Second Reading (rereading), first read of September 23 and New Project for this year

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I just finished my first book this month, September 2023. This month I only did a rereading.

I read the book "The Solitaire Mystery" by Jostein Gaarder in Portuguese ( the translation in Portuguese is O dia do Curinga as we can see in the picture of the ebook). I felt like I was reading for the first time, I had some sparkling memories but did not remember the whole book, it was not vivid in my memory. 

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was good because the author spoke about some existential questions and made me reflect on them. I wrote about the book in Portuguese on https://ursaletrada.medium.com/ because I am not so sure that I could speak of it here in English. 

There I didn't speak so deeply, because I don't know if the people will enjoy reading spoilers, but I really want to talk about the book. 

I read it when I was 15 years old, in 2008! Really long time ago. It was different to read again, now I have read many more different things and philosophic things too, than I had read before the first time I read this book. I enjoyed the rereading, but I still think that the author didn't speak so much about the character Anita, I really wanted to know why she just had to go away to find herself, she abandoned her family for it, and when they found her she just give up of everything that she bild to return to her old life. Why? 

I understand that she was not the principal character and the character that narrates the book is a kid named Hans-Thomas, but why did the author decide to talk about her just for a brief moment! Did she discover herself? This really makes me think about her courage and how sometimes a woman gives up her dreams because of her family. 

The woman in this book was just a person that they used as an objective, appearing to be important but I think the author wanted to show that the trip was the important thing, not finding the woman. But the bigger importance was in the other history in the book, about the Bakers of Dorf and the connections between them and a magical island. 

This part is my favorite, the discussions about life, existence and these things were really good. I enjoy reading the little book with Hans-Thomas and how I as the reader and together with the character discover surprising things. I enjoyed how the author used a card deck to explain a new calendar in history. The importance of the Joker for the things happening and the discussion about the representation of being a Joker in the society. 

When I searched for the book's title in English I discovered that the names are different in both languages, and the focus was different. In English talks about the game Solitaire, because during the book the author compares life to as big solitaire game where every single person is one card, with a single number. In Portuguese the focus was on the Joker, the only card that is different in the game, who doesn't have a suit or a number, this represents the person who doesn't fit in society, like the philosophers for example, that raise questions about the existence and are not "blind" about some societies rules and explanations. 

Well, I reflected on a lot of stuff during the reading of this book. I liked it when the Hans-Thomas's father talked about time and how time is compared to like a gear with teeth, and how we can not run away from this gear. I think this is completely true, time is the only thing that we cannot live without, run from and that could destroy us, our flesh and bones, our minds, and can destroy monuments, destroy things that it is not in the present anymore. 

I like this book, was good to read again, gave me peace. I think everyone needs to give some chance for the books with philosophy questions. This book is a little bit shallow in philosophic concepts but still good to begin. 

For the second part, I want to talk about a new project that came to my mind today when I finished the book. 

The project is to reread some fantasy books that I have read before. I will call this project Making ReReads. 

Why do I think about this? Because during this time of my life, that I have a lot of new things happening, I need to revisit some things that made me happy in the past, because I need to know if I still have the same personality and same taste. In addition, I need to have some secure place where I could just be during the night before bed. 

I have a big list for this year, until the end of the year I wish I could ReRead (all in Portuguese)

- His Dark Material trilogy (3)

- The Lord of the Rings trilogy (3)

- Sophie's World (1)

I will try to write about it here. 

XOXO

Duda


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