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Catching My Breath – Christmastime, Dante, and Beyond…
After patiently saving vacation days, today I can at last disconnect from work emails and other stressors. I really want to slow down even more over my almost two-week holiday, beginning with these last few days of Advent. One of my favorite family traditions is putting up a tree with my brother and sister. My… Continue reading
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Top Ten of 2018 + Reading Goals Recap
There’s three weeks left in the year, but I honestly don’t expect to get much reading done till my Christmas break (beginning the 20th!!!), so I thought I would start my yearly retrospective a bit early. These were my reading goals for 2018: Bring back Book Journals – Kind of a fail. I started a… Continue reading
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Slowing Down with Tolkien, Lectio Divina
With all that’s been going on in my life lately, I’ve been finding it necessary to take action to slow down. I know, that sounds like an oxymoron. But as a recovering perfectionist and incorrigible planner, I tend to labor over any life changes, even if it’s merely the quest to find a little peace… Continue reading
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Top Ten Classic Friendships
Haven’t participated in Top Ten Tuesday in a while, but I’m excited for this week’s topic: top ten platonic relationships from books. Families, friends, and mentors – classic literature is chock-full of great examples! Davey Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart from Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson) – I have to reread this book every so often. … 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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