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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for the sympathies that ye have shown!Thanks for each kindly word, each silent token,That teaches me, when seeming most alone,Friends are around us, though no word be spoken. Kind messages, that pass from land to land;Kind letters, that betray the heart’s deep history,In which we feel the pressure of a hand,–One touch of fire,–and… Continue reading
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Unreviewed Books – 2021
So… it’s nearing the end of the year (how?!), and there’s quite a few books I never got around to properly reviewing for various reasons. I have today off, so I thought I’d just go through some of them and give short reviews for each: Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki Three Summers (1946) was the… Continue reading
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The Great Gatsby – Musings and Memories
Curled up in my oversized chair, I plied the pages of The Great Gatsby… at times smiling over some witticism, at other times choking back tears. The tragedy of false hopes, shapeless dreams, and empty materialism was getting to me. Was this novel really that “great” (pardon the pun), or was I just getting older… Continue reading
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The Give Thanks for Books Tag
Saw this tag over at Rachel’s blog, and I really liked the theme and questions. Here’s my take on it—I made a video of my answers (soon to be uploaded to my YouTube channel) and also wrote them down below. If you’d like to do it, too, consider yourself one of my four friends tagged!… Continue reading
About Me
Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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Recent Posts
- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
- What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
- What I’m Reading – Morning Coffee Edition
- Oddly Specific Things I Love in Books (and a Few Movies)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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