{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 11) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EgL4sCOfVx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quarantine-reading-one-book-a-day-week-11\/\">Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 11)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quarantine-reading-one-book-a-day-week-11\/embed\/#?secret=EgL4sCOfVx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 11)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"EgL4sCOfVx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"DAY 75: 2FISH Since reading\u00a0Howl and\u00a0Picnic, Lightning, I&#8217;ve been in the mood for poetry. Jhen\u00e9 Aiko is one of my favorite artists and although her lines more lyrical than literary-with-a-capital-L, this little collection was a lovely read. DAY 76:\u00a0LETTERS TO MILENA To this day, diaries and personal letters are my favorite genres to read; they&#8217;re a literal peek into the writer&#8217;s innermost workings, an intimate unveiling of their stream of consciousness. Franz Kafka&#8217;s letters to his translator Milena Jesensk\u00e1, are said to expose his truest self. They begin as business communications but quickly evolve into a &#8220;passionate but doomed epistolary love affair&#8221;\u2014and what is more revealing than the dogged pursuit of an impossible love? DAY 77:\u00a0I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK (AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN) Like most millennial women, I adore Nora Ephron (but somehow believe that my relationship with her is special\u2014unique, even\u2014which I know is a figment of ego and imagination).\u00a0I Feel Bad About My Neck\u00a0is just as cheeky as it is honest. A favorite passage had uncanny foresight to the first two months of quarantine: &#8220;Meanwhile, we all began to cook in a wildly neurotic and competitive way. We were looking for applause, we&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/book-review-1-2fish-poetry-by-jhene-aiko-versed-dew-point-moisturizing-gel-cream.jpg"}