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2012 End of Year Book Survey
I saw this on Délaissé, and thought it looked fun! Though I haven’t read a ton of books this year, I’m going to give it a try: 1. Best Book You Read In 2012? Hard to say – probably Dracula for a new book, and definitely Heart of Darkness and Eugene Onegin for re-reads. 2.… Continue reading
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Character Thursday: Mrs. Moore
It feels so long since I last posted! Since school started, most of my reading time has been for school. I read on the bus, at school, and at home, but there is always more… Anyways, I managed to squeeze in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and The Hobbit (still re-reading). For British history class,… Continue reading
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Monstrous Societies
© Brocken Inaglory I haven’t purposely adhered to the current “dystopian novel” trend, yet my three latest reads have all held striking elements of it. First is the famous Utopia, a complete contradiction to its name. This was a really bad book, to put it simply. The fictitious island of Utopia is a society of… Continue reading
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Character Thursday: Octave Mouret
I am three chapters into The Ladies’ Paradise, by Émile Zola, and so far I love it. Set in late-1800s Paris, it is about a clothing shop called the “Ladies’ Paradise”, which threatens to destroy all the other shops in the neighborhood with its business innovations, cheap prices, and unheard-of variety. The shop is currently… 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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- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
- What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
- What I’m Reading – Morning Coffee Edition
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- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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