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Category Archives: books
Back to blogging
The past week has proven everything can change in the blink of an eye. In less than five days I’ve had to close my coffee shop, cancel all traveling plans and postpone indefinitely a publishing workshop I’d been working on with several independent publishing houses. On the other hand, an academic article I wrote inContinue reading “Back to blogging”
Best Reads of 2019
Quite late for this but…
Embracing Uncertainty: Rebecca Solnit’s Field Guide to Getting Lost
“It’s not about being lost but about trying to lose yourself”
“Mad, bad and dangerous”: Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley’s Lives
Badass.
Men and Gods: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt has been on my radar for a while now. I’ve heard many people praise it and as many hate it, which really made me want to read it. One of the reviews on the back of the book says, “a thriller for thinking people”, which I took as aContinue reading “Men and Gods: The Secret History by Donna Tartt”
24 Books That Marked Me
One for each year lived.
What I Read: June
Some good, some bad.
A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand’s Gold Rush.
My Top Ten Agatha Christie Mysteries
The best from the Queen of Mystery.
“The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In 1943, Betty Smith published what would become her most famous work and one of the most representative pieces of American literature. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* was an instant hit, at the time being only surpassed by Gone With the Wind * in sales. The novel narrates the life of Francie Nolan and herContinue reading ““The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
First Book Tag Ever
Turns out this is really fun.
