Hamid, Mohsin. Moth Smoke.

Giveaway: We’re giving away 12 vintage paperback classics! Won’t they look lovely on your shelf? =) I know… there are only 11 pictured here. You’ll get to choose the 12th from hundreds in my giveaway stack.  Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post. We will choose a random winner on 26 June. Good luck! Follow our IG account to be eligible for our IG giveaways. For full rules to all of our giveaways, click here.

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Special IG Giveaway: We’re giving away three Penguin Books by Jane Austen: Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. This is a special giveaway for macrolit followers who are following on both Tumblr and Instagram! Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr and on Instagram (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post and adding your Instagram profile as a tag. We will choose a random winner on August 29, so reblog now! And yes, we’ll ship to any country! Easy, right? Good luck! :D For our Tumblr-only followers, here’s our regular giveaway of 15 paperback classics. 

Austen, J. Pride and prejudice.

Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist.

So, I was reading this book today and suddenly had a really strong craving for chocolate cake. I got up from bed, gathered all strength (it was a lazy kind of afternoon) and baked this little chocolate loaf cake.

Also, the book I am currently reading is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

The amount of sophistication in the above underlined part is remarkable.

Austen, J. Persuasion.

Hamid, Mohsin. Moth Smoke

I read this book recently. It is so beautifully written. Everything is very nicely explained and with the subtlety Mohsin Hamid has portrayed each character in the novel is exquisite.

When Dorian Gray said “Each of us has heaven and hell in him, Basil.” I felt that.

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray.

If my future husband doesn't first profess his love to me by telling me that I have bewitched him, body and soul, and that he loves me most ardently, then I don want it