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The Art of Loving – Questions on Chapters 2.2-2.3
Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Previously: The Art of Loving – A Ramble on Chapters 1–2.1 This post will be rather more disjointed than my first one, as these sections left me with more questions than conclusions. Bear with me! As for the picture – especially in this part, I was having… Read more >>
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The Art of Loving – A Ramble on Chapters 1–2.1
This month, Cleo is hosting a readalong of The Art of Loving (1956) by Erich Fromm and On Friendship by Cicero. It’s a sequel to the Four Loves Readalong – which feels recent but was actually back in June(!!). Fromm and C. S. Lewis were contemporaries (and Lewis’s book was published just four years later),… Read more >>
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Moby-Dick – Chapters I-XVIII – Quick Check-In
Though dreadfully behind on Brona’s readalong, I am still plugging away at this American tome and really savoring it. This is my second time reading Moby-Dick, the first time being nearly a decade ago. The familiar scenes and phrases are coming back to me like old friends. NASA Johnson Space Center – Earth Sciences and… Read more >>
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Spellbound vs. Laura – Two creepy movies for October
First, an apology/disclaimer… there WILL be classic literature reviews coming soon!! I often watch movies/TV in batches, so this is one of those phases for me. 🙂 Spellbound (1945) Spellbound is a twisted tale of the romance between an ambitious young doctor (Ingrid Bergman) and her unlikely boss (Gregory Peck). The two work as psychoanalysts… Read more >>
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