On the last day of 2023, let's wrap up this year's reading.
A lot of the books I read this year are boring time when commuting, in a sense, the essence of boredom is to feel the time passing minute by minute and not knowing what to do, reading is the oppositeIt lets me know that time has gone and that everything is where it should be.
Reading not only fights boredom for me, but also fills me with energy, which can reduce fear, anxiety and confusion, and increase self-confidence, calmness and wisdom.
"The world is in tatters, and good books are mended". Luckily, there are still books.
As one book says, reading is not an optional thing for a person, but should be a lesson that has nothing to do with exams, but can nourish life and continue throughout life.
I have read more than 20 books this year, and I will review the book list for the whole year and summarize the books that I have been impressed by.
Jane Eyre
Because my daughter was interested in the book, I revisited it again and was once again impressed by Jane Eyre.
Jane Eyre said, "Do you think that if I am poor, lowly, unbeautiful, and small, I have no soul and no heart?"You're wrong, I have as many souls and as full hearts as you. If God gives me a little beauty and a lot of money, I will make it hard for you to leave me, just as I cannot leave you now. I do not speak to you by the rules of social life and customs, but my heart to your heart. ”
Jane Eyre, who is mediocre in appearance and poor in material terms, lost her parents at a young age, was sent to a fence, and was abusedSurvived tenaciously in the public welfare school of hunger and cold, and insisted on learning to paint;After meeting the love of her life, when she learned that the other party's wife was still there, she resolutely gave up her life without worrying about food and clothing.
Jane Eyre's confidence in standing was never material, not beauty, not status, but her soul, her heart.
No matter what situation she is in, she has always been dealing with the aftermath of her choices, taking her own responsibility, and having no regrets.
Pride and Prejudice
Regarding love, when the heroine Elizabeth first met the squire Mr. Darcy, because of his arrogant look, she formed a prejudice against him, and the two gradually established a love relationship with the development of the story, and reaped the sweet moment, which was also the moment when Elizabeth let go of her prejudice against Darcy.
Love is not a person's condescending arrogance, nor is it a person's self-righteous prejudice, good love is a spiritual parity.
This book is also the second time I read it, and I have a different feeling from the last time, I like Elizabeth's knowledgeable, confident and open-minded, and I like Jane more, the treasure girl who is very empathetic and warm.
"The Veil".
The heroine marries a man she doesn't love, cheats in marriage, and is betrayed by her lover, and the woman goes to the place where the plague broke out with her husband after seeing the true face of her lover, experiences cholera, sees too much death, and is also fortunate to see the faith of the nuns, and finally awakens and walks out of a path to tranquility.
This book unveils the true veil of love, marriage, and human nature, and you will find under the veil that the self-awakening of women is the only confidence and way out.
The heroine finally said: I want to have a daughter and not let him do the same mistakes I have made. I want her to be a girl who is not attached to others, independent and self-reliant, and true to herself. I want her to live freely and happily ever after me.
A woman's growth is not a marriage, not a career, but a true self-awakening, knowing how to live.
"A Thousand Splendid Suns".
Known as the women's version of "The Kite Runner", it tells the happiness and hope behind suffering through the stories of two women in Afghanistan.
The protagonist Mliam, who has experienced a poor and violent family, relentless war shelling, an irritable and irritable husband, and later meets Leila, who has the same fate, supports each other in the midst of suffering, making people see the courage and tenacity of Afghan women.
At the end of the story, Mariam trades her life for the hope of Lyra's life, and Lyra, with the love of Lyam, becomes a volunteer teacher at the orphanage, dedicating the rest of her life to her scarred homeland.
People can't count how many bright moons there are on her roof, or the thousand brilliant suns behind her walls, and that's where the title of the book comes from.
Although their lives are full of pain and sadness, each sad storyline can make people see the sunshine of hope.
"Anxious Man".
A group of people were looking at an apartment room of **, and were taken hostage by the robbers who suddenly broke in and failed to rob the bank, and held them in this apartment. Hostages, robbers, policemen, these people make up the story.
Through the description of the stories of these characters, the author complains about the helplessness of middle-aged people, the crisis of their careers, the crisis of married life, the crisis of parent-child relationships, and even the financial crisis.
This is a very meaningful story, with very detailed descriptions of different loves, and many details of life.
We live in love, and we should learn to love others better, so that the people we love can live a happier and happier life, and live together in the present day every day.
Do our best, even knowing that the world will be destroyed tomorrow, we will plant a little apple tree today and save what can be saved. This is the positive attitude towards life conveyed in the book.
"The Water of the Waves".
This is an officialdom**, a high-spirited young man who wants to make a difference with his own efforts after graduation, and relies on his own efforts to go on step by step. Later, he found that those who tended to be inflammatory, engaged in speculation, and after a long and painful self-struggle, he compromised with reality, from a high-ranking literati to a director of the Department of Health.
"The water of the waves is clear, and you can wet it;The water of the waves is turbid, and you can wet my feet. ”
This is a man's path to awakening after compromising with reality. The sea of officials is up and down, not forgetting the original intention, it is easier said than done.
"Alley People".
Reading this book is like watching a TV series with a sense of age, and it is particularly picturesque. The story takes place in a small alley in the family area of Suzhou cotton mill in the 70s of the 20th century, the parents and children of the three families of the Zhuang family, the Lin family and the Wu family, each character has obvious characteristics, about family, marriage, love, career, the storyline ups and downs, thought-provoking.
As said in the book, the fireworks in the world are the most soothing to the hearts of mortals. Life in the alley, everyone chooses differently, the result is different, at the crossroads of life choices, everyone works hard to live, soIn the face of life's bits and pieces, we have no reason to be rotten.
"A Man Called Ove Decided to Die".
The protagonist of * has an eccentric temper, when he was 59 years old, his beloved wife died of cancer, and the pain of losing his wife has not yet dissipated, and the train station where he has worked for more than 40 years has also caused Ove to retire early.
Ove felt that life could not go on anymore and wanted to accompany his wife as soon as possible, so he tried various ways to end his life, and tried 6 times, but in the end he failed to do so. The appearance of the neighbor Parvana makes Ove's life lively, and also makes Ove unexpectedly learn how to love.
He used anger against the world, and his life was bleak, but when he treated his neighbors with kindness, he not only gained the love of his neighbors, but also wanted to receive family happiness.
Instead of dwelling on how to die, it is better to live well, cherish every moment of life, and make your life more meaningful.
"Life".
I like Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" very much, so I read "Life". Gao Jialin, the protagonist of the story, was not as down-to-earth as Sun Shaoping and Sun Shaoan, but was ambitious and eventually harmed himself.
On the title page of "Life", there is a sentence written that although the road of life is long, there are often only a few steps at the critical point, especially when people are young.
Gao Jialin, who was a rural private teacher, went to work in the county and won the favor of Huang Yaping, a city girl from a superior family.
Someone said: "Only by reading Gogarin's misfortune can you understand "Life". ”
Under the influence of choices and fate, he experienced lows and peaks, and finally returned to the starting point, maybe this is life.
"Cognitive Awakening".
The closing reading of 2023, I regret seeing this book late, and I am empowered after reading it!As the author said in the book, it should be regarded as a tool book, and it should be reviewed, thought and practiced from time to time until real changes have occurred in oneself, rather than reading it and passing the "brain addiction".
From a "awake and asleep" to an "awakened person". As long as you change, you can gain a new self.
There is no fixed number in life, no tossing, time will also pass, so it is better to do it than not to do it well, and it is better to start than to give up.
As long as you still have hope in your heart, there is always the best time to start.
Hermann Hesse said: Reading does not necessarily bring you good luck, but it can make you quietly yourself. Yes, read it one by one, and you will definitely quietly become the self you admired and liked before.
Reading a book is like communicating with the author, when we internalize the ideas in the book into a part of ourselves, so that we can sublimate ourselves and reflect them in words and deeds, we will feel that life can be so transparent.
In 2024, keep reading and let books nourish our souls!
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