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Top 10 5-Star Books(??)
Haven’t done Top Ten Tuesday in a while! This week’s topic intrigued me…top ten books you think you’ll give 5 star reviews. Being Awfully Picky, I rarely give books 5 star reviews, so this should be interesting. Conversations with Kafka by Gustav Janouch – From what I gather, this book retells conversations that supposedly took… Read more >>
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Bookshelf Tour: Victorian, Edwardian, 1920s, etc
The long-awaited last shelf of fiction! We finally get to brush shoulders with Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes, Jay Gatsby, and other beloved characters, plus some mid-century gems like The Hobbit.* The late Victorian era was where I fell in love with classic literature, so I have a special affection for these books. *Forgot to mention… Read more >>
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Generals and Computers: From Ancient China to Wendell Berry and Andrew Yang
At long last, today I finished Arthur Waley’s translated collection of Chinese poetry. I also read “Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer” (1987) by Wendell Berry (a new author to me), from The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry. Though these two readings may appear wildly different in nature, I was struck… Read more >>
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Ruined Cities by François de Nomé – Reacting to Surrealist Art
Better title would be “ignorant person attempts to interpret Art and fails miserably”… Well, this is just a random video to test out screen capturing. Side note: I will try to write some real blog posts soon! I am nearly done with Chinese Poems (happy Lunar New Year, by the way :)). I also will… 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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