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What I’m Reading: August 2024 edition
I’m on an autofiction kick at the moment. My current read is Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, a novella from 2022 I’d never heard of before. I stumbled upon it in a small bookstore, only to purchase it at a big chain bookstore later on, since I had exercised restraint earlier (sigh). It’s… Read more >>
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July, Lately
I’ve been away this month and so have been following election news from afar. Distance does not make the heart grow fonder for the mess back home. To be honest, I was half-expecting some kind of violence to happen this year, and everything else that’s been unfolding with the candidacies is just our worst predictions… Read more >>
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Note: I am writing this review at the airport—and a day late, at that!—so I will be brief for once. 🙂 In this collection of tales, Sherlock Holmes returns to the reader in every way, wrapping up loose threads from “The Final Problem” and picking back up more or less where Doyle left off. The… Read more >>
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The (strange) theology of Dracula
I’m nearing the end of my Dracula reread and want to jot down a few thoughts while they are still fresh. This post contains major spoilers so just a heads up… In popular perception, the lore of Dracula (1897) may be centered around a brooding antihero and sexual tension, but the original novel yields a… Read more >>
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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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