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4th of July
I’m always amazed and grateful for this blog’s wide, international audience. While most of my readers are from the United States and the UK, I also have a fair number of readers from continental Europe, Australia, India, as well as other continents and countries in smaller numbers. Today is Independence Day in the United States.… Read more >>
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The Last Gift – A Few Thoughts
In choosing books to read from around the world, one encounters several difficulties. The first being—what exactly is a country? And also—to which country does an author really belong? If one makes it past these conditions, there’s the last challenge, which is whether a book deeply fraught with political violence is the best representation of… Read more >>
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“Happier” – PSY
I little thought my favorite song of the year would be a song by PSY (yes… the Gangnam-Style guy). But the joke’s on me—this is a masterpiece. Love the song, rap, animation style, and story it tells. I recommend watching with subtitles. Read more >>
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Classics with a Unit of Time in the Title – Top Ten Tuesday
It’s been a minute since I did a TTT (no pun intended), and this prompt looked fun. Here goes! The Remains of the Day – Ishiguro The Present Age – Kierkegaard Around the World in Eighty Days – Verne Two Year’s Holiday – Verne Five Weeks in a Balloon – Verne (he’s saving the day… 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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