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Mount TBR Challenge 2019
Hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block This is a favorite challenge of mine, all about reading books you already own. (FWIW, I’m bolstering my list with a couple of my parents’ books. We share with each other!) It’s crazy, but I’m also choosing a steep challenge this year: 24 books. Don’t know how far… Read more >>
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The Divine Comedy – Part 1: Inferno
Dante, lost in a dark forest, is overcome by feelings of fear and loneliness, until he is met by the spirit of Virgil, the Roman poet and author of the Aeneid. Virgil was sent by Beatrice, Dante’s deceased childhood sweetheart, to come to his aid and help him back into the way of light and… Read more >>
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Catching My Breath – Christmastime, Dante, and Beyond…
After patiently saving vacation days, today I can at last disconnect from work emails and other stressors. I really want to slow down even more over my almost two-week holiday, beginning with these last few days of Advent. One of my favorite family traditions is putting up a tree with my brother and sister. My… Read more >>
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Top Ten of 2018 + Reading Goals Recap
There’s three weeks left in the year, but I honestly don’t expect to get much reading done till my Christmas break (beginning the 20th!!!), so I thought I would start my yearly retrospective a bit early. These were my reading goals for 2018: Bring back Book Journals – Kind of a fail. I started a… 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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