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The Reviewer’s Dilemma – How I Rate Books – Episode 9
Our voyage takes a detour through that hardest of decisions: how to rate a novel. I share my four personal guidelines for rating classics and show some examples of how this works in practice. Read more >>
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Friday Thoughts: Bookish Rituals
It was a big deal, getting my first library card. I was about seven and could just sign my name, sort of. My ugly scrawl wasn’t good enough for the library card, and embarrassed, I knew it. I treasured the card anyway. Dad took me to the little library every week on Tuesday or Wednesday… Read more >>
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Wednesday Quote: Neighbors
Statue of Kierkegaard, photo by Arne List[GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons “. . . love your neighbour! As already shown, you can easily find him; him you can never lose. The beloved can treat you in such a way that he is lost to you, and you can lose a friend, but… Read more >>
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That Hideous Strength and Its Weaknesses
Disclaimer: I have a longstanding, sentimental regard for C. S. Lewis’s writing. His Narnia series was a love of my childhood, opening up a beautiful world of heroism, wonder, and bravery that’s influenced me ever after. My first fictional scribbles at a young age were a personalized plagiarism of Narnia and Carroll’s Wonderland, because I… Read more >>
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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- 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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