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  • Reading Lessons Learned – 2017

    Usually I would save this type of post for late December.  However, more and more I’m convinced that if you need to recap something in your life or change the way you do something, there’s no reason to wait for the end of the year.  As the saying goes – why save for tomorrow what Continue reading

  • We + announcement

    It’s been quite around here, but I’ve been busy… …I’ve started a podcast!  It’s going to be a weekly discussion of classic literature, kind of like this blog (but kind of different).  The first episode is a review of We, which I read about a month ago and wanted to save for this moment.  Please Continue reading

  • A month of writing

    For those who still read this blog – a little update! Though I have so many ideas for posts, both reading and book reviews have been put on hold this month.  For the fourth year in a row, I’ve joined Nanowrimo, which is an annual challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in November.  The really Continue reading

  • Blog name changing! And Ishiguro.

    Hi all, I’ve been so remiss in my blogging this year, it hardly seems like a big announcement – still, if I don’t explain it, it may be confusing altogether…so, yes, it’s worth announcing.  After five years of being Tanglewood – from Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales – this blog is (soon) going to be noonlightreads.blogspot.com. Since 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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