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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 30

I just love the story "Fuerdai to the Max" so much I cannot NOT review it. So on this very last day of #ShortStorySeptember I posted a review of my most favorite from the collection Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang.

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 29

Halfway through this book and am loving it so far I just don't know if I have the energy to write a 800-words review of my most favorite one. The deadline is tomorrow 😞.

Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 11

Dropped Xuan Juliana Wang's Home Remedies several months ago. Now wanna try and read it again for #ShortStorySeptember hosted by @anzlitlovers.bsky.social . Wish me luck I won't drop it again this time 🤞🏻.

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 29

My current escapism is reading essays by women writers ✊🏻.

Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 26

"Fuerdai to the Max" is so fantastic.

Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 26

So far, yes!

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 20

Still in the middle of Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang. This is my second try after my first and failed to finish it 😌.

#reading #booksky

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 14

Done the second story, "Days of Being Mild" (yep, it's a pun intended on that 1990 Wong Kar Wai's movie) and just thought if I had missed something in my first time reading it.

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 11

#currentread #HomeRemedies #XuanJulianaWang

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 11

Three short reviews of my recent reads are up on the blog now ✌🏻😉.

#books #bookreviews #booksky

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Short Reviews: Three Recent Reads

1. Educated – Tara Westover (4.5/5) Sometimes what makes a memoir a memoir is not how complete it is as a linear story―that is, from the earliest times to a certain period before the writer s…

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 11

Dropped Xuan Juliana Wang's Home Remedies several months ago. Now wanna try and read it again for #ShortStorySeptember hosted by @anzlitlovers.bsky.social . Wish me luck I won't drop it again this time 🤞🏻.

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 11

Still struggling with Kairos, though.

Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Sep 11

Done Sawerigading Datang dari Laut and Let Me Tell You What I Mean, what fantastic reads. My short reviews will be up on the blog soon.

Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Jul 6

Some #currentreads:
- Sawerigading Datang dari Laut, I always liked Faisal Oddang's writing but maybe not this time 🤷🏻‍♀️.
- Kairos, finally back to this book after abandoning it for months!
- Let Me Tell You What I Mean, my very first time reading Didion.

#booksky

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Aug 5

Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney, reviewed by @clairewords.bsky.social

#IrishLiterature

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Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way (2025) by Elaine Feeney

Back in 2023 Irish author Elaine Feeney’s novel How To Build a Boat (my review) was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. That was a bumper year for Irish…

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, reviewed by @clairewords.bsky.social

#SriLankanLiterature

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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize in 2022. It wasn’t on my radar, probably because it seemed to me like it was trying to be too ma…

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025.
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The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just posted a new review on my blog. A brief (and hopefully compact) thought on Mochtar Lubis' Jalan Tak Ada Ujung (A Road with No End).

#IndonesianLiterature #bookreview #classics #books #booksky

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Jalan Tak Ada Ujung

Mochtar Lubis’ Jalan Tak Ada Ujung (or, A Road with No End in English translation) is a historical fiction set in 1946, a modern era in Indonesian history where the independence declaration the yea…

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Jul 6

I don't have much confidence in finishing any of those books (any time soon, or later). But they're catching my attention for now so 🤞🏻.

Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Jul 6

Some #currentreads:
- Sawerigading Datang dari Laut, I always liked Faisal Oddang's writing but maybe not this time 🤷🏻‍♀️.
- Kairos, finally back to this book after abandoning it for months!
- Let Me Tell You What I Mean, my very first time reading Didion.

#booksky

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · May 6

Today on my blog!

A review of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, two years after reading it. All of my thoughts on the classic 👇🏻

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#AmericanLiterature #classics #booksky #bookreview

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth is one of those Edith Wharton’s most prominent works alongside The Age of Innocence, which landed her a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921. The former was first published in Octo…

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Ratih Dwi Astuti @erdeaka.bsky.social · Apr 22

NEW ON MY BLOG TODAY 📢📢📢

Finally got around to writing a (brief) review of Cinco Esquinas by Mario Vargas Llosa. I have some words 👇🏻.

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