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The Books I’m Bringing on Holiday
Some old, some new, and three blue! I was extremely happy to find this copy of The Black Spider at a charity shop. I know some people are sensitive to spider imagery so I have censored it out. 😉 Written by a Swiss pastor, it’s a novella about a village being attacked by spiders, with… Read more >>
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May (Paper) Flowers
I’m supposed to be doing other things this morning, but I was feeling rebellious and decided to write a blog note since it has been far too long. I have my nose in a bunch of different books right now and enjoying all of them. My focus this week is Waiting for the Fear by… Read more >>
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Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
By a confluence of circumstances, I find myself in the middle of three books whose authors would probably have a great deal to say to each other, though they lived either in different time periods or different places (Charlotte and Soren both died in the year 1855, 38 and 42 respectively). Mrs Dalloway is, ostensibly,… Read more >>
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What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
These past two months have been a flurry of rereads and shorter reads—I am loving my reading life right now! I just finished rereading and re-reviewing The Painted Veil this month. What a beautiful, heart-wrenching, and layered novel. It is deceptively simple on the surface, yet I found more ideas to consider this time around.… Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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- The Books I’m Bringing on Holiday
- May (Paper) Flowers
- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
- What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
- What I’m Reading – Morning Coffee Edition
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