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Of Hills and Dying Thereon – Airplane Reading pt 2
One of the few YouTube channels I make time for these days is Gavin Ortlund’s Truth Unites. He is a pastor and academic who strikes an unusual balance between strength of message and serenity of tone. Ortlund promotes “irenic” Christian dialogue—from the Greek eirḗnē, “peace”—which, as the name implies, approaches theological topics (even arguments) with Continue reading
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Free Will, Ice Cream, and Souls – Airplane Reading pt 1
Why This Book? I just got back from traveling—my first flight post-pandemic!—and as you know, it is impossible for a bookworm to go on a trip without lugging some books, plural. I had to travel light, so I set aside Middlemarch and packed two small paperbacks plus an ebook to finish during the many hours Continue reading
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Middlemarch – 2: Old and Young
NOTE: This is an in-depth book review and CONTAINS SPOILERS. In the first part, George Eliot introduced us to the young Brooke sisters—sweet, simple-natured Celia and her fervently religious older sister Dorothea. The latter becomes enamored of an elderly scholar, Mr. Casaubon, while evading the advances of Sir James Chettam, a respectable but (to Dorothea) Continue reading
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Where’s My Summer?
Today I was scrolling through Goodreads and got hit by a funny feeling of nostalgia. Seeing other people had finished books one after the other, I felt both inspired and a bit saddened. These past few months have been weird on several fronts, with so many changes in my personal life, good and bad. I 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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