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Ten Things Getting in the Way of Reading
I like today’s prompt very much… It forces me to confront the 3-4 stacks of books I am supposed to be “currently reading” and ask—why?! Reading slumps – Quite a few books I’ve read this year have just been “ok” or even “meh.” These disappointments can really demotivate me from reading at all! Mental health… Continue reading
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
A video version of this review can be watched here. This is the story of what a Woman’s patience can endure, and what a Man’s resolution can achieve. Wilkie Collins was born in London, the son of a landscape painter, and studied law briefly before going into writing full time. He met Charles Dickens in… Continue reading
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Galsan Tschinag’s The Blue Sky
Then I knew that I no longer had a Dusky, that there was no longer any Dusky, not in the flock and not on the earth. Only a pile of meat remained, and that would not be there much longer either. The Blue Sky is about a boy born into a simple life, only to… Continue reading
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Read part 1 of my thoughts here. This weekend I managed to finish my second book by James Joyce. A Portrait is his semi-autobiographical work following a young man’s experiences with Catholicism, sexuality, aesthetics, and national identity, in the midst of his family’s financial decline. The novel begins with a child’s surreal perspective, develops into… Continue reading
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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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