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A Canticle for Leibowitz: Catholic Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
This book was weird and whimsical, and I kinda want to read it again already: One thing we didn’t talk about in our review was how this book treated the subject of euthanasia, which was also covered in Benson’s Lord of the World. Without giving away spoilers, my reaction was completely different to its portrayal… Read more >>
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Of War and Ice
From the ‘Tube, here’s my latest review—a deep dive into Ice by Anna Kavan: Read more >>
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Getting Lost in Books
Today’s TTT is “Books That Provide a Much-Needed Escape (bonus points if you tell us why!)”. I used to read books obsessively to escape from life. This is not a habit I recommend, unless you are in a really terrible place and have no way of getting real help for what you’re going through. But… Read more >>
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Hello September
And just like that, another month floated by! I have not been sleeping well, so last night, I foraged for some bedtime reading and settled on Moby-Dick. I believe it was 2009 when I read MD; it was good sleepy reading then, and it is good sleepy reading now. You don’t have to think too… 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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