top ten tuesday
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Top Ten Non-Bookish Hobbies
Here’s a little levity for this angsty day: my top ten hobbies outside of reading! YouTube – I’m one of those hypocrites who is proud for not owning TV, while watching YouTube all day. 😆 It’s not all mindless… I listen to music and podcasts when I work, and sometimes political commentary in the evening, Continue reading
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Band Names Inspired by Classic Literature
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a fun one—book titles that would make great band names. As usual I’m going to stick with classic literature. Some of these might already be band names (if you recognize any, let me know!). Also, what genre do you think these should be? 😆 The Man Who Was Thursday Continue reading
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Top 10 5-Star Books(??)
Haven’t done Top Ten Tuesday in a while! This week’s topic intrigued me…top ten books you think you’ll give 5 star reviews. Being Awfully Picky, I rarely give books 5 star reviews, so this should be interesting. Conversations with Kafka by Gustav Janouch – From what I gather, this book retells conversations that supposedly took Continue reading
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Top Ten Character Friends
August is RACING by. (I guess I say that every month.) I’ve finished a couple of books over the weekend, but I don’t know when I’ll get to writing proper reviews. Till then, here’s a quick post for Top Ten Tuesday! Characters I’d like to be best friends with, classics and otherwise: Much from BBC’s 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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