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Reading Reverie
It is starting to feel like spring where I live. Just barely. Mornings are still cold (and dark, thanks to daylight savings), and I’m still wearing sweaters. But the sun comes out in the afternoon, and I think the snow is over for the season (!). The crocuses photo is from Pixabay—I have not seen… Read more >>
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Musings and Memories from “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”
This review contains spoilers I remember the first time I finished The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. I was somewhere between 8 and 10 years old, curled up in a mustard-colored barrel chair we had got second hand from somewhere, in the family room when it still had the ugly gray carpet (complete with cigarette burns… Read more >>
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Is “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” a Love Story?
It’s taken me quite a while to reread The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I soon realized many of the stories (so brilliantly) represented in the Jeremy Brett TV series have become tedious for me to read, whereas the stories which were not adapted retained more of their zest. Though disappointed by this, I latched onto… Read more >>
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Books with Unusual Titles – Two Short Reviews
It’s been a while since my last post, but I have been reading intermittently. I am still reading Sherlock Holmes (!) and Noli Me Tangere. Most recently, I have been spending more time at the library and read a couple of short books to mix things up a bit. Jacob’s Hands: A Fable Jacob’s Hands… 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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