[REVIEW] Blue Horses

Blue Horses by Mary Oliver
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“There couldn’t be a more splendid world, and here l am existing in it”
How can someone not LOVE Mary Oliver’s words?


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[REVIEW] Upstream

Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

So, it´s time to say goodbye to this collection…
I have been reading and re-reading it and never wanting to stop… Jumping from page 56, to 21, to 110, to 5 … It was like that for more than 2 years...
The only solution I found was to buy other Mary Oliver´s books (2) in the meanwhile, so I could have (2) reasons to take this one away from my night stand. And so I did, I finished it.
I enjoyed all her reflections, although as a vegetarian I struggled a bit while reading about eating turtle eggs… The chapter about Whitman was not so simple, I took my time and probably need to revisit it a few more times before fully understand it --> it´s poetry in a language different than my native one, after all…
But it´s beautiful! It´s peaceful, it highlighted beauty in birds, dogs, wind, trees… it made me love just the fact I am alive…


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[REVIEW] On Immunity

On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Imagine you are a scientist (like me) and you read a book about vaccination written by a poet (like Eula Biss)... Now imagine you would stop several times along the book reading to think "How come I cannot write science like this?"
Can you imagine how I am feeling right now?

Well, I have to be honest, the book is not about science only, it explores a lot of scientific concepts, but it´s essentially an exploration of the vaccination subject: the origin of the word, the concept of strange bodies entering our body, conscientious objectors, individualism, public health, pollution & contamination...
I did not feel influenced by the writing or by the author´s opinion, but I have to be honest, my opinion on this subject is too strong to be influenced by anyone... so you might feel differently while you are reading it.
Nevertheless, the language is so rich, and the book travels so far and visits so many new places, you should give it a chance!

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[REVIEW] Letters to a young poet

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am impressed by the way Rainer Maria Rilker dealt with emotions, frustration, pain 100 years ago...

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