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Top Ten Platonic Relationships in Books
I’m very partial to character-driven stories and novels centered on friendship and family. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is right up my alley! Sam and Frodo from The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien). Need I say more? 🙂 Mrs Hudson and Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). This is not to exclude Watson, but… Read more >>
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September Again
I went on a week-long work trip, and just like that, the calendar did a page-turn on me! I had expected to do a lot of reading on the planes and in between, and packed accordingly, but I could only muster attention for The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction. As a refresher to college… Read more >>
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A Study in Scarlet – Sherlock Holmes #1
For a significant part of my tweens and teens, I was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes. It’s fair to say he is still one of my very favorite characters. Over the past 18-something years since we first met, I’ve always intended to return to the series and never followed through completely. But now, enough time has… Read more >>
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An All-American August
I’m inordinately pleased that my reading for the coming month features American novels. This was not planned! Light in August by William Faulkner. I have already started this one and am enjoying it immensely. So far, this is a very different reading experience than The Sound and the Fury. I couldn’t be more pleasantly surprised… 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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