As soon as I finished this book I was craving more. I wanted to go back to the beginning and reread. Clarice herself said this is an intentionally unfinished book. The first 30 pages felt like I was reading my own journal. Saying my thoughts I've never been able to explain. I annotate most books I read, but this one is the first one I annotated because of how much I related to Macabea. I found myself writing about how it relates to my own beliefs & thoughts & experiences. I am not kidding when I say I want to bring this book with me wherever I go, to forever dissect this. I am very much looking forward to reading her “Complete stories” and other novellas

“I’ll miss myself so bad when I die.” (Page 44)

Not my playlist, but quite beautiful: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01Mg78BDuOdoAWO7cQVid5?si=8053c22217d847ef

Once again, Katherine Mansfield has done it again 🌸🩷 She is truly amazing at crafting some of the most heartfelt, magical, enticing stories! ✨

In this book, there were 5 new stories to me, my favourites are: — Feuille d’Album — A Dill Pickle — The tiredness of Rosabel (this girl is literally me, such a daydreamer 💭) — Something childish but very natural (So, like, most of them)

I am defs gonna get the “The Collected stories” to complete my collection & to discover more. This is the perfect book to introduce you to Mansfields stories 🌹

My 1st stories by Clarice Lispector & i am immediately gonna go out & find more of her works. Rating short story collections is a bit awkward cause it has to be fair — But the one i truly loved was “Love” - 4 ⭐️

Daydream and drunkenness of a young lady - 3 ⭐️ Family ties - 2 ⭐️

These 3 stories are a good way to introduce yourself into Katherine Mansfield's works, what her writing is like, and her stories are about.

I went back through the "The Garden Party & other stories" book I have, & realised these 3 stories overlap. I didn't enjoy these stories as much as Mansfield's other ones, so I changed the rating to be lower than previously.

3 stories in this book:

• Marriage à la Mode
• Miss Brill
• The Stranger

Love love love Wildes writing; philosophy; ideas; everything, really.

This book just encourages me to read more of his novels & poetry as well. The perfect collection of his works to introduce him to you or to further develop understanding of him. Just the right size & variety too The 2nd book I've read from him, first being The Picture of Dorian Gray