story that explores: fathers and sons, grief, zealotry, and choice. --- “Unique and unforgettable. A visceral and immersive work of historical horror - masterfully done.” - A.C. Wise, Out of the Drowning Deep, & Wendy, Darling --- "Enthralling, gut-wrenching, and bloody, The Butcher of Nazareth is destined to become a literary classic.” Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award nominee and author of Fever Dreams of a Parasite --- “DSH’s writing is witty, smart, and precise.” – Chicago Sun-Times --- “DSH has a taut, bristling writing style stacked with compelling ideas.”- New City Journal

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TBR Rejects

Do y’all ever buy a book that at the time you think is super cool, but the longer it sits unread, the less interested you are in reading it? What do you all do with books like those?

I’ve got a section on my bookshelf dedicated to TBR books, and I’ve got a couple that I’m looking straight at as I type this, where I’m like “i don’t want to read these anymore.” Debating what to do with em. Donate them to the library? Put them next on my to-read list and give them an honest shot? Commit a book crime & turn them into some sort of arts n crafts project? I spent real human money on these books so even though I don’t want to read them, I keep them around bc it feels like a waste of money otherwise 😂

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