Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • Crusader Castles – A Young Lawrence of Arabia

    Having resolved to read everything written by T. E. Lawrence, I inevitably picked up his college thesis, published posthumously under the title Crusader Castles. It’s a very rare book, but happily a New Year’s discount made the Folio Society edition a good option, and I couldn’t have been more pleased with the customer service, shipping, Continue reading

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  • New(ish) books

      I seem to view summer as the season for buying books.  (Though, let’s get real here, when is buying books ever out of season??) This gorgeous Vintage Classics Jane Eyre was on my wish list for a while, so when the price lowered on Amazon, I thought I’d better seize the opportunity.  (For anyone Continue reading

  • Mini summer book haul

    Yesterday my family and I had another chance to visit Powell’s City of Books, which, as I raved last year, is the coolest bookstore you’ll ever get lost in.  I naively assumed it would be fairly quiet in the middle of a Monday…that was a very, very wrong assumption.  The place was absurdly busy – Continue reading

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  • Nostalgia trip

    How could reading morph from something intrinsically habitual to – a tedious chore? While I stew on that sad thought, I will just mention these books (they come in threes) that arrived this week, and which I am, in a wistful way, excited to read. A long time ago, I was on a magnificent Jules Continue reading

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