I have cancer + books I’ve been reading

[@WildHorseFeathers37]

From one young cancer patient to another, I'm sorry you've joined this club, it really freaking sucks. I hope chemo goes as well as it possibly can for you.

[@theonlyrealproperty2567]

It's so wonderful to see you here. I missed you!! Pessoa is on my list too, and I snorted with delight just now when you said that one of his personalities was "sometimes insufferable". E x

[@radiantchristina]

"I have cancer....so here's what I've been reading lol " In all seriousness, so sorry to hear your news. Stay strong, dear Sophie. I pray you have all the strength and peace you need in the coming months as you go through treatments. There is hope on the other side. I am 7 years cancer free now.

[@jackintheworld6639]

Bon courage, Sophie !!!

[@nathansnook]

sending you well wishes and strength through all of this. lovely to see that reading has been good company for you. happy to hear you enjoyed the Pessoa! been meaning to get to it, and if it's a book for you, it's surely a book for me!

[@thJune-ze7dn]

Simply awful news to hear, it's tremendously brave of you to keep on uploading through this time. All my thoughts are with you, thank you for making KZbin a more magical place.

[@PumpkinMozie]

I know someone who had the same cancer who has since recovered and doing well! The treatment isn’t fun but you can get through this ❤ hugs!!!

[@booksandstick5544]

Sophie, I wish you Health, Healing, Peace, and many Blessings!

[@NickellesNook]

Sending you so much love and wishing you all the best for your treatment. 💗 A friend of mine had non-Hodgkins lymphoma. She beat it and has been in remission for 15+ years now and is THRIVING! 🫶🏾

[@joelharris4399]

I did notice you've been away for a good while Sophie🙂. For someone undergoing cancer treatment, you're taking it rather cool, which is good. I like your upbeat attitude. For you, everything else continues. You've always been a tough cookie🍪 Wishing you full recovery my dear🙏

[@slashgee7827]

Wishing you the best in health & spirits.

[@Texasguy316]

My mother had cancer this summer and after 2 chemo treatments it is in remission. She still cannot walk due to the tumor that cracked her spine. She is an elderly woman so she is not doing well at all and it’s so stressful and demanding taking care of her. She has 2 more treatments to go as a precautionary and it’s been horrible. You’re so young and in great shape, I’m sure you’ll kick its butt, but I’m glad to follow along your journey and wish you the best.

[@arcajour-i2r]

I'm terribly sorry to hear this. I wish you strength and endurance. You are a being of great beauty, intelligence, and creative power.

[@ChanelChapters]

I’ve been where you are (different type), thankfully I made it through, and I wish the same for you my darling - I hope you have loved ones to lean on during this time x

[@MiMi_bicyclette]

Sending love from New Brunswick, Canada! Bisous! You got this! Thanks for the book review - always fun to listen! :)

[@jorjastonej]

Good to see you and hear your thoughts. Wishing you great strength and care from close friends and family as you continue through treatment. 🙏🏼

[@ianp9086]

Wishing you the very best of luck with your treatment 🤗

[@pagesofcarolyn]

Thinking of you Sophie ❤️ sending all my love

[@queenofcupsz]

Stay positive, the mind affects the body more than we know. You gonna beat this for sure! Wishing you the best, Sophie 🌹

[@blankgarden]

Sending you strength and health, Sophie! I love the way you talk and write about books :)

[@MarleneArtigues-d7q]

Wishing you the best, Sophie.

[@Ellen_Seokjin]

Wishing you a fast healing, miss Sophie🙏💕

[@user-ef1zx5hd9s]

sending you lots of love Sophie! ❤📚

[@zoobee]

Sending you best wishes and prayers for your treatment. Thank you for taking the time to share this and your reviews. Books will always offer us respite from our problems. Sending you love xx

[@sarahg2671]

Sending you best thoughts and wishes for your recovery ❤

[@apocalypsereading7117]

sry to hear about the cancer, that's rough - take all the time you need, wishing you good health and spirits ~ really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these books as always ~

[@sofiagio9644]

Sending you lots of strength for those chemos! Hope you have a peaceful process

[@jennymcevoy8961]

I'm so sad to hear your very serious news....wishing you health and strength....you will get through it....🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

[@ameliareads589]

Sorry you have to go through this, Sophie. Hope you are getting all the support you need.

[@26vertigos]

Wish you the best! And I felt the same way about Intermezzo.

[@georgiam4576]

Sorry to hear your health news. I hope you have a speedy and full recovery. Good to have you back. Look after yourself!

[@laurakistemaker8918]

I wish you health and a lot of strength❤

[@SavidgeReads]

Sending you soooooo much love and thoughts Sophie. And if there’s anything I can do, let me know. Lovely as always to hear your thoughts. Especially on Intermezzo and Our Evenings which I’ve still not read either of. I loved Normal People, have been waiting for another Rooney to have that hit. I want to love Alan Hollinghurst more, I find them sooooooo long though. It’s like his editor is always on holiday when he hands a book in 😂 You’ve tempted me to try Dune, something I never thought I would type. Much. Much. Much love xxx

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Sophie, I continue to think about you. I’m so glad you can still sing! Oh how much I love The Pumpkin Eater and Penelope Mortimer in general. I think I enjoyed the refreshing voice. It is a mood! I do want to try Lydia Davis!

[@theresew9]

Terrible news to hear. Sending love and support!

[@cs0p]

I hope all goes well. Ive been awaiting your return. Im tickled by the pumpkin eater, but I have a feeling id be similarly lukewarm

[@KehindeOdeyemi]

Sending you all the love and strength and I hope you have a speedy recovery. I’m glad that you’re still able to enjoy reading I have The Book of Disquiet on my tbr and I hope I can get to it before the year ends ♥️♥️

[@r.enee.morris]

Nice to see you talking books again Sophie!

[@lilymulugeta6824]

You will take it as it comes my dear friend, God give you the strength I pray

[@HappyKnitter2020]

Sending you my thoughts of strength & resilience xxx

[@petercarson9008]

Wishing you well.

[@Casper-jx1zd]

Blessings to you 🌟🙏🌟

[@Sinikiwe840]

Sending you lots of strength and lots of hugs🫂

[@amyamy1507]

Sending you best wishes!

[@EmaciatedNietzsche]

Astonishingly brave to keep it trucking, that's the Sophie we've come to know and love! You're absolutely right, you CAN still sing and write, and we WILL continue to look forward to your literary content. Because I loathe the idea of just talking about 'the announcement,' I do want to mention that, on the theme of you reading Pessoa, I'm always relieved by your more philosophical and generally contemplative interest in texts. This is obviously not a requirement for being an engaged reader, but often I find that people shirk potentially eye-opening texts due to stigmas or a "I'll just be no good at it" attitude (that we similarly find in something like mathematics). It's refreshing to know you're always considering the odd Pessoa. I do have a general question w/r/t _The Intermezzo_ , was some of the impetus for reading it that you could participate in the 'Zeitgeist?' One of the vexing things about my relationship to books is that I always feel I'm reading things whose time in the social consciousness has indubitably expired. Due to this, sometimes I'm tempted to pick up "the new book" because I know that people will be discussing it both IRL and online, allowing me to finally ape the parasociality.

[@yenasung]

Oof the pumpkin eater has my name all over it. English bourgeois surealism 🙋🏻‍♀️ I know the chemo context definitely colored your perception of intermezzo - i feel confident that intermezzo may be better than chemo. Watch the new dunes! The worms are not to be missed. Lots of love and support ❤

[@DaughterOfThoth]

Sophie, I wish you strength and optimism to go through with your treatment, i hope you'll beat it soon and will have many more healthy years ahead. Sorry, i cant really phrase it well, but really wish you all the best. Also can suggest you a book "A novel about a good person" by Emma Andijewska. Not sure if it your cup of tea exactly but she has an absolutely unique style of story telling and a use of magical realism which is entwined into the story seamlessly. Plus after finishing it i was left with some really great belief in goodness and people, though the story does touch some heavy topics. It is set in a camp for displaced persons after ww2 where thousands of ukrainians found refuge escaping communists and waiting for their papers to move to other countries for their new life, for some it took many years. And true to its name its delves into goodness of a person and how your activities can affect others lives. Another one is On shaky ground by V. Domontovych, first it was published in occupied Kharkiv in 1942 but only this year the first english translation came out. Outside it is talking about this historian who works in a committee that decides what is an art to keep and what can be demolished (we are talking about 1930). He is sent on a work trip to his home city, which changed significantly. It is pretty weird and it took me awhile to get into but once my mood synched with a story it was a marvel. It has this outer layer on things that arent happening or not happening that dont seem all that important (how interesting can a work trip be which you try to avoid at all cost?) but also this layer of hints and guesses of what is happening with people inside, and how the atmosphere is in this early stages of a new government and how pressure solidifies... If it interests you, i suggest begin reading and see if it clicks with you right now, and if not maybe put if off for later, for a better reading experience Again wish all the best and only good books coming your way!

[@vincentg7191]

Sending you love

[@zoobee]

I really loved the Line of Beauty so am looking forward to reading the Hollinghurst. I see what you mean about the pace of his novels

[@Elnora-i6e]

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[@Haleyontheweb]

Do you plan on continuing with the Dune series? It gets pretty weird (in a good way!). Wishing you the best with your health :)

[@ToReadersItMayConcern]

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[@hristinafrangos3559]

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[@NerdyNurseReads]

David Lynch Dune is so bad it's good! Watch it with some friends and have a good laugh.

[@yunusemre550]

Is there a relative of yours with whom you have stopped seeing him or her because of hatred in your heart?

[@Freckledbibliophile495]

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