Reading the World
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Reading Goals Check-In 2023
With the end of the year approaching, it’s a good time to take a look at my reading goals and see if I’m on track! Goodreads Challenge Every year I participate in the Goodreads Challenge, which is simply a numbers game. Any books you mark “read” in the current year are counted (regardless of when Continue reading
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The Last Gift – A Few Thoughts
In choosing books to read from around the world, one encounters several difficulties. The first being—what exactly is a country? And also—to which country does an author really belong? If one makes it past these conditions, there’s the last challenge, which is whether a book deeply fraught with political violence is the best representation of Continue reading
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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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