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My Blog’s Name in Books – TBR!
Saw this neat meme/tag on O’s blog, On Bookes: The rules:1. Spell out your blog’s name.2. Find a book from your TBR that begins with each letter. (Note you cannot ADD to your TBR to complete this challenge – the books must already be on your Goodread’s TBR)3. Have fun! noonlight Nostromo by Joseph Continue reading
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Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon: TBR stack, April 2018
It’s that happy time of year again, the biannual Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon! I am somewhat of a casual participant, in that I don’t get up at 5am and I do let myself take long breaks. Even so, it’s still great fun! As ever, I’ll be posting updates to Instagram and Goodreads. The lineup: Finish Continue reading
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A King, a Boy, and a Sailor’s Wife – Three Films of WWII
The past couple of weeks, I’ve enjoyed three very interesting, yet vastly different, films which take place during or leading up to World War II. I haven’t shared a movie review in a while, so I thought I’d just mention these before I forgot about them. First up is The King’s Choice, a Norwegian film Continue reading
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Xi Jinping and the Addictive Quality of Biographies
Apologies for my two weeks’ radio silence… Work has been intense, so I haven’t mustered up the energy to blog until this weekend. Happily, I’ve been reading, and there is plenty to catch up on! My current obsession reading focus is an unlikely one: CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping (2016) by Kerry Brown. 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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